Dying on Game Map

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Dying on Game Map
by Arbiter

Wasn't sure where to post this, so feel free to move to the relevant forum section (too many possibilities for this topic)

Well I noticed a while ago by chance that you can't die on the map (outside of battle) which is a bit daft to leave that feature out, also when you are at zero hp and you enter battle only then do you get the game over screen.

Now I don't know how many of you know the fact that when your party dies on the map from terrain damage nothing happens until you go into battle, but for those who do and haven't solved the problem here is an easy guide.

1. Open up the script editor and click on the Game_Map tab on the left to display it's code
2. Either scroll down or use the 'find' method (Ctrl + F) and look for frame update (at the bottom of the page)
it looks like this

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Code:

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Frame Update
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def update
    # Refresh map if necessary
    if $game_map.need_refresh
      refresh
    end
    # If scrolling
    if @scroll_rest > 0
      # Change from scroll speed to distance in map coordinates
      distance = 2 ** @scroll_speed
      # Execute scrolling
      case @scroll_direction
      when 2  # Down
        scroll_down(distance)
      when 4  # Left
        scroll_left(distance)
      when 6  # Right
        scroll_right(distance)
      when 8  # Up
        scroll_up(distance)
      end
      # Subtract distance scrolled
      @scroll_rest -= distance
    end
    # Update map event
    for event in @events.values
      event.update
    end
    # Update common event
    for common_event in @common_events.values
      common_event.update
    end
    # Manage fog scrolling
    @fog_ox -= @fog_sx / 8.0
    @fog_oy -= @fog_sy / 8.0
    # Manage change in fog color tone
    if @fog_tone_duration >= 1
      d = @fog_tone_duration
      target = @fog_tone_target
      @fog_tone.red = (@fog_tone.red * (d - 1) + target.red) / d
      @fog_tone.green = (@fog_tone.green * (d - 1) + target.green) / d
      @fog_tone.blue = (@fog_tone.blue * (d - 1) + target.blue) / d
      @fog_tone.gray = (@fog_tone.gray * (d - 1) + target.gray) / d
      @fog_tone_duration -= 1
    end
    # Manage change in fog opacity level
    if @fog_opacity_duration >= 1
      d = @fog_opacity_duration
      @fog_opacity = (@fog_opacity * (d - 1) + @fog_opacity_target) / d
      @fog_opacity_duration -= 1
    end
  end
end

3. Now paste this little peice of code underneath the end below refresh and above the commented line # if scrolling.

Code:

if $game_party.all_dead?
      $scene = Scene_Gameover.new
    end

It should now look like this

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Code:

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Frame Update
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def update
    # Refresh map if necessary
    if $game_map.need_refresh
      refresh
    end
    if $game_party.all_dead?
      $scene = Scene_Gameover.new
    end    
    # If scrolling
    if @scroll_rest > 0
      # Change from scroll speed to distance in map coordinates
      distance = 2 ** @scroll_speed
      # Execute scrolling
      case @scroll_direction
      when 2  # Down
        scroll_down(distance)
      when 4  # Left
        scroll_left(distance)
      when 6  # Right
        scroll_right(distance)
      when 8  # Up
        scroll_up(distance)
      end
      # Subtract distance scrolled
      @scroll_rest -= distance
    end
    # Update map event
    for event in @events.values
      event.update
    end
    # Update common event
    for common_event in @common_events.values
      common_event.update
    end
    # Manage fog scrolling
    @fog_ox -= @fog_sx / 8.0
    @fog_oy -= @fog_sy / 8.0
    # Manage change in fog color tone
    if @fog_tone_duration >= 1
      d = @fog_tone_duration
      target = @fog_tone_target
      @fog_tone.red = (@fog_tone.red * (d - 1) + target.red) / d
      @fog_tone.green = (@fog_tone.green * (d - 1) + target.green) / d
      @fog_tone.blue = (@fog_tone.blue * (d - 1) + target.blue) / d
      @fog_tone.gray = (@fog_tone.gray * (d - 1) + target.gray) / d
      @fog_tone_duration -= 1
    end
    # Manage change in fog opacity level
    if @fog_opacity_duration >= 1
      d = @fog_opacity_duration
      @fog_opacity = (@fog_opacity * (d - 1) + @fog_opacity_target) / d
      @fog_opacity_duration -= 1
    end
  end
end