Please help me!

[distressed_gamemaker]

Could someone please help me?  Whenever a battle lasts  too long, I get an error message that says  'Event script referenced a monster that does not exist'.  Coincidentially this error stops the battle and closes the test play box.  I have done so many maps, that it would take forever to find an event that references a monster that is non-existent.  Is there anyway to solve this problem without takibng the above-mentioned forever, if so,...HOW!?  :cry:

[WarxePB]

Make sure that your monster isn't using a Transform skill that transforms it into a non-existant monster, and also that there are no battle events (check in the M. Groups tab) that reference a nonexistant monster.

Also, does this happen when you use a certain skill? Or does it happen after a period of time?

[Raen Ryong]

Right, I've been struggling with this problem for a bit and there are several solutions...

1) Make sure, as Warxe said, you're not referring to a non-existant monster (especially if you've been copy and pasting battle events)

2) If it happens because of a certain skill, go to the skill and click Set (for the animation of the character using it). Ensure every character has been set with the animation -- this is what causes it mainly.

I don't see how looking through your coding will change anything, because you can't interact with monsters outside of battle using coding...

Hopefully that helps. I have this problem a lot too -- mainly I just need to go through using Set on everyone. You must remember to do this whenever you introduce a new character.

Oh, another problem that occurs for me is if you save when playing your game, then go into your game and edit somebody's stats, when you reload that save it will crash 75% of the time in battle. Solution: make a new save

Hope that helps, 'tis all I know about this annoying problem.