Creating a "Cover" Skill, having trouble!

[ChrisL]

So I'm creating an RPG, without going into any detail, I'm trying to create a skill for one of my characters that basically recreates the Cover skill from the final fantasy series.  A skill,when used, will make the user jump in front of enemy attacks, defending his allies, so the user takes the physical hit instead of the origional target. 

I'm trying to do this without any custom battle system or any scripting, just plain old switches,events,conditions, variables, and the default battle system.  I am racking my brain on how to make this work, if anyone could help me, I would GREATLY appreciate it.

thanks in advance!

 

[ChrisL]

any ideas?

 

[mentalish]

Try to event like this.
CE if state "cover" is activated
If
then try to give everyone a state that doesnt allow to take damage. or i dont know. srry but atleast i tried :down:

 

[Devon Jacobs]

Common events... I will think of how I did this before. Something like if player state is on>Character Ryan jump to coordinates> transfer damage...ugh I don't remember but it can be done.

 

[regi]

If you're using the default battle system, there's no point doing "jump to coordinates". Here's an idea...

Make a state called "Cover", and in every Troops enemy tab, have this command:

Condition: Turn 1+1X                 Span: Turn

@>Conditional Branch: [Actor] is [Cover] inflicted
   @>Control Variables: [0001: Random] = Random No. (0...3)
   @>Conditional Branch: Variable [0001: Random] <= 1
      @>Force Action: [1: Ghost], Attack, Index 1
     : End Processing
   @>Conditional Branch: Variable [0001: Random] = 2
      @>Force Action: [1: Ghost], [Skill], Index 1
     : End Processing
   @>Conditional Branch: Variable [0001: Random] = 3
      @>Force Action: [1: Ghost], Do Nothing, Index 1
     : End Processing
 : End Processing

You'll have to repeat that for every single enemy and every single skill they use. It's probably not the best method, but it's the most efficient one without scripting. There probably is an easier way via common events, but this is just what came to mind, and it works.

 

[ChrisL]

If you're using the default battle system, there's no point doing "jump to coordinates". Here's an idea...

Make a state called "Cover", and in every Troops enemy tab, have this command:

Condition: Turn 1+1X                 Span: Turn

@>Conditional Branch: [Actor] is [Cover] inflicted
   @>Control Variables: [0001: Random] = Random No. (0...3)
   @>Conditional Branch: Variable [0001: Random] <= 1
      @>Force Action: [1: Ghost], Attack, Index 1
     : End Processing
   @>Conditional Branch: Variable [0001: Random] = 2
      @>Force Action: [1: Ghost], [Skill], Index 1
     : End Processing
   @>Conditional Branch: Variable [0001: Random] = 3
      @>Force Action: [1: Ghost], Do Nothing, Index 1
     : End Processing
 : End Processing

You'll have to repeat that for every single enemy and every single skill they use. It's probably not the best method, but it's the most efficient one without scripting. There probably is an easier way via common events, but this is just what came to mind, and it works.

i appreciate the help but i kind of already tried that.  It seemend to work, but the part where it says "force action, attack index 1" , it doesnt hit the character i want it to hit.  Which index corresponds to which character?  there are 8 indexes.

For example, when I tried it out, it worked with character number one (when the command called to attack index 1), but when I tried it on character 2, it still hit character 1 (even when it was set to attack index 2)

any pointers?  what am i doing wrong?

 

[regi]

Indexes don't refer to the actor or enemy ID, but the position they are in the party/enemy group.

For example, if your party is listed as:
Gloria
Basil
Cyrus
Hilda

Index 1 would be Gloria, 2 Basil, 3 Cyrus, 4 Hilda.

 

[ChrisL]

Indexes don't refer to the actor or enemy ID, but the position they are in the party/enemy group.

For example, if your party is listed as:
Gloria
Basil
Cyrus
Hilda

Index 1 would be Gloria, 2 Basil, 3 Cyrus, 4 Hilda.

ill try it out again when i get home, but i could have swore that index 2 didnt correspond with the second character i had in the party during the battle.  What about index's 5-8?

 

[regi]

5-8 is for enemies, because you're allowed to have more enemies in a troop.

 

[ChrisL]

EDIT::

I think I got it working, if it is indeed working, the only thing I was doing wrong was setting the conditions wrong.  I had the conditions for the fight at the default "dont run" setting, but then I re read your post a couple times and noticed you had the conditions set to 1+1X, and now it seems to be working.

Thanks for your help.  I never would have thought that condition would make or break the ability.

Sure is going to suck coding this for every single battle, and setting it up for fights with multiple monsters lol.

Also, it doesn't seem to come into effect with the monster until the round after the skill is used.  So, say I used it round one and even got the skill before the monster attacks, it wont matter until the next round, then he will hit the taunted or covered target 100% (or whatever % I set it to)

 

[regi]

Yeah, that's the problem, because "Turn" checks every time the turn starts. Hopefully it should be easier to do with some copy-paste.

Good luck :thumb: