General Methods XP VX & ACE

[kyonides]

Is the Player Behind You, NPC?

You only need a snippet to figure it out!

Simply call:

behind_event?(EventID)

And you'll soon know if your character is just about to get rid of some nasty tyrant...
Or some dissenter a la Belarus instead.

XP Version

Code:

class Interpreter
  def behind_event?(event_id)
    event = $game_map.events[event_id]
    return nil if $game_player.direction != event.direction
    if $game_player.y == event.y
      distance = $game_player.x - event.x
      return distance == 1  if player_dir == 4
      return distance == -1 if player_dir == 6
    elsif $game_player.x == event.x
      distance = $game_player.y - event.y
      return distance == 1  if player_dir == 2
      return distance == -1 if player_dir == 8
    end
    nil
  end
end

VX & ACE Version

Code:

class Game_Interpreter
  def behind_event?(event_id)
    event = $game_map.events[event_id]
    return nil if $game_player.direction != event.direction
    if $game_player.y == event.y
      distance = $game_player.x - event.x
      return distance == 1  if player_dir == 4
      return distance == -1 if player_dir == 6
    elsif $game_player.x == event.x
      distance = $game_player.y - event.y
      return distance == 1  if player_dir == 2
      return distance == -1 if player_dir == 8
    end
    nil
  end
end