UMS and Caterpillar Script

[Dorcot Bacon PhD]

I know that has been asked multiple times, but all of the topics posted before never got an answer to them.

With the UMS, how it works is it centers the text box over the specified even, but when the caterpillar script is integrated into the game, it won't work for characters that follow, because the trailing sprites are not events.

How can I overcome this? Or is it not possible with the UMS at all?

I do have an idea on how to overcome the problem--
\e[event number]\nm[Name to show in text box]\t1(speech thing)

Normally, to have the box center over the main character, you need to enter \e[0]. Maybe it is possible to change the UMS script so that if \e[M] is entered or something it centers the box over where the trailing char. would be depending on some if then statements that tells where to put the box depending on where the trail char is at that time.

Please respond, as the answer to the problem means the continuation of the storyline I have in order.

Thanks

 

[Zeriab]

You could try to use a Caterpillar script which uses events for the caterpillar like mine: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=54516

 

[Dorcot Bacon PhD]

The only problem with that is that my game is about 75% done already and if I were to use the script like yours it might render some dialogue on the wrong person. Or is this not how it works? I couldn't really tell from the demo how it works.

 

[Zeriab]

Note that the demo has another message script in it.
If you just add the script then hopefully nothing what-so-ever should happen. (Except perhaps making old saves unusable)
There will be a lot of work though since you would have to add events for possible actors you can have at each map. This will make the script unsuitable for big games with many party members.

It is a solution if you don't help on making whichever caterpillar script you have work with the UMS.
You really should say which it is since there are plenty of them around and all I know is that you are not using an event based one.

*hugs*
- Zeriab

 

[Twin Matrix]

I use \ta 

 

[Dorcot Bacon PhD]

Supposedly ccoa's ums has a feature that lets you show the text box over the trail char. The only problem is...I can't find ccoa's caterpillar script..