Is it Possible to make Skill Scope Target Units with a Certain State?

[Desperado]

Hey All,

Looking for a way to alter the scope of a skill to check for enemies/actors with a certain state? I've gotten really close to what I want, but I need a way to check for this before the skill occurs. Through web searching I found a way to do it after the skill has been executed through the damage formula: if b.state?(2); dmg = [X]; else; b.result.used = false; end; dmg

But I want it to happen before the skill is used. Does anyone know of any possible scripts or solutions that could help?

 

[mellanny]

you want it to be at the "select target" part, or at the "action" part?

 

[Desperado]

It will be an enemy skill. I'm using it to have them distinguish between a target they marked earlier and all the others on the field. So in round 1 they use a skill A that "marks" one of the actors by applying a state to him. In round 2 they will then "choose" to attack that actor with the skill B by "seeing" that he is marked with that state.

There's a bit more to what I'm doing than that but that's essentially what I'm going for.

Edit: All of that to say the "select target" part I guess?

 

[mellanny]

maybe this can help? There's probably another way to do it though, but I wouldn't know.

Target Core (YEP) - Yanfly.moe Wiki

www.yanfly.moe

 

[Desperado]

That's MV so...no.

There is a VX ACE version but it doesn't seem to do what I need.

 

[caethyril]

This one looks promising:

Scope Conditions

This script allows you to specify a scope condition for your items and skills.A scope condition is a formula that is used to determine whether a skillor item has an effect on a target or not. If

himeworks.com

I'm not familiar with VX Ace's scripting system, though, so can't help you there.

 

[Desperado]

This one looks promising:

Scope Conditions

This script allows you to specify a scope condition for your items and skills.A scope condition is a formula that is used to determine whether a skillor item has an effect on a target or not. If

himeworks.com

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Yeah this might be a good start. Sadly, I don't know scripting or Ruby syntax. But at least it seems this might indicate it is possible.​

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Thanks for this.​

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Edit: Would it be something like this to get this script to work how I want?:​

<Scope condition: b.state(33)>​

 

[Desperado]

Ok, this is for future generations:

If you're looking to solve this problem of making enemies/actors attack based on a state:

1. Use the following script: https://himeworks.com/2013/04/scope-conditions/
2. Go to the skill note tags section for the skill of your choice
3. Insert the tag: <Scope condition: b.state?(X) /> Where X is the number of the state you want the skill to target
4. Change the scope of the skill in the dropdown to "All Enemies"

Profit!