Random item in a treasure chest.

[Xanirus]

I know how to do this. When the player opens it, pick a number between 1-whatever, set it to a variable, and then make a whole bunch of condtional branches for each result. What I want to know is just exactly how much "else if" commands can the event window handle before RPGXP goes bonkers, since every time you make a new condition, it has to shift the words to the right. (If it's a matter of computer hardware, that's not really an issue.)

 

[regi]

I doubt there's a limit to "else if" Conditional Branches-- it doesn't really affect the program at all, except maybe making it a little harder to read as words get cut off.

If you want to avoid this, you can use Labels, or simply avoid using "Else" branches. Your random variable checking really doesn't require "Else" branches; and if you really have to use it, you can insert a "Jump to Label", and down below a "Label" continuing with the rest of the conditional branches.

 

[SephirothSpawn]

Perhaps this is just one of those things that would be better suited with a script/event combination (depending on what you do depending on those conditionals).

For instance, if you are gaining a single item from a list, then displaying a text message showing you gained the item:

Script: items = [1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9]

item_id = items[rand(items.size)]

name = $data_items[item_id].name

$game_variables[1] = name

$game_party.gain_item(item_id, 1)

Text: You gained \V[1]!

Change your [1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9] with item ids you can gain from that event. Separate each with a comma.

Replace [1] on both the 4th and 6th lines with the variable that will store your event's name.

Hopefully that prevented you from making a huge event system that you didn't really have to do.