How to make a 1-time drop?

[KrimsonKatt]

I'm trying to make a sequence where you get a item drop from an enemy that unlocks a character's skill upon obtaining it. (I already accomplished this though eventing and stuff) However, I only want the player to be able to gain 1 of it, so after it's obtained it will never be dropped again. I've tried using Yanfly's extra item drops plugin, which includes a "conditional drop" option, but it isn't working. This plugin has been giving me trouble for my entire game's development, first not allowing me to get any drops whatsoever, then making all drop rates 100% in spite of me marking otherwise, (this made rare drops extremely common, trivializing the game) and then when i needed it again for conditional drops, didn't allow any conditional drops to trigger in spite of me meeting the requirements. The conditional drop stuffs for the "Fire Dragongem," "Ice Dragongem," and "Thunder Dragongem" in the notes tab looks like this:

<Conditional Ice Dragongem>
Switch 111 ON: +100%
Ice Dragongem Count >= 1: -100%
</Conditional Ice Dragongem>

Switch 111 is a switch that plays in the cutscene that kickstarts the sidequest to obtain the dragongem, but for some reason even with that switch on it doesn't trigger the item to be able to be dropped. Is there an alternate plugin that I can use that can accomplish the same thing? Or can I do all of this with eventing? Thanks.

 

[Celestrium]

Not sure if this is overcomplicating it, but maybe you could create a duplicate monster that doesn't make the drop, and then the drop with the item would no longer appear if the item was in possession or switch was pulled? Different troops...

 

[Andar]

yanfly's plugins are usually stable - but they are known to cause strange problems if they are installed in the wrong order. can you check if the order in your plugin manager is the correct one, or post screenshots here for us to check?

 

[KrimsonKatt]

@Celestrium Huh, that could work. Thanks for the input!
@Andar I've gotten asked this question a million times, and yes, they are in the "correct order." Always has been. However, since then I have found an answer to my problem, so I don't really need Yanfly's plugin anymore. All of his other plugins work fine though, so this isn't a consistent problem or anything like that.

 

[Tiamat-86]

does this monster only appear on a specific map?
could make a parallel process event on that map with that switch being the condition.
this event just checks if you have this item and if you do it turns off the switch.
another option is if you have item core plugin. just make the item have a limit of 1
edit: core engine actually the 1 that does this

 

[KrimsonKatt]

@Tiamat-86 The monster appears on multiple maps, but that's only due to the dungeon it appears in having multiple floors. I've already figured everything about by having two identical enemies, the only difference being their drops. Once the 1-time drop is obtained, every battle those enemies are in a battle event plays at turn 0 every time that turns the duplicate enemy into the same enemy but without the 1-time drop. I'm not sure how this would work when they'res multiple enemies on the field, but at least it's a start and works well enough. I don't think your idea works though as I don't think you can set conditions for random monsters, only on-map encounters. Thanks anyways though.

 

[Tiamat-86]

my suggestion had nothing to do with the monster itself. just the item having the switch condition.

 

[MushroomCake28]

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