[RMVX ACE] EXTRA ENEMY ACTIONS

author=Red_Nova
I had this exact problem, and I think I can guess what the cause for yours:

When an enemy selects its actions for a turn, it selects all of them at once judging by the parameters is has at that moment. For example, if a battler only has 30 MP, it will select two skills that cost 30 MP to use for its actions because, at that exact moment, it can satisfy the requirements for both skills. However, when the second action comes during battle, it can't use the skill because the first action drained all of its available MP, and therefore does not perform the second action.

If you have a skill cooldown script, my guess is that the enemy is selecting the same skill twice. You only see one skill.


To solve it, you'll need to overwrite the process_action method in Scene_Battle to add a conditional branch to check if the move is still valid. If not, then switch to a different move. I set enemies to automatically guard if they don't have the MP to perform a skill, but you can do whatever you want.

EDIT: Fished out my code.

class Scene_Battle < Scene_Base
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Battle Action Processing
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def process_action
    return if scene_changing?
    if !@subject || !@subject.current_action
      @subject = BattleManager.next_subject
    end
    return turn_end unless @subject
    if @subject.current_action
      @subject.current_action.prepare
      if @subject.current_action.valid? 
        @status_window.open
        execute_action
      elsif @subject.enemy? #Make sure it's an enemy messing things up, and not an ally!
        puts "INVALID ACTION!"
        if @subject.current_action.item
          puts "Tried to use: " + @subject.current_action.item.name.to_s
        else
          puts "nil action"
        end
        @subject.current_action.set_attack #performs basic attacks if it can't do a skill
        @subject.current_action.set_guard if !@subject.current_action.valid? #guards if you can't even do an attack
        puts "NEW ACTION: " + @subject.current_action.item.name.to_s
        @status_window.open
        execute_action
      end 
      
      @subject.remove_current_action
    end
    process_action_end unless @subject.current_action
  end
end #Scene_Battle

It works in a default project in Ace. If it tries to use a skill it doesn't have the requirements for anymore, it'll default to a basic attack. If THAT'S invalid, it'll switch to a guard (attacks cost MP in my game, so that's why I did what I did there). It'll output the skill the battler tried to use as well as the skill it ended up using in the debug line for you to see what went wrong.

How does that work?