B/W Season Splash

Crazyninjaguy · Nov 14, 2010

This script imitates the feature from Pokemon Black/White which shows an image when you first start up the game showing whichever season it is.

Put this in a new script section above main:

Spoiler:

Code:

#===============================================================================
# * Day/Season Checker
# * By Crazyninjaguy
# * http://www.planetdev.net
#===============================================================================

module TimeChecker
  
  # Number of the switch to turn on per day of week
  MONDAY = 30
  TUESDAY = 31
  WEDNESDAY = 32
  THURSDAY = 33
  FRIDAY = 34
  SATURDAY = 35
  SUNDAY = 36
  # Switch to turn on according to season
  WINTER = 37
  SPRING = 38
  SUMMER = 39
  AUTUMN = 40
  
end

class CheckTime
  include TimeChecker
  def initialize
    @day = Time.now.strftime("%A")
    @month = Time.now.strftime("%m").to_i
    @date = Time.now.strftime("%d").to_i
    if @month >= 3 && @month <= 5
      if @month == 5 && @date >= 21
        $game_switches[WINTER] = false
        $game_switches[SPRING] = true
        $game_switches[SUMMER] = false
        $game_switches[AUTUMN] = false
      elsif @date <= 20
        $game_switches[WINTER] = true
        $game_switches[SPRING] = false
        $game_switches[SUMMER] = false
        $game_switches[AUTUMN] = false
      end
    elsif @month >= 6 && @month <= 8
      if @month == 8 && @date >= 21
        $game_switches[WINTER] = false
        $game_switches[SPRING] = false
        $game_switches[SUMMER] = true
        $game_switches[AUTUMN] = false
      elsif @date <= 20
        $game_switches[WINTER] = false
        $game_switches[SPRING] = true
        $game_switches[SUMMER] = false
        $game_switches[AUTUMN] = false
      end
    elsif @month >= 9 && @month <= 11
      if @month == 11 && @date >= 21
        $game_switches[WINTER] = true
        $game_switches[SPRING] = false
        $game_switches[SUMMER] = false
        $game_switches[AUTUMN] = false
      elsif @date <= 20
        $game_switches[WINTER] = false
        $game_switches[SPRING] = false
        $game_switches[SUMMER] = false
        $game_switches[AUTUMN] = true
      end
    elsif @month >= 12 || @month <= 2
      if @month == 2 && @date >= 21
        $game_switches[WINTER] = true
        $game_switches[SPRING] = false
        $game_switches[SUMMER] = false
        $game_switches[AUTUMN] = false
      elsif @date <= 20
        $game_switches[WINTER] = false
        $game_switches[SPRING] = false
        $game_switches[SUMMER] = false
        $game_switches[AUTUMN] = true
      end
    end
    if @day == "Monday"
      $game_switches[MONDAY] = true
      $game_switches[TUESDAY] = false
      $game_switches[WEDNESDAY] = false
      $game_switches[THURSDAY] = false
      $game_switches[FRIDAY] = false
      $game_switches[SATURDAY] = false
      $game_switches[SUNDAY] = false
    elsif @day == "Tuesday"
      $game_switches[MONDAY] = false
      $game_switches[TUESDAY] = true
      $game_switches[WEDNESDAY] = false
      $game_switches[THURSDAY] = false
      $game_switches[FRIDAY] = false
      $game_switches[SATURDAY] = false
      $game_switches[SUNDAY] = false
    elsif @day == "Wednesday"
      $game_switches[MONDAY] = false
      $game_switches[TUESDAY] = false
      $game_switches[WEDNESDAY] = true
      $game_switches[THURSDAY] = false
      $game_switches[FRIDAY] = false
      $game_switches[SATURDAY] = false
      $game_switches[SUNDAY] = false
    elsif @day == "Thursday"
      $game_switches[MONDAY] = false
      $game_switches[TUESDAY] = false
      $game_switches[WEDNESDAY] = false
      $game_switches[THURSDAY] = true
      $game_switches[FRIDAY] = false
      $game_switches[SATURDAY] = false
      $game_switches[SUNDAY] = false
    elsif @day == "Friday"
      $game_switches[MONDAY] = false
      $game_switches[TUESDAY] = false
      $game_switches[WEDNESDAY] = false
      $game_switches[THURSDAY] = false
      $game_switches[FRIDAY] = true
      $game_switches[SATURDAY] = false
      $game_switches[SUNDAY] = false
    elsif @day == "Saturday"
      $game_switches[MONDAY] = false
      $game_switches[TUESDAY] = false
      $game_switches[WEDNESDAY] = false
      $game_switches[THURSDAY] = false
      $game_switches[FRIDAY] = false
      $game_switches[SATURDAY] = true
      $game_switches[SUNDAY] = false
    elsif @day == "Sunday"
      $game_switches[MONDAY] = false
      $game_switches[TUESDAY] = false
      $game_switches[WEDNESDAY] = false
      $game_switches[THURSDAY] = false
      $game_switches[FRIDAY] = false
      $game_switches[SATURDAY] = false
      $game_switches[SUNDAY] = true
    end
  end
end

class Scene_Map
  alias cng_dayseason_map_main main
  def main
    CheckTime.new
    if $game_switches[TimeChecker::SPRING] && $season == false
      @season = Sprite.new
      @season.bitmap = RPG::Cache.picture("spring")
      @season.opacity = 0
    elsif $game_switches[TimeChecker::SUMMER] && $season == false
      @season = Sprite.new
      @season.bitmap = RPG::Cache.picture("summer")
      @season.opacity = 0
    elsif $game_switches[TimeChecker::AUTUMN] && $season == false
      @season = Sprite.new
      @season.bitmap = RPG::Cache.picture("autumn")
      @season.opacity = 0
    elsif $game_switches[TimeChecker::WINTER] && $season == false
      @season = Sprite.new
      @season.bitmap = RPG::Cache.picture("winter")
      @season.opacity = 0
    end
    @season.z = 9999997
    cng_dayseason_map_main
    @season.dispose
  end
  alias cng_dayseason_map_update update
  def update
    cng_dayseason_map_update
    if $season == false
      if @season.opacity < 255
        @season.opacity += 5
      elsif @season.opacity == 255
        $season = true
        Graphics.wait(60)
      end
    elsif $season == true
      if @season.opacity > 0
        @season.opacity -= 5
      end
    end
  end
end

$season = false

Make 4 new images 480 x 320 and put them in Graphics/Pictures/

autumn.png
summer.png
winter.png
spring.png

Then just run the game and test it :D
Credits to me please if you use this.

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lark125 · Nov 14, 2010

great script

Great script man, i'm defenetly going to use it in my game :classic:

Maruno · Nov 15, 2010

Why do you spend half the script deciding what day it is? There's already a def that does that in Essentials (pbIsWeekday), and you don't even use the information anyway.

And as for seasons, there's a def called zodiac in the newer versions of Essentials which takes a date and decides which zodiac number you're in. You can just lump 3 of those together and call it a season. However, if you need to have it stand-alone, why not use a single variable instead of four switches to store the season in (not to mention copy-paste-modify the zodiac def to apply to seasons instead, which would take up less space)?

This script could be optimised a lot.

me2hack · Nov 15, 2010

Maruno said:
Why do you spend half the script deciding what day it is? There's already a def that does that in Essentials (pbIsWeekday), and you don't even use the information anyway.

And as for seasons, there's a def called zodiac in the newer versions of Essentials which takes a date and decides which zodiac number you're in. You can just lump 3 of those together and call it a season. However, if you need to have it stand-alone, why not use a single variable instead of four switches to store the season in (not to mention copy-paste-modify the zodiac def to apply to seasons instead, which would take up less space)?

This script could be optimised a lot.

I think he made it for his own Kit first, which isn't made from Essentials. Not sure, though.

Crazyninjaguy · Nov 15, 2010

Me2Hack is right, it was made for my Kit, so the information is used in that.
I'm using switches as it's easier for newbies to understand, rather than seeing if a variable = 2 or whatever, it's easier to check if a switch named Summer is on.

I just forgot to take the Days out, that's all.

DarkDoom3000 · Nov 16, 2010

It's obvious that all pokemon fangames are made using essentials
/sarc

Crazyninjaguy · Nov 16, 2010

Well yeah, but this can be used in non pokemon projects.

tato · Nov 16, 2010

Thank you brother, your script helped me

Soul.//Silver · Nov 17, 2010

Does anyone actually have a video example of this in the actual B/W games? Before I decide to use it, I would actually like to know what it looks like.

Birdybot · Nov 27, 2010

Does this script do anything aside from show an image when the game starts up? As in, would it be possible to have different maps for each season (as in, the same town/route with snow and such)?

Crazyninjaguy · Nov 27, 2010

No, it only displays the image of the season.
If you want a script to change the tileset, then Help-14 released one a while ago in this forum.

Birdybot · Nov 27, 2010

OK then, I'll go look for that, thanks mate ^_^

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