Battle Formations and Information?

[thethomasink]

Howdy all, I was curious if anyone knew what the base mechanics and numbers were for battle formations as available in the player menu commands. I was curious how all it affects damage values and attacks and jazz like that. Additionally, does anyone know if and where I can find like a manual or guide or some such that list out what the base RPG Maker MV mechanics do and the numbers attached to them because trying to find this stuff is a bit obtuse unless I'm being dumb? Looking for this stuff via Google just results in either a Yanfly plugin, which is tantalizing but I'd rather figure out how the basics work first, or people asking about custom formation systems and trying to find comprehensive tutorials or an online manual is not turning up anything useful.

Thank you and have a nice day.

 

[SGHarlekin]

That's probably because rpg maker does not have formations. The formation command merely lets you swap around your party members, like making a different character actor1, so they will be the sprite you control. Or to swap out party members that will be active in pattle, should you have more than 4.

You need a plugin to get battle formations, and those values you're looking for will be inside of that plugin.

(If I happen to have a massive brainfart right now and am completeley mistaken, someone please do correct me.)

 

[thethomasink]

You know, it didn't occur to me to go into the game and double-check this. My apologies, them using the term formation is what threw me off. A part of me assumed it was going to be another TP situation where a lot of the data was hidden or withheld. Thank you for clearing that part up for me.

 

[ATT_Turan]

Just to add to the other portion of your question: most of the information you could need is in MV's help file.

If there's stuff you want to know that really is hidden, like some of the internal math, you can almost always find existing threads about it by Googling the question.

Or, of course, ask.