Force Action [RESOLVED]

[regi]

Hey all,
I have a little question regarding the "Force Action" event command. I don't really get how you make an enemy attack before the round starts. Here's my basic commands:

Troops:
Battle Event:

Condition: [Turn 0]  Span: [Battle]
@>Text: Haha I'm gonna cast a spell on you
@>Force Action: [3: Spyrla], [Doom], Random, Execute Now
@>Text: Haha I cast a spell on you
@>

When I test it in battle however, the enemy only says the two lines of text and skips the action, which I don't get why. Do I have to change the span? Do I have to give the enemy in the database the skill "Doom" first? If anyone could help me with this problem that'd be really great, thanks  :thumb:

 

[Yeyinde]

Force Action forces that action to preform next turn when the assigned enemy/actor's turn comes up.  If you want to do an effect like the one you want, you can just show the animation and manually add the effects.

 

[regi]

Ahh, I guess. Thanks for the info.  :smile: This can be locked.

 

[Brewmeister]

I think the [Turn 0] executes the commands before the actor menu (Attack, Skill, Defend, Item) shows up. Since this is a phase before the main battle phase, it is probably ignoring the Force Action.
Try changing to [Turn 1], it should attack at the beginning of the 1st turn. But not before then.
[Turn 1 +1], with a span of [turn] should attack at the beginning of every turn.

Force Action is an odd functioning command. It doesn't actually execute the action, it just puts it in a queue to be executed. It will also cancel, or replace the character's (enemy or actor) regular action.

Be Well

 

[regi]

I guess that's the reason why. I've decided just to set it up in the skills and have a common event display the text, as the boss only uses the skill at the very beginning. Thanks for your information anyway, I learned something new about eventing :smile: