[XP] Auto Populate Maps

[mawk]

Oh man, I've been fiddling with the idea of requesting a script like this for a while. I had figured a way I could event random onscreen spawns, but it'd be a lot more clunky and slightly less random than a scripted solution. I'm pretty stoked that you just happened to make this out of the blue.

Thanks for coding this, man, it'll make my life a lot easier.

I'll probably have to get someone to diddle it so it'll work with pixelmovement (I naturally assume anything tile or movement-based won't work once each tile is cut into 1296 parts,) but it's still a fantastic script. Again, thanks. :D

Is there a way to make the number of clones fluctuate randomly within a set limit? You walk onto the map and there are five Pig-Masks, and if you walk out and in again, there are seven... Or maybe I could just use random number variables. :1

 

[Charlie Fleed]

you could call a populate method and pass rand(10) as parameter...

 

[mawk]

Huh, I hadn't thought of that. Sweet, thanks!

 

[Luthur]

Ok, i'm sorry, I obviously didn't explain what I was trying to say earlier very well. Let me ask this from a different angle:
Is there any way you can have all the different copies of the events appear at coordinates specified by two variables, and only when a switch is turned on? So you go up to an event, press enter and a copy of that event appears at the coordinates of variables 1 + 2? Hmmm, i'm realy not very good at explaining...

 

[Charlie Fleed]

Have you tried using populate_area and passing the area x1,y1,x1,y1 (which is a single tile)?

 

[Dann Woolf]

Please tell me there's a VX version in the works.

Oh, and a demo would be nice.

 

[Bullet_Darkness]

Charlie Lee you are a genius! Great Job!

By the way, does this work with any kind of an event? Even if I have an ABS enemy for this? (XAS)

 

[Charlie Fleed]

I guess it does. I does exactly the same thing you would do with the editor. Copies event pages, start conditions, graphics... so it should work.

No VX version in sight Dann Woolf.

 

[Dann Woolf]

No VX version in sight Dann Woolf.

Well, that's a big bag of floppy dicks.

 

[Luthur]

Have you tried using populate_area and passing the area x1,y1,x1,y1 (which is a single tile)?

Yes, but that's not what I mean. I mean is there any way of appointing the postion of the events by using variables?

 

[Charlie Fleed]

If you want one single event, yes. Set for example variables 1 and 2 with the coordinates and then use $game_variables[1] and $game_variables[2] instead of x1 and y1, using the trick of the 1x1 area.

If you want to decide the positions of, say, 5 events, then no. You can't, they can only be placed randomly.

 

[Dann Woolf]

So, why aren't you going to make a VX version?

You'd make a lot of people happy, myself included.

...at least a demo would be good...

 

[eharper256]

Gee, don't press him, Dann Wolf. Its not exactly cake rewriting this for RGSS2. (Well, I certainly wouldn't want the job)

In any case, thats awesome, Charlie Lee, thanks for adding what I asked. As I say, I'll definately use this now. It'll add alot of cool random spice to the game for those randomly placed civvies and wandering monsters.

 

[MistTribe]

But it shouldn't be that hard to re-write it should it?  :dead:

 

[mawk]

Not necessarily. You can't really know that unless you're a scripter yourself -- RGSS2 is still a different engine than the original RGSS, and although I'm not qualified to comment on how difficult it would be, I think that he's within his rights if he's decided that he doesn't want to put in a few more sleepless nights right now. Remember, he's not being paid or compensated for this in any way except for maybe mass adulation -- he's operating as a charitable donor, and he's not obligated to make scripts for the public at all.

 

[Charlie Fleed]

A little consideration about rewriting scripts for RGSS2. RGSS2 is not a different language, it is a different engine. Some things are properly documented and some other are not, and thus it happens that one needs a reverse engineering process to understand its operation. You cannot really say if rewriting something is going to be a one hour thing or a one week thing until you analyze the new engine and spot the differences.
This being said, i haven't bought VX and i don't plan to use it. I haven't even tried the demo version, mainly because it didn't capture my interest and because of lack of time. As someone said, more or less, I try to keep this "activity" a hobby and not a job, so I'm afraid you'll have to adapt to my policy and rhythms.
Let's leave space to people who have criticisms, comments and questions now. Anyway thanks for your interest in this work.

 

[Gruuberhans]

This is a great script charlie. Now i'll go make my sidewalls in mode07!!!OMG!!!11


.....lol..
but really, the script is great, and i suppose most people will find it very useful,(EDIT: I said "myself included" right here, but i found another post saying excatly the same so blabla... you get the idea). I'v been waiting for this. cya.