Switching a held item's usability from unusable to usable? (RM2K3)

[SelLillianna]

Hello everyone, I'm extremely new to these forums and am having a great time using RM2K3. Much of it is very intuitive and what isn't usually has a simple answer that's easily looked up. I have run into a problem, though.
In the game I'm working on, the player finds a book, but the character doesn't feel comfortable reading the book until they're in a private place, like their bedroom. When they find the book, the book item is added to their inventory. When the player looks in their inventory, they see the item and cannot use it. When the player moves into the character's bedroom, I want the player to be able to look in their inventory and use the item. Is it possible to do this?
I suppose that doing this would be equivalent to checking the unchecked "Occasion: Field" checkbox for the item, in game. Any help is appreciated. ^^ I understand if this isn't possible in this version of RM, though.

 

[caethyril]

You can have two separate items that are the same except one is usable and one is not. Then just swap one for the other when the player enters/exits the bedroom, e.g.

@> Conditional Branch: Book (unreadable) in Inventory
  @> Change Items: [Book (unreadable)], - 1
  @> Change Items: [Book (readable)], + 1
  @>
 : Branch End

 

[SelLillianna]

You can have two separate items that are the same except one is usable and one is not. Then just swap one for the other when the player enters/exits the bedroom, e.g.

@> Conditional Branch: Book (unreadable) in Inventory
  @> Change Items: [Book (unreadable)], - 1
  @> Change Items: [Book (readable)], + 1
  @>
 : Branch End

Ah, right you are. Thank you very much. I think that should work just fine. ^_^

 

[slimmmeiske2]

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