test inactive party member Topic

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08/30/2019 05:45 AM

So I am playing around with testing, and guess what, you cannot test an inactive actor with a conditional branch checking if actor is in party. So how do you check if an inactive actor is part of the group?

SunflowerGames

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08/30/2019 10:41 AM

Can't you make variables for characters?
Then make variables for maps...

There might be a way to check if the character is in the group by checking if they are on the map. There's probably another way to do this too.

Marrend

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08/30/2019 11:15 AM

Is the character physically in the party, but outside of the battle party? It makes a difference with the context of using Conditional Branch.

I'm not going to post the entire thing, but, if you use Conditional Branch, checking to see if a certain actor is in the party, it runs...

when 4  # Actor
  actor = $game_actors[@params[1]]
  if actor
    case @params[2]
    when 0  # in party
      result = ($game_party.members.include?(actor))
    #etc
  end
end

...this code. Digging a bit deeper...

class Game_Party < Game_Unit
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Get Members
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def members
    in_battle ? battle_members : all_members
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Get All Members
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def all_members
    @actors.collect {|id| $game_actors[id] }
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Get Battle Members
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def battle_members
    all_members[0, max_battle_members].select {|actor| actor.exist? }
  end
end

...we can see that $game_party.members returns a different array, based on whither or not the party is in battle. That might be the issue. Going on the theory that you need to check if a person is in the party regardless of that factor...

$game_party.all_members.include?($game_actors[actor_id])

...this should return the result desired, after replacing "actor_id" with the ID of the actor you want to check party-presence for.

Zangia

25

08/30/2019 04:12 PM

author=Marrend
Is the character physically in the party, but outside of the battle party? It makes a difference with the context of using Conditional Branch.

I'm not going to post the entire thing, but, if you use Conditional Branch, checking to see if a certain actor is in the party, it runs...
when 4  # Actor
  actor = $game_actors[@params[1]]
  if actor
    case @params[2]
    when 0  # in party
      result = ($game_party.members.include?(actor))
    #etc
  end
end
...this code. Digging a bit deeper...
class Game_Party < Game_Unit
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Get Members
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def members
    in_battle ? battle_members : all_members
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Get All Members
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def all_members
    @actors.collect {|id| $game_actors[id] }
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Get Battle Members
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def battle_members
    all_members[0, max_battle_members].select {|actor| actor.exist? }
  end
end
...we can see that $game_party.members returns a different array, based on whither or not the party is in battle. That might be the issue. Going on the theory that you need to check if a person is in the party regardless of that factor...
$game_party.all_members.include?($game_actors[actor_id])
...this should return the result desired, after replacing "actor_id" with the ID of the actor you want to check party-presence for.

Very good, Very good, exactly what I was looking for,thanks.

TEST INACTIVE PARTY MEMBER

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