Resetting Actor Turn on State Removal

[Ruin]

Hey guys,

There is a state in my game that changes the actors' command set in the actor command window.  When the state is removed, the affected actor's command set should return to normal.  This wouldn't be difficult if I was using the normal battle system, but I'm using an active time battle system.  This means that the state could be removed while an affected actor currently has a turn (while the player is selecting from the actor command window).  

I was wondering therefore what a good solution would be for refreshing the actor's turn when this state is removed?  As far as I know there's no "on state remove" event I can link up to.  Thanks for any help you can provide!

EDIT: I should note this goes the same for the opposite scenario where the state is added to an actor while it is their turn.

 

[Andar]

please link to the scripts you're using for the battlesystem and to change the commands - no one can answer your questions without that info, because it completely depends on how those scripts work.

 

[Ruin]

Well to simplify the problem all I really would like to know is if there's a simple/elegant way to refresh the currently active actor's turn (close any open selection windows and redraw/activate the actor command window) and a simple way to have a method run when a state is added or removed.  Knowing how to do this for the default engine would be fine.

So far the best solution I've come up with is to add a method I'm calling "update_for_state_change" to the update_basic method that checks whether the status has been added/removed each frame, and if so redraws/refreshes the actor command window and closes all possible open selection windows/reactivates the command window.  Doing it every frame seems excessive though.  

 

[Andar]

sorry, no - that is not simplifying because you didn't realise the problem with that.


Such an effect can never be done in default battle, because in default battle the command selection is NOT part of the turn processing. In default, all commands are selected/put in before the first action is checked and processed, and any removal or adding of any state happens in a different sequence from where there is no way back to the command selection. The default command selection will only be available for the next turn.


Something that does not exists during turn processing cannot be updated.


Your battlescript changed the entire turn structure to allow you to select commands on active time between processings. If you want such a function that could be written, but it needs to be written specifically for the changed turn sequence of your battle script, and it will never work for other battlescripts.


That is why you need to give the links before anything can be done.

 

[Ruin]

I've managed that part on my own at this point (it was a matter of redrawing/activating windows as opposed to anything involving turn processing).  The more important question is if there is a way to have a method run when a state is added or removed without checking for it every frame?

 

[Maliki79]

Well, since you don't want to share what scripts you're using, I guess I'll have to generalize a bit relying on the script that I use.

I would add a method to the skill processing that would check the skills target on-hit to see if their stamina is full.

If so, initiate an automatic pass on that character and lower their stamina by about 10 or so.

Once that is done, they won't be able to input a command and the rest should be doable with less trouble.

I use a heavily modified version of Fomar's ATB script and have many states in place that affect the flow of the stamina bar.

Don't know if that will help, but it's what I would do.

 

[Ruin]

Well, since you don't want to share what scripts you're using, I guess I'll have to generalize a bit relying on the script that I use.

I would add a method to the skill processing that would check the skills target on-hit to see if their stamina is full.

If so, initiate an automatic pass on that character and lower their stamina by about 10 or so.

Once that is done, they won't be able to input a command and the rest should be doable with less trouble.

I use a heavily modified version of Fomar's ATB script and have many states in place that affect the flow of the stamina bar.

Don't know if that will help, but it's what I would do.

Thanks for the response .  That would definitely work in the event of adding the state, but not for its removal, which could theoretically occur at any time (I may not have mentioned this).  That's why I'm currently still having to check every frame to see if the state has removed.

Regarding my code, it's code I wrote and don't want to post publicly.  I assure you it's not relevant to the problem however or I'd provide it.

 

[Maliki79]

You can't code a forced action in there?

If you could auto-pass, I'd think that would do the trick.

 

[Ruin]

You can't code a forced action in there?

If you could auto-pass, I'd think that would do the trick.

Not sure I understand.  There's not a skill removing the state, it just times out.  What would I code the forced action onto?  I was hoping there would be a way to attach code to the state that would run on removal, but that's what I'm not sure of.

 

[Maliki79]

Well if that's what you want, you can use Yanfly's Lunatic States Script to do it.

It's has settings you can use to apply code whenever a specific state is added, removed naturally, or removed forcefully (via skill or item).

That might be enough to help solve this.

(And since you're good at coding, using this script shouldn't be hard for you at all.)