[VX] Skill Requirements

[tofurkey]

Hi,

I'm looking for a VX script that's similar to SephirothSpawn's old Skill Requirements script; that is, a script that makes certain skills need x in order to be usable.

What I'm mainly looking for is to have skills that can only be used if certain weapon types/shields are equipped. For example, I want a skill like Leg Sweep to only be usable if spears are equipped, but not usable when that character is using a sword.

I did some searching, but all I found were the old scripts, so if anyone can point me in the right direction or make something like this, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

 

[poccil]

Such skills can be implemented by adding an extra check to the skill_can_use? method.  Insert the code below after all other scripts in the Materials section of the script editor.

To use it, add the tag "[RequiresWeaponElement: X]" to the skill's notes, where X is the weapon element ID (e.g.  element ID 1 is Melee), and/or the tag "[RequiresArmorElement: X]", where X is the armor element ID (e.g.  element ID 1 is Melee).  (Don't include the quotation marks.)

# Helper function to parse the skill notes from the database
def parseSkillNotes(tag)
 ret={}
 rgex=/\[#{tag}\:\s*(\d+)\]/i
 for skill in $data_skills
  next if !skill
  skill.note.gsub!(rgex){|o|
   ret[skill.id]=$1.to_i
  }
 end
 return ret
end

class Game_Actor
 @@_WeaponReq=nil
 @@_ArmorReq=nil
 alias :petero_SkillReq_skill_can_use? :skill_can_use?
 def skill_can_use?(skill)
  if petero_SkillReq_skill_can_use?(skill)
   if !@@_WeaponReq
    @@_WeaponReq=parseSkillNotes("RequiresWeaponElement")
    @@_ArmorReq=parseSkillNotes("RequiresArmorElement")
   end
   weaponreq=@@_WeaponReq[skill.id]
   if weaponreq
    found=false
    for weapon in self.weapons
     found=true if weapon && weapon.element_set.include?(weaponreq)
    end
    return false if !found
   end
   armorreq=@@_ArmorReq[skill.id]
   if armorreq
    found=false
    for armor in self.armors
     found=true if armor && armor.element_set.include?(armorreq)
    end
    return false if !found
   end
   return true
  end
  return false
 end
end

 

[tofurkey]

Hey poccil,

Thanks for the quick reply, but it's not working for me. I placed the script correctly and am not getting any errors, but I can still use the skills when I'm not supposed to be able to.

I set Dual Hit to be an attack that requires a slashing weapon (element 2) and inserted into the notes exactly as follows:

[RequiresWeaponElement: 2]

I also tried without the brackets, but I'm still able to use Dual Hit even with an item like a Long Bow.


EDIT: Nevermind, I got it to work somehow. I'm not really sure what I did, but I just recopied the script in and it worked okay. Thanks, poccil!