Need a little help with switches.

[Soraki]

Okay so im trying to create a scene with a laser barrier. It can be turned off via a computer close by. I'll link screenshots for your reference but I can't understand what im doing wrong and why I can't create this scene so if somebody could help or suggest a better way id be very grateful.

 

[Granas3]

The trigger on the laser is Action button, not parallel process/autorun

Further, maybe try setting the second event page not to self-switch a, but to Switch [story Event 4]. Just leave the 1st page as the laser image and nothing else (except maybe a text box to say that the laser prevents passage or something). If you do that, you won't need a trigger, and when the switch is turned on, event page 2 actiavtes and the laser is effectively gone.

 

[Tommy Gun]

Yes, you should be using the "conditions", not a conditional branch. Delete the conditional branch entirely. Also, I would name your switch something more specific like "turned off lasers". 

Check out part 3 of my beginner videos in my sig -- it goes over switches, variables, conditions, etc. (For Ace, but it's the same in MV)

 

[Soraki]

Oh wow! What a coincidence! I've been religiously listening to your guides to help me! I'm actually on your third video now for switches and variables. I'm a big fan of your work. I've never been able to understand much of this game before your videos. Now I'm slowly but surely grasping it. You're a hero! You make it very clear and easy. Can you do me a solid and explain to me the conditions in some more depth?

Also got another issue. I can't quite seem to get the hang of self switches. Unless its the conditioning again >.>

 

[Jecht]

You should not set the selfswitch A ON on the first event page, instead use it for trigger the other event page
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http://puu.sh/l0aFl/a2ab17f8d6.png

 

[Tommy Gun]

Oh wow! What a coincidence! I've been religiously listening to your guides to help me! I'm actually on your third video now for switches and variables. I'm a big fan of your work. I've never been able to understand much of this game before your videos. Now I'm slowly but surely grasping it. You're a hero! You make it very clear and easy. Can you do me a solid and explain to me the conditions in some more depth?

Also got another issue. I can't quite seem to get the hang of self switches. Unless its the conditioning again >.>

Thanks! As Jecht said, uncheck the selfswitch condition on the first page.

I think my videos explain it better, but conditions are always checked starting from the LAST page. So the program looks at the last page that has the selfswitch A on, and says "Are all these conditions true?" Before you've talked to the guy, the answer is NO, because you need to talk to him so that A is turned on. So the program then looks at the "next" page (to the left), and again checks the conditions. You can have multiple conditions set, and they would ALL need to be "true" for it to "run" that page.

So when you first talk to the guy, the first page runs, and that turns on selfswitch A. Now if you talk to him again, the second page conditions will be true, so it will only run the second page.

Create a treasure chest "quick event" by right-clicking on the map, and see how it's set up. It's pretty simple when you're only using selfswitches. And watch my whole 3rd video, and try it out yourself.