[RMXP] Good VS Evil Options

[Ty]

Script Name: Good VS Evil --- RMXP Version
Written by: Synthesize
Version: 1.0.0
Released: January 26, 2008

What is it?
This script allows you to have each actor have an alignment and alignment points. The alignment raises similar to Baldur's Gate 'reputation' system where if you accumulate x amount of Alignment Points, then your Alignment Level rises.

Features:
- Easily Add/Remove alignment points
- Easily check the Alignment Level
- Easily check the Alignment points
- Easy to customize
- Short

DEMO:
http://www.4shared.com/file/6oJ-kbms/GoodVSEvil.html

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CODE

#===============================================================================
# Good VS Evil --- RMXP Version
#===============================================================================
# Written by Synthesize
# Version 1.0.0
# January 26, 2008
#===============================================================================
#                            * RMXP Version *
#===============================================================================
module GoodVSEvil
  # The initial Alignment for actors
  Alignment_initial = {1 => 2, 2 => 3, 3 => -5}
  Alignment_initial.default = 0
  # The names of the alignments
  Alignment_names = ["Very Good", "Good", "Neutral", "Evil", "Devil Child"]
  # maximum amount of points
  Maximum_alignment = 100
  # Maximum amount of evil points
  Maximum_evil_alignment = -100
  # Format = {value => amount to check}
  Rates = {0 => 50, 1 => 25, 3 => -25, 4 => 50}
  # Rates configure how many Alignment points a character needs to have
  # there alignment 'upgrade'
  # $alignment commands:
  # $alignment.add(value, member)   # Adds value of alignment
  # $alignment.remove(value, member)   # Removes value from member
  # $alignment.checksum(amount, member)   # Check value of points then return
  # $alignment.checkname(member, name)   # Check if the alignment level is =name
end
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create and set alignment points
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Game_Actor < Game_Battler
  attr_accessor :alignment
  attr_accessor :alignment_name
  alias syn_gve_setup setup
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Setup Actor Alignment
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def setup(actor_id)
    syn_gve_setup(actor_id)
    @alignment = GoodVSEvil::Alignment_initial[actor_id]
    @alignment_name = "Neutral"
  end
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Return Alignment Values
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def alignment_value
    @alignment = GoodVSEvil::Maximum_alignment if @alignment > GoodVSEvil::Maximum_alignment
    @alignment = GoodVSEvil::Maximum_evil_alignment if @alignment < GoodVSEvil::Maximum_evil_alignment
    if @alignment >= GoodVSEvil::Rates[1]
      @alignment_name = GoodVSEvil::Alignment_names[1]
      @alignment_name = GoodVSEvil::Alignment_names[0] if @alignment > GoodVSEvil::Rates[0]
      return @alignment_name
    elsif @alignment <= GoodVSEvil::Rates[3]
      @alignment_name = GoodVSEvil::Alignment_names[3]
      @alignment_name = GoodVSEvil::Alignment_names[4] if @alignment >= GoodVSEvil::Rates[4]
      return @alignment_name
    else
      @alignment_name = GoodVSEvil::Alignment_names[2]
      return @alignment_name
    end
  end
end
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Window_MenuStatus add-on
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Window_Status < Window_Base
  alias syn_gve_refresh refresh
  def refresh
    syn_gve_refresh
    self.contents.font.color = system_color
    self.contents.draw_text(330, 400, 120, 32, "Alignment:")
    self.contents.font.color = normal_color
    self.contents.draw_text(450, 400, 120, 32, @actor.alignment_value)
  end
end
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Alignment Management
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Alignment_Management
  def add(value, member)
    $game_party.actors[member].alignment += value
  end
  def remove(value, member)
    $game_party.actors[member].alignment -= value
  end
  def checksum(amount, member)
    if $game_party.actors[member].alignment >= amount
      return true
    else
      return false
    end
  end
  def checkname(member, name)
    if $game_party.actors[member].alignment_name == name
      return true
    else
      return false
    end
  end
end
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Scene_Title:: Create the Global Variable
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Scene_Title
  alias syn_gve_newgame command_new_game
  def command_new_game
    syn_gve_newgame
    $alignment = Alignment_Management.new
  end
end
#===============================================================================
#             * This script will not work with RPG Maker VX *
#===============================================================================
# Written by Synthesize
# Version 1.0.0
# January 26, 2008
#===============================================================================
# Good VS Evil --- RMXP Version
#===============================================================================

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This post has been edited by Ty: Feb 28 2011, 07:47 AM

[KiteDXX]

Error report.

While the variable "$alignment" is created when you begin a new game, when you save, shutdown, and reload the save, it isn't created again. When you try to do anything involving $alignment (such as $alignment.add) on the loaded file, it crashes with a "no method for nil class" error (because $alignment wasn't created again).

I'm looking for a solution for my own adaptation, as well.

If it's anything like the VX one (and it appears that way), it may also affect the VX adaptation.

EDIT: I'm not too sure how it works, but I modified both my own adaptation and this script, and both seem to save the variables and load the functions correctly.

I changed:

CODE

#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Scene_Title:: Create the Global Variable
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Scene_Title
  alias syn_gve_newgame command_new_game
  def command_new_game
    syn_gve_newgame
    $alignment = Alignment_Management.new
  end
end

to

CODE

class Game_System
  def update
    $alignment = Alignment_Management.new
  end
end

And it saves and loads the alignment manager correctly. I don't know if all functions are still intact when you do this, but I did $alignment.add(20, 1), printed it and verified that it was 20 (I disabled the addition the script gives by default in the hash), saved the file, shutdown the RMXP game.exe, reloaded my save, executed $alignment.add(20, 1) again, and printed it. It gave me a 40.

I hope this solves the problem.

This post has been edited by KiteDXX: Jan 27 2008, 01:28 AM

[Ty]

Well, thanks for pointing that out. If it helps, in order to re-create a variable you can use the Game_System update method. However, unless you alias the method, then you will erase the following code from Game_System.update.

CODE

    if @timer_working and @timer > 0
      @timer -= 1
    end

Which will make the timer not count down. So if you want to use Game_System.update, then you should alias that method. But the best way would be to alias the load_game method (or whatever it is called) from Scene_Title and then re-define the $alignment variable. So in this case, the best way would be to alias new_game and load_game.

Now, let's say you have a global variable ($variable) that is storing information. If you use either of the two ways above to re-create it then you lose the value that the variable is storing. Since you are re-defining a new set of information. In this situation you would then have to go alias the Scene_Save save and Scene_Load load methods to save the information the global variable is storing when the player saves the game and then load the information when the player loads the game.

[blakerowe]

IT's great thank you!

[Klokinator]

This is a necropost, yes, but the demo is outdated and I need a RMXP alignment system and this one is perfect. If I could DL the demo I'd be sitting hapy and figuring it out right now, but I can't.

Does anyone have the demo OR a way to explain to me how it works? What do I have to do to add to a characters alignment (via an event for example) or to subtract? If I have an event where an NPC is killed off and I want the alignment to go down, how do I do so?

[elliott20]

seems like it's all in the "alignment management" class.

CODE

class Alignment_Management
  def add(value, member)
    $game_party.actors[member].alignment += value
  end
  def remove(value, member)
    $game_party.actors[member].alignment -= value
  end
  def checksum(amount, member)
    if $game_party.actors[member].alignment >= amount
      return true
    else
      return false
    end
  end
  def checkname(member, name)
    if $game_party.actors[member].alignment_name == name
      return true
    else
      return false
    end
  end
end

From what I'm reading, it seems like if you want to say, increase alignment by 3 positive points to member 1, you would call it like this

CODE

$alignment.add(3, 1)

this will add 3 points to member number 1.

I like this, but from my own experience, a single alignment spectrum tends to be pretty boring and meaningless.

If I were to use something like this, I would change out the generic terms of good vs evil, add another spectrum to cross with this, and give it a whole new layer to play with.

i.e. good vs. evil? how about altruistic vs. self-interest? then throw in reasonable vs. disciplined and you can do D&D style alignments, but as philosophical approaches.

[Klokinator]

I am going to be using a very simple system that is not really based on good or evil, but more like three different choices (good, evil, neutral) that will ot be labeled ingame at all. The only purpose they serve will be to dynamically alter the game and offer up different choices to the player without the player knowing exactly how they're altering the game.

As far as I can tell, I can subtract points and add them, and for the neutral setting, I just don't need to call the alignment script at all, or set it to not add or subtract. For my purposes, it's pretty easy. Thanks for the help mate

Edit: Wait, so this script only affects party members? What if I just want to influence one generalized bar and use that bar to influence the whole game? Read here for more info; http://www.shrineofseals.net/forum/index.p...opic,126.0.html

Just read the section about the alignment function I want to use. It's not very long at all.

[elliott20]

well, it seems like this thing was built to be appended to a particular party member.

the good news it doesn't look like it would be too onerous to change that so it's a party attribute. Just change it so that the attribute is initialized in the game_party class instead of the game_actor class. Then you have to modify the methods so that it just takes one argument, modifying the party's alignment attribute.

You can do it that way, or you can just tie the alignment to a single party member if there is a single party member who is constant throughout the entire game. Or if you're really keen, add in a dummy character in the party who has this attribute. (Though to be honest, that seems like more work than just changing this script here)

[Klokinator]

Except I'm not much of a scripter

I guess I could try to figure it out... IDK

[elliott20]

alright, you know what, I'll have some time maybe next tuesday. If you haven't gotten it figured out by then, I'll see if I can take a look at it to make it work. I'll need this for one of my later projects anyway.

[elliott20]

So here's the rough draft of the code. I haven't actually ported it over and tested it out yet, but that's the basics of it, I think. I don't have time to test it right now, but I'm pretty sure you can figure it out from there.

CODE

#===============================================================================
# Good VS Evil --- RMXP Version
#===============================================================================
# Written by Synthesize
# Version 1.0.0
# January 26, 2008
#===============================================================================
#                            * RMXP Version *
#===============================================================================
module GoodVSEvil
  # The names of the alignments
  Alignment_names = ["Very Good", "Good", "Neutral", "Evil", "Devil Child"]
  # maximum amount of points
  Maximum_alignment = 100
  # Maximum amount of evil points
  Maximum_evil_alignment = -100
  # Format = {value => amount to check}
  Rates = {0 => 50, 1 => 25, 3 => -25, 4 => 50}
  # Rates configure how many Alignment points a character needs to have
  # there alignment 'upgrade'
  # $alignment commands:
  # $alignment.add(value, member)   # Adds value of alignment
  # $alignment.remove(value, member)   # Removes value from member
  # $alignment.checksum(amount, member)   # Check value of points then return
  # $alignment.checkname(member, name)   # Check if the alignment level is =name
end
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Create and set alignment points
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Game_Party
  attr_accessor :alignment
  attr_accessor :alignment_name
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Setup Party Alignment
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def initialize
     alignment = 0
     alignment_name = Neutral
   end
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # Return Alignment Values
  #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def alignment_value
    @alignment = GoodVSEvil::Maximum_alignment if @alignment > GoodVSEvil::Maximum_alignment
    @alignment = GoodVSEvil::Maximum_evil_alignment if @alignment < GoodVSEvil::Maximum_evil_alignment
    if @alignment >= GoodVSEvil::Rates[1]
      @alignment_name = GoodVSEvil::Alignment_names[1]
      @alignment_name = GoodVSEvil::Alignment_names[0] if @alignment > GoodVSEvil::Rates[0]
      return @alignment_name
    elsif @alignment <= GoodVSEvil::Rates[3]
      @alignment_name = GoodVSEvil::Alignment_names[3]
      @alignment_name = GoodVSEvil::Alignment_names[4] if @alignment >= GoodVSEvil::Rates[4]
      return @alignment_name
    else
      @alignment_name = GoodVSEvil::Alignment_names[2]
      return @alignment_name
    end
  end
end
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Window_MenuStatus add-on
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Window_Status < Window_Base
  alias syn_gve_refresh refresh
  def refresh
    syn_gve_refresh
    self.contents.font.color = system_color
    self.contents.draw_text(330, 400, 120, 32, "Alignment:")
    self.contents.font.color = normal_color
    self.contents.draw_text(450, 400, 120, 32, $game_party.alignment_value)
  end
end
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Alignment Management
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Alignment_Management
  def add(value)
    $game_party.alignment += value
  end
  def remove(value)
    $game_party.alignment -= value
  end
  def checksum(amount)
    if $game_party.alignment >= amount
      return true
    else
      return false
    end
  end
  def checkname(name)
    if $game_party.alignment_name == name
      return true
    else
      return false
    end
  end
end
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Scene_Title:: Create the Global Variable
#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Game_System
  def update
    $alignment = Alignment_Management.new
  end
end
#===============================================================================
#             * This script will not work with RPG Maker VX *
#===============================================================================
# Written by Synthesize
# Version 1.0.0
# January 26, 2008
#===============================================================================
# Good VS Evil --- RMXP Version
#===============================================================================

[Ty]

Updated the Demo link in the first post. I'll post it here as well

http://www.4shared.com/file/6oJ-kbms/GoodVSEvil.html

[dannyg]

hey, how would i show this in a window on a cms?