{SOLVED}Specify combatant

Alex1234

i made a event which the combatant will learn ability ,the problem is i can't specify which combatant will learn the ability ...if i set the actor to member it has a fixed position.

how do i set a specific combatant to learn a new ability?

artainx

In the first Node of the event click

Add Actor Type: Player

this will add the Player combatant as the default one for this event.

gamingislove

Add the player group members as actors (using the Member type, member index 0 is the leader/player). Use the Check Combatant step to check if an actor is a specific combatant and do your ability learning for the one you need :)

Alex1234

thanks ! both of you :)

EDIT: i think i already asked it but i forgot :) the member index # is define who joined your party first right?

gamingislove

Yes - but can be changed, e.g. by altering the party through event steps or change group menus.

Alex1234

i think my question was wrong ..

i have 3 combatants ( brown pants 1,brown pants 2,brown pants)

my event is meant to be a learning event mainly for brown pants 3..

if i disable the check combatant step everything just worked fine..because it will specify the member index

but the problem is what if the actual player of the game decide to switch the character position of the combatant? if they did the member index will change..

i tried gil's suggestion but it unfortunately,doesn't work

Kaemalux

Use a variable or a class or something else to define the combatant, so you can make another check. You could loop through active members to find the variable, then perform skill learning... ^^

Alex1234

ok i will try that thanks for the help :)

EDIT: wont work either,if only there are steps which specify the actual user/combatant. The only way to check them is through event setting > event actor, so even the Check steps are successful,it will still require the actor for the said ability to learn.

Alex1234

Here is my scenario..

in my actual project,there are 7 main characters

only 3 can be a battle member,the rest is reserve

so let's say i set the event to learn the ability in a specific party member but at that time is currently a reserved member

how can i point the event to that party member?

gamingislove

Probably be disabling the Only Battle Group option in the event actor and defining members with a higher index :)

Alex1234

i created 7 brown pants simultaneously and i can confirmed that the index number is based on who joined the party first no matter if you switch them back and forth.. problem solve! :)

gamingislove

That's only when not using the Only Battle Group option - otherwise it'll use the order of the battle group :)