[SOLVED] Aiming each ally but me

[miyanke]

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to create a boost for a mage that will add an state to a member of the party, then it calls a common event that check how many party members is affected with it an add it to the caster (the more they have the state, stronger is the applied one).

My problem is that I select myself when I target "any ally", and the concept of the state is to be able to select each of my allies (one by application) but me.

I know VS has a JS command that can be used to custom for this, but I don't know (or have any reference) of how to edit to delete the user from the selection when it is "any ally".

Any ideas?

 

[miyanke]

I found the JS tag, it's from VS Battle Core:

<JS Targets>
 code
 code
 targets = [code];
</JS Targets>

- Used for: Skill, Item Notetags
- The 'targets' variable is an array that is returned to be used as a
  container for all the valid action targets.
- Replace 'code' with JavaScript code to determine valid targets.

But I don't know how to determine "each ally but self".

<Target: All Allies But User> exists, but (I need to check it out) that means all at the same time, and it's not what I'm looking for.

 

[caethyril]

You could try this (untested):

<JS Targets>
targets = $gameParty.battleMembers().filter(m => m !== user);
</JS Targets>

This says "get all party members in battle who aren't user".
(I'm assuming user is a valid reference here, not sure. )

 

[prototyper]

You could try this (untested):

<JS Targets>
targets = $gameParty.battleMembers().filter(m => m !== user);
</JS Targets>

This says "get all party members in battle who aren't user".
(I'm assuming user is a valid reference here, not sure. )

Presumably you only want living party members. So I would modify it to something like

<JS Targets>
targets = $gameParty.aliveMembers().filter(m => m !== user);
</JS Targets>

That said, is "user" defined? I have no idea how these plugins work. If not, this may work as well.

<JS Targets>
targets = $gameParty.aliveMembers().filter(m => m.actor().id !== BattleManager.actor().actor().id);
</JS Targets>

 

[miyanke]

You could try this (untested):

<JS Targets>
targets = $gameParty.battleMembers().filter(m => m !== user);
</JS Targets>

This says "get all party members in battle who aren't user".
(I'm assuming user is a valid reference here, not sure. )

Hi caethyril,
I tried it and I still can select "myself" to use the power, what is rare is that it's applied to my party.

As this skill is only used by a character, Can I use the ID of the character instead of "user"?

 

[caethyril]

Presumably you only want living party members.

Yes, good thinking!

I tried it and I still can select "myself" to use the power, what is rare is that it's applied to my party.

OK I've just tested the plugin + notetag and can confirm: it seems it gets checked after the skill has been selected for use, which means it doesn't affect target selection (like YEP Target Core vs Selection Control for RMMV). You want to select 1 ally to target, but not be able to select the user, correct? I had another quick look through the VisuStella plugin options but didn't find anything to restrict selection...maybe I'm missing something?

I have a plugin called Cae_OnUseEffects that offers a <target filter> notetag. This lets you specify additional conditions for battlers to be selectable targets. For your skill you could try:

<target filter: return target !== user;>

I.e. select 1 Ally (skill scope) who isn't the user (notetag). I don't know if it will work with VisuStella's stuff, but you could try loading my plugin after VisuStella's, save your project, and test. In case you're interested, you can find Cae_OnUseEffects here (Google Drive link), or on my plugin release thread:

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[miyanke]

Yes, good thinking!


OK I've just tested the plugin + notetag and can confirm: it seems it gets checked after the skill has been selected for use, which means it doesn't affect target selection (like YEP Target Core vs Selection Control for RMMV). You want to select 1 ally to target, but not be able to select the user, correct? I had another quick look through the VisuStella plugin options but didn't find anything to restrict selection...maybe I'm missing something?

I have a plugin called Cae_OnUseEffects that offers a <target filter> notetag. This lets you specify additional conditions for battlers to be selectable targets. For your skill you could try:

<target filter: return target !== user;>

I.e. select 1 Ally (skill scope) who isn't the user (notetag). I don't know if it will work with VisuStella's stuff, but you could try loading my plugin after VisuStella's, save your project, and test. In case you're interested, you can find Cae_OnUseEffects here (Google Drive link), or on my plugin release thread:

Caethyril's MZ Plugins

Caethyril's RMMZ Plugins Updated 2020-10-27: General - Cae_OnUseEffects v1.3 Looking for RPG Maker MV plugins? Click here! Features :kaohi: I've made some plugins for RPG Maker MZ! Here's a list of them with brief feature descriptions. The dates are when each plugin was last updated. For...

forums.rpgmakerweb.com

YEAH!!!
That works!!

I'm sorry to say that I didn't know your Pluggins but I've been reading some of them and they will help me A LOT.

Thank you tho for all your effort.

 

[slimmmeiske2]

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