[MZ/MV] KC_Mirrors - Add reflections to your map characters

Kelly-inactive · 2022-07-12T15:04:12+0900

KC_Mirrors 1.5.1 by Kelly Chavez Introduction This is a plugin that adds reflections to your actors, events, and vehicles. This is done by placing tiles with transparency on your map wherever you want to show reflections. Floor reflections are drawn at the characters' feet and wall reflections are drawn on areas of the map with certain region ID(s). This plugin was inspired by the reflection portion of Galv's Character Effects script for VX Ace. So, credits are due there for the original idea. Features This is a plugin that allows the developer to add reflections to actors and events. This is done by drawing sprites below the map but above the parallax layer. So, to get full usage out of this plugin, you must be using tilesets that actually show the parallax layer (i.e. tilesets with transparency). The demo uses a tileset with reduced opacity on the water tiles to achieve the water reflection effect, for example. If you own MZ, you can also find RTP tileset graphics where water has reduced opacity in the /dlc/BasicResources/tilesets folder. Character reflections can be controlled with note tags, script calls, and plugin commands! On a per-actor and a per-event basis, the developer can control whether wall reflections are enabled, whether floor reflections are enabled, and the character graphic actually used in the reflection. Screenshots Spoiler: Screenshots A room with the wall reflections in pseudo-perspective mode: A room with the wall reflections in event-like mode (available in version 1.1.0+): A room with a filter applied to the floor reflections (available in version 1.3.0+): An example of characters having their floor reflections offset by an arbitrary amount (available in version 1.3.0+): This plugin is even backwards compatible with RPG Maker MV (available in versions 1.4.0+) How to Use To use, download and place this plugin into your plugin manager and enable it. From there, follow the instructions in the help section of the plugin and the descriptions of each command. If you're using any of the following plugins, KC_Mirrors should be BELOW them in the plugin manager: Spoiler: Plugins KC_Mirrors Should be below PluginCommonBase GALV_DiagonalMovement GALV_DiagonalMovementMZ GALV_CharacterFrames GALV_CharacterFramesMZ GALV_EventSpawner GALV_EventSpawnerMZ QMovement QSprite Plugin Commands / Script Calls Spoiler: MZ Plugin Commands Change Event Reflection Change the reflection parameters of a specified event. These changes are reset on map reload. Match Event Reflection Sets this event's reflection graphic to their normal top view graphic. Change Actor Reflection Change the reflection parameters of a specified actor. These changes are persistent and are included in the save file. Match Actor Reflection Sets this actor's reflection graphic to their normal top view graphic. Change Vehicle Reflection Change the reflection parameters of a specified vehicle. These changes are persistent and are included in the save file. Match Vehicle Reflection Sets this vehicle's reflection graphic to its normal top view graphic. Set Wall Reflection Variable Sets the wall reflection mode by changing the wall reflection mode variable defined in the plugin parameters. Does nothing if that parameter is 0. Refresh Wall Reflections Refreshes the wall reflection positions on the current map. Useful if tiles on the current map have their regions updated. Override Map Settings Overrides reflection settings for the current map. This can be used to quickly disable all reflections or change the perspective mode temporarily. All changes are lost upon leaving and re-entering the map. Spoiler: MV Plugin Commands Code: Note that all of these commands are case sensitive unless otherwise noted. If an argument is formatted as [choice1/choice2/choice3/etc], then you must choose only one of the options without brackets. Arguments that end in a ? are OPTIONAL You can use \v[x] and \s[y] as arguments to substitute in the values stored in game variable x and game switch y, respectively. setReflectImage char_type id character? | Change the character reflection graphic. * example: setReflectImage actor 1 People2 - char_type: [actor/event] Set whether the target is an actor or map event - id: ID number of the actor or event + If char_type is 'actor,' then 0 is the party leader, -1 is the first follower, -2 is the second follower, and so on + If char_type is 'event,' then 0 is 'this event' - character?: Optional argument. This is the character graphic name | Leave character blank to reset the reflection graphic name setReflectIndex char_type id index? | Change the reflection's character ID. 0 is the top left in spritesheets not prefixed with $. * example: setReflectIndex event 5 1 - char_type: [actor/event] Set whether the target is an actor or map event - id: ID number of the actor or event + If char_type is 'actor,' then 0 is the party leader, -1 is the first follower, -2 is the second follower, and so on + If char_type i…

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KC_Mirrors 1.5.1
by Kelly Chavez

Introduction
This is a plugin that adds reflections to your actors, events, and vehicles. This is done by placing tiles with transparency on your map wherever you want to show reflections. Floor reflections are drawn at the characters' feet and wall reflections are drawn on areas of the map with certain region ID(s).

This plugin was inspired by the reflection portion of Galv's Character Effects script for VX Ace. So, credits are due there for the original idea.

Features
This is a plugin that allows the developer to add reflections to actors and events. This is done by drawing sprites below the map but above the parallax layer. So, to get full usage out of this plugin, you must be using tilesets that actually show the parallax layer (i.e. tilesets with transparency). The demo uses a tileset with reduced opacity on the water tiles to achieve the water reflection effect, for example.

If you own MZ, you can also find RTP tileset graphics where water has reduced opacity in the <RPG Maker MZ Folder>/dlc/BasicResources/tilesets folder.

Character reflections can be controlled with note tags, script calls, and plugin commands! On a per-actor and a per-event basis, the developer can control whether wall reflections are enabled, whether floor reflections are enabled, and the character graphic actually used in the reflection.

Screenshots

Screenshots
A room with the wall reflections in pseudo-perspective mode:

A room with the wall reflections in event-like mode (available in version 1.1.0+):

A room with a filter applied to the floor reflections (available in version 1.3.0+):

An example of characters having their floor reflections offset by an arbitrary amount (available in version 1.3.0+):

This plugin is even backwards compatible with RPG Maker MV (available in versions 1.4.0+)

How to Use
To use, download and place this plugin into your plugin manager and enable it. From there, follow the instructions in the help section of the plugin and the descriptions of each command.

If you're using any of the following plugins, KC_Mirrors should be BELOW them in the plugin manager:
Plugins KC_Mirrors Should be below

PluginCommonBase

GALV_DiagonalMovement

GALV_DiagonalMovementMZ

GALV_CharacterFrames

GALV_CharacterFramesMZ

GALV_EventSpawner

GALV_EventSpawnerMZ

QMovement

QSprite
Plugin Commands / Script Calls
MZ Plugin Commands

Change Event Reflection

Change the reflection parameters of a specified event. These changes are reset on map reload.

Match Event Reflection

Sets this event's reflection graphic to their normal top view graphic.

Change Actor Reflection

Change the reflection parameters of a specified actor. These changes are persistent and are included in the save file.

Match Actor Reflection

Sets this actor's reflection graphic to their normal top view graphic.

Change Vehicle Reflection

Change the reflection parameters of a specified vehicle. These changes are persistent and are included in the save file.

Match Vehicle Reflection

Sets this vehicle's reflection graphic to its normal top view graphic.

Set Wall Reflection Variable

Sets the wall reflection mode by changing the wall reflection mode variable defined in the plugin parameters. Does nothing if that parameter is 0.

Refresh Wall Reflections

Refreshes the wall reflection positions on the current map. Useful if tiles on the current map have their regions updated.

Override Map Settings

Overrides reflection settings for the current map. This can be used to quickly disable all reflections or change the perspective mode temporarily. All changes are lost upon leaving and re-entering the map.
MV Plugin Commands

Code:
Note that all of these commands are case sensitive unless otherwise noted. If an argument is formatted as [choice1/choice2/choice3/etc], then you must choose only one of the options without brackets. Arguments that end in a ? are OPTIONAL You can use \v[x] and \s[y] as arguments to substitute in the values stored in game variable x and game switch y, respectively. setReflectImage char_type id character? | Change the character reflection graphic. * example: setReflectImage actor 1 People2 - char_type: [actor/event] Set whether the target is an actor or map event - id: ID number of the actor or event + If char_type is 'actor,' then 0 is the party leader, -1 is the first follower, -2 is the second follower, and so on + If char_type is 'event,' then 0 is 'this event' - character?: Optional argument. This is the character graphic name | Leave character blank to reset the reflection graphic name setReflectIndex char_type id index? | Change the reflection's character ID. 0 is the top left in spritesheets not prefixed with $. * example: setReflectIndex event 5 1 - char_type: [actor/event] Set whether the target is an actor or map event - id: ID number of the actor or event + If char_type is 'actor,' then 0 is the party leader, -1 is the first follower, -2 is the second follower, and so on + If char_type is 'event,' then 0 is 'this event' - index?: Optional argument. Sets the character index (0 is the first) | Leave index blank to make it the same as the character. setReflectVisible char_type id reflect_type new_visibility | Simple on/off set for reflection visibility. * example: setReflectVisible actor -1 all false - char_type: [actor/event] Set whether the target is an actor or map event - id: ID number of the actor or event + If char_type is 'actor,' then 0 is the party leader, -1 is the first follower, -2 is the second follower, and so on + If char_type is 'event,' then 0 is 'this event' - reflect_type: [floor/wall/all] Determines whether the floor or wall reflection is being modified. 'all' modifies both. - new_visibility: Set to true to make reflect_type of reflection visible and to false to make reflect_type of reflection invisible setReflectOpacity char_type id reflect_type opacity? | Set reflection opacity. * example: setReflectOpacity actor 4 127 - char_type: [actor/event] Set whether the target is an actor or map event - id: ID number of the actor or event + If char_type is 'actor,' then 0 is the party leader, -1 is the first follower, -2 is the second follower, and so on + If char_type is 'event,' then 0 is 'this event' - reflect_type: [floor/wall/all] Determines whether the floor or wall reflection is being modified. 'all' modifies both. - opacity?: Optional argument. Should be a number in range 0-255, inclusive | Leaving the opacity argument blank will reset the opacity. setReflectAngle char_type id reflect_type angle | Set character reflection offset. This is added to the map angle. * example: setReflectAngle actor 0 floor 90 - char_type: [actor/event/vehicle] Set what type of character the target is - id: [(number)/boat/ship/airship] identifier of the character + If char_type is 'actor,' then 0 is the party leader, -1 is the first follower, -2 is the second follower, and so on + If char_type is 'event,' then 0 is 'this event' + If char_type is 'vehicle,' then numbers are an invalid agument - reflect_type: [floor/wall/all] Determines whether the floor or wall reflection is being modified. 'all' modifies both. - angle: An angle that the reflection will be offset by in degrees. Positive values rotate the reflection sprite clockwise. Negative values rotate the reflection counterclockwise. setReflectOffset char_type id reflect_type axis offset | Set character reflection offset. This is added to the map offset. * example: setReflectOffset event 10 floor y -8 - char_type: [actor/event] Set whether the target is an actor or map event - id: ID number of the actor or event + If char_type is 'actor,' then 0 is the party leader, -1 is the first follower, -2 is the second follower, and so on + If char_type is 'event,' then 0 is 'this event' - reflect_type: [floor/wall/all] Determines whether the floor or wall reflection is being modified. 'all' modifies both. - axis: [x/y/xy] Which axis to modify. xy affects x and y. - offset: A number that the reflection will be offset by. Remember, positive x moves to the right, and positive y moves down, and the opposites are true resetReflect char_type id | Reset a characters reflections to the current character graphic and index. * example: resetReflect actor 0 - char_type: [actor/event] Set whether the target is an actor or map event - id: ID number of the actor or event + If char_type is 'actor,' then 0 is the party leader, -1 is the first follower, -2 is the second follower, and so on + If char_type is 'event,' then 0 is 'this event' forceWallReflectMode mode | Set the current map's wall reflection mode regardless of default setting and map notes. * example: forceWallReflectMode perspective - mode: [perspective/event] Set the map's wall reflection type. refreshReflectMap | Forces the wall reflection positions to be rebuilt. Mainly useful if a plugin is being used that changes map regions at runtime. * example: refreshReflectMap setMapReflect reflect_type new_visibility | Enable or disable reflection types for the entire map. Disabling reflections takes priority over individual character settings. Enabling reflections does NOT take priority over individual settings. * example: setMapReflect floor false setReflectMapAngle reflect_type angle | Offset all reflections on this map by angle degrees. * example: setReflectMapAngle all 120 - reflect_type: [floor/wall/all] Determines whether the floor or wall reflection is being modified. 'all' modifies both. - angle: An angle that the reflection will be offset by in degrees. Positive values rotate the reflection sprite clockwise. Negative values rotate the reflection counterclockwise.
Script calls
The script calls for this plugin are as follows.

Format your script commands as KCDev.Mirrors.<function name>

Example: KCDev.Mirrors.setEventReflect(1, 'Actor1', 0, true, false)

The functions are as follows:

setEventReflect(event_id, reflection_filename, reflection_index, floor_enabled, wall_enabled, floor_opacity, wall_opacity, floor_x_offset, floor_y_offset, wall_x_offset, wall_y_offset)

Same as Change Event Reflection command

resetEventReflectImage(event_id)

Same as Match Event Reflection

setActorReflect(actor_id, reflection_filename, reflection_index, floor_enabled, wall_enabled, floor_opacity, wall_opacity, floor_x_offset, floor_y_offset, wall_x_offset, wall_y_offset, floor_angle, wall_angle)

Same as Change Actor Reflection command

resetActorReflectImage(actor_id)

Same as Match Actor Reflection command

setVehicleReflect(vehicle_name, reflection_filename, reflection_index, floor_enabled, wall_enabled, floor_opacity, wall_opacity, floor_x_offset, floor_y_offset, wall_x_offset, wall_y_offset, floor_angle, wall_angle)

Same as Change Vehicle Reflection command

resetVehicleReflectImage(actor_id)

Same as Match Vehicle Reflection command

setWallReflectMode(mode)

Same as Set Wall Reflection Mode command

refreshReflectWallCache()

Same as Refresh Wall Reflections command
Demo
Grab one of the demo zip files from this GitHub release

Download
Grab KC_Mirrors.js from this GitHub release

Old Versions & Demos
GitHub Releases

Changelog
Changelog

2025/04/24 - v1.5.1

Fix incompatibility with QSprite

Fix bug in MV parameter parsing for wall reflections

Affected commands: setReflectOpacity, setReflectVisible, setReflectAngle

Removed JsonEx parsing cleanup

General code cleanup and light optimization

2024/11/24 - v1.5.0

Added support for vehicles

Added rotation property to reflections

2024/09/18 - v1.4.3

Fixed crash that occurred when using this plugin and Galv's Character Frames in projects created with older versions of MV

2024/08/18 - v1.4.2

Fixed incompatibility with plugins that create characters without metadata (e.g. QABS)

Fixed wall reflections not appearing if a character's x and y properties are not integers, which occurs with some pixel movement plugins

Note metadata is now parsed again (e.g. \v[1] resolves to whatever value is stored in game variable 1)

2024/08/18 - v1.4.1

MV

Updated demo

Made compatible with Galv's Character Frames plugin

Made compatible with Galv's Event Spawner plugin

MZ

Added workaround for a performance issue that occurred when using this plugin and Galv's Character Frames and loading a map with a lot of events

Fixed incorrect argument handling when using plugin commands without PluginCommonBase

Both

Miscellaneous code cleanup

Fixed using "Load Game" on a save file without KC_Mirrors causing the game to crash

2024/08/16 - v1.4.0

PluginCommonBase is still supported but is now OPTIONAL

Added support for RPG Maker MV

Minor bug fixes and code restructuring

2024/04/25 - v1.3.7

Fix issue where events unspawned by Galv_EventSpawnerMZ do not have their reflections removed

2024/03/09 - v1.3.6

Initialize Sprite_Reflection properly for compatibility with other plugins

Consolidated internal classes Sprite_Reflect and Sprite_Reflect_Wall into single class

Optimized y coordinate lookup for walls to perform faster and create less garbage

2024/03/07 - v.1.3.5

Change how character frames are handled for reflections internally

Made this plugin compatible with Galv's Character Frames, Diagonal Movement, and Character Animation

Miscellaneous bug fixes and stability improvements

2024/02/17 - v1.3.4

Updated plugin url to point to current Github repo

2023/12/01 - v1.3.3

Fixed a bug that caused a crash when launching without FilterControllerMZ

2022/12/20 - v1.3.2

Fixed bugs that caused incorrect scaling on the x axis to be applied to reflections of events using tileset sprites

2022/10/26 - v1.3.1

Quick fix to CharReflections Filter Controller target

2022/10/26 - v1.3.0

Added FilterControllerMZ targets

CharReflectionsFloor - Applies filter to all floor reflections

CharReflectionsWall - Applies filter to all wall reflections

CharReflections - Applies filter to all character reflections

Added new note tags to actors, characters, and maps:

<REFLECT_FLOOR_OFFSETS:[x],[y]>

<REFLECT_WALL_OFFSETS:[x],[y]>

See newly updated plugin help section for details

Added an option to fix Z-fighting under certain conditions on wall reflections in 'perspective' mode

You probably don't need this fix unless you're using a pixel movement plugin

Fixed a bug in the Change Event Reflect plugin command that caused the wrong event to be used as reference for unchanged parameters

Internal code refactor

All plugin parameters are exposed on the KCDev.Mirrors object

2022/08/05 - v1.2.0

Reflections of each type can now be separately toggled on and off for the entire map through note tags and a new plugin command

New command: Override Map Settings

New map note tag: <REFLECT_TYPE:[ALL/FLOOR/WALL]>

The reflection mode the map uses can be changed via the map notes and the aforementioned new command

New map note tag: <REFLECT_MODE:[PERSPECTIVE/EVENT]>

The developer can now set the opacity of each reflection type through the updated plugin command and via new note tags

New event and actor tags: <REFLECT_FLOOR_OPACITY:[x]>, <REFLECT_WALL_OPACITY:[x]>

Characters that are made transparent via move route commands now also have their reflections disappear if those reflections are not using custom opacities

For specifics on new features, see the updated 'help' section of the plugin

2022/07/19 - v1.1.4

Adjusted how reflections are handled internally for compatibility with KC_MoveRouteTF

2022/07/16 - v1.1.3

Fixed issue where characters using a sprite from the tileset and with a priority other than 'Below Characters' would never have reflections

2022/07/14 - v1.1.2

Fixed a typo that caused incorrect behavior when setting event reflection properties via plugin command and manually selecting 'Unchanged' from the dropdown box

2022/07/14 - v1.1.1

Added a few safety checks to avoid a game crash when trying to access characters that do not exist (e.g. trying to change the reflection of the third follower when the player has two followers)

2022/07/12 - v1.1.0

Fixed bug where characters standing out of the maximum wall reflection range would appear on the mirror with incorrect scaling

Added the 'event-like' wall reflection mode and renamed the mode featured in the previous version to 'pseudo-perspective' mode

Removed restriction that caused events using tile IDs to not appear in wall reflections

2022/07/11 - v1.0.0

Initial release
Terms and Credits
I've released this plugin under the MIT license. So, you can include this plugin in any project as long as you include the license with your distribution. For most projects, this requirement is fulfilled as long as you keep the license text that is at the top of the plugin's js file intact.

Also, though not strictly required, I would appreciate being credited as K. Chavez or Kelly Chavez in your games' credits.
BlueDragonZ

#2 Jul 12, 2022, 11:01 AM Source

Does it work for MV?
Kelly-inactive

#3 Jul 12, 2022, 03:23 PM Source

DestroyDX said:
Does it work for MV?
I wrote this plugin with only MZ in mind. This is my first publicly-released plugin, so to be honest, I am not sure about how I would go about implementing MV support since I am still new to RM plugin dev and don’t know enough about the differences between MV and MZ.

So, MV is not officially supported at this time.

EDIT:
MV is supported as of version 1.4.0
BlueDragonZ

#4 Jul 12, 2022, 03:25 PM Source

KelIy said:
I wrote this plugin with only MZ in mind. This is my first publicly-released plugin, so to be honest, I am not sure about how I would go about implementing MV support since I am still new to RM plugin dev and don’t know enough about the differences between MV and MZ.

Basically, MV is not officially supported at this time.
Thanks for the info, just wanted to make sure.
STARFALL

#5 Jul 13, 2022, 05:00 PM Source

A year ago I was looking for something like this, I'm really amazed!! I'm going to try it right away!!, by the way, is there a possibility to make it usable in battle, like to battle in a submerged cavern or drains?
BlueDragonZ

#6 Jul 14, 2022, 01:34 PM Source

Hey is it possible to have a certain mirror reflect a different Sprite. Like let's say you're in a room of mirrors that reflect the actor and guest except for one which reflects a ghost... I plan one using this in a haunted house.
Kelly-inactive

#7 Jul 14, 2022, 04:38 PM Source

STARFALL said:
A year ago I was looking for something like this, I'm really amazed!! I'm going to try it right away!!, by the way, is there a possibility to make it usable in battle, like to battle in a submerged cavern or drains?
Now there's an idea I hadn't considered at all. I don't see why it wouldn't be possible, but I'd definitely need to look into the differences between the battle and the map spritesets, mainly to see how transparency in the battle background is handled and whether it looks good. Putting this suggestion in the "maybe" category.

DestroyDX said:
Hey is it possible to have a certain mirror reflect a different Sprite. Like let's say you're in a room of mirrors that reflect the actor and guest except for one which reflects a ghost... I plan one using this in a haunted house.
I'm not sure about what exactly you're trying to accomplish. Are you asking for a specific mirror that reflects a different sprite for certain characters? If so, I would suggest using some clever eventing and mapping to get the effect you are going for.
BlueDragonZ

#8 Jul 14, 2022, 04:44 PM Source

KelIy said:
Now there's an idea I hadn't considered at all. I don't see why it wouldn't be possible, but I'd definitely need to look into the differences between the battle and the map spritesets, mainly to see how transparency in the battle background is handled and whether it looks good. Putting this suggestion in the "maybe" category.

I'm not sure about what exactly you're trying to accomplish. Are you asking for a specific mirror that reflects a different sprite for certain characters? If so, I would suggest using some clever eventing and mapping to get the effect you are going for.
Yep I am going for a specific large mirror that reflects a different sprite. In what I'm doing there r only two party members in a room with 5 mirrors but all of which show both as they r but only one shows the leader followed by a ghostly figure.
Kelly-inactive

#9 Jul 14, 2022, 05:15 PM Source

DestroyDX said:
Yep I am going for a specific large mirror that reflects a different sprite. In what I'm doing there r only two party members in a room with 5 mirrors but all of which show both as they r but only one shows the leader followed by a ghostly figure.
If that's the case, wouldn't a setup like this also work?

So, we have touch events with the inner ones marked with A and the outer with B. Basically, when the player steps on the events in the A columns, you switch the first follower's sprite to the ghost sprite you want, and when the player steps on a tile in the B column, you switch the reflection back to whatever it was before.
Skurge

#10 Jul 14, 2022, 06:27 PM Source

Happened to look for reflection plugins for MZ today and came across this one, it seems very well optimized and easy to use.

I'll be conducting tests with it along with more graphic demanding plugins to see how it fairs!

I'm a little confused and just wanted to clarify, what commands do you use to disable an event's reflection by commanding itself as an ID.
Kelly-inactive

#11 Jul 14, 2022, 07:33 PM Source

Skurge said:
I'm a little confused and just wanted to clarify, what commands do you use to disable an event's reflection by commanding itself as an ID.
If you want to have an event turn its own reflections off, then you would use the 'Change Event Reflection' command and set the 'Enable Wall Reflection' and 'Enable Floor Reflection' arguments to false---false is the value set if you select 'Disable' in the drop down box that appears. You would use the event ID 0 to target itself and can leave the other boxes untouched.
Skurge

#12 Jul 25, 2022, 04:35 PM Source
I have some things to report and suggestt that might interest you to revise some of the plugins aspects.

First of all the plugin feels very well optimized, I use quite alot of spawning events and I haven't once experienced lag from this plugin considering it essentially doubles the graphics displayed.

Back on subject:
- I have noticed when teleporting into new maps there is sometimes (rare occasions) random event graphics fixated on the parallax, I'm not entirely sure what causes it but one play test I noticed it and forgot to screen cap it, I tried to recreate the very same path with several play tests but didn't experience it. I'll let you know if I see any more glitches regarding this.
- Unfortunately event reflections don't seem to follow there opacity/transparency counterparts, I'm aware you have options for actors to remove them entirely, also considering spawn events which some plugins are capable off, I wasn't sure if there was the option to have them passively follow through, perhaps in an update.
- I'm also wondering if it's possible to implement an opacity parameter? for instance to adding more variety on different levels of opacity, modes etc. It could open up to more visual bonuses!
- I was also wondering if there was plans for map note tags that can disable effects for specific rooms.
Kelly-inactive

#13 Jul 25, 2022, 07:34 PM Source
Skurge said:
I have some things to report and suggestt that might interest you to revise some of the plugins aspects.

First of all the plugin feels very well optimized, I use quite alot of spawning events and I haven't once experienced lag from this plugin considering it essentially doubles the graphics displayed.
Thank you for taking the time to test my plugin. I'm glad to hear my implementation has not caused a major performance hit in your tests.
Skurge said:

I have noticed when teleporting into new maps there is sometimes (rare occasions) random event graphics fixated on the parallax, I'm not entirely sure what causes it but one play test I noticed it and forgot to screen cap it, I tried to recreate the very same path with several play tests but didn't experience it. I'll let you know if I see any more glitches regarding this.
I have not encountered this bug at all when testing, and I am unsure of what circumstances might cause it to occur. If you can figure out a consistent way to reproduce it or upload a demo where this issue regularly appears, I would be happy to look into the cause and hopefully fix it.
Skurge said:

Unfortunately event reflections don't seem to follow there opacity/transparency counterparts, I'm aware you have options for actors to remove them entirely, also considering spawn events which some plugins are capable off, I wasn't sure if there was the option to have them passively follow through, perhaps in an update.
I'm not sure what you mean. The reflections do follow the parent character's opacity. In fact, here is a screenshot demonstrating that on both the party and an event. Though, they do not follow the transparency flag of the character, which is separate. I suppose I can make it a point to have reflections follow the character's transparency setting in the next version.

opacity test
Skurge said:

I'm also wondering if it's possible to implement an opacity parameter? for instance to adding more variety on different levels of opacity, modes etc. It could open up to more visual bonuses!
This seems simple enough to implement. I'll allow the developer to set an opacity separate from the parent in a future version.
Skurge said:

I was also wondering if there was plans for map note tags that can disable effects for specific rooms.
No plans at the moment. I don't think it would be too hard to implement though! I will look into adding it to a future version.

I can't give a timeline on when I'll update this plugin since I am currently making good progress on two as-of-now-unreleased plugins, but I hope it shouldn't take too long.
LyraVultur

#14 Jul 26, 2022, 03:12 PM Source

Incredible work! It also plays nicely with VisuStella Region Parallexes underneath it, which wasn't the case with some older MV mirror plugins I was trying to get working in MZ. Thanks for this!
Kelly-inactive

#15 Oct 27, 2022, 04:11 AM Source

Been a while since I gave this plugin an update proper, so I spent the better part of today adding a couple new features. The first was adding Screen Effect Filter MZ support to reflections and the second was allowing the developer to offset the reflections by arbitrary amounts of pixels.

But a picture's worth a thousand words, so here's a little gif showing both of those features in action!

In the previous version of this plugin, this wouldn't be possible since the floor reflection was more or less glued to each character's feet, and the wave effect is there to help sell that it's a "water" reflection.

That's the gist of the 1.3.0 version of KC_Mirrors. I hope it's useful, and if you find any bugs, don't hesitate to let me know!
Skurge

#16 Oct 29, 2022, 04:37 AM Source

Hey again, i'm certain i'm getting it wrong with this update but at my current stage i'm after simply testing out the water ripple effect you've got in the new version here.

So far I have KC Mirror 1.3.1 and that filter control below in the parameters, It crashes immediately so I might have to ask for a little more specific instructions on how to test this effect for floor puddle reflections.
Kelly-inactive

#17 Oct 29, 2022, 07:30 PM Source
Skurge said:
Hey again, i'm certain i'm getting it wrong with this update but at my current stage i'm after simply testing out the water ripple effect you've got in the new version here.

So far I have KC Mirror 1.3.1 and that filter control below in the parameters, It crashes immediately so I might have to ask for a little more specific instructions on how to test this effect for floor puddle reflections.
Good to hear from you again! Though, that definitely shouldn't be happening. The demo itself just has PluginCommonBase, DevToolsManage (this is just a testing plugin), FilterControllerMZ, and KC_Mirrors in order from top to bottom. The preview GIF shown in the original post uses these note tags in the map file:
Code:
<Filter:REFLECT#1,reflection-w,CharReflectionsFloor> <SetFilter:REFLECT#1,0,0,5,30,100,1,1>
If those settings cause an issue, could you perhaps upload a project that consistently reproduces the crashing issue so I can look into why it's occurring?
Skurge

#18 Nov 3, 2022, 04:25 PM Source
Hmm I'm not sure if the same demo i have is the same you're referring to, I can only see in the list:
- Visustella events move route core
- Button picture
- Text picture
- Filter controller MZ.
As a side note I wasn't sure if it was possible to have the ripple effect added to the plugin parameters themselves instead of having to copy the map note tags for every relevant map..
I was also just thinking too, it would be kinda cool if the reflections remained the same as before but when rain occurs the rippling begins.
Kelly-inactive

#19 Nov 3, 2022, 11:35 PM Source
Skurge said:
Hmm I'm not sure if the same demo i have is the same you're referring to, I can only see in the list:

Visustella events move route core

Button picture

Text picture

Filter controller MZ.

As a side note I wasn't sure if it was possible to have the ripple effect added to the plugin parameters themselves instead of having to copy the map note tags for every relevant map..
I was also just thinking too, it would be kinda cool if the reflections remained the same as before but when rain occurs the rippling begins.
I was referring to the demo of this plugin, not the FilterController demo, which I believe is the one you're describing. That aside, I'll take your other suggestions into consideration for the next update.
Skurge

#20 Nov 24, 2022, 05:42 AM Source

Thanks for that consideration, I just wanted to also add I've temporarily reverted back to the older version V1.1 and i'm not entirely sure since I cannot find the option in the help file but do you have map note tags that can disable reflections?