Using a picture for combat window

[lurk]

This might be a very newbie question, but how could I replace the battlestatus window (the one with the battlers) with a 160x640 picture(instead of the stretched windowskin)? I tried modifying the battlestatus script, but I'm really new at this and I find myself going in (increasingly frustrating) circles. Thanks in advance for any help!

Lurk

 

[Trickster]

Use this (New Script above main)

class Window_BattleStatus
  alias_method :trick_picture_battlestatus_initialize, :initialize
  def initialize
    trick_picture_battlestatus_initialize
    self.opacity = 0
    self.back_opacity = 0
    @background = Sprite.new
    @background.bitmap = RPG::Cache.picture([I]file name goes here[/I])
  end
  alias_method :trick_picture_battlestatus_dispose, :dispose
  def dispose
    trick_picture_battlestatus_dispose
    @background.dispose
  end
  alias_method :trick_picture_battlestatus_update, :update
  def update
    trick_picture_battlestatus_update
    @background.update
  end
end

The background is to go in the Graphics/picture directory and replace
file name goes here with the file name enclosed in '' or "" for example if the file name is background then "background" will go there

untested but it should work let me know if that gives you any trouble

 

[xthexendxhasxcomex]

wow actually i like it, i was looking for something like this too works great thanx

 

[lurk]

It works really well if I make a 640x480 battle interface, where the bottom of the picture is my interface and the top is blank. Thanks a lot, very, very helpful, now I can keep my hair!

Lurk

 

[Trickster]

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