Party Leader "Rotating" (with a check to see if the actor is dead) -- How?

[Twin Matrix]

Hi hi!

This is my last request. I really hope someone can help me, because I need it done within 4 hours or so. I'm trying to make it so that with a button you can change party leaders. I already assigned the button and got it to work with the code below, but it also switches to dead members. I want it to skip the dead members as party leader.

If someone could help me with that I will love you forever! I also kind of need a second button to scroll backwards, but it's OK if no one knows how to do that.

The code that I have atm:

(In Game Map)

 (def update)     
if Input.trigger?($PT_Rotate_Left) || Input.press?($PT_Rotate_Left) && $PT_Rotate_Left.nil?
      rotate_party_left
    end

def rotate_party_left
    leader = $game_party.actors[0]
    $game_party.actors.delete_at(0)
    $game_party.actors.push(leader)
    $game_player.refresh
  end

Thank you!!! x 500

 

[Haki]

I think this should be in RGSS support

 

[Twin Matrix]

Sorry, wrong forum.

 

[SephirothSpawn]

class Game_Party
  def rotate_next_actor
    return if all_dead?
    @actors << @actors.shift
    @actors << @actors.shift while @actors[0].dead?
  end
  def rotate_last_actor
    return if all_dead?
    @actors.insert(0, @actors.pop)
    @actors.insert(0, @actors.pop) while @actors[0].dead?
  end
end

class Game_Player
  Rotate_Party_Next_Button = Input::L
  Rotate_Party_Last_Button = Input::R
  alias_method :seph_partyrotate_gmplyr_update, :update
  def update
    if Input.trigger?(Rotate_Party_Next_Button)
      $game_party.rotate_next_actor
      refresh
    elsif Input.trigger?(Rotate_Party_Last_Button)
      $game_party.rotate_last_actor
      refresh
    end
    seph_partyrotate_gmplyr_update
  end
end

 
Try that (not tested)

 

[Nate McCloud]

It didn't work. I tried it (in case it's important info, I have three actors in the party) and got this message:

Script 'SephirothSpawn - Leader Switch' line 10: NoMethodError occurred.

undefined method `dead?' for 3:Fixnum

Edit: I've discovered the problem. $actors[0] only returns the ID number of the first member of the party. To remedy the error I tried this, and it worked.
Simply replace the instances of this:

@actors[0].dead?

...With this:

members[0].dead?

Yet another problem that's presented, though, is how to automatically switch the leader to the next living member when a party member is determined to be dead.