Pixel's Basic Cutscene Engine (V1.0 Release!)

[Kitti and Minni]

BASIC CUTSCENE ENGINE (BCEngine)

Otherwise known as "Before Common Error" as a joke on BCE.

What is it?
Well, as someone who has very little experience with code, I decided that trying to wrangle with some complex outdated cutscene script shenanigans would be too difficult. So I made this, a small little script that works off of events. The BCEngine simply turns you invisible (using an invisible peach), and disables almost all buttons except down, for the duration of your cutscene.
Demonstrations

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(V1.0 (Prototype debug screen))


Original Test (V0.0-V0.2):

Used with Textplus and Warp Transitions(V0.0-V0.2):

Download and Usage
Grab yourself a copy here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17hJCv1 ... sp=sharing (V0.1)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IM5fSx ... sp=sharing (V0.2)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-xO4HN ... sp=sharing(V1.0) (CURRENT)

Now then, to use this script, you only need a couple of things.
Then, In your levels Local script, put

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local BCEngineV1 = require "BCEngineV1"

Once that's done, put two events in the event section.
One named "Cutscene - Start" and one named "Cutscene - End"
Once Cutscene - Start is called, the code starts doing its stuff. The player won't be able to do really anything until Cutscene - End is called.

More instructions are enclosed in the LUA file.

Changelog:
9/12/21: V0.2 Release. No longer requires invisible peach.
10/5/21: V1.0 Release. Now with camera and cutscene progress mechanics!

Make sure to give credit, and have fun!

[Enjl]

Instead of using an invisible peach, you could set the player.frame variable to -50 * player.direction, which is guaranteed to always be invisible, in onTickEnd.

[Kitti and Minni]

Instead of using an invisible peach, you could set the player.frame variable to -50 * player.direction, which is guaranteed to always be invisible, in onTickEnd.

huh, well now there's something i can do for V0.2, assuming i can figure out how that works, thanks!

[ShadowLabrys101]

Uhhhh, the link wants me to request access.

[Kitti and Minni]

Uhhhh, the link wants me to request access.

oh crap i probably did something wrong with google drive hold on
alright it should be fixed now

[PikaChris]

Hey. I wanted to use your cutscene engine for my episode, but I get this message. How do you fix this? I'm using X2 Beta 4.

[Kitti and Minni]

Hey. I wanted to use your cutscene engine for my episode, but I get this message. How do you fix this? I'm using X2 Beta 4.

I
legitimately have no clue
you might try asking on the SMBX discord, but I don't know what this error is.

[PikaChris]

I just found out about an oversight while trying to apply this script to my episode's lua file. Oops.

[Kitti and Minni]

I just found out about an oversight while trying to apply this script to my episode's lua file. Oops.

ah, yeah
I should probably make an example level for the cutscene engine, now that im thinking about it

[Torterra18]

Seems good, unfortunately, the latest version file seems broken.

[MarioChallengerX2]

Seems good, unfortunately, the latest version file seems broken.

Wdym? It still works.