[XP] I don't know what to call this

[ShinyToyGuns 29]

Hey all,

Is it at all possible to change some features of a map without creating a new map? I'm still sort of a noob when it comes to making games in RMXP, so I don't need anything too complicated.

Here's sort of what I want, but I want it all on the same map if possible.

 

This is the starting map...when the player steps on the event spot below the starting position, it warps them to this map on that position:

hence blocking them in...the event spot above the stalagmites just scrolls the map down to show a little camp, and then they have to find their way out of the little enclosure after it scrolls back up (I haven't gotten past this part yet, but that's the plan)

 

So is it possible to make all those events on one map? (stalagmites popping up blocking the player in, map scrolling, etc.)? If so, how?

I've been reading the tutorials here, but I haven't been able to find out how to do this, if there's a way.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

~Steven a.k.a. ShinyToyGuns~

[Tomo2000 60]

Yay! Somebody needing eventer help :D . Yes, that is entirely possible and pretty simple (to me at least) to make. I'll just make a quick version of your cave-type thing and of the encampment. May I ask what Tileset you used? If it is custom could you give me a picture of it? That would be appreciated.

[ShinyToyGuns 29]

It's actually a modified version of Ultimate-RTP-Exterior. I'll upload it as soon as I post this, then I'll edit the post :)

If you can help me with this, I'll give you rep :)

[Tomo2000 60]

Thanks. As soon as I can get the tileset I can start. I'm not sure if your game has the permissions set but I won't be adding them because they are too time consuming. Anyway, you can just copy and paste the events from my project to yours :D .

[ShinyToyGuns 29]

It might be easier for me to upload what I have of my game so far in that case...There isn't much, as I just started on it a couple days ago, but the permissions and whatnot are already set.

 

I'll edit this post as soon as it's uploaded :)

 

On second thought, I'll pm you with the link :)

Edited October 11, 2009 by ShinyToyGuns

[miguel1 17]

About the rocks showing up it's easy

 

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?4vyujwydnmi

I made a demo to explain that, i find it easier to make demos, if you any question just ask and i will explain it in text if you want to

 

about the scrolling map, give me a minute to make another demo, tutorial ;)

[Tomo2000 60]

Miguel, I'm not sure if you have Nod32 as a virus-protection software but I can't download it to see what kind of events you include because one of the pop-ups on the site has a virus on it. Maybe try uploading it on a different site.

[ShinyToyGuns 29]

Thanks Miguel, but I've already promised Tomo the rep, and I've already given it to him. Also, I don't wanna download anything that might put my computer at risk.

[miguel1 17]

Miguel, I'm not sure if you have Nod32 as a virus-protection software but I can't download it to see what kind of events you include because one of the pop-ups on the site has a virus on it. Maybe try uploading it on a different site.

 

ok here it is:

http://www.2shared.com/file/8370724/1ca76fe0/Project41.html

 

Edit: ShinyToyGuns and Tomo2000: Sorry, i didn't knew that.

well if you want to ,you can still download, you don't have to give me rep

[ShinyToyGuns 29]

no problem miguel, I'll see what Tomo comes up with, and depending on how similar/different they are, I may give you rep as well :)

 

I've decided to give both of you rep. Thanks a bunch :)

Edited October 11, 2009 by ShinyToyGuns

[miguel1 17]

no problem miguel, I'll see what Tomo comes up with, and depending on how similar/different they are, I may give you rep as well :)

 

I've decided to give both of you rep. Thanks a bunch :)

 

Ok thanks!

i've done it, i hope this is what you wanted. if you any questions, just ask ;)

Demo: http://www.2shared.com/file/8371788/5742ac24/project.html

 

Since i don't have your tile set, i can't put a camp in the map, so i putted rocks and something else, but you get the point XD

[ShinyToyGuns 29]

I still don't quite understand how switches work, I'll have to look into it more...About your example miguel, how did you make the door appear like that? I want to do something sort of similar to that, but they get warped to a cave that they have to navigate through...

[miguel1 17]

I still don't quite understand how switches work, I'll have to look into it more...About your example miguel, how did you make the door appear like that? I want to do something sort of similar to that, but they get warped to a cave that they have to navigate through...

 

Tutorial (click in the spoiler)

 

 

switches are easy to understand, let's look at what have i done in the demo

1- if i pressed the skull once, the rocks would appear and it will also cause the map to scroll down/up

2- when i pressed the skull for the second time, a secret door would reveal itself

 

ok i'm going to explain you now 1

 

you create a event, asking if you wanted to touch the skull right?

-now what we want to do is when we press yes, this will make the rocks to appear, right? that's when switches enter. by puting a swicth on, you are making another event to appear, here take a look:

http://img1.uploadhouse.com/fileuploads/4701/4701825630b1d7e5a64b81c4213465f924996c0.jpg

http://img1.uploadhouse.com/fileuploads/4701/47018264e58574a255eb100be755b8fec26b82e.jpg

 

-in the first pic you can see that we add (when we choose the option yes) a switch on (in this case switch number 1)

-and in pic2you can see that the rock has a condition- "switch 1 is on". This means that the rock will only appear when the swicth 1 is on!

do you get it now? because we put "switch 1 is on" in option yes, this will make the rock to appear, because tehy can only appear if "switch 1 is on"!

 

Ok now when we also pressed the skull once the map would scroll down and up.

-to make this you have to create a new event and set it to autorun or paralel process. ( i set it to autorun because i didn't want the player to move until the animation is over)

-now create a new event, go to page 2 of the "events command" and choose the "scroll map" option

-now you can now choose; where you want the map to scroll, the distance and the speed of the scroll

-after selecting that put a wait command, just so that the map doesn't scroll imeadialty up.

-Now all you have to do is the same thing but this time change the direction!

 

now here comes swicthers again. to make this event happen at the same time that the rocks appear all you have to do is put "swicth 1 is on". and this will make the rocks and the map scrolling happen at the same time. take a look at the pics to understand better:

 

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/4013/tut2e.jpg

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/9366/tut3f.jpg

 

now if we leave it that way, this will make the map scrolling event to repeat all the time, because it's in autorun. to fix this you have two ways:

1- in the same event you open a "new event page" and and then you go to the switch, just like the other, and instead of putting "swicth 1 is on" you put "switch 2 is on" and go back to the first page, now after all the animation you have putted in your event, go to the event command and in page one, select the "Control switches"- press it and replace in "single" it for the swicth you have just created in these case "switch 2"

images:

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/2572/tut5.png

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/9609/tut6.png

http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/2979/tut7.png

http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/7996/tut8.png

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/89/tut9.png

 

the other way is to do with self switchs,

-first, open a "new event page" and in the top left box, where the conditions are, go to self switch.

and select one of the four, let's put the "A" for now.

now go back to the first event page and open the event command and select the "control self switch"

then select the "A" self switch and it's done.

images:

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/2572/tut5.png

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/1253/tut10.png

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/9734/tut11.png

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9016/tt12.png

 

this concludes part1 of the tutorial. got any questions? don't read the other part if you have, ok?

 

ok now i'm going to explain you about the secret door.

- when we pressed the skull again, this made a secret door to appear, how do we do that?

first - remenber when, we put a swicth in the skull event, that when we choose "yes" it would make the other animations to appear?

Well we are going to use that same switch again (switch 1)

- in the skull event, you will open a "new event page" where in conditions you will put "switch 1 is on"

-then you will do that show choices and text again, but when you press "yes" you are now going to put a new switch, whitch will be "switch 2 or 3". to do this go to "event command" and select " control switches"

 

images: (in the pic, it will be switch 2, because i did it with self switchs, but you get the ideia. so if you used self switches: "use switch 2", the other way around. "use switch 3")

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/4671/tutpart21.png

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/8799/tutpart22.png

http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/9282/tutpart23.png

http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/6943/tutpart24.png

 

now to do the secret door, open a new event.

- go to graphics- select- tileset- and then select the door-

- finally go to the conditions of the event and put in the switches- "switch 2 or 3 is on"

images:

http://img128.imageshack.us/img128/8335/tut31.png

http://img115.imageshack.us/img115/1803/tut32.png

 

 

 

and that's it. if you have any question about this tutorial and switches just ask ;)

Edited October 12, 2009 by miguel1

[miguel1 17]

ShinyToyGuns, i've done the tutorial, check it out when you have time

i know it's a bit long, but i sure that if you read it carefully you'll understand it

and if you any questions, just ask, and i'll try to awnser them lol

 

PS: could give me the tileset too, please?

[Kiriashi 117]

ShinyToyGuns, talking about who you are and aren't going to give rep is unnecessary and can start a mini-flame war. I suggest you don't do it! :lol: You can also make people feel bad. I'm not saying you did, I'm just using you as an example. And in my opinion, you should use your quota for reputation points whenever you see a post that deserves it, not save it up for other people! If you do give people reputation, then go ahead and say it. : D

 

 

 

 

 

Nice tutorial miguel, you put a lot of effort into it! Rep Plus!

 

 

ShinyToyGuns, do you understand switches now or should I also make a tutorial? (I'd do something different I suppose.....) I'm in the mood to make a demo... hehe...

[ShinyToyGuns 29]

@ Miguel: thanks for the tutorial, I've given you rep :) Also, if you want the tile set, you can add me to msn ( J_Papelbon2009@hotmail.com ), as the forums only allow file attachments of 500 k or less, and this is 3,000 k lol

@ Kiriashi: I understand switches now, but if you feel like making a demo, go right ahead :P

[Kiriashi 117]

Well you can use image shack!

 

1. 
    
   
2. Go here.
   
3. Click browse.
   
4. Find your image and click okay.
   
5. Select click on the bar that says "320x240 (for websites and email)" and select "optimize without resizing".
   
6. Click "start upload!".
   
7. Copy the "Direct link".
   
8. Click this button when making your post:
   
9. 
   
10. Paste the link in the little text box. This will automattically place [ img ] tags around the picture. You could skip this step and just write [im g]www.imagelinkhere.com/myimage/34[/im g] without the spaces.
    

[ShinyToyGuns 29]

Ah, right...forgot about imageshack :P I usually use photobucket, but that resizes so small it's not usable...Here ya go miguel:

 

 

 

Mind you, there's only 2 minor changes/additions to this tile set that differentiate it from the one Kiriashi posted :)

[Kiriashi 117]

*looks for differences*

 

I see a cliff thingy at the top next to the dirt but..

 

 

Also please put it in spoilers!

[miguel1 17]

Kiriashi: Thanks ;)

ShinyToyGuns: Thanks for your tileset +1rep

 

Edit: how do you put it in spoilers, please?? I've been wondering for a while...

[ShinyToyGuns 29]

The second difference is just a recolor of something...see if you can spot it...also, put in spoiler like you asked :)

[Kiriashi 117]

Urgg... I can't find it!!!

 

Don't tell me yet though, I'm still looking.

 

 

and miguel, here are the spoiler tags:

 
[spoiler]this is in a spoiler tag!![/spoiler]
 

[miguel1 17]

thanks kiriashi, and good luck finding the difference :lol:

[Kiriashi 117]

No problem!

 

 

And ShinyToyGuns, is it the sand\grass thing?

[ShinyToyGuns 29]

nope :P

 

Edit:

as a thanks to all of you who helped me, here's a sneak peek at the game I'm making, "The Coming Storm" (still needs a lot done)

 

Sneak Peek

[Kiriashi 117]

That looks pretty cool man!

 

 

I didn't know you could upload mp4s to imageshack.. thats awesome!

 

If you need anymore help just ask!

[miguel1 17]

wow, that's amazing, so different from what i did in my demo :lol:

good job!

[Kiriashi 117]

What is the game about?

 

 

I WANT TO KNOW!

[ShinyToyGuns 29]

Tomo actually helped quite a bit with that...all I did was add it so the switches reveal a door...he did most of the other stuff :P

[Kiriashi 117]

..

 

 

:(

 

 

You ignored me.....

 

 

No-one ignores me...

 

 

*cries*

[ShinyToyGuns 29]

oh, sorry, didn't see that when I posted :dragonwant:

 

tbh, I don't know what the game is about...it sounds better in my head than it does on paper (not good at putting thoughts into words)...basically, you're gonna be playing the "villains" in this game...something about a storm, I dunno lol...really just making it for shits and giggles :P