Centi-Second Wait Count

[DerVVulfman]

BUMP
to version 1.3

Now you can have meticulous centi-second timing control over the pictures when using [Move Picture] and [Change Picture Tone] map events!

This new update does rewrite the 'update' method in Game_Pictures, but doing so allows much finer manipulation of the pictures displayed in the game.

For those not familiar with how to use the script in map events....

Code:

@>Show Picture 1, "Splash-1", Upper Left (0,0), (100%,100%), 0, Normal
@>Move Picture 1, @20, Upper Left (0,0), (100%,100%),255, Normal

This is a how one could make a picture go from 0 opacity to 255 opacity, using the default 'frames' system. It would go from being invisible to fully solid in 20 frames.

ONE optional change

Code:

@>Show Picture 1, "Splash-1", Upper Left (0,0), (100%,100%), 0, Normal
@>Script: picture_cs_wait
@>Move Picture 1, @20, Upper Left (0,0), (100%,100%),255, Normal

Again, this makes the picture go from 0 opacity to 255 opacity. But the new 'picture_cs_wait' command tells the system that the duration of '20' in the move picture command is now 20 centi-seconds. The timing you set in the Move Picture command is converted into centi-seconds... and 20 centi-seconds is PRETTY DAMN FAST!


ANOTHER optional change

Code:

@>Show Picture 1, "Splash-1", Upper Left (0,0), (100%,100%), 0, Normal
@>Script: picture_cs_wait 200
@>Move Picture 1, @20, Upper Left (0,0), (100%,100%),255, Normal

This time, we are establishing in the new 'picture_cs_wait' command a centi-second delay of 200 centi-seconds (or 2 seconds). This overrides the timing set in the Move Picture command itself! So if you wanted to have a picture move over a duration of 10 seconds or longer (1000+ centi-seconds), this option within the 'picture_cs_wait' command is certainly desirable.

NOW ... for TONES

Code:

@>Show Picture 1, "Splash-1", Upper Left (0,0), (100%,100%), 255, Normal
@>Script: picture_cs_wait 200
@>Change Picture Color Tone 1, (255,0,0,0) @5

This is not unlike the others, except we are using the 'picture_cs_wait' command to change the tone of a picture over an expanse of 200 centi-seconds, and not 5 frames as the Color Tone command suggests.


All this should really assist in crafting meticulous cut scenes that will play accurately regardless of the speed of your audience's PC.