[resolved] Get scene name

[Ellie]

RMMV / JS

Hi,

I'm doing some work in a sprite class, which could be loaded from any scene.

I want to add some code that's only executed by certain scenes.

Is there a way to check what scene you're in?

In XP I would have done: if $scene.scene_is?(Scene_Map)

Or something like that.

 

[coyotecraft]

If scene == true
Or something like that.

 

[Xilef]

Javascript has the "instanceof" operator and there's the SceneManager which has the current scene as _scene.

SceneManager._scene instanceof Scene_Map

You can also do

SceneManager._scene.constructor == Scene_Map

which is more MV specific, I think I'd prefer that to instanceof personally as the SceneManager already uses this with the _previousClass member (used with popping the scene stack).


I'd write any code that only executes in particular scenes to be in those actual Scene classes, rather than in the sprite class - that's the more logical place to do it, however it's probably not as flexible. As I think about it, having a sprite be aware of its scene feels like the better "cool" way to me as you wouldn't need to worry about compatibility with other Plugins if the sprite is handling the logic.

If you want the scene's string name then I think there's SceneManager._scene.constructor.name - the actual object type has a .name member (all functions have .name and Javascript classes are just weird functions).