Resize the Battle Commands Window

[Zero0018]

I am using the custom .dll that makes it so you can increase your games resolution. I am using 1280x720. I am using HIME's auto position script which fixes the enemy positions in combat. The problem I am having is the party window is to big. With the new size each party member's box is stretched out horizontally.

Can someone please tell me what to edit to make it so the size is a constant and not scale with the width of the screen? I went through the whole script and tried changes values I thought would affect it, but I couldn't figure it out.

Also is there a way to adjust the action window at the top as well? Where it shows you the actions you performed.

 

[♥SOURCE♥]

What battle script is that? Link?

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

If you're using a custom battle script, which you clearly do since the default battle system doesn't look like that, it will be a good idea to edit it from there. So we will need to know what battle script you are using, and also a link to it's thread where we can actually see that script.

 

[Zero0018]

Ooops. Sorry about that. I thought I included the battle script's that I am using. I am using all of the Yanfly battle scripts (https://yanflychannel.wordpress.com/rmvxa/battle-scripts/ace-battle-engine/)

Direct link to script:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17078211/Scripts/YEA/Ace_Battle_Engine.rb

 

[Zero0018]

Does no one know how to do this?

 

[Tsukihime]

You will have to show how you want the status window to look.


When you say "make it constant" I'm thinking it will stay small no matter how wide the screen is.


To me that might look strange, but maybe it's the way I'm imagining it.

 

[Zero0018]

Ok. I want each party member's width to be set to a static number, not one that scales with the width of the screen.

If you look at how the party member window is in the default picture you can see how each members portion of the window is about the width of their picture. Now look at the custom picture. See how wide the gap is? I want it to be close in size to the default one, with maybe a little bit more width. I want to also make the command menu (attack, guard, etc.) a little bit wider as well.

I also want to be able to resize the TOP window that shows combat status to the same overall width as the full width of the below party menu. 

 

[Tsukihime]

Ok. Can you provide a mock-up of how it should look in the wide screen? Just photoshop something together. It can even just be random rectangles.

 

[Zero0018]

Something like this:

 

[Zero0018]

Direct link to script:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17078211/Scripts/YEA/Ace_Battle_Engine.rb

What needs to be changed in here to achieve the desired result?

 

[Zero0018]

Bump

 

[Zero0018]

Am I not being clear in what I need help with or is this really just so hard that no one can help? I never knew adjusting the width of a party menu/status window would be so involved

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

Try this... put it below yanfly's

class Scene_Battle  alias scene_battle_create_all_windows_abe_adik create_all_windows   def create_all_windows    scene_battle_create_all_windows_abe_adik    @status_window.width = 544 #or whatever you want    @status_window.x = (Graphics.width - 544)/2  endend

 

[Zero0018]

Try this... put it below yanfly's

class Scene_Battle
  alias scene_battle_create_all_windows_abe_adik create_all_windows 
  def create_all_windows
    scene_battle_create_all_windows_abe_adik
    @status_window.width = 544 #or whatever you want
    @status_window.x = (Graphics.width - 544)/2
  end
end

First off thank you. Interesting how it changed the actual width, but the stupid party members box width is still jacked up. Is the window at the very top not called the status window? When I changed the line @status_window.x = (Graphics.width - 544)/2 /4 it actually moved the party window at the bottom more to the left. That's weird naming.

Do you know how to change the width of the party member's box (highlighted in red)? The w/e the name of the window @ the top is, also needs to be shrunk to the party window (highlighted in yellow). The last thing would be to increase the width and move the action box (highlighted in green).

=UPDATE=

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

The windows move together because the way the status window, party command and actor command windows were set-up was that they use a single viewport, and the game just actually moves the viewport depending on whether which windows should be shown. To change the behavior, you'd need to separate them first.


As for the window at the top, I think it's kind of named like help window or something...

 

[Zero0018]

The windows move together because the way the status window, party command and actor command windows were set-up was that they use a single viewport, and the game just actually moves the viewport depending on whether which windows should be shown. To change the behavior, you'd need to separate them first.

How?

Window_Help

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  # * Object Initialization

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  def initialize(line_number = 2)

    super(0, 0, Graphics.width - 700, fitting_height(line_number))

  end

 

This shrunk it. Very nice. Added the line:

@help_window.x = (Graphics.width - 940)

To your script and it produced the results I wanted. Refer to pic #1

 

What is the name for the window highlighted in orange? Refer to pic #2

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

that would be @log_window if I'm correct.

 

[Zero0018]

that would be @log_window if I'm correct.

Nice that moves the words inside the black box background. Do you know the name of the black background behind the words?

 

[Zero0018]

Is there a guide somewhere that lists the name of all the frame/windows and what they do? If not, still need assistance.

 

[Tsukihime]

Change the width of @log_window. It's just a window with a dim background.