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[Sir Eagle]

I have a Grid Overlay layer you can paste on top of your Parallax so you know where the tiles are.
http://www.freepicsupload.com/pics/phplA6j...d%20overlay.png
just paste it on top of your parallax-to-be and lower the opacity to somewhere around 30%. make sure it's always the top layer.

[SamGreen]

...or you could just make a 32 pixel² grid with only 1 division...

[cdabamsworth]

Thanks very much.

...or you could just make a 32 pixel² grid with only 1 division...

In Paint.NET it's either impossible or extremely hard.

[Guth]

It's possible. I actually just submitted a tutorial about using a grid in Paint.net. You could use that to help out if it gets accepted. It might not since I forgot to add a [-Graphics-] tag at the beginning.

[joyrexjrl]

Greetings, this is my first post hopefully it will not be a dumb one. I am trying my hardest to get an immage placed over my map in the same way you have listed here. however I can not seem to figure out how to resize the immage for being placsed into the character graphic. Im trying to follow your tut and I am not able to see how to resize the immage. I have tried looking through your demo but cant figure out how to resize still. any feedback would be very helpfull, thanks.

[C-7]

joyrexjrl

Use OriginalWij's Fixed Imaged Script instead

CODE

#==============================================================================
# Sprite_Picture
#==============================================================================

class Sprite_Picture < Sprite
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Update (Overwrite)
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
def update
super
if @picture_name != @picture.name
@picture_name = @picture.name
if @picture_name != ""
self.bitmap = Cache.picture(@picture_name)
end
end
if @picture_name == ""
self.visible = false
else
fixed = @picture_name.include?("[FIXED]") ? true : false
self.visible = true
if @picture.origin == 0
self.ox = 0
self.oy = 0
else
self.ox = self.bitmap.width / 2
self.oy = self.bitmap.height / 2
end
self.x = @picture.x
self.y = @picture.y
# added
self.x += (self.ox - ($game_map.display_x / 8)) if fixed
self.y += (self.oy - ($game_map.display_y / 8)) if fixed
self.z = 100 + @picture.number
self.zoom_x = @picture.zoom_x / 100.0
self.zoom_y = @picture.zoom_y / 100.0
self.opacity = @picture.opacity
self.blend_type = @picture.blend_type
self.angle = @picture.angle
self.tone = @picture.tone
end
end
end

[joyrexjrl]

awesome thank you, i will try it out soon

[fuzzypiccle]

great tutorial and all, but how do i take a pic of my map? do i need a hypercam or something?

[GrandmaDeb]

@fuzzy pickle

I already sent you a PM about a tutorial telling you how to upload your game, and pointed out that the tutorial section is your best friend.

Seriously, it is.

What you want to do is take every single new member tutorial.

And look for one about posting a screenshot or something to figure out how to post one.
it is right there in the master list of tutorials for new users about the fourth one down....... o_0
That is not what this topic is about. Please try and learn stuff on your own, and don't spam people's topics with questions you can figure out yourself with a very tiny amount of detective work.

[posfan12]

You know, instead of using event graphics to make a top layer, you could easily make a picture out of your top layer (make sure it's the same size as the entire map), and then use the 'show picture' command. Use OriginalWij's fixed image to get make the image stay stationary on the screen. Put the code [FIXED] in your graphic's name and poof you got it. The bad thing is that you need to tint the picture individually if you're tinting your map as well. Here's the script:

...snip...

It will certainly reduce your filesizes.

Could you explain please how to add this script to my game and then use it? Thanks!

[Celianna]

You copy and paste the script underneath 'materials' and above 'main' in the script editor, as for how to use it, I pretty much already explained it in part you quoted.