Mission Arrow

[Mr_Wiggles]

A small script that I made that makes and arrow on the screen that points to a location on the map.

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#==============================================================================
# Mission Arrow
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# By Mr Wiggles
# V 1.0
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# CONFIG
#==============================================================================

LOCATION_X_VAR = 1   # Variable used for the Map X location of Object
LOCATION_Y_VAR = 2   # Variable used for the Map Y location of Object

ARROW_SWITCH = 1      # Switch to Turn Arrow on and off

DEBUG_MODE = false    # Display Player X/Y, Location X/Y, Arrow Info.

#==============================================================================
class Mission_Arrow < Window_Base
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # * Object Initialization
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def initialize
   super(0, 0, 640, 480)
   self.opacity = 0
   self.contents = Bitmap.new(width - 32, height - 32)
   @x = 0
   @y = 0
   @sx = 0
   @sy = 0
   @direction = 0
   update
 end
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # * Turn To Objective
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def turn_to_objective
   # Get difference in player coordinates
   @sx = $game_player.x - @x
   @sy = $game_player.y - @y
   # If coordinates are equal
   if @sx == 0 and @sy == 0
     return @direction = 0
   end
   if @sx.abs > @sy.abs
     # Turn to the right or left towards player
     @sx < 0 ? turn_left : turn_right
   # If vertical distance is longer
   else
     # Turn up or down towards player
     @sy < 0 ? turn_down : turn_up
   end
 end
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # * Turn Down
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def turn_down
     @direction = 2
     refresh(@direction)
 end
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # * Turn Left
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def turn_left
     @direction = 4
     refresh(@direction)
 end
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # * Turn Right
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def turn_right
     @direction = 6
     refresh(@direction)
 end
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # * Turn Up
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def turn_up
     @direction = 8
     refresh(@direction)
 end
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # * Update
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def update
   if $game_switches[ARROW_SWITCH] == true
     @x = $game_variables[LOCATION_X_VAR]
     @y = $game_variables[LOCATION_Y_VAR]
     turn_to_objective
   else
      refresh(0)
    end
 end
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # * Refresh
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 def refresh(direction)
   self.contents.clear
   arrow = RPG::Cache.character("Misson Arrow", 0)
 if $game_switches[ARROW_SWITCH] == true
   case direction
    when 2 # down
      src_rect = Rect.new(0, 0, 30, 30)
    when 4 # left
      src_rect = Rect.new(0,30, 30, 30)
    when 6 # right
      src_rect = Rect.new(0,60, 30, 30)
    when 8 # up
      src_rect = Rect.new(0,90, 30, 30)
   end
   self.contents.blt(260 , 0, arrow, src_rect)
 end
#-----------------------------    
# Debugger
if DEBUG_MODE == true
   old_size = self.contents.font.size
   self.contents.font.size = 18
   # Player Location
   self.contents.draw_text(0,  0, 220, 32, "player X: " + $game_player.x.to_s)
   self.contents.draw_text(0, 20, 220, 32, "player Y: " + $game_player.y.to_s)
   # Location Location
   self.contents.draw_text(0, 60, 220, 32, "Location X: " + @x.to_s)
   self.contents.draw_text(0, 80, 220, 32, "Location Y: " + @y.to_s)
   # Arrow Info
   self.contents.draw_text(0,120, 220, 32, "Arrow Direction: " + @direction.to_s)
   self.contents.draw_text(0,140, 220, 32, "Arrow SX: " + @sx.to_s)
   self.contents.draw_text(0,160, 220, 32, "Arrow SY: " + @sy.to_s)
   self.contents.font.size = old_size
end
#-----------------------------
 end
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
end #class

#==============================================================================
# * Scene_Map
#==============================================================================
class Scene_Map
#----------------------------
# Create Arrow
alias arrow_main main
def main
  @mission_arrow = Mission_Arrow.new
  arrow_main
  @mission_arrow.dispose
end
#----------------------------
# Update Arrow
alias arrow_update update
def update
   @mission_arrow.update
   arrow_update
 end
#----------------------------  
end #class



Features:
 The arrow is a character set.
 Easy configure
 Debug Mode - Displays information about Players location and such on the screen


Screen Shot:
http://screensnapr.com/u/i/hswsd0.png


Give credit if you use this.

[modern algebra]

Cool

[Kidfox70]

This is really nice. So many things came to mind when I saw this. Mini Games. An item that lets the user better find things. To use during the Core story part of the game to help the player go to different places they need to vist. The list can go on...haha. Nice Work Mr_Wiggles! 

[Mr_Wiggles]

Yea i incorporated this into a mission script, and the player can activate a mission by selecting it from the list, and then the arrow will point to the location.

[Vmaster22]

oo... nice