[Question] (Essentials) How to make an event move to a specific point on the map

[BiggSlorp]

Hi, so right now I'm struggling making the rival character leave a room because the player affects where they stand. I was wondering if there was a way to make them move to a specific spot (without basically teleporting there) in the middle of the room, that way they can get there and just walk straight out. thanks :)

 

[Swdfm]

Hi @BiggSlorp
So, there's a few ways to address your problem
1) Move the rival based on where the player is.
2) Move the rival based on where they start.
Both solutions work, but one can be easier than the other depending on what the layout of the room is like.

When I write the solution, I do not know the layout of the room, and I am assuming:
1) The player has just talked to the rival, and is therefore next to them when this starts in any of the four directions.
2) There are no objects between the destination tile and the current rival position, other than the player. This includes furniture, or other events, even empty ones.

Write a script similar to:

def pbMoveRivalInPlace
  dest_x = 69 # Change this!
  dest_y = 420 # Change this!
  rival_event_id = 0 # Change this! 0 if the event calling this script IS the rival event
  #====================================
  # No need to change below here!
  #====================================
  rival = get_character(rival_event_id)
  is_west  = rival.x > dest_x
  is_north = rival.y > dest_y
  dirs = []
  # Establishes which directions the rival should go in
  if is_north
    if is_west # Rival has to move NW
      # If player faces down, go W, N. Otherwise, go W, N
      dirs = $game_player.direction == 2 ? [:W, :N] : [:N, :W] works
    else # Rival may have to move NE
      # If player faces down, go E, N. Otherwise, go N, E
      dirs = $game_player.direction == 2 ? [:E, :N] : [:N, :E] works
    end
  else
    if is_west # Rival has to move NW
      # If player faces up, go W, S. Otherwise, go W, S
      dirs = $game_player.direction == 8 ? [:W, :S] : [:S, :W] works
    else # Rival may have to move SE
      # If player faces up, go E, S. Otherwise, go S, E
      dirs = $game_player.direction == 8 ? [:E, :S] : [:S, :E] works
    end
  end
  move_route = []
  # Works out steps to do
  for dir in dirs
    case dir
	when :N
	  (rival.y - dest_y).times do
	    move_route.push(PBMoveRoute::Up)
	  end
	when :S
	  (dest_y - rival.y).times do
	    move_route.push(PBMoveRoute::Down)
	  end
	when :W
	  (rival.x - dest_x).times do
	    move_route.push(PBMoveRoute::Left)
	  end
	when :E
	  (dest_x - rival.x).times do
	    move_route.push(PBMoveRoute::Right)
	  end
	end
  end
  # Actual Movement
  return if move_route.empty?
  pbMoveRoute(mover, move_route)
  # Below line allows movement to take place!
  to_wait = 0.5 * move_route.length
  pbWait(to_wait) if to_wait > 0
end

And then place in "pbMoveRivalInPlace" onto any event in a script section, to run when you need it to

I haven't tested this code, so let me know if any errors show up!

Hope this helps,
Swdfm