How to show full bio of character?

I was wondering how you make it to show the full bio of a character.

You can do that using e.g. Yanfly's Status Menu script.  But without more details from you, it is difficult to give specific advice.

What do you actually mean? Are you talking about how to write an actor's description? Or you want more space for more information for the actor?

Try Ace Status Menu script from Yanfly, it allows to give an actor more biography.

Or if you mean how to write an actor's description, follow me.

1. Open RM.
2. Tools > Database > Actors.
3. Select the actor of whom you want the description.
4. See "General Settings", in the end of it there is written "Description" select it.
5. Write the description and play the game.

As in their history or backstory.

Then the script that Zallet Boy and I have suggested will give you more space to do that.  It gives you a customizable biography for the actor. Also with this script, biographies can be changed at any time using a script call.  This can make the biography a bit more dynamic.

EDIT

The link Zallet Boy gave is probably no longer working.  Try this one: https://github.com/Archeia/YEARepo/blob/master/Menu/Ace_Status_Menu.rb

I've moved this thread to RGSS3 Script Requests. Please be sure to post your threads in the correct forum next time. Thank you.


If you want to change what's in the menu, you have to do it via scripts.


Where does this history or backstory reside? Are you just putting it as the 2 line description in the actor tab? Do you want to use note tags? Do you want to actually put the text into the script? Do you just want to use a common event where you display it with messages?


More details are needed about WHAT you're trying to achieve (how does the player go about viewing it? how do you want to set it up?) before anybody can give you an answer.


Also, you've had 2 people suggest a script. Did you look at it?

What I'm looking for is a place to put the characters race, age and history that can be looked at, in the status part of the menu at any time in the game so long as the character is in the party.

Neither of  the suggested scripts are what I'm looking for as I want to put about a paragraph or more.

tlbearer, please avoid double posting, as it is against the forum rules. You can review our forum rules here. Thank you.


Just edit your last post and add the extra info.


You didn't state where this information is to come from. I have a lot more questions in my post above that you didn't answer.

Where does this history or backstory reside? In the status tab of the menu when you click status and then the character, i want the player to be able to see the character's name, age, race, gender, role and history.

Are you just putting it as the 2 line description in the actor tab? A paragraph

Do you want to use note tags? I'm fine with using them, but I'm not sure if the player would be able to see the full profile of the character in the status menu when they click on them.

Do you want to actually put the text into the script? I'm not sure how to do this or if it would work as the text would have to change when you change characters to make sure that the correct profile shows up when you click on the character.

Do you just want to use a common event where you display it with messages? I'm not sure if this would work.

Sorry about doubling posting.

I mean, how are you going to set up this paragraph? A scripter can allow you to put everything into the actor's note box and pull it out from there, or they can let you key it all into a reserved area within the script itself. The scripter will make sure everything can be seen, and the correct info shows for the actor the player is viewing, but YOU need to say how you want to go about putting the data in in the first place.


Also, are you using any custom scripts? Have you had any changes made to the Status screen?


It might also help if you take a screenshot of your status screen as it is, for one actor, and then do a mockup of how you WANT it to look with the extra details - to show where everything needs to be moved to in order to accomodate the extra information, where the extra information is to be shown, and how much space each piece takes up.

[IMG]http://infinitytears.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/character-profile.jpg?w=620&h=237[/IMG]

Character Profile EX

Description:

This script allows the developer the option called Profile, where more info for each character present in the part can be viewed by the player.

 

You can download this here: http://infinitytears.wordpress.com/2014/03/03/soul-engine-ace-character-profile/

 

It's always easy to change it to the Biography you want.

SoulPour777 Thank you so much, this is exactly what I was looking fore.