Removing the level up feature in the Remodeled Damage Script

[zorksox]

In my game, the characters level up silently.  That is, they slowly gain HP based on there experience.  In order for this to work properly I need to remove the 'Level Up!" notice from the Remodeled Damage Script.  It usually just requires me to remove a few line of code, but I can figure this one out.  Any ideas?

Here's the script.  As you can see, I've removed the two obvious lines.  That didn't work.

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class Scene_Battle
  alias :atb_setup_original :atb_setup
  def atb_setup
    for path in ["num", "critical", "miss", "levelup", "newskill", "learning"]
      RPG::Cache.numeric(path)
    end
    atb_setup_original
  end
end

module RPG
  class Sprite < ::Sprite
    WIDTH = 18                    # Width of individual number in number image.
    HEIGHT = 12                  # Height of individual number in number image.
    def damage(value, critical, type = 0)
      if value.is_a?(Numeric)
        damage_string = value.abs.to_s
      else
        damage_string = value.to_s
      end
      if value.is_a?(Numeric) and value >= 0
        if type == 0
          if critical
            d_bitmap = draw_damage(value, 1)
          else
            d_bitmap = draw_damage(value, 0)
          end
        else
          d_bitmap = draw_damage(value, 2)
        end
      else
        if type == 0
          d_bitmap = draw_damage(value, 3)
        else
          d_bitmap = draw_damage(value, 4)
        end
      end
      if type == 2
        d_bitmap = draw_damage(value, 5)
      end
      num = @_damage.size
      if type != 2
        @_damage.push([::Sprite.new, 40, 0, rand(40) - 20, rand(30) + 50])
      else
        @_damage.push([::Sprite.new, 40, 0, rand(20) - 10, rand(20) + 60])
      end
      @_damage[num][0].bitmap = d_bitmap
      @_damage[num][0].ox = d_bitmap.width / 2
      @_damage[num][0].oy = d_bitmap.height / 2
      if self.battler.is_a?(Game_Actor)
        @_damage[num][0].x = self.x + self.viewport.ox
        @_damage[num][0].y = self.y - self.oy / 2
      else
        @_damage[num][0].x = self.x + self.viewport.rect.x -
                            self.ox + self.src_rect.width / 2
        @_damage[num][0].y = self.y - self.oy * self.zoom_y / 2 +
                            self.viewport.rect.y
        @_damage[num][0].zoom_x = self.zoom_x
        @_damage[num][0].zoom_y = self.zoom_y
        @_damage[num][0].z = 3000
      end
    end
    def draw_damage(value, element)
      width = 0
      if value.is_a?(Numeric)
        value = value.abs
        fig = value.to_s.size - 1
        file = RPG::Cache.numeric("num")
        d_width = WIDTH * fig + file.rect.width / 10
        if element == 1
          critical = RPG::Cache.numeric("critical")
          d_width = [d_width, critical.rect.width].max
          d_bitmap = Bitmap.new(d_width, HEIGHT + file.rect.height / 5)
          d_x = (width - critical.rect.width / 10) / 2
          d_bitmap.blt(d_x, 0, critical, critical.rect)
        else
          d_bitmap = Bitmap.new(d_width, HEIGHT + file.rect.height / 5)
        end
        d_x = ((d_width) - (WIDTH * fig + file.rect.width / 10)) / 2
        while fig >= 0
          d_bitmap.blt(d_x, HEIGHT, file, Rect.new((value / (10 ** fig)) *
            file.rect.width / 10, element * file.rect.height / 5,
            file.rect.width / 10, file.rect.height / 5))
          d_x += WIDTH
          value %= 10 ** fig
          fig -= 1
        end
      else
        case value
        when ""
          return Bitmap.new(1, 1)
        when "Miss"
          file = RPG::Cache.numeric("miss")
#        when "Level up!"
#          file = RPG::Cache.numeric("levelup")
        when "New Skill!"
          file = RPG::Cache.numeric("newskill")
        when "Learning!"
          file = RPG::Cache.numeric("learning")
        else
          file = RPG::Cache.numeric(value)
        end
        d_bitmap = file
      end
      return d_bitmap
    end
  end
  module Cache
    def self.numeric(filename)
      self.load_bitmap("Graphics/Pictures/", filename)
    end
  end
end

 

[Brewmeister]

In that 'case' statement, you are inputting 'value' ("Level up!").
Since you are not checking to see if value == "Level up!", it's using the 'else' statement, which sets file= RPG::Cache.numeric(value).

Try this...

        case value
        when ""
          return Bitmap.new(1, 1)
        when "Miss"
          file = RPG::Cache.numeric("miss")
        when "Level up!"
          return Bitmap.new(1, 1)
        when "New Skill!"
          file = RPG::Cache.numeric("newskill")
        when "Learning!"
          file = RPG::Cache.numeric("learning")
        else
          file = RPG::Cache.numeric(value)
        end

 

[zorksox]

That sort of worked.  The Remodeled Damage Script doesn't recognize leveling up anymore.  But it now uses the default "Level Up!" message.

http://www.mts.net/~zorksox/levelup.JPG