A RPGMaker 2003 dev help question: I saw that you use parallax mapping for Fleshchild (ex: the first room right after the intro), but how do you make it so that the characters don't run around just anywhere on it, but in a particular location only (like they can't go over the walls, but only the floor, I mean)? Is there something you need to do to the map before importing it?
Nope! It’s a lot less complicated/more obnoxious than you think.
Panorama maps like Vis’s room and the cabin in the woods are easy to map given you drew them correctly. By drew them correctly, I mean the flooring where you want them to walk should make sense and not interfere with 2k3′s tile-based format.
For example, I made a template as big as a full screen’s worth of tiles in 2k3:
Then I drew a room on top of this template so that the flooring matched with the tiles, as shown here:
I saved the room as its own image (so it’s just a picture, not tiles)
Then I imported it to 2k3.
AT THIS POINT, make sure the chipset you’re using has:
1. A blank 1st layer passable tile 2. A blank 1st layer nonpassable tile3. An empty grid tile (shown below)
Fill the room with the grid tile. Use the passable tile to cover the parts you want to be walkable, and flood fill the rest of the grid with the nonpassable tile. Below is a visual of how you should be thinking of it:
The grey grid tiles are all of the nonpassable tiles. The yellow tiles are the passable tiles.
idk how its happened, but i click playtest, like usual and it opens up the game. but you cant move at all? like you can go down to load a save or leave? and i use alt+enter to full screen it which clicks to button (z doesnt work) and it takes me to a blank screen (expected) but then shows the pinching cheek animation? and then shes in her room (skipping the pages of intructions) and cant move, the z,x,c keys dont do much, all i can do is open and close menu???? but it was legit working fine like 2 days ago? the only thing i did was add a tileset but that wasnt even in the starting area????? like how did i mess up that bad even the starting menu is messed up 😭😭
edit: i opened anotyher fangame in rpgmaker and it has a similar issue with the opening menu??????
i fixed it 😭😭 i have no idea what caused it but my entire computer was fucked up? like i couldn't click anything at all, i had to ctrl+alt+delete and use tab to shift reboot and roll back a few days 😭😭😭😭 idk how i caused that error cause the only thing i did was alt+f4 out of a game????
idk how its happened, but i click playtest, like usual and it opens up the game. but you cant move at all? like you can go down to load a save or leave? and i use alt+enter to full screen it which clicks to button (z doesnt work) and it takes me to a blank screen (expected) but then shows the pinching cheek animation? and then shes in her room (skipping the pages of intructions) and cant move, the z,x,c keys dont do much, all i can do is open and close menu???? but it was legit working fine like 2 days ago? the only thing i did was add a tileset but that wasnt even in the starting area????? like how did i mess up that bad even the starting menu is messed up 😭😭
edit: i opened anotyher fangame in rpgmaker and it has a similar issue with the opening menu??????
Not sure how comprehensible this will be, but hopefully it helps
im not great with rm2k3 so this is pretty unoptimised ):
Things needed:
Default animation (sitting in this case)
Default Switch (called [USE]None in this tutorial)
Variable for the button input (called Use Effect in this tutorial)
If the action is toggled, you will also need:
Toggle Switch (called Is Sitting in this tutorial)
Sprites in the final state of the action (sitting and standing in this case)
This will be a common event with a parallel process trigger and no condition switch
Sprites needed (visual demo):
Sitting (Called: “Full Yoshika Sheet Three alt, 7”):
(this is the most space efficient way of fitting them, at first i had left and right directions separately)
Standing (Called: “Full Yoshika Sheet, 1”):
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First, you'll need to set up key input processing for the key you'll use for the action:
(this is found on page three)
You will need a conditional branch for when the input variable is pressed (in this case it's the 1 button, so the variable will be equal to 11)
(This branch doesn't need an else statement)
Inside this branch, you will need another conditional branch to check if the Default Switch is on
(This branch also doesn't need an else statement)
Inside this branch (sorry there are so many nested branches T-T) you will need a conditional branch for the player's direction (unless the direction doesn't matter)
(This branch also doesn't need an else statement)
The final nested branch is for toggle effects and it checks if the toggle switch is off
(This branch does need an else statement)
For sitting down, you need to:
Set move route to Wait (I did 3x)
Hide player character
Change player sprite to sitting (or whatever your default is)
Show animation
Unhide player character
Set move route to Wait (repeat) (So the player can't move while sitting)
Set the input variable back to 0
Turn on the Toggle Switch
What it should look like:
The else section is used for standing up, and you need to:
Set move route to Wait (I did 3x)
Hide player character
Change player sprite to standing
Show animation
Unhide Player character
Set input variable back to 0
Turn Toggle Switch off
What it should look like:
You need to copy/paste this for each of the directions (don't accidentally paste it into the previous direction, it won't break the code or cause an error, but it'll not work for that direction)
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Future edit: If you use animations, it will show other weather and screen effects and there is no way to stop that. If you want to use effects then this is the best solution i have found so far:
very clunky to look at but it looks basically identical to using animations, just takes longer to program unfortunately.
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