How would I go about using an animated title screen?

[Crysillion]

Friend of mine made an animated title for me to use in AfterEffects. Few questions...

1.) Do I need a script to have an animated title? If so, which script would work?

2.) What file format does it need to be in?

I searched around but found a lot of surprisingly irrelevant information, so any input on this would be great. Thanks.

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

1) Well yes


2) Depends on which script you would use

 

[Crysillion]

1) Well yes

2) Depends on which script you would use

What would be a script that would work? The only one I found was in Portugese by MogHunter.

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

There are a number of Animated Title screens out there, look for some at the master list. http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/73-vxace-master-script-list/


Most of them AFAIK uses several pictures to "animate" the title screen. Never really used one though.

 

[Crysillion]

There are a number of Animated Title screens out there, look for some at the master list. http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/73-vxace-master-script-list/

Most of them AFAIK uses several pictures to "animate" the title screen. Never really used one though.

Yeah, and that's what I saw. I already have a pre-animated file.

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

AFAIK, no script uses pre-animated files. I could be wrong though. There are quite a few out there, maybe some aren't named animated titles or something.


Anyway, why can't you use MOG's?

 

[Crysillion]

AFAIK, no script uses pre-animated files. I could be wrong though. There are quite a few out there, maybe some aren't named animated titles or something.

Anyway, why can't you use MOG's?

It's in Portuguese and I have no idea what to do with it as such.

 

[Shaz]

What's the format for the title?

I think most of the scripts are so you can do your own animations using static images - maybe some glowing effects, particles, etc.  I doubt any would just take an existing animation and display it.

Ace supports .ogv movie files, so if it's already in that format, it might be able to be used without any changes.  It will still require script mods to use though, as playing movies is done via event commands, and that's only valid after you start a new game, not on the title screen.  If it's a different format, I don't know that you'd have much luck finding a script to play it.

 

[Crysillion]

What's the format for the title?

I think most of the scripts are so you can do your own animations using static images - maybe some glowing effects, particles, etc.  I doubt any would just take an existing animation and display it.

Ace supports .ogv movie files, so if it's already in that format, it might be able to be used without any changes.  It will still require script mods to use though, as playing movies is done via event commands, and that's only valid after you start a new game, not on the title screen.  If it's a different format, I don't know that you'd have much luck finding a script to play it.

There's no currently existing script to play a .ogv movie file as a title in loop?

 

[Andar]

No, because what most scripts like that do is to enable the use of a map as background, and then allow the developer to place whatever is needed on the map with regular event commands.


That ways it's a lot more efficient for both scripter (who doesn't have to include any specific effects or commands) and developer (who can make use of a more flexible structure and combine event commands, cutscenes, pictures or whatever to make that titlescreen.


Just search the master script list for those scripts, you can find half a dozen different variants by searching for "splash screen", "title screen" or so.

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

There's no currently existing script to play a .ogv movie file as a title in loop?

None, for one, video plays always on the top layer of the game's window so you cannot show anything above it... Also AFAIK, as long as a video is playing, any other input and processing is paused.


You can show it before the title screen using some of the scripts, but not during the title screen's main part.