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#==============================================================================
#  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
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#  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
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