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Chapter 15
More Tips and Tricks for RMVXA
I'd like to congratulate you for making it this far. This is the final chapter of the topic. It has been an awesome journey
full of learning experiences! Of course, this topic is just a taste of the full potential of RPG Maker VX Ace (RMVXA). I
urge you to continue reading and learning more about what makes this game-development engine tick. What better
for a final chapter than a melting pot of tips and tricks that you can apply to your own games? The exercises in this
chapter will use variable amounts of scripting, depending on what is needed. Without further ado, let's walk this final
leg of our journey together.
Forcing Certain Party Members to Participate in a Battle
Our first exercise for this final chapter is inspired by a common role-playing game (RPG) convention: forced party
compositions. If you have ever wanted to create a boss fight in which a certain party member must be present in the
active party, this should be relevant to your interests. In RMVXA, the maximum active party size is four. A possible
fifth (or more) party member is placed into the party reserves.
The first four spots of your party represent your active party members. You can tell who is in the party reserves,
based on the appearance of their status. The status of reserve party members is slightly transparent.
Tip
You can use the Formation option in the in-game menu to switch between your party members. Party members
that are in the reserves gain a share of the experience gained in battle if (and only if ) the Reserve Members' EXP check
box is toggled in the System tab of the Database. In any case, here's our hypothetical situation:
In an alternate reality of our game, Eric starts with a full party of four members. The party arrives
at Seaside as usual and eventually recruits Noah. As Noah is the fifth party member, he is placed
at the bottom of the roster. That makes him a reserve member. Fast-forward to the encounter with
Gemini. Noah will want to face off against his brother. If anyone is to stop his kin, he's reasoned, it
should be he. If Noah happens to be in the active party, the battle starts as usual; otherwise, Noah
will demand to be in the active party.
 
 
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