[XP] Cutscene before Title

[Sir Edeon X]

Okay, so to make the cutscene before title:

1) Build the map with the cutscene.



2) At the end of the cutscene put the event to "Return to Title Screen".



3) Build the actual game as you would normally do.



2) Make a new scene with the following code:

class Scene_Cutscene
def main
    $data_actors        = load_data("Data/Actors.rxdata")
    $data_tilesets      = load_data("Data/Tilesets.rxdata")
    $data_common_events = load_data("Data/CommonEvents.rxdata")
    $data_system        = load_data("Data/System.rxdata")
    $data_mapInfos     = load_data("Data/MapInfos.rxdata")
    $game_temp          = Game_Temp.new
    $game_system        = Game_System.new
    $game_switches      = Game_Switches.new
    $game_variables     = Game_Variables.new
    $game_self_switches = Game_SelfSwitches.new
    $game_screen        = Game_Screen.new
    $game_actors        = Game_Actors.new
    $game_party         = Game_Party.new
    $game_map           = Game_Map.new
    $game_player        = Game_Player.new
    @save_max = 3
    for i in 0..@save_max     
      if FileTest.exist?("Save#{i+1}.rxdata") : $scene = Scene_Title.new end
    end
    $game_map.setup(!!!!!!!!!!)
    $game_player.moveto(XXX, YYY)
    $game_player.refresh
    $game_map.update
    $scene = Scene_Map.new
  end
end


5) Change the "!!!!!!!!!!" in the script with the ID of the map, and "XXX" and "YYY" with the coordinates you want the hero to start at.



6) Change the Main script so that it begins at Scene_Cutscene and not at Scene_Title (change it after "Graphics.freeze").



And that's it! It will begin at your map, do the cutscene and then open the title screen.

[Blizzard]

Nice job. Looks good. *moves to Database*

[Nightwolf]

Hey man this is sweet and neat.
im using it

[Arrow]

All right, check it.

This script is the SHIT dawg, but it needs somethin' with more..."Pimp"...

Like, what if it sent you to the title, but if like, you didn't hit the buttonz urr sum shit, it would play da scene, nowadam sayin' my ni**a?

[Cheal]

I followed what you said and yet when I try and play it an error pops up saying "?(x5) 'Scene_Cutscene' ? 23 ?(x3) SyntaxError ?(x8)". Know what the problem is?

(The ?(x_) was since ?(x3)= )

[Edit]
Btw, this is about XP and I got a screen. I'm really new at this, so I might have done something wrong, but I could use some help with this problem.

[Sir Edeon X]

That error means you have an error at line '23' in 'Scene_Cutscene'.
Okay, line 23 is "$game_player.moveto(XXX,YYY). Make sure you have replaced the XXX and YYY
for example "$game_player.moveto(0,0)" if you want the player to start at 0,0.

[Cheal]

Sorry, but yet again, I have another error screen. This time it says this:


Here's what I have for it:

[Sir Edeon X]

okay, gotcha. The thing is, when I told you to replace the '!!!!!' for the ID of the map, you replaced it with the name!
The ID is the number of the map, in this case 11!
go to line 22, and change it for '$game_map.setup(11)'
This does it.

[Cheal]

*Hits head* Thanks, Edeon. Me not so smert some times.

[EDIT]
Whoot! It works now, and only a few problems, like the ID not being 011, but 013. It turned out awesome and it adds some flare to it. Thanks again for the awesome tut. 

[nevfx]

Cool, nice tut. This helps me alot!

[Snailer]

YEAH this is what we want !

[tSwitch]

what I want to know is if it's possible to make it so that the player can press a button to go back to the menu halfway through the scene.

also, is it possible to make the scene re-play after time?

that and can I show pictures, like text during the scene?

[Snailer]

You can do all what u want
Make a parralel proces event and put conditional branch *
If button (...) is pressed.
Return to menu

And u can use messages

I think 

[tSwitch]

what about going from menu to cutscene after say, a minute
how do I do that?

also, I didn't mean messages so much as a black screen with fading text or something like that. (unless I can do timed messages)

edit:like a combination of Blizzard's picture cutscene and this one.

[ShellShocked]

Script 'Cut_Scene' line 23: SyntaxError occurred.

Wtf?

[tSwitch]

That error means you have an error at line '23' in 'Scene_Cutscene'.
Okay, line 23 is "$game_player.moveto(XXX,YYY). Make sure you have replaced the XXX and YYY
for example "$game_player.moveto(0,0)" if you want the player to start at 0,0.

look up.

[Valcos]

At the beginning of my game I have it so the its like go to title menu or start cutscene...but then when I try to start the cut scene nothing happens? I used a common event and when you press cutscene thing it starts.....

[Atracious]

Is there a way to make it so that it starts the room with a picture covering it, displays a few boxes of text then fades to the map? And how do you make the screen go to a specific position/move? (also for some reason no text appears anywhere in my games, even the title menu O.o any ideas?)

[tSwitch]

1st question, I want to know that myself
2nd: universal font fix, try searching for it

[Blizzard]

2nd: Either the stidkied "Blizzard's tricks" topic in Tutorials or "Tons of Add-ons" in Scripts Database.

[tSwitch]

ok, thanks for handing out the location, now how about number 1?

[Atracious]

Is there a way to make it so that it starts the room with a picture covering it, displays a few boxes of text then fades to the map?

I figured this out, thanks to Blizzard.
You make an event that is a parallel process and then just put 'show picture' at the top, i actually got rid of the pic before displaying the text, but you don't have to

[dracow]

Whats wrong? Screen shots from my error and my cut scene script
http://img252.imageshack.us/my.php?image=omgvb2.gif
http://img252.imageshack.us/my.php?image=omges0.gif
Please tell me what to do!

[Atracious]

Whats wrong? Screen shots from my error and my cut scene script


Please tell me what to do!

first off: actually put the screens in...not off the hard drive but host them on imageshack then put the url in using the image icon.

[Luminost]

EDIT: Oop, nevermind lol. I just realised what i had done wrong.

Great tutorial. Very helpful .