Zooming Out on a Map

[servantb7]

Does anybody know if its possible to zoom out so that a player can see all or more of a map? I'd like to have an entire castle/town visible during a cut scene, but I haven't been able to figure out how to do it. Any ideas? Thanks!

 

[Levi]

To my (limited) knowledge... No.

Edit: As far as ideas...

1. I'm sure you could figure out a way by using Parallax and a smaller character sprite.

2. You could use modified Tilesets

But as far as using an existing map... I don't think so.

 

[Shaz]

If it's a cutscene, why don't you just create a picture, show it at the appropriate time (zoomed in), then zoom out when you need to?

 

[Link]

"There's a script for that!"

At least I think there is... Try googling "RPG Maker VXAce Map Zoomout Script" or something similar to that and you might find something useful.

 

[VideoWizard]

http://www.rgss-factory.net/ace-map-zoom-ace-zoom-de-la-carte/

It seems that should work. The site is in French, but the script should still work. (It's possible to zoom out to 1:8 or in to 8:1)

I'm not sure if it can go further in than 8:1 or out than 1:8. I might test this out myself.

 

[servantb7]

Great, I'll check out that Script. Thanks everybody for the suggestions.

 

[Tsukihime]

http://www.rgss-factory.net/ace-map-zoom-ace-zoom-de-la-carte/

It seems that should work. The site is in French, but the script should still work. (It's possible to zoom out to 1:8 or in to 8:1)

I'm not sure if it can go further in than 8:1 or out than 1:8. I might test this out myself.

I would assume MGC made it so that those limits are constants, and you could set arbitrary limits if you want.