how to check if a method has been aliased?

[DerVVulfman]

It isn't just hidden classes. No - no - no . :cheery:

Place a condition to check an @instance value around your aliased method in question, and immediately set that @instance value to something other than 'nil'.

Code:

#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Fallen Pose
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  if @derv_anim_bat_stack.nil?
    @derv_anim_bat_stack = true
    alias mnk_collapse collapse
    def collapse
      if @battler.is_a?(Game_Actor)
        mnk_collapse if DEFAULT_ACTOR
        mnk_collapse if DEFAULT_COLLAPSE_ACTOR
        if DEFAULT_ACTOR_ID != nil
          mnk_collapse if DEFAULT_ACTOR_ID.include?(@battler.id)
        end
      else
        mnk_collapse if DEFAULT_ENEMY
        mnk_collapse if DEFAULT_COLLAPSE_ENEMY
        if DEFAULT_ENEMY_ID != nil
          mnk_collapse if DEFAULT_ENEMY_ID.include?(@battler.id)
        end
      end
    end
  end

As you can see (and thanks to SephirothSpawn for showing me this), I wrap an entire method in an if...end block that has a condition....

Code:

if @derv_anim_bat_stack.nil?
    @derv_anim_bat_stack = true

    ---the whole aliased block--

  end

which right after it, I set the @derv_anim_bat_stack value to 'true'.

It will only perform this method if the @instance value is nil, whereupon I set the @instance to something else. And, yeah. This part of Animated Battlers did create the dreaded F12 crash years ago until this fixed it.