Zeriab's Caterpillar Script
Version: 1.0
Introduction
Thisscript creates a caterpillar of the party members by using eventspresent on the map. (You need to actually make the events in the editor)
Whenthe caterpillar is deactivated they act just like any other event. Mostevent commands still works on the events when the caterpillar isactivated, but the results be strange.

The script uses map events with special tags in their name.
The map events are tied to specific actors.
If you want an event to represent the actor with id 1 in the database then somewhere in the name of the event put this: cat_actor[1]
If you want an event to represent the actor with id 19 then use this instead: cat_actor[19]
Basically you put in cat_actor[id of actor] in the name of the event in question.
Note that you need to do this for every map. Yes, a lot of work.
Youcopy the script and paste it just above main. (I.e. you open the scripteditor, scroll to the bottom of the left form, click on main, pressinsert and paste the script into the right form)
In the script pay attention to the area just below the script header:
This is the area of script where you can customize the script. I will go through each of the lines and explain what they do:
CATERPILLAR_ACTIVE_SWITCH = 23
This line will allow you to control whether the caterpillar is active or not by specifying a switch.
By default you can see that we have CATERPILLAR_ACTIVE_SWITCH = 23 which means you can turn the caterpillar ON and OFF by turning switch 23 ON and OFF.
Notice that switch 23 by default start on OFF and you must turn the switch ON before the caterpillar 'works'.
Feel free to change the number 23 to any number you want, i.e. which switch you want.
If you for example want to use switch 0169 instead it should be CATERPILLAR_ACTIVE_SWITCH = 169.
REMOVE_VISIBLE_ACTORS = true
This determines whether events for actors not currently in the party should be erased or not.
You can set this to a number like REMOVE_VISIBLE_ACTORS = 21 if you want to specify it with a switch. In this example you can turn it ON and OFF by turning switch 21 ON and OFF.
MAX_ACTORS = 4
Ibelieve this is self-explonatory. Only change this if you can have morethan 4 actors. No harm is done if you have a lower max.
A littleword of caution: Do not put leading 0's in front of numbers in ruby.The reason is that Ruby considers numbers with leading 0's asoctadecimal. I.e. 0, 1, 2, . , 6, 7, 10, 11, . No 8 nor 9. Sofor example 15 oct = 13 and 8 oct and 9 oct gives an error.
Hereare two call scripts you can use if you feel the caterpillar isn'tupdated properly like problems with the graphic. Also highly usefulshould you have custom scripts and need to tell the caterpillar scripthas changed: (The call script is the event command on the bottom-rightof page 3)
This will update the caterpillar to make sure the right events and right graphics are used.
Thiswill refresh the caterpillar which pretty much 'starts on a fresh'. Allthe events will be placed the same place as the player. As if you wereteleported. Only use this if the update don't work.