RMMV Scrolling text plugin

[cuby]

Hiya!

This has been a long-term search I've been on to find some way to scroll text up the screen outside of show text.

I know there are plugins that allow you to have text show up and come and go here or there without player input, but those do not offer the ability to move the text around once it's on the screen.

What I'm ultimately looking for is an upwards scroll much like old-school text MUDS. I keep having this suspicion that a plugin for this already exists but darned if I've been able to find it in over 5 years

If anyone has any leads, I'd be very grateful!

 

[Broliant112]

Would this work? https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/galvs-roll-credits.66829/
Sorry if not.

 

[SGHarlekin]

I mean... Depending on what you want to do with this scrolling text exactly, you could just save the text as png and move it around however you please.

 

[cuby]

Would this work? https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/galvs-roll-credits.66829/
Sorry if not.

It's a good thought, and one of the first things I tried Alas, no go.

I mean... Depending on what you want to do with this scrolling text exactly, you could just save the text as png and move it around however you please.

Right, that's always the last-ditch option. But for how I'd be using it, we'd be talking an absolutely monumental amount of work. That's why I'm trying to exhaust all available text options before I jump down that bottomeless pit.

 

[SGHarlekin]

Might help to describe what the heck you plan on doing with a scrolling text that requires any amount of work? Just curious at this point lol.

 

[cuby]

Might help to describe what the heck you plan on doing with a scrolling text that requires any amount of work? Just curious at this point lol.

Sure thing --

In old MUDs, which were like text-only MMORPGs, the text for battle would scroll up the screen as battle progressed.

So you could have it show up as "You hit Ant very hard!" Then after a few frames, that would move up the screen and you'd see "Ant hit you SUPER hard!"

And the text would scroll up the screen like that. I'm exploring a battle system that overlays text over the screen in this fashion. It's too bad no one seems to have a solution for it quite yet, but I understand why, it's not exactly a widespread feature request

 

[SGHarlekin]

Maybe try playing around with the battle log? Those messages to exist there, maybe you can work it out to have the log displayed in that way?
Yep_Action sequences have some functionality with the battle log. Maybe that can do something for ya.

As I'm not a scripter, I can only think of creating some form of system via common events perhaps....

 

[Pereve]

I think the idea of converting the battle log and displaying it according to your example should not be a problem. But to be honest, I don't even know what could have such functionality, since I never set myself such a goal. I've encountered for myself the issue of changing field lengths and pulling text by a generator from a large file with a set of different works. There was a lot there, even an essay with https://happyessays.com/free-essays/who-am-i/ on who am i took for myself since I liked the way but it was written. And then not finding how to do it I had to kill 30 hours just structuring the text and making options 3-5 ready that could be used generating the number of this option for a variety in the game.

 

[ShadowDragon]

it seems lke you look for a popup and dissapear similair to MOG_TreasurePopups.
but more for text based (if also inside battles).

that shows the item and than go up and fade out.

having that as string text reading the database should work.
there are a few ones outside of battles, but I cannot recall inside battles though.

 

[cuby]

it seems lke you look for a popup and dissapear similair to MOG_TreasurePopups.
but more for text based (if also inside battles).

that shows the item and than go up and fade out.

having that as string text reading the database should work.
there are a few ones outside of battles, but I cannot recall inside battles though.

Thanks @ShadowDragon, yeah I do have text popups working for a different situation, but the more I dive into this the more complex the problem seems.

I'd basically need a purpose-built plugin to take all the results from damage calculations, format them a specific way, have custom lines of text for all outcomes and status ailments, then output it all in a quick line-by-line scroll.

If it comes down to it, I will just hire someone to build this because to cobble it together from plugins not intended to create this result feels like a bit too much work if I'm being honest.

 

[ShadowDragon]

I dont know any plugin for that though, hope you find one or make one.
Good luck on your project though =)