POG_The Professionals1966: Smart followers in your group

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Context: By default the group of characters controlled by the player is formed by a leader and up to 3 followers. Despite having followers “on the map” coming and going with the leader being visually interesting, in the vast majority of games this feature is limited to just that.

Description: This script aims to give the characters of the group (both the leader and the followers) a little more useful outside the combat. For this purpose the script allows:

• Let each character detect a specific type of event at a predetermined distance.
  
• Let each character detect a type of region at a certain distance from them.
  
• That when detecting an event / region a database switch is activated.
  
• That when detecting an event / region a speech bubble is activated over the character.
  
• That it can be checked whether a specific member of the group has a skill.
  
• That it can be verified what equipment a specific member of the group is using.
  
• That a database variable store the character ID according to its position in the group formation.
  
• That map events detect the player's presence at a certain distance and activate / deactivate a database switch or a local switch.
  

(1) The first step is to configure the plugin options: The 4 database variables that will store the characters' IDs according to their position in the group formation. Also configure the standard speech balloon that the characters emit when the event / region detected is in front of you exactly 1 square away.
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Configuration:

* Leader
* Vice leader
* Third follower
* Fifth follower
* Default Balloon l


2) The characters detect events according to a tag inserted in the “Note” field of the Database Characters tab.

Each character can detect up to 4 different types of events. For event detection, the following tags are used:

<detectEventA:alcance,tagEvent,balloonId,gameVar>


<detectEventB:alcance,tagEvent,balloonId,gameVar>


<detectEventC:alcance,tagEvent,balloonId,gameVar>


<detectEventD:alcance,tagEvent,balloonId,gameVar>​

• alcance: is the maximum distance at which the character detects the event;
  
• tagEevent: is the tag that is detected;
  
• balloonId: refers to the expression balloon that is shown when the event is detected;
  
• switchId: this is the ID of the variable that is “activated” when the event is detected. A “* activated” variable receives the character ID.
  

You can only detect events that have a detection tag. This tag has the following structure: <tagEvent> and must be inserted in the event's comments. Example:


. Example:
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The <bau> tag is inserted in the event's “Commentary”.​

In the following examples, situations are shown where the characters detect events and display the respective expression balloons.






(2) It is possible for a character to detect up to 4 different regions. The regions that a character can detect must be pre-configured in the "Database Characters" tab. in the same way as for event detection.
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Each character can detect up to 4 different regions. For event detection, the following tags are used:


<detectRegionA:alcance,tagEvent,balloonId,gameVar>


<detectRegionB:alcance,tagEvent,balloonId,gameVar>


<detectRegionC:alcance,tagEvent,balloonId,gameVar>


<detectRegionD:alcance,tagEvent,balloonId,gameVar>
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• range: is the maximum distance at which the character detects the event;
  
• tagEevent: is the tag that is detected;
  
• balloonId: refers to the expression balloon that is shown when the event is detected;
  
• switchId: this is the ID of the variable that is “activated” when the event is detected. An “activated” variable receives the character ID.
  

The following example shows the configuration of 3 different characters that each detect a specific region of the map.
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(3) Plugin commands

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i) Remove Equipment

This function removes equipment that is equipped in a specific slot from a group member.


ii) Equipment: Name and ID

Checks which equipment is allocated in the specified slot of a character in the group. Stores the name of this equipment in a database variable. Stores the equipment ID in another database variable.


iii) Has Ability?

Checks whether a specific member of the group has a particular skill. The answer is passed to a Database switch.


iv) Remove a Character

Removes a character according to his position in the group's formation. Pass the character ID to a Database variable.


v) Display balloon on a character

Displays balloon on a character according to their position in the group formation.


vi) Displays animation on a character

Displays an animation on a character according to his position in the group formation.


vii) Show balloon on an actor

Displays a balloon19 on a character ONLY if he is in the group



viii) Show animation on an actor

Displays an animation on a character ONLY if he is in the group



(4) Event Radar: It is possible to configure events on the map to detect the player when he enters the “detection” area of the event. Once the player has been detected, the event can trigger a Database switch or an auto-switch.


To make an event capable of detecting the player's presence, it is necessary to insert a tag in “Comment” in the event itself. The tag has the following structure:

<radar:alcance, switch,value>​

alcance: refers to the distance at which the player is detected;
switch: it can be an auto-switch (capital letter: A, B, C, D) or a database switch (number);
value: can be true or false.
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(6) Press the TAB key to toggle the group formation on the game map.

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