Autorun... lags?

[Shaz]

Do you realize that an Autorun event will NOT run until AFTER the map is visible and the player sees it? So anything you add that changes the tint, weather, appearance or locations of NPCs/events, the player will actually SEE happening. One moment the map will be as you see it in the editor, then a fraction of a second later the autorun event kicks in.


If you want to do things like weather, tints, etc that will affect how the player sees the map as soon as it fades in, you need to put it in a Parallel Process event, NOT an Autorun event.


This delay is NOT lag.

 

[HumanNinjaToo]

I for one did not realize that. When I make events that change tint, weather, etc., I've always added them into the event that I use to transfer the player to the map.

Something like:

fade screen out, transfer player, tint screen, wait 3, change weather, wait 3, add/erase pictures or overlays, wait 3, fade in screen

I used to use parallels and auto runs for all that but I found it cleaner to use the transfer events for all that. I also make sure to keep all the waits at a total of 10 so the player isn't staring at a black screen longer than they need to.

 

[Shaz]

That's another good method, but if you can enter the map from various directions, you have to add it to multiple events. Say you're in a village and it's raining outside - you'd have to not only add it to the entrance to the village (the transfer from the other map), but also every exit from every house in the village.


But that's getting a little off topic.

 

[redscores]

Thanks alot, I just put the scrolling text into the parallel event. Now it works thanks alot.

 

[Shaz]

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