Using an event to change party formation?

[XViper]

Hi guys,

First up, I'm new here. So Hi!

Really excited about making my first game. Trying to do something interactive for the kids, seeing if I can put some educational \ learning things in the game too.
I've done a bit of googling and searching on the forums here but couldn't find what I was after.

I did find references to Yanflys Party Formation Script, but I was hoping I could just do this using an event.

All I want to do is change the formation of the party when an event is run.

Example:

Party member #2: "I will lead the way from here"
 

Change formation from 1,2,3

To 2,1,3

Can this be done?

Thanks a lot for any help.
I'm sure I'll be asking more questions in the weeks to come.

- XViper

 

 

[Shaz]

Just use a Call Script command (last command on page 3 of the event commands) and do $game_party.swap_order(0, 1) to exchange the first and second characters.


You might need to consider disabling formation in the menu (there's a Change Formation Access command on page 3 as well) so the player can't just go back in and swap them around again.


You may also need to tinker a bit if the player CAN change formation prior to this. Actor 2 may not be in position 2 when this event is run - they might be in position 4 instead. So if you really want to say "swap actor 2 with whoever is in the first slot", it would be more like this:

$game_party.swap(0, $game_actors[2].index)

 

[XViper]

That worked great.
 

Thanks heaps for your quick reply.

Not too fussed about changing them back, but I became aware of that ability while trying to find my answer for this one.

Edit: Saw your edit. Thanks very much for that, as that may very well occur later down the track. Very helpful to know.
 

Liking this forum already!  

 

 

[Shaz]

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