Battle Problems

[gangstahfolife]

Ok...

1. In battle, my characters can't choose who to attack. How do I let the player choose who to attack in battle?

2. When my characters attack, you don't see any sword or club hit the enemy, you actually just see the enemy move back from being hit. It just looks really wierd how theres nothing even hitting it but it gets hit anyway.

3. Tech Items- Items that can teach certain characters abilities. However, only certain characters can learn abilities from these items. How would I make items like these.

Thanks in advance...

I have some other questions on the battle system as well, but this is all for now.

[Rodak]

Is you in Hard Mode?

And if so, did you start out that way?

[gangstahfolife]

Nope. I wanted the preset data so I started out with Easy. Then switched it to hard.

[Rodak]

Hmmm

Did you create the party members from scratch?

The weapons?

If so, compare the data to pre set stuff for missing system events.

This could be a lot of things.

Try copying something preset and modifying it instead of creating from scratch at first.

Even I often do things this way.

I may replace every system event in the direct effect, but I still often start with a copy of a working item or party member so I can't forget anything.

Good luck with it.

Hopefully that will solve the problem.

Peace.

[BloodKnight]

gangstahfolife said:

Ok...

1. In battle, my characters can't choose who to attack. How do I let the player choose who to attack in battle?

Common problem. You don't have a direct effect with a suitable target option in the weapon's "attack" tab.

First, make sure the direct effect has the target as Enemy and Single Enemy. Now, go to the item's custom > attack tab and insert the direct effect.

[gangstahfolife]

YES! I figured it out.

Well, problem 1 and 2 are finished. I covered a lot of ground in RPG Maker 2 today, mostly with the battle system. Balancing it out and stuff.

I still need help with the Tech Items though, as explained above.

BUT THANK YOU FOR THE OTHER TIPS! THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL!

Ok, in addition to the Tech Items problem, I have one more. How do I specificaly make one battle have different music than the others. Someone showed me how to do this once, but I forget now.

Thanks again. Cya.

[Rodak]

Glad you're getting the hang of it!

This is a post from the Common Script Database (Read through that whole thread when you have time!!) (!!)

To change the Background Music in a Boss Fight (or any other "Event Battle"):

Sound : Temporary Save
Sound : BGM=[moo!] vol=...
Script : Apply Together
Screen Effect : {all squares black with 0% Transparency} : 40 Frames
Effect : Apply Wipe
Other : Wait : 40 Frames
Script : Apply In Order
Other : Event Battle: ("Uncheck" Battle Start Defaults Box)
Sound : Replay Saved

The 40 frame rate set in two lines above is equal to the 40 frames the system takes to transport you to the battle screen.

This script can easily be tweaked and modified to allow for things like using the "other" wipe {the one not set in default settings} for boss battles (first set wipe, then apply).

If you used a character (or object) look-alike for an intro to the Boss Fight you can have them perform a "Ya Got Me, You Racially Impure Lower Life-Form" (A real line from my game) scene, then flash and vanish (or whatever you like) right after this bit of script.

You can even lead right into a second fight with no chance to heal.

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I hope that helps.

Peace.

[Deleted]

I'll post how to do the tech items soon. I was going to do that in Paladin but didn't. Remind me if I forget.

[Deleted]

Basic Tech Item_
Battle: Make Avtice Character
Script: Call [Instigator Name]
Text Message '___ learned ____!'
Target Data: Abilities + [Ability]
Battle: Change Back Active Character