Rain Freezes?

[Asphyx]

I try to set my weather effects to make it rain. But all it does is freeze. What can I do to make it rain?

[Grafikal]

All you need to do is turn it on with the Event Command to change the weather. Set how long it takes to fade on and that's it. You do not need to repeat that event. If you're repeating the event, it can freeze. You set it and leave it the hell alone until you want to turn it off. Either that or you have it in some sort of parallel process or autorun event which will repeat the weather as long as the event runs. So don't do that either. If you want it to happen during a parallel process or something, you MUST give it its own event page and at the end of that page turn on a switch that starts a new page in that event. Do what ever you want, but don't repeat the event.

[Zylos]

Imagine yourself trying to type a full sentence and starting over every millisecond. You probably wouldn't even have enough time to get in one letter of the sentence. I'm thinking that's pretty much what's happening here, because your event is repeating and retelling it to start raining again before it even begins.

[Asphyx]

This is what I'm doing:
Make New Event called Weather, Then i set the weather to rain.

Should I make "Rain" a common event? I assume that should work..

[modern algebra]

No, a common event is unnecessary. Just make sure the event that turns on the weather doesn;t run more than once. So, if it's autostart, turn on a self-switch and turn the page. If it's not autostart, then there might be a problem with the scripts. But I suspect it's parallel process or autostart not being turned off.

[Lazer Ki]

Yes, it's because of AutoStart or Parallel Process. Like modern algebra said, you should make a switch turn on and make  a new page under the conditions that the switch you just turned on is on.

[Asphyx]

I got it to work by setting up a parallel process. Then Make the event call on a common event, Which had the weather effects and the SE's on. No switch. Now i just got to make it so its only on THAT map...

[modern algebra]

That's ... silly.

[Irock]

I'm pretty sure using a switch would be easier.

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[Grafikal]

That's not silly, that's just retarded. If you're going to use it on one map, then use a normal event. Common events are global events, Asphyx, which means you can call it anywhere. That's just a waste. Irock is right, one switch will do you good and that's it. You're making this more complicated for yourself and you don't learn anything from doing it this way.

[modern algebra]

Well, doing it in a common event is not necessarily a bad idea if he is putting a lot of stuff in there, such as start rain, play SE, etc... because then he could use it in any map he wanted to have the weather effect.

But I don't think he's doing it for the right reasons; it sounds like he's doing it because he doesn't know how to use switches and doesn't want to learn (maybe I'm wrong, but that's what it sounds like), which means he doesn't realize how bad his game will be if he doesn't learn how to use switches and variables.

Further, it sounds like he's calling this weather event every frame even though he only needs to call it once, which could end up generating lag when combined with other parallel processes (something likely to happen if he continues making events in this fashion)

And the fact is, he's going out of his way to avoid switches when he doesn't even need to use switches. He could just use the Erase Event command seeing as this is RMXP.

[Asphyx]

Ok. Fact: I'm new at RPG Maker, And I don't know how to use switches. I AM willing to learn. Anyone willing to teach?
To be honest, I don't even remember how to make switches. I made one earlier for a bank. I can't remember how to create another though...

[modern algebra]

There's not much to making them. A switch is either ON or OFF, like a light switch. And you control when to turn them on or off (with the event command Control Switch).

You can then condition events on switches. For instance, when you make a new page, there are two checkboxes for switches. If you enable them and select a switch, it means it won't run that event page until those switches are on. As a rule, an event will only run one page at a time and it checks from the last one to the first. In the screenshot, it would run that event page only if switches 1 & 2 are ON. If either one isn't, it would run Page 1 instead. If Page 1 had conditions that weren't met, it wouldn't run any page.

Another way you can use switches is through the event command Conditional Branch. In the screenshot, if Switch 3 is on, then it would run the stuff right under it. If Switch 3 weren't on, it would run the stuff in the else branch.

There are a lot more detailed tutorials for events though. Just check out the databases. Constance has a great tutorial for new users generally too.



(For what you wanted to do, you'd make two event pages. The first page would be autostart and it would have the Set Weather Effects command, then it would have:

Control Self-Switch: A ON

On the second page, you would checkbox self-switch A is ON in the Conditions box. That's it.

[Asphyx]

I thought there was a page to create a switch. Like the variables. But in the event, when you set a variable, it just shows the list. So i assumed there was more too it then just that. Thanks for clearing that up.

[modern algebra]

Well, if you click on the highlighted arrow in the screen shot, it will bring up a page where you can select the switches. You can name the switches in that screen.

Self-switches, however, aren't named. There are four (A, B, C, D) for each event and they only apply to that event. So turning on self-switch A in Event 1 doesn't mean that Self-switch A is on in any other event.