Script keeps returning false

[Midnight Kitty]

◆If：Script：(($gameActors.actor(1).isClass(5).id || $gameActors.actor(4).isClass(5).id || $gameActors.actor(5).isClass(5).id || $gameActors.actor(8).isClass(5).id || $gameActors.actor(9).isClass(5).id))
  ◆Jump to Label：Bypass
  ◆
：Else
  ◆Text：None, Transparent, Bottom
  ：    ：\N[1] Is not a thief. He cannot perform this
  ：    ：command.
  ◆If：Class of \N[1] is Thief
    ◆Jump to Label：Bypass
    ◆
  ：End
  ◆Jump to Label：Break
  ◆
：End

It is an IF OR statement that should return true when any of the above actors are the thief class. Do these type of statements work in RPG maker?
I did try to get around it using the script

◆Script：if (($gameActors.actor(1).isClass(5).id || $gameActors.actor(4).isClass(5).id || $gameActors.actor(5).isClass(5).id || $gameActors.actor(8).isClass(5).id || $gameActors.actor(9).isClass(5).id)){
：      ：$gameVariables.value(200); = 5;
：      ：}

Then a conditonal branch to check the variable but it still through up the message that the actor was not a thief. Edit: I have a feeling it may be due to the isClass(5).id part but I am not sure.

 

[bgillisp]

Or works fine in RPGMaker, so it is not that. Change it to isClass(4).id and see if it works, as class id's might be starting at 0 in the engine, and if that is the case you'll have to use 1 less than what you really want to access it.

Or try changing someone to class 6 in the database and see if that works now. In fact that might be faster.

 

[Midnight Kitty]

I tried changing it to class 4 and it still returned false.

 

[Silva]

Use this format instead, it should solve the issue.

$gameActors.actor(1).isClass($dataClasses[5])

 

[Midnight Kitty]

That fixed it, seems to be working now.

 

[bgillisp]

What you need to do is find a way to force the engine to print out the values of a script at certain points. In Ruby you can do that with msgbox_p( what you wish to print out), not sure about Javascript.

Now I did try your code in ACE and it says that code is NIL, which might be the problem. But maybe they changed it in Javascript to be a different reference.

 

[Poryg]

@bgillisp In javascript it would be console.log (whatever)

 

[Silva]

For troubleshooting I'll usually just use console.log() for checking values in MV.

EDIT: Ninja'd

 

[Midnight Kitty]

I had the debug menu to check when the variable changed. Using
($dataClasses[5]) to check the class however fixed it. I added in an event to change the class of each actor at will and it worked each time.

 

[Zevia]

The Game_Actor.prototype.isClass method returns a boolean (true or false), which inherently do not have id properties. The actual method looks like this:

Game_Actor.prototype.isClass = function(gameClass) {
    return gameClass && this._classId === gameClass.id;
};

So when you pass in a class, you get back either the value "true" or the value "false". So, you were ultimately trying to do "true.id" and "false.id" in your original post, both of which return "undefined" - which JavaScript evaluates as false.

You could also reference the Actor's _classId property if you wanted:

$gameActors.actor(1)._classId === 5 || $gameActors.actor(4)._classId === 5

Are you ultimately just trying to see if there's a thief in the party, though? You could try the following if you're using RMMV 1.6 or greater:

$gameParty.members().find(member => member._classId === 5)

If you're using a version prior to 1.6, you could use:

$gameParty.members().filter(function(member) { return member._classId === 5; }).length

 

[Midnight Kitty]

Thank you those do look like very nice extra solutions to the issue I was having.