Parameter Tables

In RPG Maker MV, you have eight basic parameters to work with for your actors

• Max HP
• max MP
• Attack
• Defense
• Magical Attack
• Magical Defense
• Agility
• Luck

Parameters are managed for each class, and your actors’ parameters are determined by their current level along with their current class. However, the only way to manage your parameters is through the editor, and the editor does not support

1. Levels beyond 99
2. Custom parameters that you would like to use in your game, if you have such a plugin

This plugin provides you with a way to manage all of your parameters as external tables which you can edit using text editors like notepad, or more sophisticated spreadsheet software like Excel. You can set values for parameters individually for every level between 1 and 99, as well as levels beyond 99.

You can also set values for any custom parameters that you may have in your game, though you would first need a plugin that provides custom parameter functionality.

By maintaining your parameters externally, you should have more control over your game than before.

Download

Plugin: download here (right-click, save-as)

You can also look at a demo.

Here are some templates that you can use to get you started:

• Template Config
• Template Class Parameter Table

This plugin is for MV only. Click here for the Ace version.

Patches

• Using Enemy Classes? Add this patch under it.

Installation

Download the plugin and place it in the “plugins” folder in your project’s “js” folder. Then open your Plugin Manager (F10), double-click an empty row, and select the HIME_ParameterTables plugin.

Once it is in your list of plugins, turn the plugin on.

Usage

In your project folder, go to the “Data” folder and created a new folder called “params” (case-sensitive).

You will place all of the parameter tables inside this folder, along with a special configuration file that the plugin uses to tell the game how to read your tables.

Parameter Tables

To manage parameter curves for each class, you will create a CSV file. You can download a sample one from here to get started.

You can use any spreadsheet software that you have, like Excel, or a text editor.

The first row of the table contains your headers, which are the names of the parameters that each column represents. Every row after that is the value of the parameter for the corresponding level. The first column on the left is reserved for levels.

So for example, this is how your table might look

  Level,Max HP,Max MP,Attack,Defense,Magical Attack,Magical Defense,Agility,Luck
  1,100,80,30,10,10,20,15,7
  2,110,82,34,13,11,21,16,7
  3,120,84,38,16,12,22,17,8
  4,130,86,42,19,13,23,18,8
  5,140,88,46,22,14,24,19,8

Or, if you’re using Excel:

Simply create your table, pick a filename (make sure it is saved as CSV), then save it in the Params folder. For example, I might call this table “fruitNinjaTable.csv”

Assigning Tables to Classes

In your class database, note-tag classes with the name of the file stored in the Params folder without the CSV part, like this:

  <parameter table: FILENAME />

To have the class use that table

If you don’t specify a table, the game will just use the default curves provided by the class. Multiple classes can use the same table if necessary. Simply assign the same table.

If everything works, you should see your custom parameters when you look at your actor’s status.

Assigning Tables to Actors

By default, actor parameters are based on their current class and current level. If you wanted actors to have their own parameters and ignore their class parameters, you can note-tag an actor directly with

<parameter table: NAME_OF_TABLE />

This will each actor to determine what their parameters are based on their current level, regardless what their class is.

Configuration File

To get you started, you can download a sample configuration file and place this in your Params folder.

If you are using the default parameters in your project, you don’t need to worry about the file since it is set up already for you. Otherwise, if you are planning to work with custom parameters, or you want to change the displayed names in the tables, you will need to understand how to modify the file.

The format of the file is as follows

  [
    {
       "name" : "NAME OF YOUR PARAMETER",
       "type" : "TYPE OF PARAMETER",
       "id"   : parameterID
    },
    {
       "name" : "Max HP",
       "type" : "basic"
       "id"   : 0
    }
    ...
  ]

The name of the parameter is the name that you used in the table. It must match the name exactly.

There are three types of parameters:

– basic
– extra (not implemented)
– special (not implemented)

These are the three types of parameters available in the game by default.

The ID if the parameter is what the game uses to identify which parameter to read. The following ID’s are reserved:

  basic 0 - max HP
  basic 1 - Max MP
  basic 2 - Attack
  basic 3 - Defense
  basic 4 - Magical Attack
  basic 5 - Magical Defense
  basic 6 - Agility
  basic 7 - Luck

You can have any number of parameters as you need.