Show a picture (with script)

[Signum1221]

Im currently working on making a health bar that shows while in in the map, while i succeed in making the bar with window and self.contents.fill_rect(...) i dont know how to show a picture with scripts, i want to show it over the window while the player is on the map.

[Hajami]

I just have the RGSS3 Command for using in Eventcomand Script safed on my PC, but it should also Work in normal Scripts.

Show Picture Command:
$game_map.screen.pictures[index].show(fName, placement, x, y, xZoom, yZoom, opacity, blend)

# fName - Also automatically searches files included in RGSS-RTP.
# File extensions may be omitted.
# placement - [0] Upper Left, [1] Center
# x - X value of image.
# y - Y value of image.
# xZoom - [100; Default] Horizontal scaling of image.
# yZoom - [100; Default] Vertical scaling of image.
# opacity - [255; Default] Opacity of image.
# blend - [0] Normal, [1] Add, [2] Sub

Move Picture Command:
$game_map.screen.pictures[imgNum].move(placement, x, y, xZoom, yZoom, opacity, blend, duration)

# imgNum - Numerical identifier of the image.
# placement - [0] Upper Left, [1] Center
# x - X value of image.
# y - Y value of image.
# xZoom - [100; Default] Horizontal scaling of image.
# yZoom - [100; Default] Vertical scaling of image.
# opacity - [255; Default] Opacity of image.
# blend - [0] Normal, [1] Add, [2] Sub
# duration - Duration of time to move image.
# NOTE : Does not pause script. Use one of the following instead :
#
# wait(iFrames)
# iFrames.to_i.times { Fiber.yield }
#
# iFrames - Number of frames to wait (1000 is equal to 1 second)


Tint Picture Command:
$game_map.screen.pictures[imgNum].start_tone_change(tone, duration)

# imgNum - Numerical identifier of image.
# tone - Tone information :
#
# Tone.new(red, blue, green, grey)
#
# duration - Duration of time to alter image.
# NOTE : Does not pause script. Use one of the following instead :
#
# wait(iFrames)
# iFrames.to_i.times { Fiber.yield }
#
# iFrames - Number of frames to wait (1000 is equal to 1 second)

[Shadow]

That was a freaking great answer Hajami!
Kudos!

[Signum1221]

Thanks, im now able to make pictures appear, i thought the picture would appear over the bars but it seems like windows have priority over pictures, theres a easy way to change this?

PD: Epic answer!

[Hajami]

Originally posted by Dread:

That was a freaking great answer Hajami!
Kudos!

But i just Copy Pasted it from an Datafile^^ i wrote and partly copy pasted with stuff i wanted to know.
Some information i found on the Internet other stuff i asked in Forums.

[Hajami]

Originally posted by Signum1221:

Thanks, im now able to make pictures appear, i thought the picture would appear over the bars but it seems like windows have priority over pictures, theres a easy way to change this?

PD: Epic answer!

You are searching for "Changing Z Values", iam not familiar with those.
Sorry cant help with that.

[Shadow]

Yes and you got ALL of YOUR effort in just an answer.
Usually that is really more than enough.
Your answer has excellent documentation and covers the question 100% 99%.
That is what it counts.

[Hajami]

Ok thanks for this nice motivating Words :)

[Shadow]

Well you deserve it!
That qquestionn helped me too!!! :P

[Hajami]

Ok if the Zoom isnt working with game variables (iam not sure if this is the case, didnt tested it with this new commands) but if that is the case, than thanks to Asandril here is the Solution:
http://www.rpg-studio.org/forum/index.php?page=Thread&postID=533516#post533516
Insert in Scriptmanager:

class Game_Picture
attr_accessor :zoom_x # Für Picture Zoom - Callscript abfrage
attr_accessor :zoom_y # Für Picture Zoom - Callscript abfrage
end

Now you should be able to Zoom Pictures by Variable. Usefulll if you dont want to move a health bar out of the picture, now you can zoom it directly everywhere on the map.
But maybe its also possible without this script. have to test it someday for this purpose.
(He changed only 2 "reader" to "accesor")

[Signum1221]

I tried changing the z of the picture but it seems that it is in a different layer, i searched a little and if i did understant the layers are viewports, so i tried something like this

    v1=Viewport.new(138, 0, 120, 100) 
    v1.z=0
    s1=Sprite.new(v1)
    b1=Bitmap.new("Bar.png")
    s1.bitmap=b1

Bar.png is inside the pictures folder, it seems like i need to write the path to that folder because it says Bar.png doesnt exist, im not sure how to write the path.

Edit: Hajami i just readed your answer in the other post XD, i want the bars in the upper part of the map screen and also in the menu, the bars are for food, water, stamina... they will be merged with the time system im making.

Evented version will do, i dont like having to copy a pararell process in each map but is no problem.

[Hatsukuro]

If you're making something custom you may want to read up on the Sprite class in the documentation. It's easy to set those to a custom position, custom zoom, and give them a custom bitmap. I'd give you a short example but my Internet is down right now so I only have my phone. Keep in mind however that unlike windows from the last thread, sprites do not automatically update in scenes and are not automatically disposed.

Pretty much what I'm saying is to display a picture/sprite specifically how and when you want you need to do a bit more custom code than using the picture settings for events.

[Signum1221]

Well i upgraded a little the code you helped me with the other day so i can just list all calls that need to be updated while scene map (or scene menu or any other scene) so refreshing it is no problem, im going to play a little with it, in the worst case scenario maybe i'll need to do a loop that paints each pixel every update, im not too sure about how will affect perfonmance

[Hatsukuro]

Painting each pixel would be horrible in the way of performance. Working wroth bitmaps you'd be better off with the fill_rect, clear_rect, blt, and other similar methods. Even with these there's a lot you can do.

[Signum1221]

I tried this:

$test=100
class Scene_Map < Scene_Base
  alias signum_default_start_ddf start
  alias signum_default_update_grgw update

  BACKGROUND = Color.new(150, 150, 150)
  HP = Color.new(255, 0, 0)
  
  def start(*args)
    signum_default_start_ddf(*args)
    #
    @s1=Sprite.new()
    @s1.x=300
    @s1.y=300
    @s1.z=10
    @s2=Sprite.new()
    @s2.x=300
    @s2.y=300
    @s2.z=9
    b1=Bitmap.new(100,100)
    b2=Bitmap.new(100,100)
    @s1.bitmap=b1
    @s2.bitmap=b2
    @s2.bitmap.fill_rect(1, 1, 100, 6*4, BACKGROUND)
  end

  def update
    signum_default_update_grgw
    #
    @s1.bitmap.clear_rect(1, 1, 100, 6*4) 
    @s1.bitmap.fill_rect(1, 1,$test, 6*4, HP)
    @s1.update
    
    if($time==0)
      $test=$test-1
    end
      
    #
  end
  
end

It seems to work well,i have to figure out how to load in a sprite a .png, i readed something like bitmap.new(filename) but i dont know how to write the rute to the file.

Thanks

[Marquise*]

^^; I want to need to use this ^^; I just can't understand out of context but I know it is great! ^^