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 8 of 14 View original ↗

Puppet Knight

#141 Nov 10, 2023, 06:09 PM Source

This is to say, Idk what I'm doing wrong otherwise here.
Aerosys

#142 Nov 13, 2023, 07:38 PM Source

Hey game devs,

This update 1.3.4 comes with a small but useful set of features:

- Custom JS hooks have been added when a Pet appears, retreats, or is knocked out
- Game devs may now call pet.summoner() to get the summoner who has originally summoned this pet
- "Relocating a Pet in front of their Summoner" has been added to the Tips section of this plugin's article (https://aerosys.blog/pet-summon#31-tips)

Fixes:
- It's been fixed that Pets stay inactive in some cases

Don't hesitate to report problems regardless of whether you think it's the plugin's fault or not.

Happy game-making!
Puppet Knight

#143 Nov 13, 2023, 09:20 PM Source

Aerosys said:
Game devs may now call pet.summoner() to get the summoner who has originally summoned this pet

WOOOOOOOOOOT!
Phantasmagoric

#144 Nov 25, 2023, 02:40 AM Source

So I've made sure to set up stuff properly, skill type, notetags, even tried with this plugin being the only one in the project, and it just doesn't do anything when I cast the summon skill. I made sure to not require the pet to be in the party on the plugin parameters.
The Sample project works just fine, so doesn't seem to be an issue with my MV
Help, please D:
Puppet Knight

#145 Nov 25, 2023, 12:38 PM Source

Phantasmagoric said:
So I've made sure to set up stuff properly, skill type, notetags, even tried with this plugin being the only one in the project, and it just doesn't do anything when I cast the summon skill. I made sure to not require the pet to be in the party on the plugin parameters.
The Sample project works just fine, so doesn't seem to be an issue with my MV
Help, please D:

Could you share your plugin list (screenshot your plugin manager)
Aerosys

#146 Nov 25, 2023, 04:05 PM Source

@Puppet Knight, This person already wrote in another thread that they already set up a fresh new project with the summon plugin being the only plugin.

@Phantasmagoric, I sent you a private message because I want to look into your project. Either your primary project or the fresh new one.

Phantasmagoric said:
it just doesn't do anything when I cast the summon skill
~~Did I get this right; you can cast the skill, but nothing happens? Sounds like a bug in my code then. Anyway, if the summon skill is just greyed out, then probably because your party is full.~~

You maybe want to check out the Plugin Parameter "Exceed Party Limit?" which allows you to summon a 5th actor even when your party is maxed out.

EDIT:
Uploaded a hotfix for MV users!
HereThere

#147 Dec 13, 2023, 04:48 PM Source

I've tried the update and it fixed my issue with pets not getting a turn when using TPB/ATB battle systems on MZ. Thank you for this great plugin and the updates, you've saved an idea I've been wanting to implement!
mynameisumbreon

#148 Dec 16, 2023, 02:44 PM Source

Hello! For some reason, whenever I have this plugin enabled, any and all items are grayed out and are unusable. Any idea what a fix might be? Other than this issue, this plugin has been almost 100% perfect for my needs!
Aerosys

#149 Dec 16, 2023, 05:48 PM Source

mynameisumbreon said:
Hello! For some reason, whenever I have this plugin enabled, any and all items are grayed out and are unusable. Any idea what a fix might be? Other than this issue, this plugin has been almost 100% perfect for my needs!
It works for me. Can you please verify that you have the newest versions of both VS and mine (1.3.5) plugins?
mynameisumbreon

#150 Dec 16, 2023, 07:32 PM Source

Aerosys said:
It works for me. Can you please verify that you have the newest versions of both VS and mine (1.3.5) plugins?
I did make sure to update each plugin and test them individually. From my testing between my own projects and having a friend test on his project, the problem seems to be coming from the pet summon plugin. I tested it with multiple projects, new and old, using exclusively the pet summon plugin, and I was still having the grayed out items issue with every project. I have tried reinstalling rpg maker mz, updating my coresystem, verifying files through steam, nothing seems to work.
rhaw757

#151 Dec 27, 2023, 03:49 PM Source

Hey, this plugin has been a tremendous help for me! It's very well done and flexible. Just out of curiosity, is there a way to limit pets "per summoner" rather than universally? My current plan for what I want to do is have a very similar mechanic to Pokemon except the human characters battle alongside their pets (or rather, battle behind them) and each party member that the player can recruit will have their own pets unique to them. Then, when the player enters battle alongside their human party members, they can each summon their own pets that will battle in front of them. Ideally, the player can have up to 4 human party members at a time and each will send out their own pet at the start of battle. Here is an image to kind of show what I'm talking about:

The player's main human party members are behind and they've each summoned a pet to battle. Except the summoned pets in this image are all the player's pets. I'm trying to find a way to where, for example, Actor 2, can still summon their own pet after Actor 1 (player's character) has summoned their one allowed pet. The way it is now, the player could just skip summoning for the other actors and just summon four of their own pets after a few turns, but I'm trying to limit each to only having one summoned at a time.

Also, is there a way to swap summoned pets? So if Actor 3 wanted to swap out her fox for another one of her pets?
Aerosys

#152 Dec 27, 2023, 04:18 PM Source

rhaw757 said:
Hey, this plugin has been a tremendous help for me! It's very well done and flexible. Just out of curiosity, is there a way to limit pets "per summoner" rather than universally? My current plan for what I want to do is have a very similar mechanic to Pokemon except the human characters battle alongside their pets (or rather, battle behind them) and each party member that the player can recruit will have their own pets unique to them. Then, when the player enters battle alongside their human party members, they can each summon their own pets that will battle in front of them. Ideally, the player can have up to 4 human party members at a time and each will send out their own pet at the start of battle. Here is an image to kind of show what I'm talking about:
Hmm, right now, it's not possible. The whole plugin is designed in a way that there's no 1:1 binding between an actor and their pet(s). Once a pet is there, it's there globally. Maybe in a next iteration of this plugin, if a next iteration will ever come.

rhaw757 said:
Also, is there a way to swap summoned pets? So if Actor 3 wanted to swap out her fox for another one of her pets?
Nope, that would require me to implement a selection where the player can pick only from active pets, and this would be too expensive for such a small plugin.
rhaw757

#153 Dec 27, 2023, 08:20 PM Source

Aerosys said:
Hmm, right now, it's not possible. The whole plugin is designed in a way that there's no 1:1 binding between an actor and their pet(s). Once a pet is there, it's there globally. Maybe in a next iteration of this plugin, if a next iteration will ever come.

Nope, that would require me to implement a selection where the player can pick only from active pets, and this would be too expensive for such a small plugin.
That makes sense and is totally understandable! It's a magnificent plugin. Another two things I've noticed that I want to make sure I'm not doing something wrong with:

1) When a pet is defeated and leaves the battlefield, the player is able to summon them again the next turn, essentially allowing the player to keep summoning pets endlessly and never lose if they wanted to. Was there a way to disallow summoning dead units?

2) When multiple actors have summoning abilities, when attempting to summon a pet in the same turn, there's nothing stopping them from accidentally choosing to summon the same pet as the previous actor. It allows the input but does nothing when their turn actually comes and ends up skipping their turn.
Aerosys

#154 Dec 27, 2023, 08:42 PM Source
rhaw757 said:
1) When a pet is defeated and leaves the battlefield, the player is able to summon them again the next turn, essentially allowing the player to keep summoning pets endlessly and never lose if they wanted to. Was there a way to disallow summoning dead units?
Well, it's part of the plugin that pets are auto-revived and healed, but you could add custom rules by adding a new tiny plugin with any name:
Code:
(function() { const alias_canSummon = Game_Actor.prototype.canSummon Game_Actor.prototype.canSummon = function(petId) { return $gameActors.actor(petId) && !$gameActors.actor(petId).isDeathStateAffected() && alias_canSummon.call(this, petId); } })()
Put this plugin below MK_Summon. This will turn off summoning dead pets. I haven't tested it, though.

rhaw757 said:
2) When multiple actors have summoning abilities, when attempting to summon a pet in the same turn, there's nothing stopping them from accidentally choosing to summon the same pet as the previous actor. It allows the input but does nothing when their turn actually comes and ends up skipping their turn.
Yes, that's true for turn-based battle systems, and unfortunately, it's very unlikely that I will find a suitable solution soon.
DrBuni

#155 Dec 31, 2023, 02:11 PM Source

Hey, Aerosys. Before anything else, thank you for the amazing plugin, and for free. It is crazy. You are too kind.

So, I have been playing with your plugin since yesterday, but I am yet to be able to make it work. My goal is to have the solo MC summon temporary pets by using items. First, I tried implementing the plugin/system to my current project, but after hours of no success, I gave up for the day, because my project has dozens of plugins and I was convinced the problem lied in some funky interaction between your plugin with one or more of the plugins I previously installed.

But, your plugin is just too cute, and it is essentially perfect for a pseudo-Persona/Stand system I had in mind for the mechanics of my game's main character. I have tried pretty much every other summoning plugin, such as SRD's Summon Core, LadyBaskerville's and so on. Still, yours offers the most features while being the simplest to implement (in theory, heh).

Today, I started my project from scratch, and I added only a few plugins. At first, I tried making the summoning work with only Yep_CoreEngine and your plugin installed, but I am still failing to summon anything. Surely I am doing something very wrong, so before I give up on summoning mechanics altogether and rebrand the MC of my game, I figured I should ask for help.

Below are screenshots showing up how I set up stuff on the dabatase, as I tried summoning both with items and skills, but nothing worked. I also linked screenshots of the plugin parameters. Perhaps there is something I am overlooking. Please keep in mind that I tried many alternative ways of setting things up. For example, in your blog, you state that:

"When you decide in the previous step to use Notetags to control which Pets can be summoned, you can put this Notetag to the Actor themselves, their Class, any Equipment, or any State."

I tried all of that. I tried adding the notetags to the Actor and the Class both, and so on. I also tried, say, <Summon: 0002> instead of <Summon: 2>, but no luck. I am only saying this because the screenshots won't show every single attempt I made. Anyways, the screnshots:

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Aerosys

#156 Dec 31, 2023, 02:46 PM Source

@DrBuni In the Plugin Manager, the Skill Type must be the Skill ID as a number, not the name.

There's also a sample project that you can download.
DrBuni

#157 Dec 31, 2023, 03:00 PM Source

Thank you, Aerosys. I am now able to summon a pet. However, I had to disable the DreamX_Sideviewframes plugin, because otherwise the game crashes when I try to summon the pet.

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Aerosys

#158 Dec 31, 2023, 03:26 PM Source

DrBuni said:
Thank you, Aerosys. I am now able to summon a pet. However, I had to disable the DreamX_Sideviewframes plugin, because otherwise the game crashes when I try to summon the pet.

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I found a potential conflict in my code and will try to fix it. Stay tuned!
DrBuni

#159 Dec 31, 2023, 04:16 PM Source

Aerosys said:
I found a potential conflict in my code and will try to fix it. Stay tuned!
Thank you so much!
Puppet Knight

#160 Jan 12, 2024, 04:12 PM Source

Having a weird graphical thing. Not sure if its plugin centric. Anytime I summon a pet usinng a skill I get 3 loading dots after it appears.

Anyone know a way to avoid that?