Disable NPC from Facing towards Player without Direction Lock

[metronome]

Let's say you want to make an NPC that will say different dialogue based on the direction she is facing. If you call this NPC from her back, she will say "A". If you call this NPC from her other sides, she will say "B". And of course you want to make her looks naturally alive. So you make her walk randomly with no direction lock.

Problem is, when you call the NPC from her back, she will say "B" instead of "A". The NPC will automatically face your character when she is called before the conditional branch is proccessed.

There is this script: https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/disable-npc-lock.17721/ back in RMVA days (thanks to Shaz). Do we have this kind of plugin for RMMV? Or is there any way to do it without plugin?

I have been searching, and I might not be the best keyword searching human-engine out there, so.......

Thanks for at least reading.

 

[Gamefall Team]

Hi! I made a version of the plugin you need for MV, inspired by the original made by Shaz for VX. Credits may be given to her and about me credit are appreciated, but not necessary! Hope that this would solve your problem
GTP_NoLock(MV).rar

 

[Kes]

If that doesn't work for you, you can do it by having the sprite's dialogues in conditional branches depending on which way the player is facing.

 

[Andar]

or you can use a custom move route including the commands for direction lock off before the move and on after it - that is a bit more tricky with timing, but can be done as well.

 

[Shaz]

This is the MV port of my Ace script.

https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/keep-moving-event.49304/