Help with Quest monsters.

[diddyd100]

Im new to RMXP and have a very basic understanding of events and variables. What i want to know is how do i make a certain item drop off of a random monster once a quest is accepted, but the item only drops once. Ive created a new monster that has the item as a drop, but i cant seem to make it appear for the quest. Ive looked for a tutorial and havent found one :S help or a link to a tutorial will be great :D thanks!

 

[ImmuneEntity]

Are these monster encounters "random" encounters where you fight them by walking around randomly, or are they triggered via an event?

 

[diddyd100]

well i want them to be just a random encounter, but thats only active during the quest. if thats making sense. So when the quest is accepted, you will be able to encounter the monster and get the item, but when the quest is completed, u cant encounter the monster anymore.

 

[lnicol1990]

Hmm...
If I was doing this, I would make the quest, and the probability of getting the item, a variable. Then, this is what I would do.

Spoiler

@>Control Variables:[0010]+=RandomNo.(0...10)
@>Conditional Branch: Variable[0009]==1
@>Control Variables:[0010]+=RandomNo.(0...10)
@>Conditional Branch: Variable[0010]>=5
@>Text: You gained the item!
@>Change Items: [quest item], +1
@>
: Else
@>Text: You find nothing.
@>Control Variables:[0010]=0
@>
: Branch End
@>
: Else
@>
: Branch End

What that does is, if you have taken on the quest,which you need to get the item, that variable is set to one and the first conditional branch is passed. Then the chance of getting the item is a random number, and the second conditional branch is checking to see if that random number is equal to or above a set value. If it isn't, then you don't get the item and the variable number returns to zero for another try.
If you place that on your random monster troop list, with the variable of enemy HP=0, that should mean that you get the item at the end of the battle.

 

[diddyd100]

ok i'll give that a try thanks!

 

[diddyd100]

well it worked, so thanks :D however, i recieved two of the same item when i killed the group of monsters :S is there a way around this at all?

 

[lnicol1990]

Well, if you only want/need one item, you could add @>Control Variable: [0009=quest]+1 if you get the item, then the quest will be finished and won't match the first conditional branch.

EDIT:
You would still encounter the monster, but you wouldn't get the item.

 

[diddyd100]

oh ok i'll give that a try thanks again!

 

[diddyd100]

oh dear... i think ive done it wrong cause i got the item before i accepted the quest...

 

[lnicol1990]

Are you play testing it? Because if you are, then you should find the problem pretty quickly.

 

[diddyd100]

yea, im not too good with understanding the script, so i dont know whats wrong :S ive hopefully followed what you've said correctly, when i test it the item drops before i talk to the quest giver. now wether i've labled the quest wrong i dont know :S

 

[lnicol1990]

Don't worry, I don't understand a thing about the scripts, either.^_^

What is in the event for the quest giver? I might be able to see what's wrong.

 

[diddyd100]

ah.. i think tht might be the problem :P this is wot i've got for it...

@>Text: (randon text)
@>Control Self Swtich: A =ON

and thats all :S so i think thats the problem there...

 

[lnicol1990]

Well, if you have the event as:
@> Text: (Random text)
@>Conditional Branch: Variable[0009]==0
@>Control Variables: (quest variable): +1
: Else
: Branch End

That should work.

 

[diddyd100]

k i'll give that a shot thanks

 

[diddyd100]

well it works, now it only drops when the quest is accepted, but the item still drops more than once :S

 

[Wichu]

Spoiler

@>Control Variables:[0010]+=RandomNo.(0...10)
@>Conditional Branch: Variable[0009]==1
@>Control Variables:[0010]+=RandomNo.(0...10)
@>Conditional Branch: Variable[0010]>=5
@>Text: You gained the item!
@>Change Items: [quest item], +1
@>Control Variables:[0009]=0
@>
: Else
@>Text: You find nothing.
@>Control Variables:[0010]=0
@>
: Branch End
@>
: Else
@>
: Branch End

Try this; I've edited Inicol's event. It will change the quest variable back to 0 after the item drops, disabling the special drop immediately.

 

[lnicol1990]

Huh.... I thought I'd put that in. Good spotting Wichu!

Yeah, you could turn the quest variable to 0, or raise it up to 2, which could signal the completion of the quest. I would personally raise the variable, since if it's at 0, you might be able to do the quest again. And if it's at 2, then you can add an event that will only work once you have completed the quest.

 

[RPGS]

don´t double post diddyd, however yes I think that will work, tested it out

 

[SephirothSpawn]

You could always directly modify the enemy drops (via scripting and change them back).

Script: $temp_item_id = $data_enemies[enemy_id].item_id

      $data_enemies[enemy_id].item_id = n

Battle Processing: Troop Name

Script: $data_enemies[enemy_id].item_id = $temp_item_id

Replace enemy_id with the enemy's drop you wish to change.
Replace n with the item id you are wanting to change the drop to.

Simple enough.

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