Setting Variable to Enemy HP based on Enemy Index variable?

[zXManyRegretsXz]

Hi, I'm trying to do something that requires I get the index of the enemy I last targeted with an actor, and then that specific enemy's health. Unfortunately, Control Variable doesn't let me use a specific variable as the enemy's index, so I've taken to using script calls. The script calls I tried to use, however, didn't work and just gave me an error:

Can anyone help me? I'd rather not use conditional branches to check the variable I set the enemy index to and set a variable accordingly, but I will if that's the only option. Forgive me for that, I just find it a bit unnecessary to do.

 

[Kaymon145]

I actually asked a fairly similar question on the MV board a few days ago... Not sure how different the code is between MZ and MV but I was trying to get the agility of the current target, the code that ended up working for me was
$gameTroop.smoothTarget(BattleManager._action._targetIndex).agi
Again I'm not sure how different MZ is but that ended up working for me, maybe something simalar could be done to get HP instead?

 

[caethyril]

The error says you tried hp(), but hp is not a function, it's a value. Try this:

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$gameTroop.members()[$gameTemp.lastActionData(5)].hp

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$gameTemp.lastActionData is new to MZ, it's just a script version for the various "Last" options under Control Variables -> Game Data. You could use a variable instead if you want, e.g.

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$gameTroop.members()[$gameVariables.value(123)].hp

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The Last Target Enemy Index value is updated immediately after an action's damage & effects are applied to a target. So if this script call doesn't work for you, it might be a timing problem. In that case, you may want to specify exactly where you're trying to use this, e.g.

• In the damage formula (use b.index() for current target index);
• In a follow-up common event (should be OK);
• In a troop event (if so, what conditions and when/how are they triggered?);
• In a notetag from a plugin (if so, which tag/plugin?);
• Somewhere else?

 

[zXManyRegretsXz]

The error says you tried hp(), but hp is not a function, it's a value. Try this:

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$gameTroop.members()[$gameTemp.lastActionData(5)].hp

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$gameTemp.lastActionData is new to MZ, it's just a script version for the various "Last" options under Control Variables -> Game Data. You could use a variable instead if you want, e.g.

---

$gameTroop.members()[$gameVariables.value(123)].hp

---

The Last Target Enemy Index value is updated immediately after an action's damage & effects are applied to a target. So if this script call doesn't work for you, it might be a timing problem. In that case, you may want to specify exactly where you're trying to use this, e.g.

• In the damage formula (use b.index() for current target index);
• In a follow-up common event (should be OK);
• In a troop event (if so, what conditions and when/how are they triggered?);
• In a notetag from a plugin (if so, which tag/plugin?);
• Somewhere else?

God, I am dumb. That was the issue, the little () after .hp. Of course, there were lots of other issues after that, but I managed to solve them myself (despite them being debatably more difficult). After a few extra things it should be ready, thanks!