Dark Theme for VX ACE

[AloneForLong]

I was looking at one of the script support threads and noticed someone had been able to give their script editor a dark theme.

I cannot simply explain just how much my eyes are straining from the original light theme.

Does anyone know how to give VX Ace's Script Editor a Dark Theme? I've searched it up on Google but of course it only gave results about MV and MZ. (Which I can't use on my computer because I don't have a high enough OpenGL version.)

Anyone PLEASE help me find out how to give it a dark theme. Also, if there are any links to something that I might be able to download for it, please don't reply with a link, because my Internet is limited and I can't access a lot of websites. May only be a matter of time before the forums are blocked on my computer.

If you have a link to some sort of dark theme download, please reply with it as a zipped attachment or something. I can't access a lot of websites, not even Tsukihime's website.

Sorry if this bothers anyone. Also, I'm not sure if this is the right thread.

REMEMBER THIS IS FOR VX ACE!!!

 

[bgillisp]

Sadly it doesn't exist for ACE and editing the editor with a script is a breach of the EULA. So no legal solution will exist for that program sadly.

 

[AloneForLong]

Sadly it doesn't exist for ACE and editing the editor with a script is a breach of the EULA. So no legal solution will exist for that program sadly.

I remember seeing it somewhere, on one of these threads. But man, it would be great to have a dark theme for Ace. Besides, it's just for offline personal use anyway. Wonder if there's like a recreation DLL for the engine itself that can change the color scheme.

 

[bgillisp]

If you saw it, it would have been a cracked game, and we can't help you find it as that would break the EULA. Degica is very specific about not being allowed to edit the editor in any way.

 

[AloneForLong]

If you saw it, it would have been a cracked game, and we can't help you find it as that would break the EULA. Degica is very specific about not being allowed to edit the editor in any way.

Well dang... Guess I'll just do all my scripting in Notepad++ from now on if I want reduce eye strain.

 

[bgillisp]

Or you can do what I did and turn the brightness way down on the monitor when scripting. Mines more of a grey theme now as a result.

Edit: BTW I'd suggest we keep this open in case there is a UI setting already in ACE that I don't even know about.

 

[cremnophobia]

The script editor uses Scintilla (see SciLexer.dll in the installation directory). With some C++ knowledge you should be able to replace it and make the script editor use the font name, size, colors, etc. you want without potential legal trouble.

You don't have to use the script editor anyway. You can write Ruby scripts in your favorite code editor and call require to load them. The format of the Scripts.rvdata2 file is also not a mystery if you don't want to have plain text files openly accessible.

 

[Roninator2]

someone had been able to give their script editor a dark theme

What thread shows this?

 

[AloneForLong]

The script editor uses Scintilla (see SciLexer.dll in the installation directory). With some C++ knowledge you should be able to replace it and make the script editor use the font name, size, colors, etc. you want without potential legal trouble.

You don't have to use the script editor anyway. You can write Ruby scripts in your favorite code editor and call require to load them. The format of the Scripts.rvdata2 file is also not a mystery if you don't want to have plain text files openly accessible.

Thanks, I think I'll use this knowledge at some point!

What thread shows this?

I can't remember which thread I found it on, but I did see an image attachment where someone had implemented a dark theme.

 

[kyonides]

Just in case the

require "script"

command doesn't work, use this:

Kernel.require "script"