Gather followers behind player?

[mephet]

Is there a way to use the "gather followers" command so that the followers stop just behind the player, instead of moving under the player's sprite? When walking around the followers stay behind the player just fine.

I'm using the 'gather followers' to transition between an event on the map and a player follower upon exiting a room, like so:

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[Hyouryuu-Na]

Maybe use a pathfinding script to make the event go behind the follower?
From the script call list:

//for this example "charEvent" is the event you want to move, but you can use $gameMap._events
var charEvent = $gameMap._events[id];

// THIS IS THE IMPORTANT LINE, of course you have to put real coordinates instead of x & y
charEvent.moveStraight( charEvent.findDirectionTo(x, y) );

So it'll be:

Spoiler

var charEvent = $gameMap._events[id];
if ($gamePlayer.direction() == 2) {
    var x = $gamePlayer.x;
    var y = $gamePlayer.y - 1;
}
if ($gamePlayer.direction() == 8) {
    var x = $gamePlayer.x;
    var y = $gamePlayer.y + 1;
}
if ($gamePlayer.direction() == 4) {
    var x = $gamePlayer.x + 1;
    var y = $gamePlayer.y;
}
if ($gamePlayer.direction() == 6) {
    var x = $gamePlayer.x - 1;
    var y = $gamePlayer.y;
}
charEvent.moveStraight(charEvent.findDirectionTo(x, y));

I haven't tested it of course but this is how I imagine it to be like :/
Edit: Now that I think about it, this might not work for all cases since the spot might be blocked...

Better solution- use a pathfinding plugin!

Smart Pathfinding

Smart Pathfinding 2015.10.21 by Shaz Introduction This plugin allows you to set up smart pathfinding for events. How to use Add to your plugins folder (file name does not really matter, but I call mine SmartPath.js). There are no parameters to set. Use the plugin command SmartPath...

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[mephet]

Thanks! Maybe it's indeed better to path the event to the player and then switch on followers, instead of using the gather followers option. In this case the path is quite straightforward, but for other situations I could try that pathfinding plugin!