CELES_COLE'S PROFILE

If you're looking for help with graphics, let me know! I do more than just little edits. Also, ff4 styled is my favorite to do given how simple it is

Double post -_-

I just wanted to give everyone an update:

I know I haven't posted in a bit, but I'm still working on this project. My work hours and days changed because all of a sudden we are short staffed at my job, so I haven't exactly had the time to do a whole lot. I have recreated some monster graphics that I'd like to show in the near future and I did away with a certain character that I didn't like in the OG Essence. Please be patient and hopefully I'll have some new stuff to share. I'm just really exhausted from real life and want to relax most of the time. Hopefully my job will go back to normal sometime soon and I can work on this more.

Thanks everyone!

Haha yeah. I had called then wererats. I changed it to Direrat just to hit a FF12 reference in there somewhere

author=Dyhalto
You can also activate something like Libra/Scan from a Skill menu by checking MP differences, which is probably ideal considering you're doing Final Fantasy.

Have a simple battle event with condition Xavier uses WhiteMagic Command. Use it to...
1. Store Xavier's current MP into Variable 1
2. Turn on a Switch

Have another battle event that activates with condition Switch is ON. Use it to...
1. Store Xavier's current MP into Variable 2
2. Do Variable Operation : Variable 1 - Variable 2
3. Condition Branch : Does Variable 1 = 0 MP. If so, do more branches for If Monster #1-8 is the current target and go to town.
4. Don't forget to turn the Switch to OFF

The purpose of using a Switch to separate the code is because uses Command activates BEFORE your character does his cast animation, whereas the Switch condition won't be checked until AFTER.
The ultimate caveat to this method is that you can NOT have any other skills cost the same MP. You also have to be wary of Gold Hairpins (1/2 MP equipment) making more expensive skills go into range of activating your event. You can mitigate this a little with skill subsets (WhiteMagic, BlackMagic) but otherwise you just have to plan accordingly.

Fun Fact
You can get rid of the MISS by having your skill add a State that does nothing, then include Change Monster Condition in your code to get rid of it so the player never even knows it was there.

I think I'll skip on Libra only because it just seems like a lot of work arounds and stuff. I mean, it's a FF thing, but I don't think its completely necessary. I can deal with not having it.

As for that fun fact thoooooooo. I like that. I never thought of that. I'll try it with Steal and see what happens.


As for the update on Essence, I'm done with pretty much everything up to the end of the Povs section. I am trying to rewrite Cyn to make him less of a Kefka ripoff, though. It kind of bothers me. Fun fact, though. In my original version of Essence, I did have plans to make Cyn a Kefka-in-spirit character, but female. Closedworlds changed it, though but I was fine with it. Nowadays, though, not so much.

author=Dyhalto
Impressive :o Add some sound effects to those animations and you have something neat happening.

Yeah. I was just testing it out to see if it worked. I haven't experienced a bug yet so hopefully it'll be pretty good. It looks a little awkward but then again, gilgamesh and headhunters looked awkward too. Staying true to FF lmao

Tried making a scan/libra ability but I don't think its possible...

author=ShadowDCST99
Hi, sorry that I had struggle to login my email due to issue with my password
but anyways, I am excited for that project game

Great to have you here Shadow! Hope you enjoy the full project once I'm eventually done. Things are moving pretty fast!