Event Help

[soliden]

soliden, please avoid double posting, as it is against the forum rules. You can review our forum rules here. Thank you.

Must have been a browser error, because I wasn't aware of the double post.

 

[Celianna]

I only warn people who have made actual posts with different content after their previous post; a real double post. Browser or system hiccups get removed and are not warned

 

[soliden]

Ugh, I give up.

I made a completely new intro scene with my control event being the only event on the map, with NO switches besides the self-switch A ON to turn the event off, and it's still giving me the same problem.

EDIT: Huh, I tried setting the event to 'Action Button' just to see what would happen, and the character just stands there as if the event is being auto-run, but nothing still happens. It's odd because the event isn't controlled by a switch and there are no active switches or even other events on the map.

 

[Espon]

Normally main causes of events freezing up the player is because Auto-Run wasn't disabled by a switch, or because an event or the player was forced to move against a wall and "Skip if Cannot Move" or "Through" wasn't enabled. Events cannot move through each other unless "Through" is enabled, even if they have different Priorities. Also, you gotta be careful when using movement and "Wait for Completion" isn't checked. If the player rushes through the dialog, it's possible to mess up move routes if another is issued before the first one finished.

If something does not work and you cannot figure it out, instead of remaking everything, try disabling parts one at a time (copy event commands into a new event or a disabled conditional branch). Often times the problem was the dumbest little thing and you end up slapping yourself for not noticing it sooner.

If you cannot figure out try uploading your project and maybe someone else can solve it.

 

[soliden]

GOT IT. Okay, so I "toggled" initially from autorun > action button > autorun and I was able to move my character again. Seems like a bug in the VX Ace program, since I made sure ten times over that there was no conflicts with other events, etc, etc.

EDIT: Is there a way to change the initial starting position of the player? If not, I know how to work around it, but I was wondering if there was something simpler than having a blank character>black bg, fade, change actor graphic, teleport > fade in line of commands/events.

 

[Des]

EDIT: Is there a way to change the initial starting position of the player?

Just right-click and "set starting position".

 

[soliden]

Just right-click and "set starting position".

I guess I wasn't clear. I meant the rotation of the player's position, so they aren't facing downwards every time.

 

[Celianna]

No, not really. Not without a script or something. You can start out as transparent, have an autorun turn the player to the desired direction, and set them back to visible again.

 

[Kilravok]

On a different thread in this forum I have seen that paralel process is executed while the scene is still starting up, before it is faded in. Would it not be possible to put an paralel process event on the map that turns the actor looking up and then deletes itself?

 

[Celianna]

I think using that method would make you see the player face down for a split second before they turn to another direction. I could be wrong though, as I haven't yet tested it out on Ace.

 

[soliden]

No, not really. Not without a script or something. You can start out as transparent, have an autorun turn the player to the desired direction, and set them back to visible again.

That's pretty much what I've been doing for now (blank map + transparent character, etc.). Thanks.