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I dropped the explosives, but they won't explode. What else do I have to do?

THANK YOU! Can't wait to check out your game more thoroughly!

Okay, I'm retarded: how do I get past the temple of trials?

Tbh it's probably more efficient just to randomly change numbers until you like how it looks. It's in the ebattlebacks folder btw in case that's not clear. Man, I've never seen a tool that needed a GUI more but I get how much of a pain that is.

no prob bro: https://github.com/austincap/MagicalThinking

can you list all plugins you're using? also upload the jm_ebb_example.hjson so I can see the raw file myself. I'll try to help!

Okay figured it out. It actually has to be a Script call, and the text entered has to be `JM_EBB.enabled(false)` without tildes. Unlike with JM_EBB.setConfiguration(to), you don't need to put the function input in double quotes. `JM_EBB.setConfiguration("exampleConfiguration")` vs `JM_EBB.enabled(false)`

I want to make it only special battles are animated. The plugin command to enable it works fine, but it's not clear how to disable it.  `JM_EBB.enabled(disable)` & `JM_EBB.disabled(enable)` do nothing.

Thanks again for making such a dank mod btw!

You have to press F12 to show the console. Don't feel dumb, there is no indication in RPG Maker MV itself anywhere and there is barely any mention of it in the forums. I discovered this by accident when my cat stepped on the keyboard.

oh fuck, well, uh, don't ask me I guess... it's been a while since worked with this lol

The best way to understand type is to test out all possible options yourself, which are: "horizontal_interlaced", "horizontal", and "vertical" IIRC. Frequency is how fast the color changes occurs. It is NOT the speed the layer moves, which was what I thought it was. The color cycling moving at a high frequency does look like actual movement.

Note that all ` (tildes) are NOT meant to be typed in.

1. Download a fresh copy of `ebattlebacks.zip` and `dist.zip`, then unzip both.

2. Move the `ebattlebacks` folder into the `img` folder of your game.

3. Go into the `dist` folder and move the `JM_EarthboundBackgrounds.js` file into your `js/plugins` folder. Don't forget to activate the plugin from within the RPG Maker MV program by clicking on that puzzle piece icon!

4. Go into the `dist` folder and move the `ebb` folder into the root folder of your game (so alongside where your .rpgproject file will be located).

5. Now go into the `ebb` folder and open the `jm_ebb_example.hjson` file with a text editor, delete everything there, then make the contents of the file read exactly like this:

{

    "layers": [

        {"image": "002",  "image_mode": "stretched",  "palette_shift": 0},

        {"image": "009",  "image_mode": "tiled",  "effect": { "type": "horizontal_interlaced",  "amplitude": 256,  "frequency": 3},  "palette_shift": 2, "scroll": [0, 1]},

        {"image": "003",  "image_mode": "tiled",  "palette_shift": 0,  "effect": { "type": "horizontal_interlaced", "amplitude": 64, "frequency": 1}, "scroll": [0, 1]},

        {"image": "007",   "image_mode": "tiled",   "effect": { "type": "horizontal_interlaced",   "amplitude": 256,  "frequency": 1  },  "palette_shift": 1, "scroll": [0, 1]}

    ],

    "configurations": {

        "alta": [1, 0],

        "default": { "layers": [1, 0],  "speed": 2},

        "puppy": {"layers": [0, 1],  "speed": 1},

        "monster": {"layers": [3, 2],  "speed": 1}

    }

}

6. Open up your project in RPG Maker, open up the database, then go to your Troops, pick any monster and add `[EBB: monster]` after the name of Troop (not the Enemy). Pick another Troop and add `[EBB: puppy]` to see the other battleback in action.

Explanation:

This is an example of what I will refer to as a "specific layer object" -----> {"image": "009",  "image_mode": "tiled",  "effect": { "type": "horizontal_interlaced",  "amplitude": 256,  "frequency": 3},  "palette_shift": 2,   "scroll": [0, 1]}

This is an example of what I will refer to as a "named config object" ------> "monster": {"layers": [3, 2],  "speed": 1}

You never have to create another config file or even rename the existing `jm_ebb_example.hjson` config file. You can think of config files as a set of one "layers" object (made up of the "layers" array which itself is made up of specific layer objects), and one "configurations" object made up of named config objects. You have to add any image pattern manually to the list (notice the square bracket array) of images. I've just been picking random image numbers and random amplitudes, palette_shifts, etc; maybe someone else can explain the different types of "effects" and what all the different image settings mean. The small "scroll" array is simply the direction the scroll happens in, with the array representing [direction of x movement, direction of y movement] and the values can either be -1, 0, or 1.

THIS IS THE TRICKY PART!

Once you have already added all your specific layer objects to the "layers" array, you also have to reference the array positions of the specific layer object in a named config object. You see where it says [3, 2] in the "monster" named config object? That is referencing the "layers" array position of specific layer objects:

        {"image": "003",  "image_mode": "tiled",  "palette_shift": 0,  "effect": { "type": "horizontal_interlaced", "amplitude": 64, "frequency": 1},  "scroll": [0, 1]}

and

        {"image": "007",   "image_mode": "tiled",   "effect": { "type": "horizontal_interlaced",   "amplitude": 256,  "frequency": 1  },  "palette_shift": 1, "scroll": [0, 1]}

Notice their position in the "layers" array. The initial index value is 0, which is why the numbers are not [4,3].

Let's say you wanted to add a new named config object for your "Sheep" Troop. All you'd have to do is add another named config object to the configurations object:

{

    "layers": [

        {"image": "002",  "image_mode": "stretched",  "palette_shift": 0},

        {"image": "009",  "image_mode": "tiled",  "effect": { "type": "horizontal_interlaced",  "amplitude": 256,  "frequency": 3},  "palette_shift": 2,   "scroll": [0, 1]},

        {"image": "003",  "image_mode": "tiled",  "palette_shift": 0,  "effect": { "type": "horizontal_interlaced", "amplitude": 64,                "frequency": 1},  "scroll": [0, 1]},

        {"image": "007",   "image_mode": "tiled",   "effect": { "type": "horizontal_interlaced",   "amplitude": 256,  "frequency": 1  },  "palette_shift": 1, "scroll": [0, 1]}

    ],

    "configurations": {

        "alta": [1, 0],

        "default": { "layers": [1, 0],  "speed": 2},

        "puppy": {"layers": [0, 1],  "speed": 1},

        "monster": {"layers": [3, 2],  "speed": 1},

        "Sheep": {"layers": [0, 3], "speed": 1}

    }

}

Then go to your Sheep Troop in the database and add `[EBB: Sheep]`. You also could have named it something like "sheep329" and it still would work so long as you added `[EBB: sheep329]` to the Troop name in the database, even if the actual Troop name is still Sheep.

Let me know if anything is still unclear! This is actually a great plugin but goddamn was it a bitch to figure out.

Holy fuck this cut asset development time by a ton when I decided to make my game's art style highly processed and pixelated photographs

Pretty awesome work bro!