[VX] Menu Sprites

[Gammastar]

After taking a good look at the faces my partner and I had made for our RPG, I was not satisfied with the way they looked on the menu. With that, I decided I would find a way to make their sprites appear on the menu instead. After loooong hours of playing around with it and many, many errors, I ran across the very simple solution of changing only one line. :dead: Anyway, you can do that by going into Window_MenuStatus, looking at the "refresh" method, and replacing the line

draw_actor_face(actor, 2, actor.index * 96 + 2, 92)

with

draw_actor_graphic(actor, 45, actor.index * 96 + 50)

or, you can copy all of this and put it above Main:

Spoiler

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#MenuSprites script by Gammastar
#This script displays character sprites instead of faces on the menu.
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------

class Window_MenuStatus < Window_Selectable  
  def refresh
    self.contents.clear
    @item_max = $game_party.members.size
    for actor in $game_party.members
      #This is where the change is made. It was formerly draw_actor_face.
      draw_actor_graphic(actor, 45, actor.index * 96 + 50)
      x = 104
      y = actor.index * 96 + WLH / 2
      draw_actor_name(actor, x, y)
      draw_actor_class(actor, x + 120, y)
      draw_actor_level(actor, x, y + WLH * 1)
      draw_actor_state(actor, x, y + WLH * 2)
      draw_actor_hp(actor, x + 120, y + WLH * 1)
      draw_actor_mp(actor, x + 120, y + WLH * 2)
    end
  end
end

It's your choice, and I hope you like it.

NOTE: This is, of course, only for use with a normal menu style. You may edit it as needed in order to make it work with a custom menu, but please, at least give me credit for the idea.

 

[Krobelus]

Idea? Isn't this just basic scripting know how? Well thanks for posting here I think, although isn't there a snippet thread somewhere for little snippets like these? lol

-Krobe

 

[Namio]

does this only work with the first four characters? because all my other characters wont show anything on the menu.

 

[EmuMaster2002]

The other characters' faces would be showing up past the bottom of the screen using that snippet, I would think.