Repositioning a sideview actor's default position before/during battle?

[KingKraken]

Hey everyone! I'm trying to make my battles more visually dynamic, but I can't seem to find the right way to do it. Basically I'd like to be able to have the players character sometimes start in different places(preferably set before/at the start of the battle). I went on a big search for the information, with a couple people saying it can be done with script calls and eventually found these two codes from this short thread:

SceneManager._scene._spriteset._actorSprites[X]._homeX
SceneManager._scene._spriteset._actorSprites[X]._homeY

But I'm not exactly sure how to go about implementing them. As there anyone proficient in scripting, that can walk me through this script calls use, or have any better script call functions for this type of thing?

Alternatively if anyone knows of a plugin that can do this, I'd also be grateful for that!

Thanks!

 

[zzmmorgan]

For MV there's an awful lot you can do with Yanfly's Action Sequence pack. I bought his stuff after the paywall went up and don't regret it as there's a ton of saved time using his plugins.

 

[KingKraken]

For MV there's an awful lot you can do with Yanfly's Action Sequence pack. I bought his stuff after the paywall went up and don't regret it as there's a ton of saved time using his plugins.

I actually do have it as well and use it a lot! But I don't remember there being anything about shifting the default home position?

 

[41728280]

Use script
SceneManager._scene._spriteset._actorSprites[a].setHome(x, y)
such as
SceneManager._scene._spriteset._actorSprites[0].setHome(300, 150)
Or try this plugin
Battle Formation

 

[KingKraken]

Use script
SceneManager._scene._spriteset._actorSprites[a].setHome(x, y)
such as
SceneManager._scene._spriteset._actorSprites[0].setHome(300, 150)
Or try this plugin
Battle Formation

That did the trick! Thanks so much!