[Scripting Question] If IMAGE, then THIS

[Atlat]

This is the last thing I need to deal with before I'm finished. Most likely. This is me we're talking about, so anything could go wrong afterwards.

I want to be able to set a variable to a different number depending on the graphic that the event is currently using. I have basically everything finished. I just need to know what goes in the IF itself. I've looked through the code to see if there was anything similar, but to no avail.

If _________ <-- Place I don't know what to put.
Do this stuff.
Else
Do this other stuff.
End

 

[B+]

It seems simple, but let me make sure I understand.

Variable, and when that variable gets pulled, stuff happens, correct? A la RNG?

If that variable doesn't get pulled, another script occurs, correct?

You also say "depending on the graphic the event is using", would that image be randomized?

 

[Atlat]

Not exactly. This doesn't have anything to do with RNG. I might've been a bit too broad in my question.

Let me put it this way. If I were to interact with this event, it'll do something if the event's graphic is a certain image. If the graphic is not that specific image, then it'll do something else.

Variables seem like they work here at first, but the sheer scale that this'll reach to will cause too many issues. That's why I want to focus on the graphics themselves.

If "Specific Graphic" <-- Updated version to be more clear.
Do this stuff.
Else
Do this other stuff.
End

 

[B+]

Not exactly. This doesn't have anything to do with RNG. I might've been a bit too broad in my question.

Let me put it this way. If I were to interact with this event, it'll do something if the event's graphic is a certain image.

I think I'm getting it. What about self switches? Meaning, each event page is labeled a different switch. Event pages would contain certain scripts and changing pages is how you'd set a different graphic to indicate which event page would do what. But that also means you'll still have to randomize which self switch would be pulled.

For example:

I had set it to parallel process to randomize upon entering the area / map, because it seems like you want the image to change before interaction.

 

[Atlat]

That's something I've considered but there's two issues with this.

The first issue with this way of handling the situation is simply that there aren't enough self switches. The scale of what I'm doing would most certainly exceed "Self Switch Z" if it existed.

The other issue is that what this is all amounting to is something that'll occur between many different events. They can be connected through a common event like I'm doing, but this means that I cannot use self switches to accomplish this task.

You know what, I should probably just say what I want to happen in the long run. That would probably help.
My game will heavily revolve around the fact that there are multiple protagonists. The way I want this to work is when you talk to one of the events that swap you between characters, it'll swap you into the character that matches the graphic of the event, and swap that event's graphic into the character you were playing as (which I've already gotten to work).

 

[NettoHikari]

Instead of self switches, how about a single variable whose value determines the character ID? In B+'s response above, instead of setting self switches on the first page, you can remove everything except the first line where you set Variable 0028 to a random number. Then in the second page, check "Variable 0028 == 0" instead of "Self Switch A is ON", in the third page, check "Variable 0028 == 1" instead of "Self Switch B is ON", etc. You can repeat this for as many characters as you have, but just remember that the event page conditions should be increasing since RMXP checks which page to run from right to left.

 

[Atlat]

This would work if it was kept to only two events. Let's say there are Characters A, B, and C. You are Character A and want to swap with Character B. Character A and B would swap just fine. The problem is that Character C would also become Character A because it's the same variable (and considering the length the game will be, I'd rather use a minimal amount of variables and switches). Actually, it would immediately become Character B since that's what the variable is at. It wouldn't be that bad if swapping characters was always contained, but swapping characters overall is very open. That's why I'm trying to see if there's some way for a conditional to detect the event's graphic. That way, it would be self contained to each specific event when dealing with the swapping.

Also, where on earth are you guys getting random from? There shouldn't be any RNG in this mechanism.

 

[NettoHikari]

This would work if it was kept to only two events. Let's say there are Characters A, B, and C. You are Character A and want to swap with Character B. Character A and B would swap just fine. The problem is that Character C would also become Character A because it's the same variable (and considering the length the game will be, I'd rather use a minimal amount of variables and switches). Actually, it would immediately become Character B since that's what the variable is at. It wouldn't be that bad if swapping characters was always contained, but swapping characters overall is very open. That's why I'm trying to see if there's some way for a conditional to detect the event's graphic. That way, it would be self contained to each specific event when dealing with the swapping.

Also, where on earth are you guys getting random from? There shouldn't be any RNG in this mechanism.

I believe "$game_map.events[@event_id].character_name" inside a Script or Conditional Branch will get the name of the event's current graphic.

 

[Atlat]

Thank you so much! That's exactly what I needed!