Change Name / Graphic or Zoom Character Graphic VX

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Change Name / Graphic or Zoom Character Graphic VX
Version: 0.1.1
By Kyonides-Arkanthos alias Kyonides, Shadowball

Introduction

Change any hero's graphic and keep it saved in a variable so he or she can go back to normal (script call based).

You can also change any character sprite's current zoom.

Screenshots

Do you really need one?

Demo

None needed.

Script

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Code:

=begin
  *  Change Name / Graphic or Zoom Character Graphic - VX
     by Kyonides-Arkanthos alias Kyonides, Shadowball
     03.03.2010
     
     Script Calls:
     
     $game_party.actors[0].change_graphic(2) # Aluxes is now Basil
     
     $game_party.actors[0].old_graphic # The same old (stupid) Aluxes
     
     $game_party.actors[0].old_name # Falls back to hero's old name if any
     
     $game_player.zoom_xy(2.0,2.0) # Player gets double sized...  Fat is bad!
     
     $game_map.events[1].zoom(1.5,1.5) # Event 1 is 50% bigger
=end
module DBASE
  ACTORS = load_data('Data/Actors.rxdata')
end

class Game_Actor
  def name=(name)
    @old_name = @name # It stores your hero's old name
    @name = name # Changes hero's name as always
  end
 
  def old_name
    return if @old_name.nil?
    @name = @old_name # Falls back to the old name
  end
   
  def change_graphic(graphic, value=0)
    if FileTest.exists?('Data/Actors.rxdata')
      @old_graphic = [@character_name, @battler_name, value]
    else
      @old_graphic = [@character_name, @battler_name, @face_index]
    end
    # VX -Pass Character Graphic, Index, Face Graphic, Index values
    graphic = DBASE::ACTORS[graphic].character_name
    self.set_graphic(graphic, value, graphic, value) # Change graphic
    $game_player.refresh # Refresh player
  end

  def old_graphic
    return if @old_graphic.nil?
     # VX -Pass Character Graphic, Index, Face Graphic, Index values
    self.set_graphic(@old_graphic[0], @old_graphic[2],
      @old_graphic[1], @old_graphic[2])
     $game_player.refresh
  end
end

class Game_Character
  alias kyon_gm_char_ini initialize
  def initialize
    @zooms = [1.0, 1.0]
    kyon_gm_char_ini
  end

  def zoom_xy(x,y); @zooms = [x, y]; end
  alias :zoom :zoom_xy
end

class Sprite_Character
  alias character_zoom_update update
  def update
    character_zoom_update
    if self.zoom_x != @character.zooms[0] or self.zoom_y != @character.zooms[1]
      self.zoom_x, self.zoom_y = @character.zooms
    end
  end
end

Instructions

Script Calls

$game_party.actors[0].change_graphic(2) # Aluxes is now Basil
$game_party.actors[0].old_graphic # The same old (stupid) Aluxes

$game_party.actors[0].old_name # Falls back to hero's previous name if any

FAQ

You tell me...

Compatibility

It should be compatible with anything that does not modify Game_Actor or Game_Character classes.

Credits and Thanks

Well, thanks to Falca that gave me an idea of how to change a character's x and y zoom by looking at his script. I didn't like the way he dealt with it so I made my own scriptlet because of that.

Author's Notes

Nothing yet.

Terms and Conditions

Not intended for Commercial Use and must include my name and URL if there's any URL at all.