Flip Picture

Last Updated: 2011.12.03
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RPG Maker VX Ace lacks the ability to flip pictures and show a mirrored version of them. Now, through the aid of a switch, you can mirror pictures once that switch is on, and unmirror pictures once that switch is off.

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Bind the FLIP_PICTURE_SWITCH constant in the module to a switch strictly used for flipping pictures. Remember this switch ID (best if you rename it in the switch list, too).

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Turn on the switch and any picture events following will be mirrored. Turn it off and following picture events will be normal (un-mirrored). Following the example in the event window:

Display Picture 1
Switch Operation: [0021: Flip Picture] = ON
Display Picture 2
Switch Operation: [0021: Flip Picture] = OFF
Display Picture 3

Picture 1 will be normal. Picture 2 will be flipped. Picture 3 will be back to normal.

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7 comments on “Flip Picture”

May I make a suggestion/request? Would there be a way to flip enemy battler graphics via a state?

Micke

December 20, 2011 @ 7:57 PM

Oh i love that suggestion! Just reading what you said triggered a lot of memories of details from good old games. Most specificly the “Shining” series. If it was possible to flip monster pictures back and forth quickly to get a sort of monster attack animation like in this vid at 0:50-ish i would be very happy.

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Just letting you know that this script interferes with ‘Change Picture Tone’ event command. The command stopped working entirely.

RayXDGreatX

May 26, 2012 @ 10:17 AM

It can be easily solved by adding start_tone_change_fp(tone, duration) between line 128 and 129. Hope it helped~

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I have a request!

In RPGMaker 2000 we could make pictures on a map tile relative position.

Currently on RPGMVXA ywe can’t do it anymore, the pictures follows the player…

I think make a switch to make map-relative position pictures should be great to make ambiental effects… like wind, flying birds, lights, shadows, rain, fog, etc

Or, instead of using switches, how about script call flip_picture(pictureid)? IMO it is less quirky to use and you can actually mirror then any image without issuing Move Picture/Show Picture command.