Pet Summon Plugin

Aerosys · 2023-01-29T19:17:32+0900

Pet Summon Plugin Non-RTP sprites by Hidden One Inspired by RPGs such as „Pokemon“, „Nights of Azure,“ and other MMORPGs, I made a Plugin to enable summoning of Pets in battle. Available for free, compatible with both MV & MZ Features Any Actor from the Database can be converted into a Pet by using Note Tags. A Pet can be added to and removed from the Party just like any other Actor. Pets are not ready when the battle starts - they must be summoned first. Therefore, all your Pets are visible and manageable on the menus (if you wish) The Plugin will automatically add Dummy Skills to summon Pets (as seen in the screenshot) (if you wish) You have multiple options to define who can summon which Pets By default, any Actor with access to a dedicated Summon Skill Type can summon every Pet the Party owns. Alternatively, you may use Notetags to manage who can summon whom at which time. As you can put these note tags on Actors, Classes, Equipment, States, Skills, & Items, it makes it fairly easy and flexible to create, e.g., Summoner Classes that can summon only subsets of Pets. Alternatively, you may disable the automatic addition of Summon Skills through the Plugin, define individual Skills or Items in the Database, and use the Notetag. Pets' levels will be synchronized automatically with their summoner (optional) Pets can retreat on command when it is their turn. When a Pet is knocked out, it automatically disappears from the battle. You can set how many turns a Pet stays active until it expires (optional). Once summoned, every Pet is affected with a "summoned" State. Using 3rd Party Plugins that display the remaining State turns, you can display how long a Pet stays active until it expires. Animations when a Pet is summoned a Pet disappears a Pet is knocked out You can call Common Events when a Pet is summoned a Pet disappears a Pet is knocked out With the Notetag, you can prepare a Pet for the battle, i.e., the Pet will be ready on battle start. You can use this Notetag on Actors, Classes, Equips, & States. E.g., you can make a special Accessory or Skill that applies such State on a Pet to prepare this Pet before the battle starts. Pets may not use Items (optional). Pets may not be equipped (optional). When all Actors are knocked out, and Pets are the only active battlers, the battle is treated as a defeat (optional). Pets cannot be swapped in the "Formation" menu. You can limit how many Pets can be active simultaneously (optional). Featured Plugins Summon Deck Addon Menu Addon for Summon System Exp Potions Item Restrictions Quickstart, Download, & More available here: https://aerosys.blog/pet-summon Wishlist To summon "Giants" that substitute the entire Party until it expires or is knocked out. To replace/substitute/swap with the Summoner while the Pet is active When a summoner is knocked-out or leaves the Party during battle, all their pets should disappear as well

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Started by Aerosys Jan 29, 2023, 10:17 AM 273 posts Page 6 of 14 View original ↗

Aerosys

#101 Jul 14, 2023, 03:37 PM Source

A Sample Project is now available for both MV & MZ!

Link: Aerosys Blog - Summon Plugin

I refactored the code and raised its version number to 1.2.1, but there are no features to announce.

I tried to reproduce some of the reported errors, but unfortunately, I haven't succeeded. Here's a list of 3rd Party Plugins that I tested:
Puppet Knight

#102 Jul 15, 2023, 01:04 AM Source

@Aerosys

Quick question. In the plugin parameters I know we can decide in line/infront of actors. Does the in front of actors summon add them to be in front of their summoner? Or just in a line ahead of the actors?
akahi

#103 Jul 15, 2023, 02:18 AM Source

Aerosys said:
A Sample Project is now available for both MV & MZ!

Link: Aerosys Blog - Summon Plugin

I refactored the code and raised its version number to 1.2.1, but there are no features to announce.

I tried to reproduce some of the reported errors, but unfortunately, I haven't succeeded. Here's a list of 3rd Party Plugins that I tested:

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It works for me now!Thanks a lot for the DEMO!
Aerosys

#104 Jul 15, 2023, 07:01 AM Source

Puppet Knight said:
@Aerosys

Quick question. In the plugin parameters I know we can decide in line/infront of actors. Does the in front of actors summon add them to be in front of their summoner? Or just in a line ahead of the actors?
In front of the party. The plugin doesn't memorize who has been the summoner of a pet.
Puppet Knight

#105 Jul 15, 2023, 07:16 AM Source

Aerosys said:
The plugin doesn't memorize who has been the summoner of a pet.
*Copies and pastes to "Feature Request" section*
Aerosys

#106 Jul 17, 2023, 07:27 AM Source

Version number increased to 1.2.2

- Fixed a typo that prevented the Level Syncing in some cases

akahi said:
It works for me now!Thanks a lot for the DEMO!
Nice to hear!

Puppet Knight said:
*Copies and pastes to "Feature Request" section*
Well, I had some time over the weekend to think about it. It's a great suggestion and would visually emphasize the binding between summoner and their pet.

Unfortunately, this feature would come with some questions: What happens when a summoner summons a second pet? Should it appear a few pixels below? But what if this "slot" is already used by another pet from (another) Summoner? Should I disallow the summoning of a second pet if you enable this feature? But that would be another special rule. What should happen if you make a cutscene where an actor leaves the party, and so the summoner repositions themselves? Also, RPG Maker repositions actors by default when someone joins or leaves during battle, so making a rule where all the pets are bound to their summoners would be challenging.

I'm afraid that this request is unlikely to be made.

But, an invisible binding between summoner & their pets can be made. For example, when the summoner dies or leaves the party (cutscene), all their pets will disappear in the same turn.

I also started working on FFX Esper Style Summons that temporarily substitute the Party. The animations when the Party leaves and the Esper arrives are hard to make, but the logic is already implemented.
Puppet Knight

#107 Jul 17, 2023, 01:13 PM Source

Aerosys said:
I also started working on FFX Esper Style Summons that temporarily substitute the Party. The animations when the Party leaves and the Esper arrives are hard to make, but the logic is already implemented

I will easily concede my quest for position binding for an Esper style function. Lol.

I've been meaning to try such a sequence out using battle core and your plugin for the larger summons/transformations in my project but we'll see
jedite1000

#108 Aug 2, 2023, 11:22 AM Source

I get this error when playtesting my game, pops up as soon as i load the game
Aerosys

#109 Aug 2, 2023, 04:16 PM Source

jedite1000 said:
I get this error when playtesting my game, pops up as soon as i load the game
The plugin may not be compatible with Visustella Plugins from Tier 2 or above (as they are not free), but I can try to make them compatible.
jedite1000

#110 Aug 2, 2023, 09:28 PM Source

If u can thnx, I must have a summoner class in my game so it’s really important that a summoner plugin can work
jedite1000

#111 Aug 3, 2023, 02:21 AM Source

Aerosys said:
The plugin may not be compatible with Visustella Plugins from Tier 2 or above (as they are not free), but I can try to make them compatible.
Any luck with the compatibility?
Puppet Knight

#112 Aug 3, 2023, 11:32 AM Source

jedite1000 said:
Any luck with the compatibility?
Mate it hadn't even been 12 hours.

Lets be a bit more reasonable with time expectations when patches are offered, let alone ones that relate to compatibility with VisuStella plugins.
jedite1000

#113 Aug 3, 2023, 12:00 PM Source

developer already messaged me
Puppet Knight

#114 Aug 3, 2023, 12:14 PM Source

My point stands
Avery

#115 Aug 3, 2023, 12:45 PM Source

Plus most likely most of them have been night hours, since his native language is German.
If I said I'd look into it at 6 PM and got a "any progress?" at 4 AM, both days being regular workdays, especially on a free request that I am already doing out of kindness, I would simply cross it off my to do, seriously.
He has no obligation to do anything, it already is very cool that he provides the plugin and all the support here, but it is nothing anyone here is entitled to.
After all, you are trying to get the time and skill from a stranger on the internet who decided to help others just because they can. When was the last time you provided helpfulness and support for people you don't even know?
Aerosys

#116 Aug 5, 2023, 08:25 AM Source

jedite1000 said:
I get this error when playtesting my game, pops up as soon as i load the game
Unfortunately, this plugin causes a circular dependency with mine, so I cannot promise that I will find a solution soon.

For the Visustella Haters:
- this problem would still exist even if their code was readable
- this problem would still exist even if their plugin was available for free
- In fact, the screenshots (from this thread and their PM) tell me everything I need to know

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Did you know you can rename your pets, and the Summon Command will reflect this change?
Puppet Knight

#117 Aug 5, 2023, 12:27 PM Source

Aerosys said:
For the Visustella Haters:
- this problem would still exist even if their code was readable
- this problem would still exist even if their plugin was available for free
- In fact, the screenshots (from this thread and their PM) tell me everything I need to know
this wasn't a VS hating bit, just that anyone should go into a VS compatibility issue with some baseline expectations.

I'm glad you were able to identify the issue easily enough, but that doesn't change me leveling appropriate times expectations help on these forums
Aerosys

#118 Aug 5, 2023, 12:32 PM Source

Puppet Knight said:
this wasn't a VS hating bit, just that anyone should go into a VS compatibility issue with some baseline expectations.
Oh no, I wasn't referring to anyone here in this thread, I'm sorry if you felt addressed. This was more of a precautionary measure, as many people are very demonizing about obfuscation.

In fact, with the stack trace, debugging console, and VS wiki, we developers have a lot of tools to resolve compatibility issues.
jedite1000

#119 Aug 6, 2023, 02:23 AM Source

If you are unable to fix it then it's ok, at least you tried, vs plugins are really great for my game but it breaks other plugins and i think they refuse to make their plugins compatible with other plugins that are not their own
Aerosys

#120 Aug 12, 2023, 08:25 AM Source
A new Update is available!
- You can now select if Pets should be shows as Followers on Map
- You can now choose "Custom Equipment Slots" for Pets, e.g., Pets should be allowed to wear "Accessories" only
- Fixed some bugs
- Restructured code to further reduce chance of incompatibilities