Ruby/RGSSx questions that don't deserve their own thread

[YoraeRasante]

I thought it wouldn't hurt. I mean, one is "I'm having trouble with this script and have no idea why it doesn't work, would someone give me a bit of help?", while the other is "I'm having truble with this small bit of the script but know what doesn't work, but not how to fix it"...

 

[Shaz]

And it's okay that you thought that. But we're telling you that it needs its own thread (or to go in the same one you've already started). I don't really want to use mod text.

 

[??????]

The dreaded blue text of death...

 

[YoraeRasante]

Yeah, yeah, already posted this question on my original thread, thankfully it already had passed 72 hours.

 

[Milena]

How does custom formula work and how do they get evaluated?

 

[Mithran]

They are evaluated using "Krenel.eval" as ruby code, in the context of the calling instance of RPG::UsableItem:amage. The user, target, and $game_variables array are passed as local variables a, b, and v, respectively. The evaluate is wrapped in a rescue so if it fails due to a StandardError, the result will be returned as 0, otherwise, the result will be the calculation of the formula provided. Look at RPG::UsableItem:amage in the help file. See also: http://ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.3/Kernel.html#method-i-eval

 

[??????]

I am sure I seen a 'better' eval method for the battler eval. I cant remember what exactly made it 'better' but apparently it was :/

 

[YoraeRasante]

Ok, I think this is a small one:

how do I make a variable (just true/false) that can be checked/changed by other classes/modules without making them inherited?
everytime I try it gives me an error of "undefined method"

[EDIT] Nevermind, used a global variable for that

 

[??????]

attr_accessor :variable_name def initialize_class  @variable_name = falseend
I dont understand why any other class would need to inherit that other than the one you use it in and maybe its children...

 

[SoulPour777]

Does anyone know why level stays undefined on this code?

Spoiler

class Game_Party alias :soulpour_average_actor_level_add_actor :add_actor #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- # * Add an Actor #-------------------------------------------------------------------------- def add_actor(actor_id, average = false) if average actor = $game_actors[actor_id] @level = 0 for i in 0..$game_party.members.size @level += $game_actors[$game_party.members.id.level] end @level = @level / $game_party.members.size actor.level = @level end soulpour_average_actor_level_add_actor end endclass Game_Actor attr_accessor :level alias ga :initialize def initialize(actor_id) ga(actor_id) @level = 0 end endclass Game_Interpreter def add_init_actor(id) $game_party.add_actor(id, true) endend 

AFAIK, I correctly added the level and a new argument called average = false for the script to recognize my new function. The purpose I was trying to recreate is that shouldn't the level be not initialized when added? For example, Eric and Ernest is Level 10. I added Natalie using my script call, instead of Natalie being Level 1 naturally, anyone in the scope of the script call, should be automatically Level 10.

 

[??????]

dunno, maybe something in the orig add_actor method is overwriting it?

anyway, you can use other means to get the average level...

class Game_Party def member_level_avg members.compact.inject(1) { |r, i| r += i.level } / members.size endendMaybe it would be best to just add the actor and then level them up without showing the level up info... ?

 

[YoraeRasante]

attr_accessor :variable_name def initialize_class  @variable_name = falseendI dont understand why any other class would need to inherit that other than the one you use it in and maybe its children...

it was a variable of a battle script I made that needed to check the variable in both the Scene_Battle class and BattleManager module (and change it's value in Scene_Battle).

I made it into a global variable and it started working, but if you have another idea, the better.

And yes, already tried that you wrote...

 

[SoulPour777]

dunno, maybe something in the orig add_actor method is overwriting it?

anyway, you can use other means to get the average level...

class Game_Party def member_level_avg members.compact.inject(1) { |r, i| r += i.level } / members.size endendMaybe it would be best to just add the actor and then level them up without showing the level up info... ?

thanks for the average level snippet. The only problem now is that I am torn between add_actor function and the level_up function. So basically, if I use the add_actor, my problem is to check the level, since whenever I do actor_id.level = $game_party.member_level_avg it just returns me an error, so i have to redefine level on Game_Party, while on level_up, the thing I need to determine would be getting the id of the actor that would level up (which is basically the actor I add).

 

[??????]

...I made it into a global variable and it started working, but if you have another idea, the better....

Global variables can usually be avoided. Unless you really really need one, you shouldnt use one.

@SoulPour -

Why not just make a new method for adding actors... something like...

def add_soul_actor(actor_id,level=members_level_avg)  add_actor(actor_id)  level.times {  members.last.level_up }end

 

[SoulPour777]

lol of course, that would have been much easier, as well as I can tinker around it for more. Thanks for the help.

 

[YoraeRasante]

it may be a bit stupid of my part, but I think the batle infobox goes too fast.
how do I make it wait longer?

 

[Shaz]

SoulPour:

$game_actors[$game_party.members[i].id.level]

$game_actors[$game_party.members[i].id].level

 

[??????]

lol seems so obvious now...

Good find ^_^

 

[SoulPour777]

lol why didn't I saw that. Thanks Shaz, that works easier.

 

[Shaz]

In fact, why don't you just use

$game_party.members.levelsince these lines will both give you exactly the same object:

$game_party.members$game_actors[$game_party.members.id]$game_party.members is an array of actors$game_actors is an array of actors

The second line is just saying "get the id of this actor object, then get the corresponding actor object (which you've already got) from the actor array, and then get the id (which you just started with) from that actor object"