Character that becomes a boss

[RegentGray]

I have a character that turns into a boss at one point. The problem is that I want to let the player name him, but have him keep the name when you fight him. I tried the old \n[3] (he is actor 3) thing, but that only affects the opening text, and his name reads as \n[3].I want to have him as a boss, but I'm also trying to let the player name all the heroes. What can I do to make the boss keep his name?

 

[SephirothSpawn]

Before the battle starts, just use:

$data_enemies[enemy_id].name = $game_actors[actor_id].name


Replace enemy_id with the enemy id value
Replace actor_id with the id of the actor to get the name from

 

[BlueScope]

Possibly better solution (less call-script-involving and scaleable for multiple actors, also not needing manual adjustment):

Look for:

@original_name = enemy.name

Replace with:

@original_name = enemy.name.gsub!(/\\N\[([0-9]+)\]/i) { $game_actors[$1.to_i].name }

After that, you should be able to use the \n[id] in battler names flawlessly (unless anything within the default battle scene/your custom battle script uses not the battler names, but the database names directly, in which case you need to adjust that call as well).


Also... what's with the random character image in your post? O_o

 

[RegentGray]

Thanks for the assistance. The picture is of the character I was referring to. It just seemed right...

 

[PMG]

Before the battle starts, just use:

$data_enemies[enemy_id].name = $game_actors[actor_id].name


Replace enemy_id with the enemy id value
Replace actor_id with the id of the actor to get the name from

this gives me an error
"NoMethodError occurred while running script.

undefined method 'name' for [1]:array"

Possibly better solution (less call-script-involving and scaleable for multiple actors, also not needing manual adjustment):

Look for:

@original_name = enemy.name

Replace with:

@original_name = enemy.name.gsub!(/\\N\[([0-9]+)\]/i) { $game_actors[$1.to_i].name }

After that, you should be able to use the \n[id] in battler names flawlessly (unless anything within the default battle scene/your custom battle script uses not the battler names, but the database names directly, in which case you need to adjust that call as well).


Also... what's with the random character image in your post? O_o

where do I look? does anything need doing to the replacement code?

 

[BlueScope]

@PMG: As for my suggestion, I think you need to look within Game_Battler, however, I'm not completely sure of that. Either way, you have to find some place where the battler's name is defined, and change the line in the way I suggested (basically, I merged it with the message's name replacement string).
And no, when you changed the line accordingly, you're perfectly set up script-wise. What the code does, however, is enabling the \n tags from messages for battler names, aka you have to name the enemy \n[1] if you want the name to be the first actor's name.

Please note that you either need Seph or my script, not both. Seph's is a tad easier to set up, while mine requires no clutter within the event code.


As far as Seph's script goes, you might get that error because of the line break in the Call Script event. Solve it by writing this instead:

$data_enemies[32].name =

$game_actors[1].name