Equipment Storage Help!!

[daoman89]

It's me again!    Anyways, I was wondering if anybody knew how to store equipment in variables when they are forced to unequip them so that way they can automatically be put back on.  For RPGmaker2003.  I don't wanna hurt my brain trying to figure out too much on my own when I can easily ask this wonderful community!

[Prpl_Mage]

To just answer your question a bit quickly before bed.
Each item have a value (equal to the number in the items tab), don't worry about it though because the maker knows that for you.

For example when using the change class command all items are unequipped.
So store the value of all the hero's equipment in the same ammount of variables.
How?
Variable operations: Var set equal to value of hero: HERO1: weapon number
So the varaible will have the same value as the item have in the list. If club is number 17, the value of the variable will be 17.
Rinse and repeat for all item slots.
What now?
Now you go through whatever it is you want to happen.

Okay, that's done, so how do I get my hero dressed again?
Go to the "Change equipment" command, HERO1, equip ID stored in variable - choose the correct varaible = success!

It's great! The maker can both remember and recreate the information about items equipped!

[daoman89]

Great!! Thanks Purp!  I was staring at my screen trying to figure out what the storage numbers were lol.  I would've figured it out in a few days, but its always easier to ask around ya know?

[daoman89]

I think I did it right.  I stored  all 5 equipments to 5 separate variables.  It says it can't find the script. 

[drenrin2120]

Find the script? You're using rm2k3, right?

[daoman89]

Yeah.  I did what Purp said unless he forgot something.  It says the script can't find the item basically.

[daoman89]

"Event Script referenced an item that does not exist."

[drenrin2120]

Ah, I see. check your variable set commands and make sure everything is correct. You can also try a debug event that sets all the variables you're working with and does nothing else, then press f9 to see if they are set correctly. I believe if any of those variables are set to 0 (and obviously if they're set to a number higher than the max number of items in the database) you get that error message because 0 is nothing, that item index doesn't exist.

Also, it sounds stupid, but check EVERYTHING in your set variable command. Make sure it's "Set" and not like, multiply. It can be easy to forget something as simple as that.

[daoman89]

I moved the equipment variable setting above the class change event.  It seemed to fix the problem.  Now I just need to try it with only 1 thing equipped to see if it goes nuts.

[drenrin2120]

Oh, I think I see what's happening. You may want to place conditional events that check if the variable equals 0. If nothing is equipped, I believe the maker automatically sets the variable to 0.

[daoman89]

Yep, and the error message pops back up.  So how can we make it so it will ignore that if their is zeros...  If statement?

[drenrin2120]

Only reequip if the varible is not equal to zero.

[daoman89]

Yeah i said if variable blah blah is equal to 0, unequip. and the else part is the stored variable of that equipment.

[drenrin2120]

You dont need conditionals for setting the variables, only one conditional for each variable when equipping. If variable does not equal zero, equip index. You dont need an else because nothing will happen if the variable equals 0

[daoman89]

All right, I'll get rid of the unequips