Mission Arrow

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.

Cool

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! 

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.

oo... nice