Changing Actor Graphic

[sbloom85]

Just a quick question: How do I change an actor's graphic when holding a button? I want to use a running sheet for an actor,

 

[dawnhunter]

As in pressing a button or holding a button (object)?

either way:

There should be an option in the events to 'Change actor graphic'.

If it is while pressing a button, it will be while the event is in action.

If it is while holding the object, set the parametors to while [button] is in the inventory.

** I don't have MV, so I can't give you screenshots of that specific version, but that's how it's been on all of the other versions that I've used **

 

[altorn]

Create a common parallel event that has a conditional branch.

this conditional branch needs to check if a button is pressed.

This is just a simple, crude solution, you can optimize this in so many ways.

 

[sbloom85]

 God... I didn't even see that. Thanks!

 

[sbloom85]

Okay, so it works properly, now the only issue is with the idle frame. Is there a way to ignore that frame while the actor is moving?

 

[altorn]

Sorry what do you mean idle frame? From what I understand you want to it so that the character sprite changes to whatever you want when walking and pressing a button right?

For the above example, if i change to that character sheet, whenever i walk while holding ENTER, it changes to the girl with walking animation. Letting go of ENTER will change it back to the Harold character sheet.

Isn't that what you want? Sorry I dont understand what "idle" frame you mean. You mean the middle frame?

 

[Shaz]

The running button is not ENTER - it is SHIFT.

 

[sbloom85]

Sorry what do you mean idle frame? From what I understand you want to it so that the character sprite changes to whatever you want when walking and pressing a button right?

An idle frame is used with Shaz's more character frames plugin and is the first frame in every direction. Here's an example of a character sheet with more movement frames

You might be thinking that this would be the top half of a character sheet, but it's not, this is a whole sheet and each direction has twelve frames. The idle frames for this sheet would be in the very left column. When I move a character, I don't want the idle frame to show. That was the easy part since I edited the running image. However, when I continue to hold the run button and am not moving the character, I want to have it switch over to the other sheet for its idle frame.

 

[altorn]

Sorry, I don't have enough knowledge to deal with this plugin.

This probably can't be done with events alone. I would write a script to implement a Run Animation using the more frames plugin but I haven't checked out this script yet (and about to go to sleep).

Maybe Shaz or some other member will help you with this. Sorry again.

 

[sbloom85]

Alright, I figured this out using the common event that I wrote up. There's probably an easier way to do it, but here it is:

If: Button [Shift] is pressed down If: Button [Up] is pressed down // Change to running graphic If: Button [Down] is pressed down // Change to running graphic If: Button

is pressed down // Change to running graphic If: Button

is pressed down // Change to running graphic Else: // Revert to original graphic End End End EndElse // Revert to original graphic

Next up would be to determine which actor is in the top position so that actor 1's running sprite won't be used for actors 2, 3 or 4.​