WRITING A VX ACE SCRIPT WHERE SPECIALLY-TAGGED MAPS SHOW MINI CHARACTERS; HAVING TROUBLE

class Game_Actor
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Initialize Graphics
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def init_graphics
    @character_name = actor.character_name
    @character_index = actor.character_index
    @face_name = actor.face_name
    @face_index = actor.face_index

    # above is the normal init_graphics
    
    # this is my addition:
    @true_character_name = @character_name
    @true_character_index = @character_index
    @mini = false
  end
  
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Change Graphics
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def set_graphic(character_name, character_index, face_name, face_index)
    
    # okay: if the character ISN'T mini, we change their graphic
    if !@mini
      @character_name = character_name
      @character_index = character_index
    end
    
    # regardless, we always change their "true" graphic
    @true_character_name = character_name
    @true_character_index = character_index

    # normal code
    @face_name = face_name
    @face_index = face_index
  end
  
  # custom method: if we call mini!(true), then we change the
  # character graphics to be our custom mini graphic. if we call
  # mini!(false), then we set the character graphics to their
  # "true" graphics.
  def mini!(mini)
    if mini
      @character_name = "$player minimap.png"
      @character_index = 0
    else
      @character_name = @true_character_name
      @character_index = @true_character_index
    end
    
    @mini = mini
  end
  
end

class Scene_Map
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Player Transfer Processing
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def perform_transfer
    pre_transfer
    $game_player.perform_transfer
    
    # inserted this line, to handle minimaps
    do_minimap_transformation
    
    post_transfer
  end
  
  # minimap handler
  # we call mini! on each party member, passing true when the map
  # is a mini map, and false when it's not
  def do_minimap_transformation
    $game_party.members.each { |x|
      x.mini!($game_map.minimap?)
    }
  end

end

class Game_Map

  # minimap? check for maps. if minimap is nil (hasn't been determined yet),
  # then we call check_for_minimap_tag
  def minimap?
    check_for_minimap_tag if @minimap.nil?
    return @minimap
  end
  
  # and here's the tag check, where we mark the map as mini if its
  # note contains "<minimap>"
  def check_for_minimap_tag
    if @map.note.match(/<minimap>/i)
      @minimap = true
    else
      @minimap = false
    end
  end

end

# tag maps with <minimap> to make your party take on a different look while
# on that map! you'll need to provide "_Mini" versions of your character
# sprites, for example if you have a character in spritesheet "Actor1",
# then this script will look to "Actor1_Mini" for the mini version.
#
# see line 58 for some extra options.
#
# by Ben(telk) [url]http://benmakesgames.com[/url]
# and huge thanks to Quasi for helping out

class Game_Actor
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Initialize Graphics
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def init_graphics
    @character_name = actor.character_name
    @character_index = actor.character_index
    @face_name = actor.face_name
    @face_index = actor.face_index
    # above is the normal init_graphics
    
    # this is the addition for the script:
    @true_character_name = @character_name
    @true_character_index = @character_index
    @mini = false
  end
  
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Change Graphics
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def set_graphic(character_name, character_index, face_name, face_index)
    
    # okay: if the character ISN'T mini, we change their graphic...
    if !@mini
      @character_name = character_name
      @character_index = character_index
    end
    
    # ... regardless, we always change their "true" graphic.
    @true_character_name = character_name
    @true_character_index = character_index

    # normal code
    @face_name = face_name
    @face_index = face_index
  end
  
  # custom method: if we call mini!(true), then we change the
  # character graphics to be our custom mini graphic. if we call
  # mini!(false), then we set the character graphics to their
  # "true" graphics.
  def mini!(mini)
    if mini

      # each character has their own mini version:
      @character_name = @true_character_name + "_Mini"

      # comment out the above line, and uncomment the next two, to make party
      # members all use the SAME mini sprite (rename "$minimap player"
      # to match the name of the sprite sheet you will actually use!)

      #@character_name = "$minimap player"
      #@character_index = 0

    else
      @character_name = @true_character_name
      @character_index = @true_character_index
    end
    
    $game_player.refresh
    
    @mini = mini
  end
  
end

class Scene_Map
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Player Transfer Processing
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def perform_transfer
    pre_transfer
    $game_player.perform_transfer
    
    # inserted this line, to handle entering/leaving minimaps
    do_minimap_transformation
    
    post_transfer
  end
  
  # minimap handler
  # we call mini! on each party member, passing true when the map
  # is a mini map, and false when it's not
  def do_minimap_transformation
    $game_party.members.each { |x|
      x.mini!($game_map.minimap?)
    }
  end

end

class Game_Map
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Setup
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def setup(map_id)
    @map_id = map_id
    @map = load_data(sprintf("Data/Map%03d.rvdata2", @map_id))
    @tileset_id = @map.tileset_id
    @display_x = 0
    @display_y = 0
    referesh_vehicles
    setup_events
    setup_scroll
    setup_parallax
    setup_battleback
    @need_refresh = false
    # normal code above

    # addition for this script:
    if @map.note.match(/<minimap>/i).nil?
      @minimap = false
    else
      @minimap = true
    end
  end

  # added method to check minimap status; used by Scene_Map
  def minimap?
    @minimap
  end

end