Noob question - Move player "Set event location"-like

Hello guys,

in an autorun event I want to "teleport" the main character to another location of the current map. I noticed I can't use "Set event location" to move the main player, and I'd like to know what's the correct way to do it. Should I simply use "Transfer player" targeting the same map and disabling fade? Won't this trigger some sort of map reload/events restart?

Thanks :)

EDIT: I looked into the Game_Player script:

 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  # * Execute Player Transfer

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------

  def perform_transfer

    if transfer?

      set_direction(@new_direction)

      if @new_map_id != $game_map.map_id

        $game_map.setup(@new_map_id)

        $game_map.autoplay

      end

      moveto(@new_x, @new_y)

      clear_transfer_info

    end

  end

 

So it looks like moving the player into the same map does not retrigger map's setup etc. etc.

 

So I guess "Transfer player" is the right way to do it. Or use "script: $game_player.moveto(newx,newy)" maybe :)

 

Feel free to post corrections if my assumptions are wrong. Thanks !

I just set up a little experiment to check and I can say for sure that it does not "trigger some sort of map reload/events restart".

I set up some dummy NPCs to talk to that "Erase Event" when triggered. I talked to them then teleported to another spot on the same map. They stayed gone which means the map was not reloaded.

Saving on a map and restarting from the save file also will not "reload" it, but leaving the map and reentering it will.

Transferring a player to the same map does not require the map to be reloaded. So no, the "startup" autorun/parallel events will not be reloaded and rerun.


You could have just tried it and had your answer straight away :)

Ehehe that's exactly what I did, but when my "coder-mind" kicked in, the best way to try it was to analyze the scripts to understand how it actually works :p

:)


Okay, for your coder-mind ...


Autorun and parallel process events are kicked off from Game_Map's setup method. This is only called when the player transfers from one map to another (method in Game_Player, which I can't remember the name of and don't have in front of me). That Game_Player method checks to see if the current map number is the same as the last one, and it only calls Game_Map.setup if they are different.


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