[Ace] Prexus Shadows Incompatibility issue

tvghost · 2018-10-22T22:21:00+0900

Demo below. Screenshots: There is a shadow generated for (Sprite_Remind) when there should be none, causing a shadow to hover above the player character. I'd like to get rid of this shadow bitmap for the balloon display. The two scripts used are: Prexus - Shadows: https://rpgmaker.net/scripts/193/ VIPArcher - Balloon Display for Event: https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/balloon-display-for-event.101049/ Attachments demo.zip 1.4 MB · Views: 12

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Started by tvghost Oct 22, 2018, 01:21 PM 4 posts View original ↗

tvghost

#1 Oct 22, 2018, 01:21 PM Source

Demo below. Screenshots:

There is a shadow generated for (Sprite_Remind) when there should be none, causing a shadow to hover above the player character. I'd like to get rid of this shadow bitmap for the balloon display.

The two scripts used are:
Prexus - Shadows: https://rpgmaker.net/scripts/193/
VIPArcher - Balloon Display for Event: https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/balloon-display-for-event.101049/
Roninator2

#2 Oct 22, 2018, 08:52 PM Source
Looks like the balloon script's update needed to be alias'd not super'd

Code:
alias r2_update_b4kcs update def update r2_update_b4kcs #~ super
That's because both of those scripts are using Sprite_Character

Sixth is the best.
I forgot that it is it's own class that has the parent of Sprite_Character.
Sixth

#3 Oct 22, 2018, 09:20 PM Source
Yeah, the balloon script uses Sprite_Character for the balloon display unnecessarily, which causes those shadows for the balloons to appear.
This snippet should prevent that from happening:
Spoiler

Code:
class Sprite_Remind < Sprite_Character def update_shadow # Removed... end end
Not tested, of course. :p

@Roninator2
The super call is correct there actually, since that method is not defined directly in Sprite_Remind class. In these cases super should be used instead of alias.
Using Sprite_Character as the parent class is still unnecessary, lots of useless update methods will run for it, but still, super is the correct way there.
tvghost

#4 Oct 23, 2018, 07:46 AM Source
Sixth said:
Yeah, the balloon script uses Sprite_Character for the balloon display unnecessarily, which causes those shadows for the balloons to appear.
This snippet should prevent that from happening:

Spoiler

Code:
class Sprite_Remind < Sprite_Character def update_shadow # Removed... end end
Not tested, of course. :p

@Roninator2
The super call is correct there actually, since that method is not defined directly in Sprite_Remind class. In these cases super should be used instead of alias.
Using Sprite_Character as the parent class is still unnecessary, lots of useless update methods will run for it, but still, super is the correct way there.
Works perfectly, yeah. The farthest I had gotten to fixing the issue originally was removing the shadow once a balloon popped up, but this fixes the issue. Thank you to you both :)