Guest Character

[kaze950]

If anyone has played FFIII (at least the DS version), you should know what I'm talking about. Basically, I'm requesting a system whereupon a fifth party member is added, that party member becomes a hidden, "guest" party member. Enemies do not attack the guest, nor does the guest even appear in the battle interface. Instead, the guest might randomly use a skill on a random turn.

I'd like this system to do two things: One, give the power to have a fifth party member. Two, make it so certain actors have the behavior like above. They are sort of ghosts. They can't be attacked, and generally can't attack, except sometimes doing so randomly. The chance of them acting should be editable in the script. Also, the "random action" should always be to use a skill. In the case of one of these actors having more than 1 skill, it is chosen at random.

If anyone can do this, I'd be greatful. And if you've played FFIII, try to make the system exactly like that.

Of course, anyone who does this will get credit. That goes without saying....but I'll say it anyway.

 

[strager]

http://www.rmxp.org/forums/index.php?topic=42685.0

this does at least some of what your asking.....

 

[kaze950]

bump

 

[Fomar0153]

Here you go:

class Game_Party < Game_Unit
  
  attr_accessor :guests
  
  alias ffiii_initialize initialize
  def initialize
    ffiii_initialize
    @guests = [5, 6]
  end
  
end

class Game_Actor < Game_Battler
  
  def make_guest_action
    self.action.clear
    case @actor_id
    when 5
      if rand(99) < 60 # 60%
        self.recover_all
        self.action.kind = 0
        self.action.basic = 0
        self.action.decide_random_target
        return true
      end
    when 6
      x = rand(99)
      if x < 20 # 20%
        self.recover_all
        self.action.kind = 1
        self.action.skill_id = 56
        self.action.decide_random_target
        return true
      end
      if x < 40 # 20%
        self.recover_all
        self.action.kind = 1
        self.action.skill_id = 44
        self.action.decide_random_target
        return true
      end
      if x < 60 # 20%
        self.recover_all
        self.action.kind = 1
        self.action.skill_id = 55
        self.action.decide_random_target
        return true
      end
      if x < 80 # 20%
        self.recover_all
        self.action.kind = 1
        self.action.skill_id = 79
        self.action.decide_random_target
        return true
      end
    end
    return false
  end
  
  
end


class Scene_Battle < Scene_Base
  
  alias ffiii_make_action_orders make_action_orders
  def make_action_orders
    ffiii_make_action_orders
    
    unless $game_troop.surprise
      action_battlers2 = @action_battlers.clone
      @action_battlers = []
      for guest in $game_party.guests
        if $game_actors[guest].make_guest_action
          @action_battlers.push($game_actors[guest])
        end
      end
      for battler in action_battlers2
        @action_battlers.push(battler)
      end
    end
  end
  
  def set_next_active_battler
    loop do
      if $game_troop.forcing_battler != nil
        @active_battler = $game_troop.forcing_battler
        @action_battlers.delete(@active_battler)
        $game_troop.forcing_battler = nil
      else
        @active_battler = @action_battlers.shift
      end
      return if @active_battler == nil
      return if @active_battler.index != nil
      return if $game_party.guests.include?(@active_battler.id)
    end
  end
  
end

It should be quite clear how to use but:
To set the guest members:
$game_party.guests = []
With the ids in the [] e.g. [1] is Ralph , [6, 7] is Oscar and Vera etc
To add:
$game_party.guests.push(i)
Where i is the id
To remove:
$game_party.guests.delete(i)
Where i is the id

And to set up what actions they do and how often look at the examples in the script, I hope that's enough instructions wise.