Variable for storing previous scene?

[Level10]

Just wondering if there's any way a scene can see what scene it was called from so it can go back to the scene it was called from, from any number of possible scenes it could have been called from.

 

[Glitchfinder]

If this is in a custom scene, then I recommend giving the scene an Initialize method, and giving it an argument for the transferring scene. I recommend that the argument be a string, and that you use an if statement to go back to the other scene. Alternatively, you could store the scene itself in the argument, to be restored when you're done.

 

[Level10]

Thanks, I'll give that a try.

 

[Brewmeister]

The argument he refers to is called a 'callback' parameter, or variable. For example, I've re-written the initialize method for Lambchop's Super Simple Journal script to accept an optional argument

class Scene_Journal

  def initialize(callback = 0)

    @callback = callback

In the method where the escape/X (Input::B) key is pressed, I check the callback parameter & call the appropriate scene

     if @callback == 1

        $scene = Scene_Menu.new(4)

      else

        $scene = Scene_Map.new

      end

This is to accommodate calling the scene from either the map, using the Q (Input::L) key

     $scene = Scene_Journal.new(1)

 

or calling it from the modified menu

     $scene = Scene_Journal.new

 

 

[Zeriab]

You can also store the scene itself.

class Scene_Journal

  def initialize(callback = $scene)

    @callback = callback

In the method where the escape/X (Input::B) key is pressed, I check the callback parameter & call the appropriate scene

$scene = @callback

If you for some reason want or have to create a new scene object then you can do it like this:

class Scene_Journal

  def initialize(callback = $scene, *args)

    @callback = callback.class

    @arguments = args

In the method where the escape/X (Input::B) key is pressed, I check the callback parameter & call the appropriate scene

$scene = @callback.new(*@arguments)

*hugs*
-Zeriab

 

[Level10]

Thanks guys, I think I've been trying this in a way that was needlessly complicated. Now, onwards to my next hurdle in RGSS mastery.