Conditional Branch using levels?

[Stavros]

Well, I was just wondering, is there any way to make a conditional branch depending on level? I wanted to add an item that boosts the chosen character's stats, and gives them new usable weapons and such in my game, but the original Conditional Branch doesn't seem to support that, and if it does(and I was conpletely oblivious and didn't notice), can someone explain how?

Thanks in advance  :smile:

 

[Glitchfinder]

Well, I was just wondering, is there any way to make a conditional branch depending on level? I wanted to add an item that boosts the chosen character's stats, and gives them new usable weapons and such in my game, but the original Conditional Branch doesn't seem to support that, and if it does(and I was conpletely oblivious and didn't notice), can someone explain how?

Thanks in advance  :smile:

If the conditional branch doesn't suppoirt levels, you could always have it set a variable to the level of the actor you want to check, and then check to see if that variable's value is high enough. Just a thought.

 

[Unka Josh]

Yes, that's how this works.  You set a variable equal to the player's level.  You can set variables to an amazing number of things, which has all sorts of uses.

 

[Stavros]

I've been experimenting with variables, but I can't seem to set the level. Can someone tell me how?

 

[Brewmeister]

Control Variables ->  Operation: Set, Operand: Actor - Level

 

[Stavros]

Even trying that, seems I still have problems. The real problem is that said item doesn't want to work. Just now, I tried without the item, and still no luck.

 

[Brewmeister]

Can you explain exactly what it is you are trying to do, and post screenshots of your item, and common events.

I assume you are setting a common event in the item, so when the item is 'used', you check the level, then change stats & add weapons accordingly?

 

[Stavros]

Exactly that. Screenshots will be up shortly

Item:
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k142/Stesta/item.png[/img]

Common Event:
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k142/ ... nevent.png[/img]

Of course, what I WILL be doing with this(what you see is a test) is that I'll be switching character(same character, really, only with higher stats, another 25 levels to go, and new weapons/items to use)

 

[Brewmeister]

That should work as long as Steve is level 25. I don't have VX to test it.

In the "Else" statement, put a text statement to debug....

  Text: -,-, Normal, Bottom
        : Steven is level \V[1]

 

[Stavros]

Everything SHOULD work, but the problem is, it makes that incredibly annoying "This item doesn't work" noise when I try to use the item. Even when I put it all into one run on Autorun event, I still have problems

 

[Brewmeister]

alright, test it systematically.

First, set the common event on the item back to 'none'.  See if the item itself works.
You have it set to 'Only from the Menu', and 'One Ally'.
Meaning you can only use it from the menu, and it should prompt you to pick a party member to use it on.

The common event code looks correct to me. Can someone else with VX test it?

Have you patched the Interpreter for the VX script bug?  (see the FAQ)

Be Well

 

[Stavros]

Well, for the item, when I removed the common event, it didn't work. I decided to higher the MaxHP parameter by 0, and now it works. Right after, I put the common event back on, and I still have problems. I made an autorun event, setting Steven to level 25(max level), and it says he's level 0

 

[regi]

This is probably due to the VX script bug, which Brew mentioned above. Take a look here for the fix (you'll have to replace the Interpreter script with the one in the spoiler).

 

[Stavros]

Well, I replaced the interpreter, exactly the same way I should have, and now I just plain get an error message:

Script 'Game_Interpreter' line 242: NameError occured.

undefined local variable or method 'command_122' for #<Game_Interpreter:0x15294f8>

 

[regi]

Er.. I'm assuming you're not supposed to replace the entire script (don't have VX, so I can't really check). If that's what you did, try restoring the old script (create a new project and copy the Interpreter from there) and then follow these instructions instead.

 

[Stavros]

Well, I didn't completely replace the script, I just replaced the Game_Interpreter area. I might have taken out too much or whatnot, so I might as well see the instructions, maybe I did something wrong.

 

[Stavros]

Well, this topic can be locked. I decided to use XP