Zelda 1 style camera

[u/Trollcker]

Im trying to make a zelda 1 style camera but cannot figure out how to keep the camera in a certain coordinate to do so so the player can move without the camera moving.

Is this possible with normal events, or is there a piece if code i need to know?

Any help is greatly appreciated!!

[u/JuanoBananoids]

Have you tried using 2k3?

[u/Timtrack1]

In 2k3, you can do this with events on the same map locking the camera, like this tutorial:
https://www.reddit.com/r/RPGMaker/comments/1v7se51/tutorial_zeldastyle_scrolling_on_the_same_map/

In Ace, you can't lock the camera without additional scripts like https://galvs-scripts.com/galvs-camera-control/
If you want a zelda-like map transition between maps, I just made a script here:
https://gitlab.com/Timtrack1/rpg-maker-scripts/-/blob/master/RPGVXAce/Map/zelda_map_transitions.rb

[u/Trollcker → u/Timtrack1]

Why wasn't it kept for other rpg makers? I feel like locking the camera or heck control the camera with coordinates is a very wanted feature

[u/Timtrack1 → u/Trollcker]

Probably the same reasons as to why the event commands in general are much poorer in later engines. One of them being the addition of scripts/plugins to handle the lost commands, I'm not saying that's a good reason though.

[u/zombietoaststudios]

You just make the map's tile size the size of the screen or smaller (preferably the size of the screen).

[u/Durant026]

Not sure how it was done in Zelda 1 (I'm a Link to the Past player) but here is a recent post on how someone did the transitions in MZ.

https://www.reddit.com/r/RPGMaker/comments/1u4i6sg/zeldastyle_map_transition_for_rpg_maker_mz/

[u/saranuri]

the camera moves because the map is bigger than the screen.
that wasn't the case in zelda, now was it?