Remove state not working

[panpaper]

First off I want to say thank you, this community has been amazing, with all the helpful and swift responses!

I'm trying to implement a sidearm where the player can use a gun as a secondary weapon. In order to use the gun, the player must "consume" an ammunition item from the inventory. Doing so will grant them the "locked and loaded" state.

The "locked and loaded" states gives access to the "Gun" skill type. The player will then be able to use the skill "Open fire". When the skill "Open fire" is used, I want the state "locked and loaded" to be removed, so that the player must consume another ammunition item before they can use "Open fire" again. The following image shows the State and Skill entry:


I've listed "Remove State - Locked and Loaded 100%" as the skill effect for "Open Fire", but the state never gets removed when the skill is used (I can still see the icon beside the player's name). I know I can probably add "seal skill type" to "Open fire", but I want to know what I've done wrong, so I can avoid such mistakes again.

Thanks in advance!

 

[LadyBaskerville]

The effects are applied to the skill's target, not the user - that's why the state isn't removed from your actor. To change the user's state, you can use the damage formula (which can also evaluate Javascript commands):

a.removeState(STATE_ID); 25

This will remove the state from the user (a), and then deal 25 damage. (When using the damage formula for things like this, the last line - what's written after the last semicolon - will always be the actual damage value.)

 

[Kes]

Your image is not there.

 

[panpaper]

The effects are applied to the skill's target, not the user - that's why the state isn't removed from your actor. To change the user's state, you can use the damage formula (which can also evaluate Javascript commands):

a.removeState(STATE_ID); 25

This will remove the state from the user (a), and then deal 25 damage. (When using the damage formula for things like this, the last line - what's written after the last semicolon - will always be the actual damage value.)

I completely overlooked that! This clears up this issue and opens some other possibilites, thank you very much!

 

[panpaper]

Your image is not there.

I'm seeing it right now, uploaded it using the built-in file upload in the forum.

 

[panpaper]

The effects are applied to the skill's target, not the user - that's why the state isn't removed from your actor. To change the user's state, you can use the damage formula (which can also evaluate Javascript commands):

a.removeState(STATE_ID); 25

This will remove the state from the user (a), and then deal 25 damage. (When using the damage formula for things like this, the last line - what's written after the last semicolon - will always be the actual damage value.)

I could not find this function in the help and documentation. Is there a reference list of all the functions I can put in the formula box?

 

[LadyBaskerville]

There is a list here: https://rpgmakermv.co/threads/damage-formulas-101-mv-edition.2172/
In theory, you can use any valid Javascript code in the damage formula, which is why it's difficult to give a complete list. But the functions in the link above are the most important and useful ones

 

[Kes]

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[panpaper]

@Kes sorry I did not know that. I'll take note from now on, thanks!