Parallax above actors

[Kes]

I have forgotten how to change the z value for a particular parallax so that it is above characters/events. Could someone remind me please.

Thanks

 

[Kes]

Bump

 

[Andar]

you can't do that with a parallax, you'll need a script for overlay mapping.
if I remember correctly yami's overlay script was the most commonly used with the most options

 

[Kes]

@Andar That would explain why I couldn't remember how to do it by event or script call. I shall now have to decide whether to do this or not as introducing a whole new script just for one map seems a bit of an overkill. Decisions, decisions.

Thanks.

 

[superkoopa]

@Kes I use character sheets to achieve an overlay effect, that way you can also add animation to your parallax.

 

[Kes]

@superkoopa This is for an image which needs to cover the entire map 50 x 50 - which would be one heck of a big character sheet, and I don't think the engine would support it. Though perhaps I have misunderstood what you are suggesting?

 

[superkoopa]

@Kes Right! That would most definitely cause some major lag, probably crash RPGmaker trying to import it. The only thing I could suggest is to cut it up into sections, make a few character sheets, with some trial and error you should be able to get the desired effect. This still might affect stability, I've not tried this on a bigger scale yet. Just an idea!

 

[Andar]

I don't think the engine would support it

there is no engine limit to the size of spritesheets, but any such sprite will require a lot of RAM and increase the lag on most computers. However Ace was programmed a long time ago, current computers might be able to handle this.

Another way to handle this would be to use a show picture command on a parallel process. Again something that will increase lag but again a lot of current computers might be able to handle that.