Animation : Ground

[Kain Nobel]

Introduction

I had made a series of Quake spells (and a couple others) and realized that RMXP always plays the animation on top of the target. With the effect of the ground splitting, it needed to be underneath the target instead of on the target's face, so I whipped up this script real quick to remedy that!

Features (Which double as instructions ;D )

When defining the animation, you can go by...

• The animation's ID
  
• The animation's name
• The animation's file name

When defining the patterns that are displayed below their target, you can do

• Ground[key] = true / Ground[key] = [-1] to designate all frames
• Ground[key] = [pattern, ...] to list specific frames

Screenshots

I would post them but its just an animation playing under a battler instead of on top of, use your imagination!

The Script

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Code:

#===============================================================================
# ** Animation : Ground
#===============================================================================

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * SDK Log Script
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

if Object.const_defined?(:SDK)
  SDK.log('Animation.Ground', 'Kain Nobel ©', 4.0, '2011.01.11')
end

#===============================================================================
# ** RPG::Animation
#===============================================================================

class RPG::Animation
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Ground Animation IDs
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Ground = Hash.new
  Ground[7] = [0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20]
  Ground[8] = true
  Ground[67] = true
  Ground['001-Action01'] = [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15]
end

#===============================================================================
# ** RPG::Sprite
#===============================================================================

class RPG::Sprite
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Alias Listings
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias_method :fixz_animation_set_sprites, :animation_set_sprites
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Animation Set Ground?
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def animation_set_ground?
    # Get ground setting and animation object
    g, a = RPG::Animation::Ground, @_animation
    # Check for animation id, name or filename
    return g[a.id]              if g.has_key?(a.id)
    return g[a.name]            if g.has_key?(a.name)
    return g[a.animation_name]  if g.has_key?(a.animation_name)
    # Return false if no results found
    nil
  end
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Animation Set Sprites
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def animation_set_sprites(sprites, cell_data, position)
    # The usual...
    fixz_animation_set_sprites(sprites, cell_data, position)
    # Get ground animation frame data
    ground = self.animation_set_ground?
    # End method if no ground data available
    return unless ground
    # For frames 1 through 16
    for i in 0..15
      # Get sprite and pattern
      sprite, pattern = sprites[i], cell_data[i, 0]
      # Skip if sprite is nil or no pattern is called
      next if sprite == nil || [nil, -1].include?(pattern)
      # Skip unless ground animation true
      next unless ground == true || ground.include?(-1) || ground.include?(pattern)
      # Set sprite's z below the target
      sprite.z = 0
    end
  end
end

Compatibility

This is compatible with or without the SDK. I do not expect this to work in makers VX or VX Ace, this script was designed for XP.

Author's Notes

I left some example test settings in there, just to show you what different ways you can define ground animations. Also, the priority which ground data is looked up goes 1.) ID, 2.) name, 3.) filename. If you don't understand the script, feel free to ask, and if you find any bugs, feel free to share! Thank you and enjoy!

Terms & Conditions

Free to use in commercial and non-commercial games, remember to credit who ya got it from ;D

[yamina-chan]

I had to look at the thread a second time to understand how this works but after that it was easy to understand =D What I like about this is that it works not only in Battle but on the map as well. ^^ It is a script that is very specific and probably not many people will have use for it but it defiately is handy and a good idea none the less.
I remember seeing something similar once, where it was claled flatening animations I belive, but I think there were some troubles with that. I can't find any bugs with this, so I'd say well done =D