DoW Flash Enemy

#==============================================================================
#    Flash Selected Enemy
#    Version: 1.0
#    Author: modern algebra (rmrk.net)
#    Date: September 1, 2009
#++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
#  Description:
#
#    This script blinks the battler of the enemy when it is hovered over in the
#   targetting window of the battle scene.
#++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
#  Instructions:
#
#    This script is plug & play. Just put it somewhere below Materials and
#   above Main in the Script Editor (F11).
#
#    If you wish to configure the rest period between flashes, or the type of
#   flash (blink or whiten), then go to line 27
#==============================================================================

#==============================================================================
# ** Global Constants
#++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
#    new constants - FSE_REST_FRAMES; FSE_FLASH_TYPE
#==============================================================================

FSE_REST_FRAMES = 4 # The number of frames between battler flashes
FSE_FLASH_TYPE = 1  # The type of effect. 1 => Whiten; 2 => Blink

#==============================================================================
# ** Game Battler
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#  Summary of Changes:
#    attr_accessor - stop_effect
#    aliased method - initialize
#==============================================================================

class Game_Battler
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  # * Public Instance Variables
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  attr_accessor :stop_effect # boolean to turn off any effect immediately
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  # * Object Initialization
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  alias malgbra_init_btllerblinkenmy_0nf3 initialize unless $@
  def initialize (*args)
    @stop_effect = false # Initialize stop effect boolean
    malgbra_init_btllerblinkenmy_0nf3 (*args) # Run Original Method
  end
end

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# ** Sprite Battler
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#  Summary of Changes:
#    aliased method - update_effect
#==============================================================================

class Sprite_Battler
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  # * Stop Effect
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  alias malgbr_updeffct_blnksenmy_9hv2 update_effect unless $@
  def update_effect (*args)
    # Stop effect if set to stop
    if @battler.stop_effect
      @effect_duration = 1
      @battler.stop_effect = false
    end
    # Run Original Method
    malgbr_updeffct_blnksenmy_9hv2 (*args)
  end
end

#==============================================================================
# ** Scene_Battle
#++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
#  Summary of Changes:
#    aliased method - start_target_enemy_selection, end_target_enemy_selection,
#      update_target_enemy_selection
#==============================================================================

class Scene_Battle
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  # * Start Target Enemy Selection
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  alias malgbr_blinkenmytrgt_strtslct_6dc2 start_target_enemy_selection unless $@
  def start_target_enemy_selection (*args)
    @fse_effect_frames = FSE_FLASH_TYPE == 1 ? 16 : 20
    @blink_frames = @fse_effect_frames + FSE_REST_FRAMES # Initialize blink count
    # Run Original Method
    malgbr_blinkenmytrgt_strtslct_6dc2 (*args)
  end
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  # * Update Target Enemy Selection
  #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  alias modrna_enmyblink_updtrgtselct_9la2 update_target_enemy_selection unless $@
  def update_target_enemy_selection (*args)
    old_enemy = @target_enemy_window.enemy
    # Run Original Method
    modrna_enmyblink_updtrgtselct_9la2 (*args)
    # If target has changed
    if @target_enemy_window.nil? || old_enemy != @target_enemy_window.enemy
      # Stop that enemy from blinking
      old_enemy.stop_effect = true
      return if @target_enemy_window.nil?
      # start other blink
      @blink_frames = @fse_effect_frames + FSE_REST_FRAMES
    end
    # Blink selected battler when count is up
    if @blink_frames >= @fse_effect_frames + FSE_REST_FRAMES
      @blink_frames = 0
      if FSE_FLASH_TYPE == 1    # White Flash
        @target_enemy_window.enemy.white_flash = true
      elsif FSE_FLASH_TYPE == 2 # Blink
        @target_enemy_window.enemy.blink = true
      end
    end
    @blink_frames += 1
  end
end