Getting the actor tags to display in items.

[FlippyD]

Hey, in my game I have a weapon created by the main character, and I want the weapon's name and description to say so. However, using "\n[1]" doesn't work for item names or their descriptions. Is there any way to do this without scripting?

 

[ikos]

98.3% that this is a no, you can with scripting, I'm sure.
You could make it to where the actor's name isn't changable? :\

 

[FlippyD]

I could, but I want a classic old-school RPG feel to my game, so having name input fields is necessary I feel. I've found a way around the problem, sort of. Using the old "last name" trick, letting players only change the first name.

 

[ikos]

Hey, you might want to try:

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#==============================================================================
#  Description Replacement Codes
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#  Description:
#
#    This script basically just allows the use of some basic message codes in
#  item descriptions.
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#  Instructions:
#
#    To use, insert the codes you'd like to use into the description of the
#  item, weapon, armor, or skill. The message codes you can use are:
#
#  General Codes
#    \n[actor_id] - prints name of actor with specified ID
#    \c[class_id] - prints name of class with specified ID
#    \s[state_id] - prints name of state with specified ID
#    \v[variable_id] - prints value of variable with specified ID
#    \e[element_id] - prints name of element with specified ID
#    \vocab[value] - prints vocab for that item type. Suitable values for this
#                  are: level, level_a, hp, hp_a, mp, mp_a, atk, def, spi, 
#                    agi, weapon, armor1, armor2, armor3, armor4, weapon1, 
#                    weapon2, attack, skill, guard, item, equip, status, save,
#                    game_end, fight, escape, new_game, shutdown, to_title,
#                    continue, cancel, gold
#    \p - prints price                         (Items, Weapons, or Armors ONLY)
#    \spd - prints speed stat value                      (Skills or Items ONLY)
#    \dmg - prints damage stat value                     (Skills or Items ONLY)
#    \var - prints variance stat value                   (Skills or Items ONLY)
#    \atkf - prints Attack F stat value                  (Skills or Items ONLY)
#    \spif - prints Spirit F stat value                  (Skills or Items ONLY)
#    \hr - prints hit ratio                            (Skills or Weapons ONLY)
#    \mpc - prints mp cost value                                  (Skills ONLY)
#    \mpr - prints mp rate percentile                              (Items ONLY)
#    \mpv - prints mp value                                        (Items ONLY)
#    \hpr - prints hp rate percentile                              (Items ONLY)
#    \hpv - prints hp value                                        (Items ONLY)
#    \pn - prints paramter name (MaxHP etc...)                     (Items ONLY)
#    \pv - prints parameter points (50, etc...)                    (Items ONLY)
#    \eva - prints evasion                                        (Armors ONLY)
#    \atk - prints Attack                              (Weapons or Armors ONLY)
#    \def - prints Defense                             (Weapons or Armors ONLY)
#    \spi - prints Spirit                              (Weapons or Armors ONLY)
#    \agi - prints Agility                             (Weapons or Armors ONLY) 
#==============================================================================
# ** RPG::BaseItem
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
#  Summary of Changes: 
#    aliased method - description
#==============================================================================

class RPG::BaseItem
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  # * Description
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  alias modalg_desc_codes_description_extract_8fn3 description
  def description
    # Get duplicate of actual description
    text = modalg_desc_codes_description_extract_8fn3.dup
    # Substitute codes for their actual values
    text.gsub! (/\\n\[(\d+)\]/i) { $game_actors[$1.to_i].name }   # Actor Name
    text.gsub! (/\\c\[(\d+)\]/i) { $data_classes[$1.to_i].name }  # Class Name 
    text.gsub! (/\\s\[(\d+)\]/i) { $data_states[$1.to_i].name }   # State Name
    text.gsub! (/\\v\[(\d+)\]/i) { $game_variables[$1.to_i].to_s }     # Variable
    text.gsub! (/\\e\[(\d+)\]/i) { $data_elements[$1.to_i].name } # Element
    begin
      text.gsub! (/\\vocab\[(\w+)\]/i) {eval ("Vocab.#{$1.to_s}")}# Vocabulary
    rescue
    end
    # Skill or Item ONLY
    if self.is_a? (RPG::UsableItem)
      text.gsub! (/\\spd/i)  { self.speed }                       # Speed
      text.gsub! (/\\dmg/i)  { self.base_damage }                 # Damage
      text.gsub! (/\\var/i)  { self.variance }                    # Variance
      text.gsub! (/\\atkf/i) { self.atk_f }                       # Attack F
      text.gsub! (/\\spif/i) { self.spi_f }                       # Spirit F
    end
    # Skill or Weapon ONLY
    text.gsub! (/\\hr/i) {self.hit} if self.is_a? (RPG::Weapon) || self.is_a? (RPG::Skill)
    # Item ONLY
    if self.is_a? (RPG::Item)
      text.gsub! (/\\hpr/i) { self.hp_recovery_rate }             # HP Percent
      text.gsub! (/\\hpv/i) { self.hp_recovery }                  # HP Value
      text.gsub! (/\\mpr/i) { self.mp_recovery_rate }             # MP Percent
      text.gsub! (/\\mpv/i) { self.mp_recovery }                  # MP Value
      text.gsub! (/\\pv/i)  { self.parameter_points }             # Param. Value
      if text[/\\pn/i]
        vocab = ["Max + #{Vocab.hp}", "Max + #{Vocab.mp}", Vocab.atk, 
                 Vocab.def, Vocab.spi, Vocab.agi]
        text.gsub! (/\\pn/i) { vocab[self.parameter_type] }       # Param. Name
      end
    end
    # Items, Weapons, or Armor ONLY
    unless self.is_a? (RPG::Skill)
      text.gsub! (/\\p/i) { self.price }
      # Armor ONLY
      text.gsub! (/\\eva/i) {self.hit} if self.is_a? (RPG::Armor)
      # Armor or Weapon ONLY
      if self.is_a? (RPG::Armor) || self.is_a? (RPG::Weapon)
        text.gsub! (/\\atk/i) { self.atk }
        text.gsub! (/\\def/i) { self.def }
        text.gsub! (/\\spi/i) { self.spi }
        text.gsub! (/\\agi/i) { self.agi }
      end
    end
    # Return the text with substituted codes
    return text
  end
end