Resource Marin's Map Exporter v1.0

[Marin]

Marin submitted a new resource:

Marin's Map Exporter - Export all your maps with just a few button presses. Export with or without events.

Since I heard Klein's Map Exporter was broken here and there (and have never successfully used it myself), I decided to write my own version.
You can export any and every map, and you can choose if you want the events on that map to be included in the PNG or not. You also have this option for the player, but it won't show up no matter what if the player isn't on that map.


I may include an option to export with map connections as well later on, but I'm not entirely sure how to go about...

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[Nebby]

Glad to have helped with this! :D

 

[Marin]

Marin updated Marin's Map Exporter with a new update entry:

Update v1.1

• No longer requires external script for exporting bitmaps to PNGs.

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[Marin]

Marin updated Marin's Map Exporter with a new update entry:

Update v1.2

• Fixed a bug where the debug menu's sub-menu's wouldn't work properly.

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[aiyinsi]

I tried using it in V17.2 (I didn't alter any scripts ... I just added 2 tilesets and a few maps) and got the following error:

Spoiler: from debug

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Error
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Script 'BitmapCache' line 394: RuntimeError occurred.
 
Failed to load the bitmap located at: Graphics/Tilesets/emerald outside
 
from 'BitmapCache' line 394 in `load_bitmap'
from 'marins map exporter' line 100 in `initialize'
from 'marins map exporter' line 23 in `new'
from 'marins map exporter' line 23 in `pbExportMap'
from 'marins map exporter' line 47 in `pbExportAMap'
from 'marins map exporter' line 41 in `loop'
from 'marins map exporter' line 65 in `pbExportAMap'
from 'marins map exporter' line 85 in `pbDebugMenuActions'
from 'Debug_Menu' line 744 in `pbDebugMenu'
from 'Debug_Menu' line 710 in `loop'
from 'Debug_Menu' line 746 in `pbDebugMenu'
from 'Scene_Map' line 135 in `call_debug'
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OK 
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Spoiler: from event(pbExportMap)

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Error
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Script 'Interpreter' line 276: RuntimeError occurred.
 
Script error within event 1 (coords 24,5), map 42 (lake park):
 
Exception: RuntimeError
 
Message: BitmapCache:394:in `load_bitmap'Failed to load the bitmap located at: Graphics/Tilesets/emerald outside
 
***Full script:
 
pbExportMap
 
 
Interpreter:243:in `pbExecuteScript'
 
map exporter:100:in `initialize'
 
map exporter:23:in `new'
 
map exporter:23:in `pbExportMap'
 
(eval):1:in `pbExecuteScript'
 
Interpreter:1606:in `eval'
 
Interpreter:243:in `pbExecuteScript'
 
Interpreter:1606:in `command_355'
 
Interpreter:494:in `execute_command'
 
Interpreter:193:in `update'
 
 
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OK 
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[Marin]

According to your map data, the tileset is supposed to beGraphics/Tilesets/emerald outside, but it can’t find it. I can’t help you there, try saving again from RMXP or the Editor.

 

[aiyinsi]

Ah I found the issue. Thanks. The script takes the name of the tileset as name pic of the tileset. So I changed the tileset name to the pic name and it works ... thanks

 

[Marin]

Marin updated Marin's Map Exporter with a new update entry:

Update v1.3

• Now works with events that do not fit perfectly on a 32x32 grid;
• Events are now drawn from top-to-bottom, meaning there is no more unintended overlap between events.

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[Marin]

Marin updated Marin's Map Exporter with a new update entry:

Update v1.4

• Updated to v18.

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[Conmh]

Hi,
I ran the exporter (most recent version) from the debug menu and got this error. It's similar to the one aiyinsi got.

Spoiler: error

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Error
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Script '[BitmapCache]' line 392: RuntimeError occurred.

Failed to load the bitmap located at: Graphics/Tilesets/Outside waterfall

from 'BitmapCache' line 392 in `load_bitmap'
from 'Map Exporter' line 108 in `initialize'
from 'Map Exporter' line 31 in `new'
from 'Map Exporter' line 31 in `pbExportMap'
from 'Map Exporter' line 55 in `pbExportAMap'
from 'Map Exporter' line 49 in `loop'
from 'Map Exporter' line 73 in `pbExportAMap'
from 'Map Exporter' line 93 in `pbDebugMenuActions'
from 'Debug_Menu' line 857 in `pbDebugMenu'
from 'Debug_Menu' line 821 in `loop'
from 'Debug_Menu' line 859 in `pbDebugMenu'
from 'PScreen_PauseMenu' line 254 in `pbStartPokemonMenu'
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OK
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I wouldn't have posted except that I'm using the default "Outside waterfall" tileset for this map. As you might know, the "Outside watefall" tileset uses the same "Outside" graphic as the "Outside" tileset, but has different autotiles and a different entry in the database. This tells me the exporter requires that every tileset in the database have a graphic of the same name.
This is an easy fix. I can just make a copy of the "Outside" graphic named "Outside waterfall".
I thought that it might be an interesting insight, maybe something you'd like to know, and that it might be useful to other people.

 

[whichfahim]

Ah I found the issue. Thanks. The script takes the name of the tileset as name pic of the tileset. So I changed the tileset name to the pic name and it works ... thanks

Hey, I had the same error and my tileset graphic name and tileset name are the same but I'm still getting the same error.

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Error
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Script 'BitmapCache' line 394: RuntimeError occurred.
 
Failed to load the bitmap located at: Graphics/Tilesets/Mars
 
from 'BitmapCache' line 394 in `load_bitmap'
from 'marins map exporter' line 100 in `initialize'
from 'marins map exporter' line 23 in `new'
from 'marins map exporter' line 23 in `pbExportMap'
from 'marins map exporter' line 47 in `pbExportAMap'
from 'marins map exporter' line 41 in `loop'
from 'marins map exporter' line 65 in `pbExportAMap'
from 'marins map exporter' line 85 in `pbDebugMenuActions'
from 'Debug_Menu' line 744 in `pbDebugMenu'
from 'Debug_Menu' line 710 in `loop'
from 'Debug_Menu' line 746 in `pbDebugMenu'
from 'Scene_Map' line 135 in `call_debug'
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OK
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[aiyinsi]

Hey, I had the same error and my tileset graphic name and tileset name are the same but I'm still getting the same error.

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Error
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Script 'BitmapCache' line 394: RuntimeError occurred.
 
Failed to load the bitmap located at: Graphics/Tilesets/Mars
 
from 'BitmapCache' line 394 in `load_bitmap'
from 'marins map exporter' line 100 in `initialize'
from 'marins map exporter' line 23 in `new'
from 'marins map exporter' line 23 in `pbExportMap'
from 'marins map exporter' line 47 in `pbExportAMap'
from 'marins map exporter' line 41 in `loop'
from 'marins map exporter' line 65 in `pbExportAMap'
from 'marins map exporter' line 85 in `pbDebugMenuActions'
from 'Debug_Menu' line 744 in `pbDebugMenu'
from 'Debug_Menu' line 710 in `loop'
from 'Debug_Menu' line 746 in `pbDebugMenu'
from 'Scene_Map' line 135 in `call_debug'
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OK
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are you sure? Capitalisation is also important. And apparently you don't have a Mars.png tileset in your tileset folder.

 

[Marin]

Marin updated Marin's Map Exporter with a new update entry:

Update v1.5

• Fixed tilesets using the tileset name rather than the graphic name as the image source.
• Now works in v19.1.

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[Desbrina]

Just tried using this on V19.1 and getting a few issues

Where tiles are placed on different layers the lower layers are missing. If a tile is placed on layer 2, it doesn't show what's on layer 1, same with layer 3 and below layers

Its overwritten the warp to map debug option

 

[Marin]

Just tried using this on V19.1 and getting a few issues

Where tiles are placed on different layers the lower layers are missing. If a tile is placed on layer 2, it doesn't show what's on layer 1, same with layer 3 and below layers

Its overwritten the warp to map debug option

I'll look into it.

 

[Marin]

Just tried using this on V19.1 and getting a few issues

Where tiles are placed on different layers the lower layers are missing. If a tile is placed on layer 2, it doesn't show what's on layer 1, same with layer 3 and below layers

Its overwritten the warp to map debug option

You're probably using RMXP's transparency color option, without actually having transparency in your images. That won't work, as it does not take RMXP's transparency color into account.

 

[Desbrina]

I just make them transparent in photoshop. Don’t think I’ve ever selected in rmxp

 

[Fobby]

I'm having this problem where this option replaced the warp one

 

[Conmh]

I can confirm that the export option replaces the warp to map option

 

[C.Ezra.M]

If using 1.5 or earlier, edit the script before use!​

I noticed some users trying to use this plugin, and suddenly, the "Warp to Map" command in the debug menu has disappeared!

Its overwritten the warp to map debug option

I'm having this problem where this option replaced the warp one

I can confirm that the export option replaces the warp to map option

I'm also replying to the messages quoted above, so here's my advice how to restore the warp command:

1. Open the script.rb file in a text processing program (e.g. Notepad, Sublime Text, Notepad++, but NOT Microsoft Word).
2. Search for the line that starts with DebugMenuCommands.register. If you're using e.g. Sublime Text or Notepad++, this is the line number 81.
3. There is the warp value you're looking for. Replace it with something else (except warp, refreshmap, switches, variables, usepc, togglewallpapers, daycare, relicstone or purifychamber).
4. Don't change any other values in the file (IMPORTANT!).

Was I helpful here? Thank me later.

EDIT: This was posted before 1.6 was released.