Utilizing Notes to Perform Damage Formulas

[PsionicBurst]

Not sure if this is the right board for this, but I'm attempting to make a skill that performs a status effect on the user. This skill/status is named "Steady Brace" and allows the user to negate 50% of enemy damage. However, placing in the damage formula into the aforementioned status yields literally nothing happening in terms of damage negation. Am I going about this approach wrong?

 

[boikish]

The skill should add a state to the user. Within the state you can modify the parameters to your liking.

For example:

 

[PsionicBurst]

May you explain this in a mathematics sense? By what this appears to be, in relation to the attached image, is (physical damage x 50%) and (magical damage x 50%). Multiplying by half yields a larger variable, or am I mistaken?

 

[ScorchedGround]

Multiplying by half yields a larger variable, or am I mistaken?

Yes you are slightly mistaken.

Mathematically speaking, 50% is equal the decimal number 0.5.
Its best to use the decimal number to calculate things.

So in this case you multiply all damage by 0.5 (Basically halving it)

For example: the enemy attacks for 200 damage
If you have the state with "Physical Damage * 50%" you multiply 200 by 0.5 which would be 100.

 

[Shaz]

What does this have to do with notes (as in your thread title)? Are you putting something into a note box of a skill? Notes are only used by the game if you have a plugin that uses them - do you have a plugin?