[Scripting]Advanced Windows, A tutorial from the Script Builders Options

[Redd]

Um i'm having a bit of an issue here. Whenever I call Hero_1, Hero_2, and Hero_3, they all come up and after a while, Hero_1 and Hero_2 go down and Hero_3 stays up. What am I doing wrong?

Here's the script:

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class Hero_1 < Window_Base
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Object Initialization
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def initialize
    super(0, 0, 173, 120)
    self.contents = Bitmap.new(width - 32, height - 32)
    self.back_opacity = 100
    refresh
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Refresh
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def refresh
    self.contents.clear
    actor = $game_party.actors[000]
    draw_actor_name(actor, 0, 0)
    draw_actor_hp(actor, 0, 30)
    draw_actor_sp(actor, 0, 60)
  end
end
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Hero_2 < Window_Base
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Object Initialization
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def initialize
    super(174, 0, 173, 120)
    self.contents = Bitmap.new(width - 32, height - 32)
    self.back_opacity = 100
    refresh
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Refresh
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def refresh
    self.contents.clear
    actor = $game_party.actors[001]
    draw_actor_name(actor, 0, 0)
    draw_actor_hp(actor, 0, 30)
    draw_actor_sp(actor, 0, 60)
  end
end
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Hero_3 < Window_Base
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Object Initialization
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def initialize
    super(347, 0, 173, 120)
    self.contents = Bitmap.new(width - 32, height - 32)
    self.back_opacity = 100
    refresh
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Refresh
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def refresh
    self.contents.clear
    actor = $game_party.actors[002]
    draw_actor_name(actor, 0, 0)
    draw_actor_hp(actor, 0, 30)
    draw_actor_sp(actor, 0, 60)
  end
end

That's just the main, non commented stuff.

[The Law G14]

Are you sure that you made your event also dispose of Hero_3?

[Redd]

I didn't make it dispose of anything. I didn't want it to.

[The Law G14]

Hey, sorry for the late response, kept forgetting to reply

I didn't make it dispose of anything. I didn't want it to.

So what does your event look like, then?

[Redd]

That's what the common event looks like. It turns on using a switch.

Except it wasn't supposed to have that dispose in there, and it's supposed to be Autorun. I wonder who changed it *looks at brother*

[The Law G14]

Ah, I see the problem. You're event should look like this:

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$window1 = Hero_1.new
$window2 = Hero_2.new
$window3 = Hero_3.new
$window1.dispose
$window2.dispose
$window3.dispose

The problem with yours is that you keep reassigning $window so that when you dispose $window, only Hero_3 is diposed so we have to make three seperate windows and dispose all three seperately.

[Redd]

But I don't want them to dispose. I added that at the bottom. I want them to stay there so you can look at them forever if that switch is on.

[The Law G14]

Then it should look like this:

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$window1 = Hero_1.new
$window2 = Hero_2.new
$window3 = Hero_3.new

[Redd]

Even though I do have it like that, it still takes out the first and second one and keeps the third one up. WHY?

[The Law G14]

Do you want the first and second windows to go away or is it a matter of whether a switch is on or not. So basically, when a switch is on, do you want the windows to pop up and if the switch is off, you want the windows to go away?

[Redd]

Exactly!

[Night5h4d3]

Who say a scripter cant post homework? XD I always hate it when there's a hud that just get's in the way.
you cant make it disappear, or to do so you have to press some key that you forget to do, and it's even worse when the HUD blocks an item or something important.

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So I decided to make the window and cause it's opacity to auto-correct if the player is being obscured by it. (i didnt decorate it much, but hey, the opacity auto adjusts!) great tutorial, law.

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[The Law G14]

@Redd: Alright, I think I get it now, can you show me a screenie of what the event looks like that calls the common event or turns the switch on?

@NightShade: Awesome work, man, love it And that opacity thing you did is really amazing, great work

[Redd]

What it does is you click on the dude which turns Switch 0001 ON, which activates this common event.

[The Law G14]

Alright, I think I figured it all out. First of all, make a new common event called 3 Man Stats[ON]. Set the trigger to none and inside this common event, go to page three of the list of event commands and go down to 'Script' to copy this code in:

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$window1 = Hero_1.new
$window2 = Hero_2.new
$window3 = Hero_3.new

After that, make and turn on a conditional switch named 3 Man Stats so that your common event should look like this:

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$window1 = Hero_1.new
$window2 = Hero_2.new
$window3 = Hero_3.new
Control Switches: [0001: 3 Man Stats] = ON

Next, make the event on the map that allows you to see your stats. Just make an event and go to the first page of the list of event commands and pick Call Common Event and pick the common event we just made.

Finally, make the event that disposes of the windows. Open up the event and make a new event page that turns on if the 3 Man Stats Switch is on. In this new event page, put in a script event command that looks like this:

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$window1.dispose
$window2.dispose
$window3.dispose

Then after that, turn the 3 Man Stats switch off.

Hope that helps