SRD Retry Cost Plugin Help

[Yawgmoth]

Hi all,

I just picked up sumrndmdde's Retry Cost Plugin from http://sumrndm.site/page/3/ this plugin works with the SRD Game Over Core plugin which is located above the Retry Cost Plugin and required for Retry Cost Plugin to work. I also picked up the SRD Retry Upgrade which is located beneath the Retry Cost Plugin (Retry Cost Plugin has been tested both On and Off and I still have the same problem, so I think it's safe to eliminate this as the issue.)

The Game Over Core Plugin and Retry Upgrade Plugin can also both be found at the link above.

ISSUE: So I posted some images below, I am attempting to use the Retry Cost Plugin's Item function to require one Diamond to retry battles after the Game Over screen. I typed everything into the plugin's parameters as stated in the SRD video also found at the link above. The strange thing is the diamond does not show up but three other items do and I have no idea why these items are being shown by the plugin, especially since I am using the Diamond's item ID which is 26.

I am also having problems with the Retry Upgrade Plugin but they may be related to the Retry Cost Plugin, I will create a new thread with inquiries about it if and when this first issue is solved.

Any help or advice would be great, thank you all in advance.

In the meantime I will be turning off plugins and testing to see if any other plugins are conflicting with this one.

 

[Aloe Guvner]

Are you using the plugin command to change the retry cost items anywhere?
Otherwise your plugin parameters looks correct per the instructions video.

Does it work on a blank project with only SRD_GameOverCore and SRD_RetryCosts added?

 

[Yawgmoth]

@Aloe Guvner Thanks for your reply.

No, I am not using any plugin commands that effect the retry costs. I would create a test project but I have only ever been able to create the one project using RPG Maker MV. I believe it is because my laptop is low on memory.

I have disabled all other plugins except for Game Over Core and Retry Cost. I am still having the same issue. I have played with the item ID parameter within the plugin's setting and it seems it does not recognize the quantity of items and does not recognize double digits and instead uses the ID of each digit as if they were singular.

(EX. If I am using [26, 1] the plugin gives me one ID 2, one ID 6, and one ID 1 item as retry costs.) I've also posted an image below.

It also says the quantities are undefined. At least that's my interpretation. I have re-downloaded the plugin and still have the same issue. The plugin allows infinite retrys after a game over and say's each item is xundefined.

If anyone else wants to create a test project with these two plugins and run a test with a double digit item ID I would appreciate it. At this point I would say there is something wrong with the Retry Plugin or something wrong with my MV files.

 

[Aloe Guvner]

Thanks for the detailed test!

I think you identified the bug precisely. The plugin isn't reading its own parameters correctly.

I can probably fix it for you, I'll comment back here and tag you.

 

[Yawgmoth]

@Aloe Guvner Thanks! If you need anymore information just let me know. I can't wait to have this issue solved.

 

[Aloe Guvner]

@Yawgmoth This should work, paste the code below into a new .js file (you can name it whatever you want like "Bugfix_SRD_RetryCosts.js") and install it in the Plugin Manager directly below SRD_RetryCosts.js

/* Fixes issues in SRD_RetryCosts in drawing the required items */

Sprite_RetryCosts.prototype.calculateLinesItems = function() {
    if($gameSystem.itemRetryCost) {
        const items = JSON.parse('[' + $gameSystem.itemRetryCost + ']');
        for(let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
            const info = items[i];
            const item = $dataItems[info[0]];
            if(item) {
                this._numOfLines++;
                const length = this.bitmap.measureTextWidth(item.name + " x" + info[1]) + 24;
                if(length > this._maxWidth) this._maxWidth = length;
            }
        }
    }
};

Sprite_RetryCosts.prototype.createItemLabel = function(line) {
    if($gameSystem.itemRetryCost) {
        const items = JSON.parse('[' + $gameSystem.itemRetryCost + ']')
        for(let i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
            const info = items[i];
            const item = $dataItems[info[0]];
            if(item) {
                const y = (line * this._lineHeight) + 6;
                this.drawIcon(item.iconIndex, 0, y);
                this.bitmap.drawText(item.name, 26, y, this._maxWidth, this._lineHeight, "left");
                this.bitmap.drawText("x" + info[1], 0, y, this._maxWidth, this._lineHeight, "right");
                line++;
            }
        }
    }
    return line;
};

 

[Yawgmoth]

@Aloe Guvner Thank you so much! It works perfectly.

Now the other problem I have had is the SRD Retry Upgrade, its failing to call an image and I believe everything is set up correctly. This may be the plugin not working how is should again, I'm basing this off of our history with the last plugin and it's issues. I could start a new thread but I think these issues are similar enough. Aloe Guvner you have been a big help would you mind looking at the images below and let me know what you think?

EDIT: I also can't use the background music. If I disable the BGM and BG Image the Plugin works correctly, including the additional item scene I added.

 

[Aloe Guvner]

These issues I don't think are bugs, it looks like the plugin is looking for the image in:

img/SumRndmDde/gameover/Crystal.png

And the instruction video has the folder as "gameover". But the image is in:

img/SumRndmDde/GameOver/Crystal.png

Those are two different paths, so renaming your folder from "GameOver" to "gameover" should fix it.

I suspect the BGM issue is because the file name has spaces, which are generally not allowed. Try renaming the BGM file to use underscores instead of spaces and change the plugin parameters to match it.

 

[Yawgmoth]

@Aloe Guvner Thanks for everything so far!

I have the background image working properly now, case sensitivity is such a small detail. I'm glad you noticed it.

The audio still produces an error even with the underscores and and even with no underscores and no spaces. I took a couple of screen shots and posted them below. I'm hoping you will see something we are missing.

 

[Aloe Guvner]

What's the name of the audio file?

 

[Yawgmoth]

@Aloe Guvner The audio file's name is Poem_for_the_Different_Future.oog

 

[Aloe Guvner]

@Aloe Guvner The audio file's name is Poem_for_the_Different_Future.oog

That would be it then, the audio format is .ogg but the file is named .oog

How did you convert the audio file?

At this point it's probably not a plugin issue, try setting that as the title theme and see if it loads.

 

[Yawgmoth]

@Aloe Guvner Sorry for the confusion but that was just a typo within this thread. The file is named with the .ogg format and I didn't convert it myself. It was a free downloadable resource. I wish the issue was that simple.

 

[Aloe Guvner]

Can you show a screenshot of the file name with the full folder path like you did with the image? So we can make sure there aren't any typos.

try setting that as the title theme and see if it loads.

^ how about this?

 

[Yawgmoth]

@Aloe Guvner I have tried the audio file on the title screen and it does work. It also works when I event the same audio file. I posted a screen shot below, I tried to zoom in so it's easier to read This was the largest I could go and still have the folder path and file name on the same screen. If you need them larger I can do two separate screen shots. Let me know if this works for you.

Also Thanks for helping me out with this issue.

 

[Aloe Guvner]

Wait so you earlier said the file name is
"Poem_for_the_Different_Future.ogg"

And that's what you configured in the plugin.

But your screenshot shows something different:
"2-10 Poem_for_the_Different_Future.ogg"

So configure the plugin to what the file is actually called and it should work. What is the "2-10 " and why wasn't it put in the filename?

 

[Yawgmoth]

@Aloe Guvner Thank you and you are correct I configured Poem_for_the_Different_Future.ogg into the plugin's parameter. I am so embarrassed at the moment. I thought the numbers were not part of the name. I suppose they are suppose to be tracks? I downloaded them a few months back and did not alter the names. I actually thought all my audio files had the numbers, but after looking I can see that the basic RPG Maker MV audio files do not. I want to thank you for helping me out with this, but feel I wasted your time with this audio stuff. Everything now works great.

 

[Aloe Guvner]

No problem. Those numbers are probably referring to a track # or album #, but from the perspective of a computer trying to load a file, it doesn't care about that, it only cares about what file it was told to load vs. what file is available to load. The computer is quite dumb in that regard, while a person could understand the intent, the computer can only match exactly by filename.

A feature since MV v1.5.0 is that plugins can be written so that in the plugin parameters you actually select the audio/image file using a dropdown, which reduces these kinds of confusions. Unfortunately, it looks like this SRD plugin was written before that feature was available, and it was never updated to use that feature. If it utilized this feature, all this would've been avoided.

 

[Yawgmoth]

@Aloe Guvner Thank you so much for everything. I just wish I would of realized the number was part of the name. I really appreciate everything you did to help. I'll be closing this thread because everything has been solved. I wish you the best and great RPG Making!

 

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