Is a "werewolf" type effect for NPCs possible?

[jalaire]

I'm super new to game making and am still throwing ideas around in my head...

Is it possible to make all the NPCs in a town turn into different set of NPCs only at night and then return to the original set of NPCs the next day? If so, what would be the best way to go about doing that?

I've been searching around and can't find anything about it so I just wanted to make sure it was even possible before I get too far into the story/development stages.

Thank you so much in advance.

 

[Kyoku]

There is a time system plugin that is located here: https://atelierrgss.wordpress.com/rmv-time-system/
It'll set switches to be activated during certain times to help you make things happen during those times, don't worry, I think the switches they are set to can be changed in the plugin thingy.
After that, just make all your NPCs have their normal graphic, but make another event page in their event that says if the "night" switch is on have their graphic be set to this! So that they'll automatically change to the graphic when the night switch is on, and when it's off it'll go back to the first event page. I haven't really tried this, but I've used the demo where this plugin was located and it seemed to do the same thing as you, so I bet it's possible!

 

[chrrsy]

This depends: If you are using a time system, then Kyoku has the right idea.
If not, then what I would do is create 2 event pages, each with different graphics.
If you are using your own custom time system, then you can use a switch to determine whether it is day or night, and then set the event requirements appropriately.

If you need help feel free to shoot me your project file.

 

[jalaire]

Thank you, Kyoku and Aeonex! Just knowing it's possible helps me tremendously.

 

[chrrsy]

No problem!
I'm always happy to help.