RGSS scripting dissections and explinations

[DerVVulfman]

I think something needs to be added towards kyonides' description of the Game_Actor class, and that there is something missing in his basic example as shown below:

Code:

Class Game_Actor
  attr_reader :age, :height, :weight, :hunger
  def max_age
    100
  end
end
$game_actors[50] = Game_Actor.new(50)
$game_actors[50].name = "Evil Pod Pod"
$game_actors[50].age = 0

Within RPGMaker, there is a Game_Actor class, and a separate class called Game_Actors. Game_Actor is basically the structure or skeleton for each of your heroes, having a placeholder for your hero's name, his or her age, weight, height and ... hunger? But the Game_Actors class is a your list of actors when they've been made. It's like saying the Game_Actor class is a blank form to fill out. Each time you make a hero, you xerox the form, fill in the blanks and shove it into the Game_Actors 3-ring binder. Your original Game_Actor class is just the solid form with all the instructions.

So kyonides made a new actor, taking a copy of the 'Game_Actor' class, and filling in the fields for hero #50 being Pod... er ... Evil Pod Pod. After that, Evil Pod Pod can then be found in the Game_Actors class using $game_actors[50]. And it's not a coincidence that he uses the same number (50) between both the Game_Actor and Game_Actors class. Both numbers are meant to be the same, the ID of your hero from the database. So when Aluxes is introduced, it's much like saying $game_actors[1] = Game_Actor.new(1)