Event checking if player interacted with it from behind

[Oddball]

How do i have an event check if the player interacted with it from behind? Without having to make four eventing pages, one for each direction it will be facing?

I want to make a system where the player can avoid on map battles by maybe knocking out the enemy troop and maybe getting experince or even items they wouldn't get by fighting them in some cases. This can be done by making four event pages and checking if the player is facing the same way the event is when they interact with it, but i want to do something simpler

 

[Poryg]

Page: Locked direction. Save direction of the event using control variables to a variable and compare it to player's. If they're equal, he came from behind. If you need to unlock direction, you can do it theough movement route.

 

[Oddball]

I want it to be on one page and have the event have any kind of movement

 

[Poryg]

Then have a custom move route that always unlocks the facing at the beginning and locks it at the end.

 

[Rockenberg]

There should be a way to setup conditional branches for that.
I use a similar setup with bookshelves where you just can't interact with it, if you're not facing it.

Spoiler: Screenshots

 

[Oddball]

@Rockenberg what if the event is facing down? I know how to do this with multipule pages, i'm trying to do this with one

 

[Rockenberg]

It should work the same.

EDIT:
Basically you have the option to make a directional input of up, down, left, or right

 

[Ace of Spades]

@Rockenberg what if the event is facing down? I know how to do this with multipule pages, i'm trying to do this with one

Try something like this in your conditional branch:

$gameMap.event(this._eventId).direction() == $gamePlayer.direction()

It will check to see if the player and event are facing the same direction.

EDIT: Sorry, didn't realize this was RMAce, my mistake! I'm sure someone could help translate that to Ruby

 

[TheoAllen]

EDIT: Sorry, didn't realize this was RMAce, my mistake! I'm sure someone could help translate that to Ruby

*scripter hat, on*

$game_map.events[@event_id].direction == $game_player.direction

 

[Rockenberg]

@Oddball
I tried to recreate what you were looking for?

Spoiler: Screenshot

The way @TheoAllen is probably a lot simpler though.

 

[Oddball]

Thank you Theolized! You solved it!

 

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