Can't make a item that gives user Exp

[Animebryan]

I'm trying to make items that gives the user Exp, but it seems impossible by default. I tried using a common event using the Change EXP option but there's no way to apply the effect directly to the user & there's no option to target the user by default. The only way I see to get around this without a plugin would be to use a script call to either directly give the user Exp or to detect the user's Actor ID & store that in a variable.

Does anyone know if such a script call exists?

 

[Poryg]

What about damage formula? a.gainExp(30); or something, not sure now what is the exact method as I don't have the script with me (although can be found inside the core scripts)

Then just add ;0; to make sure the eval returns 0 and doesn't heal your character.

 

[Andar]

or you could do what others do when needing to target an skill-event on an actor:
have the skill add an invisible and useless state to the user, and then use conditional branches to check which actor got the state. It's a bit more complicated than the solution above (it needs one conditional branch per actor), but it works even when the effect doesn't fit into the damage formula.

 

[Silva]

a.gainExp(x) is the correct method.

If you're looking to pass information about the user or target to a common event from a skill you can assign their id to a variable using the damage formula as well, then you can just use event commands by designating with said variable.

$gameVariables.setValue(x, a.actorId())

Replace x with the variable id you want to use.

This avoids the need for any conditional branches.