Building a Scene with Events

[VarmintLP]

Hey guys,

To begin I have just started with RPG Maker VX Ace and I m trying to create a new RPG about an anime I m working on. So the Story in my RPG will be like you are just a random guy which travels along the main story.

So today I started with my first Cutscene and at the beginning I struggle a little bit. But now I m at the point, where nothing helps me on my own. So I need your help. The actuall cutscene is build with events like a loop to count the steps and break stop the loop until you reach the amount to steps. The hero gots teleported as a hidden charakter and can t walk because I made empty events on the level of the player so you only can watch and don t make any changes on the moving camera.

Now I m at the point where I try to get a conversation between 2 or more Charakters, but I can t tell charakter 2 to move from the event of charakter 1. I m not sure If I should do the whole scene still with events or If I should try to do everything with a script.

Maybe you guys can help me out with that problem.

Varmint

 

[Andar]

You would have to show screenshots of your event for us to give more than general help.


However, it reads as if you have distributed the commands for the cutscene between different events - that is the biggest mistake you can make.


There should be ONE controlling event for the entire cutscene. All other events (including any NPC) should have absolutely no content and be remotely controlled by that one event.


Other than that, follow the link in my signature to work through the basic tutorials. There are a lot of very specific things you can't learn by yourself, you have to get them from tutorials or spend month of work making your game in a difficult or wrong way.


Oh - and by the way:


Scripts have absolutely NOTHING to do with cutscenes - you cannot do a cutscene by scripts, it has to be done by eventing.


(theoretically it might be possible to control events and cutscenes from scripts, but it would be a hundred time more work and require real programming knowledge)

 

[VarmintLP]

Thx for the replay.

so to begin you can try my RPG because I m streaming a lot of the developing process and uploading every final version which contains multiple changes like new areas, more enemys or new dialogs. So if you want to check it out here is the actual version I finished today. https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7mk26kcvgxyt4v/Anime%20RPG%20Alpha%200.4.exe?dl=0

It s nothing special or big, but I did a lot of stuff in a short time in my opinion. I only need like 15-18 hrs for this. But I guess thats nothing in compare to other rpg maker user which works much longer with the software. But it s very well in compare to a new user of the software.

My programming knowledge should be very well but I didn t even worked with this kind of scriptings but I guess I actually don t need it for now. So I try to get threw the link in your signature.

Btw I m still working a little bit on a multilanguage thing. Maybe you have an idea for that. Actually I define a variable at the beginning of the game where you got asked Deutsch / English so you can choose and then it starts asking the rest in english or german. Depends on what you prefer.

 

[Andar]

There are several scripts available that help with translating - but in most cases only if you use them from the beginning, it's more difficult to translate later.

One example:

http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/6608-external-text-v32-write-your-game-in-an-organized-manner-translate-with-ease/

 

[VarmintLP]

Ok. Thx for the help. I will later give it a try when I finished some more stuff. Btw can I also translate the mapname with that like You enter a wood with a name like "East Wood" and the name should appear in german aswell. And is it more easier to make an option at the beginning of the game or is it easier to ask in the game at the beginning of the game to set a language? (like I actually did)

For now it s not that much to translate and I also can make that change in less then one hour (after I get how to do it for the first time). Later it will be much more work to just change that thing so fast

 

[Marsigne]

Hey, I've downloaded your game to see it. First hindrance is that when choosing "more" in choose your people, can't go back to select the principal options; it is stuck. Everything is also on that main language even though I selected English, but I think you're already aware of that. I've also noticed I can't run in-doors, which can be a game-breaker or hindrance for some. I don't intend to do a full review, but just saying some things. And by the way, where are the scenes you're talking about? In a house, there is the character Ralph which is saying "/P[1]" instead of it's name. The girl that wants to heal just heals, doesn't do any animation or indicator of healing. Nice detail of the boxes's pasability. Woah, battles in forest? didn't expected that lol. I got died though, so they might be too strong.

 

[VarmintLP]

Hey, I've downloaded your game to see it. First hindrance is that when choosing "more" in choose your people, can't go back to select the principal options; it is stuck. Everything is also on that main language even though I selected English, but I think you're already aware of that. I've also noticed I can't run in-doors, which can be a game-breaker or hindrance for some. I don't intend to do a full review, but just saying some things. And by the way, where are the scenes you're talking about? In a house, there is the character Ralph which is saying "/P[1]" instead of it's name. The girl that wants to heal just heals, doesn't do any animation or indicator of healing. Nice detail of the boxes's pasability. Woah, battles in forest? didn't expected that lol. I got died though, so they might be too strong.

Thx for the answer to me. I took a longer break to continue with my work because I still need some ideas for the main story line. ^^

The main language is german thats true, but I m working on it. A few weeks earlier I also had to reinstall my windows 7 and because I didn t made copys of my history and my quick links/links to remember I had some trouble to find this link back. But I guess I will continue my work on the RPG in the next days.

The scene I talked about will be added in the next version. (Alpha 0.5)

The fact you can t run in the houses is a setting I made. You don t really need to run in that small houses.

I will later add some sounds to the whole game but just until it s bigger like the alpha 0.7 or beta 1.0.

To not only use one picture for the 3 diffrent enemys in the woods I will also draw some final fluffys which are calm, aggressive and wild.

I will also check the other bugs you told.

Maybe if you want you can help me with some ideas. Just if you want.

 

[Marsigne]

Thx for the answer to me. I took a longer break to continue with my work because I still need some ideas for the main story line. ^^

The main language is german thats true, but I m working on it. A few weeks earlier I also had to reinstall my windows 7 and because I didn t made copys of my history and my quick links/links to remember I had some trouble to find this link back. But I guess I will continue my work on the RPG in the next days.

The scene I talked about will be added in the next version. (Alpha 0.5)

The fact you can t run in the houses is a setting I made. You don t really need to run in that small houses.

I will later add some sounds to the whole game but just until it s bigger like the alpha 0.7 or beta 1.0.

To not only use one picture for the 3 diffrent enemys in the woods I will also draw some final fluffys which are calm, aggressive and wild.

I will also check the other bugs you told.

Maybe if you want you can help me with some ideas. Just if you want.

You're welcome

Well, I can help you with gameplay ideas like some things to add and stuff where are you going to post the game to test?

 

[VarmintLP]

You're welcome

Well, I can help you with gameplay ideas like some things to add and stuff where are you going to post the game to test?

The most actuall version is on my twitch stream available. But I m not sure when I continue with the game. Twitch Channel VarmintLP

 

[Kes]

No one can test the game if it's on Twitch which is why Marsigne asked where it was posted.

However, that is not related to your query.  This is not a project development thread. 

If you want to discuss your game development, please open an Early Project thread

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[VarmintLP]

No one can test the game if it's on Twitch which is why Marsigne asked where it was posted.

However, that is not related to your query.  This is not a project development thread. 

If you want to discuss your game development, please open an Early Project thread

Has the query been answered for you?  If it has, please Report your opening post (the Report button is bottom right, near the Multiquote button) and ask for this topic to be closed.  The mod for this forum might not see your post, but will see your report. 

When I say twitch I mean you can get the download link from there. XD

But to make it easy. https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7mk26kcvgxyt4v/Anime%20RPG%20Alpha%200.4.exe?dl=0 Here it is. The actual version of my RPG.

 

[Marsigne]

When I say twitch I mean you can get the download link from there. XD

But to make it easy. https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7mk26kcvgxyt4v/Anime%20RPG%20Alpha%200.4.exe?dl=0 Here it is. The actual version of my RPG.

Haha ok, but you still haven't updated to 0.5 to see the scenes and stuff

 

[Shaz]

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