Load game - player start from variable

[shftatsix]

What I have: a common event that saves where you are (variable 1 player x, variable 2 player y, variable 3 map ID) then transports you to a camp/save map to save and then upon leaving it takes you back to your x, y, id. This works fine but when you load up a save it takes you to the camp.

What I'm looking for: when you load a game it takes you to saved x, y, id instead of the camp map.

Can this be done with events or do I have to learn how to script? I know it's a small issue and works without changing anything, but it's the little things ya know?

 

[Zoltor]

What I have: a common event that saves where you are (variable 1 player x, variable 2 player y, variable 3 map ID) then transports you to a camp/save map to save and then upon leaving it takes you back to your x, y, id. This works fine but when you load up a save it takes you to the camp.

What I'm looking for: when you load a game it takes you to saved x, y, id instead of the camp map.

Can this be done with events or do I have to learn how to script? I know it's a small issue and works without changing anything, but it's the little things ya know?

You can have a autorun event that makes the screen black, then transport the char to the Variable's location. this way when they load the game, it would make it seem like they start off at the variables location.

 

[shftatsix]

Wouldn't the autorun run when first entering the camp map? Transporting you back before you can save

Edit: to clarify, you select camp from the menu and transfer to this map, you can walk around, eat, choose party members and save. When you save, it saves you at this map.

 

[Maliki79]

You can do this via a bit of editing to the core scripts.

I'll look into it a bit once I get home from work, but you should be able to edit the load function to turn on a switch at load.

Then run an autorun event in camp to teleport the player to the presaved variables if the switch is on.

 

[shftatsix]

Even if I'm using Yanfly Save Engine?

 

[Zoltor]

Wouldn't the autorun run when first entering the camp map? Transporting you back before you can save

Edit: to clarify, you select camp from the menu and transfer to this map, you can walk around, eat, choose party members and save. When you save, it saves you at this map.

Well no, because you make it require a switch, that gets turned on during the autorun event you are likely using to prompt the save screen in the first place.

So rather you are exiting the save menu to continue playing or you are loading a past save, the switch required autorun event will handle your return trip to the normal map.

Note: Make sure you make it so, when you click the camp menu command, it turns off the switch.

 

[Maliki79]

Even if I'm using Yanfly Save Engine?

Woulda been nice if you mentioned that before.

But since you are using that, it might make it easier for me to help.

In that script, look for this line:

$game_system.on_after_load

Right under there, make a space and put this line:

$game_switches(x) = true

Making x the name of the variable you want to use.

Now, in your camp, make a parallel event that starts when that switch is on and teleports your players where you want them to go.

(This might load the camp map first.  If so, I'd have to look into other ways of doing the transfer.)

Let me know if this helps.

 

[Zoltor]

Woulda been nice if you mentioned that before.

But since you are using that, it might make it easier for me to help.

In that script, look for this line:

$game_system.on_after_load

Right under there, make a space and put this line:

$game_switches(x) = true

Making x the name of the variable you want to use.

Now, in your camp, make a parallel event that starts when that switch is on and teleports your players where you want them to go.

(This might load the camp map first.  If so, I'd have to look into other ways of doing the transfer.)

Let me know if this helps.

Or just use my suggestion, and be done with it  (There's no reason to keep screwing with a script, to try and get it to work as intended)

 

[Maliki79]

That's fine if it works for the OP.

I was just providing what I would do.

Just a note tho: My method would allow the player to continue to play on the camp map after the save.

Unless I misunderstand your method, it would transport the player back to the map right after the save was done, yes?

 

[Zoltor]

That's fine if it works for the OP.

I was just providing what I would do.

Just a note tho: My method would allow the player to continue to play on the camp map after the save.

Unless I misunderstand your method, it would transport the player back to the map right after the save was done, yes?

Yea it wouldn't allow continuing play on the map, "after" saving. Although if you want the player to beable to move/do things freely on the camp map, you can always make the initial save prompt event, a action button triggered event instead of autorun. This way the char can do whatever on the camp map beforehand, and then when ready to save/leave the map, hit the action button to trigger the event)

 

[shftatsix]

Awesome! Thank you both, I'll try out both methods when I get home and see which one feels more natural to the play style. Much appreciated!

 

[mhaus]

OP also asked this question on Reddit, and I responded to him there. But here's the correct solution in case anyone else comes searching around the forums!