Post by: modern algebra on March 13, 2008, 02:06:35 AM
Advanced Areas
Version: 1.5
Author: modern algebra
Date: September 26, 2008
Version History
Version: 1.5
Author: modern algebra
Date: September 26, 2008
Version History
- Version 1.5 - September 26, 2008 - added the ability to contain randomly moving events to an area
- Version 1.0 - March 12, 2008
Description
Adds a couple of options to areas. If anyone has any ideas for more, please tell me.
Features
- NEW - Allows you to contain an event to an area or group of areas
- Allows you to marry an in-game switch to an area, thus allowing it to be turned on and off at will. This can be useful if say, after some event in your game, like a volcano erupting, you want different monsters to pop up
- Allows you to set an encounter step for each area. Where two areas conflict, it takes the smallest encounter step
Screenshots
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Instructions
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Instructions
See inside the script
Script
Code: [Select]
#==============================================================================
# Advanced Areas
# Version 1.5
# Author: modern algebra (rmrk.net)
# Date: September 26, 2008
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Instructions:
# Set up the database below in the Editable Regions. Both are set up in the
# same way, and they look like this:
#
# when id
# rate/switch = value
#
# You only need to set it if it is not default. If an area has no switch,
# then don't set it up. If you want the encounter step to be the same as
# the parent map, then do not set it up. In any case, just so we are clear,
# I provided a few examples in the Editable Regions. Feel free to
# replace/delete them once you know what you're doing.
#
# To restrict events so that they cannot move outside of a given area or
# areas, then all you need to do is place a comment on the first line of any
# page of the event you want to restrict, and in that comment put this:
# \AREA[area id]. If you want him to be able to move freely in more than one
# area, then you can put as many of those codes there as there are areas he
# can move in. Thus, if an event had this in his comment:
#
# \Area[1]\AreA[5]\AREA[9]
#
# Then that event would have free passage in the Areas 1, 5, and 9, but
# would not be able to move outside of them.
#==============================================================================
#==============================================================================
# ** RPG::Area
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Summary of changes:
# new methods - encounter_step, active?
#==============================================================================
class RPG::Area
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# * Encounter Rate
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
def encounter_step
rate = $game_map.encounter_step
# Branch by ID
case @id
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# EDITABLE REGION
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
when 1
rate = 10
when 3
rate = 15
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# END EDITABLE REGION
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
end
return rate
end
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# * Active?
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
def active?
switch = 0
case @id
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# EDITABLE REGION
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
when 1
switch = 1
when 4
switch = 1
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# END EDITABLE REGION
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
end
return true if switch == 0
return $game_switches[switch]
end
end
#==============================================================================
# ** Game_Map
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Summary of Changes:
# aliased method - encounter_step
#==============================================================================
class Game_Map
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# * Encounter Step
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
alias modalg_advncd_areas_step_encntr encounter_step
def encounter_step
# Get original Map Encounter Step
encounter_rates = [modalg_advncd_areas_step_encntr]
# Get all the areas the player is in. For ne
$data_areas.values.each { |i| encounter_rates.push (i.encounter_step) if i.map_id == @map && $game_player.in_area? (i) }
return encounter_rates.min
end
end
#==============================================================================
# ** Game_Player
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Summary of Changes:
# aliased methods - in_area?
#==============================================================================
class Game_Player
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# * In Area?
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
alias modalg_advnced_areas_area_in? in_area?
def in_area? (area)
return false unless area.active?
modalg_advnced_areas_area_in? (area)
end
end
==============================================================================
# ** Game_Event
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Summary of Changes:
# aliased methods - setup, passable?
# new method - in_area?
#==============================================================================
class Game_Event < Game_Character
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# * Event page setup
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
alias modalg_stp_advarea_contain_nfg5 setup
def setup(new_page)
@areas.nil? ? @areas = [] : @areas.clear
# If new page is real
if new_page != nil
first_command = new_page.list[0].dup
# If first line is a comment
if first_command.code == 108
loop do
slice = first_command.parameters[0].slice! (/\\AREA\[(\d+)\]/i) { "" }
slice == nil ? break : @areas.push ($1.to_i)
end
end
end
modalg_stp_advarea_contain_nfg5 (new_page)
end
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# * Determine if Passable
# x : x-coordinate
# y : y-coordinate
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
alias modalg_contain_areas_adv_pass_hfe passable?
def passable?(x, y)
return modalg_contain_areas_adv_pass_hfe (x, y) if @areas == nil || @areas.empty?
in_area = false
@areas.each { |i|
# If within one of the areas, it is passable
in_area = in_area? ($data_areas[i], x, y)
break if in_area
}
return in_area && modalg_contain_areas_adv_pass_hfe (x, y)
end
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# * Determine if in Area (Transferred from Game_Player
# area : Area data (RPG::Area)
# x : x-coordinate
# y : y-coordinate
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
def in_area?(area, x, y)
return false if area == nil
return false unless area.active?
return false if $game_map.map_id != area.map_id
return false if x < area.rect.x
return false if y < area.rect.y
return false if x >= area.rect.x + area.rect.width
return false if y >= area.rect.y + area.rect.height
return true
end
end
Credit
- modern algebra
Thanks
- Jensen for the request
Support
Just post here if you have any errors. I will try to fix them. If you have any ideas about good options to add to the areas, please post here and if I think they are good I will write them in.
Known Compatibility Issues
No known compatibility issues.
This script by modern algebra is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.5 Canada License.
Post by: worale on March 13, 2008, 05:18:40 PM
and pretty neat, too.
This will be really useful for game that has some situation happens in game and change enemy~
Post by: Restaurant Sackboy on March 15, 2008, 02:22:18 PM
The higher your level, the lower levels won't attack you but higher levels will.
It has differences though...
Post by: :) on March 15, 2008, 04:12:46 PM
Post by: modern algebra on March 15, 2008, 06:11:41 PM
Kind of like World of Warcraft; Threat.
The higher your level, the lower levels won't attack you but higher levels will.
It has differences though...
That actually sounds more like this script: http://rmrk.net/index.php/topic,24610.0.html
The two are compatible.
Nice Script :)
and pretty neat, too.
This will be really useful for game that has some situation happens in game and change enemy~
Modern, you rock!
Thanks :)
Post by: Leventhan on March 16, 2008, 01:36:34 PM
Post by: GasparXR on March 17, 2008, 10:24:38 PM
Post by: modern algebra on September 26, 2008, 02:49:45 PM
You can now contain randomly moving events to an area or group of areas.
Post by: brutebasher9 on December 09, 2008, 10:34:33 PM
Post by: modern algebra on December 10, 2008, 02:57:25 AM
switch is the switch that turns on that area. For instance, if you wanted to have a volcano erupt in your game and then have special monsters appear in that vicinity only, you would need to make a new map. With this, you can have the area be ther all along and just not active, then once the volcano erupts you can turn the switch on and the area will be made active.
As for turning a switch on when you enter an area, yes that is possible, but not currently with this script. I could make it if you like, but I'd like to know the reason why you would want such a feature.
Post by: brutebasher9 on December 10, 2008, 04:02:53 AM
Post by: modern algebra on December 18, 2008, 11:08:17 PM
Post by: brutebasher9 on December 19, 2008, 05:49:11 AM
Thanks for your time and patience, Modern. :)
Post by: modern algebra on December 19, 2008, 02:31:32 PM
$game_player.in_area? ($data_areas[<area ID>]) is the code for checking if the player is in an area I believe.
If you did a parallel process on the maps where you needed it, you could save which area you are in currently with a variable and have an event that looks like this:
Code: [Select]
Conditional Branch: $game_player.in_area? ($data_areas[$game_variables[x]])
Else
# Check All other Areas like so:
Conditional Branch: $game_player.in_area? ($data_areas[y])
Change BGM
Variable[x] = y
Branch END
# ANd so on for all areas on the map
Branch END
Wait: 2 framesPost by: brutebasher9 on December 29, 2008, 03:42:29 AM
Script 'Advanced Areas' line 113: NoMethodError occured.
undefined method 'active?' for nil:NilClass
Thanks again for your time and patience, Modern Algebra.