Random Battle Transitions

[ThallionDarkshine]

Random Battle Transitions

  Alright, I'm not quite sure if this is the right place for this, because it's just a script snippet. If you are like me, then you'd like some randomness in your games. It gets really annoying when the engine always uses the same transition for Scene_Battle.

First, go into the Script Editor. Next go to Scene_Battle1. Now look in the main method for where it says:

if $data_system.battle_transition == ""
  Graphics.transition(20)
else
  Graphics.transition(40, "Graphics/Transitions/" + $data_system.battle_transition)
end

Replace those lines with:

trans = []
Dir['Graphics/Transitions/*.{png,jpg,bmp}'].each{ |file|
  trans.push(File.basename(file, '.*'))
}
if FileTest.directory?('C:\Program Files/Common Files/Enterbrain/RGSS/Standard/Graphics/Windowskins')
  Dir['C:\Program Files/Common Files/Enterbrain/RGSS/Standard/Graphics/Transitions/*.{png,jpg,bmp}'].each{ |file|
    trans.push(File.basename(file, '.*'))
  }
end
trans_index = rand(trans.size)
Graphics.transition(40, "Graphics/Transitions/" + trans[trans_index])

And there you have it, random battle transitions.
Note. It works even if you don't use the RTP.

[Blizzard]

"C:\" Should be either "C:\\" or "C:/". xD

[ForeverZer0]

You shouldn't hard code non-relative paths. That won't work on a 64 bit PC or if some installed the RTP somewhere else. The RGSS DLL has a function to get the RTP path, just use Win32API to use it.

[ThallionDarkshine]

What is the method, then?
And blizz, I don't know how it worked if C:\ doesn't work. It worked fine on my computer.

[Landith]

C:\Users\Cody\Projects

I think he means because you changed the slashes after the 'C:\' because every slash after that is '/'

[Blizzard]

Maybe Ruby was smart enough to realize that \P is not a character (unlike \r or \n or \t) and simply looked at the \ as if it was \\.
Since \ is used to designate an escape character, in order to get the actual character in a string, you have to use \\. I'm not entirely sure, but it could also be because of the '' strings instead of "" strings as '' strings are considered simple strings.

[ForeverZer0]

Here is an example in old script I made long ago. It gives paths to any/all RTP's (since up to 3 RTPs can be used).

http://forum.chaos-project.com/index.php/topic,5908.0.html