Is it possible to replace a specific party position?

[thesonicx666]

I'm making a game that has much more then four characters and I trying to find out how to replace a character in a specific position in the party instead of replacing a specific character.

Is it possible to do this?

 

[orochii]

Maybe this will do the trick.

$game_party.remove_actor($game_party.members[n].id)This will remove an actor in a specific place in your party. After that, maybe you want to put a new actor on the same slot. For that, you can do the following...

#First we add the new actor.$game_party.add_actor(actor_id) #Then we run this code.while($game_party.members[n].id != actor_id)  a = $game_party.members[n].id  $game_party.remove_actor($game_party.members[n].id)endAnd... yeah.

EDIT: Holy mother of God. I'm so accustomed to not seeing RM2k3 these days... Yes, this is for Ace.

 

[Andar]

Maybe this will do the trick.

No, that can't do the trick - please remember to check the forum before answering, this question was posted for RM2K3, and there is no scripting in 2K3 - your solution is probably for Ace I assume...

 

[Millefeuille]

There is currently no method for (legally) doing this, but I have heard Cherry mention that adding some options for party position may exist in the future. Hope this helps!

 

[Felix Trapper]

There are a few potential work arounds that require some compromises to be made, but first, can you elaborate on the reason you are wanting to replace a specific position in a party rather than a character? Knowing the intended design purpose can help form a work around that accomplishes the same goal.

 

[dungeon diver]

I remember years and years ago when I was making a party selection CMS I gave party members arbitrary numerical IDs, and had four variables in a row that I'd modify as bargain-bin "pointers" to identify a slot as belonging to a character as the party changed.

It took a pretty massive amount of conditionals but using that I was able to check who was in each spot, empty the entire party, edit the variables to resemble the party replacing the spot would create, and reform it from the first to the last variable iterating through and adding the party member each variable referenced.

 

[thesonicx666]

There are a few potential work around's that require some compromises to be made, but first, can you elaborate on the reason you are wanting to replace a specific position in a party rather than a character? Knowing the intended design purpose can help form a work around that accomplishes the same goal.

I'm sorry if I sound kind of rude, but shouldn't it be obvious why I want to replace a specific position? I want to be able to swap an active party member for one that's on the side lines, similar to games like final fantasy 6, where when your switch a party member for another you can freely choose either the first, second, third, or forth member, instead of just a specific character. I'm sorry if this might sound weird, or confusing.

 

[Felix Trapper]

The FF6 party-forming system can be done pretty easily with eventing. The process would look something like this:

1. Memorize hero location

2. Teleport hero to a custom map that is meant only for party formation

3. Using Key Input processing, allow a cursor to move around a grid and select characters and move them to the active party box.

4. When done, determine which characters are in the active party box

5. Remove all characters from the party

6. Add the characters in the active party box back to the party

This is why I wanted to know the intended design purpose--because as suspected, the position in the party doesn't matter at all to achieve the goal of swapping characters in and out like FF6.

EDIT: I have created a demo doing what I just described above. It can be found here.

 

[Erika Fuzzbottom]

I'm sorry if I sound kind of rude, but shouldn't it be obvious why I want to replace a specific position?

It obviously wasn't. =P I was kinda wondering, myself.

Felix gave you a (hopefully) useful answer already, so good luck!