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Introduction
This script allows you to access and use switches, variables, and event self-switches in a more flexible manner than that used by RMVX Ace by default. Most notably, you can access these elements by name rather than by numerical index only -- which is particularly useful with event self-switches. This script also allows you to specify default starting values for switches, variables, and event self-switches.

Change Log

• v1.0 (July 16th, 2013) - Initial release.

Features

• Access switch, variable, and self-switch values by name rather than ID number.
• Easily toggle switch and self-switch values.
• Very extensible and reusable design for scripters.
• Adds Enumerable functionality to switches, variables, and self-switches (usage of methods such as each_with_index, reduce, and collect).
• Conforms to common usage of the default classes.

How to Use
Switches, variables, and event self-switches may be accessed normally when using this script if desired. For instance, these are still acceptable:

In addition to this, however, any of these elements may be accessed by the names that the user has designated for them in the editor like so:
In the case of event self-switches, you may optionally use map and event names or not. The script call $game_self_switches["Map name", 5, "A"] is still perfectly valid to access the "A" switch of event ID 5 on "Map name".

This script also allows you to toggle switch and event self-switch values:
Advanced Use
Script
This script is available from my Pastebin account here.

Credit and Thanks

• Solistra

Author's Notes
This script is provided with the Creative Commons By-Attribution Share-Alike Unported 3.0 License. This essentially means that you are free to modify and use this script for both commercial and non-commercial projects as long as I am properly credited for it. Likewise, you may share your modifications to this script as long as credit for the original version is maintained.