Floating text in MV?

[Southclaw]

Hi gang.

In Script command, can MV produce floating text, like VX ACE?

I don't want message boxes and stuff, I want RAW TEXT which appears above the player's head and then disappears after 1 second.

For instance, in a VX ACE game I was working on, the following line does exactly what I want.

$game_map.show_text($game_player,"10 points!")

(Also, I was using Khas's Sapphire Action Sysytem IV in that game so that might be relevant, too.)

1) But that's in Ruby. How do I do it in JS?

I would prefer that the answer wasn't "oh just use a plugin" because that won't teach me anything about scripting. I have a simple problem, and I'm looking for a simple answer, not a complex answer to ten million questions that I might ask later.

and also:

2) Where are the resource materials where I could have found this out for myself? I am having serious trouble locating them. I checked https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1-Oa0cRGpjC8L5JO8vdMwOaYMKO75dtfKDOetnvh7OHs/edit#gid=0 and I couldn't find anything useful (to this topic) there.

Thanks for your time

 

[Poryg]

Use pixi. It is not a plugin, it is the graphical interface RPG maker MV uses. In my signature you can find tutorials on it.
As for finding resource materials regarding in-game functions, there's no real documentation. Check out rpg_ scripts in your game folder. I also like to use a console, because there are always all relevant functions to something hidden in _proto_.

 

[Kino]

https://kinoar.github.io/rmmv-doc-web/

Might help with looking for things in code.

 

[Southclaw]

Genuine thanks for your reply Kino!

I had a good look there and I could only find info about the standard Messages Boxes, not any floating text etc. I am beginning to think that MV just doesn't have this functionality.

At any rate, thanks again for your help, this is an excellent resource nonetheless.

 

[Poryg]

@Southclaw As I said, use pixi. PIXI has PIXI.Text by default, which is just a floating text without any message boxes.

 

[Southclaw]

@Poryg
Sincere apologies! I misread the part about Pixi NOT being a plug-in.

And a genuine thank you for not berating me for accidentally ignoring your EXCELLENT advice - you literally told me exactly what I wanted to know and I didn't even respond. I promise you that I feel the appropriate amount of gratitude AND guilt.

I am going to look/work through the PIXI stuff in your sig.

Genuine and MASSIVE thanks for your help! I subscribed to your channel, and look forward to more videos from you.

*MODERATORS: I wouldn't mind if this thread was closed now, my query has been answered, and also thanks to you Mod guys/gals for holding these RPG Maker forums to a standard of civility rarely seen anywhere else on the web.*

 

[Poryg]

And a genuine thank you for not berating me for accidentally ignoring your EXCELLENT advice - you literally told me exactly what I wanted to know and I didn't even respond. I promise you that I feel the appropriate amount of gratitude AND guilt.

Rules say it pretty clearly:

1. Do NOT insult, flame and or harass other users on the board, or anyone else outside of that. This includes the usage of slurs which aren't allowed either.

Not to mention... Berating you for something that happens to everyone would be stupid from my part and while I am stupid, it's on a completely different field.
The point is, the problem is solved, so you're welcome

Also, if you want to close a thread, you can always report the first post of the thread and put "solved" as a reason.

 

[Southclaw]

Thanks again, Poryg!

 

[bgillisp]

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