[Scripting Question] How can I make the screen white during a battle through scripting?

Seenit45 · May 1, 2021

My game is made with Version 17.2. I'm trying to change "Def pbchangepokemon" so that, when a pokemon changes form, a white screen appears (like when you throw a pokeball) and fades away after the pokemon has changed sprites.

Here's how I changed the code by using .movetone, but all it does is only change the color of the pokemon transforming and it also messes up its sprite position.

Code:

def pbChangePokemon(attacker,pokemon)

    spritePoke=@sprites["pokemon#{attacker.index}"]

    picturePoke=PictureEx.new(spritePoke.z)

    picturePoke.moveTone(6,1,Tone.new(255,255,255,0))

    pbWait(6)

    pkmn=@sprites["pokemon#{attacker.index}"]

    shadow=@sprites["shadow#{attacker.index}"]

    [email protected]?(attacker.index)

    pkmn.setPokemonBitmap(pokemon,back)

    pkmn.x=-pkmn.bitmap.width/2

    pkmn.y=adjustBattleSpriteY(pkmn,pokemon.species,attacker.index)

    if @battle.doublebattle

      case attacker.index

      when 0

        pkmn.x+=PokeBattle_SceneConstants::PLAYERBATTLERD1_X

        pkmn.y+=PokeBattle_SceneConstants::PLAYERBATTLERD1_Y

      when 1

        pkmn.x+=PokeBattle_SceneConstants::FOEBATTLERD1_X

        pkmn.y+=PokeBattle_SceneConstants::FOEBATTLERD1_Y

      when 2

        pkmn.x+=PokeBattle_SceneConstants::PLAYERBATTLERD2_X

        pkmn.y+=PokeBattle_SceneConstants::PLAYERBATTLERD2_Y

      when 3

        pkmn.x+=PokeBattle_SceneConstants::FOEBATTLERD2_X

        pkmn.y+=PokeBattle_SceneConstants::FOEBATTLERD2_Y

      end

    else

      pkmn.x+=PokeBattle_SceneConstants::PLAYERBATTLER_X if attacker.index==0

      pkmn.y+=PokeBattle_SceneConstants::PLAYERBATTLER_Y if attacker.index==0

      pkmn.x+=PokeBattle_SceneConstants::FOEBATTLER_X if attacker.index==1

      pkmn.y+=PokeBattle_SceneConstants::FOEBATTLER_Y if attacker.index==1

    end

    if shadow && !back

      shadow.visible=showShadow?(pokemon.species)

    end

    picturePoke.moveTone(0,picturePoke.totalDuration,Tone.new(0,0,0,0))

    loop do

      picturePoke.update

      setPictureSprite(spritePoke,picturePoke)

      pbGraphicsUpdate

      pbInputUpdate

      pbFrameUpdate

      break if !picturePoke.running?

    end

  end

Can anyone help me make this code work properly? ($game_screen.start_tone_change does not work, either)

Lucidious89 · May 2, 2021

I dont think that's really the best place to be making these edits. As the name of the method implies, pbChangePokemon changes things about the Pokemon sprite, so its going to apply these edits specifically to the sprite being changed, not to the general battle scene.

What youre trying to do sounds more like youre trying to create an animation that plays when certain things are triggered, which sounds like a common animation to me. Look at how something like Mega Evolution works, since that plays an animation upon changing forms and is similar to what youre doing here.

[Scripting Question] How can I make the screen white during a battle through scripting?

Seenit45

Lucidious89