scrolling... text

[Aran]

Now I've heard of somebody's (dubealex's most likely) text scrolling for books and what not, but i wasn't sure if it could make the text in regular messages scroll. What I'd like to know is: how do you make the message text scroll (when you press DOWN or UP) instead of having to hit the [Action Button] to continue with the text?

I mean yes, I know that I have to change the ox and the oy values, for one, but to what?

 

[SephirothSpawn]

It all depends on how you want to do this. You can use a sprite, create a bitmap and assign it to a plane, etc.

 

[Aran]

a plane?

 

[SephirothSpawn]

Yes. The plane class is just like a sprite, just tiles the bitmap instead of displaying it once.

So you could do something like this:

bitmap = Bitmap.new(640, 960)
lines = ['Some Random Line', 'Another Random Line', 'Seph is Great', 'Trickster is a Tool!', 'Hahahaha']
for i in 0...40
  bitmap.draw_text(0, i * 24, 640, 24, lines[rand(5)])
end

# Insert this in main
@plane = Plane.new(Viewport.new(0, 0, 640, 480))
@plane.bitmap = bitmap

# Insert this in update
@plane.oy += 4

Just try it.

 

[Aran]

where does this all go? i'm lost -_-

 

[Queue]

This was how that old preview game of RMXP animated it's title screen. If you wanted a title screen Background or Text that animated, you could easily use that script in a newly created Scene (Set up properly) and it would say:

Some Random Line
Another Random Line
Seph is Great
Trickster is a Tool!
Hahahaha

Which would animate in across the screen like a marquee and freeze at a certain point that Sephi defined. It can also be used for pictures but without the freezing frame. I think I might be wrong with the freezing of the text, or perhaps not, kinda rusty to RGSS.

Spoiler

class Scene_SephiAnimate
def main
bitmap = Bitmap.new(640, 960)
lines = ['Some Random Line', 'Another Random Line', 'Seph is Great', 'Trickster is a Tool!', 'Hahahaha']
for i in 0...40
bitmap.draw_text(0, i * 24, 640, 24, lines[rand(5)])
end
@plane = Plane.new(Viewport.new(0, 0, 640, 480))
@plane.bitmap = bitmap
Graphics.transition
loop do
Graphics.update
Input.update
update
if $scene != self
break
end
end
Graphics.freeze
end
def update
@plane.oy += 4
end
end

A butchered Scene_Title as an example. Throw that above main and have an event call it with

$scene = Scene_SephiAnimate.new

NOTE: It'll loop.

 

[Aran]

@Quintessence: That works, but its not what I'm talking about.

Okay, in RMXP your messages are broken up and thus you have to hit the [action button] to go to the next line. I'm talking about a script that makes it so your text is all in one text box and you can scroll down or up the text when you hold the down or up button.

 

[~Atlaswing~]

Havent you seen SLIPKNOT's SCROLLING MESSAGE system? Check in the Submitted Scripts...

 

[Aran]

~Atlas~, u know what I'm talking about?

 

[~Atlaswing~]

Not quite sure but, isnt these what you're looking for?

http://www.rmxp.org/forums/showthread.php?t=10727

http://www.rmxp.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6956

But i think Seph is right, unless you make the text a sprite or a plane, you cannot manually scroll the message UP or DOWN... In ordinary message windows, if you want to do this, ask Trickster or Slipknot themselves.. :D

 

[Aran]

^^, I guess so, eh? Slipknot's was close, but it scrolls on its own, not manually.

 

[~Atlaswing~]

Yes, i think you should PM him on modifying the script so you have to manually scroll the text...

 

[Aran]

good idea!