New members die instantly. Oh no!

[Hippo]

I am a good chunk through my game and I am at a part where I'm trying to add a new member. I already have two characters that work fine but when I add the new character it instantly says "'s has been slain." with no name there. Their model turns into the guard model but it doesn't animate. When I check their status the information is all blank and the stats are all zeros except for the HP which is one. It's as if the game doesn't load the information so it just sets everything to nothing.
Then if the party goes into a battle it plays out normally but once the enemies are defeated the entire party dies instantly and the second character changes to the guard model and loses its stats like the other one did.

Does anyone know if this if a glitch on my part or with the game and it it's with me how do I fix it?

Thanks.

[Dungeon Warden]

Re: New members die instantly. Oh no!

Ah, another victim of the test game save glitch.

Basically this happens whenever you add a character to the database and then try to load a test game from before you added the character. The only solution is to start playing your game over from the beginning.

To avoid this in the future, copy and paste a bunch of characters into the database before you start testing your game. You can edit the characters all you want later. The glitch only occurs when you add new characters.

You should also try playing your game in Game mode. You can't use old saves* in Game mode so things like this can't happen. People playing your game have to play in Game mode and don't have the options you have in test play. At the very least, play your game in Game mode before giving it to anyone else to play.

*By old saves, I mean saves from older versions of the game. You can always use old saves from the same version of the game.

[Hippo]

Re: New members die instantly. Oh no!

Well that solved part of my adding characters problem. Thanks!

But for some reason the party still dies when you get in a battle and defeat the enemies. Thier HP stays the same but their names suddenly turn pinkish purple and it goes to the guard model. Sometimes I'll take a step and it will say "The party has perished" and I'll get a game over or it will say "*character* has regained feeling in their body." and they will come back to life. If I do an event battle and tell it to not enable battle end defaults then they don't die. If you could help me fix this that would be awesome!

This game hurts my brain.

[Dungeon Warden]

Re: New members die instantly. Oh no!

You're using some of the sample flags, aren't you?

Sample Flag 10 to 13 (flags 210 to 213) are used to test if any party member is numb. When the battle ends, all conditions are reset to normal so this is the only way to make sure characters stay numb once the battle ends (you can use this if you want to create your own condition that continues after a battle).

If this flag is on, the character is numb. If all four flags are on, the whole party is numb and thus you die.

I keep telling people not to use the sample flags for just this reason, but the truth is, other then these four, sample flags 1 to 47 are not used. Sample flags 48 to 60 however are used .

[Hippo]

Re: New members die instantly. Oh no!

Wow, I'm a noob. That is what I've been doing. I figured since I'm not using the sample data I could replace the old flags with my own. Feel free to throw rocks at me for being stupid if you want, I deserve it. I'm guessing that stupid people with stupid mistakes like this are a dime a dozen on this board.

Thanks for your help. You are a truly awesome person.

[Dungeon Warden]

Re: New members die instantly. Oh no!

You're not dumb, agetec was dumb for not labeling these flags.

Download my FAQ if you want to know what these flags do (as well as explaining all the flags, variables, etc.) You'll find that most of them are useful in any game you plan to make.

RPG Maker 2 FAQ