Yanfly's Life Hacks for RPG Maker Devs - Revision history

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‎1. Emojis in Switch and Variable Names

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‎Acquire All Items, Weapons, and Armors

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‎Batch Switch States

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‎8. Collapse Long Events

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 [https://emojipedia.org/ Quick Link to Emojipedia]
 Did you know you can put emojis into RPG Maker MV/MZ's switch and variable names?
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 This doesn't work with all operating systems.
 It works with modern Windows OS's (like Windows 8 and up) and Mac OS X 10.10+.
 == 2. Emojis in the Database ==

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          const owned = $gameParty.numItems(obj);
          const amount = Math.max($gameParty.maxItems(obj) - 9 - owned, 1);
-         $gameParty.itemContainer(obj, amount);
+         $gameParty.gainItem(obj, amount);
+     }
+}
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 This is for play testing purposes to make sure that you or whoever the play tester is has access to all the resources they need for whatever it is that they are testing.
 === Acquire All Skills for All Party Members ===

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          if (obj.name.includes('-----')) continue;
          if (obj.itypeId === 2) continue;
-         const amount = Math.max($gameParty.maxItems(obj) - 9, 1);
+        const owned = $gameParty.numItems(obj);
-         $gameParty.gainItem(obj, amount);
+         const amount = Math.max($gameParty.maxItems(obj) - 9 - owned, 1);
+     }
+}

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 If it was ON before, it becomes OFF now.
 If it was OFF before, it becomes ON now.
 === Batch Variables ===

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 </pre>
-Takes the batch of switch ID's and sets all of their switch states to ON.
+Takes the batch of switch ID's and sets all of their switch states to OFF.
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 If it was ON before, it becomes OFF now.
 If it was OFF before, it becomes ON now.
 === Batch Variables ===

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	That does the same exact thing.		That does the same exact thing.
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		+	Alternatively, if you are using '''RPG Maker MZ''' and the [[Events and Movement Core VisuStella MZ]] plugin, as of the version 1.58 update, you can just simply name your label spritesheet like this:
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		+	<pre>
		+	Labels[Invisible].png
		+	</pre>
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		+	It'll automatically make the character sprite invisible and not require fiddling around with multiple pages.

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 Then, by pressing the - to the left of the conditional branch, you collapse the event list into something thinner.
 This lets you quickly navigate to parts you're still working on or need revising for.
 Additionally, add a comment to let you know which chunk is used for what.
 == 9. Useful Script Calls for RPG Maker ==

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 I prefer to use a "Script Call" for "true" but some people may have concerns that it's an eval.
 If so, don't worry.
-This can be done a number of ways like using a switch that will ALWAYS be in the OFF position
+This can be done a number of ways like using a switch that will ALWAYS be in the OFF position.
 This allows the event commands in between to always occur.
 Name the Switch something like "Always OFF" to remind you to never turn it on.

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 Instead, it's just for you, the game developer(s).
 However, I did stick the '''Show Scrolling Text''' "To Do List" inside a conditional branch whose conditions will never be met.
 The reason for that is because this event is also usable for debugging and playtesting purposes.