Basic Switch Toggle ON/OFF? [VXA]

[Christopher Riel]

Hello again!
Lately I have been testing RPG Maker 2003, and there is an option in the section of switches that gave me something interesting and that I wanted to test in RPG Maker VX Ace if it was possible to do it.
the option is called: "Toggle ON / OFF"
its function is to change the parameter from True to False and biseverse without the need to check the switch with conditional branch.

I've been trying to experiment with the VX Ace code and I think the closest thing to do so to speak is this:

$game_switches[1] == false ? true : false

I have tried it with local switches:

$game_self_switches[[1, 1, 'A']] == false ?  true : false

and other ways:

$game_switches[1] = false ? true : false
$game_switches[1] = true : false
$game_switches[1] ? true : false

but none have worked in the program and I don't understand why.

I understand that in other scripts they use a button to change the parameter like the following:

value = direction == :left ? false : true
$game_switches[1] = value

I would like to know if it is possible for the switch to change its value from ON to OFF as it does in RPG Maker 2003.

(I know there are many ways to make this mechanism, but I would like to know if this is functional, for me it would be more practical)

Thanks in advance for the help and sorry for the inconvenience for this simple code ^^

 

[kyonides]

$game_switches[1] = !$game_switches[1]

 

[Xane]

For something like this to get it working I'd plug it in directly to the Game_Interpreter class so it can be called on the Map, Battles, etc.

# Use the Game_Interpreter to use this effectively
class Game_Interpreter

  # Toggle Switch w/ ID (Use toggle_switch(id) inside a script command)
  def toggle_switch(switch_id)
    # Toggles the switch if it's on and vise versa
    $game_switches[switch_id] = $game_switches[switch_id] ? false : true
    # Print's Result to Console
    p $game_switches[switch_id] ? "ON" : "OFF"
  end
end

 

[Christopher Riel]

$game_switches[1] = !$game_switches[1]

For something like this to get it working I'd plug it in directly to the Game_Interpreter class so it can be called on the Map, Battles, etc.

# Use the Game_Interpreter to use this effectively
class Game_Interpreter

  # Toggle Switch w/ ID (Use toggle_switch(id) inside a script command)
  def toggle_switch(switch_id)
    # Toggles the switch if it's on and vise versa
    $game_switches[switch_id] = $game_switches[switch_id] ? false : true
    # Print's Result to Console
    p $game_switches[switch_id] ? "ON" : "OFF"
  end
end

wow, I didn't think there were more ways to do it. I have tried both right now and they work perfectly. Thank you very much and sorry for the inconvenience c:

 

[kyonides]

You could replace Xane's code, the part enclosed by def toggle_switch(switch_id) end with my line of code. What my code does is to quickly invert its boolean value. It's faster than a ternary ? condition.

EDIT

class Game_Interpreter
  def toggle_switch(switch_id)
    $game_switches[switch_id] = !game_switches[switch_id]
  end
end

 

[Xane]

You could replace Xane's code, the part enclosed by def toggle_switch(switch_id) end with my line of code. What my code does is to quickly invert its boolean value. It's faster than a ternary ? condition.

You questioning my code?! Joking.

It's 1am where I am. Had I seen your post before hand I'd probably would have wrapped it in there and sent it that way too. To be fair though we're talking a fraction of a ms here for a switch. Unless he's calling this constantly many times over in a single thread the performance is probably a negligible difference.

@Christopher Riel Both of these work well for what you're trying to do. But @kyonides does make more sense in terms of efficiency. Where mine is more for breaking down and understanding the process yourself.

 

[kyonides]

Well, there's also another advantage in using the ! operator.
If for any weird reason he assigned a non boolean value to the switch, it will be transformed into a false value and no extra code is needed.

 

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