Put Icon in Enemy Name? (Solved) Topic

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12540

11/17/2015 05:48 PM

Hello! ^_^

I wanted to be able to put icons in enemy names in order to show what type of enemy it is, like a ghost icon before specter enemies and an armor icon before heavy armor enemies. I can use...

\i[1]

in message boxes and skill descriptions, but it doesn't work in enemy names.

Is this doable with code?

Thanks a lot! :D

Red_Nova

Sir Redd of Novus: He who made Prayer of the Faithless that one time, and that was pretty dang rad! :D

9192

11/17/2015 06:34 PM

Try this:

=begin
Show icons next to battler names

================================================================================
INSTRUCTIONS
================================================================================

- Add [x] in front of each enemy's name. Replace x with the index of the icon
you want to use. For example: [1]enemy
- !!!!IMPORTANT!!! Don't leave a space after the closing bracket. 

=end



class Game_Enemy < Game_Battler
  attr_accessor :icon
  
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Object Initialization
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def initialize(index, enemy_id)
    super()
    @index = index
    @enemy_id = enemy_id
    enemy = $data_enemies[@enemy_id]
    @original_name = enemy.name
    @letter = ""
    @plural = false
    @screen_x = 0
    @screen_y = 0
    @battler_name = enemy.battler_name
    @battler_hue = enemy.battler_hue
    @hp = mhp
    @mp = mmp
    @icon = @original_name.slice!(0,3) #removes the first 3 characters of the enemies.
    @icon = sprintf("%d", @icon.slice(1))
  end
  
  
end

class Window_BattleEnemy < Window_Selectable
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * overwrite method: Draw Item
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def draw_item(index)
    change_color(normal_color)
    
    name = $game_troop.alive_members[index].name 
    draw_icon($game_troop.alive_members[index].icon.to_i, item_rect(index).x, item_rect(index).y, true)
    draw_text(item_rect(index).x + 24, item_rect(index).y, width, line_height, name)
  end
end

unity

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12540

11/17/2015 07:11 PM

It shows the enemies names but no icon. I'm using Yanfly's Battle System and the Luna engine. Does that change anything?

Thanks for your help!

slash

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4158

11/17/2015 07:21 PM

Shot in the dark - I'm not using Luna (and I'm not at home so I can't test myself) but does Yanfly's Ace Message System work for enemy names? It'll format text everywhere I've tried so far, but I haven't tried enemy names. If it does work, you can just use

\i[x]

(where X is the icon number).

EDIT: oh wow I... spaced out and forgot that part of the first post.

Red_Nova

Sir Redd of Novus: He who made Prayer of the Faithless that one time, and that was pretty dang rad! :D

9192

11/17/2015 07:24 PM

That's... weird. It works just fine on my version. Is this underneath the Target Window Config script?

EDIT: Double check your icon index. If you set your target to 0, then (with the RTP iconset anyway) that particular index is blank. Try different numbers.

karins_soulkeeper

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3090

11/17/2015 07:41 PM

draw_text won't parse escaped characters (the \i, for example).
Use draw_text_ex instead.

Edit> I missed the draw_icon line...
Edit2> Red, that code won't work for icon indices with more than one digit in them. That might be the issue.

unity

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12540

11/17/2015 07:47 PM

author=slash
Shot in the dark - I'm not using Luna (and I'm not at home so I can't test myself) but does Yanfly's Ace Message System work for enemy names? It'll format text everywhere I've tried so far, but I haven't tried enemy names. If it does work, you can just use
\i[x]
(where X is the icon number).

Haha, that's actually the first thing I tried. Unfortunately, it didn't work ^^;;

author=Red_Nova
That's... weird. It works just fine on my version. Is this underneath the Target Window Config script?

EDIT: Double check your icon index. If you set your target to 0, then (with the RTP iconset anyway) that particular index is blank. Try different numbers.

I used icon 1. To make sure it's an icon that works, I used the message system to show this with

\i[1]

And it showed the icon.

In battle, however...

Here's what the enemy looks like, in case I've messed that up.

And also, if I encounter a battle after the first, I get this error:

Sorry for all the trouble. ^^;; I could copy the project and delete scripts to try to find the conflicting one, or send the project to you.

Red_Nova

Sir Redd of Novus: He who made Prayer of the Faithless that one time, and that was pretty dang rad! :D

9192

11/17/2015 07:54 PM

author=karins_soulkeeper
draw_text won't parse escaped characters (the \i, for example).
Use draw_text_ex instead.

Edit> I missed the draw_icon line...
Edit2> Red, that code won't work for icon indices with more than one digit in them. That might be the issue.

draw_text_ex works for me. unity, cut that entire script I posted and use this instead:

class Window_BattleEnemy < Window_Selectable
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * overwrite method: Draw Item
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def draw_item(index)
    change_color(normal_color)
    name = $game_troop.alive_members[index].name 
    draw_text_ex(item_rect(index).x, item_rect(index).y, name)
  end
end

Then add the

\i[x]

at the beginning of the enemy's name. Works fine for me on Luna Engine Base 1.03.

unity

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12540

11/17/2015 08:14 PM

^^;; It's still not working. Sorry.

Here's my name setup:

And here's the battle:

Red_Nova

Sir Redd of Novus: He who made Prayer of the Faithless that one time, and that was pretty dang rad! :D

9192

11/17/2015 08:15 PM

Holy mother of balls I can't read my own typing.

Don't use

\n[x]

use

\i[x]

unity

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12540

11/17/2015 08:53 PM

I'm getting the same problem, except it says "i l Evil" instead of "n l Evil" >.<;;

Red_Nova

Sir Redd of Novus: He who made Prayer of the Faithless that one time, and that was pretty dang rad! :D

9192

11/17/2015 08:56 PM

Whaaaaaa...?

Can you PM me a copy of your project? Everything's working just fine on my end, so there might be another script interfering with the solution.

unity

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12540

11/17/2015 11:26 PM

Red solved this for me! Thanks so much, Red! :DDDDDDDDDDD

Red_Nova

Sir Redd of Novus: He who made Prayer of the Faithless that one time, and that was pretty dang rad! :D

9192

11/18/2015 02:05 PM

Glad we got it working! In case someone wanted to do the same thing, here's my solution:

class Window_BattleHelp < Window_Help
  
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # refresh_battler_name
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def refresh_battler_name(battler)
    contents.clear
    reset_font_settings
    change_color(normal_color)
    @text = battler_name(battler)
    icons = battler.state_icons + battler.buff_icons
    dy = icons.size <= 0 ? line_height / 2 : 0
    draw_text_ex((width / 2) - 60, dy, @text)
    dx = (contents.width - (icons.size * 24)) / 2
    draw_actor_icons(battler, dx, line_height, contents.width)
  end
end

Just paste this underneath all Luna Engine scripts for it to work. Make sure that you're using BattleHelp window to show enemy names instead of BattleEnemy.

unity

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12540

11/20/2015 03:50 PM

I hate to nitpick, but I've found a small thing that still bothers me a little ^^;;

It looks like the enemy's name is no longer centered with this script. For enemies with small names, it looks fine:

But when an enemy has a long name, it looks quite a bit off:

Any way to fix this? ^^;; Thanks

Red_Nova

Sir Redd of Novus: He who made Prayer of the Faithless that one time, and that was pretty dang rad! :D

9192

11/20/2015 04:09 PM

Unfortunately, draw_text_ex doesn't have a way of selecting alignment. You can try to ape a center alignment by replacing this

draw_text_ex((width / 2) - 60, dy, @text)

with this

draw_text_ex((width / 2) - (@text.size*6), dy, @text)

in the refresh_battler_name method in that script posted above.

Is that fine?

unity

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12540

11/20/2015 04:14 PM

Hooray! :DDDD That's SO MUCH BETTER! :DDDD

Thanks again, Red!

[RMVX ACE] PUT ICON IN ENEMY NAME? (SOLVED)

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