[XP Script] Map as Background in menus

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Map as Background in menus - jreagan406 - 03-01-2017

I found a neat little Menu Scene script that uses the map as background. I want to show the background on every other menu. I'm using the standard RMXP scenes for Item, Equip, and Status. I really don't want anything flashy, just something simple and that works... Is there a way I can edit these, the original scene scripts, to make the map as the background? And how?

RE: Map as Background in menus - DerVVulfman - 03-01-2017

Easy.

Look at the script that is showing the background map. In the 'main' module, you should have something like:

Code:
@spriteset = Spriteset_Map.new

at the top which snags the image of your map, and at the bottom of the 'main' module, you will have something like:

Code:
@spriteset.dispose

to get rid of it when you exit the menu.

But you're not TOTALLY done yet. You need to make the @spriteset update, so just add

Code:
@spriteset.update

into your 'update' method.

Don't forget to make your windows semi-translucent so the map shows through. Just work with transparency options. The XaiL system I recreated, the Moghunter Menus and a few others can showcase this.

RE: Map as Background in menus - jreagan406 - 03-01-2017

Doing it now! I suck at scripting! I set the window opacity to 160 since it's the opacity that the menu script shows.