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Making actors and enemies float when State affected

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Original Source

  • Original title: Making actors and enemies float when State affected
  • Original author: Randor01
  • Original date: August 19, 2020
  • Source thread: https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/threads/making-actors-and-enemies-float-when-state-affected.125444/
  • Source forum path: Game Development Engines > RPG Maker Javascript Plugins > Javascript/Plugin Support

Summary

Hello! I was searching for a plugin that would allow me to do like the title says: a "Float" state effect that makes the target float in mid-air. During my research i found this plugin (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/triacontane/RPGMakerMV/master/BattlerGraphicExtend.js) that permits me to do just that. Sadly, i the plugin description specifies that the floating effect works only on battlers, and not enemies. So i tried to add my own function in the plugin to implement this, but i admit to have no idea how to do this. Could someone help me out...

Archived First Post

Hello! I was searching for a plugin that would allow me to do like the title says: a "Float" state effect that makes the target float in mid-air. During my research i found this plugin (https://raw.githubusercontent.com/triacontane/RPGMakerMV/master/BattlerGraphicExtend.js) that permits me to do just that. Sadly, i the plugin description specifies that the floating effect works only on battlers, and not enemies. So i tried to add my own function in the plugin to implement this, but i admit to have no idea how to do this.
Could someone help me out in this? Thanks in advance!


EDIT: I think i've found a solution! Place this at the bottom of the plugin, where the Sprite_Enemy functions are located:

Code: 
    var _Sprite_Enemy_updatePosition      = Sprite_Enemy.prototype.hasOwnProperty('updatePosition') ?
    Sprite_Enemy.prototype.updatePosition : null;
    Sprite_Enemy.prototype.updatePosition = function() {
        if (_Sprite_Enemy_updatePosition) {
            _Sprite_Enemy_updatePosition.apply(this, arguments);
        } else {
            Sprite_Battler.prototype.updatePosition.call(this);
        }
        var altitude = this._battler.getAltitude();
        this._offsetY = altitude;
    };

Hope it helps ^^

EDIT2: Ok, now another problem arises. I noticed that when an actor is affected by a State, the state's icon won't follow the actor's new position while floating, remaining in the original place. So i tried to change the code for actor sprites:

Code: 
    var _Sprite_Actor_updatePosition      = Sprite_Actor.prototype.hasOwnProperty('updatePosition') ?
        Sprite_Actor.prototype.updatePosition : null;
    Sprite_Actor.prototype.updatePosition = function() {
        if (_Sprite_Actor_updatePosition) {
            _Sprite_Actor_updatePosition.apply(this, arguments);
        } else {
            Sprite_Battler.prototype.updatePosition.call(this);
        }
        var altitude = this._battler.getAltitude();

        this._mainSprite.y   = altitude;
        this._weaponSprite.y = altitude;
        this._stateSprite.y = altitude;
        this._stateIconSprite.y = altitude;
    };

And i thought that i could simply add the altitude value to StateSprite and StateIconSprite. This, however, doesn't do anything, and even if their y parameter is changed, their position remains the same.

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