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Hi! I recently added Bigace360's Character Biography script into my project as it gave me the options and abilities I needed. However, there are several instances in which the system says there is a "SyntaxError" where it expects a "]" instead of a "}" so, trusting what I saw on my screen, I promptly changed those. The latest problem I've run into is another Syntax Error where a "]" is expected. It is identified as an "unexpected keyword_def" but I don't know what that means as I'm very new to scripts and all. The line that the system is having trouble with reads as follows:


"    def self.character_history(id)"


And that's it. What seems to be the problem here?


Here is what I've done with the script so far, in case it was one of the edits I made that messed it up (What I changed has been bolded and the issue I mentioned is italicized and underlined):



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#+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
# ■ Actor Biography                      
# ■ Author: Bigace360   
# ■ Version: 1.00
# ■ Date: April 23, 2013
# ■ Blog: http://bigaceworld.wordpress.com/
#+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
#                               VERSION HISTORY                                #
#+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
# v1.00 (04.23.2013) - Started and Finished
#+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
#                                INTRODUCTION                                  #
#+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
# This is a script that calls a window that displays different aspects about a 
# character… like their age, height, gender etc. These can be changed though.
# Along with that, the script allows for the ability to change the descriptions
# for actors during the game.
#+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
#                                INSTRUCTIONS                                  #
#+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
# To install the script, open you script editor and paste this script on a new 
# section bellow the Materials section. If you are using a menu script and you
# want this script to add itself to the menu automatically, then this script 
# should be below the custom menu. The actor's portrait images must be placed
# on the folder "Graphics/portraits/". Create a folder named "Portraits" in the
# Graphics folder.
#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Comment calls note tags:
#  Tags to be used in events comment box, works like a script call.
#
#  <change biography: id>
#  string
#  </change biography>
#   The new description text, the string is the text, to add a break line
#   use \\n.
#     id : ID of the actor
#
#+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
#                                  SECTIONS                                    #
#+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
#  ■ Modules
# ** Module ACE
# ** Module Cache
#
#  ■ RPGVXACE Data Structures
# ** Object
# ** Bitmap
#
#  ■ Game_Objects
# ** Game_System
# ** Game_Actor
# ** Game_Interpreter
#
#  ■ Windows
# ** Window_MenuCommand
# ** Window_Biography
#
#  ■ Scenes
# ** Scene_Menu
# ** Scene_Biography
#
#+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
#
# Credits/Thanks:
#   - Bigace360, for the script.
#   - Blizzard (Bitmap.Slice_text method)
#
#+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
#                     Script Conflicts and Compatability                       #
#=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=
# * Overwrite methods
#   class Game_Actor < Game_Battler
#     def description
#
# * Alias methods
#   class Game_Interpreter
#     def command_108
#
#   class Window_MenuCommand < Window_Command
#     def make_command_list
#
#   class Scene_Menu < Scene_MenuBase
#     def create_command_window(*args, &block)
#     def on_personal_ok(*args, &block)
#
#+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
#
#+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
# ■ Module ACE::CORE
#+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+
module ACE    
  module CORE
        #=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
        # ◆ Section I. General Settings◆
        # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
        # This changes the way menus appear in your game.
        #=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
        BIO_CONFIG ={
            # :menu_access - This value determines whether the Biography is accessible 
            # from a command in the menu. If true, then it is. If false, it isn't.       
            :menu_access => true,
            # :menu_index - If :menu_access is true, then this value determines where
            # in the menu command window it is inserted.
            :menu_index => 4,
            # :menu_label - If :menu_access is true, then this value determines the
            # name of the command in the menu
            :menu_label => 'Biography',
    }
        
        #=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
        # ◆ Section II. Biography Settings ◆
        # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
        # The following will allow you to adjust biographies for actors. 
        #=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
        BIOGRAPHY ={
            # ortrait - large image of the selected actor, you can choose it's x y 
      # coordinates from here.
            #               [X,   Y  ]
            ortrait => [300, 545], 
            # :y_coordinates - Y Coordinates for the History and Bio Paragraphs
            #                 [His.y, Bio.y] 
            :y_coordinates => [5, 200],
            # Alignment for enemies biography and battle tactics: 
            # 0=right; 
            # 1=center; 
            # 2=left
            :alignment => 0,    
            # :character_stats - Change the characters stat values in the array to
            # whatever you want.
            :character_stats => [
                'Name:', 
        'Nicknames:',
                'Age:', 
                'Gender:', 
            ],
            # :character_info - Configure the values used for the above array for each 
            # character. Just make sure the value that corresponds to each stat is at
            # the same index in the array. 
            #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
            # Note that special characters like a " (double quote) need the use of the
            # escape character \ (backslash). If you get and error with your string or
            # the character doesn't appear right on the screen, try to use the escape
            # character (i.e. for a " it would be \" instead of just "). The backslash
            # itself needs an escape character (i.e. \\). Also use \\N[x] to write out
            # the actor's first name if the game allows renaming.Use \\C[x] to write
      # out the actor's class name if the game allows for class changing and 
      # \\A[x] for actor's nicknames.
            :character_info => {
                # char_id => [character_stats,....],
                1 => ['Caleb Adam Wilkerson', '\\A[1]', '15', 'Male',
                2 => ['Cameron Bailey Parker', '\\A[2]', '15', 'Male',
                3 => ['Cinderella Ballesteros', '\\A[3]', '15', 'Female',
                4 => ['Corin Wheeler Davis', '\\A[4]', '16', 'Male',
                5 => ['Gabriel Matthew Cruz', '\\A[5]', '14', 'Male',
                6 => ['Sierra Michelle McNairn', '\\A[6]', '15', 'Female',
                7 => ['Jackson Ewing Stovall', '\\A[7]', '15', 'Non-Binary',
            ],
            # The header for the actors biography and history
            :headers => ['BIOGRAPHY:', 'HISTORY:'], 
        ]
        
        # Short paragraph/description of character. When typing out biographies
        # and descriptions, use \\N[x] to write out the actor's first name if the
        # game allows renaming. For line splits, the script uses Blizzard's
        # slice_text  method to automatically break to next line when needed, so do
        # not concern yourself with that.
        def self.character_history(id)
      text = case id
            when 1 then '\\N[1] is RMVXA\'s hero and the main protagonist. He is a 19 ' +
                'year-old orphaned human street urchin who lost his parents in a plague    ' +
                'when he was 12 years old. His only brother, died two years before the ' +
                'start of the game, during the Zombie invasion.'    
            end
            return !text.nil? ? text : 'No Information Available'
        end 
  end
end


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# * BEGIN [ DON'T TOUCH THIS SECTION ]
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#
# ▼ Warning
# Editting anything past this point may potentially result in causing
# computer damage, incontinence, explosion of user's head, coma, death,
# and/or halitosis so edit at your own risk.
#
#●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●
#
#:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:
#                         ▼ Import to Global Hash ▼                            #
($ace_script ||= {})[:actor_biography] = 1.00
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#:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=
# ■ Object (This class is the superclass of all other classes.)
#:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=
class Object
  def get_all_values(value1, value2 = nil)
    value2 = value1 unless value2
    /<#{value1}>((?:[^<]|<[^\/])*)<\/#{value2}>/im
  end
end


#:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=
# ■ Bitmap (The bitmap class. Bitmaps are expressions of so-called graphics.)
#:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=
class Bitmap
    #------------(slice_text method by Blizzard)-------
    def slice_text(text, width)
        lines = text.split("\n")
        result = []
        lines.each do |text_chunk|
            words = text_chunk.split(' ')
            current_text = words.shift
      next result << (current_text.nil? ? "" : current_text) if words.empty?
            words.each_index do |i|
                if self.text_size("#{current_text} #{words}").width > width

                    result.push(current_text)

                    current_text = words

                else

                    current_text = "#{current_text} #{words}"

                end

                result << current_text if i >= words.size - 1

            end 

        end

        return result

    end

end





#:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=

# ■ Module Cache

#:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=

module Cache

  def self.portrait(filename)

        load_bitmap("Graphics/portraits/", filename)

  end

end





#:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=

# ■ Game_Actor

#:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=

class Game_Actor < Game_Battler

  def description

    @description ? @description : actor.description

  end

  def description=(n)

    @description = n

  end  

end





#:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=

# ■ Game_Interpreter

#:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=

class Game_Interpreter

  alias :ace_biography_command_108 :command_108 unless $@

  def command_108

    ace_biography_command_108

    call_bio_description

  end

  def call_bio_description

    value  = "CHANGE BIOGRAPHY"

    regexp = get_all_values("#{value}: (\\d+)", value)

    note.scan(regexp) do |id, text|

      text.gsub!(/\r\n/) {""}

      text.gsub!(/\\n/)  {"\r\n"}

      $game_actors[id.to_i].description = text if $game_actors[id.to_i]

    end

  end

    def note

        @comments ? @comments.join("\r\n") : ""

    end  

end





#:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=

# ■ Window_Biography

#:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=

class Window_Biography < Window_Selectable

    include ACE::CORE

  def initialize(actor)

    super(0, 0, Graphics.width, Graphics.height)

    @actor = actor; @bio = BIOGRAPHY

    refresh

    activate

  end

    def actor=(actor)

        return if @actor == actor

        @actor = actor

        refresh

    end

  def refresh

        contents.clear

        draw_actor_portrait(@actor, @bio[ortrait][0], @bio[ortrait][1])

        stats = @bio[:character_stats]; @align = @bio[:alignment]    

        @bio_y = @bio[:y_coordinates][0]; @his_y = @bio[:y_coordinates][1]

        contents.font.size = 16

        draw_header(stats)

        reset_font_settings

        contents.font.size = 16

    draw_actors_persona 

        contents.font.size = 20

    draw_actors_bio; draw_actors_history

  end

    def draw_header(stats)

        change_color(system_color); contents.font.bold = true

        stats.each_index {|i| draw_text(0, i*(17*2), 168, 24, stats)}

        draw_text(200, @bio_y, 168, 24, @bio[:headers][0])

        draw_text(200, @his_y, 168, 24, @bio[:headers][1])        

  end

    def draw_actors_persona

        info = @bio[:character_info][@actor.id]

        info.join(" ")

        info.each do |i| 

      i.gsub!(/\\[Nn]\[([0-9]+)\]/) {actor_name($1.to_i)}

      i.gsub!(/\\[Cc]\[([0-9]+)\]/) {actor_class($1.to_i)}

      i.gsub!(/\\[Aa]\[([0-9]+)\]/) {actor_nickname($1.to_i)}

    end

        info.each_with_index {|i, y| draw_text(8, 17+y*(17*2), 168, 24, i)}

    end

  def actor_class(n)

    actor = n >= 1 ? $game_actors[n] : nil

    actor ? actor.class.name : ""

  end

  def actor_nickname(n)

    actor = n >= 1 ? $game_actors[n] : nil

    actor ? actor.nickname : ""    

  end

    def draw_actors_bio

    text = @actor.description

    text = convert_escape_characters(text)

        bio = contents.slice_text(text, 310)

        bio.each_index do |i| 

            draw_text(210, ((@bio_y+5)+20)+i*20, 310, 24, bio, @align)

        end        

    end

    def draw_actors_history

        text = ACE::CORE.character_history(@actor.id)

    text = convert_escape_characters(text)

        his = contents.slice_text(text, 310)

        his.each_index do |i| 

            draw_text(210, ((@his_y+5)+20)+i*20, 310, 24, his, @align)

        end        

    end

  def draw_actor_portrait(filename, x, y)

        bitmap = Cache.portrait("#{actor.name}_P") rescue Cache.portrait("")

        cw = bitmap.width

        ch = bitmap.height

        src_rect = Rect.new(0, 0, cw, ch)

        self.contents.blt(x, y, bitmap, src_rect, 98)

        bitmap.dispose

  end

end





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# ■ Scene_Biography

#:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=

class Scene_Biography < Scene_MenuBase

  def start

    super

    @status_window = Window_Biography.new(@actor)

    @status_window.set_handlercancel,   methodreturn_scene))

    @status_window.set_handlerpagedown, methodnext_actor))

    @status_window.set_handlerpageup,   methodprev_actor))

  end

  def on_actor_change

    @status_window.actor = @actor

    @status_window.activate

  end

end





if ACE::CORE::BIO_CONFIG[:menu_access]

  ACE_COMMAND_INSERTS = {}

  ACE_InsertableMenuCommand = Struct.newname, :index, :enable, :scene, ther)

    #:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:

  # ■ Game_System

  #:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:

  class Game_System

        def ace_inserted_menu_commands

            if !@ace_inserted_menu_commands

                @ace_inserted_menu_commands = ACE_COMMAND_INSERTS.keys

                @ace_inserted_menu_commands.sort! do |a, b| 

          ACE_COMMAND_INSERTS[a].index <=> ACE_COMMAND_INSERTS.index 

        end

            end

            @ace_inserted_menu_commands

        end

  end

    #:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:

  # ■ Window_MenuCommand

  #:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:

    class Window_MenuCommand

        alias :ace_command_bio_insert :make_command_list unless $@

        def make_command_list(*args, &block)

            ace_command_bio_insert(*args, &block) 

            $game_system.ace_inserted_menu_commands.each do |sym| 

        ace_insert_command(sym) 

      end

        end

        def ace_insert_command(symbol)

            command = ACE_COMMAND_INSERTS[symbol]

            name = command.name.is_a?(Symbol) ? eval(command.name.to_s) : command.name

            enabled = case command.enable

            when Integer then command.enable == 0 ? true : $game_switches[command.enable]

            when String then eval(command.enable)

            when Symbol then self.send(command.enable)

            else enabled = true

            end

            add_command(name, symbol, enabled)

            added = @list.pop

            @list.insert([command.index, @list.size].min, added)

    end

  end

    #:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:

  # ■ Scene_Menu

  #:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:

  class Scene_Menu 

        alias :ace_create_bio_window :create_command_window

        alias :ace_personal_bio_ok n_personal_ok

        def create_command_window(*args, &block)

            ace_create_bio_window(*args, &block) 

            $game_system.ace_inserted_menu_commands.each do |symbol| 

        ace_set_insert_handler(symbol) 

      end

        end

        def ace_set_insert_handler(symbol)

            other = ACE_COMMAND_INSERTS[symbol].other

            handler = case other

            when Symbol then method(other)

            when String then lambda { eval(other) }

            when TrueClass then methodcommand_personal)

            else methodace_command_insert)

            end

            @command_window.set_handler(symbol, handler)

        end

        def ace_command_insert

            SceneManager.call(Kernel.const_get(

        ACE_COMMAND_INSERTS[@command_window.current_symbol].scene)

      )

        end

        def on_personal_ok(*args, &block)

            if $game_system.maic_inserted_menu_commands.include?(@command_window.current_symbol)

                ace_command_insert

            else

                ace_personal_bio_ok(*args, &block) 

            end

        end

    end

    ACE_COMMAND_INSERTS[:stateview] = ACE_InsertableMenuCommand.new(

        ACE::CORE::BIO_CONFIG[:menu_label], 

    ACE::CORE::BIO_CONFIG[:menu_index], true, :Scene_Biography, false)

end