PAC Main Menu Ace

Introduction

This is the PAC Main Menu converted to VX Ace. On a basic level, this offers a configurable setup for your main menu, allowing the user to create, alter and move the position of menu commands at their pleasure. It can be used very simply to merely reorder the default commands, or to its' fullest potential, that is creating commands to put custom scenes into the menu. It also offers two graphical features: adding an EXP gauge into the menu status window, and adding icons into the command display. Both are optional and customizable.

Features

• Easily customize and move about the commands in the menu. You can even create your own!
  
• You can rename commands, change what they do (why would you want to though), and change the conditions required to use it.
  
• Icons for commands are now implemented in the menu. Optional, naturally.
  
• An EXP gauge is included in the actors' window. It may look out of place, but I wasn't sure where else to put it. It is, of course, optional.
  
• A map name window and a playtime window are included in the script. They are completely optional. As is the gold window now.
  
• The menu now remembers which command you were last on at all times, even after saving.
  
• The menu now immediately goes to actor selection if the command you just came from required actor selection.
  
• You can assign a button to heal the party when it is pressed in the menu during test play.
  
• You can choose to have the side windows on the left or right.
  

Screenshots



Here we see the menu being AWESOME.

How to Use

Paste above Main, below Materials. For best compatibility put it at the top of your custom scripts list. There are detailed configuration instructions in the script header. If you have any inquiries, please ask me.

Demo

I don't think it's very necessary. There are no in-game options, and the script itself is a demo.

Script

Get it at Pastebin.

FAQ

None yet. Ask something!

Credit and Thanks

- Pacman

- Want to be thanked? Suggest something, I might do it, put your name here and you might get a warm fuzzy feeling!

Author's Notes

My favourite note this week is the D above middle C (293.665 Hz), and my favourite synthetic tone is a sine wave.

Also, I guess, considering compatibility, if you expect this to work with another menu system, do not expect that. And my terms of use: You may use this script in any non-commercial project with credit. Contact me if you wish to use this in a commercial project. You may edit this script and use it in your own project, or even release it as your own script, as long as I am credited (being notified would also be nice).

http://pacmanvx.word...-compact-addon/

I've created a graphical addon to this menu. Read about it at my blog. Here's a screenshot of the change it makes:

So, there's that. I've also updated the base script with a bugfix and a fundamental change in the way the extra windows are handled which allows the addon to run much smoother.

That menu add-on is perfectly ugly you know. I think you should resize the clock window, it's out-sized.

NO, YOU ARE UGLY AND OUT-SIZED. >_>

Script updated so you can change the height of that window, which is now defaulted to smaller. Would change the screenshot if wasn't lazy.

No need to get offended Pacman, Yami was only offering a critique. Realize that her native language is Vietnamese and so she probably wasn't meaning to be harsh or rude.

Yami and I are familiar with each other (friends?). I was joking. I know there was no harm meant, and there was no harm done. Just a jocular banter.

Yeah yeah just a joke between friends :p . Anyway, I thought You gave up on Ace ? o_O

Well, I guess I'm back now :D

Okay then. Welcome back :)

Hope You make more useful scripts <3

Would would the process be as far as making the command list horizontally tiered rather than vertically?

Doing that would force a decrease in the height of the actor window. That would make it so that 4 actors don't fit neatly into it. What I could do is make the command window horizontal, decrease the height of the actor window to fit 3 actors nicely (and allow scrolling), and shift the info windows to beneath the actor window. Would you like that?

I had plans to redesign the actor layout, just trying to figure out how to get horizontal commands to work. :p If you wouldn't mind doing it and kinda explaining it, it'd be very appreciated.

There's a class called Window_HorzCommand, which is basically an automatically horizontal command window. If you make the menu command window inherit from that, it won't be difficult to change some values around and make it work.

Kinda need it for the simple menu style, thanks! :)

Hey,
I was wondering if someone could tell me how do I disable/enable the save menu (for ex. if I want to save only at checkpoints?). A little help would be really appreciated ^^

Hey there, great script! I was just playing around with it a little, trying to tweak the EXP bar area. I've adjusted your code, however to get it to work absolutely perfect, I also had to adjust a little script in the game's script. I was wondering, with your expertise (I know a little C++ but no Ruby and am far from making any scripts) if I provided the changes I made, can you make it so your script makes these changes without users having to adjust the game's script work?


Your profile says you haven't been on for nearly a year, so not sure how else to contact you.