Set actor position in the battle arena using notetags

[RPG_itch_Studio]

Is it possible to create a script or plugin that would get the (x,y) coordinates, by reading the actor notetag, and then place that actor at those coordinates in the battle arena (side-view).

For example:

<ActorPosition>
position1 x1 y1
position2 x2 y2
position3 x3 y3
position4 x4 y4
</ActorPosition>

If the actor is in position 1 in the party, he must be placed at the coordinates (x1,y1) in the battle arena; if the actor is in position 2 in the party, he must be placed at the coordinates (x2,y2) in the battle arena; and so on...

It would be nice if this script would be compatible with Yanfly Party System and Actor Party Switch plugins.

 

[caethyril]

If you're using Yanfly's Battle Engine Core (?) then you can probably achieve this via BEC's parameters: "Home Position X" and "Home Position Y", under "---Sideview---". E.g. fixed positions per index:

[450, 460, 470, 480][index]

This will return a value of 450 for actor index 0 (party leader), 460 for the next actor ("position 2"), 470 for the next, etc.

However, since you say you want notetags & different positions for each actor, you may want to try this sort of thing for the BEC parameters instead:

• Home Position X:

  parseInt($gameParty.members()[index].actor().meta['ActorPosition' + index].split(',')[0]) || 0

• Home Position Y:

  parseInt($gameParty.members()[index].actor().meta['ActorPosition' + index].split(',')[1]) || 0

Then something like this for the actor notetags:

<ActorPosition0: 400, 300>
<ActorPosition1: 400, 400>
<ActorPosition2: 500, 300>
<ActorPosition3: 500, 400>

The formulae look pretty hideous, but I think they should work (did a quick test and it seemed OK for me).

Basically, unless you're using a particularly old version of RMMV, simple notetags are automatically read into the database objects' meta properties by the engine on startup. Step-by-step translation of this snippet into English:

Spoiler: Explanation

• parseInt( - convert the following from text to integer
  • $gameParty.members() - list of all party members
  • [index] - get member at relevant index (the code is run once for each index)
  • .actor() - get relevant database record for this actor
  • .meta - get notetag data...
  • ['ActorPosition' + index] - ...of notetag named "ActorPositionX", where X is the index of the actor in the party
  • .split(',') - interpret the text as a list of items separated by commas
  • [0] - get the first item in the list (or [1] to get the second item...programmers start counting at 0)
  )
• || 0 - if the result was falsy (e.g. no appropriate notetag or not-a-number), return zero instead of the tag value

 

[RPG_itch_Studio]

Awesome! It works, thank you!

 

[bgillisp]

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