Making a "Pikachu Follower" Event

[Frostorm]

So I'm trying to make an event that follows the player but doesn't occupy the same tile as the player. However, if I set the event's priority to "same as characters", then the player will get blocked by the event. If I use above/below or through, then obviously the event will occupy the same space as the player. I don't want this event to be an actual party member mind you, so that's out of the question.

 

[NinjaKittyProductions]

Hime had a plugin that might be able to help with this. It can be found here:
http://himeworks.com/2016/03/guest-followers/

 

[Frostorm]

Would that work for non-actors tho? I didn't want to elaborate on the details earlier but this event is actually not a person. It's actually an invisible <actor cell> for LTBS that dictates where the actors' spawning cell will be located for battles. It would, however, function identically to Pikachu in Pokemon Yellow (minus the interaction to see Pikachu's mood lol).

Edit: Shoot, I just tried the plugin. It only works for actors...

Can someone help me get an event to follow the player?

 

[ShadowDragon]

try this plugin followLinks from Burning Orca, it works for actors and even events.

 

[slimmmeiske2]

I've moved this thread to Plugin Requests. Please be sure to post your threads in the correct forum next time. Thank you.

 

[Frostorm]

@slimmmeiske2 Sorry, I didn't intend on using a plugin for this so I didn't post there. I was under the impression this could be done via eventing somehow.

 

[tale]

I found old evented method in ct_bolt past post, not sure if it's currently accurate- [inside spoiler]
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/event-as-follower-mv.88896/#post-811429

 

[slimmmeiske2]

@Frostorm You posted it in Plugin Support, which is when you're having trouble using a plugin. Since most answers refer to plugins, I've moved it to Requests. If you really don't want to use a plugin, I can move it to MV Support.

 

[Frostorm]

Ooh ok, I thought the "Javascript" in "Javascript/Plugin Support" also included non-plugin related scripting... Wherever you feel is most fitting is fine by me. Leaving it here is also fine.

Thank you all for the recommendations, I will try them and see which works best.

Edit: @tale That looks like exactly what I was looking for! Thx!
Best part, no plugin required lol.

 

[ct_bolt]

Ooh ok, I thought the "Javascript" in "Javascript/Plugin Support" also included non-plugin related scripting... Wherever you feel is most fitting is fine by me. Leaving it here is also fine.

Thank you all for the recommendations, I will try them and see which works best.

Edit: @tale That looks like exactly what I was looking for! Thx!
Best part, no plugin required lol.

I was just about to reply on this one lol...
...guess I beat myself to it lmao (forgot I even posted that back then lol)

So anyway everything works as needed then now?

 

[Frostorm]

@ct_bolt Thank you for the script, it works flawlessly!

 

[ct_bolt]

@ct_bolt Thank you for the script, it works flawlessly!

Oh yay! That's wonderful to hear
No prob. Happy to help.

If need anything else I'll be around

Happy Game Making!