KLastWords XP

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KLastWords XP

by Kyonides

Introduction

Some Minecraft-inspired avatar once made a support request where it wanted to display an actor's or enemy's last words before finally collapsing in the battlefield. Well, this scriptlet should allow you all to accomplish this very simple goal.

This is NOT a Plug & Play script at all!

You will have to modify the contents of 4 CONSTANTS to make it work. Some accept ID's (1, 2, etc.) and "strings" while others only numbers, 1 or above.

For further information, please read the comments embedded in the script.

Code:

# * KLastWords XP * #
#   Scripter : Kyonides
#   v1.0.0 - 2025-08-29

# * Not a Plug & Play Script! * #

# This scriptlet lets you display a picture portraying a dying character's
# last words before collapsing on screen.
# Pictures should be placed in the Graphics/Pictures directory.
# To make this possible, you will have to add an actor's or enemy's ID and
# their respective "filenames" to the ACTORS or ENEMIES hashes as a key-value
# pair: ACTORS[ID] = "filename" or ENEMIES[ID] = "filename"
# ID stands for an integer number like 1 or above.
# The offset constants will let you place this new picture on screen very close
# to the original battler.

module KLastWords
  OFFSET_X = 16
  OFFSET_Y = -128
  ACTORS = {}
  ENEMIES = {}
  ACTORS[1] = "death1"
  ACTORS[2] = "death2"
  def self.filenames(type)
    type == :actor ? ACTORS : ENEMIES
  end
end

class Game_Actor
  def real_class
    :actor
  end
end

class Game_Enemy
  def real_class
    :enemy
  end
end

class Sprite_Battler
  alias :last_words_sprt_btlr_up :update
  def update
    last_words_sprt_btlr_up
    reset_last_words
  end

  def reset_last_words
    return unless @last_words and @_collapse_duration == 0
    @last_words = false
    @lw_sprite.bitmap.dispose
    @lw_sprite.dispose
    @viewport.dispose
  end

  def create_last_words
    filenames = KLastWords.filenames(@battler.real_class)
    @last_words = filenames.has_key?(@battler.id)
    return unless @last_words
    filename = filenames[@battler.id]
    rect = self.viewport.rect
    @viewport = Viewport.new(rect.x, rect.y, rect.width, rect.height)
    @viewport.z = 200
    @lw_sprite = Sprite.new(@viewport)
    @lw_sprite.x = self.x + KLastWords::OFFSET_X
    @lw_sprite.y = self.y + KLastWords::OFFSET_Y
    @lw_sprite.z = self.z + 1000
    @lw_sprite.bitmap = RPG::Cache.picture(filename)
  end

  def collapse
    create_last_words
    super
  end
end

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