Seeking scripting tutor

[Crym 10]

Okay so here's what I'm looking for, specifically someone who wouldn't mind teaching RGSS.

Specifically wanting to learn how to exactly to put everything to use, I understand "the basics" but when I go to code my brain pretty much hides in a corner and cries.

Looking over other scripts didn't really help either (more brain crying).

Reading all the wonderful scripting tutorials I can find also lead to brain crying, mostly cause they only tell the same things over and over (this is a variable and this is a method and this is an array) but none of them tell you how to apply them to RMXP to customise my game (maybe they do and I just don't get it).

I'm mostly failing to understand how exactly all of the code becomes all the pretty pictures and flashing lights. Well I understand that, in theory just need help with it.

 

I'm a firm believer in you can give a man to fish and he'll be knocking on your door demanding more fish tomorrow, or you can teach a man to fish and you wont have to worry with him begging for more fish, though he may come back for steak or ribs.

 

If anyone would like to help let me know, any advice for what to do other than what I've already posted trying.

 

Not looking for tutorials on "the basics".

Not looking for scripts someone else has done.

Not looking for hand out's.

 

Perhaps if anyone has links to some more advanced tutorials, like custom windows, or custom battle systems (yes I know there are scripts available but I'd like to be able to make my own stuff.)

 

Oh and an early thanks to anyone who can help you have no idea how much it will help if I can actually learn something.

 

~The Crym

Edited December 7, 2010 by Crym

[Crym 10]

Okay then, I'm guessing that I'll multipurpose this topic.

 

My CMS with Day/Night/Calender

I've been working on customizing the menu windows, so far I have succeeded in deleting the window_playtime and the window_steps completely since they we're just taking up space.

I've also moved the command window and gold window to the right side of the menu and put the status window on the left side.

I've added a new selection in the command window "Formation" which I'll tackle after I get more acquainted with RGSS.

I've created a new window under the command window and above the gold window which is 160x160 this is the window I'm focusing on now. With this customization I'm planning to add in a day and night system and also a small calender system for 7 days.

 

I'm wanting to have an icon for day and night and have the "time of day" displayed with the icon. Also hoping to be able to have a icon for each day appear next to the day/night icon.

Something like this.

Don't worry I'm not asking for someone to do it for me (heavens no anything worth doing is worth doing myself). Just curious how someone would go about doing this.

Side note the icons there we're done in paint directly onto the picture, they wont be the actual icons I'll do those in Photoshop, GIMP, or Graphics Gale. I also don't have the time actually on there either that was done in paint as well so I do not have any progress other than making the window show up.

Edited December 8, 2010 by Crym

[Polraudio 122]

Not very many people here are good with RGSS.

Me and Leon are the main people here for it.

I would teach you but im only good with menus and dont have much time.

 

I can give you a tip where to start.

 

You can start by messing with Scene_End. Add some windows and try to make a little menu or something then move to Scene_Menu.

Sometimes the best approach is to mess with the defaults.

 

It took me 100's of projects of just messing around with the defaults but i learned good by doing so.

 

Leons tutorials are the best to learn with. If it wasn't for his funny and fun tutorials i think i would have stayed away from scripting.

[Crym 10]

Thanks, I've already been messing around in Scene_Menu today and it seems pretty simple to delete stuff now I'm stuck trying to add something, I'll get it eventually.

 

I skimmed through Leons tutorials already before I registered but I thought it looked similar to the same stuff I've read through dozens of times, perhaps I was wrong so I'll actually read them instead of skimming this time.

 

Thanks for the advice I'll go see how bad I can mess up Scene_End now, let's hope I don't make it to bad now.

 

As far as doing what I was looking to do in Scene_Menu any suggested way of doing that?

[Polraudio 122]

Right now i dont have time. But if you can wait one week I will help you lots. I get vacation on the 17th of dec till the 17th of jan.

I need to re-learn scripting kind of :sweatdrop: . So when that time comes i will be re-learning it and helping you learn at the same time. Im only a beginner-advanced level so i will teach you what i know.

 

I taught Tomo2000 how to script.so he might be able to help too.

 

Do you have MSN so i can contact you? It will make it easier to help you.

[Crym 10]

Oh, it's cool I'll be learning this for months (can always learn more).

 

I have MSN, I just haven't been on in an extremely long time since it started giving me problems, not entirely sure if I remember my log-in info for it. I'm going to reinstall it later this week.

 

I'm reading through Leon's tutorials now they are more help than I thought they would be, that's what I get for skimming through.

 

Anyway thanks for offering to help, I look forward to it. If I can get on MSN before next week I'll send you my contact info.

 

~The Crym

 

On a side note before I go, I'm sure it's simple and I'll facepalm after asking, how do you post code blocks?

[Polraudio 122]

You would do it like this.

[code"]This is a code[/code"]
Minus the " at the end of code and it will look like this.

This is a code

If you have long code put it in a spoiler

[code"][spoiler"][code"]This is a code[/code"][/spoiler"][/code"]
Once again remove the "

This is a code

 

[Crym 10]

Oh, thanks I'm sure I'll be using that a lot while I'm learning and possibly more later on.

Edited December 8, 2010 by Crym

[Zeriab 9]

I know you are not asking for basic scripting tutorials but I'll still recommond Khatharr's 4 tutorials which I think are really nice:

 

RGSS Graphics for Noobs - Part 1, Tired of being 'the weakest link'?

RGSS Graphics for Noobs - Part 2, Are you gonna eat that?

RGSS Graphics for Noobs - Part 3, iiiiiit's BACON!

RGSS Graphics for Noobs - Part 4, Twas brillig, and the slithy toves did gire and gimble in the wabe...

 

*hugs*

[Crym 10]

Thanks, past 2 days I've been going back over the basics maybe a new light of tutorials will help.

Hoping to start on a half way decent script soon, I'm considering trying to do time of day (day/night kind of script) with a clock in the menu, and once ever 24"hours" pass it will show a new day, kinda like TLOZ: Majora's Mask where the time was shown in the HUD and every day/night cycle would show "1st/2nd/3rd day" Only since I don't think I'm talented enough for a HUD (yet), I'm just going to put it in the menu and replace the steps and time windows like my wonderful picture that took two minutes to complete.

Well thanks again for the link's I'll be sure to check them out probably later today since it's like 3AM here now.

 

~TheCrym

 

On a side note: Ah, teh hugz dey burns. XD