[Emerald] Moving camera freely resets overworld sprite locations

[marinaluna]

Hiya! I'm using a level script that moves the player and an npc a few tiles forward and then moves the camera such that the player and npc are both offscreen. However, when I move the camera back down to center on the player, that npc has reset his position to where he started. It's really frustrating. Here's the script:

#dynamic 0x800000

#org @start
setvar 0x4022 0x1
applymovement 0x1 @walkin
applymovement MOVE_PLAYER @walkin
waitmovement 0x1
msgbox @rival_text1 0x06
pause 0x20
special 0x116                                 ' Unlock the camera
applymovement MOVE_CAMERA @movecameraup
waitmovement MOVE_CAMERA
msgbox @assistant_prof_talk 0x06
applymovement 0x3 @stepinplaceright
waitmovement 0x3
msgbox @prof_talk 0x06
applymovement 0x3 @stepinplacedown
waitmovement 0x3
applymovement 0x2 @stepinplaceleft
waitmovement 0x2
applymovement 0x3 @stepinplaceright
waitmovement 0x3
msgbox @assistant_prof_talk2 0x06
pause 0x30
applymovement 0x3 @move_prof
applymovement 0x2 @move_asst
applymovement MOVE_CAMERA @movecameradown
waitmovement MOVE_CAMERA
special 0x117
end

#org @walkin
#raw 0x09
#raw 0x09
#raw 0xFE

#org @stepinplaceright
#raw 0x20
#raw 0xFE

#org @stepinplacedown
#raw 0x1D
#raw 0xFE

#org @stepinplaceleft
#raw 0x1F
#raw 0xFE

#org @move_prof
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x0A
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0xFE

#org @move_asst
#raw 0x0A
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x0A
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0xFE

#org @movecameraup
#raw 0x09
#raw 0x09
#raw 0x09
#raw 0x09
#raw 0x09
#raw 0x09
#raw 0x09
#raw 0x09
#raw 0x09
#raw 0x09
#raw 0xFE

#org @movecameradown
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0x08
#raw 0xFE


#org @rival_text1
= text
#org @assistant_prof_talk
= text
#org @prof_talk
= text
#org @assistant_prof_talk2
= text

Any help would be appreciated!

 

[kalarie]

If an npc is not in camera view (+1/2 tiles) anymore, the npc resets to its original position it has on the map. So you should either, not move the camera too far away from the npc sprite, or change the location of the npc in the script with a movesprite/movesprite2 command. (Don't remember what the difference between movesprite and movesprite2 was anymore. But if one of them doesn't work, try the other). Also, if if the npc sprite needs another sprite behavior than it's default behavior, use the spritebehave command as well.