Connected Attacking

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Connected Attacking
Version: 1.03
Originally posted at http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/cogwheel/

Introduction
This is an add-on feature for the RTAB battle system enabling an attack (be it weapon-based, skill or item) to inflict multiple hits. Battle-based recovery effects (heal or potion) also has the ability to perform multiple-hits when used.

Most recent version, released on August 7, 2006, prevents an enemy from escaping during an attack.

Based on...
Real Time Active Battle (RTAB)

Screenshots
None. All you'd see is the skill attack. I coulda used a regular skill if I wanted.

Demo
Barebones Demo
or
CLICK HERE (V 1.16)

Script
In truth, the name was... paraphrased from the original Japanese version. Syntax differences and so on. So, I went with the closest definition.
Connected Attacking (Japanese Version)
Connected Attacking (English Translation)


Instructions

Inserting the script / Compatability Issues

Just copy/paste this code right under ALL of the RTAB system scripts and Add-Ons. THIS must be done as it includes a re-write of the make_skill_action_result definition.

In order to use this script with the Animated Battlers - Enhanced script, you'll have to comment out this script's action_phase def. You'll find it around line 29 and end at around line 79. There is also a switch that is built into the new Animated Battlers - Enhanced that permits this script's use. It was modified just for this script.

With this script, you can create an attack (or in-battle cure) that inflicts multiple hits per attack. It doesn't do this by editing the skill, item or weapon... but by utilizing the 'FLASH' effects in the 'Battle Animations'. You will have to mess directly with the 'flash' color built into the battle animation system (see the SE and Flash Timing window - Upper Right).

If you look at an average battle animation, you'd note that you will normally see the color of the flash set to 'white' when the 'condition' is set to 'hit'.

Example: Animation 004: Hit
Frm - 003 SE - nuthin' Flash - Target (255,255,255,255)@3 Condition - Hit

It is by creating a flash (a 'none' condition flash) before a 'HIT' flash that you can adjust the damage formula per hit, or even call another SKILL!

How?

About the Red Value

The first value of the flash... the RED value of the flash... controls how much power is used in the damage formula.

Now by default, this system treats a value of 20 in the red flash value as normal. Changing this value to something ABOVE 20 increases the power of the skill while values below 20 decreases the power.

So, changing the 'red' value in the flash to 10, cuts the damage power of your called skill in half, and changing it to 30 adds an extra 50% to the value.

NOTE: Do not set this value to '0'. This script would then get a 'division by zero' error. It wasn't me... it was them...

About the Green Value

The second value of the flash... the GREEN value of the flash... controls just what skill you are using. Not by having the value equal the index of the flash, but by adjusting the index up or down.

Confusing?

The formula that they gave was:

' The called skill = The original skill + (GREEN - 100) '

So by default, this system treats a value of 100 in the green flash value as normal and invoke the skill as expected. But, IF you set the green value to 102, then this flash will not. Instead, this flash will call the skill effect 'two index values HIGHER' than this animation is associated with.

Warning: Be careful with this value. Setting this value OBVIOUSLY affects what skill you're using, and combining a 'damage the hero' effect with a 'heal the ally' effect will generate SCOPE errors.

This also applies to items and weapons. Adjusting the green value for an animation applied to an item also increases/decreases the index of the item called into use BY the animation. You just cannot combine Skill effects AND Item effects and likewise...

The last to values in the flash (blue and opacity) must be set to '0'... (or should be I think) for it to recognize the animation as a 'special' skill-effecting animation.

Let's look below to see an example:

A Cross Cut skill I modified

Code:

SE and Flash Timings
#001  157- Skill01                                       None
#003                        Target(5,100,0,0)@1          None
#003                        Target(255,255,255,255)@2    Hit
#006                        Target(20,78,0,0)@1          None
#006                        Target(255,255,255,255)@10   Hit

Now, the first flash effect (which I made) changes the red value to 5, which according to the damage adjustment formula cuts the final damage down to 25% normal.

The second flash (the one normally there) actually SHOWS the hit, and the damage value.

The third flash effect (again, that I made) changes the green value to 78, which according to the skill-id formula calls a skill... 22 indexes lower than the one THIS animation is tied to.

As this animation is linked to my 'Cross Cut' skill (skill #57 in the database), this will then perform the 'Dazzle' skill (skill #35).

The fourth flash actually performs that newly called skill.

So, if you wanted to do so, you could make a 'battle animation' call several different skills at the same time.

Compatibility
This script IS pretty basic and has been in use quite a while... and still works with the newest versions of RTAB. Version 1.16 of RTAB includes a fix that makes this script run even smoother.

Credits and Thanks
Gotta thank the creator of RTAB for such a wonderful and adaptable battle system, and Lockheart for coaxing me to look into this script even harder.

Author's Notes
Ain't the author... no notes here.

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