Yanfly Row - How to stop an enemy from moving into an occupied space?

[CombatJazz]

Hello, help form! Here's my question - 


I'm using the row plugin (amongst many other plugins, but I think this is something that can be solved with the row plugin, battle AI, and maybe action sequences? I don't know how really to javascript and i feel like this would require javascript, so I'm coming here for help!), and basically, I have enemies moving into each other. I have enemies capable of moving back and forth in rows, like the players can (the Row command was causing weird bugs, and controlling movement on an individual level I feel makes my game better anyway), and say if you knock a slime back, it crawls forward one row at a time until it's back in row 1.


Basically, is there any way I could javascript either the movement command or the AI of the enemies to look in front of it, go "Hey, if I moved forward I'd be hitting another enemy's hitbox! No, I will stay here and waste my turn", and then not move if it would cause it to bash into another enemy?


My game is still in the early stages of development so this isn't really a prompt request, but any help that one could offer would be appreciated! Right now, here is the movement commands I have and the AI of my test slimes.


Attached are the important files - I'm using State 20, 21, and 22 to track rows in lieu of any other method because I'm a simple guy that doesn't quite understand programming.


Also, the code for the "Advance" and "Fall Back" skills are in the spoilers below, with the slime AI beneath that (all 3 test slimes have the same AI)





"Advance" notes

Spoiler

<Pull Forward User Row: 1>


<setup action>


display action


</setup action>


<finish action>


clear battle log


perform start


perform finish


</finish action>

"Fall Back" notes

Spoiler

<Push Back User Row: 1>


<setup action>


display action


</setup action>


<finish action>


clear battle log


perform start


perform finish


</finish action>

Test Slime AI notes & Row Tracker for reference

Spoiler

<Default Row: 3>


<AI Level: 100>


<AI Priority>


State !== State 20: SKILL 0005


</AI Priority>

The last two pictures are just a demonstration of my problem


Turn 1





Turn 2





Also, here's my row settings for enemy rows, if that helps anything (or if a solution could be engineered from there)

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

TBH, I'd just make it such that your enemies are arranged in a way that they will never bump into each other... that's way easier... 


Else, you will most probably need to edit the plug-in file itself. It might not be too easy since you need to be checking the enemy position itself, not just the "row" since the enemies can have the same "row" number but not bump to each other.

 

[lolshtar]

play with rowSize and rowIndex on enemy row Y but make sure enemies have enough space to not go offscreen so you might need to limit the enemy maximum size to 4, make some enemies not able to go front line or reduces the enemies graphics.

 

[CombatJazz]

TBH, I'd just make it such that your enemies are arranged in a way that they will never bump into each other... that's way easier... 


Else, you will most probably need to edit the plug-in file itself. It might not be too easy since you need to be checking the enemy position itself, not just the "row" since the enemies can have the same "row" number but not bump to each other.

I mean, I'd love to make sure they don't bump into each other, but if I can figure out the way to automate that process it'd a: be less work in the future for adding in new enemies, and b: make the game more strategic perhaps.

play with rowSize and rowIndex on enemy row Y but make sure enemies have enough space to not go offscreen so you might need to limit the enemy maximum size to 4, make some enemies not able to go front line or reduces the enemies graphics.

I'll give that a shot, thanks!