RPG Maker MV Tutorial #17 - Self-Switches!

[@LikeGodzzila]

Your tutorials are great, sometimes I just want to learn something quickly, and other tutorials take fkin ages to get to the point. You just do it.

[@hugoleesong]

The key point being that regular switches are global data that every NPC can access while self switches are exclusive the the one event. Very informative. Cheers!!

[@thunderneb]

I sometimes use "key items" instead of switches and use the item as the condition if they have the key item or not. The item need not be physical. It could be Bob's love or Bob's ire. Having Bob's love or ire can be used as further conditions evolving around Bob. Love and ire can be lost as well. Items make more sense to the story telling. Receiving a badge that lets you pass certain guards. But I'm a noob here.

[@KeeperOfUntoldDreams]

Yes, finally, FINALLY, I realized what I was doing wrong and successfully used a control switch, thank you so much!

[@Sora_7672]

If you use the switches a,b,c,d as true and false values and put them together, you can get up to 8 different switch states. So you can use 4 self switches to trigger up to 7 events ;)

[@aaronharper9036]

Actually, as he points out, you can turn switches off and on independently. So, after switch A runs, switch B runs and switch A is turned off, then switch C is run, and switches A and B are turned off, then switch D is run, and switches A, B and C are turned off. THEN you can run switch AB, AC, AD, BC, BD, CD, ABC, ABD, ACD, BCD and ABCD. So, that's up to 16 events, including the all off state. :)

[@DemBigOlEyes]

Damn, you certainly deserve my sub

[@DaiMonAlex]

IKR? he's perfect

[@jestersraven408]

this is probably the best tutorial for beginners it doesn't waste time and it gets to the point

[@inushikashuuji6002]

God you`re toturial is so godsend PLEASE GIFF ME MORE TUTORIAL

[@waargevenvooral1504]

omea wa

[@ViceRoze]

Cringe

[@trystonkincannon8320]

Thank you kind sir for explaining this so well I could understand it. I was overthinking it so much it took me 7 hours, six meals and 23 KZbin videos to finally find your video and understand what I was doing wrong. (I was trying to make a tutorial.)

[@UOTQAUIBO]

Man, your tutorials are so damn good! I'm gonna have to take a weekend, and treat all these as an actual class, taking notes and everything lol Thank you for these videos!

[@demonteddybear3510]

Thank you. These guilds are really helping a noob like me. Letting me fix stuff early and know where to adjust during testing.

[@FreQuenczy]

Love your tutorials, wish you'd make more... I'm working on a project where I have an open book in a room. If the player goes to the book and presses the action button, they'll read the first page of the book as a text box, then it'll end. If they press the action button on the book again, the second page text will open up, then close. Same with the third page. When the player finishes reading the third page and hits the action button again, a choice dialogue will come up asking them if they want to re-read the book. Here's my problem: I don't know how to make it so that if the player chooses "Yes," the book will go back to page one due to the self-switches I have in place. I'm pretty new to RPG MV, and your tutorials have helped me out greatly. I hope you see this and can give me some advice. Thanks!

[@Enaronia]

If the player chooses "Yes," turn off all the self-switches.

[@elechain2441]

@@Enaronia galaxy brain

[@AClRCLEOFLlGHT]

I'm a beginner with the whole RPG maker program, and your tutorials have taught me the most. Thanks for taking the time. My issue is I'm trying to make too complex of a game for these tutorials. Stuck right now trying to figure out how to keep 2 events running at the same time, but alternating for my intro. I get my first character to appear, dialog, move a bit, 2nd character appears, dialogs moves a bit.... and then I can't get anyone to do anything after that, even with switches and new event pages. My first event activates the 2nd event, but doing the same process the second event won't activate the first event's 2nd tab, even with new switches.

[@leeh5948]

Do you have the character toons bump to each other? That would freeze the game. Otherwises, I think it doesn't need switches? Talk -> set movement route (player) -> talk -> set movement route (this event) -> talk Shouldn't need variables nor switches I think, but I'm new at this too.

[@TheMightyFuze9230]

Thanks a lot! I’ve been trying to figure out this problem for a while!

[@Graffitus]

Your tutorials are really, really helpful, thank you so much for having put in the time to construct them.

[@KiddKish]

This was really helpful. You're a legend. If I ever need help again, I'll use your channel.

[@symester5o546]

This solves my problem by alot! 😂 I tried to make a mission event, where you had to collect and deliver a book, but I couldn't get the book to disappear at first. I SOMEHOW managed to make it with only switches, when using and thinking of variables as "Steps" would've been so much easier

[@ManicVelocity]

Your videos are incredibly helpful. Thank you so much for doing these!

[@JauntyTheJackdaw]

Hi! I love your tutorials. They help me a lot! However, when I use self-switches, it causes the NPC to disappear. I used the exact same script you did to test it but the NPC just disappears from the map. Do you know if there's a way to fix this?

[@celeste_pen]

It could be that you didn't assign a picture to the events that activate on turning on self-switches. Like - page 1 event : Turned On switch A ......page 2 event activates......but, nothing shows up because there is no picture or anything to interact with.

[@sallylauper8222]

Thumbs up if you used self switches before, but are watching this vid to review and you're watching this video in 2021 and you live with your dad and he's a hippee.

[@MisterPineTree]

Ok, i know this series of tutorial is old but maaaan, your tutorials are so fucking goood. Really, i'm a programmer so i get things like this faster, but you are so clear and clean when you explain them that i can't say anything besides GOOD JOB, anyone can learn from this :)

[@craigallen5050]

Where did Bob go Joe??? Where did he go?.... Epic XD

[@zakariazeddam1438]

ts gonna save a lot of my switches and help me organize, thank you.

[@danielburke3485]

Your tutorials are awesome! Thank you!

[@MyNameisNick]

Your tutorials are as helpful as ever. thanks!

[@boudicaastorm4540]

Thanks for this! This was something else not covered in the program's tutorial - it was just like "Put Control Self Switch to A" and I was like "Why?"

[@ottawadigs]

is the self switch a permanent state change or can the user reload the game and it gives 100 gold again?

[@Sora_7672]

It looks like permanent on that event. you can reset it with a global var

[@tylerclark7787]

As in start a new game instance? What your asking really doesn't make much sense.

[@Graffitus]

It's permanent for that save file. If they start a New Game, then the switch will revert back to its default (all data will)

[@shayoko6]

i love self switches quick easy and useful!

[@christiaanveltkamp]

Thanks!! This was exactly the info I needed!

[@sexypotato]

Thanks a lot for this amazing tutorial!

[@wilpuriarts5895]

This was awesome! Thank you.

[@dannespringles2687]

Can somebody help me out here? I have this weird bug happening in my game where when it loads the save and I enter a certain room where an autorun cutscene plays, it still plays even tho It has already triggered.

[@haydengames3v2]

Have you made an ending to the cutscene? Say like a blank page that is activated through a condition that is met while at the end of a scene, this page also needs to be the highest number on the list.

[@TheMdub27]

Makes sense but how can we use a switch to trigger another event or switch? :o For instance you hit a switch and it opens a door across the room?

[@haydengames3v2]

Well the switch would have to be first connected to an event, so if you want a switch to be directed to another event the event will need to know that the switch has updated, one way to do this is run a parallel event with a if command; (If: Switch (1) is on activate self switch (1)) then on the second page of your door you change the event type to player touch or whatever and move on, keep in mind that the door should be part of the event and not a tile.

[@killysnowsw]

if only i had watched this before creating like 200 switches

[@prebenskill]

This was very helpful! Thank you. I subbed for more like this :D

[@matthewtalbot-paine7977]

So there's switches and self switches and variables but know self variables so I can't set a hunger level for an NPC unless I just have a mess of variables

[@daniellclary]

This will be very useful! However if you use a self switch, you exit the room and then come back, did the self switches of that character reset? or will it be persistent for the whole game? Because the last tutorial I saw, things are not persistent.

[@way2spooky4u50]

What do you do if you want events from different places in the world to interact with each other. i.e. Event 1: NPC in Town 1 gives a Key Item to the Characters and tells them to deliver it to the Mayor in Town 2. Event 2: Players go to Town 2 and gives the Mayor the Key Item. Event 3: Players returns to NPC in Town 1 to get payment. How would all of that work?

[@winterfox_698]

im having issues using objects, kinda like u take action on a random object, & once the action is complete i cant get a boulder event to run after the 1st event has taken place. i hope tht made sense im so lost in rpg 😥

[@split2nd898]

Hello. I have a map that I use for a skill tree type thing that uses an event to transfer the player to the skill tree map. I want to have the event that takes you to the skill tree map In multiple places in my game. How do I make it so when the player leaves the skill tree area they warp back to the same place they went in? Is this even possible without plugins? Thanx.

[@Chris-v6k7l]

What was the point of copy/paste the page if you delete everything?

[@christophercook5529]

I know it's been a long while but hopefully there is a solution... I want to run a game where each player gets individual passwords at various points in the game. I was wondering if it is possible to take some data they input initially, like their name, and have the game use that data to generate passwords at different points. I ask because I am attempting to build a gamified system for a class. I have about 115 students and if I just leave the passwords constant the kids will share them....

[@delaineduquette1143]

How did u open inventory

[@fourminutemadness4454]

Thank you. You are a hero.

[@FernasRPG]

I didnt know how to do this, so I would copy paste the whole world amd change everything, so her disappeared and you would go on. If I put more than one of these events on the map, sh*t became crazy.

[@JordanICM]

Is there a way to add more self switches? 4 is pretty low.

[@fareedidris6926]

JordanicusRex I believe there is a plugin for that :)

[@toddgilmore118]

I cannot believe I'm asking this after already 6 years of using RPG Maker, but...I am actually stupidly stuck, on how to self switch between "A","B","C","D" then revert back from "D" to "A" starting the loop over again!? Please help!

[@celeste_pen]

Wouldn't just turning off all the other switces except 'A' work?

[@blackladygamer3639]

Love your tutorial!!!

[@Learnjapanesefromsomeguy]

My "gold giver" here keeps disappearing right after I first talk to him and he gives me gold and I can't understand why.

[@yamenadwan8067]

You should put an image for the second event

[@windblazeanims6253]

For me it doesn't work with show questions (yes/no) Because I have it set up so you have the option to open up a crammed drawer in a dresser and get some healing items, after I've selected yes it will give items and then I can't interact with it when I'm still in the room it doesn't say what all the other dressers inn the game say, "Its a dresser" Can you help? I'm confused :(

[@haydengames3v2]

After the event gives the player the item set a self switch and make a new page that needs that self switch on, then put the text "It's a dresser"

[@windblazeanims6253]

haydengames3v2 I had it set up like that but I realized that I didn't have "It's a dresser" set to priority: same as characters, so it wasn't saying anything. (I'm an idiot)

[@GameTesterBootCamp]

I mean, wouldn't this become a problem if the player leaves the room and comes back in? Wouldn't the event reset and start giving gold again if you're using a self switch rather than a global one?

[@haydengames3v2]

I believe even through it's not global, the self switch will stay on until it is told otherwise, should test it yourself just to make sure (On my laptop so I can't myself, sorry).

[@EsotericaVirtuoso]

Can some one show me how to make an event that has an switch which will activate another switch inside of an event?

[@caiocaione6119]

Can you make a tutorial to show how to loop the music in rpg maker mv?

[@JakeSimmer]

Hi, 4 years ago..... did you find out how to do it? and, did you make a game?

[@skunthundler]

When I put on self switch the npc won't show up.

[@luisk8141]

you have to put the image again bro, in the second page, make sure you have put the npc icon. Tell me if it was solved

[@n.h.alicia3278]

Luis kido Or copy the first page, then edit the event to your liking.

[@MrMakosi]

And how would this work if gamer would decide to go out and come back again for another portion of 100 gold? Would game still remember that it's already on switch C or would reset everything and hand another 100G? please advise

[@agilix3134]

I tested this and the game actually remembers if a self-switch is on or off.

[@simoncarlile5190]

I'm curious if there are limits to the game's memory of self-switches. Consider this: What if you go two maps away from the event with the self-switch? Does it still remember the self-switch's state? What about 100 maps away? Is this information stored "globally" in any sense, or does it reach a point where the game is just like "eh, you've moved so far away from this event that there's no reason to store its self-switch data anymore."

[@MASTERTUBE]

How do I make a Qwest book

[@eepee_eepee]

massive help, tysm

[@chaosmastermind]

Oh man.. I did this the hard way before watching this tutorial and had a gigantic mess of if-else trees. (Just to have like 3 or 4 interactions.)

[@matheussilva579]

Shouldn't you know this from the variables?

[@beafyisleafyl1949]

Thank you

[@Username-tz9ud]

Or you could just: if not conditionA: give gold, set switch

[@optimoblunt2894]

I am still confused, maybe this game is not for me

[@MisoSanSoup]

Thank you

[@lucmarchian]

Great!

[@DrPRobot]

i love you!

[@ChaoticLegion01]

This tutorial left me confused as fuck!

[@michaelpacheco7421]

Please, make a video talking about manual javascript programming. I'm a programmer and this way is better for me! Thanks!!

[@SomeRanDev]

Manual JavaScript programming?

[@EsotericaVirtuoso]

Can someone show me how to activate an event by activating an switch in an other event?