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Posted 2005-02-21, 02:24 PM
I need help with my camera movements. Does it move by pixels or movement squares? I have uploaded my game so far so you could check it out, Bluecube. HINT: check everything in your house. Maybe you could help me.

EDIT: I removed the faulty file, but my game is too large to put as an attachment. Could I use picaroni? Or would I be able to send it to you through PM?
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Posted 2005-02-21, 02:27 PM in reply to Draco2003's post "Need help with camera movements"
I've no longer got any RPG Maker installed on my comp. for some reason, so this may be wrong. If you are, say, wanting the camera to pan across the screen to look at something (say you enter a big hall, and the camera pans up the hall to your enemy standing waiting at the other end) then I seem to remember it moving by squares...

Don't take my word for it though...haven't done this for I don't know how long so...
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Posted 2005-02-21, 03:16 PM in reply to Lenny's post starting "I've no longer got any RPG Maker..."
Ah, you need more than just the Setup.exe when making a GameDisk - you also need the .lzh file, setup.ini, and unlha32.dll.

Anyway, yes, the camera pans by blocks. And when you pan, it'll keep wherever you panned to as the center - so if you move it right by 5 blocks, the screen will always be 5 blocks off-center. The "Return to Origin" option fixes this.

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Posted 2005-02-22, 10:40 AM in reply to BlueCube's post starting "Ah, you need more than just the..."
My game is too large, and it is compressed. Do you think I could like maybe triple compress it? I tried moving by pixels and spaces, but it just isn't working. Please help me, Bluecube.
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Posted 2005-02-22, 11:04 AM in reply to Draco2003's post starting "My game is too large, and it is..."
I'm not sure what exactly isn't working - is the camera refusing to move with the Pan Screen command? Make sure the map is large enough for the camera's movements (if you're moving 3 spaces over, you have to have 3 spaces in that direction or it won't move fully).

The best way I can think of to get the file to be small as possible - make a copy of the project folder, then edit that game so there's only one map. Make sure to take out the now-unused media files. (No need for monster PNGs unless there's a forced battle in that room, for example, or music.)

Also, make sure you aren't including the RTP. It's just one of those "make sure the computer is plugged in" sort of things - fairly obvious, but it's worth checking.
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Posted 2005-02-22, 11:47 AM in reply to BlueCube's post starting "I'm not sure what exactly isn't working..."
I removed the gameover screens, RTP, and All music files that I added to the game. It's now able to be d/l'd. Enjoy. Don't forget to check the house, everywhere.

EDIT: I need the camera to move to the ship, follow the ship when it docks, and have about 4-6 pirates come out. Then the camera moves back to the main character. Thought maybe this would be useful for helping you.
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