Seasons?

[Lord Cohliani]

CHANGING SEASONS OVER TIME - by JPS Innovations

want to change seasons over time so itll be more realistic?

(lets say I want the seasons to last 20 turns and i start my game in spring)

1.Create an invisible event at the entrance so everytime you enter a dungeon or a town or something youll activate the event and increase variable A +1

set a 4 option val-condition

if Variable A=20 set season to Summer
if Variable A=40 set season to Autumn
if Variable A=60 set season to Winter
if Variable A=80 set season to Spring: Set Variable A=0

the increments can be different depending on how often you visit the place, the event should be placed in a location visited often, this trick gives the game the effect of time passing, you can set your fields, towns, or whatever you want to the seasons
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If I want to use this method what do I do to make the seasons reset?

[Lord Cohliani]

Re: Seasons?

Sorry about the double post but does anyone have any ideas on how to do this?

[JPS]

Re: Seasons?

if Variable A=80 set season to Spring: Set Variable A=0
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If I want to use this method what do I do to make the seasons reset?

The Set Variable A=0 resets the seasons

FYI you could have asked the question within that topic

[Wavelength]

Re: Seasons?

I think you need to use a "Refresh Display" command to actually show the change of season, if that's what you meant.

[Lord Cohliani]

Re: Seasons?

Do I have to apply this to EVERY area if I want the seasons to change EVERYWHERE?

[JPS]

Re: Seasons?

No, just the Field, just make sure all the towns and the fields season settings are set to "default"

and no, you dont need to refresh the display, it does that automatically once the season change, I just tried it to make sure it does work, the coding is 100% effective the way it is

[Lord Cohliani]

Re: Seasons?

What I meant was...............If I have a Town, a Map, and a Dungeon, and it looks like this:
Town-Map-Dungeon

And I apply it here:
Town-*Map-Dungeon

At the entrance to the town. What areas will be affected? Just the map? Just the Town? Or what?

[JPS]

Re: Seasons?

It should work, since you change the setting from "Default" to something else, its no longer within the control of the Field setting(which controls the "default" for all places)

[Lord Cohliani]

Re: Seasons?

What areas will be affected? Just the map? Just the Town? Or what?

Dude can you just answer this? Please?

[Wavelength]

Re: Seasons?

What I meant was...............If I have a Town, a Map, and a Dungeon, and it looks like this:
Town-Map-Dungeon

And I apply it here:
Town-*Map-Dungeon

At the entrance to the town. What areas will be affected? Just the map? Just the Town? Or what?

The change of season, you're referring to? Well, I think the field ("map") and the towns will both be affected by your season change, so long as you've got the season set to "Default" on each, inside the editor.

[Lord Cohliani]

Re: Seasons?

Say I wanted to make the WHOLE game change seasons at the same time! Not just one Map! What would I do then?

Would I litterally have to do this?
Town*-*Map-*Map-*Town

So that it would appear everywhere?

[JPS]

Re: Seasons?

Set all your towns to "default" and just change the field season, the "default" setting is whatever the field is, and the "default" setting for the field is kind of pointless

Note if you have multiple fields you will have to change the fields season to the appropriate setting on each of them.

[Wavelength]

Re: Seasons?

When you change the "time of year" in one place, you change it globally. When something is set to Default season, it references the "global season" and acts as if it's that season.

So yes, whenever it changes on the Field Map, it will also change everywhere, instantly.

However, unless you add the same event to every Town (and every dungeon, if you want), the "seasons" will only pass while you're on the Field Map. Again, when the seasons PASS on the Field Map, they will also CHANGE instantly on every "Default" Town Map.

I'd recommend actually implementing the script yourself and observing how it works.

[Lord Cohliani]

Re: Seasons?

Sorry I don't think I'm making sense. I want to make a Town AND a Map change............................ They are connected! So WHERE DO I PUT THE VARIABLE?!?!?

EDIT: Sorry! You beat me to it! so I only have to set it to one area and it will change throughout the WHOLE game?

[JPS]

Re: Seasons?

OK, have your town set to "Default"

You can put the season change anywhere in the game, like if the season is suppose to change after a boss battle, you can place it in the scripting there, if you want seasons to change over time, refer to my first post.

If youre asking where exactly to put that invisible event Im referencing in the first post, put it in a spot that you walk over a lot

EDIT FOR THE EDIT
Yes, as long as the Towns are set at default, changing the seasons on the fields will automatically change the seasons in the towns