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Cookie Cutter MZ - Resource Gathering System

A project template for RPG Maker MZ. Copy and paste it into your own project to utilize a resource gathering system! · By Caz

Devtools chrome extension pop up every time i run the spawn event

A topic by CreatureCola created Mar 10, 2024 Views: 221 Replies: 10
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It doesn't do this on your map, but it does it on mine for some reason and i can't for the life of me figure out what's causing it. the only answers i've found online is people saying its the visustella console on boot being turned on but mine is set to false so its not that. it pops up every time i have the event run, either when i talk to Priscilla and trigger it while on the same map ( like how you have it setup on your map ) or when i had it setup to trigger with sleep, it would happen as soon as i entered the map where it was active ( was testing in my own yard for speed )
it never freezes the game or shuts it down, but the devtools window won't stop showing up in my playtests. the only other times i've had this happen was with JS errors if i did something wrong, most of the time if it was that the game wouldn't run at all, but i'm pretty positive i've set it up all accurately? got any ideas?

Developer

Do you have a screenshot of the pop-up it's showing you please?

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Yeah, here you go. sorry if there's something glaringly obvious that says whats wrong on there, i'm new and also dyslexic a random wall of text is near impossible for me to decipher without already knowing what i'm looking for haha 

I did also notice, its now randomly popping up when i run around on that yard map even when i haven't triggered the event. it didn't do that before, and as far as i know, its only happening on that map. i did a comparison just now and the devtool window looks identical with that popup too. it seems to appear when i run over to the right side below those fences on the other side of that bush, first time i noticed it that's where it was, and i just ran over there again, popped up again, and i ran around the map a while in all different directions, it didn't pop up until i went to that exact same spot again


I took a screen shot of the map, that area that's in the white selected square is i think exactly where the pop up triggers, it seems like it doesn't pop up if i already got the pop up from triggering the event, so it only happens once per play test by the looks of it, but it could keep doing  it if i were to leave the map or something i'm not sure


Developer

Weird that it pops up there, but it might be related to another plugin that opens the devtools. Does it say anything in the console tab when it opens?

This is what the console section says when i directly interact with priscilla and select an option to spawn stuff, seems there's a specific error in regards to the source map?  but i honestly have no idea what that means or how to fix it. Sorry for the delay and dumbness, i'm just getting over covid and my brain is still soup lol 

Developer

That's a weird one, I'm not sure what's causing that. Does it happen if you start a new game to access that map?

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Hi!! Sorry for the delay, i haven't been on RPG maker in a really long time but this problem still isn't resolved.  Contrary to whatever i said before, this popup happens seemingly anywhere on my map and seems to popup at random?  I now notice i can force the popup by going to the path just above the big field at the lower section of the farm, but it does seem to happen no matter where i go but it seems more random if i just run around for a few seconds, but that one spot seems to be a direct trigger. 
This is the exact popup i'm getting right now. So sorry again for the wait, i didn't think i would get burnt out so bad! ( also my dog was diagnosed with cancer around that time and i wasn't really doing much. ) 
Also seems like the red part is only there when i step on the EXACT spot that force-triggers it, anywhere else i get the one i showed in my last message, which is again, basically the same. i'm not 100% positive i haven't gone back do double check it but pretty sure the red part isn't always there.
The way the game is setup is you see a cutscene, which starts off on the map with the original spawn events ( as directed. ) and you end up auto traveled into your house at the end of the cutscene. then you go outside, and that's where i encounter the error.
Based off the info on the right of this screenshot, the visustella core engine and zoom plugins seem to be having issues with something on this map, but the only thing different from this map specifically is the spawns. this doesn't seem to happen on any other map.


Developer

Usually if an error appears in the console but isn't crashing the game, it's fine. It happens pretty often with a lot of VisuStella plugins and it won't show up when your finished game is exported. Seems like whatever plugin is using SpecialA1Tiles is causing it to appear, so maybe turn your plugins off one by one and check if it still happens to find out which one is doing it.

Well that's good, i didn't know if it would affect the actual game or not. i got rid of the special A1 tiles, it was from a set i bought and they don't even autotile anyway, every square of grass has an ugly dark ridge, so it was a waste of money lol I just got it recently, so it wasn't the original cause and is only responsible for the red bit. 
with SpecialA1tiles off It seems the only time i get the popup is if core engine is active, doesn't matter if the zoom plugin is on or not, it doesn't popup unless core engine is. that's annoying, wish i knew how to get rid of it, the one thing that was suggested before i did try and it didn't help. -3-
It seems to only activate on the map with your spawns tho, so idk if anyone else has had it happen or just me? either way, i'm glad it doesn't seem like it will cause any real problems. 

It could be due to the Visustella Core Engine plugin. Just check under the Visustella Core Engine plugin parameters, under "quality of life
 settings and check that "open console on boot" is off.

super late reply, i kind of fell out of MZ after some personal stuff, but i'm pretty positive i already tried that.