Error with bridge on new tileset

[Hargatio]

Hey I'm struggling with some bridges on a new tileset added to my game.
The conditional branch I use for the bridges is the following:

Conditional Branch: Switch[199:BRIDGEON]==ON
    @Control Switch[199:BRIDGEON]==OFF
Else
    @Control Switch[199:BRIDGEON]==ON
Branch End

The bridge itself is a two page event, with Switch 199 on and off and the options: "Through/Always on top" on/off.

It works with the default "outside"-tileset from Pokemon Essentials without any problems.

In the database it has the same settings as the default one, but when I step on the event, the following error message occurs:

Message: undefined method `*' for nil:NilClass
Game_Character:206:in `screen_z'
Sprite_Character:156:in `update_or'
Tilemap_Perspective:429:in `shadow_update'
DynamicShadows:178:in `update'
Spriteset_Map:291:in `_animationSprite_update'
Spriteset_Map:287:in `each'
Spriteset_Map:287:in `_animationSprite_update'
AnimationSprite:86:in `updateOldFL'
SimpleHUD:48:in `update'
Scene_Map:51:in `updateSpritesets'

I just copied and pasted the event from the outside tileset, where it works fine and unfortunately my knowledge in ruby is not good enough to understand what's going wrong here.
I added a "Simple HUD Script" but if that's the problem it shouldn't work anywhere, right?

Is there anybody who can help me? I would appreciate it very much!

Cheers Hargatio

EDIT:
When I follow the instruction of Building Better Bridges I'm not able to convert it properly because the terrain tag ends at 7 (not at 15, like in the tutotial).

 

[Vendily]

Rpg maker xp's editor can only edit the first 7 terrain tags.
Use the external editor or the debug menu.

 

[Hargatio]

Thanks for your answer, Vendily!

I tried to follow the bridge tutorial, but unfortunately it is deprecated and no longer relevant to the latest version of Pokémon Essentials. So I can't solve the problem this way..

 

[Maruno]

Why don't you read the wiki?

 

[Hargatio]

I'm sorry for the confusion, but I read the wikia and this article, but it doesn't work. I thought it was maybe deprecated, too.

So when I understand the wikia (bridge) right, I have two events in a row. First event the player touches before he enters the bridge activates "pbBridgeOff", after that, he touches another event that calls the script "pbBridgeOn" and then he enters the bridge. The bridge tiles have the terrain tag 15. In the map they are mapped in the third layer.

I can walk on the bridge, but it seems the script pbBridgeOff doesn't work,
because I can't walk under the bridge. What am I doing wrong here?

 

[The Master]

To avoiding errors, which version of Essentials are you Using? Can you post, also, a screenshot about the priority of the tiles of the bridge?

Second thing: The event that contains the call of "pbBridgeOff", has the trigger "Player Touch"?

 

[Hargatio]

I'm using the latest version of Pokemon Essentials (v16.1). The errors occured after the update.

The event "pbBridgeOff" has also the trigger "player touch".


Screenshot Priority:

 

[The Master]

Are you sure that in your defs, there is $PokemonGlobal rather than $PokemonMap?

def pbBridgeOn(height=2)
  $PokemonGlobal.bridge=height
end

def pbBridgeOff
  $PokemonGlobal.bridge=0
end

 

[Hargatio]

yes, the def is the same as you wrote down (screenshot below)

Screenshot Event Bridge Off:


Screenshot Script Section "pbField_Field":

 

[The Master]

The only thing that i can think is that your bridges haven't the correct terrain tag. Can you tell us which number is set?

 

[Hargatio]

Hm that is weird...I set the terrain tags to 15, so it should work.
As well I tried calling the scripts at the default "outside"-tileset (where the method with the conditional branch still works, see first post for more infos) and it doesn't work as well. The bridge is always beneath the player as its terrain tag is set at 0.

 

[The Master]

Try to test if it's all correct: put, after "pbBridgeOn" and "pbBridgeOff" map events, another script that contains:

Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL(
"{1}",$PokemonGlobal.bridge))

Then, post a screenshot.

 

[Hargatio]

Seems the settings are right, do I have to change anything else in the settings of the tileset? It's new, I imported it to the game and didn't do any changes, except of the terrain tag.

Left: pbBridgeOff || Right: pbBridgeOn

 

[The Master]

Well...
- Terrain Tags are ok;
- Map Events are ok;
- Defs pbBridgeOn and pbBridgeOff are ok;

The last thing is the double-check of def playerPassable?

    def playerPassable?(x, y, d, self_event = nil)
    bit = (1 << (d / 2 - 1)) & 0x0f
    for i in [2, 1, 0]
      tile_id = data[x, y, i]
      # Ignore bridge tiles if not on a bridge
      next if $PokemonGlobal && $PokemonGlobal.bridge==0 &&
         tile_id && PBTerrain.isBridge?(@terrain_tags[tile_id])
      if tile_id == nil
        return false
      # Make water tiles passable if player is surfing
      elsif $PokemonGlobal.surfing &&
         PBTerrain.isPassableWater?(@terrain_tags[tile_id])
        return true
      # Prevent cycling in really tall grass/on ice
      elsif $PokemonGlobal.bicycle &&
         PBTerrain.onlyWalk?(@terrain_tags[tile_id])
        return false
      # Depend on passability of bridge tile if on bridge
      elsif $PokemonGlobal && $PokemonGlobal.bridge>0 &&
         PBTerrain.isBridge?(@terrain_tags[tile_id])
        if @passages[tile_id] & bit != 0 ||
           @passages[tile_id] & 0x0f == 0x0f
          return false
        else
          return true
        end
      # Regular passability checks
      else #if @terrain_tags[tile_id]!=PBTerrain::Neutral
        if @passages[tile_id] & bit != 0 ||
           @passages[tile_id] & 0x0f == 0x0f
          return false
        elsif @priorities[tile_id] == 0
          return true
        end
      end
    end
    return true
  end

 

[Hargatio]

Everything is correct...I double checked it and to make sure, I copied your code and replaced it.

I don't think it makes any difference, but in the attach is the tileset I'm using.

 

[The Master]

ONLY if you want, you can send me a backup copy of your project, with this map only. Thus, by testing it in person, I can help you.

 

[Hargatio]

Absolutely, I appreciate your help very much!

I packed it in a .rar archive. You can find the bridge in the upper left, framed with flowers. Just ignore the other bridges, that doesn't work as well.

Pokemon_Essentials_v16.1_Beta.rar

 

[The Master]

I found the solution and, as I predicted, you need to learn how to use bridges. In fact, in your map, you placed the bridges as event and not as tileset and this causes the game crash you have reported in top of this thread.
I could post a link with your project and all its corrections, but I suggest you to learn how the bridges work in essentials. (This include also the functions and methods related).

 

[Hargatio]

Hi Folle,

thanks again for your patience with me. I'm working on the game here and then for three years now. But without using the rmxp before or knowing ruby it is hard to solve problems on your own, all the more I appreaciate your help.

But your last post doesn't help me very much. The map was far away from its last touch, and the event bridges were just leftovers from previous tries (v15 it worked).

The bridge we were talking about and I was trying on make it work, was in the upper left, framed with flower-tiles. It was mapped in the third layer (not as an event). So I replaced all the event bridges through bridge tiles from the third layer, but it still doesn't work. I read the article bridges again, but I can't figure out the problem.

 

[The Master]

Taking a look to your project, I detected immediately all possible mistakes:
- Some bridges are placed as event and not as tileset. This cause the error that you reported in top of this thread;
- The bridge's tileset hasn't some features required to work properly, like the priority and the passage "4 dir";
- In the end, the functions "pbBridgeOn" and "pbBridgeOff", exept for the section surrounded by flowers, are not called properly and are replaced by Switch 199.

I'll upload your project into my Google Drive account, and then I'll post the link hereinafter.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7WEIe-gDeS3VEZRLXUzaGtmcWc