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Linked Switches

2015.11.11

by Shaz

Introduction

This plugin allows you to link switches to commands, so the command is evaluated and returned as the value of the switch. This allows you to use a switch in a conditional branch rather than a script call, or perhaps a series of commands to obtain a value and then check if it meets the condition (for example, "is the player standing on a tile with a region code of 6?", which would take 3 event commands plus the conditional branch).

How to use

Add to your plugins folder (file name is not important, but I use LinkedSwitches.js). There are no parameters to set.

You can either modify the script to add all the commands you want to link to switches, or you can set them up via plugin commands. Plugin commands remove the need to edit scripts, but mean the commands will be saved in each save file, and therefore could be manipulated by the player.

To set up links via the script, locate this section and add your commands in the appropriate format (the example below results in switch 1 being true if any party member has learned skill 12) - the example is commented out, but obviously you would not have comments on your lines:




To set up links via a plugin command, enter the plugin command in the appropriate format:


LinkSwitch 1 $gameParty.members().some(function(actor) { return actor.isLearnedSkill(12); })
Plugin

Download from pastebin

Credit

- Shaz

Terms

- free for use in commercial games

Notes

- this may not be reliable when used as a condition on an event page, as the conditions are only checked when a map refresh is requested. Only some actions that happen in a game cause this kind of refresh.

Feel free to post the kind of condition you want to link to a switch below, and whether you'd like to link it in the script or via a plugin command, and I (and others) will tell you the appropriate command to use.