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I left the branches for treasure notes 2 through 5 empty, to save space, but they should also follow the structure
laid out in treasure note 1.
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\C[n]
is one of the various modifiers you can apply to text. it changes the color of text placed after the modifier
when used.
\C[0]
is white. the colors i have used in the preceding event are two of my favorite available in rMVXa.
(i've already used
\C[2]
quite a few times in this topic).
Note
Following is a list of the colors I've most used in RMVXA:
\C[2]
is orange. I like to use this for important/key items.
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\C[3]
is green. I prefer to use this color when I'm writing messages that break the fourth wall,
as it were. Because the initial message tells the player directly how to use the input box, it
makes sense to differentiate it from what the NPC would say in-game.
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\C[18]
is red. If you want to draw the player's attention to a particular word or phrase, you
can't get much more emphatic than red.
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\C[32]
and above are also white.
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Incidentally,
Giving the Player the Compass
That, of course, leaves us with creating the sack event that will give the player a Compass and actually add the treasure
note items to the Database. As we need the Compass to actually access the shop in-game, let's make that event first.
@>Conditional Branch: Switch [0025:THunterTalk] == OFF
@>Text: -, -, Normal, Bottom
: : Oh, does that sack on the table intrigue you?
: : It used to belong to an old treasure hunter, but
: : he retired recently. Why don't you take it?
@>
: Branch End
@>Conditional Branch: Switch [0025:THunterTalk] == ON
@>Text: -, -, Normal, Bottom
: : There you go. Take it!
@>
: Branch End
@>Text: -, -, Normal, Bottom
: : Will you take it?
@>Show Choices: Yes, No
: When [Yes]
@>Text: -, -, Normal, Bottom
: : Take a look inside. It's not the sack that's
: : important!
@>Text: -, -, Normal, Bottom
: : You open the sack.
@>Play SE: 'Item1', 80, 100
@>Text: -, -, Normal, Bottom
: : Eric finds a \C[2]Compass\C[0]!
