[MZ] Stat Distribution Panel (SDP) System

Jragyn · 2021-03-17T11:49:27+0900

Stat Distribution Panel (SDP) System J/JE/Jragyn Introduction In RPGs, there can be a wide variety of different means to power up your character. Sometimes its via basic level ups, sometimes you consume items, sometimes it is purely from equipment, and the list goes on. This system is the "Stat Distribution" system, where the player gains points from whatever means, and then spends them to power up various parameters. In most the stat distribution systems I've seen, it was always purely points typically gained by leveling up, and then spent on single parameters one at a time, always up. The term "panels" seen in the title comes from the quirk of this system, where the RM dev can group up a collection of parameters that all will be powered up at the same time (or powered down if you want) when leveling up your "panels". This gives the power to the RM dev to allow for some creative spins on how their players level up. Features - Create "panels" that contain one or more parameters that affect the player on a per-actor basis. - Parameters can be any of the 27 parameters, be it the base (MHP/ATK/MAT) or ex (HIT/EVA/CRI) or sp (GRD/REC/EXR). - Parameters can increase flat or by percent (use caution with percent, especially when working with ex/sp params!) - "Panels" have a basic cost formula that is largely adjustable to be flat or multiplicative based on the rank. - "Panels" can be ranked up one or a thousand times if you felt the need to allow the player such versatility. - "Panels" have an open space for javascript to execute upon maxing out the rank (such as learning a new skill or unlocking another panel). Screenshots Spoiler: Screenshots How to Use Because I built it to work with JABS, it is designed to hook into the JABS quick menu. However, it should work fine without, and live happily in your main menu, or just from plugin command scene call. Spoiler: Plugin Commands & Script Calls There are also a couple of note tags that come into play with this plugin, let us go over them: JavaScript: // The following notes go into an enemy's note box: // Where NUM is the number of points you want this enemy to reward the player with. // The following enemy note is optional; I built them for my project, but you can use it too: // Where KEY is the unique string identifier for the panel. // Where ITEM_ID is the id of the item in the database that maps to an item. // Where DROP_CHANCE is the integer percent chance of the item dropping. /* The design concept behind having an enemy directly drop the panel was that panels would uniquely be dropped by enemies, which activated a common event, which had some party conversation and unlocked the panel. This is not required. You can just as easily use the plugin command however you wish to unlock a panel at any time. */ All configuration for SDPs to be unlocked by the player are found within the plugin settings. See the demo project for samples. Plugin Commands / Script Calls / Plugin Settings From top to bottom depicted in the screenshot of plugin commands above: - Access the SDP Menu: Immediately brings up the SDP menu. Click to expand... - Unlock Panel(s): Unlock one or more panels by their key that is configured within the plugin settings. Unlocked panels are available in the SDP menu for all actors to rank up with SDP points. If the key does not match any in the plugin settings, nothing will happen. If the panel is already unlocked, nothing will happen. Click to expand... - Lock Panel(s): Lock one or more panels by their key that is configured within the plugin settings. Locked panels are absent from the SDP menu for all actors, and any ranks in a locked panel will not affect the actor's parameters. If the key does not match any in the plugin settings, nothing will happen. If the panel is already unlocked, nothing will happen. Click to expand... - Add/Remove SDP points: Modify any one actor's SDP points by a given amount. Negative amounts will result in reducing an actor's points instead. Click to expand... - Add/Remove party's SDP points: Modify all actors in the current party's SDP points. Negative amounts will result in reducing all actor's points instead. Click to expand... Spoiler: Plugin Settings From top to bottom depicted in the screenshot of plugin settings above: - SDP Switch: If this switch is ON/true, then this system will available in the main menu (or JABS quick menu if using JABS). Turning this switch to OFF/false does not disable panels that may have been ranked up. Click to expand... - SDP Icon: The id/index of the icon that you want to represent SDP points. Click to expand... - Stat Distribution Panels: See the next spoiler for details. Click to expand... - SDP JABS Menu Icon: The id/index of the icon that you want to represent the command in the JABS quick menu. Not applicable if not using JABS. Click to expand... - Show In Both: If this is set to true, then the command to access the SDP menu will be pres…

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Jragyn

#21 Mar 11, 2022, 03:28 PM Source

Geiky said:
Great plugin! Just one question. Can this be used with custom parameters from say Eli Custom Parameters?
not without modifying the plugin to accommodate the implementation of custom parameters that Eli's plugin creates.

It is worth noting that this plugin currently supports no custom parameters of any type in its current state. However, I can't imagine it'd be terribly difficult for @Eliaquim to hack in a means to accommodate that within the SDP plugin.
Eliaquim

#22 Mar 11, 2022, 09:33 PM Source

Geiky said:
Great plugin! Just one question. Can this be used with custom parameters from say Eli Custom Parameters?

Jragyn said:
not without modifying the plugin to accommodate the implementation of custom parameters that Eli's plugin creates.

It is worth noting that this plugin currently supports no custom parameters of any type in its current state. However, I can't imagine it'd be terribly difficult for @Eliaquim to hack in a means to accommodate that within the SDP plugin.
@Geiky @Jragyn Nice! I will give it a look and see what I can do!
Jragyn can I send you a private message if I need any help?
Jragyn

#23 Mar 11, 2022, 09:56 PM Source

Eliaquim said:
@Geiky @Jragyn Nice! I will give it a look and see what I can do!
Jragyn can I send you a private message if I need any help?
yeah of course pal; @Eliaquim .
In fact, you're totally welcome to message me about it in general, as I've been meaning to add a hook or something- as I built some extra crit parameters in another plugin that I wanted to add to this, but I just... have been distracted with non-RM things for the last couple months ( sadface ).
Willibab

#24 Mar 29, 2022, 03:34 PM Source

Love the plugin!

Noticed that when I select ''Cancel'' with the mouse it still acts as if I selected ''Upgrade this panel''

Pressing ESC instead works though.

Tested without any other plugins on (Except J-Base)
MorshTalon

#25 Apr 27, 2022, 05:33 PM Source

Awesome plugin!

Just one question: Is it possible to force an actor to upgrade a panel through an event?

In the game I'm making, you're supposed to select your starting build (like in Dark Souls), which would automatically rank up some of the panels by an amount dependant on the build you chose. I can't find any way to do so, but there must be a script call that I can use to achieve that. Thanks!
Kaimi

#26 May 12, 2022, 02:19 PM Source

Would it be possible to have panels to be character-specific? Right now a panel's upgrades only work on the leader.
Pozinhofan

#27 Aug 10, 2022, 11:07 PM Source

Hi there @Jragyn ! I have just downloaded your ca-master but when I try to run it to test it out I get:

syntaxError Unexpected token '='

Any clues?
Jragyn

#28 Aug 11, 2022, 12:24 PM Source
Pozinhofan said:
Hi there @Jragyn ! I have just downloaded your ca-master but when I try to run it to test it out I get:

syntaxError Unexpected token '='

Any clues?
I apologize, I haven't updated this post to point to the correct link, but have made a multitude of updates to the plugin.

The original post of this thread has been updated to point to the correct release.
It should be the same one as my JABS plugin (just one big demo that shows it all off).

Willibab said:
Noticed that when I select ''Cancel'' with the mouse it still acts as if I selected ''Upgrade this panel''
That is unusual, but I have not done anything special regarding the mouse. If the mouse is not working as expected, I suspect it may be a deeper rooted RMMZ issue.

MorshTalon said:
Is it possible to force an actor to upgrade a panel through an event?
It is possible, though not explicitly called out because it wasn't a depth of functionality that I've tested nor encourage (as this is a user-driven system rather than an event-based system). If you want to force an actor to rank up one of their already-obtained panels, you can use:
JavaScript:
// in a script call, the syntax goes: SOME_ACTOR.rankUpPanel(PANEL_KEY); // where SOME_ACTOR is a reference to the actor. // where PANEL_KEY is one of your predefined panel keys. // example: $gameParty.leader().rankUpPanel("GHO_1"); // example: $gameParty.actors(1).rankUpPanel("HERO_3");
Keep in mind if the party does not have the given panel unlocked, it will most certainly throw an exception and likely crash the game. Use with care.

Kaimi said:
Would it be possible to have panels to be character-specific
This would require a significant rewrite of the way panels are managed and stored.
I do not intend to build this functionality- the current state is that it is the party's panels.

However, I'm sure if you find a bold enough developer to dive in, the code is relatively readable and with some knowledge of the RMMZ codebase and how to write javascript, it is very possible.
Pozinhofan

#29 Aug 13, 2022, 09:30 PM Source
Jragyn said:
I apologize, I haven't updated this post to point to the correct link, but have made a multitude of updates to the plugin.

The original post of this thread has been updated to point to the correct release.
It should be the same one as my JABS plugin (just one big demo that shows it all off).

That is unusual, but I have not done anything special regarding the mouse. If the mouse is not working as expected, I suspect it may be a deeper rooted RMMZ issue.

It is possible, though not explicitly called out because it wasn't a depth of functionality that I've tested nor encourage (as this is a user-driven system rather than an event-based system). If you want to force an actor to rank up one of their already-obtained panels, you can use:

JavaScript:
// in a script call, the syntax goes: SOME_ACTOR.rankUpPanel(PANEL_KEY); // where SOME_ACTOR is a reference to the actor. // where PANEL_KEY is one of your predefined panel keys. // example: $gameParty.leader().rankUpPanel("GHO_1"); // example: $gameParty.actors(1).rankUpPanel("HERO_3");

Keep in mind if the party does not have the given panel unlocked, it will most certainly throw an exception and likely crash the game. Use with care.

This would require a significant rewrite of the way panels are managed and stored.
I do not intend to build this functionality- the current state is that it is the party's panels.

However, I'm sure if you find a bold enough developer to dive in, the code is relatively readable and with some knowledge of the RMMZ codebase and how to write javascript, it is very possible.
That is completely fine.

A question, can the player earn SDP Points through level up, like other stuff he gains whenever he levels up?
Jragyn

#30 Aug 15, 2022, 01:02 PM Source

Pozinhofan said:
can the player earn SDP Points through level up
in the current state, there is no hook for gaining SDP points via level up, as the system was designed to reward points on enemy defeat or via event-ing.
FreyaSolaris

#31 Jan 24, 2023, 11:54 AM Source

Hello, does it cause any conflict with VisuStella Main Menu and Stats Core?
Jragyn

#32 Feb 21, 2023, 10:37 PM Source

Geiky said:
Great plugin! Just one question. Can this be used with custom parameters from say Eli Custom Parameters?
I apologize for never seeing this question, but a very very late response is:
Not without code modifications.

Going forward, I will no longer be supporting this plugin directly via this forum. If you used this plugin, I hope it served you well. If you did not but wanted to, it still exists as a part of the demo for JABS, but I will not be providing troubleshooting or aid for it.
Spundungus

#33 Mar 30, 2023, 08:54 PM Source

So far I'm loving the idea of this plugin. I'm using it on its own for a small project of mine and was wondering how one would resize or rearrange of the windows as the right side window cuts off half the text and the left window is longer than it needs to be, like so. And also how would I change the name and colour of the 'distribute' text in the main menu?

PS. I know nothing about coding so you'll have to explain it to me like I'm 5 years old.

Thank you in advance.
Jragyn

#34 Mar 31, 2023, 02:46 PM Source

Spundungus said:
was wondering how one would resize or rearrange of the windows as the right side window cuts off half the text and the left window is longer than it needs to be, like so. And also how would I change the name and colour of the 'distribute' text in the main menu?

Spundungus said:
PS. I know nothing about coding so you'll have to explain it to me like I'm 5 years old.
If there are no plugin parameters for it, it was not something I intended to be modified by the user. It will require code modifications to handle window size re-adjustment. I will not be making that code modification for you, but the code is relatively readable and you're welcome to recruit another to undertake that effort.

Also, as a reminder:

Jragyn said:
Going forward, I will no longer be supporting this plugin directly via this forum. If you used this plugin, I hope it served you well. If you did not but wanted to, it still exists as a part of the demo for JABS, but I will not be providing troubleshooting or aid for it.
matheusgamer321

#35 Nov 17, 2023, 05:18 PM Source

Hey, I've tried downloading your demo project and getting the J-SDP, J-Base and J-DropsControl plugins. All 3 of them gave me syntax errors, any clue on why did it happen? (maybe I got them from the wrong place? I don't know)
Jragyn

#36 Apr 24, 2024, 05:09 PM Source

matheusgamer321 said:
Hey, I've tried downloading your demo project and getting the J-SDP, J-Base and J-DropsControl plugins. All 3 of them gave me syntax errors, any clue on why did it happen? (maybe I got them from the wrong place? I don't know)
Typically, when syntax errors come up, I find it is most commonly because of people attempting to use an older version of RMMZ. I mostly say this because I've heard people in other threads echo this concern, and claim it self-fixed when they updated RMMZ. I assume this is because updating RMMZ updates the underlying nodejs version used or something.

Alternatively, there could be conflicting plugins, but the only time I've seen that happen is when folks try to use Yanfly plugins alongside my own, or when using plugins that directly conflict with one another (like trying to use JABS alongside a second ABS).