Dialog Box gets bigger after fight.

[Silver Wishes]

Hello guys! I need help…  I hope this is the place to post this, I wasn’t sure.

I think my problem is between a script, a timer and a variable.

So what I was trying to do is create a ‘betting minigame’ in which the player has to gather more points (by defeating more monsters) than the NPC in a certain amount of time.

So I got myself a timer, a ‘Score’ variable and Galv’s  Respawn Timer Script.

Though somewhere along the way I did something horribly wrong and ended up with an overfed Speech Box.



What happens is… you talk to the NPC, the timer starts, all is good. After the first battle the speech box gets smaller by one line.



After the second battle it gets larger by one line and from then on it keeps growing.



This happens precisely at the end of the battle, should the player run, or the timer stop mid-battle the speech box will remain as was. And this is permanent… save-and-loading won’t fix it.

I tried stuff…  I erased the timer but kept the ‘Score’ variable and no problem whatsoever. Then I tried having an event setting the score to 0 and the window went back to its original size.

Here are the scripts I’m using in case you need to see them…

http://1drv.ms/1RnUqCk

Does anyone know how to fix this? And how did I manage to mess up the speech box of all things???

Thank you!

 

[Clord]

Some scripts utilize configurable variable fields.


For example a script checks a certain variable ID's value to know how many lines a dialog box should display.


There's also a loot related script online that uses switch to determine if it should display what items you obtain.

 

[Andar]

Without even looking at your scripts I can guess that you're using Yanfly's Message script or something very similiar - because that script includes the option to change the text box size by changing a variable.

And because you didn't configure the scripts correctly, one of your other scripts changes the same variable, causing these variable sized text boxes.

Please check ALL your scripts for their configurations, and set all switches and variables to new ID, and make sure to name those variables so that you never use them again for something else.

 

[bgillisp]

Try changing the variable that your score is stored in to variable 101. Very few scripts ever use variables above 100, so that should be safe. See if that fixes the problem.

Also, look at your message system script and find out what variable sets the size of the text box, mark that variable so you *don't* use it by accident like that.

 

[Bribolox]

Please check ALL your scripts for their configurations, and set all switches and variables to new ID, and make sure to name those variables so that you never use them again for something else.

That is something I literally just discovered for myself.  I used a switch # that happened to be the same switch that was assigned to disable the script!  I need to check the other scripts I'm using before I continue...

 

[Silver Wishes]

@Andar

Oh my…

You’re right. I hadn’t really looked at that script since I haven’t put it to use yet…

I’ll make sure to be more careful from now on.

Thank you!

@bgillisp That worked too... I hadn't thought there would ever be a problem like that.

There's a lot I have to learn about scripts...

Lesson learned.

That's one less bug to worry about.

Thanks everyone!

 

[Shaz]

I've moved this thread to RGSSx Script Support. Please be sure to post your threads in the correct forum next time. Thank you.