General RGSS/RGSS2/RGSS3 Help

[G_G]

exactly how is it layed out though?
[1 => 3, 4=> 4]

[Ryex]

it's in an array but stupid enterbrain decided to but the array in a table so you can really print it

[G_G]

yea but I wanna know how to set it up still
[1 => 3, 4=> 4] is this what you mean in your post before?

And then how would I change an efficiancy of an element?

[Ryex]

it is layed out in and array where the position is the elamit id and the value is the rank
so
for the default ghost his array look like this

[ 0, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3]

1 => A
2 => B
3 => C
4 => D
5 => E
6 => F

EDIT: sorry had the data wrong now it is right

[G_G]

ah ok so the first one, nil, is element id 0 which there isnt one
then it goes on I see ok thanks ryex *lv's up* will level you up again when I can this'll help out alot for this boss

[Ryex]

edit recheck my post i had the data wrong

[G_G]

Ah ok still thank you ryex

[Blizzard]

Iteration through tables:

(0...table.xsize).each {|x| (0...table.ysize).each {|y| (0...table.zsize).each {|z| table[x, y, z]}}}

Keep in mind that your table might be 2 dimensional so you would have to use table[x, y] and only 2 loops.
Also, tables cannot be printed like other things. They are internally defined in a different way and nobody implemented a proper inspect method in them. :/

[Ryex]

Iteration through tables:

(0...table.xsize).each {|x| (0...table.ysize).each {|y| (0...table.zsize).each {|z| table[x, y, z]}}}

Keep in mind that your table might be 2 dimensional so you would have to use table[x, y] and only 2 loops.
Also, tables cannot be printed like other things. They are internally defined in a different way and nobody implemented a proper inspect method in them. :/

this is why i think it is stupid that they are using a table for this; its a ONE dimensional table, EXACTLY like an array but no! they had to make it more complex than it should be.

[fugibo]

Iteration through tables:

(0...table.xsize).each {|x| (0...table.ysize).each {|y| (0...table.zsize).each {|z| table[x, y, z]}}}

Keep in mind that your table might be 2 dimensional so you would have to use table[x, y] and only 2 loops.
Also, tables cannot be printed like other things. They are internally defined in a different way and nobody implemented a proper inspect method in them. :/

this is why i think it is stupid that they are using a table for this; its a ONE dimensional table, EXACTLY like an array but no! they had to make it more complex than it should be.

Okay, okay, I can take a hint! I need to sublcass Array, gotcha. >_>

[Ryex]

wait what?

[Blizzard]

There's a reason Table exists. It's much faster than multidimensional arrays.

[Ryex]

that may be true but why in the world would you use a ONE dimensional table?

[Blizzard]

Again, speed. But tables are fixed sized and they only support integers from -32768 to 32767. That's the limitation.

[fugibo]

Again, speed. But tables are fixed sized and they only support integers from -32768 to 32767. That's the limitation.

Any particular reason it's 16-bit?

[Blizzard]

Probably because most data in tables doesn't need to have such a big range and probably for performance reasons. Table was made due to performance problems after all.

[fugibo]

How much of an increase could it really get over 32-bit (that's usually just a signed int, right?) It seems like the millions of more values would make it more than worth it.

[Blizzard]

Ok, now slowly reread my post from before and this time please don't skip the part where I said that a table is not resizable (realloc is an expensive operation, hint, hint -_- ). Along with that I would assume that there are other tweaks for faster access. It's very probable that Ruby's Array class is actually an implementation of a list. Tables in that case would be even faster since they seem to definitely be arrays.

[G_G]

Another question......

How do I call up the message screen via script call? At the beginning of every battle I want a message to display that shows what the terrain is like
"Desert ~ Fire Power increased etc."

So at the beginning of every battle I want it to show a message all I need to know how is to call the message screen. I already ahve everything else setup.

[Blizzard]

Use a variable where you assign the player's terrain tag to. Just check the variable and you will know which tag it is. Then you simply do a conditional branch with text at the beginning of a battle.