Blizz-ABS menu to Stormtronic's CMS-Hybrid

[Phasedscar]

Since my scripting experience in Ruby is a little less than limited, I was hoping you could give me a few tips for:

• Removing the sub menu from Blizz-ABS


• Adding the commands to Stormtronic's CMS-Hybrid ed. from the Blizz-ABS menu


• Changing the position of either the "Character Name" or the the actor sprite so that I can use a slightly larger sprite without layering problems

I'm sure none of these are particularly difficult, but I don't want to go playing around with a working system when I'm unsure what everything will do.

[shdwlink1993]

Well, I don't know much about the second two, but at the end of the final part of Blizz-ABS, there is a section called Pre-Menu (or Pre_Menu, or something like that. Search for it). Just comment/delete that entire section of code and volia, that should fix it.

At least, I think so...

Spoiler: ShowHide

The Pre-Menu also works in exact opposite, so if you didn't want the ABS, but you wanted the Pre-Menu, you can just grab that and paste it in another script. Blizz should probably make that into an addon for Tons. It'd take about 50 seconds.

[Phasedscar]

yeah, I just had thought of that.  It might be possible for me to cut and paste parts of the code over to the CMS-Hybrid and just adjust their X/Y values.

The only reason I'm asking is because I want to make sure I don't screw up the code and have to replace it.

Also, I meant to place this in requests, didn't realize I was in the forum tree lol.

[Blizzard]

Delete the Scene_Menu class definition in Blizz-ABS Part 3. To add the key assignment scene into STCMS you need to "add another option into the menu", something I have described in "Blizzard's little Tricks".

To change the position of the characters in the menu, in Window_CMSMenuStatus#refresh simply find this line and change the 56 and 80:

draw_actor_graphic(@actor, 56, 80)

It should be line 1786 by default.

[Phasedscar]

Cool, very appreciated Blizzard.  Not that I dislike your ABS menu at all, it just seems a little clashing to go from a sub menu to the main one when using the Stormtronic's CMS

[nathmatt]

ok im trying to add the controls to the menu hers what i put but it wont work

  # play sound
          $game_system.se_play($data_system.decision_se)
          # create hotkey assignment scene with the current screen tint
          $scene = Scene_Controls.new(@view.tone)

[Phasedscar]

Ok, I got the extra options set up in the Scene_Menu

    s1 = $data_system.words.item
    s2 = $data_system.words.skill
    s3 = $data_system.words.equip
    s4 = "Hotkey"
    s5 = "A.I."
    s6 = "Status"
    s7 = "Save"
    s8 = "End Game"
    @command_window = Window_Command.new(160, [s1, s2, s3, s4, s5, s6, s7, s8])

And I placed the commands below

when 4  # Hotkey
        $game_system.se_play($data_system.decision_se)
        $scene = Scene_Controls.new
      when 5  # A.I.
        $game_system.se_play($data_system.decision_se)
        $scene = Scene_AI_Setup.new

Not getting any problems there, however how do I add the commands to the STCMS menu?

Should I be changing

def initialize(index, continue)
    @background = 'CMSCommand'
    commands = [$data_system.words.item, 'Equipment', $data_system.words.equip,
        $data_system.words.skill, 'Status', 'Options', 'Save', 'Load', 'Exit']
    super(180, commands)
    @continue, self.index, self.x, self.y, self.z = continue, index, 972, 0, 999
  end

to

def initialize(index, continue)
    @background = 'CMSCommand'
    commands = [$data_system.words.item, 'Equipment', $data_system.words.equip,
        $data_system.words.skill, 'Hotkey' , 'A.I.', 'Status', 'Options', 'Save', 'Load', 'Exit']
    super(180, commands)
    @continue, self.index, self.x, self.y, self.z = continue, index, 972, 0, 999
  end

?  If so, then what do I need to change in order to get icons to show up for the new commands?

[Blizzard]

Yes, that's what you need to do.
The icons are shown by command index. You need another icon file. Also set the height after the "super" command to 320, like "self.height = 320".
Then all that is left to do is the same thing like you did in the normal menu: To add the functionality.
Don't forget to change the when-branch-es numbers.

[Phasedscar]

K, and I assume that the icon files goes directly into the Icon/CMS/ folder and should be labeled "command6.bmp, command7.bmp, etc?"

nevermind on that, got my icons in there by doing exactly what I was asking. (looks good and now I know how to add my own icons to it) 

However when I'm changing

885 def initialize(index, continue)
886    @background = 'CMSCommand'
887    commands = [$data_system.words.item, 'Equipment', $data_system.words.equip,
888    $data_system.words.skill, 'Hotkey', 'A.I.', 'Status', 'Options', 'Save', 'Load', 'Exit']
889  super(180, commands)
890  @continue, self.index, self.x, self.y, self.z = continue, index, 972, 0, 999
891 end

to

889  super(320, commands)

it shifts the icons to the left or right.  Am I in the wrong part of the code to change the height value?


Also, when I'm trying out the new commands I'm getting an error:

"Script 'STCMS Hybrid 5.2b' line 2155 ArgumentError occurred.
wrong number of arguments(0 for 1)"

with the code

2150      when 5  # Hotkey
2151        $game_system.se_play($data_system.decision_se)
2152        $scene = Scene_Controls.new
2153      when 6  # A.I.
2154        $game_system.se_play($data_system.decision_se)
2155        $scene = Scene_AI_Setup.new

[nathmatt]

to fix this problem go the the controls scene and delete these 2 lines

the reason for this error was the random tint bliz had for his pre menu the fist 1 if im not mistaken stored the tint (wich you dont use in this menu causeing the error we got)

the other i think loaded the stored tint

BTW i tested & it works

remove

#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Initialization
  #  tone - screen background tone
  #----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def initialize(tone)
    # store current screen tint
    @tone = tone
  end

remove

  # set tone to current screen tone
    @view.tone = @tone.clone

and change this

  if Input.trigger?(Input::B)
      # play cancel sound
      $game_system.se_play($data_system.cancel_se)
      # create map scene
      $scene = Scene_Menu.new

to this

  if Input.trigger?(Input::B)
      # play cancel sound
      $game_system.se_play($data_system.cancel_se)
      # create map scene
      $scene = Scene_Menu.new(1)

so when u back out of controls it goes back to the menu

if that dosent work i moved scene controls to its own scene i dont that that would make a diference but if it dosent work try that

[nathmatt]

im guessing it worked & this request is completed

[Phasedscar]

sorry Nathmatt, I was on a 5 week hiatus  :-\

When you say controls scene I'm assuming you mean in the Blizz-ABS's third page?

[nathmatt]

yea i took took those out of his script & gave them there own scens

[Blizzard]

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