Shake Screen?

[turtleman]

Hey there, I'm trying to create a battle system that resembles old-stlye RPG's, such as Dragon Warrior. One of the main effects I want for that is the screen shaking when a player is hit. What would the command line be to make the screen shake?(if there even is one.) I want the whole screen shaking when a player is hit, Windows and everything. Thanks in advance!^_^

 

[SephirothSpawn]

Well...

class Game_Battler
  alias_method :seph_damagescreenshake_gmbtlr_ae, :attack_effect
  alias_method :seph_damagescreenshake_gmbtlr_se, :skill_effect
  def attack_effect(attacker)
    r = seph_damagescreenshake_gmbtlr_ae(attacker)
    if self.damage.is_a?(Integer) && self.damage > 0
      $game_screen.start_shake(5, 5, 10)
    end
    return r
  end
  def skill_effect(user, skill)
    r = seph_damagescreenshake_gmbtlr_se
    if self.damage.is_a?(Integer) && self.damage > 0
      $game_screen.start_shake(5, 5, 10)
    end
    return r
  end
end

However, this doesn't shake everything. In fact, in battle, just the background. The only other way would be to cleverly modifying the Sprite, Window, etc. classes, to have them move depending on a global variable you set in $game_screen. Let me see what I can do.

 

[turtleman]

K thanks so far....but shaking the backround won't help much seeing as how it'll be black (really trying to bring it back, lol) But hopefully we can figure something out.

 

[Ninjitsu]

Feel proud, turtle.
You got Seph's attention.

 

[SephirothSpawn]

I have almost got something.

I went out it a complete new way, using the Sprite_Battler and RPG::Sprite class. Do you just want the sprite that was attacked to shake? To me that would make a slight more sense, and that is what I am working towards. If you want something else to shake, just let me know.

I'll have it done sometime soon. Just need to work out a kink in the code.

 

[Anonymous]

Do you just want the sprite that was attacked to shake? To me that would make a slight more sense, and that is what I am working towards. If you want something else to shake, just let me know.

turtleman quote
I want the whole screen shaking when a player is hit, Windows and everything

Just letting you know.

 

[turtleman]

I have almost got something.

I went out it a complete new way, using the Sprite_Battler and RPG::Sprite class. Do you just want the sprite that was attacked to shake? To me that would make a slight more sense, and that is what I am working towards. If you want something else to shake, just let me know.

I'll have it done sometime soon. Just need to work out a kink in the code.

Enemy Shaking would be nice, I'm mainly looking for Windows shaking when the player is hit. I guess I shoulda also mentioned that there are no Hero Sprites. (Remember? Dragon Warrior-like system I'm working on?)

 

[Rare]

I know the windows can shake in ccoa's UMS. Try poking around in there to see how she did it.

 

[turtleman]

Despite my join date, I haven't visited the RPG Maker Scene in a while so I'm not too up to date. Could you by any chance point me in the direction of said UMS?(Linkage)

 

[Ninjitsu]

Her link is broken...
You'd have to contact her...But i think she's on retirement or something; taking a break.
http://www.rmxp.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9669
You can try tho.

 

[SephirothSpawn]

I will look into this then. It shouldn't be that hard.

You just want Window_BattleStatus to shake, correct? Do you have any other custom windows in your battle scene?

 

[turtleman]

Well, I'm currently trying to work on an Action window, sorta like what tells ya what's going on during the battle, sorta how it was done in RM2000, or any Old RPG. I'll probably need help making that soon as well .

 

[SephirothSpawn]

I can help you with that pretty easily. Give me tonight and I will start on something that is simple to adapt to your needs. I think I know just want to do to get any window to shake with just a simple line of code within the window class.

I'll be back with some answers for you.

 

[turtleman]

Ok, thanks! Can't wait to see what ya cook up.

 

[turtleman]

Okay, So I got basically my whole battlesystem down except for the shacking part....come up with anything yet? Is there even a type of line of code in RGSS that performs a shake action?

 

[SephirothSpawn]

I have. I added a method in Window_Base that can allow any window to shake. Give me another day to get it organized with the battle event list window stuff.

 

[turtleman]

Alright, can't wait!

 

[turtleman]

So uh....Didja get it? Give Up? Forgot to tell me? lol. Bump (72-hour bump ofcourse )

 

[SephirothSpawn]

Sorry. Just been really busy, and I didn't have net for a few days thanks to my wonderful router.

I will post something in a bit.

 

[turtleman]

K, I understand. Thanks!