Canadian Knights (56k Warning!)

[arcthemonkey]

Alright people, I need you to help me decide something.

The way combat is set up in Canadian Knights right now, I've reduced stats and numbers across the board. At level 5, characters have things like 30HP, 10STR, so on and so forth.

The default battle algorithms are producing negative numbers from the math as a result.

The question - should I boost the HP back up into the hundreds and other stats 4x higher or so, or should I work on rewriting the combat algorithms?

DECIDE!

 

[Yeyinde]

Rewrite the method! I have an edited method from an older game that may work. Please note that I used dex as pdef.

class Game_Battler
  def attack_effect(attacker)
    # Clear critical flag
    self.critical = false
    # First hit detection
    hit_result = (rand(100) < attacker.hit)
    # If hit occurs
    if hit_result == true
      # Calculate basic damage
      self.damage = [(attacker.str * 2) - (self.dex / 2), 1].max
      # Element correction
      self.damage *= elements_correct(attacker.element_set)
      self.damage /= 100
      # If damage value is strictly positive
      if self.damage > 0
        # Critical correction
        if rand(100) < 4 * attacker.str / self.agi
          self.damage *= 2
          self.critical = true
        end
        # Guard correction
        if self.guarding?
          self.damage /= 2
        end
      end
      # Dispersion
      if self.damage.abs > 0
        amp = [self.damage.abs * 15 / 100, 1].max
        self.damage += rand(amp+1) + rand(amp+1) - amp
      end
      # Second hit detection
      eva = 8 * self.agi / attacker.str + self.eva
      hit = self.damage < 0 ? 100 : 100 - eva
      hit = self.cant_evade? ? 100 : hit
      hit_result = (rand(100) < hit)
    end
    # If hit occurs
    if hit_result == true
      # State Removed by Shock
      remove_states_shock
      # Substract damage from HP
      self.hp -= self.damage
      # State change
      @state_changed = false
      states_plus(attacker.plus_state_set)
      states_minus(attacker.minus_state_set)
    # When missing
    else
      # Set damage to "Miss"
      self.damage = "Miss"
      # Clear critical flag
      self.critical = false
    end
    # End Method
    return true
  end
end

 

[Anaryu]

Rewrite. Prexus created a really powerful and easy to use script for changing your combat algorithms, you might want to check into that!