Event Notetags

[Beregon]

Is it possible for a script to read something written in the Note field of an event? Say, for use in Conditional Branches. I know that it's possible to do so with the Database objects like Actors and Skills, but Events on map don't seem to have the Meta property.

 

[Jennavieve]

As far as I can tell, events don't have a "note" section like maps and other things. But there is an option to add a comment and you can put a <comment tag> in those which basically functions like a notetag.

 

[Beregon]

As far as I can tell, events don't have a "note" section like maps and other things. But there is an option to add a comment and you can put a <comment tag> in those which basically functions like a notetag.

Hmm, Events have a section next to the Name field that is called Note, but it seems that they function differently from the Map/Database note fields.

Basically, to make it clearer just what I'm asking:

For database objects, you can write something in the Note field of an actor like:

<fame:12>

You can then make an event with a conditional branch, that looks like:

if ($dataActors[1].meta.fame >= '12') {
Show Text: Wow, you are so famous!
} else {
Show Text: Umm, who are you?
}

The game would then evaluate the notetag of the Actor with Id 1 and if his 'Fame' was 12 or more, it would should the first text box, if not, it would show the second text box.

Basically, I want to know if it's possible to do something similar when you write the notetag in the Note field of a map Event, with just script calls. I've tried things like:

$gameMap.event(5).fame == '12';

$gameMap.event(5).meta.fame == '12';

$gameMap.event(5).note.fame == '12';

All of them lead to an error 'Cannot read property 'fame' of undefined. So it seems it doesn't work similar to the database objects (which isn't surprising, honestly) or I am going about this the wrong way. I can't find anything in the code or debug console that would lead me to a property I can access that would store this information, so I'm wondering if this is possible?

 

[Jennavieve]

Hmm, Events have a section next to the Name field that is called Note, but it seems that they function differently from the Map/Database note fields.

You're right. The box is so small I never actually noticed it before.

Basically, I want to know if it's possible to do something similar when you write the notetag in the Note field of a map Event, with just script calls. I've tried things like:

$gameMap.event(5).fame == '12';

$gameMap.event(5).meta.fame == '12';

$gameMap.event(5).note.fame == '12';

I'm not very good with the coding end of things but it does seem like the note box in events doesn't perform the same way as other things. I think that's why they allow comment tags. Try just putting your tag in a comment in the event and see if that works. If not, hopefully somebody more javascript savvy can help you figure it out.

 

[caethyril]

$gameMap.event(x) gets the Game_Event instance of event ID x, i.e. the event data that is expected to change during gameplay (location, facing, image, etc).

To get the map data associated with a Game_Event, including its note and meta properties, use the event method, e.g.

$gameMap.event(5).event().meta.fame

 

[Beregon]

$gameMap.event(x) gets the Game_Event instance of event ID x, i.e. the event data that is expected to change during gameplay (location, facing, image, etc).

To get the map data associated with a Game_Event, including its note and meta properties, use the event method, e.g.

$gameMap.event(5).event().meta.fame

Ah, ok, figured it was something like this. Thanks a lot, it works now!