Temporarily stop event from moving

[Twin Matrix]

Hi. ^^

My question is:

Is it possible to temporarily stop an event from moving? I have an event on follow, and have it so that when event.fadeout == true, in class Game_Map update, the opacity slowly fades to 0 and the event is then teleported to the original spot. While this fadeout I want him to stop moving (I can't change move_type/frequency/route/speed as that will mess up how it is all reset after the teleport). Maybe there's some method like event.moving = false?

I'm not sure.

Thank you!

 

[Zeriab]

You want to look at the update_move method in Game_Character class (Section Game_Character 2) at around line 80.

Here is a code snippet where you can tag events for not moving while a certain switch is OFF. (Move when it is ON)
[rgss]#==============================================================================
# ** Game_Event (Paste anywhere below Game_Event and above Main)
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  This add-on will allow you to determine enable and disable update for events
#  by turning switches on and off.
#
#  Put \w[23] in the name of an event and it will be updated if switch number
#  23 is ON. It won't be updated if switch number 23 is OFF.
#  The general syntax is \w[id] where id is the id of the switch you want to use
#  Don't include leading zero's (0023) since the number will be considered as
#  base 8 instead of base 10. (Basically 8 and 9 doesn't exist, so 6, 7, 10, 11)
#  If you put more than one \w[id] in the name only the last \w[id] will be used
#
#  Remember that by default all switches start as OFF
#  Also note that if \w[0] or no \w[id] is used the event will work as normally
#==============================================================================
 
class Game_Event < Game_Character
  alias zeriab_waitswitch_game_event_initialize :initialize
  alias zeriab_waitswitch_game_event_update_move :update_move
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Object Initialization
  #     map_id : map ID (not used in this snippet)
  #     event  : event (RPG::Event)
  #     *args  : any other arguments to send one to the originally method,
  #              just in case more are needed
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def initialize(map_id, event, *args)
    @wait_switch = 0
    event.name.gsub(/\\[Ww]\[([0-9]+)\]/) {@wait_switch = $1.to_i } # Only 1 wait switch is supported, faster
    zeriab_waitswitch_game_event_initialize(map_id, event, *args)
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Frame Update
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def update_move
    unless @wait_switch > 0 && !$game_switches[@wait_switch]
      zeriab_waitswitch_game_event_update_move
    end
  end
end
[/rgss]

Just put \w[23] some where in the name of the relevant name where 23 designates the switch to use.

*hugs*
- Zeriab

 

[Brewmeister]

Take a look at force_move_route method of the Character class.
In the loop that handles the fade, you should be able to include a force_move_route command on that event.
Inside the "when event.fadeout == true" (if, while, whatever), use

move_route = RPG::Move_Route.new #the move type defaults to '0', which is no move command.
move_route.repeat = false
event.force_move_route(move_route)

Then, once the fade ends, the custom_move_route method should set it back to the original move_route.


another option would be to set the event up with another event page with a condition (self switch).
then in the fade section, or right before it, set the self switch on. after the fade, set it back to off.

 

      # Make a self switch key

      key = [map_id, event_id, parameters[0]]    # I assume parameters[0] is 0,1,2,3 for switch A,B,C,D

      # Change self switches

      $game_self_switches[key] = 1                 # 0 = OFF,  1 = ON

 

 

[Twin Matrix]

@zeriab: Hm, I can't change the event name unfortunately. ^^; But thank you for the post.~

@Brewmeister: uninitialized method RPG::Move_Route error. :3 I have this in the update of $Game_Map:

  #check fadeout woar

  if event.fadeout == true

    event.opacity -= 5

    move_route = RPG::Move_Route.new #the move type defaults to '0', which is no move command.

move_route.repeat = false

event.force_move_route(move_route)

    if event.opacity <= 0

      event.opacity = 0

      x = event.event.x

      y = event.event.y

      event.moveto(x,y)

      event.fadeout = false

      event.opacity = event.original_opacity

    end

  end