GW Animated Battle backs Patch for Atoa ACBS

[Solitaire]

Hello all! I hope everyone's weekend is going well.

I have a question regarding the Atoa ACBS script, among the patches included in the demo for other scripts. There is one named "GW Animated Battle Backs" (header of patch). The script has a link to a site :

http://www.santuariorpgmaker.com/forum/i...topic=6336)

but it's broken. A few web searches yielded this site : 

http://lugarmaker.blogspot.com/p/scripts.html

But that just lead back to the same link. Point being: I would like to use this script, but can't find an active link to it. I scanned the script database section here, and searched keywords a few different ways. But no dice. Does anyone have an alternate link to this I'm not finding for some reason? Or do they have a copy of the script they could PM me? I'd very much like to use this script. Thanks!

[DerVVulfman]

When the Internet Archive comes back up, it may be possible to check that link... assuming the website itself did not protect itself from intrusive bots. Some websites protect their scripts/resources pages from being read by bots.

I even tried searching for the scripter, Gabriel Winchester, but did not come up with anything except references to "SUPERNATURAL" and the Winchester Brothers facing the angel Gabriel. ROFL.

Mind you, this being a battleback animation system means that it will refresh the battleback with a new image ever X frames. For some systems, it isn't an issue. But others, it may mean flickering of the battlestatus window where your heroes HP/SP are rendered. Unless fully compatible, this battleback animation system may cause some flickering with each replaced battleback.

[Solitaire]

Ahh I see! This is extremely helpful. I didn't even THINK of using the IA (SMACKS MYSELF IN THE HEAD AT MY OBLIOUSNESS) LOL I will test that out (Also I didn't even realize the Internet Archive was down either.)
I'll consider possible issues with the flickering too, I've never used one of these scripts before, so I will keep that in mind from now on.

Thank you very much, Mr. Wolf! o7

[Solitaire]

Finally got the chance to try out that suggestion this evening, @DerVVulfMan. And I thought this was funny, and that I would update the thread:

The entire page looked like this on the Wayback LOL, I still copied it, (And painstakingly re-added what I hope are the correctly positioned line-breaks) and shall see if it works out whenever I attempt testing it. But for now, I'm beat. 'Night, Save-point!

[Solitaire]

Another update, I tried running it with the script and got an error from the line where the attr_accessor stuff begins.
I suppose I did format the line-breaks wrong. I was going to post the script here to have someone look over it and correct it, but I don't think it's allowed to repost someone's scripts, right?

[DerVVulfman]

I think there's some illegal characters(aka hidden characters messing with ya) in the archive. STICK around ;)

EDIT: Oh, there are illegal characters all THROUGHOUT this code. Its gonna take a little longer... See ya...

[Solitaire]

I think there's some illegal characters(aka hidden characters messing with ya) in the archive.  STICK around ;)

EDIT:  Oh, there are illegal characters all THROUGHOUT this code.  Its gonna take a little longer... See ya...

Aye aye, capin'!

[DerVVulfman]

Okay, this is the code, and I went and added some translated instructions from the post.  Sadly, not all of it was easy to translate and got omitted because... well, better missing instructions than BAD instructions.

Code:

#==============================================================================
# ** GW Animated Battlebacks + New Features
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  by The Bard (Gabriel Winchester)
#  - Improvements by Atoa -
#  May 22, 2010
#
#  This screipt allows battlebacks to be animated (no, its not like Moghunter's
#  system which moves). They are actually animated, by individual frames.
#
#  USAGE
#  Before each battle, you establish the parameters you want for the battleback.
#
#  Use the call script command:  animated_bb_on(speed, frames, opacity_
#  * Opacity can be omitted as it is defaulted to a full 255 solid setting
#
#  To turn off the animated battleback layer, use: animated_bb_off
#
#  NEVER set a speed value to 0 or below.
# 
#  UPPER LAYER
#  If you add a top layer to the battleback, the image will be above the heroes.
#
#  To set a top layer, use the code:  upper_bb_on(speed, frames, opacity)
#
#  If the image is not moving, just call: upper_bb_on
#
#  To turn off the upper battleback layer, use: upper_bb_off
#
#  Upper layers should have the suffixes "UP" and 'frame' followed by
#  each other. IF, for example, it is an image to be shown above the heroes
#  and has three frames of animations, they must be named as follows
#  "CastleUP1" "CastleUP2" "CastleUp3"
#
#==============================================================================

#==============================================================================
# ■ Game_System
#==============================================================================
class Game_System
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  attr_accessor :animated_bb
  attr_accessor :upperbb
  attr_accessor :bb_speed
  attr_accessor :upperbb_speed
  attr_accessor :bb_frames
  attr_accessor :upperbb_frames
  attr_accessor :bb_opac
  attr_accessor :upperbb_opac
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias gw_initialize initialize
  def initialize
    gw_initialize
    @animated_bb    = false
    @bb_speed       = 0
    @bb_frames      = 0
    @upperbb_speed  = 0
    @upperbb_frames = 0
  end
end
#==============================================================================
# ■ Spriteset_Battle
#==============================================================================
class Spriteset_Battle
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias gw_initialize initialize
  def initialize
    create_animbb      if $game_system.animated_bb
    create_upperbb     if $game_system.upperbb
    gw_initialize
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def create_animbb
    @animbb_time      = 0
    @animbb_frame     = 0
    @animbb           = Sprite.new(@viewport1)
    @animbb.bitmap    = RPG::Cache.battleback($game_temp.battleback_name +
                        @animbb_frame.to_s)
    @animbb.z         = 2
    @animbb.opacity   = $game_system.bb_opac
  end 
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def create_upperbb
    @upperbb_time     = 0
    @upperbb_frame    = 1
    @upperbb          = Sprite.new(@viewport3)
    @upperbb.bitmap   = RPG::Cache.battleback($game_temp.battleback_name +
                        "UP" + @animbb_frame.to_s)
    @upperbb.opacity  = $game_system.upperbb_opac
    @upperbb.z        = 20
    # ACBS = 140, Padrão = 20
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias gw_update update
  def update
    upperbb_update   if $game_system.upperbb
    animbb_update    if $game_system.animated_bb
    @animbb.dispose  if @animbb != nil and not $game_system.animated_bb
    @upperbb.dispose if @upperbb != nil and not $game_system.upperbb
    gw_update
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias gw_dispose dispose
  def dispose
    @animbb.dispose   if $game_system.animated_bb
    @upperbb.dispose  if $game_system.upperbb
    gw_dispose
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def animbb_update
    create_animbb   if @animbb.nil?
    @animbb_time    += 1
    if @animbb_time % $game_system.bb_speed == 0
      @animbb_frame = (@animbb_frame % $game_system.bb_frames) + 1
      begin
        bb    = RPG::Cache.battleback(@battleback_name + @animbb_frame.to_s)
      rescue
        bb    = RPG::Cache.battleback($game_temp.battleback_name)
      end
      @animbb.bitmap  = bb
      @animbb.opacity = $game_system.bb_opac
    end
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def upperbb_update
    create_upperbb  if @upperbb.nil?
    @upperbb_time   += 1
    if @upperbb_time % $game_system.upperbb_speed == 0
      @upperbb_frame = (@upperbb_frame % $game_system.upperbb_frames) + 1
      begin
        upperbb   = RPG::Cache.battleback(@battleback_name + "UP" +
                    @upperbb_frames.to_s)
      rescue
        upperbb   = RPG::Cache.battleback($game_temp.battleback_name)
      end
      @upperbb.bitmap   = upperbb
      @upperbb.opacity  = $game_system.upperbb_opac
    end
  end
end
#==============================================================================
# ■ Interpreter
#==============================================================================
class Interpreter
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def animated_bb_on(speed, frames, opacity=255)
    $game_system.animated_bb  = true
    $game_system.bb_speed     = speed
    $game_system.bb_frames    = frames
    $game_system.bb_opac      = opacity
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def upper_bb_on(speed=1, frames=1, opacity=255)
    $game_system.upperbb        = true
    $game_system.upperbb_speed  = speed
    $game_system.upperbb_frames = frames
    $game_system.upperbb_opac   = opacity
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def animated_bb_off
    $game_system.animated_bb  = false
    $game_system.bb_speed     = 0
    $game_system.bb_frames    = 0
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def upper_bb_off
    $game_system.upperbb        = false
    $game_system.upperbb_speed  = 0
    $game_system.upperbb_frames = 0
    $game_system.upperbb_opac   = 0
  end
end

And there was so many illegal characters throughout, it practically required RETYPING every line separately to get rid of the error causing garbage.

Oh, and ... there's zilch in the thread saying not to post anywhere.  BUT it appears that site went down in 2012?  Might need archival (LATER!!!!)

[Solitaire]

Okay, this is the code, and I went and added some translated instructions from the post.  Sadly, not all of it was easy to translate and got omitted because... well, better missing instructions than BAD instructions.

Code:

#==============================================================================
# ** GW Animated Battlebacks + New Features
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  by The Bard (Gabriel Winchester)
#  - Improvements by Atoa -
#  May 22, 2010
#
#  This screipt allows battlebacks to be animated (no, its not like Moghunter's
#  system which moves). They are actually animated, by individual frames.
#
#  USAGE
#  Before each battle, you establish the parameters you want for the battleback.
#
#  Use the call script command:  animated_bb_on(speed, frames, opacity_
#  * Opacity can be omitted as it is defaulted to a full 255 solid setting
#
#  To turn off the animated battleback layer, use: animated_bb_off
#
#  NEVER set a speed value to 0 or below.
# 
#  UPPER LAYER
#  If you add a top layer to the battleback, the image will be above the heroes.
#
#  To set a top layer, use the code:  upper_bb_on(speed, frames, opacity)
#
#  If the image is not moving, just call: upper_bb_on
#
#  To turn off the upper battleback layer, use: upper_bb_off
#
#  Upper layers should have the suffixes "UP" and 'frame' followed by
#  each other. IF, for example, it is an image to be shown above the heroes
#  and has three frames of animations, they must be named as follows
#  "CastleUP1" "CastleUP2" "CastleUp3"
#
#==============================================================================

#==============================================================================
# ■ Game_System
#==============================================================================
class Game_System
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  attr_accessor :animated_bb
  attr_accessor :upperbb
  attr_accessor :bb_speed
  attr_accessor :upperbb_speed
  attr_accessor :bb_frames
  attr_accessor :upperbb_frames
  attr_accessor :bb_opac
  attr_accessor :upperbb_opac
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias gw_initialize initialize
  def initialize
    gw_initialize
    @animated_bb    = false
    @bb_speed       = 0
    @bb_frames      = 0
    @upperbb_speed  = 0
    @upperbb_frames = 0
  end
end
#==============================================================================
# ■ Spriteset_Battle
#==============================================================================
class Spriteset_Battle
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias gw_initialize initialize
  def initialize
    create_animbb      if $game_system.animated_bb
    create_upperbb     if $game_system.upperbb
    gw_initialize
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def create_animbb
    @animbb_time      = 0
    @animbb_frame     = 0
    @animbb           = Sprite.new(@viewport1)
    @animbb.bitmap    = RPG::Cache.battleback($game_temp.battleback_name +
                        @animbb_frame.to_s)
    @animbb.z         = 2
    @animbb.opacity   = $game_system.bb_opac
  end 
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def create_upperbb
    @upperbb_time     = 0
    @upperbb_frame    = 1
    @upperbb          = Sprite.new(@viewport3)
    @upperbb.bitmap   = RPG::Cache.battleback($game_temp.battleback_name +
                        "UP" + @animbb_frame.to_s)
    @upperbb.opacity  = $game_system.upperbb_opac
    @upperbb.z        = 20
    # ACBS = 140, Padrão = 20
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias gw_update update
  def update
    upperbb_update   if $game_system.upperbb
    animbb_update    if $game_system.animated_bb
    @animbb.dispose  if @animbb != nil and not $game_system.animated_bb
    @upperbb.dispose if @upperbb != nil and not $game_system.upperbb
    gw_update
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias gw_dispose dispose
  def dispose
    @animbb.dispose   if $game_system.animated_bb
    @upperbb.dispose  if $game_system.upperbb
    gw_dispose
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def animbb_update
    create_animbb   if @animbb.nil?
    @animbb_time    += 1
    if @animbb_time % $game_system.bb_speed == 0
      @animbb_frame = (@animbb_frame % $game_system.bb_frames) + 1
      begin
        bb    = RPG::Cache.battleback(@battleback_name + @animbb_frame.to_s)
      rescue
        bb    = RPG::Cache.battleback($game_temp.battleback_name)
      end
      @animbb.bitmap  = bb
      @animbb.opacity = $game_system.bb_opac
    end
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def upperbb_update
    create_upperbb  if @upperbb.nil?
    @upperbb_time   += 1
    if @upperbb_time % $game_system.upperbb_speed == 0
      @upperbb_frame = (@upperbb_frame % $game_system.upperbb_frames) + 1
      begin
        upperbb   = RPG::Cache.battleback(@battleback_name + "UP" +
                    @upperbb_frames.to_s)
      rescue
        upperbb   = RPG::Cache.battleback($game_temp.battleback_name)
      end
      @upperbb.bitmap   = upperbb
      @upperbb.opacity  = $game_system.upperbb_opac
    end
  end
end
#==============================================================================
# ■ Interpreter
#==============================================================================
class Interpreter
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def animated_bb_on(speed, frames, opacity=255)
    $game_system.animated_bb  = true
    $game_system.bb_speed     = speed
    $game_system.bb_frames    = frames
    $game_system.bb_opac      = opacity
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def upper_bb_on(speed=1, frames=1, opacity=255)
    $game_system.upperbb        = true
    $game_system.upperbb_speed  = speed
    $game_system.upperbb_frames = frames
    $game_system.upperbb_opac   = opacity
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def animated_bb_off
    $game_system.animated_bb  = false
    $game_system.bb_speed     = 0
    $game_system.bb_frames    = 0
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def upper_bb_off
    $game_system.upperbb        = false
    $game_system.upperbb_speed  = 0
    $game_system.upperbb_frames = 0
    $game_system.upperbb_opac   = 0
  end
end

And there was so many illegal characters throughout, it practically required RETYPING every line separately to get rid of the error causing garbage.

Oh, and ... there's zilch in the thread saying not to post anywhere.  BUT it appears that site went down in 2012?  Might need archival (LATER!!!!)

The holy chickens from above DESCEND WITH MIGHTY HORNS, TOOTING THIER GRATITUDE!

Thank you very kindly for going above and beyond to help with your superstar code-y-hands! 

I will be glad to test this once again, since I'm back home now.

EDIT: The directions are great too! Extremely helpful! I would've had no idea how to properly use before LOL

[Solitaire]

Welp, it seems I'm still getting "unidentified" variables on line 1. :I darn!

EDIT: Nevermind. That one was a copy error on my part lol

EDIT2: Getting this error now, upon starting a battle: