Target Dead Enemies

[scoates]

I want to make a skill that targets dead enemies, just as you can target dead heroes for resurrection. I want a beast that can eat the dead to regain HP.

Does anyone know how to do this? I would really appreaciate it.

 

[scoates]

Anyone want to at least reply on how difficult they think this would be? I thought it seemed kind of simple, but I don't script.

 

[rotimikid]

it's actually not that simple, as when an enemy dies, they are removed from battle. they don't just stay there as dead. so you can't get them to stay in battle as a dead enemy.

 

[scoates]

Ah, I see.

I'm doing a tactical battle system, where the enemies are still lying around after they're killed. I didn't realize it would be much different from the default system.

 

[DerVVulfman]

Actually, they are flagged in the system as 'hidden' so while they are dead and unable to be targetted... they are still on the map.

The code that determines when a battler exists is in Game_Battler:

  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Decide Existance
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def exist?
    return (not @hidden and (@hp > 0 or @immortal))
  end

This is used for determining when a character is dead (along with the def dead? routine) and is used for enemy targetting purposes. Right now, can't have one without the other... for now.

Hope this helps.