CORDYNASTY'S PROFILE

Someone did mention things like building up a meter to cause enemies to go into a special state where you can do big critical hits on them. Making it sort of fit that style of beating down a wrestler and getting them off guard.

But if we went that route, my game design senses tell me there needs to be a balance in that there should be a risk of if you miss a command action or so, the enemy not only gets back on guard, but they gain momentum as a bonus. It would be the same rules for yourself. Then in my head, I'm seeing this sort of momentum like system where you're fighting for adrenaline and heat.

Okay, I fixed it.

See, I have no idea why a Windows folder was not in the Demo's project folder, yet the program still worked. In any case, I ended up creating a Windows folder in my current game project folder and inserted a window's graphic as "Blue." Ended up working.

post=155161
Why not just use RM2K instead of RM2K3..?

I mean, seriously...

Because RM2K3 has a bit more options than RM2K. I love RM2K's battle system, but there is a few options in RM2K3 that isn't in 2K, such as more in-battle capabilities for events.

post=155231
There's basically only one good reason to use RM2K3, and that's if you want to use RM2K3's battle system without having to script it yourself in XP.

If you're not going to use RM2K3's battle system... why are you using RM2K3, exactly? It has no other features.

Also the other reason for using RM2K3 is because of the vast amount of resources, especially for those who don't have the skills or time to make the high quality chipsets and other graphics that have been happily (lol) provided by other snes-old rpgs. XP and VX have yet to have such an inventory mainly because it's no easy task to create higher resolution graphics like you could back then. As they say: the lower the resolution the less work you have to put into it, and it can still look good. I tried converting lower resolution graphics over to the newer engines, but it's so crappy, I might as well use Game Maker instead. But we're all mostly modders, so I doubt we want to put in the time for rewriting an engine.

The only two reasons I would use XP is for: higher resolution and higher customization. But because higher resolution isn't on the list for a lot of indies, then I'm going to stick to RM2K3. That or Game Maker, depending on if I want to use one for experience in game development or actually work on a more serious project.

post=102935
Create a skill subset and then make a skill for every weapon that ties to only that command. You can either keep the command on for the whole battle, or add it when he is out of ammo. Either way, have each skill be set to their own switch. Add or remove the skills depending on if you have that specific item in your inventory. The switches would tie to a battle event which would call the common event that checks what was used and equips accordingly.

By the way, your last sentence is correct. Do not even deal with the mechanic, especially in the default battle system. Even the method I explained is very clumsy and poor and there is no way to do it correctly. Leave it out, ammo systems are terrible.

That's clever as hell. I never thought of doing that. Just making an "Equip" skillset and inside that command list are "technically all the weapons the character can equip as long as they have it", functioning basically as an inventory. Genius. But yet again, I won't use this feature unless necessary.

post=102955
Another thing you could do is let them choose a back-up weapon whilst out of battle, using switches to denote which backup they chose, then use Kaempfer's idea in battle. That way they have a choice, though it is out of battle that the choice is made.

And I thought about that, too, but at first I still worried about the item changing design. But now that Neophyte gave a very interesting alternative, I'm a bit more interested now.

I was thinking the same thing. The main reason I wanted it was because I was thinking of putting an ammo system in, and when you ran out of bullets, your character would need to equip a different weapon. It's not important for my game, so I'll mainly cut the idea. Thanks.