[Ace] Animation moving with player, how do i prevent that?

[Gleen]

Hi, me again. I'm playing an animation above one event and it works wonders, but if i move the character one tile left while the animation is playing the animation too will move one tile left and then it'll not play in the right position.. how can i prevent that? Or wasn't this supposed to happen at all?

 

[Shaz]

A simple fix would be to have a second event with no graphic, and when you play the animation, move that event to the same position as the visible one, and play the animation on the no-graphic event. Make sure you set it up so both the player and other events can move over it.

 

[Gleen]

A simple fix would be to have a second event with no graphic, and when you play the animation, move that event to the same position as the visible one, and play the animation on the no-graphic event. Make sure you set it up so both the player and other events can move over it.

I get it, but is that a bug from rpg maker?

 

[Shaz]

Probably not. When you show an animation, you associate it with an event. It makes sense that it should stick with that event.

 

[Gleen]

I tested with events and you're right, they stick with the event... I don't know what i'm doing wrond so i'll post my codes here.

When you press a button that will start the process, this will be executed. It gets the event and moves to player position

def use
    dt_get_event(tool)
    dt_event_setup(@dt_event)
end

def dt_get_event(ferramenta)
    events.each do |i, event|
	  if event.list != nil
	    for i in 0...event.list.size
		    if event.list[i].code == 108 && event.list[i].parameters == [Gleen::DT::EVENTHANDLER]
			  @dt_event = event
		    end
	    end
	  end
    end

def dt_event_setup(event)
    event.moveto($game_player.x, $game_player.y)
end

Here is my update method to check if the animation can be played:

def dt_update_timer
    if @timer == 60
	  @trigger = true
	  @dt_event.animation_id = 100
	  clear_ok?(@dt_event)
    else
	  @timer += 1
    end
  end

def clear_ok?(event)
    mr = RPG::MoveRoute.new
    mr.repeat = false
    mr.wait = true
    mr.skippable = true
    mc = RPG::MoveCommand.new
    mc.code = 15
    mc.parameters = [36]
    mc2 = RPG::MoveCommand.new
    mc2.code = 45
    mc2.parameters = ["$game_map.dt_clear_event"]
    mr.list[0] = mc
    mr.list[1] = mc2
    event.force_move_route(mr)
  end

And here is the last method executed, wich clears everything:

def dt_clear_event
    dt_get_event(tool)
    if @dt_event != nil
	  @dt_event.moveto(0,0)
	  @dt_event.dt_change_graphic(@dt_event, "clear") # clears the event graphic
    end
  end

As far as i know, i'm not doing anything wrong here and that animation still moves...

 

[Shaz]

Are you playing the animation on the event that doesn't move? You only want that to move to the other event's position once, not over and over.

 

[Gleen]

Yeah, the event don't move. Only the animation...

I noticed that in maps with minimal size (17x13) this bug doesn't occur, only in bigger maps when the screen moves, the animation follow the movement.

 

[Shaz]

Oh, it sounds like it IS a bit of a bug, then - if your character moves around while it's going on, and it does one thing on a small map and another on a big map.

You should report it in the unofficial bugs thread - if they do a patch, it might be easy enough to add a fix for this.

 

[Gleen]

No. it's something with my code. I created another project and tested. The animation don't move when i move. Even in big maps.

 

[Victor Sant]

This might solve it.