Party window skip

[akukoa]

Hi,

I am looking for a way to skip the party window ( fight / escape window )

I know that Yanfly's BattleEngineCore has that feature, but with other plugins that I am using it is causing problems so I can't use that battle engine core as I really want the other plugins.

I have tried to see what part of the BEC it the part that allows that to be skipped but with no luck, each time I try, it either does nothing at all or crashes my game.

I also found the script posted by somebody else to remove it entirely and that works, but I would like the players to still be able to go back to it for when they wish to not fight enemies and just run away.

The js script to fully remove it is

Scene_Battle.prototype.startPartyCommandSelection = function() {
this.commandFight();
};

Does anyone know what modification I can do to the above script, or what entirely different script I need to get a battle to start with the selecting of skills ( attack, magic, items, defend, etc ) but still be able to go back to the party window, just like it is in the battle engine core.

I also have a partial work around right now, of having the option disabled with the above script and giving the chars a skill that allows to escape, but with that I still need to give a command to everyone of the characters before it takes effect.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Zevia]

I wrote one that you can download from here, or copy-paste from below into a file called "SkipPartyMenu.js":

/*:
* @plugindesc Skips the fight/escape menu at the start of each turn.
* @author Zevia
*
* @help This plugin will cause the party menu where you choose fight or escape
* to be skipped at the start of each turn. The Escape command will be moved
* to the end of the command menu. The Escape command can be removed altogether
* by changing the "Add Escape Command" parameter in the configuration.
*
* @param isEscapeEnabled
* @text Add Escape Command
* @type boolean
* @desc Whether the Escape command will be added to the actor's command list or not
* @default true
*
* @param shouldDisablePartyMenu
* @text Disable Party Menu
* @type boolean
* @desc Prevent the User from going back to the Fight/Escape menu by hitting the escape key.
* @default true
*/

(function(module) {
    'use strict';

    module.Zevia = module.Zevia || {};
    const SkipPartyMenu = module.Zevia.SkipPartyMenu = {};
    const ESCAPE_SYMBOL = 'escape';
    const parameters = PluginManager.parameters('SkipPartyMenu');
    const isEscapeEnabled = !!parameters.isEscapeEnabled.match(/true/i);
    const shouldDisablePartyMenu = !!parameters.shouldDisablePartyMenu.match(/true/i);

    SkipPartyMenu.shouldPreventCancelMenu = function() {
        return shouldDisablePartyMenu &&
            (
                BattleManager._actorIndex < 1 ||
                (BattleManager.isSTB && BattleManager.isSTB()) ||
                (BattleManager.isATB && BattleManager.isATB())
            );
    };

    SkipPartyMenu.startBattlerInput = BattleManager.startInput;
    BattleManager.startInput = function() {
        SkipPartyMenu.startBattlerInput.call(this);
        if (BattleManager.isSTB && BattleManager.isSTB()) { return; }

        BattleManager.selectNextCommand();
    };

    SkipPartyMenu.createActorCommandWindow = Scene_Battle.prototype.createActorCommandWindow;
    Scene_Battle.prototype.createActorCommandWindow = function() {
        SkipPartyMenu.createActorCommandWindow.call(this);
        if (!isEscapeEnabled) { return; }

        this._actorCommandWindow.setHandler(ESCAPE_SYMBOL, function() {
            BattleManager.actor()._actionState = '';
            if (!BattleManager.processEscape() && BattleManager.isATB && BattleManager.isATB()) {
                BattleManager._phase = 'atb';
                SceneManager._scene._actorCommandWindow.deactivate();
            }
        });
    };

    SkipPartyMenu.changeInputWindow = Scene_Battle.prototype.changeInputWindow;
    Scene_Battle.prototype.changeInputWindow = function() {
        if (!shouldDisablePartyMenu) {
            SkipPartyMenu.changeInputWindow.call(this);
            return;
        }

        if (BattleManager.isInputting()) {
            if (!BattleManager.actor()) {
                BattleManager._actorIndex = 0;
                BattleManager.actor().setActionState('inputting');
            }
            this.startActorCommandSelection();
        } else {
            this.endCommandSelection();
        }
    };

    SkipPartyMenu.makeCommandList = Window_ActorCommand.prototype.makeCommandList;
    Window_ActorCommand.prototype.makeCommandList = function() {
        SkipPartyMenu.makeCommandList.call(this);
        if (this._actor && isEscapeEnabled) {
            this.addCommand(TextManager.escape, ESCAPE_SYMBOL, BattleManager.canEscape());
        }
    };

    SkipPartyMenu.processCancel = Window_ActorCommand.prototype.processCancel;
    Window_ActorCommand.prototype.processCancel = function() {
        if (SkipPartyMenu.shouldPreventCancelMenu()) { return; }
        SkipPartyMenu.processCancel.call(this);
    };
})(window);

By default, it moves the escape command into a command that each Actor has, but you can disable that in the Plugin parameters.

A quick note is that it's not compatible with versions of RMMV earlier than 1.6, but if that's an issue, let me know and I can add some compatibility fixes.

 

[akukoa]

I wrote one that you can download from here, or copy-paste from below into a file called "SkipPartyMenu.js":

/*:
* @plugindesc Skips the fight/escape menu at the start of each turn.
* @author Zevia
*
* @help This plugin will cause the party menu where you choose fight or escape
* to be skipped at the start of each turn. The Escape command will be moved
* to the end of the command menu. The Escape command can be removed altogether
* by changing the "Add Escape Command" parameter in the configuration.
*
* @param isEscapeEnabled
* @text Add Escape Command
* @type boolean
* @desc Whether the Escape command will be added to the actor's command list or not
* @default true
*
* @param shouldDisablePartyMenu
* @text Disable Party Menu
* @type boolean
* @desc Prevent the User from going back to the Fight/Escape menu by hitting the escape key.
* @default true
*/

(function(module) {
    'use strict';

    module.Zevia = module.Zevia || {};
    const SkipPartyMenu = module.Zevia.SkipPartyMenu = {};
    const ESCAPE_SYMBOL = 'escape';
    const parameters = PluginManager.parameters('SkipPartyMenu');
    const isEscapeEnabled = !!parameters.isEscapeEnabled.match(/true/i);
    const shouldDisablePartyMenu = !!parameters.shouldDisablePartyMenu.match(/true/i);

    SkipPartyMenu.shouldPreventCancelMenu = function() {
        return shouldDisablePartyMenu &&
            (
                BattleManager._actorIndex < 1 ||
                (BattleManager.isSTB && BattleManager.isSTB()) ||
                (BattleManager.isATB && BattleManager.isATB())
            );
    };

    SkipPartyMenu.startBattlerInput = BattleManager.startInput;
    BattleManager.startInput = function() {
        SkipPartyMenu.startBattlerInput.call(this);
        if (BattleManager.isSTB && BattleManager.isSTB()) { return; }

        BattleManager.selectNextCommand();
    };

    SkipPartyMenu.createActorCommandWindow = Scene_Battle.prototype.createActorCommandWindow;
    Scene_Battle.prototype.createActorCommandWindow = function() {
        SkipPartyMenu.createActorCommandWindow.call(this);
        if (!isEscapeEnabled) { return; }

        this._actorCommandWindow.setHandler(ESCAPE_SYMBOL, function() {
            BattleManager.actor()._actionState = '';
            if (!BattleManager.processEscape() && BattleManager.isATB && BattleManager.isATB()) {
                BattleManager._phase = 'atb';
                SceneManager._scene._actorCommandWindow.deactivate();
            }
        });
    };

    SkipPartyMenu.changeInputWindow = Scene_Battle.prototype.changeInputWindow;
    Scene_Battle.prototype.changeInputWindow = function() {
        if (!shouldDisablePartyMenu) {
            SkipPartyMenu.changeInputWindow.call(this);
            return;
        }

        if (BattleManager.isInputting()) {
            if (!BattleManager.actor()) {
                BattleManager._actorIndex = 0;
                BattleManager.actor().setActionState('inputting');
            }
            this.startActorCommandSelection();
        } else {
            this.endCommandSelection();
        }
    };

    SkipPartyMenu.makeCommandList = Window_ActorCommand.prototype.makeCommandList;
    Window_ActorCommand.prototype.makeCommandList = function() {
        SkipPartyMenu.makeCommandList.call(this);
        if (this._actor && isEscapeEnabled) {
            this.addCommand(TextManager.escape, ESCAPE_SYMBOL, BattleManager.canEscape());
        }
    };

    SkipPartyMenu.processCancel = Window_ActorCommand.prototype.processCancel;
    Window_ActorCommand.prototype.processCancel = function() {
        if (SkipPartyMenu.shouldPreventCancelMenu()) { return; }
        SkipPartyMenu.processCancel.call(this);
    };
})(window);

By default, it moves the escape command into a command that each Actor has, but you can disable that in the Plugin parameters.

A quick note is that it's not compatible with versions of RMMV earlier than 1.6, but if that's an issue, let me know and I can add some compatibility fixes.

It is not 100% what I asked for but this is more than good enough, it actually is even better than what I was originally thinking and it works 100%.

Thank you very much for the help!