Custom Battle Menu and Magic

[Silencher]

Hey all,

How would I make a magic/skill system similar to FF4?

I'm more interested in how to make different magic 'classes' and assign them appropriate spells.

For example, White Mage can use White Magic and so he can use Cure

But he can't use Shiva(Summon Magic) or Fire(Black Magic)

How can you set which spells go to which 'category'.

2. How can you make it so there are Black/White/Summon options in the party menu and also change the individual actor's 'Magic' to 'Black Magic' in battle?

3. Is it possible to have it so that someone can have Black Magic and Summon Magic and show each on the battle menu under just their battle commands and if so, how?

4. Is there a way to make a battle command that does a spell? For example, 'Kick' Might automatically select using the 'Kick' ability which would let the Martial Artist kick all enemies for 75% of his normal attack power and how would that be done?

 

[nellshini]

I'm not an expert on the subject but there are scripts that enable custom battle commands and categorization. I'm sure if you use the search feature you can find a few.

 

[Silencher]

well.. there are a couple, but the scripts I've found don't solve 4, they don't change the party menu to have White/Black/Summon instead of 'Skills', and it doesn't answer how to have Attack, White, Black/Summon, Defend, Item.

Can anyone help with those?

edit: And actually, the more I look at these scripts and think about it... I really just need to know how to change the 'Skills' label in battle to an actor specific ability set, like 'White Magic', etc. Then I can just set the class to learn whatever spell and no others.

I guess I'd only need a script if I have a character with Summon and Black Magic.. so that's not really something I need that badly. Basically, how do I switch the names of 'Skills' to be 'Whatever' and actor specific?