[Ace] Textbox height position

Hi, I've been trying to move my textbox about 32 pixels away from the border in height, but with no success. I was able to edit the distance in width easily, but setting the y position value in Window_Message does nothing.

class Window_Message < Window_Base #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- # * Object Initialization #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- def initialize super(16, 0, 480, 150) self.z = 200 self.openness = 0 create_all_windows create_back_bitmap create_back_sprite clear_instance_variables end

If anyone could help me out with this I would be so grateful, I'm sure it's simple but I have been an XP user for years so VX Ace is very alien to me.

I'm trying to get something like this:

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how are you setting the y value? By changing the arguments passed to super? Or by putting self.y = ??? after that call?

First that you need to know(in case you haven't), the placement of window message in VXAce is dynamic, it can be changed place according to this:
If you open event page in event command, then show text, there's an option for the user to decide the position of the window message.
1. Top

2. Middle
3 Bottom.
That's why editing y position value is not as easy as x value.

This is the culprit :

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------- # * Update Window Position #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- def update_placement @position = $game_message.position self.y = @position * (Graphics.height - height) / 2 @gold_window.y = y > 0 ? 0 : Graphics.height - @gold_window.height endThe system will update window message y value according to this @position = $game_message.position

$game_message.position = 0 for if you choose Top in show text command
$game_message.position = 1 for if you choose Middle in show text command
$game_message.position = 2 for if you choose Bottom in show text command

Now you know what you have to do right? Because I don't really know with what you want -__-a
Please anybody can correct my if I'm wrong.
 

I'm aware of the Top, Middle and Bottom commands, but what I am trying to do is move the textbox completely away from the border by a certain amount pixels, like so:

Then is should be clearer to you, If you look at the code I post above, you should know that changing the y value will never get what you want, because every time for example if you choose bottom, then the y value will be Graphics.height - height(this is absolute) and the same goes for middle and top, what you want to do is edit the code above I give you and overwrite it in the window message section. Look again below

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------- # * Update Window Position #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- def update_placement @position = $game_message.position self.y = @position * (Graphics.height - height) / 2 # <= this is the code that prevent you to get what you want @gold_window.y = y > 0 ? 0 : Graphics.height - @gold_window.height endlook at the code above. self.y = @position * (Graphics.height - height) / 2
That is the code you must aware. @position value is determined by $game_message.position, which I had said above that it comes from Top = 0, Middle = 1, Bottom = 2.

# Instructions# Place this below Materials, above Main Process. # Go to Editable Region and edit as your own wish.module PiaCarrot  module WindowMessage#-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=# EDITABLE REGION#-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=  # This for y coordinate when you choose upper  TOP_Y_COORDINATE = 10   # This for y coordinate when you choose middle  MIDDLE_Y_COORDINATE = 200     # This for y coordinate when you choose bottom  BOTTOM_Y_COORDINATE = Graphics.height - 10 - (4 * 24 + 24)   # Graphics.height - 10 - (4 * 24 + 24)  # number four is how many line number in your window message.#-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=# EDITABLE REGION END !#-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=  endend class Window_Message < Window_Base  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------  # * Update Window Position  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------  def update_placement     @position = $game_message.position    case @position      when 0        self.y = PiaCarrot::WindowMessage::TOP_Y_COORDINATE      when 1        self.y = PiaCarrot::WindowMessage::MIDDLE_Y_COORDINATE      when 2        self.y = PiaCarrot::WindowMessage::BOTTOM_Y_COORDINATE    end     @gold_window.y = y > 0 ? 0 : Graphics.height - @gold_window.height   end   end # End of class Window_Message Edit the window y coordinate at the Editable Region, this should do what you want.

Ah, I understand now. Thanks a ton, seems to be working just fine now. Yeah, math has never been my forte so I've always just messed with code randomly and hoped that it works xD