Screen Fadeout

[Rubymatt]

I need to know how you fade out a scene. I want it the same speed as my fadein. My fadein line is:

Graphics.transition(100)

How do I fadeout at this same graduate line?

 

[Jack A. Trades]

You already answered your question. :>

Graphics.transition works both ways. It decides how Scene A transitions to Scene B in optional amount of frames.

To REALLY answer your question, however, put that line in both Scene classes that require such transition.

class Scene_A

  def main
    ...
    Graphics.transition(100)
    loop do
    ...
    end
    Graphics.freeze
    ...
  end
...
end

class Scene_B

  def main
    ...
    Graphics.transition(100)
    loop do
    ...
    end
    Graphics.freeze
    ...
  end
...
end

In above case, Scene A and Scene B both transitions to each other in 100 frames.

class Scene_A
  ...
  Graphics.transition(1000)
  ...
end
class Scene_B
  ...
  Graphics.transition(2)
  ...
end

However, in this case, when player is in Scene A, the screen transitions to Scene B in only two frames. When player is in Scene B, transition takes 1000 frames to complete.

 

[Rubymatt]

Okay, I'll explain a bit more.

I'm using a splash screen in my game. Screen fades in, then when you click, it fades back to black. Then it automatically fades to scene_title.

 

[Jack A. Trades]

It would most likely help if you post your current script here since IIRC there are bajillions of modifications in terms of displaying graphics before Scene_Title.

 

[Rubymatt]

Okay, here goes.

#==============================================================================
# ** Scene_RubyLogo
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  This class makes a Ruby splash screen.  
#==============================================================================

class Scene_RubyIntro
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Main Processing
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def main
    # If battle test
    if $BTEST
      battle_test
      return
    end
    # Load database
    $data_actors        = load_data("Data/Actors.rxdata")
    $data_classes       = load_data("Data/Classes.rxdata")
    $data_skills        = load_data("Data/Skills.rxdata")
    $data_items         = load_data("Data/Items.rxdata")
    $data_weapons       = load_data("Data/Weapons.rxdata")
    $data_armors        = load_data("Data/Armors.rxdata")
    $data_enemies       = load_data("Data/Enemies.rxdata")
    $data_troops        = load_data("Data/Troops.rxdata")
    $data_states        = load_data("Data/States.rxdata")
    $data_animations    = load_data("Data/Animations.rxdata")
    $data_tilesets      = load_data("Data/Tilesets.rxdata")
    $data_common_events = load_data("Data/CommonEvents.rxdata")
    $data_system        = load_data("Data/System.rxdata")
    # Make system object
    $game_system = Game_System.new
    # Make title graphic
    @sprite = Sprite.new
    @sprite.bitmap = RPG::Cache.picture("Ruby Logo")
    # If enabled, make @continue_enabled true; if disabled, make it false
    @continue_enabled = false
    for i in 0..3
      if FileTest.exist?("Save#{i+1}.rxdata")
        @continue_enabled = true
      end
    end
    # Play title BGM
    $game_system.bgm_play($data_system.title_bgm)
    # Stop playing ME and BGS
    Audio.me_stop
    Audio.bgs_stop
    # Execute transition
    Graphics.transition(100)
    # Main loop
    loop do
      # Update game screen
      Graphics.update
      # Update input information
      Input.update
      # Frame update
      update
      # Abort loop if screen is changed
      if $scene != self
        break
      end
    end
    # Prepare for transition
    Graphics.freeze
    # Dispose of command window
    # Dispose of title graphic
    @sprite.bitmap.dispose
    @sprite.dispose
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Frame Update
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def update
    # Update command window
    # If C button was pressed
    if Input.trigger?(Input::C)
      # Branch by command window cursor position
      Graphics.transition(100)
      $scene = Scene_Title.new
    end
    if Input.trigger?(Input::B)
      # Branch by command window cursor position
      Graphics.transition(100)
      $scene = Scene_Title.new
    end
  end
  def battle_test
    # Load database (for battle test)
    $data_actors        = load_data("Data/BT_Actors.rxdata")
    $data_classes       = load_data("Data/BT_Classes.rxdata")
    $data_skills        = load_data("Data/BT_Skills.rxdata")
    $data_items         = load_data("Data/BT_Items.rxdata")
    $data_weapons       = load_data("Data/BT_Weapons.rxdata")
    $data_armors        = load_data("Data/BT_Armors.rxdata")
    $data_enemies       = load_data("Data/BT_Enemies.rxdata")
    $data_troops        = load_data("Data/BT_Troops.rxdata")
    $data_states        = load_data("Data/BT_States.rxdata")
    $data_animations    = load_data("Data/BT_Animations.rxdata")
    $data_tilesets      = load_data("Data/BT_Tilesets.rxdata")
    $data_common_events = load_data("Data/BT_CommonEvents.rxdata")
    $data_system        = load_data("Data/BT_System.rxdata")
    # Reset frame count for measuring play time
    Graphics.frame_count = 0
    # Make each game object
    $game_temp          = Game_Temp.new
    $game_system        = Game_System.new
    $game_switches      = Game_Switches.new
    $game_variables     = Game_Variables.new
    $game_self_switches = Game_SelfSwitches.new
    $game_screen        = Game_Screen.new
    $game_actors        = Game_Actors.new
    $game_party         = Game_Party.new
    $game_troop         = Game_Troop.new
    $game_map           = Game_Map.new
    $game_player        = Game_Player.new
    # Set up party for battle test
    $game_party.setup_battle_test_members
    # Set troop ID, can escape flag, and battleback
    $game_temp.battle_troop_id = $data_system.test_troop_id
    $game_temp.battle_can_escape = true
    $game_map.battleback_name = $data_system.battleback_name
    # Play battle start SE
    $game_system.se_play($data_system.battle_start_se)
    # Play battle BGM
    $game_system.bgm_play($game_system.battle_bgm)
    # Switch to battle screen
    $scene = Scene_Battle.new
  end
end

The input trigger lines are where it should turn back to black. The only other way I can think of doing it is unprofessionally with another completely blank scene.

 

[Jack A. Trades]

EDIT: I misunderstood your post. Looking into it right now, but shouldn't take long...

However:

    @sprite = Sprite.new
    @sprite.bitmap = RPG::Cache.picture("Ruby Logo")
[highlight]    # If enabled, make @continue_enabled true; if disabled, make it false
    @continue_enabled = false
    for i in 0..3
      if FileTest.exist?("Save#{i+1}.rxdata")
        @continue_enabled = true
      end
    end[/highlight]
    # Play title BGM
    $game_system.bgm_play($data_system.title_bgm)

Delete the highlighted lines because you're not using @continue_enabled variable anyway.

 

[Rubymatt]

OKay, done. Also, I'm gonna remove the title BGM line.

 

[Jack A. Trades]

And my browser logged me out right after I clicked Submit Reply, thus destroying my to-be post. -_-

Anyway, this is something I don't like and recommend, but you can modify Main to transition between the two scenes.

begin
  Graphics.freeze
[highlight]  $scene = Scene_RubyIntro.new
  while $scene != nil
    $scene.main
  end
  Graphics.transition(100)
  Graphics.freeze[/highlight]
  $scene = Scene_Title.new
  while $scene != nil
    $scene.main
  end
  Graphics.transition(20)
rescue Errno::ENOENT
  filename = $!.message.sub("No such file or directory - ", "")
  print("File #{filename} was not found.")
end

Make sure Scene_Title has the Graphics.transition(100) in its main method.

 

[Me(tm)]

You know what.. Why do you use a scene at all. I mean, all you do is showing a picture, therefor you do certainly not need to load the database...

 

[Rubymatt]

What is your idea of the whole script that could do that then?