SephirothSpawn's Slanted Bars

[Kylock]

SephirothSpawn's Slanted Bars in VX 1.1
by Kylock (Based on SephirothSpawn's Original Slanted Bars)

Inspired by Syvkal (http://rmvxpuniverse.com) who ported Cogwheel Style bars to VX, I realized how much I missed Seph's Slanted Bars. So here they are. Just add this script and it'll automagically transform your HP and MP bars. Installation instructions are in the header of the script.

If you wanna know what it looks like, its pretty much like this:

SCRIPT

Code:

#==============================================================================
# ? SephirothSpawn's Slanted bars in VX
#     25.4.2008
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  Script by: Kylock (Based on SephirothSpawn's Original Slanted Bars)
#==============================================================================
#    Inspired by Syvkal (http://rmvxpuniverse.com) who ported Cogwheel Style
#  bars to VX, I realized how much I missed Seph's Slanted Bars.  So here they
#  are.  Just add this script and it'll automagically transform your HP and MP
#  bars.  Bar colors are easily customized in the following module.
#==============================================================================
#  Change Log
#  1.0 - Original Release.
#  1.1 - Added option to use default window skin colors.
#==============================================================================

module SLANT_BARS
  USE_WINDOWSKIN = false  # If set to true, the colors will be taken from the
                          #  current system skin and the following settings
                          #  will be ignored.
  
  DEFAULT_HP_BAR_COLOR = Color.new(150,0,0,255)   # Beginning color of HP bar
  DEFAULT_HP_END_COLOR = Color.new(255,192,0,255) # Ending color of HP bar
  
  DEFAULT_MP_BAR_COLOR = Color.new(0,0,150,255)   # Begenning color of MP bar
  DEFAULT_MP_END_COLOR = Color.new(0,150,200,255) # Ending color of MP bar
end

class Window_Base < Window
  #==========================================================================
  # * Draw Slant Bar(by SephirothSpawn)
  #==========================================================================
  def draw_slant_bar(x, y, min, max, width = 152, height = 6,
    bar_color = Color.new(150, 0, 0, 255),
    end_color = Color.new(255, 255, 60, 255))
    # Draw Border
    for i in 0..height
      self.contents.fill_rect(x + i, y + height - i, width + 1, 1,
        Color.new(50, 50, 50, 255))
    end
    # Draw Background
    for i in 1..(height - 1)
      r = 100 * (height - i) / height + 0 * i / height
      g = 100 * (height - i) / height + 0 * i / height
      b = 100 * (height - i) / height + 0 * i / height
      a = 255 * (height - i) / height + 255 * i / height
      self.contents.fill_rect(x + i, y + height - i, width, 1,
        Color.new(r, b, g, a))
    end
    # Draws Bar
    for i in 1..( (min / max.to_f) * width - 1)
      for j in 1..(height - 1)
        r = bar_color.red * (width - i) / width + end_color.red * i / width
        g = bar_color.green * (width - i) / width + end_color.green * i / width
        b = bar_color.blue * (width - i) / width + end_color.blue * i / width
        a = bar_color.alpha * (width - i) / width + end_color.alpha * i / width
        self.contents.fill_rect(x + i + j, y + height - j, 1, 1,
          Color.new(r, g, b, a))
      end
    end
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Draw HP gauge
  #     actor : actor
  #     x     : draw spot x-coordinate
  #     y     : draw spot y-coordinate
  #     width : Width
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def draw_actor_hp_gauge(actor, x, y, width = 131)
    if SLANT_BARS::USE_WINDOWSKIN
      draw_slant_bar(x-3,y+13,actor.hp,actor.maxhp,width,8,
        hp_gauge_color1,hp_gauge_color2)
    else
      draw_slant_bar(x-3,y+13,actor.hp,actor.maxhp,width,8,
        SLANT_BARS::DEFAULT_HP_BAR_COLOR,SLANT_BARS::DEFAULT_HP_END_COLOR)
    end
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Draw MP Gauge
  #     actor : actor
  #     x     : draw spot x-coordinate
  #     y     : draw spot y-coordinate
  #     width : Width
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def draw_actor_mp_gauge(actor, x, y, width = 131)
    if SLANT_BARS::USE_WINDOWSKIN
      draw_slant_bar(x-3,y+13,actor.mp,actor.maxmp,width,8,
        mp_gauge_color1,mp_gauge_color2)
    else
      draw_slant_bar(x-3,y+13,actor.mp,actor.maxmp,width,8,
        SLANT_BARS::DEFAULT_MP_BAR_COLOR,SLANT_BARS::DEFAULT_MP_END_COLOR)
    end
  end
end

If you have problems let me know, while I admit that I don't have all the free time in the world to help you out, I'll do what I can. As far as distribution goes, post this everywhere you want, just make sure everyone gets their fair share of credit. See the script header for credits - as a matter of fact, since it's all in the header, you should be safe. If you profit commercially from this script, good for you!

Enjoy!
Kylock