Is it possible to have a skill do a 'TP Drain' by using a damage formula?

[Animebryan]

I've been struggling to find a way to make skills that Drain TP, but I'm not having any luck. I was wondering if a skill could be set up to drain TP by damage formula?

 

[Icelord888]

Well simple enemies in RPG Maker MV do not have TP so draining something that dose not exist is kinda pointless, unless you scripted your enemies to have TP then you will have to do it via a script call, but my guess is that you haven't so just add TP when you use the skill... like when you use 'Guard' or plain old 'Attack'.

 

[Animebryan]

Well simple enemies in RPG Maker MV do not have TP so draining something that does* not exist is kinda pointless, unless you scripted your enemies to have TP then you will have to do it via a script call, but my guess is that you haven't so just add TP when you use the skill... like when you use 'Guard' or plain old 'Attack'.

Listen here noob! Enemies in MV actually have TP, it just isn't shown by default.

 

[Icelord888]

Listen here noob! Enemies in MV actually have TP, it just isn't shown by default.

Well then you should download Yanfly's Lifesteall plugin and modify it so it can also drain TP, it should be like 4 lines of code but finding where to place them will be the real trick, other than that i do not think there is another way to do this, but like you said I am a noob so what do I know...

 

[Icelord888]

Or make your own script calls...

 

[Magusalfador]

@Animebryan , please stop the name calling. It isn´t just disrespectful, but also makes no sense calling someone a noob when you dont have the answer.

Now about the skill, no, I dont think it can be done through the damage formula. It can be done through Yanfly plug ins, like the skill I made for you earlier. Which by the way, you are welcome.

 

[Animebryan]

Well then you should download Yanfly's Lifesteal plugin and modify it so it can also drain TP, it should be like 4 lines of code but finding where to place them will be the real trick, other than that i do not think there is another way to do this, but like you said I am a noob so what do I know...

Sorry for calling you a noob. It just gets under my skin when someone who knows less about something than me states false info when I know better, plus I was kinda in a bad mood at the time. As for Yanfly's Lifesteal plugin, funny you should mention that: https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/inde...-life-steal-plugin-to-include-tp-drain.109067

Or make your own script calls...

I've tried searching to see if there are any but I've had no luck. Also, you shouldn't Double Post. If you need to make another post after making one, just edit the first post. I'm sure one of the mods will see this & say something about it. I just hope I don't get accused of backseat modding for pointing this out.

@Animebryan , please stop the name calling. It isn't just disrespectful, but also makes no sense calling someone a noob when you don't have the answer.

Now about the skill, no, I don't think it can be done through the damage formula. It can be done through Yanfly plug ins, like the skill I made for you earlier. Which by the way, you are welcome.

I only called him that because he stated something that wasn't true when anyone familiar with RM knows better, which is something I'd never do. Anyway, I apologized for it. As for doing it through Yanfly's plugins, that pretty obvious, either like what @Icelord888 was saying about modding Yanfly's Lifesteal (which is the prefered method), or by some other plugin. But the problem is that I don't know the coding necessary to drain TP from a target. As I mentioned to @Icelord888's 2nd post, I've tried looking around for any kind of effect for draining TP but I can't find anything useful except for one post that was too vaguely answered:

You should be able to add a.gainTp(value) to any damage formula making the value negative for TP loss.

He never uses it in an example so I'm not sure how to use this, if it would even work. Also, thank you for your help with the Frozen Shatter-kill effect

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

a.gainTp(value);b.gainTp(-value)

Putting that as your damage formula will do what you want, just change "value" to an actual value.

No need for plugins

 

[Animebryan]

a.gainTp(value);b.gainTp(-value)

Putting that as your damage formula will do what you want, just change "value" to an actual value.

No need for plugins

Finally got it to work but the problem with using a flat value is that it can gain more TP than what the target actually had. Is there a way to set it so that it can take up to a certain amount & only give the user whatever amount was left if less than the certain amount?

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

Hmm something like

if (a.tp+value < 101) {a.gainTp(value)}else{a.gainTp(100-value)};

You use that instead of just a.gainTp

Though I dont know it works nicely with the single line DF