Non-Combatant Party Member/Guest Party Member

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# Non-Combatant Party Member/Guest Party Member
#===========================================================================
# Okay, so put a tag in the actor notebox like this: <in_battle_switch: x>
# (x is the switch ID). If you do this, the member won't participate in fights
# until the switch is turned on.
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# ■ DataManager
#===========================================================================

module DataManager
    class << self; alias_method(:krx_ibp_dm_ld, :load_database);end
    def self.load_database
        krx_ibp_dm_ld
        load_ibp_notetags
    end
    #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    def self.load_ibp_notetags
        groups = [$data_actors]
        for group in groups
            for obj in group
                next if obj.nil?
                obj.load_ibp_notetags
            end
        end
    end
end

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# ■ RPG::Actor
#===========================================================================

class RPG::Actor < RPG::BaseItem
  attr_reader   :in_battle_switch
    #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    def load_ibp_notetags
        @note.split(/[\r\n]+/).each do |line|
      case line
            when /<in_battle_switch:[ ]*(\d+)>/i
        @in_battle_switch = $1.to_i
            end
        end
    end
end

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# ■ Game_Actor
#==============================================================================

class Game_Actor < Game_Battler
  def battle_participant?
    if self.actor.in_battle_switch
      return $game_switches[self.actor.in_battle_switch]
    end
    true
  end
end

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# ■ Game_Party
#==============================================================================

class Game_Party < Game_Unit
  def battle_members
    all_members[0, max_battle_members].select {|actor|
      actor.exist? && actor.battle_participant?
    }
  end
end