Script equivalent for description text changing?

[_Shadow_]

Hello again.

I have an actor.

The ID is 001 (1) since I have only one.

I was browsing the whole

Script Call Equilvalent of Events

old closed thread, looking for something.

Since I could not find it out, anywhere... I thought I could ask once again for your help.

So here comes the question.

I wonder... how can I change the Actor's description text?

You know the one on the database Actor Tab you, that can be shown on Status menu window...

Can you give me a multi line script equivalent please?

I mean one that I can add a multi line text and how i can change line.

(RGSS3 is really huge... :/ )

Thanks in advance once again.

Spare me a few questions, I am still learning Ruby.

Thank God I start to understand RGSS though...

 

[TheGreenHorse]

Check this out: $ game_party.actors [1].description as the assignment and assign itto a string. Not sure if it works.

 

[_Shadow_]

It doesn't seem to work.

What I actually wanna do, is to have a script command, that can change that description string... to let's say... "Hello World!"

I add some parts that might help you help me.

End of Window_Status from the core:

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  # * Draw Description

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  def draw_description(x, y)

    draw_text_ex(x, y, @actor.description)

  end

 

 

=================================================

 

What I was thinking was a method as:

 

def changeText(text)  

      @actor.description = text

end

 

So i can call it from EVERYWHERE as:

 

changeText("Hello World!")

 

Any ideas?

This thing above seems not working.

 

[Evgenij]

You could make a instance variable for this:

def initialize   your_initial_stuff   @description = @actor.description  # create varible and set actor description as default valueenddef changeText(text)  @description = text refreshenddef draw_description(x, y)  draw_text_ex(x, y, @description)enddef refresh contents.clear draw_description(x, y)endI hope you get it, you need to clear the contents and redraw the text, when you change the description.

 

[Shaz]

Descriptions come from $data... classes, which are generally not changed in the game, as they are static. If you change them, save your game, close, play and resume, the old descriptions will be there. If you change them and save the $data... classes to xxx.rvdata2, when you start a NEW game, you'll have the new descriptions. Otherwise, you have to start saving the $data... classes with your save file, which will blow out the size of the save file and is really not a good idea.


If you have something whose description is going to change, allocate a variable to it, and in the description put \V[X] where X is the variable number (ie: \V[15] for variable 15, not \V[0015]). Then when you want the description to change, just use a Change Variables command, and put the new description in the Script box of Change Variables. Description is saved with the game, and the $data... classes are untouched.

 

[_Shadow_]

So that's why...

It is a static variable... :/

Well... no, no problem...

I will try to do what I wanna do directly trying another thing.

Thanks Shaz for demystyfying this for me.

Gee here is a good feature suggestion for a future release (just for a little more polishing)... dynamic Description for status window.

Okay, Case closed I guess.

Thank you guys!

You are all awesome!

You could make a instance variable for this:

def initialize
   your_initial_stuff
   @description = @actor.description  # create varible and set actor description as default value
end

def changeText(text)
  @description = text
refresh
end

def draw_description(x, y)
  draw_text_ex(x, y, @description)
end

def refresh
contents.clear
draw_description(x, y)
endI hope you get it, you need to clear the contents and redraw the text, when you change the description.

Yes I get it, but after reading Zhaz's reply I realized that Status Description will not work properly for me.

I can always put a command on start to do a var change... but no... I thought a better way.

I could just manipulate a string variable and just forget about the status window whatsoever.

Now I wonder why I needed a Status window in the first place anyway.

I wanted only the text, something that can be sown on main window using a variable.

I guess I was too tired yesterday.

Thank you people anyway.

 

[TheGreenHorse]

This is called double posting- you posted directly underneath yourself. You can't double post till 72 hours. Use editing.

 

[_Shadow_]

I always, ALWAYS forget about that.

Steam forum has more light rules and I am not very experienced on forums.

I will try to avoid such a thing.

Meanwhile, I will also fix that. 

Oh! Now I get it...

There is also no Delete option.

My bad. My apologies.

I will try to avoid this in the future.

Thanks for mentioning that, since if nobody does, i could get into trouble.

 

[Shaz]

You can just report your post and ask a mod to delete it (which I've just done)