Checking for event names in script help

Rayd12smitty · Jan 2, 2014

I am trying to make something run for every event on the map, but only if that event has a certain name. I have this

Code:

    for event in 0...$game_map.events.length
      pbMoveRoute($game_map.events[event],[PBMoveRoute::StepAnimeOn])
    end

which works perfectly for every event on the map. I only want the events named "Poke" though. I tried this

Code:

    for event in 0...$game_map.events.length
      if event.name=="Poke"
        pbMoveRoute($game_map.events[event],[PBMoveRoute::StepAnimeOn])
      end
    end

I get an error. I have tried doing other methods with using $game_map.events.values instead but I can't get any events to move when I do that, although the game doesn't crash. I'm kinda lost here. Can anyone help?

~JV~ · Jan 3, 2014

the variable is returning a number between 0 and the total number of events on the map, so trying to get a .name from it won't work. What you should do to get the actual event is use:

Code:

for event in $game_map.events.values

instead of:

Code:

for event in 0...$game_map.events.length

Rayd12smitty · Jan 3, 2014

~JV~ said:
the variable is returning a number between 0 and the total number of events on the map, so trying to get a .name from it won't work. What you should do to get the actual event is use:

Code:

for event in $game_map.events.values

instead of:

Code:

for event in 0...$game_map.events.length

Alright I get no error now, but nothing happens. I took away the name check but the animation/move route doesn't happen on any of the events with or without the name check.

This is the whole script

Code:

  def update_stepping
    FollowingMoveRoute([PBMoveRoute::StepAnimeOn])
    for event in $game_map.events.values
      if event.name=="Poke"
        pbMoveRoute($game_map.events[event],[PBMoveRoute::StepAnimeOn])
      end
    end
  end

You can ignore the FollowingMoveRoute part. I am trying to add something to the Following Pokemon script I am working on. This "update_stepping" is called whenever the map updates pretty much so it's constant. The update for the Following Pokemon sprite works perfectly. I want to make the same effect work for any event named "Poke"

Maruno · Jan 3, 2014

It looks like you're getting confused about what you're looping through.

Code:

for event in $game_map.events.values

event is an event. It's not a number. event.name works fine, because events have names, but $game_map.events[event] is nonsensical because it expects event to be a number and would give the event with that number.

Replace $game_map.events[event] with event.

Rayd12smitty · Jan 3, 2014

Thank you so much! I wasn't sure exactly what these values were or returned. I was just trying to look at other scripts and try to figure out how to make it run.

Checking for event names in script help

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