Compact Menu
Version: 1.0
Author: Pacman
Date: 22nd August, 2011
Version History
- <Version 1.0> 2011.08.22 - Original Release
Planned Future Versions
Description
I was thinking, "the PAC menu has a pretty dang cool set-up, but not much to show. I need to write some visual parts to the menu". Then I remembered that not every dang command requires actor selection, and people like moving things and easy configuration. So, I decided I would write a cool add-on for the PAC menu that does that: centers the command window, moves it to the side upon actor selection and has a toggle feature for the gold window. And then I did.
Then I realized it worked standalone as well. And here we are now.
Features
- Compact menu design
- Centered command window (accounts for gold window when open)
- Moving windows! Everyone loves those
- Open and close gold window with a button
- Determine how fast the windows move
- Determine where the status window is placed, and where the command window moves to
Screenshots
Too lazy. It's plug-and-play, really.
Instructions
You should place this script as close to the bottom of your script list as you can (but still above Main). There are indeed further instructions in the script.
Script
#===============================================================================
#
# Compact Menu System
# 22/8/2011 - Pacman
# Paste above main and below any scripts that alter the menu. This script was
# first intended for usage with PAC Main Menu, but it works perfectly fine
# standalone.
# Edit the configuration module as you see fit below. I think I've explained
# everything pretty thoroughly.
#
#===============================================================================
module PAC
module MM
# Pixels per frame the windows move (number)
COMPACT_SCROLL_SPEED = 4
# Direction the command window will move to when actor selection begins
# (:left / :right)
COMPACT_SELECTION = :right
# Button to toggle gold window visibility (Input::Button)
GOLD_BUTTON = Input::L
# Start scene with gold window visible? (true / false)
START_GOLD_WINDOW = true
end
end
#===============================================================================
#
# Why would you even think about editing this?
#
#===============================================================================
$imported = {} unless $imported
$imported["PAC Compact Menu"] = true
#==============================================================================
# ** Scene_Menu
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# This class performs the menu screen processing.
#==============================================================================
class Scene_Menu < Scene_Base
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Include configuration data
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
include PAC::MM
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Alias listing
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
alias pac_compact_start start
alias pac_compact_start_actor_selection start_actor_selection
alias pac_compact_end_actor_selection end_actor_selection
alias pac_compact_update update
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * Start Processing
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
def start
pac_compact_start
pac_compact_windows
end
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * Make Windows Compact
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
def pac_compact_windows
@command_window.x = Graphics.width / 2 - @command_window.width / 2
@gold_window.visible = START_GOLD_WINDOW
@gold_window.x = @command_window.x
@gold_window.openness = START_GOLD_WINDOW ? 255 : 0
@status_window.x = case COMPACT_SELECTION
when :left then Graphics.width - @status_window.width
when :right then 0
end
@status_window.visible = false
@status_window.openness = 0
if @gold_window.visible
@command_window.y = Graphics.height / 2 - (@command_window.height +
@gold_window.height) / 2
else
@command_window.y = Graphics.height / 2 - @command_window.height / 2
end
@gold_window.y = @command_window.y + @command_window.height
@check_x = @command_window.x
end
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * Start Actor Selection
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
def start_actor_selection
@status_window.visible = true
check = case COMPACT_SELECTION
when :left then 0
when :right then Graphics.width - @command_window.width
end
begin
@command_window.x -= case COMPACT_SELECTION
when :left then COMPACT_SCROLL_SPEED
when :right then -COMPACT_SCROLL_SPEED
end
@gold_window.x = @command_window.x
Graphics.update
end until @command_window.x == check
@status_window.open
begin
@status_window.update
Graphics.update
end until @status_window.openness == 255
pac_compact_start_actor_selection
end
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * End Actor Selection
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
def end_actor_selection
pac_compact_end_actor_selection
@status_window.close
begin
@status_window.update
Graphics.update
end until @status_window.openness == 0
@status_window.visible = false
begin
unless @command_window.x == @check_x
@command_window.x += case COMPACT_SELECTION
when :left then COMPACT_SCROLL_SPEED
when :right then -COMPACT_SCROLL_SPEED
end
end
@gold_window.x = @command_window.x
Graphics.update
end until @command_window.x == @check_x
end
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * Frame Update
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
def update
pac_compact_update
update_gold_visible
end
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * Update Visibility of Gold Window (and scroll to cater)
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
def update_gold_visible
@gold_window.x = @command_window.x if @gold_window.x != @command_window.x
if Input.trigger?(GOLD_BUTTON)
Sound.play_decision
if @gold_window.visible
@gold_window.close
begin
@gold_window.update
Graphics.update
end until @gold_window.openness == 0
@gold_window.visible = false
begin
@command_window.y += COMPACT_SCROLL_SPEED
@command_window.update
Graphics.update
end until @command_window.y == Graphics.height / 2 -
@command_window.height / 2
else
begin
@command_window.y -= COMPACT_SCROLL_SPEED
@command_window.update
Graphics.update
end until @command_window.y == Graphics.height / 2 -
(@command_window.height + @gold_window.height) / 2
@gold_window.visible = true
@gold_window.open
begin
@gold_window.update
Graphics.update
end until @gold_window.openness == 255
end
end
end
end
Credit
Thanks
- Modern Algebra, I suppose. I think he made a script like this that I might've remembered sub-consciously...
Support
Post here. No matter how old
you are the topic is. If you want help with an incompatibility error, post the conflicting scripts(s), tell me what the error is and the order of your scripts.
Known Compatibility Issues
Probably won't work with graphical CMSes, but why would you use two?
That is the only case this would be incompatible; of the 6 methods edited, 4 are aliased and 2 are new. This means it'll go well anywhere in the materials section of the editor, but would work best near the bottom so as to avoid overwritten methods.
Author's Notes
This doesn't have much to offer in the data side of a Menu System, so I recommend a script to go with this. I suggest something that isn't graphically based, like the current version of PAC MM, but this graphics system is going to be implemented into that anyway... eventually...
Restrictions
Non-commercial: credit me and we're cool. Commercial: PM me or post here. We'll negotiate.
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