Making a "Challenge Button"

[DekuSamurai]

(This should seem familiar to anyone who's played Tetra Master--or certain TCG-based video games.)

In this scenario, when the player presses the "V" key, the following things should occur in immediate sequence:
- pbExclaim triggers on the player's sprite, causing a "!" to appear above his/her head
- Global Switch 100 is turned on
- Input::C is triggered (as if the player pressed the "C" key)
- Global Switch 100 is turned off

If I'm right, this should mean:
1. If you press V in front of most events, it will interact with them normally (as if you pressed C).
2. If you press V in front of an event that specifically has a Condition set for Switch 100, you'll get a different result than if you pressed C.

In other words, I want to make the "V" key a "challenge the person I'm facing to a battle" button. It could be used to battle trainers you wouldn't normally battle--like a Professor, or the nurse at a Pokémon Center. It could also be used to fish for rematches, in a somewhat similar way to the canonical "Vs. Seeker" item.

I've put the following code in Scene_Map, starting at line 156:

    if Input.trigger?(Input::V)
      unless pbMapInterpreterRunning? or $game_player.moving?
         if $game_switches[100]
         $game_switches[100]=false
         else
         $game_switches[100]=true
         pbExclaim(EV023)
       end
     end
   end

That part is working just fine. It toggles switch 100 whenever you press the V key. But, I haven't figured out how to...
- Get pbExclaim to trigger over the player's head, instead of over an event.
- Have the script trigger Input::C, or an equivalent.

Presumably, I could simply have switch 100 turn off after Input::C was triggered. (It wouldn't need to "toggle" like it currently does, I think.)


I've tried a few different things, but feel as though I'm at a dead-end... Needless to say, I'm kind of a noob, but, any help would be much appreciated~!

 

[mej71]

I was just wondering about how to do that the other day, unfortunately I don't have an answer for you. I do have a bit of advice though. Change

if $game_switches[100]
         $game_switches[100]=false
         else
         $game_switches[100]=true
end

to

$game_switches[100]=!$game_switches[100]

This toggles it in a much faster fashion, without having to use a conditional branch.

 

[DekuSamurai]

Cool, that does seem to work a bit better. Thanks.~

(I still haven't made any real headway, unfortunately.)

 

[DL Kurosh]

Use this to make the player exclaim:

pbExclaim($game_player)

 

[mej71]

Oh, I think I figured it out. add the red part to this, which is in def update in Scene_Map

if Input.trigger?(Input::C) [COLOR="Red"]|| $game_switches[100][/COLOR]
      unless pbMapInterpreterRunning?
        [COLOR="red"]$game_switches[100]=false[/COLOR]
        $PokemonTemp.hiddenMoveEventCalling=true
      end
    end

Edit: And I would have your V button turn a second switch on, and your actual event will use that in it's conditional and turn it off at the end. That way, you have one switch controlling the input and can be turned off so not to try and input too many times, and have the other switch be used by events.

 

[DekuSamurai]

Oh, I think I figured it out. add the red part to this, which is in def update in Scene_Map

if Input.trigger?(Input::C) [COLOR="Red"]|| $game_switches[100][/COLOR]
      unless pbMapInterpreterRunning?
        [COLOR="red"]$game_switches[100]=false[/COLOR]
        $PokemonTemp.hiddenMoveEventCalling=true
      end
    end

Edit: And I would have your V button turn a second switch on, and your actual event will use that in it's conditional and turn it off at the end. That way, you have one switch controlling the input and can be turned off so not to try and input too many times, and have the other switch be used by events.

If I'm understanding your edit correctly (and forgive me if I'm not), that could cause a problem. If you pressed V in the middle of nowhere, it would turn the (new) switch on and leave it on... Needless to say, if that new switch is still on when you go talk to a Pkmn Center Nurse, you'll end up battling her when you wanted to heal!

The part above that, though, was a huge help.

Thanks to you two, I think it's working~! It hasn't been stress-tested yet, but, it's been functioning for me so far. For anyone who might want to know how this (currently) works, I've detailed it in the spoilerbox below.

Spoiler:

In the script PokemonControls, add the red text to this section:

  def self.buttonToKey(button)
    case button
      when Input::DOWN
        return [0x28] # Down
      when Input::LEFT
        return [0x25] # Left
      when Input::RIGHT
        return [0x27] # Right
      when Input::UP
        return [0x26] # Up
      when Input::A
        return [0x5A,0x10] # Z, Shift
      when Input::B
        return [0x58,0x1B] # X, ESC 
      when Input::C
        return [0x43,0x0d,0x20[color=red],0x56[/color]] # C, ENTER, Space, V
[color=red]      when Input::V    
        return [0x56] # V[/color]
      when Input::X
        return [0x41] # A
      when Input::Y
        return [0x53] # S
      when Input::Z
        return [0x44] # D
      when Input::L
        return [0x51,0x21] # Q, Page Up
      when Input::R
        return [0x57,0x22] # W, Page Down
      when Input::SHIFT
        return [0x10] # Shift
      when Input::CTRL
        return [0x11] # Ctrl
      when Input::ALT
        return [0x12] # Alt
      when Input::F5
        return [0x74] # F5
      when Input::F6
        return [0x75] # F6
      when Input::F7
        return [0x76] # F7
      when Input::F8
        return [0x77] # F8
      when Input::F9
        return [0x78] # F9
      else
        return []
    end
  end

In the script Scene_Map, find this section and add in the red text. (Credits to mej71)

    if Input.trigger?(Input::C)[color=red] || $game_switches[100][/color]
      unless pbMapInterpreterRunning?
[color=red]        $game_switches[100]=false[/color]
        $PokemonTemp.hiddenMoveEventCalling=true
      end
    end

Once again in the script Scene_Map, find the following section. It should be almost immediately after the section you just edited:

    if Input.trigger?(Input::F5)
      unless pbMapInterpreterRunning? or $game_player.moving?
        $PokemonTemp.keyItemCalling = true if $PokemonTemp
      end
    end

Immediately below that section, insert the following text. (Again, credits to mej71)

[color=red]    if Input.trigger?(Input::V)
      unless pbMapInterpreterRunning? or $game_player.moving?
        $game_switches[100]=!$game_switches[100]
        pbExclaim($game_player)
       end
     end[/color]

Of course, you can change which switch number is used--and you'll need to edit each event which is supposed to behave differently for the "V" key.

 

[Bowlstir]

This is really neat and I'll try and implement this in my game.

Thanks.