I'm looking for someone to help me as I am trying to create a Final Fantasy style battle game using the Active Time Battle method.

I would like to know the following:

1. When walking around a map, i want to know if it is possible to make a random battle occur when a step is taken. Or perhaps jump to a battle screen like in the FF games.

2.Is it possible to make a Final Fantasy Style Inventory where you have slots for each item and you only have a limited amount of each.

3. Is there a way I can save and load information like:
-- Which frame(section of the map) the game was saved at.
-- Details such as Health Points(HP), Magic Points(MP), Items etc.
So that the user can save and load games whenever they like.

If anyone can help me in any of these topics or can give me some information that i might find useful, i would appreciate it a hell of a lot.


Thanx

Dan