Dynamic character script?

[silver wind]

simply put, I wanna create a new character IN-GAME,
then add it to the party.
*when you start the game, the actor does not exist in the data base.

Spoiler: why?

I have a game where enemies can join your party. when this happens, I create a new actor with the enemy's states, and add it as party member. I can't create an actor for each enemy, cause there are 100+ enemies.

I made a script which duplicates Aluxes, give it new states & add it to the party. and.. somehow it works XD. so my Q:
1.what's the difference between $data_actors and $game_actors ?
2. about ID's: the new character will use ID bigger than the maximum value
- will this cause bugs?
-can I increase the maximum in-game?
3.why must I be so damn original? T.T

and.. last one:
4. if I had a method that receives enemy-ID, and creates an actor,
it'll be inside Game_Actor. so, how can I use it without a Game_Actor object?
can I have 2 initialize methods in ruby?

 

[poccil]

The variable $data_actors stores actors as they appear in the database.  They are instances of the class RPG::Actor.  The variable $game_actors stores the current state of actors in the game.  They are instances of the class Game_Actor and are included in save files.  The class RPG::Actor (see the help file) contains the data necessary to create a starting actor.  The following code shows how a new kind of actor can be created:

actor=RPG::Actor.new
actor.id=$data_actors.length
actor.name="Aluxes"
$data_actors.push(actor)
game_actor=Game_Actor.new(actor.id)

 

[silver wind]

thanks, poccil. that's what I thought.
that was very helpful.
let me see if I get it right- provided that i have a method to turn any enemy into an actual character, I don't need it inside $data_actors, cause I'll never need to initialize my actor?
any idea how I change the maximum value?

 

[Eduardo]

if you use poccils way I thin you have virtually unlimmited space to create actors.

 

[silver wind]

o.k, thanks Eduardo, and poccil. you helped me more than you think.
*lol for trying $data_actors.size and wondering why I get an error*
I think my answers were all answered. ^^

 

[khmp]

Array.length equates to the same method functionality as Array.size. The only reason you would get an error for using it is that the invoking object is nil or undefined.