Item Recieved Message Common Event?

[The Real Mcwill]

I'm trying to make a Common Event to send a message to the player about how many of what item they recieved. I would use this for opening chests, NPCs giving items, etc. The message would be something like this:

"Received (#) of (item)[s]"

I was thinking that with this in place, I wouldn't have to type out a message every time I wanted to give the player an item. I could just call the event. I created variables to store the data, but I don't know how to store the item name and then display it in the message.

[Kio Kurashi]

To store the non numerical data in a variable in the control variables command ensure set is selected and script is selected. In the script box put what ever you want to call the item in "".
"Potion", "Drawing", "Flooped the Pig!", ect.

to have it display in the message by variable: when in the message window type it out like so

Recieved \V[1] of \V[2].

this with variable one being 5 and variable 2 being "Potions" will give:

Recieved 5 of Potions.

using quotations around words while in the script box will set variables to be exactly that minus the quotations when printed out.

[Hajami]

Kurashi you did not showed how to get the item name by just knowing the item id.
something like:
$game_variables[1] = get.Item_name[from this item ID]

Do you know the Code? Me not^^ i would be interested because i learn itmyself.

[Karanum]

It would be this, with 'id' as the item number:
$game_variables[1] = $data_items[id].name

[Hajami]

Cool thank you very much.

[The Real Mcwill]

Thank you. This is exactly what I was looking for.

[Kio Kurashi]

Originally posted by Hajami:

Kurashi you did not showed how to get the item name by just knowing the item id.
something like:
$game_variables[1] = get.Item_name[from this item ID]

Do you know the Code? Me not^^ i would be interested because i learn itmyself.

1) This was asked?
2) Great so now the Variable knows the name from the input of the ID. and it only took typing in 3 times or more the text.
3) Using either method will still require the same amount of effort.

[Hajami]

No it will not if he uses a variable pointer.
But it would take me some hours to have the code^^ so i invest it in learning more ruby insteed^^.Sorry i cant help, but maybe a Scripter is able to help and write a methode to call.