Time-Based Encounters

Timed Encounter Rates
Version: 1.0
Author: modern algebra
Date: April 20, 2009

Version History

• <Version 1.0> 04.20.2009 - Original Release

Description

This script allows it so that encounters are not based on step count, but rather on seconds.

Features

• Can use seconds rather than steps to determine random encounters
• Can be toggled on and off easily, allowing for some maps to have this feature while others are step-based.

Screenshots

Not necessary or useful

Instructions

See inside the header for instructions

Script

Code: [Select]

#==============================================================================
#  Timed Encounter Rates
#  Version: 1.0
#  Author: modern algebra (rmrk.net)
#  Date: April 20, 2009
#++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
#  Description:
#    This script sets it so that encounters are not based on step count, but
#   rather on seconds.
#++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
#  Instructions:
#    Insert this script above Main and below other custom scripts.
#
#    The encounter rate determines the average number of seconds until an
#   an encounter, and encounters will occur whether or not the player is
#   moving.
#
#    To turn it back to regular encounters by steps, all that is necessary is
#   to type the following into a call script:
#
#      $game_player.change_encounter_type (x)
#
#   where x is either true or false, true being time-based encounters and
#   false being step-based encounters. If you do not include x, it will simply
#   toggle between the two.
#==============================================================================

#==============================================================================
# ** Game_Player
#++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
#  Summary of Changes:
#    aliased methods - initialize, make_encounter_count, update
#    new method - change_encounter_type
#==============================================================================

class Game_Player
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  # * Object Initialization
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  alias odrngb_wl65_tmencounters_int_2b54 initialize
  def initialize (*args)
    # Run Original Method
    odrngb_wl65_tmencounters_int_2b54 (*args)
    # Initialize time_encounter boolean
    @time_encounters = true
  end
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  # * Make Encounter Count
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  alias magbra_w3565_mkencnt_tmdenrs_4r3bt make_encounter_count
  def make_encounter_count (*args)
    # Run Original Method
    magbra_w3565_mkencnt_tmdenrs_4r3bt (*args)
    # Make encounter count by frames
    @encounter_count *= 60 if @time_encounters
  end
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  # * Frame Update
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  alias modalg_wltr_upd_timed_encounters_74b6 update
  def update (*args)
    # Run Original Method
    modalg_wltr_upd_timed_encounters_74b6 (*args)
    # Reduce @encounter_count
    update_encounter if @time_encounters && !moving?
  end
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  # * Change Encounter Type
  #    boolean : true => time encounters; false => step encounters
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  def change_encounter_type (boolean = nil)
    @time_encounters = boolean == nil ? !@time_encounters : boolean
    make_encounter_count
  end
end


Credit

• modern algebra

Thanks

• wltr3565, for requesting the script

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Known Compatibility Issues

No currently known compatibility issues.

Demo

No demo is necessary. Please see the script.


This script by modern algebra is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.5 Canada License.

thanks 
I'm happy to see new scripts made by you
I hope you make many others
I don't speak English very well