[Solved] Help with "Select Key Item" script call

[Bricabrac]

Hello! I am fighting with a small, maddening issue.

I am using the "Select Key Item" script call ($gameMessage.setItemChoice(var, n)) in a common event. And it works well!


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My issue: the event runs the second script before I have selected an item in my window, and therefore throws me a "hey, this is undefined" error. I can't figure out how to make RPG Maker wait before running the rest of my code.

I believe this is happening because when you use the command instead of the script call, Game_Interpreter sets a wait mode, while my code doesn't:

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I can't, however, find a function to manually set the wait mode myself.
Any advice? Even hackey solutions are welcome. I just want this to work.

Do you really need to use the script call instead of an event command?
Yes!
I made a custom category that shows me only certain items based on a variable. Can't really do this in any other way :V

 

[Aloe Guvner]

You've pretty much answered your own question - When you execute code from the Script Event Command, the value of "this" is actually the instance of the Game_Interpreter that is interpreting the event commands. So in the same script command as $gameMessage.setItemChoice you can execute:

this.setWaitMode('message');

 

[Bricabrac]

When you execute code from the Script Event Command, the value of "this" is actually the instance of the Game_Interpreter that is interpreting the event commands

Oh! I am still a n00b scripter and had no idea about this.
Works beautifully, thanks a lot!

 

[slimmmeiske2]

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