Apply states to dead actors. Topic

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02/21/2011 02:39 PM

I'm working on an elemental field system that lowers or increases character resistance to specific elements.
For example, if you're in a glacier map all party members resistance to Ice element gets lowered by 10%, so that Ice based spells could cause more damage etc.
This is made applying hidden states to each party member upon entering a map, these hidden states never run out and only get removed in a transfer event, so the effect lasts for the whole permanence in the map.
Now the problem is when the party enters the map with a dead member, the elemental state won't be applied if the ally is inflicted with KO state, but if the player revives the dead ally after entering the map, he won't have the elemental field effect applied like the others.

So what I need is to be able to inflict states to dead actors, be it by events or by scripts (RGSS2).
Thanks in advance for the braves that shall help this distressed damsel.

Craze

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02/21/2011 02:57 PM

Two things:

1) Go to your Death/KO/Unconscious/whatever state and make sure that these effects aren't ticked in the "states to cancel" box. Any states that are ticked will be removed when this state takes effect!

2) Ctrl-Shift-F (universal search hotkey) for def state_ignore?; it should be under Game_Battler.

Replace it with this code. Make sure you fill in the array!

def state_ignore?(state_id)
    bypass_states = [] # Put the ids of any state you want to be applied even when incapacitated here
    return false if bypass_states.include?(state_id)
    for state in states
      if state.state_set.include?(state_id) and
         not $data_states[state_id].state_set.include?(state.id)
        return true
      end
    end
    return false
  end

Alternatively, use this code snippet instead only if you're using Melody.

def state_ignore?(state_id)
    # For any states that you want to be applied even if incapacitated, use the tag <state type: bypass>
    return false if $data_states[state_id].type?(BYPASS) 
    for state in states
      if state.state_set.include?(state_id) and
         not $data_states[state_id].state_set.include?(state.id)
        return true
      end
    end
    return false
  end

Tell me if this works. If you have Melody, you really should use the second snippet since it allows you to tag states instead of hard-code them. I haven't tested this; you might need to change BYPASS to "BYPASS" (add the quotation marks).

heisenman

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02/21/2011 03:10 PM

The second one reports an uninitialized BYPASS constant, the other works just fine though.
Mucho thanks and +1 internets.

Craze

why would i heal when i could equip a morningstar

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02/21/2011 06:04 PM

Did you try it in the script as "BYPASS" (with the quotation marks)?

heisenman

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02/22/2011 07:02 AM

Ops I didn't notice the last sentence...
Yep, works like a charm; it is indeed better because I won't have to remeber to update the numbers in the array if I change the position of the states in the database.
Thanks again (:

Craze

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02/22/2011 01:08 PM

Awesome. I use those tags for various effects in Visions & Voices, but I haven't tested everything yet, so I didn't know if it was a string or not!

If you're trying to get into scripting yourself, I'd highly suggest playing with state.type?("phrase") and obj.skill_type.include?("phrase"). "obj" and "state" would need to be adjusted most likely, but they're very useful tools.

For example, my def calc_hit returns a 999% hit rate if the skill is tagged with <skill type: buff>.

def calc_hit(user, obj = nil)
    return 0 if self.state?(90) # Dimension Door
    if obj == nil                           # for a normal attack
      hit = user.hit                        # get hit ratio
      physical = true
    elsif obj.is_a?(RPG::Skill)             # for a skill
      return 999 if obj.base_damage < 0 or (obj.base_damage == 0 and obj.skill_type.include?("buff"))
      hit = obj.hit                         # get success rate
      physical = obj.physical_attack
      hit = obj.hit * user.hit / 100 if physical
     ...

And yes, "Dimenson Door" is X-Zone/Telega. You can use it on bosses (it only lasts for 1 turn on them).

APPLY STATES TO DEAD ACTORS.

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