Galv's Layer Graphics (fogs, parallaxes, mapping)

I want to make a map that has cloud shadows in it without moving, but when I go to map and move around, it moves around like the camera (which is annoying). Anyone can help me by giving command or explanation?


very much appreciated.

Do you mean as though the shadows are stuck to the map?


Make the XSHIFT and YSHIFT number 0 to have the layer move with map.


Check out the help documentation for examples and descriptions. Grab the demo and look in the events for working examples.

Hey I just downloaded this plugin because it looks amazing but I cant make it work, even when turning all the others off


Lets say I have a map called "025:Church" and I want to add a static layer that I made called "churcheffects.png", so the plugin would be:


LAYER_S 025 2 churcheffects 0 0 110 0 1


But when I enter the map it doesnt show


This is how it should be on the map





But





Am I doing something wrong?

Some possible causes.


1. Make sure you call the plugin command before you enter the map (or use the LAYER REFRESH plugin command if you create the layer while on the same map).


2. You Z value is 0, which might make it appear underneath other map objects. Try making it a larger number (eg. 10)


3. For the map ID, you can just use 25 instead of 025


4. Try changing the blend mode to 0 to test it's actually showing up.


See the demo for examples.

Hi Galv~


I would like to thank you for this awesome plugin! I use this for parallax mapping and it works great for my smaller maps, however, I encountered something and I hope you can help me out on this one. I created a sample map with 41x30 size. I created my ground parallax layer and overlay parallax layer for it. Now what happens is, as soon as I load the game, the ground parralax layer wont show up, not until I go to the top section of my map. Then as soon as I go down approx. 4-5 grid, the ground parallax layer disappears. It goes back if I go to the top of the map again. 


Thanks in advance! :D


*EDIT*


here's the vid

Are you changing layer settings with an event anywhere on the map and using the same layer id?


Do you have map looping turned on?


Have you tested if another plugin is conflicting with it?


I can't think of why else that would happen unless it's a bug that has popped up with the latest MV updates. Have you updated MV to latest 1.3.1?

Hi Galv, thanks for replying back.


I tried both, the map notetag and by event. However, I managed to fix it by changing the layer ID and priority of the image to a different number. Thanks again! :D

Hi Galv,

is multiply still bugged or is it just me?


It doest seem to load the img when I set the blendmode to 2.

Multiply works for me since pixi was updated - make sure you've copied over all the right files after updating to MV 1.3.1.

Hmm, I got the steam version - expected it to be doing everything automatic.


It's version 1.3.1 so, but maybe I need to change something by hand?


I get a black ingame screen as soon as I use the blend option 2. Option 0 and 1 work...but look terrible >.< Sadly :D

The steam version automatically updates your MV software, but not your projects. You need to update your projects manually by copying certain files from the /NewData/ folder from your MV install location to your projects. See the top of this post for more info:


http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/66712-rpg-maker-mv-v131-fixes/

Hmmm... okay, but wont that reset all my changes to database?
 (actors, weapons, spells, items etc.)

Don't copy those files... backup your project first!


I'm sure there's gotta be info on how to do this somewhere on the forum, you shouldn't have to learn about this from this plugin thread

Can I place layers below parallaxes? That would be really helpful.

I believe if you make the z value negative numbers it should go below parallax, yep

It didn't though! And I wasn't subtle about it, I tried big negative numbers.

Hmm, darn - perhaps they don't. Perhaps you could use a layer instead of the parallax

Thought about that, but I have several plugins targeted towards parallaxes, so I cannot move my parallaxes without working from scrap.

Having a quick look it looks like the parallaxes are not part of the z layers because they are created separately to the map sprites. I did not want to change how they worked in case it conflicted with other parallax related plugins.

I've made a tutorial on how to use this plugin to make some basic scrolling clouds. I also include some free cloud art in the description of the video.