Menu Background Effects Version 1.0 Options

[woratana]

Menu Background Effects
Version 1.0
by Woratana
Release Date: 31/01/2008


Introduction
This script will allow you to change menu's background to different style + movable background!

and allow you to change opacity of windowskins.


Features
Version 1.0
- Change Menu's background to...

[Show/Hide] 2 New Styles of Background!

* Custom Background Image


* Default Background but Brighter!


- Default Background

- Movable Background! (set the movement in X/Y like when you set Parallax (Panorama) in VX)
- Change specific window opacity for Menus and Title Screen
- Turn on/off Blur effect of Menu Background

Script
Place it above main.
if you have problem with codebox, you can download script in text file here:
 custombg10.txt ( 2.37K ) Number of downloads: 675

CODE

#======================================================================
========
# ¦ [RMVX] Custom Menu Background Effects & Opacity
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Version 1.0
# by Woratana [woratana@hotmail.com]
# Release Date: 31/01/2008
#
# Exclusive for RPG RPG Revolution
#==============================================================================

module WorBG
#----------------------------------------
# SETUP MENU BACKGROUND & OPACITY HERE!
#---------------------------------------
BG_MODE = 0 # Mode of BG
BG_BLUR = true # Turn on (true)/ off (false) to make background blur
WINDOW_OPACITY = 100 # Opacity for Menu Screens
THICK_WINDOW_OPACITY = 200 # Opacity for Windows in Title/Battle/End Screens
BG_MOVE_X = 0 # Move Background in X-coordinate
BG_MOVE_Y = 0 # Move Background in Y-coordinate
BG_PICTURE = "filename" # Picture file name when you use custom BG (mode 2)
end

class Scene_Base

def create_menu_background
@menuback_sprite = Plane.new
case WorBG::BG_MODE
when 0 # Default BG
@menuback_sprite.bitmap = $game_temp.background_bitmap
@menuback_sprite.color.set(16, 16, 16, 128)

when 1 # Brighter Default BG
@menuback_sprite.bitmap = $game_temp.background_bitmap

when 2 # Custom BG
@menuback_sprite.bitmap = Cache.picture(WorBG::BG_PICTURE)

else
@menuback_sprite.bitmap = $game_temp.background_bitmap
@menuback_sprite.color.set(16, 16, 16, 128)
end
@menuback_sprite.bitmap.blur if WorBG::BG_BLUR == true
update_menu_background
end

alias wor_scebase_upd update
def update
@menuback_sprite.ox += WorBG::BG_MOVE_X if @menuback_sprite != nil and WorBG::BG_MOVE_X != 0
@menuback_sprite.oy += WorBG::BG_MOVE_Y if @menuback_sprite != nil and WorBG::BG_MOVE_Y != 0
end

def snapshot_for_background
$game_temp.background_bitmap.dispose
$game_temp.background_bitmap = Graphics.snap_to_bitmap
end
end # Class End

class Window_Base

alias wor_winbase_ini initialize
def initialize(x, y, width, height)
wor_winbase_ini(x, y, width, height)
if $scene.is_a?(Scene_Title) or $scene.is_a?(Scene_Battle) or $scene.is_a?(Scene_End)
self.back_opacity = WorBG::THICK_WINDOW_OPACITY
else
self.back_opacity = WorBG::WINDOW_OPACITY
end
end

end

Instruction
Find these lines to setup the script

CODE

#----------------------------------------
# SETUP MENU BACKGROUND & OPACITY HERE!
#---------------------------------------
  BG_MODE = 0
  BG_BLUR = true
  WINDOW_OPACITY = 100
  THICK_WINDOW_OPACITY = 200
  BG_MOVE_X = 0
  BG_MOVE_Y = 0
  BG_PICTURE = "filename"

BG_MODE = Mode of Special Background you want to use, put 0 1 or 2
0 - Default Background
1 - Default Background with brighter color
2 - Custom Background Image (Type filename in BG_PICTURE = "filename", and the picture must be in Picture folder of your project)

BG_BLUR = true (make the background blur) or false (don't make the background blur)

WINDOW_OPACITY = 0 to 255 (Opacity of of Windows in Menus screen)
THICK_WINDOW_OPACITY = 0 to 255 (Opacity of of Windows in Title Screen, Battle, and End Screen)

BG_MOVE_X = (number) << Move background vertically
BG_MOVE_Y = (number) << Move background horizontally
You can use negative(-) number and you can set values for both X and Y

BG_PICTURE = "filename" << Fill the filename without file type , and the file must be in Picture folder of your game.
Fill this if you want to use Custom Background Image Mode (BG_MODE = 2)
e.g. If you want to use image "rpgrevo.jpg" for background, put it in folder "Picture" of your game, and fill in "filename" like this:

CODE

BG_PICTURE = "rpgrevo"

Author's Notes
Free for use in your non-commercial work if credit included. If your project is commercial, please contact me.

Please do not redistribute this script without permission.
And don't post this script out of http://rpgrevolution.com/ without permission.

[neclords]

Cool..

[jasonicus]

Nice script. Between you and deadlydan, we are getting a lot of useful scripts.

[Rory]

Awesome! It made my Windows look 10x better!

[patryk1303]

This script is...very, very good
I like it

[Rory]

It looks fantastic, before, I thought it looked better when it was more opaque, but it seems I was wrong,

[woratana]

@Magdreamer
Hey, I love your windowskin!

Where can I find it?

[dokdo2005]

Good..I'll scrap it.

[oblivionator]

that's an awesome script! but may I know if there is any way to hide the borders of the windows too?

anyone please help. thanks in advance!

[HeroOfHyla]

1. Make a new windowskin that doesn't have window borders.
2. Import it.
3. In Scene_Menu, find def start.

Add this: (I put it after the @gold_Window = Window_gold.new, etc) commands, but I'm not sure whether you need to)

CODE

@gold_window.windowskin = Cache.system("Your Windowskin Name goes here")
@command_window.windowskin = Cache.system("Windowskin Name")
@status_window.windowskin=Cache.system("Windowskin Name")

the @gold_window line changes the skin for the gold window, and so on.

[oblivionator]

1. Make a new windowskin that doesn't have window borders.
2. Import it.
3. In Scene_Menu, find def start.

Add this: (I put it after the @gold_Window = Window_gold.new, etc) commands, but I'm not sure whether you need to)

CODE

@gold_window.windowskin = Cache.system("Your Windowskin Name goes here")
@command_window.windowskin = Cache.system("Windowskin Name")
@status_window.windowskin=Cache.system("Windowskin Name")

the @gold_window line changes the skin for the gold window, and so on.

cool thanks! you're a big help!

UPDATE: i found out that I needed to swap the background graphics for each sections of the menu, for example the Status, the Equip, and the Items section, any idea how to do that? once again any help will be appreciated, thanks.

This post has been edited by oblivionator: Mar 24 2008, 08:30 PM

[BPM999]

is there a way to make the background scroll? I think that would look fantastic

[NiuHaka]

Reproting a little bug. It seems to only be a cosmetic thing but i thought you might want to know.

When i go to the menu, the background map blurs as normal. Then if i select any of the options like Item, Skill, or Equip, and then exit back to the main menu screen, the background blurs more that it was before. If i keep doing this the background gets more and more blury each time. Also, I've noticed that there is a fraction of a second lag time between each menu that isn't there without this script.

Keep up the insanely good work!

This post has been edited by NiuHaka: Aug 26 2008, 04:36 PM

[Kuma-san]

Hey can you use the .gif file type instead of .jpeg or .png?