Instant open the item menu (RPG Maker 2003)

[Tw0Face]

Hi,

Question is as simple as the title says: Is there a legal way to instantly open the item menu without going through the main menu first?

 

[JosephSeraph]

AFAIK no there isn't. I've requested this feature to be added to the Maniacs patch by BingShan, let's hope he gets there! ;v; who knows.
I'd like to think it's not such a difficult thing to implement seeing as how there already is a call main menu command, but I have no idea.

 

[Tw0Face]

@JosephSeraph: This would be awesome. Hopefully they'll add it.

 

[ervik85]

Any update on this? Or if there is another mod for it? I've been looking for an option like this for ages...

 

[Tw0Face]

Any update on this? Or if there is another mod for it? I've been looking for an option like this for ages...

In the 2 years since I asked this question, unfortunately, I couldn't find a solution either.

 

[Tw0Face]

I come back here again, as I have hope that there's something new by now?

 

[AkiraKotatsuhime]

It would be better to directly contact BingShan on that if this feature has to be compatible with ManiacPatch.

As of every version above mp210414, it is absolutely not useable with any other patch combined that changes stuff inside RPG_RT.exe because a giant restructure of code has happened. And as far as it goes for me, my disassembler commits self-destruction shortly after I try to open and analyze it, so I couldn't even do any research on that.

～炬燵あ

 

[Tw0Face]

It would be better to directly contact BingShan on that if this feature has to be compatible with ManiacPatch.

As of every version above mp210414, it is absolutely not useable with any other patch combined that changes stuff inside RPG_RT.exe because a giant restructure of code has happened. And as far as it goes for me, my disassembler commits self-destruction shortly after I try to open and analyze it, so I couldn't even do any research on that.

～炬燵あ

At the moment, I'm not using any patch like maniac or others. Just the bare default functionality of RM2003.

 

[AkiraKotatsuhime]

Okay, we can continue from here. Would it be necessary being able to still open the main menu screen (or other parts) or do you just need the inventory in the entire game?

～炬燵あ

 

[Tw0Face]

Okay, we can continue from here. Would it be necessary being able to still open the main menu screen (or other parts) or do you just need the inventory in the entire game?

～炬燵あ

No, I don't use the rest of the main menu at all. Just the save menu (via “open save menu“ Event Command) and my own message menu that I've bound to Esc key via common event. That's it so far.

 

[AkiraKotatsuhime]

I made a direct port of Cherry's DirectItemMenu from 2012, that should do it.
Just did a short test with it and the inventory opened/closed as intended.

DL: https://archive.org/details/RPGMakerPatch_DirectItemMenu

On top of that, I suggest to use the 2003-1.11 edition (SHOULD work with 1.12) of my SwitchOnMenuCall from some years ago if you create a custom menu. It ensures that your players can't break any triggers on the map when calling it by cancelbutton. If the menu call by button was valid and safe, it turns switch #1017 to ON which you can use as condition to open your custom stuff.

DL: https://cherryshare.at/f/huh3lF

～炬燵あ

 

[Tw0Face]

Gimme a few secs to tell you how awesome you are: VERY awesome.

Doing this patch, you fixed a years old issue for me. Tested it and works like a charm. Thanks a lot!