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DaLouieDude
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 Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:03 pm Post subject: Party Members in scenes |
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I have a somewhat simple question regarding party members and heroes in general during cutscenes.
If I have Caterpillar Party walking disabled, do the heroes in the party still show up and move during cutscenes if I try to move them? Or do I have to place an NPC with the sprite of the hero I want to move and have it show up in a spot and control it during a scene?
And say I wanted to move a hero during a scene that's not in the party but has already joined it... I'd have to use the latter method, right? |
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NeoSpade
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| Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 11:21 pm Post subject: |
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Right, in order to use the invisible heroes during a scene you have to enable the caterpillar party for it's duration then disable it again, you can do this by using a plotscript like this:
| Code: | plotscript, scene, begin
suspend player
suspend NPCs
walk hero (0, up, 2)
wait for hero (0)
set caterpillar mode (on)
wait (1)
walk hero (1, left, 1)
walk hero (2, right, 1)
walk hero (3, down, 1)
wait for hero (3)
set hero direction (1, up)
set hero direction (2, up)
set hero direction (3, up)
wait for hero (3)
show textbox (1)
wait for textbox
fight formation (1)
wait (1)
show text box (2)
wait for text box
walk hero (1, right, 1)
walk hero (2, left, 1)
walk hero (3, up, 1)
wait for hero (3)
set caterpillar mode (off)
wait (1)
resume NPCs
resume player
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As for the second bit, yeah you're going to need to use an NPC instead of the reserve hero.
I hope this helps! |
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TMC
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 6:16 am Post subject: |
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You should suspend the caterpillar as well, by calling "suspend caterpillar", and afterwards "resume caterpillar". This is different from enabling the caterpillar. It prevents the other heroes from trailing behind when the party leader is moved (either by the player or by a script). Notice that NeoSpade just so happened to paste a script where hero 0 isn't moved while the caterpillar is enabled.
Also note that when you enable the caterpillar the extra heroes will appear standing at the positions where they would have been all along if the caterpillar was enabled. NeoSpade's script gives the impression that they start at the same location as the leader; that's not true.
If a hero isn't in the active party but you have less than 4 heroes in the active party, you could temporarily swap them into the party and then back out again instead of using an NPC.
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NeoSpade
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| Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:42 am Post subject: |
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Ah right! I made an odd assumption that if it wasn't enabled to begin with, then it wouldn't need to be suspended or resumed :S.
 Also I didn't paste a script. I wrote it line by line in the post to avoid making a silly mistake like that. Kind of backfired eh? 
EDIT: Grammar and spelling :/ |
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DaLouieDude
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| Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:28 am Post subject: |
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Okay, thanks a lot!
I tried it out with the suspend caterpillar added and tried it again via NPCs to see which I liked the most. Both worked.
Thank you! |
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