MV3D - 3D rendering for RMMV with Babylon.js

[YoraeRasante]

@Unounicorn actually, save for one SRD plugin he already fixed soon after the release of 1.6.1, I never found a plugin that worked on 1.5.x that doesn't on the newer updates. Some people mention them, but when I do test it worked fine for me.

 

[gRaViJa]

Just a quick question, but are the light effects available in the paid-only version of the plugin?

 

[Dread_Nyanak]

Lights are available in the free version. Dynamic shadows are premium.

 

[gRaViJa]

@Dread_Nyanak I still can't get a simple lamp or flashlight to work in the demo. Here is my simple plugin command and the error i get:

Also tried it as a comment and notetag. I feel like i'm missing something very obvious or there's a bug on my end or something.

 

[glaphen]

@Dread_Nyanak I still can't get a simple lamp or flashlight to work in the demo. Here is my simple plugin command and the error i get:

Also tried it as a comment and notetag. I feel like i'm missing something very obvious or there's a bug on my end or something.

I don't think ＠t is a valid target,
Valid targets:

• ＠p or ＠player: Targets $gamePlayer.
• ＠e0, ＠e1, ＠e2, ＠e25 etc: Targets event with specified id.
• ＠f0, ＠f1, ＠f2, etc: Targets first, second, third follower, etc.
• ＠v0, ＠v1, ＠v2: Boat, Ship, Airship.

Unlisted is ＠s which targets self, you also need to remove the <> from each thing, you are also running it as a parallel without erasing after so it is running that command constantly.

 

[YoraeRasante]

@gRaViJa you are doing it wrong.
@t is to be exchanged with the actual value for t. @p is player @e12 is event 12, and so on.
and the values are not supposed to be surrounded by <>. those are just to show where you are going to substitute something.
for example, your plugin command there would be more like mv3d @p lamp #ffffff 1 10 1

 

[gRaViJa]

There we go, so obvious. I read through pretty much all of the help file, but didn't come across that. Thx for the info guys.

I think this is my last dumb question and that I fully understand the plugin and all it's functions now

 

[CoopNinjask]

@Dread_Nyanak,

I found a small glitch that happens every time the character's sprite changes (and events).
It seems that when there is a sprite change, the character blinks for a few frames before upgrading to the new sprite, changing the character's sprite to none. This is not so apparent without dynamic shadows, but when dynamic shadows are turned on, this is too apparent, since the shadows create a black square, which would be the shadows for none sprite.
Could you fix this little bug?

 

[glaphen]

@Dread_Nyanak,

I found a small glitch that happens every time the character's sprite changes (and events).
It seems that when there is a sprite change, the character blinks for a few frames before upgrading to the new sprite, changing the character's sprite to none. This is not so apparent without dynamic shadows, but when dynamic shadows are turned on, this is too apparent, since the shadows create a black square, which would be the shadows for none sprite.
Could you fix this little bug?

Actually I don't think it has anything to do with setting to none, yesterday I upgraded my script to change event images to instead of changing image it only changes index.

                    case '2':
        for (i = 901, l = $gameVariables.value(8), eeId = 10; i < l;) {
        var rand = Math.randomInt(100);
        if (rand <= 25) {$gameVariables.setValue([i], 0);}
            else if (rand <= 50) {$gameVariables.setValue([i], 1);}
            else if (rand <= 75) {$gameVariables.setValue([i], 2);}
            else if (rand <= 80) {$gameVariables.setValue([i], 3);}
            else if (rand <= 85) {$gameVariables.setValue([i], 4);}
            else if (rand <= 90) {$gameVariables.setValue([i], 5);}
            else if (rand <= 95) {$gameVariables.setValue([i], 6);}
            else {$gameVariables.setValue([i], 7);};
            $gameMap.event([eeId])._characterIndex = $gameVariables.value([i]); eeId++; i++;};
            break;

Even though it only changes the index it was still doing the blinks.

 

[fizzly]

@CoopNinjask, Yeah, also noticed that, and no reason it changes from the same sheet or separate, it always blinks. It looks bad. Hope it'll be fixed.

 

[CoopNinjask]

@glaphen & @fizzly

Unfortunately, I think that only Dread herself could solve this.
This makes it a little uncomfortable when animating the characters.

 

[Dread_Nyanak]

I think the blink happens because Babylon loads textures asynchronously, so after I change the texture it takes at least 1 frame before the texture will be ready. I never noticed the problem with the shadow though. That's definitely not ideal.
The easiest solution would probably be for me to hide the character until the texture is ready, that way you don't get the blocky shadow. But that still wouldn't fix the blink.
The ideal solution I think would be to load the new material separately and not replace the old material until the new texture is ready.
Also for optimization I probably don't need to change the material when switching to an index in the same sheet.
I'll see about getting this fixed for the next update.

 

[CoopNinjask]

@Dread_Nyanak

If at least you can fix the problem with dynamic shadows, that will be a big step, although it is not ideal.
Fixing the blink problem would be very interesting for those who want to work with ABS, for example, since they have to design a different sprite for each action.

Another detail: the blink problem also happens when you reach the end of the map, with the loop activated on the map.

 

[YoraeRasante]

ok, the blinking happens in the default mv too. as long as the image file loaded was not already loaded in that map, you run the risk of the sprite having more than a few frames not appearing while loading.
the problem mv3d has with this is that it loads the sprite every time it changed. right from the image file, instead of the cache.
because the loaded images come as a Bitmap, but not a normal bitmap file but an exclusive mv class of named "Bitmap". Something that is not compatible by default with babylon.
of course, the images there can be used, and probably would avoid the invisible frames of already-loaded files as much as mv already does (you can avoid the invisible frames in mv'd default maps using a loadImage a few frames before the image is changed). that would also allow encrypted images to be used, because the current mv3d can't use them yet.
The problem is... neither me nor dread, when talking about it on the discord server, know how exactly to get the images from the bitmaps yet...

 

[gRaViJa]

Sounds like a challenge! But I think it would be a necessary addition to the plugin since it fixes two main issues at once. Take your time, sooner or later the answer will come

 

[safermike]

@Dread_Nyanak
I got another question now.

Is there anyway to scale current actor sprite? With plugin settings on Character event settings , I could scale my actor. but this also scale every other events aswell.

Is there a command for your current actor only?
Event settings you could use scale(0) and it works for events but I am having a hard time for my current actor with same command.



And lastly Stair treshold.
Is there a command for single tile only for this? like previous question, not for event but for tile.

for example bush tile A2,4,0:top(A2,4,0),side(A2,4,0),height(0.30)
If I change Stair treshold to 0.3, I can walk on this without having problems with colliding.But that changes it for everything, and not just my current tile.

So is there plugin commands for these 2?

 

[YoraeRasante]

that... is a good idea.
I was thinking the other day about making characters bigger than normal but scaled down, so they look better when you meet them in first person camera. This would allow me to use them at different sizes/scales. specially if I can set them per actor, and change mid-game, instead of being fixed to only one size...

 

[safermike]

Pretty much the same idea I have for actors, we need a command inbetween actors.
<mv3d>

scale(0.75) - doesnt work for actors, just events.

</mv3d>

 

[Dread_Nyanak]

Configuring individual actors is a very good idea. I'll definitely add that to my list of things to add.

 

[safermike]

@Dread_Nyanak

So individual actor config dont exist within the plugin in current version then.

What about stair treshold? How do I set up for individual tile?