Solved A question about the partner menu.
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The partner menu uses the character's height to adjust the cursor position automatically. Usually, I use the idle sprite to define the height.
Once you declare it at the character header, the cursor will be adjusted automatically.
This is how the character's height is configured
This is cursor's position formula in the script.
Once you declare it at the character header, the cursor will be adjusted automatically.
This is how the character's height is configured
Code:
##MAIN
name Axel
type player
height 74This is cursor's position formula in the script.
C:
float xPos = openborvariant("xpos");
float yPos = openborvariant("ypos");
float screen = openborvariant("gfx_y_offset");
int x = getentityproperty(self, "x");
int y = getentityproperty(self, "y");
int z = getentityproperty(self, "z");
int height = getentityproperty(self, "height");
int xDif = 4;
int yDif = 16;
x = x-xPos-xDif; //CALCULATE X POSITION TO BIND PARROW IN THE ENTITY, OFFSET IS ALWAYS THE CENTER
y = z-yPos+screen-y-height-yDif; //CALCULATE Y POSITION TO BIND PARROW IN THE ENTITY
DD Tokki
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Is it the 'height' part of (Entity=Character)****.txt?
Yes, the "height" is one of the main character properties, usually called as "character's header".
DD Tokki
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There seems to be a problem. It doesn't seem to change even if I edit the height in the entity header.
Just in case, I applied it with Street of rage 2x, and it is the same.
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DD Tokki
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I solved it. I was looking for something like this without knowing it, and somehow it was solved.
I fixed 'yDif =' in void partnerArrow() and it worked.
//BIG ARROW, SAME AS PLAYERS, USED DURING PARTNER'S RESPAWN
if(life > 0 && blink){
xDif = 15;
yDif = 50; <=========================== this part
setdrawmethod(NULL(),0,256,256,0,0,0,0);
x = x-xPos-xDif; //CALCULATE X POSITION TO BIND PARROW IN THE ENTITY, OFFSET IS ALWAYS THE CENTER
y = z-yPos+screen-y-yDif; //CALCULATE Y POSITION TO BIND PARROW IN THE ENTITY
drawsprite(getglobalvar("parrow5"), x, y, z); //DRAW PARROW
@DD Tokki
After seeing your image, now I understand the problem. The partner's script uses height only for the small arrow, not for the big arrow.
The big one uses a default distance from the character, same as the native engine arrow.
If you take a look at the original script I created, you can confirm it.
Here's the height property working:
After seeing your image, now I understand the problem. The partner's script uses height only for the small arrow, not for the big arrow.
The big one uses a default distance from the character, same as the native engine arrow.
If you take a look at the original script I created, you can confirm it.
C:
void partnerArrow()
{//Draw custom parrow in the screen for NPC PARTNERS, entity binded like RPG games
if(openborvariant("in_level")){ //IN ANY LEVEL??
void self = getlocalvar("self");
void type = getentityproperty(self, "type");
if(type == openborconstant("TYPE_NPC")){
void cursor = ";";
float time = openborvariant("elapsed_time");
float xPos = openborvariant("xpos");
float yPos = openborvariant("ypos");
float screen = openborvariant("gfx_y_offset");
int blink = getentityproperty(self, "blink");
int life = getentityproperty(self, "health");
int x = getentityproperty(self, "x");
int y = getentityproperty(self, "y");
int z = getentityproperty(self, "z");
int height = getentityproperty(self, "height");
int xDif = 4;
int yDif = 16;
int font0 = 0;
int font1 = 4;
int xCall = 8;
int yCall = 10;
//NORMAL ARROW, SAME AS PLAYERS, USED DURING CALL MESSAGE OR IF PLAYER ARROW IS ENABLED
if(life > 0 && !blink){
x = x-xPos-xDif; //CALCULATE X POSITION TO BIND PARROW IN THE ENTITY, OFFSET IS ALWAYS THE CENTER
y = z-yPos+screen-y-height-yDif; //CALCULATE Y POSITION TO BIND PARROW IN THE ENTITY
//PLAYER ARROW IS ENABLED AND NOT BLINKING??
if(getglobalvar("playerArrow") == "on"){
drawstring(x, y, font1, cursor, z); //DRAW PARROW
}
//PARTNER CALL BUTTON IS HELD AND NOT BLINKING??
if(getglobalvar("partnerParrow") == "call"){
drawstring(x-xCall, y-yCall, font0, "call", z); //DRAW CALL MESSAGE
drawstring(x, y, font1, cursor, z); //DRAW PARROW
}
}
//BIG ARROW, SAME AS PLAYERS, USED DURING PARTNER'S RESPAWN
if(life > 0 && blink){
xDif = 15;
yDif = 150;
setdrawmethod(NULL(),0,256,256,0,0,0,0);
x = x-xPos-xDif; //CALCULATE X POSITION TO BIND PARROW IN THE ENTITY, OFFSET IS ALWAYS THE CENTER
y = z-yPos+screen-y-yDif; //CALCULATE Y POSITION TO BIND PARROW IN THE ENTITY
drawsprite(getglobalvar("parrow5"), x, y, z); //DRAW PARROW
}
}
}
}Here's the height property working:
DD Tokki
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It was only for text composed of fonts.
Thanks to you, I am also learning.
No problem, I forgot to mention this detail about the big/small arrows in my previous post
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