Fill the party slots when some members cannot be swapped out

The story insists that two characters travel with you, but the player also wants to pick favourites for the remaining places. Here is how to build the active group so the required ones are always in, the choice is honoured as far as it fits, and a broken setup is caught early.

Why this works

The story's needs are not up for negotiation, but the player's taste is. Placing the required people first and filling what remains from the player's wishes respects both, and failing loudly when the required ones do not fit points the blame at the author, not the player.

When not to use it

Skip it when no one is required and the player may build any group, or when the group is fixed by the story for a whole chapter. Then a plain list of members is easier than a rule for filling places.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 3 common mistakes and the fix
• A diagram of every state
• 25 lines of example code with 5 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

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Use the Spielerando entry "Fill the party slots when some members cannot be swapped out" (read_entry party-cap-with-story-locked-members) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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