Display more actors in save file? (MV)

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The default save/load menu in RPG Maker MV shows the walk sprite of the actors in your party on the save file. It appears to display a maximum of 4 actors. While retaining the default menu (not using a plugin that completely changes it), how could you display more than 4 actors? Could 8 actors be displayed on the save file?

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Welcome to the forums @Anselm!

The 4 comes from the party’s battle members. The save file info is built from charactersForSavefile(), which only maps battleMembers(), and that caps at 4. You can keep the default menu and just swap that one function with a small plugin. Make a new .js file in js/plugins with this and turn it on in the Plugin Manager:

Game_Party.prototype.charactersForSavefile = function() {
    return this.allMembers().slice(0, 8).map(function(actor) {
        return [actor.characterName(), actor.characterIndex()];
    });
};

The 8 in slice(0, 8) is the max it’ll show. I think 8 should still fit in the default save window at the standard resolution, since the sprites are drawn 48 pixels apart. Existing saves keep their old 4 actor info until you save over them, so make a fresh save to test it.