Dealing damage to the particular Actor

[Kinnison]

The title says it all, I know that the "Deal Damage" command in RMXP only deals damage to whoever that is standing on that spot in the party. Like when I set the command "Deal Damage-Actor No.1" (Which deal damage to the actor that is standing on the first spot in the party)

Is there a single RGSS statement that allows me to deal damage to that Actor directly rather than on that spot?

Well, I'm planning to mix this up with some event commands. So a lengthy script is not necessary.  :

 

[poccil]

It's actually rather easy:

$game_actors[X].hp-=Y

where X is the actor's ID and Y is the amount of damage to deal.

 

[Kinnison]

But, can I make the damage to pop-up the number during battle?

 

[poccil]

Ah, I assumed you meant outside of battle.  Here:

 actor=$game_actors[X]
 actor.hp -= Y
 if $game_temp.in_battle
  actor.damage = Y
  actor.damage_pop = true
 end

 

[Kinnison]

Ah, thanks for the script poccil.
Now I can finish up with that Regen and Drain effect I'm working on :D

Again, thanks for helping