'Creating' events with common events.

[Darkus]

Is it possible to create a new event on the map with the use of a common event.
For example.
Using an item with a common event, that spawns an npc who does the action that the common event is set to do.

my situation:
I'm using Mr. Mo's ABS. And attempting to make a sort of beam-attack with one of the Ranged Skills.
When using a ranged skill, it makes an event and that event moves so far then disappear.
Problem is, beams just don't look right if it's just a single characterset.
I'm trying to make a temporary line of 'events' between the beam and the character. (I'm aware of the lag situation, which is why the events wouldn't last so long. Maybe not a direct line from the character to the skill. but at least a small trailing effect on it.)

I tried using the variable trick to make an event appear next to a player. (Setting variables to Map X/Y, +1) and changing the graphic. But it won't appear on the map itself.

That possible?

 

[SephirothSpawn]

I have a true event spawner in my test bed. It is in SDK format, but should work without it. Not sure though. :S

 

[Darkus]

Thanks, i'll look into it.
I'm using SDK so it should be good.

 

[Darkus]

Thanks Seph, this should help ALOT with some of my skills and bosses ideas...along with many MANY other ideas I couldn't seem to pull off.

One question though, that should make things slightly easier for me.
In the creating event part.
( Event_Spawner.create_event(3, 5, 'Sample Event A'))
as taken from your example.

It would appear at '3, 5'
Is there a way to set it to a variable +#?
I'm using variables to record my player's current X/Y, and use that to determine placement of certain events.
Is there a way to set the spawner to use that idea, allowing it to spawn next to the player by adding +1 to the said variable?
Or am I going to have to create a long string of commands for each spawned event to set that variable, add 1 to it, then transfer event to it?

 

[SephirothSpawn]

Yep. Just use $game_variables[variable_id]

 

[Darkus]

I tried to call your preset sample event using Event_Spawner.Presets.sample_event_a

But it results in a 'NoMethodError' in the presets module...?

I also don't understand where i'd put in the $game_variables[variable_id]
in the sample event, if i'd want to use that.

def self.sample_event_a(x = 3, y = 3, save = true)
Event_Spawner.create_event(x, y, 'Sample Event A')
Event_Spawner.set_page_graphic({'c_name' => '002-Fighter02'})
Event_Spawner.add_event_command(101, ['I am a spawned event'])
Event_Spawner.end_event(save)
end

 

[SephirothSpawn]

Did you try the demo? I can't remember whether I had the Event Spawner on it or not.

If you tell me exaclty what you want to do, I can show you an example, and we can work from there.