Annoying problem...

[Raen Ryong]

I'm playing through a battle, just as normal. I use a skill and suddenly the game quits and gives me the message, "Event script referenced to a monster that does not exist".

"Event script referenced to a monster that does not exist"... yes, I use battle events in the battle, but there is only one monster! All of the battle events are also triggered on the first turn... so none are ongoing.

I've checked them thoroughly, and there's nothing wrong with the events themselves. However, despite the fact there is nothing wrong with them, the problem still ONLY occurs when they are present.

Has anyone else had this problem? Any solutions? Anything I'm missing?

I'm not a noob at scripting so I know there's nothing wrong with the events themselves.

EDIT: THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT DISAPPEAR!

[Emerates]

I don't even use battle events (yet) and I still get that problem sometimes.  I also get it whenever I try to make my caterpillar system work.  The battle thing is just my comp. being gay, but I probably effed up the cat system or something...  Not sure if that really helps....

Try fiddling around with the monster and monster groups and stuff.  That might help.

[Raen Ryong]

Thanks for the reply, but the monster group appears to be absolutely correct and the coding also unlikely to be wrong (it's a Show Message... what could possibly go wrong...?)...

It always seems to occur when I use a certain skill, and only in that boss fight. I've checked the battle animation and skill setup and it's fine. Anyone have any idea? :cry:

[MrMister]

Ah, best to format your C drive.

[Meiscool-2]

Copy and paste all your coding from that battle into another, and put in the same monsters. That might work... but it might not.

[Bluhman]

Did you recently delete some monster data?

[Raen Ryong]

Ah, best to format your C drive.

Sounds good to me

Copy and paste all your coding from that battle into another, and put in the same monsters. That might work... but it might not.

Sounds a bit random, but what the heck... why not try? :p

Did you recently delete some monster data?

Not to my knowledge...

EDIT: Well, what do you know? Meiscool's seemingly random solution worked. Cheers

[WarxePB]

Make sure that your monsters don't have a Transform skill that transforms them into a monster that doesn't exist. Either that, or make sure that you're not targetting a nonexistant monster with any of your battle events.

EDIT: Dang, a bit too late.

[Linkforce]

Meiscools way worked, because sometimes in Rm2k3, there are random corrupt slots.  I've had 2 corrupts switches so far, and all I did was simply use another one, and label the other on "CORRUPT SWITCH".  Just be sure to label it so you dont use it again.  Kudos to Meis.

[Raen Ryong]

Ah, I had no idea there were corrupt slots. Now Meiscool's solution makes sense...

Muchas gracias to you both

Make sure that your monsters don't have a Transform skill that transforms them into a monster that doesn't exist. Either that, or make sure that you're not targetting a nonexistant monster with any of your battle events.

I'd like to think I would've noticed that, thanks for your input

BIG EDIT: Argh! The problem is re-occuring! Copying the battle to a separate monster group slot alleviates it for a couple of tests, after that it fails once again. I've tried removing ALL battle events from the battle, and it STILL happens! Only in that battle! Only with one certain skill! Too many exclamation marks!

Is it because the skill targets all enemies (no switches involved), and there is only one enemy? SURELY it can't be that?

Help... this is incredibly frustrating...

[WarxePB]

Does it do that with any other skills? If not, maybe the skill is corrupted or something.

[Raen Ryong]

Nah, 'tis just the one skill. It only occurs in that one battle... I have other battles with battle events and the skill functions fine.

I have many events tied to the skill and it would take absolutely ages to remake the skill in the event of a corrupted slot. However, would deleting the skill and remaking it exactly change the outcome?

[saultre]

Heyy, my name is Saśl and i'm from Mexico...

i', having the same ****ing problem"event script referenced a monster that does not exist"...

i'm really upset and dissapointed, cause, my game already has 308 maps!!! how can this be possible!!

i'll try to find a solution for this, and if find it, be sure that i'll tell you how to solve it

if you find how to solve it before me, please write me an e mail

saultre@hotmail.com

bye bye

[elementalhero76]

now you know how i feel i lost 200+maps to map tree corruption what ever that is!

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[WarxePB]

Was this question ever solved, Raen? If not, I'll keep it open, but otherwise, it'll be locked.