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Well, as someone who was around for SE:B, this already had my interest. But I kinda gotta say, watching that trailer... this kinda seems like a sequel/spinoff to another game I haven't played, especially with that subtitle. What happened in the original Sacred Earth? Do I have to play it first to find out what Garenia is and who the old friend is supposed to be and who the main characters are?
That's the kind of vibe I'm getting. Maybe it's just because I know that SE:M and SE:D and SE:B also exist (and its even older predecessor, SE:Z, which I have never played but remember seeing a video of years back), I dunno. But then again, knowing all of that history also makes me know that there's nothing that comes before it - and yet looking at that Steam page description still gives me the itch that I'm missing something anyway. Could be the lack of character names, perhaps?
That's the kind of vibe I'm getting. Maybe it's just because I know that SE:M and SE:D and SE:B also exist (and its even older predecessor, SE:Z, which I have never played but remember seeing a video of years back), I dunno. But then again, knowing all of that history also makes me know that there's nothing that comes before it - and yet looking at that Steam page description still gives me the itch that I'm missing something anyway. Could be the lack of character names, perhaps?
[RMMV] Custom Equip Menu
author=shiningriverYeah, like I said, it doesn't work that way with the default class system. If the actor is already at or above the level where you learn the skill when you switch classes, he won't learn it.
Regarding the skills, so as long as the player is equal or more to the level required to learn that skill, he will learn it once he levels up when he has the bunshin equipped. For example, he's currently level 12, and has switched to a bunshin that has a skill you can learn at level 10. You need to level up once to learn that skill.
If you want to make it so that the skill is "learned at or above the level" you will have to modify how classes work, if you want to use classes for it. IMO it would probably be simpler just to attach the skills to the equipment (using notetags or something) and then modify the level up process to read the notetag on level-up and give the actor the corresponding skill. It's up to you, of course.
author=shiningriverThe rpg_xx.js files ARE JavaScript files. They're the ones that get loaded before any plugins in your game. They're the "default plugins" if that makes any sense, the other plugins are just supposed to modify or extend the code included in the rpg_xx.js files. "Scene_XX" or "Window_XX" are just names for the JavaScript objects in them.
I think I'll stick with the default layout of the equip menu, with minor adjustments maybe, so it would be simpler to code. Now the only thing I'm curious about is if it's possible to go with the skill learning thing I mentioned about using weapons? If so, how would I go about that (JavaScript or scenes?)
By default, weapons/armor can be set in the database to give you skills, but it's independent of level. The actor just gets the skill upon equipping the gear and loses it on unequipping; having an equip with an "Add Skill" Trait equipped will merely change the Game_Actor's "addedSkills" property, which is just a list of Add Skill Traits. And Traits have absolutely nothing to do with level.
If you want to make it check for actor levels, you would be better off doing something with notetags and modifying the level-up (try looking at the function "Game_Actor.prototype.levelUp") to check for equipped weapon and read its notetags rather than messing around with Traits.
Or you could make a common event that runs after every battle and checks the actor level and what the equipped weapon is and then adds the appropriate skills. It would need to be running nearly all of the time depending on how random your battles are, but that could be done without coding.
And I suppose if all you're doing is checking for the actor's learned skills in order to determine the weapon's "level", you could feasibly code the menu separately from the actual skill learning system/modifications.
[RMMV] Custom Equip Menu
It's doable, but it might need more work than you expect.
1) I may be wrong but it looks like your "equipment" doesn't just add skills and change resistances, but is also meant to affect the raw stats gained on level up. This is not something the engine allows by default. The character classes have a set stat curve - the stats for each level of each class are predetermined. If a Lv1 Mage has 12 DEF and a Lv1 Hero has 16 DEF, the actor's DEF will be 12 upon class changing to Mage and will shoot back to 16 on changing back to Hero, even without gaining/losing levels. Stats can be permanently modified by stuff like stat-increasing items, but the inbuilt level-up system doesn't really do that on level-up, it just checks the stat curve for the class and sets it at what it should be for the level.
Skills, on the other hand, work the other way. The skills are permanently added to the actor upon hitting the level specified. If the actor goes onto or past the learn-level before switching to the specified class, it will NOT be learned (i.e. if Mage is meant to learn Fire at Lv3 and a Warrior switches to Mage at Lv3+, he will have permanently missed the learn opportunity for Fire, unless he levels DOWN to Lv2 and then goes back up to Lv3 as a Mage ). He will also RETAIN all the skills from the previous class when he changes, because the skills are added to the actor and not read from the class, unlike with the stat curve.
This is clearly not what you want. If you were intending for the actor to be able to swap between skillsets just by switching between classes, it won't work that way by default. And obviously, equipment doesn't level up by default either. So you will need to make some modifications to the existing systems to get it to work the way you want. Whether it's by adding an equipment leveling system or changing the way classes work. Either way, you will need to edit the code or find an appropriate plugin for it.
The only other workaround I can think of is having separate entries in the database (with the same name but different stats/skills) for every "level" of each piece of your equipment and using some variable to store the equip EXP and then making the actor equip the appropriate one according that variable when changing equips and leveling it up. Of course, if this leveling system isn't done through code, you will likely be needing a ton of battle events to implement the equipment EXP gaining system or some common event set up to constantly monitor changes in the actor's EXP and add the appropriate amount to the equip EXP variable and it will be a bit messy.
2) You might as well make a whole new Scene_Equip for it. You can see how the default Scene_Equip is done from the rpg_scenes.js file and the windows where it draws the information and item lists in rpg_windows.js. The existing windows are, you know, vertical lists that do not look anything like your design and they don't leave blank spaces. Those will probably be useless for your purposes. You will probably need to make a custom window (likely built off Window_Selectable instead of Window_Command, since you need grid selection) or have the entire thing sprite-based (with custom input processing logic) or some hybrid between the two - like using an invisible or off-screen window to handle the button selection/processing logic but using sprites to display the visuals.
I don't know what the stat modifiers are supposed to represent, but they don't appear to be linked to the current stats of the actor, so existing stat display Window in the default equip scene will probably not be useful and you will likely end up needing a custom window to show that too.
Of course, before you get about making the display menu, you need to have the actual equipment leveling system ironed out and done first. Or there won't be anything to display.
1) I may be wrong but it looks like your "equipment" doesn't just add skills and change resistances, but is also meant to affect the raw stats gained on level up. This is not something the engine allows by default. The character classes have a set stat curve - the stats for each level of each class are predetermined. If a Lv1 Mage has 12 DEF and a Lv1 Hero has 16 DEF, the actor's DEF will be 12 upon class changing to Mage and will shoot back to 16 on changing back to Hero, even without gaining/losing levels. Stats can be permanently modified by stuff like stat-increasing items, but the inbuilt level-up system doesn't really do that on level-up, it just checks the stat curve for the class and sets it at what it should be for the level.
Skills, on the other hand, work the other way. The skills are permanently added to the actor upon hitting the level specified. If the actor goes onto or past the learn-level before switching to the specified class, it will NOT be learned (i.e. if Mage is meant to learn Fire at Lv3 and a Warrior switches to Mage at Lv3+, he will have permanently missed the learn opportunity for Fire, unless he levels DOWN to Lv2 and then goes back up to Lv3 as a Mage ). He will also RETAIN all the skills from the previous class when he changes, because the skills are added to the actor and not read from the class, unlike with the stat curve.
This is clearly not what you want. If you were intending for the actor to be able to swap between skillsets just by switching between classes, it won't work that way by default. And obviously, equipment doesn't level up by default either. So you will need to make some modifications to the existing systems to get it to work the way you want. Whether it's by adding an equipment leveling system or changing the way classes work. Either way, you will need to edit the code or find an appropriate plugin for it.
The only other workaround I can think of is having separate entries in the database (with the same name but different stats/skills) for every "level" of each piece of your equipment and using some variable to store the equip EXP and then making the actor equip the appropriate one according that variable when changing equips and leveling it up. Of course, if this leveling system isn't done through code, you will likely be needing a ton of battle events to implement the equipment EXP gaining system or some common event set up to constantly monitor changes in the actor's EXP and add the appropriate amount to the equip EXP variable and it will be a bit messy.
2) You might as well make a whole new Scene_Equip for it. You can see how the default Scene_Equip is done from the rpg_scenes.js file and the windows where it draws the information and item lists in rpg_windows.js. The existing windows are, you know, vertical lists that do not look anything like your design and they don't leave blank spaces. Those will probably be useless for your purposes. You will probably need to make a custom window (likely built off Window_Selectable instead of Window_Command, since you need grid selection) or have the entire thing sprite-based (with custom input processing logic) or some hybrid between the two - like using an invisible or off-screen window to handle the button selection/processing logic but using sprites to display the visuals.
I don't know what the stat modifiers are supposed to represent, but they don't appear to be linked to the current stats of the actor, so existing stat display Window in the default equip scene will probably not be useful and you will likely end up needing a custom window to show that too.
Of course, before you get about making the display menu, you need to have the actual equipment leveling system ironed out and done first. Or there won't be anything to display.
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