Neat little things I've discovered.

mogwai · Apr 8, 2017

I decided to make a thread for all those little neat things I discover tinkering with javascript. (that haven't been requested yet) These aren't really plugins, but rather scripts that do a thing like what the engine is supposed to do, but may not be well known.
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My first thing, I just learned is that changes to game $gameSystem._windowTone happen instantly, so you can use it to make flashing windows. There may be a plugin that does this, but it can really be done with plain javascript.

This can be acheived without plugin, via event script call...

PHP:

if(this.colorInterval === undefined){ var rand255 = function(){return Math.round(Math.random()*255)}; this.reTone = $gameSystem._windowTone; this.colorInterval = setInterval(function(){ $gameSystem._windowTone = [rand255(),rand255(),rand255()]; }, 100); }

And to turn off... EDIT: Oops! forgot to add (this)... It was broken, but I fixed it. I should have tested first... another one of those IIFE event script gotchas, for me...

PHP:

clearInterval(this.colorInterval); delete this.colorInterval; $gameSystem._windowTone = this.reTone;

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These neat little things never cease to amaze me. Post neat little things you've discovered/learned too.

Jonforum · Apr 8, 2017

mogwai · Apr 8, 2017

Slightly off topic, until someone makes a general javascript chat thread, but don't let me forget this Grep command for making hundreds of function aliases at once.
Code:
\n((([^\.\n]+)\.[^\s]+) = function \{)
Code:
\n\3.prototype.aliasInit4Name = \2;\n\1 \n\tthis.aliasInit4Name.apply(this, arguments);\n\tthis.domWindowName="\3";
It took me a minute to cognite and type, so I'm posting it someplace for future reference. I'll lose it if I save it to a txt file.

EDIT: Yowza! Crash!
Don't worry about the stack size. I just now had to append iterated numbers to each alias also with Grep.

The neat thing I discovered here is ES6 IdentifierReference;
var foo = "bar"; {foo} === "foo";
too bad MV does not have it

Carry on...

mogwai · May 2, 2017

All the pro scripters keep a master list of all their stuff in a link or whatever.
I've decided to compile a list of all the plugins and event scripts I've come up with on this forums (that I could find). I'm not starting a new thread because this forum already has a ton of my inactive threads. This is all stuff I've learned too, anyway.

No particular order, just where I went and found them.

Two different plugins to change a sprite's color.
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/freezing-event.75257/

Push an event with event script.
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/push-a-box-using-javascript.75244/

Pull an event with event script.
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/pulling-barrel-event-problem.75164/

Weapon/Armor stat, plus game variable with display. (plugin)
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/script-that-increase-stat-based-on-variable.75069/

Spawn and shoot projectiles from an event page. (plugin)
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/tower-that-shoot-player.75560/

Make events non-passable to certain events based on self switch. (plugin)
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/player-event-barrier.76237/page-4

Skill that evaluates javascript from item notes. (plugin)
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/inde...instant-reaction-to-switch.76262/#post-716258

Party members who don't fight in battle, like pets. (plugin)
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/inde...ers-followers-who-dont-fight-in-battle.76703/

Random title music (plugin.
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/random-title-music.76563/

Screen animation, 100px to the left.
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/need-help-with-animation-position.76267/

Quick follower movement by event script.
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/inde...ont-only-she-moves-forward-five-spaces.76519/

Get events by name. (small plugin)
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/inde...t_emily-both-move-to-mapx-0-and-mapy-0.76548/

PHP:

var RPGMakerMV = RPGMakerMV || {}; RPGMakerMV.getEventsByName = function(name){ var events = []; for(var i = 0; i < $dataMap.events.length; i++){ if($dataMap.events[i] === null) continue; if($dataMap.events[i].name !== undefined && $dataMap.events[i].name === name) events.push($gameMap._events[$dataMap.events[i].id]); } return events; }

Missing images don't crash game, but rather are substituted with a dummy image.
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/inde...ind-such-and-such-png-oog-or-waht-ever.76165/

(off base, but...) Event that shoot animations.
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/make-animation-go-from-actor-to-enemy.75823/

Stairs by event script. (works better than my WIP plugin)
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/how-do-i-create-stairs-effect-side-view.75869/

Event that triggers when the player is moving.
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/text-change-while-npc-moving.74424/

Event that fades away, walking...
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/inde...ke-a-character-disappear-whore-walking.75487/

WIP. Removing fullscreen font blur.
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/removing-font-blur.75294/

Playing music continues and overrides any autostart music when a switch is on.
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/map-to-ship-music.75483/

Seamless transition effect. (event script)
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/seamless-transferss-w-followers.74315/

Right click actions.
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/selecting-characters-with-mouse-click.75234/

Enemy battlers as player battlers. (plugin)
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/how-to-swap-actor-sprite-with-enemies.74936/

Certain enemies move random, but chase you when you move. (plugin)
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/move-after-player.74877/

Looping picture (top layer parallax plugin).

https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/looping-picture.74869/

Disable/Enable total player movement by event script.
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/block-player-movement.74387/

Game focus/camera temporarily follows event instead of hero.
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/cinematic-camera-control.74391/

Game message over top of movie. (plugin)
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/see-message-during-play-movie.78028/

Two plugins to change game or message font.
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/change-font-in-game.78004/

Plugin to record/playback/save audio from microphone.
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/plugin-to-record-voice.77683/

Save screenshot as game picture. (two plugins)
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/inde...ption-temporary-screenshot.77726/#post-728377

Pin message to picture, like showing two messages at the same time.(plugin)
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/two-dialogues-at-the-same-time.77045/#post-727548

Actual simultaneous messages. (plugin)
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/inde...ues-at-the-same-time.77045/page-3#post-729636

PHP:

\[top]This is some \[middle]This is some \[bottom]This is some \[top]text on the \[middle]text on the \[bottom]text on the \[top]top window \[middle]middle window \[bottom]bottom window \[top]four rows \[middle]four rows \[bottom]four rows

Animated GIF title screen and battleback (WIP plugin)
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/animated-battle-backgrounds.77570/

Floor and mirror reflection (WIP plugin)

https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/region-reflection-request.77910/#post-729434

Message tooltip codex links. (WIP plugin)
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/tooltip-on-text.76447/#post-722925

Additional status menus. (tutorial)
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/additional-menu-windows.76467/

Expanded info window and scrolling marquee info window.
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/expanded-skill-description-plugin.76291/

Character tracks mouse. (plugin)
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/character-tracks-mouse.75757/

Scrolling overflow game messages.
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/text-plugin-doubt.75590/page-3

Running Ruby in RPG Maker MV (tutorial)

https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/ruby-in-rmmv-explanation.75566/