[XP(/VX)] Swap places with events by running into them, how?

[Terv]

Hey

I'm using a script called MP Party Follow which makes your party members follow you as events and arranges these in a "natural" way around you.
However this inevitably leads to them blocking your way in narrow passages. The solution suggested by the script's author is to make these critical maps broader which is goofy, and setting the party members to through looks cheesy.

A possible solution I came up with is to be able to swap one's place with an event's place by running/pushing yourself into the party member for more than 1 second (so that you don't accidentally swap when planning to talk to them).

Like so:



How would one implement such a feature? Please note that I can't use Player Touch as trigger as Action Button is needed in order to be able to talk to your buds.

Thanks in advance!

[LiTTleDRAgo]

can you upload a demo with the script in it?

[Terv]

Of course, however the script is just the reason I want to implement this feature. There's no real bug nor is it directly connected to the script itself.


http://cdn.tikky.tk/MP%20Party%20Follow-Interaction%20Demo.zip

[LiTTleDRAgo]

class Game_Character
  alias_method :drg567_passable, :passable? 
  def passable?(*args)
    n = [args[0] + (args[2] == 6 ? 1 : args[2] == 4 ? -1 : 0),
         args[1] + (args[2] == 2 ? 1 : args[2] == 8 ? -1 : 0)]
    r = drg567_passable(*args)
    a,b = [], [$game_player.x,$game_player.y] == n && @character_name != ''
    $data_actors.each {|i| a << i.name if !i.nil?}
    if self == $game_player 
      $game_map.events.values.each{|e|r=true if[e.x,e.y]==n&&a.include?(e.name)} 
    else
      r = true if b && a.include?(self.name)
    end
    return r
  end
end

class Game_Event
  
  def update
    [mp_autofollow_update,(0...$data_actors.size-1).each {|i|
      next unless $data_actors[i + 1].name == self.name
      return if moving? || !$game_switches[SW_ACTOR_IN_PARTY[i]]
      move_route = RPG::MoveRoute.new
      [move_route.repeat = false, move_route.skippable = true]
      if distance_from($game_player) > DISTANCE_TOLERANCES[i]
        move_route.list[0].code = 10
      elsif distance_from($game_player) == 0
        move_route.list[0].code = 12
      else
        move_route.list[0].code = 25
      end
      force_move_route(move_route)
      @move_route_forcing = false }]
  end
end

place it below MP Party Follow

[Terv]

Now that's epic, thanks! you even improved the original code.
And I managed to modify it myself so that you need to push 1 sec before you swap places, sweet