CUSTOM battle status and command windows

Today I unleash…

-V1.2-

Configuration script | Core script | Molegato’s functions page

And when I say custom, I say customizable as hell. As long as your idea for the battle windows and layouts doesnt require things very far from the core mechanics of rpgmaker vx ace, this will be able to do it.

What are the things it has?

YOU CAN SET THESE OPTIONS WHATEVER VALUES YOU WANT:

• Party command window
  • Custom windowskin
  • Custom tone
  • Custom opacity
  • Custom width
  • Custom maximum number of commands to show at once (requering scroll if there’re more)
  • If its position is on the left or right of the screen
  • X position (relative to it’s place)
  • Y position (relative to it’s place)
  • Custom font size
  • Use icons for the commands
    • You have to set the icon index for every command. By default you only need two values, for fight and flee, but if you have any more custom commands, just adding more values to the option should work just fine.

• Actor command window
  • Custom windowskin
  • Custom tone
  • Custom opacity
  • Custom width
  • Custom maximum number of commands to show at once (requering scroll if there’re more)
  • If its position is on the left or right of the screen
  • X position (relative to it’s place)
  • Y position (relative to it’s place)
  • Custom font size
  • Use icons for the commands
    • You have to set the default icon index for attack and defense, and the icon index for item. Also you’ll have to give a list of icon indexes for every skill type.
    • You can enable the option for replacing the attack icon for the icon of the currently equiped weapon.
    • You can set for each actor via tags a custom icon for attack and defense.
      • <attack_icon: 20>
      • <guard_icon: 20>
    • If unarmed, or the option for weapons is not enabled, it will use the actor’s custom attack icon, and only if the actor has no defined custom attack icon, it’ll use the default one that you setted just a couple lines up here.
• Help window
  • Custom Y position
  • Custom height
  • Custom windowskin
  • Custom tone
  • Custom opacity
  • Custom font size
• Skill selection window
  • Custom X position
  • Custom Y position
  • Custom width
  • Custom height
  • Custom windowskin
  • Custom tone
  • Custom opacity
  • Custom font size
  • Custom number of columns
• Item selection window
  • Pretty much the same as skill selection. The values are independent, you can set different options for each one.
• Enemy selection window
  • Custom X position
  • Custom Y position
  • Custom Width
  • Custom Height
  • Custom windowskin
  • Custom tone
  • Custom opacity
  • Custom number of columns
  • Enable the option of using a enemy cursor instead of an enemy selection window
    • Note: while using this option, most of the values mentioned before for this window wont have effect, since there’s no window to apply the settings to.
    • Set if the directions used to switch enemies are the vertical ones, or if not, the horizontal.
    • The name for the cursor graphic
    • X center of the cursor image, since an arrow pointing to the left is not the same as a finger pointing up.
    • Y center of the cursor image.
    • Reverse or not the order of the enemies. (just in case your BS shows them in a different order than default, as my Basimple BS does)
    • Enable or not enemy’s name
      • Set X origin for enemy name
      • Set Y origin for enemy name
      • Set width for enemy name
      • Set the alignment for enemy name (0 = left, 1 = center, 2 = right)
      • Set a custom name color for individual enemies via note tags (<name_color: number>)
• Status window (Where it shines most)
  • Custom windowskin
  • Custom tone
  • Custom opacity
  • Custom width
  • Custom height
  • Custom X position
  • Custom Y position
  • Custom font size
  • Enable/disable the horizontal panning the default battle system has.
  • Center or not the status window during turn actions
  • Custom X position during turns in case it doesnt center
  • Arrange Horizontally or, if not, vertically the actor information (columns vs. rows)
  • Center actor columns (only if arranged horizontally)
  • And the possibility to customize how the information of the actors is shown:
    • X and Y position for the actors Name
    • X and Y position for the status icons
    • Width for the icon list
    • X and Y position for the hp bar
    • Width for the hp bar
    • X and Y position for the mp bar
    • Width for the mp bar
    • X and Y position for the tp bar
    • Width for the tp bar
    • Draw actor level or not
      • X and Y position for the actor’s level
    • Draw actor’s face or not
      • X and Y position for the actor’s face
      • Scale factor for the actor’s face
    • Draw actor’s character or not
      • X and Y position for actor’s character
    • Draw or not an image below the actor’s face and character (great for frames)
      • Name of the image file
      • X and Y position of the image
      • Can set a custom image for individual actors via note tags (<custom_back_image: name>)
    • Draw or not an image over the actor’s face and character (using the two images can make awesome effects if you know what you’re doing)
      • Name of the image file
      • X and Y position of the image
      • Can set a custom image for individual actors via note tags(<custom_front_image: name>)
    • Note: all the positions under the ‘Actor information’ sections are relative to the actor’s place on the status window, wich depends on their place in the party, the size of the window, and if it’s arranged horizontal or vertically.

Now, that’s a damn big bunch of options. I want to warn the eventual random newbie that stumbles upon it, that having that many options for design is a responsability. If you just turn EVERYTHING on and place it wherever you can without planning, the battle interface will give a headache to whoever that plays. ’nuff said.

WARNING: For this to work you’ll have to have also my personal ‘molegato functions’ script, V1 or better.

-What do we have outside my dark dark dark confinement?

• Yanfly gives us the target manager. Really nice thing to have, if you seek for advanced targetting modes, instead of one-or-all. Another basic we get covered in ace.
• Yami continues making the CTB, keep it going, me wants to see it ready and running. Seriously, I’m kind of curuous.
• Critical Miss is still on (surprising knowing how fast I get low on steam). Hooray for shameles self advertising!