HiddenChest RGSS Player Executable

[kyonides]

A Not So Hidden Upgrade Followed by an Addition!

Err, I guess people like Melana will find it curious that I am posting a new reply here.   Well, I have got my reasons. This dark morning has witnessed something interesting, I have upgraded HiddenChest's Ruby version to 2.6.1! I do believe it is a good one and I hope your game projects end up proving my point later on. From now on you should use the x64-msvcrt-ruby260.dll instead of the old one if you are developing your game on a 64 bit OS.  Actually I also uploaded a Linux binary file I could test on Kubuntu without any issues.

As a tiny, little, minimal surprise I have included an easter egg as well! Nah, it is not such a thing! To be honest with you, guys, it is another little scripting tool. It is called the Scripts module and its purpose is to store script names or symbols in an array to let you take control over what scripts you have included in your game project. Normally you would not feel the need to keep such a feature. Even so whenever you use a Constant to store a value like a boolean testing for a defined Constant or method, RGSS might not find it or will tell you it is not there just because it has not been loaded. It could happen if a script is placed below the other one, even if there is not supposed to be a specifc order to make them work together. In such cases you could use the Scripts module methods to make sure RGSS will always be right about another script's good or evil presence. It is way better than using a $global variable for the same purposes.

Scripts Module Script Calls

Scripts[:script_name] = []
or if it depends on other scripts
Scripts[:script_name] = [:other_script1, :other_script2]
It lets you store the script name or symbol. You can place it anywhere in your script editor except below the Main script.

Scripts[:script_name]
Returns all of its dependencies as an array.

print Scripts.names
You print all of the script names at once.

print Scripts.dependencies
You print all of the script names at once.

Scripts.include?(:script_name)
You double check if the script name has been included. It should be especially useful as part of any if statement (a condition preceded by an if keyword).