ITEMS THAT TEACH

author=Marrend
I'd know how to make items that teach skills in 2K (perhaps 2K3 has this functionality too), but for XP or VX, you'd need a script for it. I've never heard of a script that does this, though.

Really? It's incredibly simple. Set an item in the database item tab to "Book" and pair it with any skill in the skill tab. Choose the basics like who can use it and how many times etc.

EDIT Or did you mean drawing skills over time from items or something?

@LittleWingGuy: But VX was specified! There's no "Book" sub-item type in VX like there is in 2K/2K3!

author=tpasmall
So have it so when the item is obtained it automatically teaches the skill instead of being put the inventory?

No. Switch items are used like any other item. The player will highlight it, press Enter, and the menu will close with the switch turned ON. This is in 2k3. I'm just guessing VX didn't do away with such a basic concept =\
With the switch turned on, your Common Event autostart will activate wherever you are.
And to "prevent" it from being deleted, you can just add a new one.

In RPGMaker XP there is a combination of common events and items. You make the item "Fire 1" on the items list. In the common events you create a fire 1 event. The event basically says, when this event is active, set active event to "none", then said character learns fire 1. Then you go back to the items list, and in "Fire 1" there's a common event box. Take the item FIRE ! and set the common event with the item. That's for XP I don't know about VX.

author=Marrend
@LittleWingGuy: But VX was specified! There's no "Book" sub-item type in VX like there is in 2K/2K3!

I didn't read your post properly, and thought you were asking how to do it in RM2k. Tiredness is to blame.

Let's see if I understand this correctly. You've got a skill that leads to a common event. The common event gives the party an item. The item calls another common event. That common event gives the character the skill you wanted to give the player in the first place.

Seems to me that at least one of those steps can be removed...


*Edit: Wait, I think I read it wrong. The skill teaches itself (I think), and the item goes to the same comment event that the skill uses. They both give the player a "Deathblow" item. Assuming I'm reading this correctly at all.

RPGMaker VX can check if people have a skill already, can't it? 2k3 could.
Just check to see if they have Deathblow Lvl.1. If so, remove it and teach Deathblow Lvl.2.

You will need to use a conditional branch to see if the character knows the skill already.

I don't think conditional branches can directly check if a skill is known or not. Maybe they can. If not, you may have to turn on a switch when you teach the character the skill, and have the conditional branch check if that switch is on.