Event Groups for RPG Maker MV & MZ

Event Groups lets you organize events into custom groups and control their Self Switches collectively by adding a single notetag to the event. This plugin is my response to RPG Maker's lack of options to reset only subsets of events.

• Solving a real problem: RPG Maker projects featuring collectibles, resources, chests, plants, ore veins, etc., usually require a way to reset multiple events simultaneously.
• Self-Switches can be toggled regardless of whether the player is still on the event's map. This allows you to reset harvestables for the whole area, e.g., when the player visits their home town, or a new day begins.
• Reducing eventing: Instead of managing individual event IDs or building complex Common Events, a single group name suffices.
• Scalable: If additional harvestable or respawnable events are added later, they simply need to be assigned to the appropriate group.

Usage

Add the notetag

<Event Group: x>

to the event.

Example:

<Event Group: harvestable>

MZ

Simply call the Plugin Command to toggle Self-Switches.

MV

Use this script call:

$gameSelfSwitches.massModifyByGroupName(label, letters, true/false)

Example:

$gameSelfSwitches.massModifyByGroupName('harvestable', ['A', 'B'], false)

Development Note

While this plugin lets you control Self-Switches across the whole game, not just the current map, it must "see" an event at least once to register it. That usually happens automatically when you first visit the map. After that, the plugin will retain this event in its memory forever.