[Solved] How to connect actor names

[JustADood]

I want to make it so you can iput a name into a character (figured it out already)

but i want to know how to make it so if i name actor a for example, actor b, c, and d get named into that name

 

[Andar]

a few example would help explaining what exactly you want.
but basically this will require javascript and scripting knowledge because the default change name command requires the developer to set a specific name, not a variable one.

so how is your javascript knowledge?

 

[JustADood]

a few example would help explaining what exactly you want.
but basically this will require javascript and scripting knowledge because the default change name command requires the developer to set a specific name, not a variable one.

so how is your javascript knowledge?

never tried javascript so i mostly depended on plugins but im wondering if there is a way to do it without scripting

 

[Andar]

you still need to give examples or a better description of what you want, if you can't make the javascript yourself

 

[JustADood]

you still need to give examples or a better description of what you want, if you can't make the javascript yourself

a script that can change names of multiple people if you name only 1 person because i want it so you can name your character but they change actors throughtout the story

 

[Andar]

but to what names? please give an example on how those names should look, or do you want to have every actor an absolutely identical name? Like all actors named "Thomas" even if they have female pictures?

 

[Tarzanthecat]

Maybe something on here could help you out?
The way that you phrase what you say is very confusing, and it's hard to try to decipher what you are trying to say.

 

[ramza]

Sounds to me like his project has multiple actors that are the same character.

Like a timeskip happens, or something, and rather than simply changing actor a's stats and stuff to new things, he's making an entirely new actor to fill that role.

You can use the script $gameActors.actor(actorId).setName(n) to set an actors name, in the same way that the event command can do it. Change actorId to the id number of the actor you want to change, and change n to whatever you want the actors name to be.

If you input the name of actor a, it can be found later by the following script: $gameActors.actor(actorId).name(), so you could set other actors names to be the same by combining the two:
$gameActors.actor(2).setName($gameActors.actor(1).name())
That code will set actor 2's name to whatever actor 1 is, for example.

 

[Shaz]

I was thinking the same thing. Instead of having multiple actors, you can just have one actor, and use the Change Actor ... (images, class, etc) to alter them at different points in the game. Having multiple actors defined, to represent the same person at different stages, is not a very good approach.

 

[JustADood]

I was thinking the same thing. Instead of having multiple actors, you can just have one actor, and use the Change Actor ... (images, class, etc) to alter them at different points in the game. Having multiple actors defined, to represent the same person at different stages, is not a very good approach.

that seems perfect! how do you do this?

 

[Shaz]

It's just what I said. Make one actor, and use the Change Actor Images, Change Actor Class and whatever other event commands you need to make them change throughout the game.

Change Actor Images is on tab 3, and all the other things are on tab 1

 

[JustADood]

It's just what I said. Make one actor, and use the Change Actor Images, Change Actor Class and whatever other event commands you need to make them change throughout the game.

Change Actor Images is on tab 3, and all the other things are on tab 1

theres only change name and class i dont think you can change images

 

[ScorchedGround]

The command you are looking for is here:
(As Shaz already pointed out)

 

[JustADood]

The command you are looking for is here:
(As Shaz already pointed out)

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Ohhhh, okay i thought it was in the actor tab guess i should read more throughly, anyways thanks!

 

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