Lighting and Time Editor - Continued!

Feelzor · 2017-10-30T04:26:44+0900

Lighting and Time Editor v1.7.4 FeelZoR - Originally created by Level No Matter Free to Use for both Commercial and Non-Commercial projects. Credits not required but highly appreciated: do not hesitate to also credit Level No Matter (aka Sebastián Cámara). You can find a more in-depth version of the TOS here. Introduction Seeing from the old post that the plugin had some bugs that needed to be solved and the original author seems to have abandoned it, I decided to continue it and share it with you. This is a plugin that implements a Time System and a Lighting Editor (in game or with events). You can make a lot of incredible light places with this plugin, and it can give a new dimension to your game! Features Possibility to enable or disable the Time System. Possibility to change time whenever you want with simple commands. Possibility to set a specific Tint into a map by putting a single line in the Notes: the Time System will be ignored. Possibility to add lights by using the editor in game or with events. Screenshots This video has not been updated: it is the same than the one on the original post: How to Use To install the plugin: Download the plugin on the given link and click the "Clone or Download" button, then simply click "Download ZIP". Extract the contents of the img folder into the img folder of your project. Extract the contents of the js folder into the js folder of your project. The file ".gitattributes" is not useful for you, you can delete it. Enable the plugins using this order: LNM_GameEditorCore.js LNM_GameTime.js LNM_LightingTool.js To add a light, you have two ways of doing so: Using the In Game Editor: Press TAB and then press over the lamp icon. Then select the type of light you want to add. You can drag and edit your properties at any time.Adding default lights from events: You can create default lights by simply typing Torch, Bonfire or Ambient in the field “Note”. Adding custom lights from events: Simply create an event and then in the field “Note” add the following line: Light(filename, scale, hue, alpha).addPulse(pulseMin, pulseMax, pulseSpeed).addFlick(flickIntensity, flickSpeed) Filename: (string) Sprite used for the light, located in img/lights/ Scale: (float) Scales the sprite. (1.0 = 100%, 0.5 = 50%, ...) Hue: (integer) Tint scale for colors from 0 to 359. For more information visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HueScale.svg Alpha: (float) Transparency of the light, from 0.1 to 1.0 pulseMin: (float) Minimum scaling for pulse animation pulseMax: (float) Maximum scaling for pulse animation pulseSpeed: (integer) Speed for pulse animation flickIntensity: (integer) Intensity for flick animation flickSpeed: (integer) Speed for flick animation You can set the default power status to off by simply adding .turnOff() at the end of the line. Examples: Light(default, 5.0, 28, 1.0) - These are the settings used for Ambient lights. Light(default, 1.0,15, 1.0).addPulse(0.98, 1.02, 7).addFlick(1, 3) - These are the settings used for Torch lights. Light(default, 1.3, 28, 1.0).addPulse(1.1, 1.3, 15).addFlick(1, 3) - These are the settings used for Bonfire lights. Adding custom lights to enemies: For battles, you may want enemies to hold a light. Simply do so by writing in the notes part . Just replace yourLight with the same pattern than for event lights. Examples: Using the Player Torch: You can activate or deactivate it using the switch set in the Plugin Manager. Default switch is #0001. You can also change it to use 4 different directions, like so: From the Plugin Manager, set the "Player Torch 4 Directions" parameter to true. Note the value of the "Player Torch Filename" parameter. Create 4 different files, all starting with the name set in the "Player Torch Filename" parameter, each followed by either "_2", "_4", "_6" or "_8". These will be for respectively Down, Left, Right and Up directions (same as the arrows on a numpad, if it can help). All these files must have the .png extension and should be located in the img/lights/ folder. For example, if you want to use the default image files provided with the plugin, set the "Player Torch 4 Directions" parameter to true and the "Player Torch Filename" parameter to "player_torch" (without the quotes). Run the game and see what it does!Light System commands: For the following commands, light_id is the id of the light. It can be found in the In-Game editor on the top right corner of the screen. For event lights, the id starts with an e and is followed by the id of the event (without the first 0). For example, the light for event 0042 will have id e42. You can also select multiple ids. Specifying a-b as an id with a and b being integers will select all lights from a to b, inclusive. To select a range of event lights, just specify ea-b, with a and b being integers. Non-existing lights ids will be ignored without any warning. You can specify a list of…

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Lear

#121 Jul 22, 2018, 04:47 PM Source

Nacura said:
[QUOTE = "Lear, post: 883102, member: 3403"] ¿Hay alguna manera de trasladar el matiz del tiempo del juego a la escena de la batalla? [/ QUOTE]

You can not yet, but if you can pause the time
When you are going to create a battle, put this:

* Put this before starting:
Time PAUSE
Stops time. This is useful for cutscenes.

* Put this after finishing the battle:
Time PLAY
Reactivates time.

Not quite the solution I was looking for, but could prove useful in certain scenarios. Thanks for that!
Feelzor

#122 Jul 24, 2018, 09:16 PM Source

Ripple said:
In my project I use an event that turns off 2 lights when entering a dark room. Those lights are activated by other events. But when you go into the menu (esc/right mouse buttons) and return to the game the lights are switched on.

Short: When I go into the game menu -> all turned off lights will be turned on.. I turned off all other plugins and it still happened..
Indeed, there is a bug there, I will do my best and resolve it quickly!

Ripple said:
This is a double post but an improvement you might add to the GameTime-Plugin (that fixes some of the problems with loading the game and the time being reset - you can do a Time SAVE on transport events and a Time LOAD on entering a map)

By adding this the Time SAVE x y command makes a bit more sense

This code adds the Time LOAD x y command so you can get those values you have stored into variables back and set the time to those.
You say there is a problem with the time being reset. When does that happen?
EDIT: you do not need to double post btw, if I don't answer, it's probably that I didn't see, so editing your post should be just fine (and it will avoid having problems with the moderation :D)

Nacura said:
Thank you very much for your work friend, you do not know why but the errors may be generated by Yanfly plugins, I already have several and now a root that is gender which when I predict TAB I do not start the editor, the other thing if you can add the add-on within the add-on option to add the variable Time_Varible or Min_Variable, You also have the download link of the evaluation you made 1.4.1, Thank you very much I need you to make your time to add a credit.

Edit: Check everything even disable the Yanfly plugin and I prescribe the TAB but it does not open the edito :c
I don't really understand what you're talking about, I'm sorry ^^'

so1us said:
The tinting works, and I can create lights in events. But when I hit TAB to pull up the ingame editor nothing appears (this also doesn't work for me in the sample demo).

Also the game clock doesn't appear in game in my game, but in the sample demo the game clock does appear.

Could anyone help as the in game editor was big reason why this plugin was so awesome! Thank you.
Hello, I have no clue why there is a problem. The sample demo is very old and you can't really rely on it, as I unfortunately never updated it. Could you please open the console (F8 while in game) and tell me if an error shows when you press tab, or anything in the console?

Lear said:
Is there a way to carry over the game time's tint to the battle scene?
If I'm right, it is not possible yet, sorry!

Henryetha said:
On shake screen, the revealed map parts left and right appear not tinted.
Not a too big issue, but wanna assure I did everything correctly and not missing something which could fix that.
Thank you!
Hello, it sounds like the issue is being the same as this one: https://trello.com/c/Amb9ymz5/6-srds-camera-code-problem-with-zoom. There is nothing wrong with what you do, just the way the plugin is written makes it hard to solve that problem.
Lear

#123 Jul 24, 2018, 10:48 PM Source

Feelzor said:
If I'm right, it is not possible yet, sorry!
Thanks for the response! Is it possibly in the works for a future update? I only ask so I can determine if it's something I should work on eventing work arounds for my battles or not. :)
Nacura

#124 Jul 24, 2018, 11:37 PM Source

[QUOTE = "Feelzor, post: 884287, member: 110549"] De hecho, hay un error allí, haré todo lo posible y lo resolveré rápidamente.
Hola, no tengo idea de por qué hay un problema. La demostración de ejemplo es muy antigua y no se puede confiar en ella, ya que desafortunadamente nunca la actualicé. ¿Podría abrir la consola (F8 mientras está en el juego) y decirme si aparece un error al presionar la tecla tab, o cualquier cosa en la consola?
[/ QUOTE]

Oh how unfortunate that you did not understand, the Google translator does not support me very much hahaha, but the problem was that the TAB does not work, the other error was save_time, which you fixed. But the important thing was that the TAB does not work, changing the plugin configuration does not work (light size, color, ETC).

I recommend you create your own plugin, since this is old and every update that MV has, the plugin will be obsolete, YANFLY has very useful plugins and if your plugin is not compatible with his, you will have a lot of problems.

I hope you can understand now, thanks
Feelzor

#125 Jul 25, 2018, 08:19 PM Source

Lear said:
Thanks for the response! Is it possibly in the works for a future update? I only ask so I can determine if it's something I should work on eventing work arounds for my battles or not. :)
I can't guarantee that I will make it work in the future, even though I would like to change the plugin to something slightly different, that would correct many bugs and let me work easily on it. So I say that I plan on trying to make something with it, but I'm not sure it will happen one day. I hope that will help you take a decision ^^

Nacura said:
Oh how unfortunate that you did not understand, the Google translator does not support me very much hahaha, but the problem was that the TAB does not work, the other error was save_time, which you fixed. But the important thing was that the TAB does not work, changing the plugin configuration does not work (light size, color, ETC).

I recommend you create your own plugin, since this is old and every update that MV has, the plugin will be obsolete, YANFLY has very useful plugins and if your plugin is not compatible with his, you will have a lot of problems.

I hope you can understand now, thanks
So you guarantee the problem comes from a conflict with Yanfly's plugins? If so, can you please give me the names of the plugins that create a conflict? And having errors from the console (if there are some) would be very useful too. (use F8 to open console).

I decided to maintain this plugin because it has a good base, and I wouldn't make my own plugin. I took the path of maintaining the plugin because I honestly thought it was a waste to leave it with so many bugs. I don't plan on making and won't make my own plugin ^^
so1us

#126 Jul 26, 2018, 09:16 AM Source

Feelzor said:
Hello, I have no clue why there is a problem. The sample demo is very old and you can't really rely on it, as I unfortunately never updated it. Could you please open the console (F8 while in game) and tell me if an error shows when you press tab, or anything in the console?

Hey, thanks so much for the response, sorry for the delay in getting back to you I didn't get a notification to my e-mail!

Not really very technically conversant but I'll definitely try getting you any error information by pressing F8 and will update soon. Thanks again. :)
Feelzor

#127 Jul 26, 2018, 11:10 AM Source

LightingTool version 1.4.0 is out!

Changelog said:
Version 1.4.0:

+ Add the possibility to use commands on event lights.
+ Add the possibility to set a temporary hue to lights.
* Correct a bug where turned off lights would turn on again after going in the menu.

You can see all the changes under the Light command section, where everything is explained.

EDIT: version 1.4.1 is also out, it just corrects a bug where all the parameters of LightingTool couldn't be taken in account and caused all default values to be used, instead of the ones specified by the user.
Ripple

#128 Jul 26, 2018, 12:43 PM Source

Feelzor said:
You say there is a problem with the time being reset. When does that happen?
EDIT: you do not need to double post btw, if I don't answer, it's probably that I didn't see, so editing your post should be just fine (and it will avoid having problems with the moderation :D)

When I load my game, the time set back to default. This is why I implemented the LOAD case. So now I save the time to a variable when saving the game and load it when continuing a game.

EDIT: Did not try the new version of your plugin yet - will do of course!

Would love if you'd add the possibility to load the time values you saved with the SAVE command. Otherwise I don't see the point in saving it into variables if you can't load it aswell. My code works, you can of course add it if you wish to.

Keep up the good work, this plugin is by far one of the best for creating an awesome atmosphere to a scene
Feelzor

#129 Jul 26, 2018, 03:09 PM Source

The point of the SAVE command is to be able to use the time in an event, not to load it later (although I agree that changing the time with events could be something interesting, I'll think about the LOAD option).

It is not normal that your game sets the time back to default, it shouldn't do that and it doesn't on my game, so would you mind creating a game with the unmodified plugin, change the time to whatever you want, save the game, load the game and show me the contents of the console? It might help me know what's going on for you, and potentially find a bug.

EDIT : be careful not to have a Time SET command into a parallel event, or anything that will load when entering the map.
Ripple

#130 Jul 26, 2018, 03:54 PM Source

Feelzor said:
The point of the SAVE command is to be able to use the time in an event, not to load it later (although I agree that changing the time with events could be something interesting, I'll think about the LOAD option).

It is not normal that your game sets the time back to default, it shouldn't do that and it doesn't on my game, so would you mind creating a game with the unmodified plugin, change the time to whatever you want, save the game, load the game and show me the contents of the console? It might help me know what's going on for you, and potentially find a bug.

EDIT : be careful not to have a Time SET command into a parallel event, or anything that will load when entering the map.

I had the problem before I inserted the „Load“ Case (with your unmodified code). It always set the time to 12:00 after loading a game, so I did the little workaround that reloads my last Save-Time (and also checks if time was stopped on save). Also I don‘t have a parallel event that sets time.

I will try again though and tell you if it works. Also thanks for fixing the menu thing, this is awesome! I also had the problem, that after re-entering a room, previously turned off light was on again. I didn‘t have the time to check if this still occurs.

EDIT: I use the Yanfly Save Core Plugin, maybe this doesn‘t work well together.
Feelzor

#131 Jul 26, 2018, 04:27 PM Source

Ripple said:
I had the problem before I inserted the „Load“ Case (with your unmodified code). It always set the time to 12:00 after loading a game, so I did the little workaround that reloads my last Save-Time (and also checks if time was stopped on save). Also I don‘t have a parallel event that sets time.

I will try again though and tell you if it works. Also thanks for fixing the menu thing, this is awesome! I also had the problem, that after re-entering a room, previously turned off light was on again. I didn‘t have the time to check if this still occurs.

EDIT: I use the Yanfly Save Core Plugin, maybe this doesn‘t work well together.
It's actually strange, I tried to make the default time to 12:00, tried to install Yanfly Save Core Plugin, enabling it before and after this plugin, and I still can't find a way to reproduce your issue. I hope something during your next tests will let us know what is wrong.
Ripple

#132 Jul 26, 2018, 05:21 PM Source

Feelzor said:
It's actually strange, I tried to make the default time to 12:00, tried to install Yanfly Save Core Plugin, enabling it before and after this plugin, and I still can't find a way to reproduce your issue. I hope something during your next tests will let us know what is wrong.

I checked the load/save thing - default time is actually 01:00 - so it should be night instead of 12:00. That makes it even more difficult to understand..
I will try to rearrange your plugin and put it in several spaces in the list and retry. Not sure what causes this behavior. My MV is version 1.6.1 btw. Not sure if you did the upgrade or kept the old 1.5 versions (I should have not updated, I thought the old version was more stable).
Feelzor

#133 Jul 26, 2018, 06:28 PM Source

The problem may come from the RPG Maker MV version, indeed. I'm using the steam version on Mac, and it has been rolled back to 1.5.2 due to many bugs. I'll try to get it on Windows and see what the problem is.

EDIT : added a new demo project made with RMMV 1.5.2

EDIT2 : I tried with RPG Maker MV 1.6.1 and it looks like the bug happens, I can't press TAB to get the editor. I'll have a look at it very soon.
Nacura

#134 Jul 27, 2018, 12:39 AM Source

Feelzor said:
I can't guarantee that I will make it work in the future, even though I would like to change the plugin to something slightly different, that would correct many bugs and let me work easily on it. So I say that I plan on trying to make something with it, but I'm not sure it will happen one day. I hope that will help you take a decision ^^

So you guarantee the problem comes from a conflict with Yanfly's plugins? If so, can you please give me the names of the plugins that create a conflict? And having errors from the console (if there are some) would be very useful too. (use F8 to open console).

I decided to maintain this plugin because it has a good base, and I wouldn't make my own plugin. I took the path of maintaining the plugin because I honestly thought it was a waste to leave it with so many bugs. I don't plan on making and won't make my own plugin ^^

Hello again, it may be the project that does not work well, disable all the plugins and just leave yours, and likewise it does not work, so create another project and just add your plugins and it works without problems. In the consula says False ---> LNM_GameTime, it must be because the clock in the map I put it OFF, since it is not hidden when you put Clock HIDE. And what I told you to do your own plugin is for the simple reason that this plugin works half in MV 1.5.2, but it can stop working in 1.6.0+

***Update the complement to 1.4.1, but unfortunately the TAB does not work, so I will use it like this, certain functions of the lighting system stopped working, I will use this until my game arrives, if I still have problems I will have to remove it or recreate the game.

EDIT:

Feelzor said:
The problem may come from the RPG Maker MV version, indeed. I'm using the steam version on Mac, and it has been rolled back to 1.5.2 due to many bugs. I'll try to get it on Windows and see what the problem is.

EDIT : added a new demo project made with RMMV 1.5.2

EDIT2 : I tried with RPG Maker MV 1.6.1 and it looks like the bug happens, I can't press TAB to get the editor. I'll have a look at it very soon.

How well you could see the error (TAB), the rest can be fixed, but that is very important. Without bothering you the same check the settings inside the light plugin, which when I set the color of the light in NULL, it does not make changes, nor does it change when I increase the scale of the player's Torch.
Feelzor

#135 Jul 27, 2018, 08:51 AM Source
Nevermind, I said nothing.
The plugin works well in 1.6.1 with a new project. The problem was it:
- I used the demo made with 1.5.2 and launched the game as it was, and this can't work properly.

To get it to work, I found on Steam news how to make it work:
DO NOT FORGET TO MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR GAME BEFORE DOING THAT, just in case it breaks.
- Copy the file "index.html" and "package.json" from NewData to your project
- Copy the files libs folder, "rpg_*.js" (e.x. rpg_core) files from NewData/js to your project js folder
- Do not replace your plugins.js !
- Done!
With that being done, the plugin started to work again. Can you please confirm that it works for you too? @Nacura @Ripple

EDIT: for the player torch, setting the color to `null` works well for me. (all in lowercase, not in uppercase)
For the scale, do not forget that if you have your size to 5.0 but your pulse is set between 2 and 2.1, the light will start with a size of 5.0 but it will reduce to 2.0 and oscillate between 2.0 and 2.1.
For such settings, you'd like to have a size of 5.0 and a pulse between 5.0 and 5.1, for example.

EDIT2: And to answer your idea of making my own plugin, it's not the way I think development works. There are lots of times where your plugin (or whatever you create) will have lots of bugs, won't work properly and such things, but that's not the reason why you should abandon it for something new.

There is obviously a wide window of improvements, and there are obviously some bugs that are really boring and almost impossible to resolve, but if it means that I have to rewrite a whole part of the code, I will do it. Again, I decided to continue the project, not to start my own. It's something common when a project is open-source and free-to-use. You use it, you love it, you continue it. I won't abandon it, no matter if there are many better lighting plugins.

I hope it explains my point of view better, but thanks for the idea, it's nice to see someone trying to help :D

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Version 1.5.0 is out!

+ Add the possibility to use Time SET xx:xx instead of Time SET xx xx
+ Add the possibility to keep the tint during battle (can be disabled in configuration).
* Corrected a bug where required assets weren't taken in account.
* Changed the ids of lights so they don't change when another light is deleted.

If you have a light that should be kept when using "Exclude unused files", you should search for @requiredAssets at the beginning of LNM_LightingTool.js and add yours.
Line should look like
Code:
@requiredAssets img/lights/your_light
You should omit the .png at the end of the filename.
Nacura

#136 Jul 28, 2018, 05:42 AM Source
Feelzor said:
Nevermind, I said nothing.
The plugin works well in 1.6.1 with a new project. The problem was it:
- I used the demo made with 1.5.2 and launched the game as it was, and this can't work properly.

To get it to work, I found on Steam news how to make it work:
DO NOT FORGET TO MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR GAME BEFORE DOING THAT, just in case it breaks.

Copy the file "index.html" and "package.json" from NewData to your project

Copy the files libs folder, "rpg_*.js" (e.x. rpg_core) files from NewData/js to your project js folder

Do not replace your plugins.js !

Done!

With that being done, the plugin started to work again. Can you please confirm that it works for you too? @Nacura @Ripple

EDIT: for the player torch, setting the color to `null` works well for me. (all in lowercase, not in uppercase)
For the scale, do not forget that if you have your size to 5.0 but your pulse is set between 2 and 2.1, the light will start with a size of 5.0 but it will reduce to 2.0 and oscillate between 2.0 and 2.1.
For such settings, you'd like to have a size of 5.0 and a pulse between 5.0 and 5.1, for example.

EDIT2: And to answer your idea of making my own plugin, it's not the way I think development works. There are lots of times where your plugin (or whatever you create) will have lots of bugs, won't work properly and such things, but that's not the reason why you should abandon it for something new.

There is obviously a wide window of improvements, and there are obviously some bugs that are really boring and almost impossible to resolve, but if it means that I have to rewrite a whole part of the code, I will do it. Again, I decided to continue the project, not to start my own. It's something common when a project is open-source and free-to-use. You use it, you love it, you continue it. I won't abandon it, no matter if there are many better lighting plugins.

I hope it explains my point of view better, but thanks for the idea, it's nice to see someone trying to help :D

----------
Version 1.5.0 is out!

If you have a light that should be kept when using "Exclude unused files", you should search for @requiredAssets at the beginning of LNM_LightingTool.js and add yours.
Line should look like
Code:
@requiredAssets img/lights/your_light
You should omit the .png at the end of the filename.
If it works now, thank you very much friend
Feelzor

#137 Jul 29, 2018, 07:29 PM Source

Here's a new update! (I know I update a bit too much, but there are many things to improve)
This update mainly focuses on making the editor easier to use, because there was many things that made it user-unfriendly ^^'
LightingTool v.1.6.0 and GameEditor v.1.2.0

Changelog said:
+ Add the possibility to undo (CTRL + Z) and redo (CTRL + Y) actions in editor.
+ Automatically selects the light when created.
+ Automatically selects the pasted light for edition.
+ Allow number entering when clicking on values while editing light properties.
+ Pulse and Flicker enable setting now loops between true and false, instead of resetting the properties.
+ Support ⌘ in addition to control for Mac users.
* Paste lights next to the player, instead of the position of the copied light.
* Correct a bug where pasting without copying anything crashes.
* Light dragging no longer start if the mouse didn't move
Nacura

#138 Jul 30, 2018, 02:08 AM Source

Feelzor said:
Here's a new update! (I know I update a bit too much, but there are many things to improve)
This update mainly focuses on making the editor easier to use, because there was many things that made it user-unfriendly ^^'
LightingTool v.1.6.0 and GameEditor v.1.2.0

Thank you very much friend, download the plugin and install, in total I only put 1 light to steal the lighting schedule, there is a way to use 1 light with a proper name that can be used in all events, I do not know if it is understood hahaha.

Is that when I want to install a light I leave an ID, and that I use to set the schedule of power. And I must create several lights and put 1 by 1 light and create event by event...
Lear

#139 Jul 30, 2018, 07:14 AM Source

Awesome, thanks a ton for the battle tint!!!
Now I just need to find a way to add a light source for the battle scene for when its super dark xD
Feelzor

#140 Jul 30, 2018, 08:38 AM Source

Nacura said:
Thank you very much friend, download the plugin and install, in total I only put 1 light to steal the lighting schedule, there is a way to use 1 light with a proper name that can be used in all events, I do not know if it is understood hahaha.

Is that when I want to install a light I leave an ID, and that I use to set the schedule of power. And I must create several lights and put 1 by 1 light and create event by event...
Ah, I see what you mean. Currently it's not possible, but I'll try to find a way to add multiple lights at once ^^

Lear said:
Awesome, thanks a ton for the battle tint!!!
Now I just need to find a way to add a light source for the battle scene for when its super dark xD
I added the battle tint very fast and there is no way to add a light yet. It's not very convenient, but now that I can add the tint, I can work on finding a way to add lights :D