VX Ace Damage Formula Error Topic

Epic Splits

2223

04/22/2012 10:39 PM

Can anyone tell me what this error means? I am trying to make some pretty complex damage formulas for things in my project here... and I don't see anything wrong with the equation itself.

Is there a limit to how many things RMVXA can process in a damage formula? Also, why would it be "expecting" a ")" when the ones that already exist in the formula are closed?

EDIT: Ugh, I am a dummy for not seeing the problem right away. Nevermind. Fixed.

GreatRedSpirit

ski-ba-bop-ba-dop-bop

6514

04/22/2012 11:05 PM

The tokenizer is getting screwed up when converting your code into executable code. My guess is .level, .atk, or .def isn't defined on a or b. Since it's null it returns an empty string so it is trying to evaluate (for example): ( * * 50) / 256 * 3 / 2 - (255 - 40 / 256) + 1

WCouillard

Epic Splits

2223

04/23/2012 10:14 PM

The formula was fine, it was the second "-" to the right, there. It's not actually a minus symbol. When I copied it over, it somehow was converted to a different character. You can see it's a little longer than the first one. Noticed it right after I made the initial post. All is well now.

For anyone wondering, that is almost the same formula used to calculate physical damage in Final Fantasy VI.

FF6 goes a little deeper with other stats and multipliers and bonuses and such.

VX ACE DAMAGE FORMULA ERROR

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