Some commands I need to know

[Ellie]

I am making a pet system for my MMORPG game. i need to know some commands in RGSS that I can add to a window, so that I can make this system as good and as unique as possible.

I know how to do a lot of stuff, but here's what I want to know:

Names
How can I show a character's name from the database in text? For example:

Pet Name: Brian

Where Brian is the name of character #2 in the database.

Also, how can I show other things such as their HP, MP, EXP, and other stuff like that?

Name input menu
How can I tell it, in a window, to open the input character name window for a certain character?

Shop Window
How can I tell it, in a window, to open the shop window with certain items in it?



Thanks, I think that is all for now. I think i know how to make multiple choice things like menus, so that wont be a problem.

Basically it is going to be like this. It shows the pet's stats and an image for the pet, and also the pet type in a window at the top. It then has options underneath for:
-Pet store
-Change pet's name
-etc.

 

[BlueScope]

Very basic stuff... let's see if I remind everything ^_^

Name: $data_actors[2].name
HP/MaxHP: $data_actors[2].hp.to_s / $data_actors[2].maxhp.to_s (the to_s is for converting it to a string. If this method doesn't work and you get a integer conversion error, use a checkpoint variable;
Other inputs work similar.)

You can do both actor-based Name Input and Shop with specific items by Event Commands, so I have no idea why you need to script it... well, for the name thing, look into class Scene_Name, find this line:

@actor = $game_actors[$game_temp.name_actor_id]

You can replace what's inside the [] by an actor ID. If you wish to do it for more than one specific character, I suggest you use a $game_variable which you can change both ingame and by script. That'd look like the following...

specific_actor = $game_variables[107]
@actor = $game_actors[specific_actor]

This code uses the variable with ID 107 to store the actor_id of the actor that should been used. Of course, you have to set this variable up before you call Scene_Name.

Can't help you with the shop thing, haven't looked into that class for ages...

 

[Yeyinde]

you can get goods by using an array with with following format:
[type, id] ==> type0 is item, 1 is weapon and 2 is armor. Id is self explanitory.
Example shop:

$game_temp.shop_goods = [[0,1], [0,2], [1,1]]
$scene = Scene_Shop.new

 

[Ellie]

Ok, tyvm.

 

[Ellie]

Sorry for this, I know I must seem like a right noob, but how can I make a conditional branch within a script so that if a variable is 0, it says one thing, and if a variable is 1 it says another thing?

And how can I change that variable to a random number using a script command?

What I was thinking was this.

When the scene is called before it I will have a script to change variable 5 to a random number between one and five.

Then, inside the script it would have something like this:

if (variable 5 = 0)
blah blah message number 1
elseif (variable 5 = 1)
blah blah message number 2
elseif (variable 5 = 2)
blah blah message number 3

and so on, to create a random message. It would say something like "Your pet is very happy to see you" or "Your pet is feeling very sad and lonely" for example, randomly.

 

[Yeyinde]

It should be ==, not =

 

[Ellie]

I need to know how to change that variable to a random number between 0 and 5 using a script now...

Also, how do I get rid of the annoying arrows on the window at the edges?

Oh and er... @bluescope

That wont work for what I am trying to do as that would replace scene_name.
What I mean is, in the pet system script I will have a selectable menu. One of them will be "Change pet's name". When that is chosen it will open up the name window for actor #2.

 

[Anonymous]

$game_variables[5] = rand(6)

 

[BlueScope]

@Wyatt: If you have arrows, it means you have a text field or something like that that exeeds the window width-40. Resize your text fields, bitmaps, ... and you should get rid of 'em, if it's not a Window_Selectable of any kind.

For the name thingy, you could solve this by adding a switch to Scene_Menu and trigger the actual Scene_Name by it, like this:

if $game_switches[777] == true
  @actor = $game_actors[2]
else
  @actor = $game_actors[$game_temp.name_actor_id]
end

This is also more easy to use with a from-Scene_Menu access. Don't forget to set the switch to false when exiting Scene_Name.