Display enemy Element Table?

[shintashi]

is there a way to display/decrypt the enemy's element table so I can make comments on them or add them up numerically?

Like if the assignments are

fire A
ice C
thunder C
water B
...

etc.

How can I access what these values are, or possibly change them?

[tSwitch]

read up on RPG::Enemy.element_ranks

jftr: I found that by searching the in-program help file for 'enemy' then going to the enemy class listing.

[shintashi]

read up on RPG::Enemy.element_ranks

jftr: I found that by searching the in-program help file for 'enemy' then going to the enemy class listing.

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p $data_enemies[1].element_ranks

spat out some mess, so I tried this

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p $data_enemies[1].element_ranks[9]
p $data_enemies[1].element_ranks[8]
p $data_enemies[1].element_ranks[10]


and got some pretty good results, like 1,3, and 3, which I presume mean A, C, and C?
In what ways can these values be changed? Like only in battle and then they reset, or is it permanent for the run time of the game until restart?

[cozziekuns]

Should be permanent. You could always change it back later using the same code.

[shintashi]

Should be permanent. You could always change it back later using the same code.

can I address player characters using this? or would I end up targeting their classes?

[cozziekuns]

Like Nam said, just do a search of "element" in the help file index and see what happens.

[shintashi]

Like Nam said, just do a search of "element" in the help file index and see what happens.

good point.

I've checked the outputs and what's in the helpfile is off by 1 point. This array uses 1-6, rather than 0-5. Something important to remember, as F should read 5 but actually reads as 6.

[tSwitch]

the help files are, incidentally, very helpful.
I learned a lot about RGSS just by looking things up

I don't know if they can be changed, I've never tried.  Give it a shot.

[modern algebra]

They can be changed, but they will be reset the next time the game loads the data objects, generally through Scene_Title after restarting unless you or someone else codes them in to reload somewhere else. But really NAM's right, if you want to know whether you can do something, just try it. If it works, it's a lot faster than asking us, and if it doesn't, you can always ask us after and see if there's another way.