Two thing I'm stuck on (Events)

[lx_theo]

1. I've been trying to figure out how to add functions to pictures in a menu created by a common event, but have had no success. Can anyone explain how I could go about doing?


2. I want to make it so that you can press a button to leave that same menu. I figured a conditional branch saying if the button is pressed to go through the exit process would work, but I can't figure out how to have it continuously checking it so that you can always exit without pressing the button when its not checking it.

 

[MCsephiroth13]

I don't know about the second one but for the first one, I'll have to know exactly what you're trying to do. Do you mean you want the left arrow key is pressed and then it moves to an option to the left and such?

 

[lx_theo]

Thats part of it, but I also mean how to make it so you can select it and have it preform an action.

 

[MCsephiroth13]

Hmm...One thing I can think of is, every time this so-called menu appears, have the player transfer to a blank map and no graphic. You should give the illusion that the player is selecting things, but really he's just moving the player into a bunch of player touch events where they show different pictures and have a conditional branch for when the player presses the action button. Let me know if you need me to put up some screenshots.

EDIT: How many options are in your menu? I just made a working menu with two selectable options if you would like it.

 

[Ellie]

The second one you need the loop and break loop event commands.

Loop
-- conditional branch (key press whatever)
-- -- do your stuff
-- -- break loop
-- else
-- -- dont do your stuff
-- end
End

 

[lx_theo]

Hmm...One thing I can think of is, every time this so-called menu appears, have the player transfer to a blank map and no graphic. You should give the illusion that the player is selecting things, but really he's just moving the player into a bunch of player touch events where they show different pictures and have a conditional branch for when the player presses the action button. Let me know if you need me to put up some screenshots.

EDIT: How many options are in your menu? I just made a working menu with two selectable options if you would like it.

I like that idea, it should have like 6 or 7 options. And screenshots would be helpful.

And my question now is how would you go back to the spot you were before?

The second one you need the loop and break loop event commands.

Loop
-- conditional branch (key press whatever)
-- -- do your stuff
-- -- break loop
-- else
-- -- dont do your stuff
-- end
End

Thank you, I will try that.

 

[lx_theo]

so does anybody know how to save your spot so you can return to where you were before after accessing a menu that uses another map?

 

[Unka Josh]

So, in other words, you go to one map, then return to wherever it was that you were?

Sure thing. It's pretty simple.

Change the Menu Access common event so that it:: 1) Assigns your present Map X, Map Y, and Map Number to three different variables.

2) Transfers you to the Menu Map. (The order is important, of course.)

Now, when you go to the "Exit" event in the Menu Map, have it Transfer the player to the coordinates of the variables. (Transfer Player can do this.)

Simple, and a useful trick.

 

[lx_theo]

Thanks