Question about party member swapping

[Misteroffensive]

Hello, im new to rpg maker mv and I have been looking for a way to make event npc's of possible party members that when you speak with them it will let them swap out for other party members or just give flavor text if they are already in the party. Does anyone have any ideas for how to implement this? Thanks.

 

[ShadowDragon]

I got some idea's, but the main question for the easiest way
I got in mind, is:

How manu party members will there be?

because there are some ways you can do it.

if you have 4 members max and 10 outside, than you can make it work
with 2 plugins , and a choice list.

if you have 2 members in party, and want to swap between 4 others, you might
need 1, but if you have a member, it shouldn't be visible in the party.

but the way I go in mind with choices can be one way, if there are better
methodes, probably, but there are always 3 differents ways.

easy way, the average way, and the advance clean way
however you set that up is totally up to you and how conforable you are
with eventing.

but if you are new, I would suggest to learn the system a bit more,
but if you dont know how to event a mechanic, you dont learn much.

there is a command on removing and adding party member, easy way to
swap which is also a methode with choices to swap actors.

swap actor 1 with 2, or actor 2 with new member etc etc.

 

[LordOfPotatos]

you can do it without any plugins, just event commands:

use control variable > game data > nº of actors in the party to get how many members you currently have. call the variable "members".

then conditional branch > actor is in the party, actor being whoever you're speaking with.
in the true branch add a choice to remove the person, in the else branch add a choice to add the person.

in the choice to add the member you add a conditional branch > variable less than 4 (or whatever your party limit is), using the "members" variable. if your party is full it won't let you add this person. in there you use the add party member command to add the person.

in the choice to remove the member you use the remove party member command to remove the person.

done, now you can copy this event for each party member you can use, all you have to do is switch the actor in the conditional branch and the add/remove command.