[RESOLVED]SHOULD BE EASY

[jayje]

I'm looking to change a monster's battler graphic. I'm not transforming it, just change it, i tried using@data_enemies[1].battler_name, but it didn't work. any ideas or did i mess up somewhere?

[Blizzard]

Make a copy of the enemy with a different graphic and transform it into that one.

[jayje]

i know THAT . i wanted to change the graphic because i have a boss that's a clam and every so often it goes into it's shell and is impervious to attack then comes out of the shell. i don't want to do the whole transform thing because that would make it a WHOLE other monster and i would have to more steps(making variables that set the two monsters hp, sp, etc when they change) than i'd want to make that work. that's why i was looking for a simple graphice change code to change the battler and give the boss a status change.

[Blizzard]

The stats stay the same when you transform a monster. If the only difference  between two monsters is the graphic, then you virtually only change the graphic when you transform from one to another.

[G_G]

Does the current HP stay the same as well?

[Blizzard]

Yes. *points to Game_Enemy#transform*

  def transform(enemy_id)
    @enemy_id = enemy_id
    @battler_name = $data_enemies[@enemy_id].battler_name
    @battler_hue = $data_enemies[@enemy_id].battler_hue
    make_action
  end

In fact, Game_Enemy#transform does exactly the thing jayle was trying to do.