Table of Contents
1. Hud template/basics
2. Health Bar
3. Ki bar
4. XP bar
5. Ending
Section 1: Hud Template/basics
Necessary Knowledge: Variables, Trigger Conditions, Picture usage.
Necessary Resources: Hud template, Hp bars, Ki bars, Xp bars. (Kyle_Katarn made them, Give credit if used)
First off lets set up the basics. Start by going to the Database. To acess this simply go to the top bar and select Tools and selecting Database from the drop down list.
Once you have entered the database select Common events. Once you have entered the common events select an unused slot and name it HUD. Set it as a Call trigger switch and follow this:
<> Show picture:1 (Place the template picture here) 50×16
This is important so that the Template will show and the Bars will not be randomly floating in the air. You must make sure its a Call event or the game will go very slow otherwise and it won’t work effectively.
Place a new event on any map. Set to an Auto start with no graphic and name it HUD.
<> Call event HUD
The common event HUD will be changed multiple times to add the other bars.
Section 2: HP bar
Create the following variable: Hero Hp.
Go to the database and select Database. Open up a new common event and name Hero-HUDHP. Set the trigger switch to Call. Now do the following:
<>Branch if (hero) is in party
<>variable operations: [hero HP] set, (Hero) hp
<> variable operations: [hero hp] *, 100
<> variable operations: [hero hp] /, (hero) max hp
<> Branch if variable [hero hp] is 100 or more
<> Show picture 2 (The picture of the hp bar 100%) 64×12
<>els handler
Now set each of the branches to the same number as the picture. EX. branching the variable to 97 if the picture shows the HP bar at 97%.
NOTE: Place this at the moment of damgae calculation when being damaged for the change to show on the bar.
<>Call event hero-HUDHP
also in the common event HUD place this.
Section 3: Ki Bar
Necessary variable: Hero Ki
The Ki bar is very similar to the Hp bar. Go to the database and common events. Name a new event, (hero) ki. Make it a call switch trigger and do the following:
<>Branch if (hero) is in the party
<>Variable operations: [Hero's ki] set, (heros) mp
<> Variable Operations: [Hero's ki] *, 100
<> variable operations: [Hero's ki] /, (heros) max mp
<> Branch if variable: [hero's ki] is equal to or greater then 100
<> Show picture 3 (the picture of the ki bar 100%)
Now set each of the branches to the same number as the picture. EX. branching the variable to 97 if the picture shows the kI bar at 97%.
NOTE: Call this event after the hero has used an attack that uses Ki so that it will show the ki that was removed.
<>Call event: hero-HUDKI
Also put the above in the HUD event in common events.
Section 4: XP bar
NOTE: please note that this XP will not work for you if your using the RM2K3 default XP system for your leveling up.
Necessary Variables: Hero Xp, Xp gained.
The XP bar is very basic. It allows you to track how much Xp you have at any time, when the bar fills you level up and it resets.
Go to the database and then common events. Open a new event and name it hero-HUDXP. Make it a call switch.
<>Branch if (hero) is in the party
<>Variable operations: [Hero's XP] + [XP gained]
<> Variable operations:[Hero Xp] *, 100
<> Variable operations:[Hero xp] /,100
<> Branch if variable [hero's xp] is greater then or equal to 100
<> Show picture 4 (put the xp bar at 100% here)
<>Change level: Hero level 1 up
<> variable operaitons set, 0
<> Call event: Hero-HUDXP
(The 100% XP bar is the only part that levels up. Do this for the rest of the Percentages)
<>Branch if variable [Hero's XP] is greater then or equal to 97
<> Show picture 4 (the picture of the XP bar at 97%)
Were not done yet though. Go to an enemy on the map or some event where the hero gains XP. At the part where the hero gains XP do the following:
<>Variable operations:[XP gained] set, (whatever the amount of XP gained is)
<>Call event: hero-HUDXP
<>variable operations:[XP gained] set,0
This get the XP bar to increase and resetting the [xp gained] variable stops you from getting more XP when the event is called for other reasons.
NOTE: On the Common event HUD place this there.
<>Call event: Hero-HUDXP
Section 5: Ending
Now. Go to the common events and the HUD event it should say this:
Call event:
<>Show picture 1: (the picture of the HUD template)
<>Call event:hero-HUDHP
<>Call event:hero-HUDKI
<>call event:Hero-HUDXP
and then an auto start event on the map like this:
<>Call event: HUD
<>Erase Event
Now that will start up the HUD when you enter the map its visible, then the other call events within it will start up the different bars all at once.
Created by Lord Morgoth of Piccetas forum.