Checking Battle Phase

[MasterMind]

I'm in the midst of creating an in-battle tutorial. What I can't figure out, is how to check if the battle is in a certain phase. For example, I have it like this:

• Player enters battle. A small picture saying "Tutorial" comes in. The picture then fades out.
• Another picture comes in, but this one says "Pre-Battle". This one, also, fades out.
• Then I have yet another picture explaining the party commands of "Fight" and "Escape".
• The player must select "Fight" to continue. "Escape" is disabled.
• (This is where I am stuck) I need to check if the battle is in command select phase. That way, I can put another picture that explains the commands.

If I can get help on this, then I can do the rest myself. I know it has something to do with the phase3 part in Scene_Battle 3. I just don't know exactly where to put it. If anyone needs a demo of what I have so far, by all means, ask. Thanks for any help, and if this is in the wrong forum, please move it.

 

[knmt]

which battle script are you using ?

normally , the command selection phase is "def update_phase3_basic_command" . It varies...

 

[MasterMind]

Right now, I'm using the default system. If I can just figure out how to do it, then I think could make it compatible with all the other CBS's.

 

[DerVVulfman]

The defs are pretty much universal since they were all modeled after the default system. Can't say that about Tacticals or Zelda/ABS systems... rats...

Whether it be the default system, ParaDog's ATB, Trickster's TRTAB, Cogwheel's RTAB, Fomar0153's Action Cost system... most every one of them uses the same basic def statements.

The section that sets up the Actor Command Window is:
def phase3_setup_command_window
While the routine that actively checks and performs the actions is:
def update_phase3_basic_command

You may wanna use the first one so the window pops up just before your Tutorial Image Window does.

 

[MasterMind]

Ok. So my event is the following (yes it's as an event, I just needed to know if I could check the phase through scripting):

@>Comment: ========================================================
@>Comment: ** Begin Battle Tutorial
@>Comment: ========================================================
@>Comment: --------------------------------------------------------
@>Comment: * Tutorial Pic
@>Comment: --------------------------------------------------------
@>Show Picture: 2,'Tutorial',Upper Left(-180, 215),(100%, 100%),255,Normal
@>Move Picture: 2,@20,Upper Left(230,215),(100%,100%),255,Normal
@>Wait: 30 Frame(s)
@>Move Picture: 2,@20,Upper Left(820, 215),(100%, 100%), 255,Normal
@>Wait: 21 Frame(s)
@>Erase Picture: 2
@>Comment: --------------------------------------------------------
@>Comment: * Pre-Battle Pic
@>Comment: --------------------------------------------------------
@>Show Picture: 3,'Pre-Battle',Upper Left(-224, 215),(100%, 100%),255,Normal
@>Move Picture: 3,@20,Upper Left(208,215),(100%,100%),255,Normal
@>Wait: 30 Frame(s)
@>Move Picture: 3,@20,Upper Left(864, 215),(100%, 100%), 255,Normal
@>Wait: 21 Frame(s)
@>Erase Picture: 3
@>Comment: --------------------------------------------------------
@>Comment: * Fight or Escape Pic
@>Comment: --------------------------------------------------------
@>Show Picture: 4,'FightorEscape',Upper Left(-480, 0),(100%,100%),255,Normal
@>Move Picture: 4,@20,Upper Left(0,0),(100%,100%),255,Normal
@>Wait: 30 Frame(s)
@>Move Picture: 4,@20,Upper Left(480, 0),(100%, 100%), 255,Normal
@>Wait: 21 Frame(s)
@>Erase Picture: 4

After that last event command, "Erase Picture: 4", is where I would like to check if the player had chosen the "Fight" option. My question now is, what lines of code would I use? Would I use

class Scene_Battle
if @phase = 3
# code
end
end

in a conditional branch?

Would that check to see if the battle is in that particular phase? If it does, I would then display another picture explaining the battle commands. If this sounds too confusing, I can make a demo of what I have so far. And if this is no longer suited for RGSS support, please move it. Thanks.

 

[knmt]

hmm...why don't you try it out yourself ?

"def start_phase3" will occur after you choose "FIGHT" , that's it.