So it starts up and lets me try to activate the summon BUT instead of transforming it just ends in defeat. If i put in a teammate and he transforms he just deletes himself out of existence and the summon does not spawn.
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This is a bit frustrating, but we won't give up. I tried to reproduce the behavior you described, but I couldn't. Analyzing the code, I couldn't find a specific cause that might be creating this problem.
I created a new version! (I'm sorry!),
I added a layer of protection over the battle state to prevent defeat related to summoning and a detailed chain of logs, which can be accessed via the console (f8).
Please download the new version, the file is already updated, and do some tests. If any errors occur, copy the console log and share it here, so we know exactly what's happening.
Some tests can be followed here:
AH MY BAD on the defeated thing that was actually my fault. It was from a different plugin I had that labelled it wrongly.
my only problem is that its not replacing my actor sprite with the new sprite. its just sort of placing him behind him. I think it has something to do with the visustella battlecore. Cause disabling that seemed to fix the replacement. I don't really know what battlecore is doing though to mess with the actor substitution.
[Kadajah Summon] 4:26:56 AM - Plugin Parameters Loaded. Summon Settings: Array(1)
Kadajah_BattleSummon.js:548 [Kadajah Summon] 4:27:02 AM - Summon Command Selected.
Kadajah_BattleSummon.js:548 [Kadajah Summon] 4:27:03 AM - Summon Selection OK. Summoner: 1
Kadajah_BattleSummon.js:548 [Kadajah Summon] 4:27:03 AM - Pre-loading face for Actor 14
Kadajah_BattleSummon.js:548 [Kadajah Summon] 4:27:03 AM - addSummon Initiated. Unit: 14, Summoner: 1, Mode: Normal
Kadajah_BattleSummon.js:546 [Kadajah Summon] 4:27:03 AM - Actor 14 initializing as Summon Object
Kadajah_BattleSummon.js:548 [Kadajah Summon] 4:27:03 AM - Executing Substitution Mode
Kadajah_BattleSummon.js:548 [Kadajah Summon] 4:27:03 AM - Refreshing Party Sprites.
Kadajah_BattleSummon.js:548 [Kadajah Summon] 4:27:03 AM - Face loaded for . Refreshing status window.
[Kadajah Summon] 4:28:07 AM - Battle Ended. Clearing Summons.
Kadajah_BattleSummon.js:548 [Kadajah Summon] 4:28:07 AM - Clear All Summons Called.
Kadajah_BattleSummon.js:548 [Kadajah Summon] 4:28:07 AM - Game_Party removeSummon called for ID: 14
Kadajah_BattleSummon.js:546 [Kadajah Summon] 4:28:07 AM - Removed from _currentSummons list. Remaining: []
Kadajah_BattleSummon.js:548 [Kadajah Summon] 4:28:07 AM - Reverting Substitution. Returning Actor 1 to index 0
Kadajah_BattleSummon.js:548 [Kadajah Summon] 4:28:07 AM - Refreshing Party Sprites.
Kadajah_BattleSummon.js:548 [Kadajah Summon] 4:28:07 AM - Refreshing Party Sprites.
I believe I have finally solved the problem. The logs and their tests revealed that the plugin's workflow was correct; disabling BattleCore solved the problem, so it became clear that both plugins were modifying the same properties of the battle screen.
When comparing the behavior of the two plugins, the problem occurred because BattleCore alters the structure of where the actor sprites are stored on the battle screen (it uses specific containers instead of the standard _battleField of RPG Maker MZ).
In my plugin, the system tries to remove the old sprite by searching for it directly in _battleField. Since BattleCore moved this sprite to another location, the removal command fails silently, the old sprite (the summoner) remains on the screen, and the new sprite (the summon) is drawn over or under it, creating an overlap or visual glitch.
I updated the version by adding a check to clear the sprite from the BattleCore container if it is active, and in the tests I did here it worked correctly.
Could you download the new version and test it again? I'm optimistic that we've solved the problem this time!
Actually yeah the sprite is now being changed and even the regular summon part works now! the only problem is using an item now results in
rmmz_managers.js:2080 TypeError: BattleManager.actor(...).setLastBattleItem is not a function
at Scene_Battle.onItemOk (Kadajah_BattleSummon.js:1554)
at Window_BattleItem.Window_Selectable.callHandler (rmmz_windows.js:1042)
at Window_BattleItem.Window_Selectable.callOkHandler (rmmz_windows.js:1283)
at Window_BattleItem.Window_Selectable.processOk (rmmz_windows.js:1276)
at Window_BattleItem.Window_Selectable.processHandling (rmmz_windows.js:1155)
at Window_BattleItem.Window_Selectable.update (rmmz_windows.js:1120)
at Window_BattleItem.Window_Selectable.<computed> [as update] (VisuMZ_1_ItemsEquipsCore.js:3938)
at WindowLayer.update (rmmz_core.js:4287)
at Scene_Battle.Scene_Base.updateChildren (rmmz_scenes.js:129)
at Scene_Battle.Scene_Base.update (rmmz_scenes.js:52)
so the replacement and summon issue is fixed but i think its messing with the logic on the item calls.
also when the transformed summon dies, is it supposed to end in defeat or is the summon meant to die and the actor come back out? cause in my case it ended in defeat at that point