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i just wanna be really sure, since i got major depression, so some times, i just dont do anything for extended peroids of time, but when im in a mood, im a fiend. i've sat down and done 20+ hours of work when i was riled up easily, and just crash later.
so i would much rather know for certain how it works, cause i might just say 'forget it' and leave it alone, and work on something else. i say 'work', but i mean anything from writing my story, read a book, play a video game, make geometrical designs i like on paint, surf wikipedia or encyclopedia dramatica, whatever floats my boat at the moment. soon, i'll add 'romp through the snow' ^.^
thanks again so much about making a script for me out of scratch, i appreciate it so much, its not a huge one, but you didnt have to do it, so great thanks to you, kk20!

ah, thank you soo much, but can you give me explicit instructions as to what/where to change for different things, and what to mod for each enemy, so say enemy 1 on the list gives 5 atk each time, enemy 2 gives 5 def each time, ectera?
i have no idea at scripting, so i might need walked through it, some things i can look at and go, "well, this makes sense to me" but then i get like three, four patterns of that, like earlier. those examples i gave, one happened to be right, but i had no idea which, i thought a new whole area for each one was necessary...
also, can i set it up so certain enemies only have one 'eat' until a reward, since i kinda want to make a boss's eat stronger than a normal enemy, and you get unique skills from it, but on the offset, you wouldn't get any exp or any item from that boss,so its like something i wanted the players to choose, either some ability or some item.
i'll probably go through, and make usually one seem better than another, like any unique item will probably have a weaker skill, or a skill gainable later, and the unique skills will have a good healing item, or a weapon gettable later, some setup so perfectionists can get everything if they really want it, or maybe just a boss rush at some point with upgraded bosses...
i always hated in a game where you had two choices of epic, but only got one, so i'd like to avoid that.

i know, i just dunno what to put there to make it work.

not quite sure how autotiles work, but the one i made seems to be mostly working, i dont expect miracles, but ill give this a shot...



is the auto tile i made, and it works mostly, except for some white spots in certain patterns...



the corner spots, and the other areas where its extended past the 3X3 square, where it just stops drawing for hald a tile... any way to fix that using the three 32X32 spaces at teh top? originally, i had a pentagram there, hoping that a single tile of it would be the pentagram, but the 3X3 square would look like the 96X96 area, but the pentagram never even showed up.
i can just make a 32X32 pentagram, and put that in the event layer, so NP there, but the not finishing drawing the white spots i wanted to see if that could be fixed. im not expecting it to look prefect or anything, as some of them look all kinds of weird, but at least have it try to connect to it... i really like making geometrical patterns, and while a lot of them are too complex to use here, unless i made the whole level background them, this one i feel i can.
is there any way that using the top 3 32X32 spots will make it try and auto connect?

EDIT: i also havent been able to constintently get the absorb hp and the absorb mp to work when on one skill, it usually does one, then another later, but apparently not at the same time, although, maybe one of them is hidden or something... yeah, seems like it is either both, or only one at a time, its not always both at once. made a 'harm' skill for testing, then kept draining high hp/sp, low atk enemies.

okay, take two: i dislike the idea of "more scripts, better game" i either really like whatever im trying to incorporate into the game, or i have it in there for a specific reasoning... like the crafting, that i wanted in there mostly to show a little more about their personalities of my three MCs, without any storyline at all, the girl is an alchemist, she spent years studying in a lab, knowing the ritualisms, the chemical combos, ectera.
the male that is related to her, feral, is a wannabe blacksmith, he wants to make a 'perfect blade', something that combines extreme beauty with an amazig blade. wants perfection from his work.
lerial, the MC, his products are nt nearly so nice, he is worried more about function over form, he could care less what it looks like, only if it is useful. he can take mundane items and amplify them far beyond what should be possible, at least if obeying the laws of reality... also to make items.

the psudeo-blue mage thing is lerial's whole gimmick, where he cannot become stronger by just doing, he cant gain muscle mass or memory by repeating the actions over and over, he can't learn by practicing over and over, w/o any input or stimulus, he would literally just sit there for the most part, at least in the beginning.
on the positive, his existence isnt dictated by his physical form, he has no need of organs, doesn't need eyes to see, ears to hear, neurons to send messages to his body, ectera. he doesn't need to eat, drink, sleep, to survive.

detail on lerial

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but he can shapeshift into anything he's consumed, ripping the things apart down to the atomic level, and able to process all the bits, from the structure up to being able to shapeshift into any permutation that somebody's siblings coulda looked like, but its not like im likely going to be able to add that much detail to the game, so i didnt give it a second thought, and left it behind for a completely humanoid character, all the time, instead of transforming into various chimera. but the idea that, he doesnt have any knowledge of any skills or any abilities is something i do want, and that he has to get them from absorbing his enemies for their abilities.
i had an idea of having parts that you could equip in a menu, of differing creatures parts in different areas, and bonuses for combinations, that enhance abilities/give some, for instance, a smaller body and say mole hands could let you dig, or bird frame and arms could fly, an aquatic form for swimming, more powerful parts for moving stuff, smaller for getting into holes, ectera, or making custom builds, like having claws, sscaly skin, spiked tail, venom spitting, whatever,
but that idea was just a fantasy, and for something a lot more touchy than rpg maker xp...

how i wanted the blue mage script to work with the skill leveling is, and they dont actually have to work together if it can be accomplished another way, is kinda like the idea of skill leveling itself, you have to use the skill X times, then you get an upgrade to it, or in this case, stats/a skill... alright, ill try and simplify it even more, since i dont know what you're missing.

IF any 'eat' skill lays the final blow on an enemy, a point is given towards that enemy's counter, and when it reaches a certain level, something like 3/7/12/18/25 kills, you get a small boost in a stat or a skill level, depending on the enemy. like stealing, where the item is dependent on the enemy, if there is a stealing thing with steal-only items, except instead of stealing, you get a few stats/skill lvl. if said 'eat' skill does not land the final blow, then no point toward skill/stat is given. really similar to the skill leveling idea, skill succeeds, you get a point toward it going up, but if it fails, no point rewarded.
i dont honestly care if it works directly with the skill leveling system, as long as i can have both, i could have a conditional on them, like every eat skill had a huge common conditional on them, that would keep track of how many enemies of each type had been 'eaten', so that there wouldn't be a way to get infinite stats from continuously eating the same couple of monsters.
kinda want every skill and every enemy to have 5 levels on them, so that you can use that to improve up to 5X, but ill also have spell fusion, but i can do that with a event, all i gotta do is see if skill a is at level 5, and skill b is also at level 5, give that character skill c at level 1.
like one idea was a fire drive + quake = magma drive, and it gets rid of both the fire and the earth spell, but gives a much stronger fire + earth + water spell. most of the spell fusions will be just combining two skills, adding a third effect, and making that a new skill on their page, but maybe not erase EVERY older spell, since i might want like basic fire, ice, water, wind, earth to fuse with the other bases, make the spell stage twos, ectera.
but again, i can event that out, no script necessary.

i hope this is helpful, cause im having a hard time comprehending what you mean if it isnt, what i got from the last message was "how do i want my blue mage to work directly with the skill leveling" and in all honestly, it doesn't need to, as long as they can work simultaneously, since only lerial will be using the blue mage sys, and not the skill leveling, but the others will use the skill leveling, but not the blue mage.
i can exclude his spells, and his monster spells from actually being level-able, or maybe i can just do it by chara, and any of lerials skills have no way to level through usage.

thanks for the welcomes! and the advice!

alright, the skill levelling script is...

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#==============================================================================
# ** Skill Leveling
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#    by DerVVulfman
#    version 1.2
#    12-25-2009
#    RGSS / RPGMaker XP
#==============================================================================
#
#  INTRODUCTION:
#
#  This system allows you to increase your skill level with individual skills
#  through practice and use.   The more you use an individual skill, the more
#  powerful you can be with that skill and the amount of energy needed to use
#  a skill is reduced.
#
#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
#  SCRIPT CALLS:
#
#  -- Obtaining Current Skill Information --
#
#  Each actor  in your database  will have 'levels'  for each skill he or she
#  possesses.   So one character may have a healing spell at level 1,  a fire
#  spell at level 3 or so on.   But you may want to obtain the information on
#  how high a level,  or how low the cost of using a skill without going into
#  the menu.  ( A real plus for scripters ):
#
#  To obtain the information from each actor, use the following script calls:
#
#     For a skill's current experience point:
#         $game_actors[actor_id].skill_exp[skill_id]
#
#     For that skill's current level:
#         $game_actors[actor_id].skill_level[skill_id]
#
#     To get the current SP cost for a skill:
#         $game_actors[actor_id].skill_sp_cost[skill_id]
#
#     For that skill's current power level:
#         $game_actors[actor_id].skill_rate_power[skill_id]
#
#     For that skill's chance to-hit:
#         $game_actors[actor_id].skill_rate_tohit[skill_id]
#
#
#  As an example,  this simple script call can obtain Aluxes's current skill
#  level for the CrossCut skill and print it out with the default print cmd:
#
#     print $game_actors[1].skill_level[57]
#
#
#  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
#  -- Increasing or Decreasing Skill Levels --
#
#  Not only can you increase  a player/actor's skill level by combat, but by 
#  use of script calls.   Rather necessary  if you wanted to increase a non-
#  combat skill.  As such, you have three types of script calls you can use:
#
#  skill_level_up(actor_id, skill_id)
#    This script call  can increase an  individual actor's skill level by a
#    factor of one.   As such, using    skill_level_up(1, 7)    would raise 
#    Aluxes's Fire spell up one level in experience.
#
#  skill_level_down(actor_id, skill_id)
#    The polar opposite of 'skill_level_up', this script call will decrease
#    an individual actor's  skill level by one.   It is called  in the same 
#    exact manner.
#
#  skill_level_set(actor_id, skill_id, level)
#    This script call can increase and/or decrease an actor's skill to what
#    ever the end user so desires. Rather than going by increments, it will
#    set that particular skill level to the level specified. As such, using
#    skill_level_set(2, 61, 6)   would set Basil's Leg Sweep up to level 6.
#
#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#
#  TERMS AND CONDITIONS:
#
#  Free to use, even in commercial projects.  Just note that I need some form
#  of due credit... even a mere mention in some end titles.
#
#
#==============================================================================

# SWITCHES
  HIDE_1LEVEL         = false   # Defines if the default 'lv 1' text is attached
  FIELD_ENABLED       = true    # Defines if leveling allowed in field map
  SKILL_ANIMS         = true    # Defines if animations may change
  SKILL_LV_UP         = true    # Defines if the leveling popup window is shown

  
#  -------------------------------------------------------------------------


# LEVEL SUFFIX
  SKILL_SUFFIX        = "Lv"  # Txt added to describe the skill level
  SKILL_SUFFIX_STYLE  = 2     # 0 = parenthesis, 1, brackets, 2 = none

  
#  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
  
# LEVELING POP-UP WINDOW
  SKILL_LEVEL_SE          = "056-Right02"         # SE when levelling up
  SKILL_LEVEL_FONT        = "Arial Black"         # Font used in Pop-Up
  SKILL_LEVEL_FONT_SIZE   = 32                    # Size of Pop-Up Text
  SKILL_LEVEL_FONT_COLOR  = Color.new(255, 0, 0)  # Color of Pop-Up Text
  
  
#  -------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
# MASTER SKILL LEVEL SYSTEMS:
  # Define maximum level per skill
  # ==============================
  #   This system defines the maximum level a skill can obtain for each actor
  #   who uses it: syntax = { skill => {actor list}, skill => {actor list},... }
  #   The actor list is as follows { actor_id => max, actor_id => max, ... } 
  #   If the actor ID is set to '0', then the max level applies to all unlisted
  #   actors.
    SKILL_LEVEL_MAX   = { 57 => { 0=>3,  1=>4} }
    
  # Define custom names for skills based on level  
  # =============================================
  #   This system defines individual/custom names for leveled skills.  It acts
  #   as a replacement if you do not want the traditional 'Skill (lv 3)' text
  #   to appear:  syntax = { skill => {name list}, skill => {name list},... }
  #   The name list is as follows { skill_lvl => text, skill_lvl => text, ... } 
  #   Each skill level starts off at 1 and increases.  If there is no skill or
  #   skill level, the default text style will be used.
    SKILL_LEVEL_NAMES = { 57 => { 1 => "Cross Cut",  2 => "Cross Cut Mk II", 3 => "Master Cut", 4 => "Tornado Cut", 5 => "Phoenix Cut" } }

  # Define custom icons for skills based on level  
  # =============================================
  #   This system defines individual/custom icons for leveled skills.  It merely
  #   replaces the skill's icon with a newer one based on the skill as you wish
  #   it to appear:  syntax = { skill => {icon list}, skill => {icon list},... }
  #   The icon list is as follows { skill_lvl => icon, skill_lvl => icon, ... } 
  #   Each skill level starts off at 1 and increases.  If there is no skill or
  #   skill level, the default text style will be used.    
    SKILL_LEVEL_ICONS = { 57 => { 1 => "050-Skill07", 2 => "050-Skill07", 3 => "001-Weapon01", 4 => "044-Skill01", 5 => "037-Item06" } }
    
  # Define custom anims for skills based on level  
  # =============================================
  #   This system defines individual/custom battle anims for leveled skills. 
  #   Syntax:  syntax = { skill => {anim list}, skill => {anim list},... }
  #   The animation list is as follows { lvl => array, lvl => array, ... } 
  #   And each array holds two values, the user and target IDs of your battle
  #   animations.
    SKILL_LEVEL_ANIMS = { 57 => { 1 => [5, 69], 2 => [11, 70] } }
  
  
#  -------------------------------------------------------------------------


# SKILL GROWTH SYSTEM  
  # Define experience points needed per level per skill
  # ===================================================
  #   This first system defines the basic number of experience points a skill
  #   must earn before attaining each level.  The format is very much like the
  #   skill max level system:  syntax = { skill => {list}, skill => {list},... }
  #   The actor list is as follows { actor_id => exp, actor_id => exp,... } 
  #   If the actor ID is set to '0', then the experience points shown applies
  #   to all unlisted actors for that skill.
  SKILL_EXP_POINTS  = { 57 => { 0=>10, 1=>2} }
  
  # Define experience point curve per skill (no curve if skill undefined)
  # =====================================================================
  #   This system defines an escalating curve to the experience points needed
  #   for a skill to achieve each level.  The format is very much like the
  #   skill pts system (above): syntax = { skill => {exp}, skill => {exp},... }
  #   The actor list is as follows { actor_id => exp, actor_id => exp,... } 
  #   If the actor ID is set to '0', then the experience points shown applies
  #   to all unlisted actors for that skill.  
    SKILL_EXP_CURVE   = { 58 => { 0=>0, 1=>5} }
    
  # Using both SKILL_EXP_POINTS and SKILL_EXP CURVE with the supplied example
  # would have the 'Cross Cut' skill go from LVL 1 to LVL 2 on 7 xp (2 + 5*1),
  # LVL 3 after 14 xp  (4 + 5*2), LVL 4 at 21 xp (6+ 5*3)
  
  
#  -------------------------------------------------------------------------

  
# SKILL INCREASE/DECREASE RATES
  # Defines the decreased SP cost per level of skill
  # ================================================
  #   This system defines the number of SP points you save with each subsequent
  #   level.  The higher the level of your spell, the lower your SP cost will
  #   be for each actor: syntax = { skill => {list}, skill => {list},... }
  #   The list is as follows { actor_id => SP saved , actor_id => SP saved, ... } 
  #   If the actor ID is set to '0', then the saved SP cost applies to all 
  #   unlisted actors.
    SKILL_RATE_SP     = { 57 => {0=>10}}
    
  # Defines the increased power for each skill
  # ==========================================
  #   This system defines the increase in power you can deliver with each sub-
  #   sequent level.  The higher the level of your spell, the higher the damage
  #   will be delivered: syntax = { skill => {list}, skill => {list},... }
  #   The list is as follows { actor_id => increase, actor_id => increase, ... } 
  #   If the actor ID is set to '0', then the spell power increase applies to 
  #   all unlisted actors.
    SKILL_RATE_POWER  = { 57 => {1=>500}}
    
  # Defines the increased chance to hit per level of skill
  # ======================================================
  #   This system defines the increased chance you have to perform a successful
  #   skill effect.  The higher the level of your spell, the higher the chance 
  #   to perform a skill: syntax = { skill => {list}, skill => {list},... }
  #   The list is as follows { actor_id => increase, actor_id => increase, ... } 
  #   If the actor ID is set to '0', then the spell's to hit chance applies to 
  #   all unlisted actors.
    SKILL_RATE_TOHIT  = { 57 => {1=>50} }
  
    
  
#==============================================================================
# ** Game_Actor
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  This class handles the actor. It's used within the Game_Actors class
#  ($game_actors) and refers to the Game_Party class ($game_party).
#==============================================================================

class Game_Actor < Game_Battler
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Public Instance Variables
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  attr_accessor   :skill_exp               # Skill exp 
  attr_accessor   :skill_level             # Skill Level
  attr_accessor   :skill_sp_cost           # Skill sp Adjustment
  attr_accessor   :skill_rate_power        # Skill power adjustment
  attr_accessor   :skill_rate_tohit        # Skill to hit adjustment
  attr_accessor   :skill_exp_list          # Skill experience chart
  attr_accessor   :skill_level_pop         # Leveling up flag
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Setup
  #     actor_id : actor ID
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias setup_skill_levels setup
  def setup(actor_id)
    # Perform the original call
    setup_skill_levels(actor_id)
    # Create arrays for the actor's skills
    @skill_exp              = []
    @skill_level            = []
    @skill_sp_cost          = []
    @skill_rate_power       = []
    @skill_rate_tohit       = []
    @skill_exp_list         = []
    # Skill Level Popup Flag
    @skill_level_pop      = false    
    # Cycle through skills and load the array
    for id in 1...$data_skills.size
      @skill_exp[id]        = 0
      @skill_level[id]      = 0
      @skill_sp_cost[id]    = $data_skills[id].sp_cost
      @skill_rate_power[id] = $data_skills[id].power
      @skill_rate_tohit[id] = $data_skills[id].hit
      @skill_exp_list[id]   = make_skill_exp_list(actor_id, id)
    end    
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Calculate Skill EXP
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def make_skill_exp_list(actor_id, id)
    # Obtain values to generate skill's experience curve
    base_increment    = skill_hash_acquire(SKILL_EXP_POINTS, actor_id, id )
    experience_curve  = skill_hash_acquire(SKILL_EXP_CURVE, actor_id, id )
    level_limit       = skill_hash_acquire(SKILL_LEVEL_MAX, actor_id, id )
    # Generate curve based on figures
    list = []
    list[0] = 0
    for lv in 1...level_limit+1
      exp = 0
      exp = list[lv-1] + experience_curve * lv + base_increment
      list[lv] = exp.truncate
    end
    # Return the generated list
    return list    
  end
end



#==============================================================================
# ** Game_Battler
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  This class deals with battlers. It's used as a superclass for the Game_Actor
#  and Game_Enemy classes.
#==============================================================================

class Game_Battler
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Determine Usable Skills
  #     skill_id : skill ID
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias skill_level_skill_can_use? skill_can_use?
  def skill_can_use?(skill_id)
    # Perform the original call
    effective = skill_level_skill_can_use?(skill_id)
    # Unless usable skill
    unless effective
      # If there's not enough SP, the skill cannot be used.
      if $data_skills[skill_id].sp_cost > self.sp
        # For actors
        if self.is_a?(Game_Actor)
          skill_sp_cost = self.skill_sp_cost[skill_id]
          # Reset effective to true if 'calculated' sp is enough.
          effective = true if skill_sp_cost < self.sp
        end
      end
    end
    # Return effective
    return effective
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Apply Skill Effects
  #     user  : the one using skills (battler)
  #     skill : skill
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias skill_level_skill_effect skill_effect
  def skill_effect(user, skill)
    # Set power and hit rate for actors
    if user.is_a?(Game_Actor)
      skill.power = user.skill_rate_power[skill.id]
      skill.hit   = user.skill_rate_tohit[skill.id]
    end
    # Perform the original call
    effective     = skill_level_skill_effect(user, skill)
    # Use skill leveling system for actors
    if user.is_a?(Game_Actor) and ($scene.is_a?(Scene_Battle) or FIELD_ENABLED)
      skill_level_engine(user, skill)
    end
    return effective
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Skill Level Engine
  #     user  : the one using skills (battler)
  #     skill : skill  
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def skill_level_engine(user, skill)
    return if user.is_a?(Game_Enemy)
    # Increase EXP 
    user.skill_exp[skill.id] += 1
    # Skill Max
    level_limit = skill_hash_acquire(SKILL_LEVEL_MAX, user.id, skill.id)
    # if the maximum skill level not reached
    if user.skill_level[skill.id] < level_limit
      # Retrieve skill experience list
      exp_list = user.skill_exp_list[skill.id]
      # If the skill reached enough points for a new skill level
      if user.skill_exp[skill.id] == exp_list[user.skill_level[skill.id]+1]
        # Increase the skill level
        user.skill_level[skill.id] += 1   
        # Turn on level flag
        user.skill_level_pop = true
        # Adjust the new SP cost
        skill_cost = skill_hash_acquire(SKILL_RATE_SP, user.id, skill.id)
        user.skill_sp_cost[skill.id] -= skill.sp_cost * skill_cost / 100
        user.skill_sp_cost[skill.id] = user.skill_sp_cost[skill.id].truncate
        # SP consumption cannot be 0 or less
        user.skill_sp_cost[skill.id] = 0 if user.skill_sp_cost[skill.id] < 0
        # Adjust the new skill power
        skill_rate_power = skill_hash_acquire(SKILL_RATE_POWER, user.id, skill.id)
        user.skill_rate_power[skill.id] += skill.power * skill_rate_power / 100
        user.skill_rate_power[skill.id] = user.skill_rate_power[skill.id].truncate
        # Adjust skill accuracy
        skill_rate_tohit = skill_hash_acquire(SKILL_RATE_TOHIT, user.id, skill.id)
        user.skill_rate_tohit[skill.id] += skill.hit * skill_rate_tohit / 100
        user.skill_rate_tohit[skill.id] = user.skill_rate_tohit[skill.id].truncate        
        # Hit Rate cannot be above 100
        user.skill_rate_tohit[skill.id] = 100 if user.skill_rate_tohit[skill.id] > 100
      end
    end
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Skill Hash Acquisition System
  #     hash_array : hash value holding data
  #     user_id    : the one using skills (battler)
  #     id         : skill id  
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def skill_hash_acquire(hash_array, user_id, id)
    hash_temp     = {}
    skill_value   = 0
    hash_temp     = hash_array[id] if hash_array[id] != nil
    unless hash_temp == nil
      skill_value = hash_temp[0] if hash_temp[0] != nil
      skill_value = hash_temp[user_id] if hash_temp[user_id]  != nil
    end
    return skill_value
  end
end



#==============================================================================
# ** Window_Skill
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  This window displays usable skills on the skill and battle screens.
#==============================================================================

class Window_Skill < Window_Selectable
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Draw Item
  #     index : item number
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def draw_item(index)
    # Get skill
    skill = @data[index]
    if @actor.skill_can_use?(skill.id)
      self.contents.font.color = normal_color
    else
      self.contents.font.color = disabled_color
    end
    x = 4 + index % 2 * (288 + 32)
    y = index / 2 * 32
    rect = Rect.new(x, y, self.width / @column_max - 32, 32)
    self.contents.fill_rect(rect, Color.new(0, 0, 0, 0))
    # Acquire skill level
    @actor.skill_level[skill.id] = 0 if @actor.skill_level[skill.id] == nil
    # Obtain current skill icon based on skill level
    name_icon  = skill_name_acquire(SKILL_LEVEL_ICONS, skill, @actor.skill_level[skill.id])
    name_icon  = skill.icon_name     if name_icon == nil
    # Obtain the bitmap
    bitmap = RPG::Cache.icon(name_icon)
    opacity = self.contents.font.color == normal_color ? 255 : 128
    # Draw Icon
    self.contents.blt(x, y + 4, bitmap, Rect.new(0, 0, 24, 24), opacity)
    # Obtain current skill name based on skill level
    name_level  = skill_name_acquire(SKILL_LEVEL_NAMES, skill, @actor.skill_level[skill.id])
    if name_level == nil
      name_level = skill.name
      unless @actor.skill_level[skill.id] == 0 && HIDE_1LEVEL
        case SKILL_SUFFIX_STYLE
        when 0: name_level = skill.name + " ("+SKILL_SUFFIX+" " + (@actor.skill_level[skill.id]+1).to_s + ")"
        when 1: name_level = skill.name + " ["+SKILL_SUFFIX+" " + (@actor.skill_level[skill.id]+1).to_s + "]"
        when 2: name_level = skill.name + " "+SKILL_SUFFIX+" " + (@actor.skill_level[skill.id]+1).to_s
        end
      end
    end
    # Draw Name
    self.contents.draw_text(x + 28, y, 204, 32, name_level, 0)
    # Display revised SP Cost
    @actor.skill_sp_cost[skill.id] = skill.sp_cost if @actor.skill_sp_cost[skill.id] == nil
    self.contents.draw_text(x + 232, y, 48, 32, @actor.skill_sp_cost[skill.id].to_s, 2)
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Skill Name Acquisition System
  #     hash_array : hash value holding name data
  #     skill      : skill  
  #     level      : Current level of the skill
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def skill_name_acquire(name_array, skill, level)
    hash_temp = {}
    skill_value = nil
    hash_temp     = name_array[skill.id]  if name_array[skill.id] != nil
    unless hash_temp == nil
      skill_value = hash_temp[1]          if hash_temp[1]         != nil
      skill_value = hash_temp[level+1]    if hash_temp[level+1]   != nil
    end
    return skill_value
  end
end


#==============================================================================
# ** Window_Skill_Popup
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  This window is used to display a popup for leveled skills.
#==============================================================================

class Window_Skill_Popup < Window_Base
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Object Initialization
  #     actor : actor
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def initialize(actor)
    super(actor.screen_x-140, 260, 250, 64)
    self.contents = Bitmap.new(width - 32, height - 32)
    self.opacity = 0
    self.contents.font.name   = SKILL_LEVEL_FONT
    self.contents.font.size   = SKILL_LEVEL_FONT_SIZE
    self.contents.font.color  = SKILL_LEVEL_FONT_COLOR
    self.contents.draw_text(80, 0, 150, 32, "LEVEL UP!")
  end
end



#==============================================================================
# ** Interpreter
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  This interpreter runs event commands. This class is used within the
#  Game_System class and the Game_Event class.
#==============================================================================

class Interpreter
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Skill Level Up
  #     actor_id  :   Actor ID
  #     skill_id  :   Skill ID
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def skill_level_up(actor_id, skill_id)
    actor = $game_actors[actor_id]
    skill_level_set(actor_id, skill_id, actor.skill_level[skill_id]+1)
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Skill Level Down
  #     actor_id  :   Actor ID
  #     skill_id  :   Skill ID
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def skill_level_down(actor_id, skill_id)
    actor = $game_actors[actor_id]
    skill_level_set(actor_id, skill_id, actor.skill_level[skill_id]-1)
  end  
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Skill Level Setting
  #     actor_id  :   Actor ID
  #     skill_id  :   Skill ID
  #     level     :   Setting level
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def skill_level_set(actor_id, skill_id, level)
    actor = $game_actors[actor_id]
    skill = $data_skills[skill_id]
    # Calculate positive or negative level adjustment
    level_adjust =  level - actor.skill_level[skill.id]
    # Skill Max
    level_limit = skill_hash_acquire(SKILL_LEVEL_MAX, actor.id, skill.id)
    # Break if illegal level
    return if level > level_limit or level < 0
    # Level
    actor.skill_level[skill.id] = level
    # Reset Skill Experience
    use_list = actor.skill_exp_list[skill.id]
    actor.skill_exp[skill.id] = use_list[level]
    # Adjust the new SP cost
    skill_cost = (level_adjust * skill_hash_acquire(SKILL_RATE_SP, actor.id, skill.id))
    actor.skill_sp_cost[skill.id] -= skill.sp_cost * skill_cost / 100
    actor.skill_sp_cost[skill.id] = actor.skill_sp_cost[skill.id].truncate    
    # SP consumption cannot be 0 or less
    actor.skill_sp_cost[skill.id] = 0 if actor.skill_sp_cost[skill.id] < 0
    # Adjust the new skill power
    skill_rate_power = (level_adjust * skill_hash_acquire(SKILL_RATE_POWER, actor.id, skill.id))
    actor.skill_rate_power[skill.id] += skill.power * skill_rate_power / 100
    actor.skill_rate_power[skill.id] = actor.skill_rate_power[skill.id].truncate
    # Adjust skill accuracy
    skill_rate_tohit = (level_adjust * skill_hash_acquire(SKILL_RATE_TOHIT, actor.id, skill.id))
    actor.skill_rate_tohit[skill.id] += skill.hit * skill_rate_tohit / 100
    actor.skill_rate_tohit[skill.id] = actor.skill_rate_tohit[skill.id].truncate    
    # Hit Rate cannot be above 100
    actor.skill_rate_tohit[skill.id] = 100 if actor.skill_rate_tohit[skill.id] > 100
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Skill Hash Acquisition System
  #     hash_array : hash value holding data
  #     user_id    : the one using skills (battler)
  #     id         : skill id  
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def skill_hash_acquire(hash_array, user_id, id)
    hash_temp     = {}
    skill_value   = 0
    hash_temp     = hash_array[id] if hash_array[id] != nil
    unless hash_temp == nil
      skill_value = hash_temp[0] if hash_temp[0] != nil
      skill_value = hash_temp[user_id] if hash_temp[user_id]  != nil
    end
    return skill_value
  end
end



#==============================================================================
# ** Scene_Skill
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  This class performs skill screen processing.
#==============================================================================

class Scene_Skill
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Frame Update (when target window is active)
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias skill_level_update_target update_target
  def update_target
    # Set the use flag
    use_flag = false
    # Obtain skill cost difference
    current_skill_diff = @actor.skill_sp_cost[@skill.id] - @skill.sp_cost
    # Perform the original call
    skill_level_update_target
    # If C button was pressed
    if Input.trigger?(Input::C)
      # If unable to use because SP ran out
      use_flag = true if  @actor.skill_can_use?(@skill.id)
      # Perform if skill was usable
      if use_flag
        # Recalculate actor's SP
        @actor.sp -=  current_skill_diff
        # Refresh windows
        @target_window.refresh
        @status_window.refresh
      end
    return      
    end
  end
end



#==============================================================================
# ** Scene_Battle
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#  This class performs battle screen processing.
#==============================================================================

class Scene_Battle
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Frame Update
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias skill_level_update update
  def update
    if SKILL_LV_UP
      if @active_battler.is_a?(Game_Actor) and @active_battler.skill_level_pop and @skillup
        @skill_popup_window.contents_opacity -= 4
      end
    end
    # Perform the original call
    skill_level_update
  end  
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Make Skill Action Results
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias skill_level_make_skill_action_result make_skill_action_result
  def make_skill_action_result
    # Obtain current effects prior to skill usage
    if @active_battler.is_a?(Game_Actor)
      # Get skill
      @skill = $data_skills[@active_battler.current_action.skill_id]      
      # Obtain skill cost difference
      current_skill_diff = @active_battler.skill_sp_cost[@skill.id]
      # Obtain battle animations based on skill per level
      @anime_1 = skill_animation_acquire(@skill, @active_battler.skill_level[@skill.id], 1)
      @anime_2 = skill_animation_acquire(@skill, @active_battler.skill_level[@skill.id], 2)
      # Obtain current skill name for help window
      @active_battler.skill_level[@skill.id] = 0 if @active_battler.skill_level[@skill.id] == nil
      name_level  = skill_name_acquire(SKILL_LEVEL_NAMES, @skill, @active_battler.skill_level[@skill.id])
      if name_level == nil
        name_level = @skill.name
        unless @active_battler.skill_level[@skill.id] == 0 && HIDE_1LEVEL
          case SKILL_SUFFIX_STYLE
          when 0: name_level = @skill.name + " ("+SKILL_SUFFIX+" " + (@active_battler.skill_level[@skill.id]+1).to_s + ")"
          when 1: name_level = @skill.name + " ["+SKILL_SUFFIX+" " + (@active_battler.skill_level[@skill.id]+1).to_s + "]"
          when 2: name_level = @skill.name + " "+SKILL_SUFFIX+" " + (@active_battler.skill_level[@skill.id]+1).to_s
          end
        end
      end      
    end
    # Perform the Original Call
    skill_level_make_skill_action_result
    # Apply reworked SP consumption and skill name
    if @active_battler.is_a?(Game_Actor)
      @active_battler.sp += @skill.sp_cost
      @active_battler.sp -= current_skill_diff
      @status_window.refresh
      @help_window.set_text(name_level, 1)
    end
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Frame Update (main phase step 2 : start action)
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias skill_level_update_phase4_step2 update_phase4_step2
  def update_phase4_step2
    if SKILL_LV_UP
      @active_battler.skill_level_pop = false if @active_battler.is_a?(Game_Actor)
      @skillup = false
    end
    # Perform the original call
    skill_level_update_phase4_step2
  end    
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Frame Update (main phase step 3 : animation for action performer)
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias skill_level_update_phase4_step3 update_phase4_step3
  def update_phase4_step3
    
    if SKILL_LV_UP
      if @active_battler.is_a?(Game_Actor) and @active_battler.skill_level_pop != false
        @skillup = true
        @skill_popup_window = Window_Skill_Popup.new(@active_battler)
        if SKILL_LEVEL_SE != nil
          Audio.se_play("Audio/SE/" + SKILL_LEVEL_SE)
          sleep(0.4)
        end
      end
    end    
    # Perform the original call
    skill_level_update_phase4_step3
    # Only if a skill is being performed
    return unless @active_battler.current_action.kind == 1
    # Only if an actor and changable animation
    if @active_battler.is_a?(Game_Actor) and SKILL_ANIMS
      # Reset animation to new animation
      @active_battler.animation_id = @anime_1
    end
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Frame Update (main phase step 4 : animation for target)
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias skill_level_update_phase4_step4 update_phase4_step4
  def update_phase4_step4
    # Perform the original call
    skill_level_update_phase4_step4
    # Only if a skill is being performed
    return unless @active_battler.current_action.kind == 1
    # Only if an actor and changable animations
    if @active_battler.is_a?(Game_Actor) and SKILL_ANIMS
      # Animation for target
      for target in @target_battlers
        # Reset animation to new animation
        target.animation_id = @anime_2
      end
    end
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Frame Update (main phase step 5 : damage display)
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  alias update_phase4_step5_skillup update_phase4_step5
  def update_phase4_step5
    if SKILL_LV_UP
      if @active_battler.is_a?(Game_Actor) and @skillup
        @skill_popup_window.dispose
        @active_battler.skill_level_pop = false
        @skillup = false
      end
    end
    # Perform the original call
    update_phase4_step5_skillup
  end  
  #----------------------- = name_array[skill.id] #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ---------------------------------------------------
  # * Skill Animation Acquisition System
  #     hash_array : hash value holding name data
  #     skill      : skill  
  #     level      : Current level of the skill
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def skill_animation_acquire(skill, level, index)
    hash_temp   = {}
    skill_temp  = []
    case index
    when 1: skill_value = @skill.animation1_id
    when 2: skill_value = @skill.animation2_id
    end
    hash_temp   = SKILL_LEVEL_ANIMS[skill.id]  if SKILL_LEVEL_ANIMS[skill.id] != nil
    unless hash_temp == nil
      skill_temp = hash_temp[1]          if hash_temp[1]         != nil
      skill_temp = hash_temp[level+1]    if hash_temp[level+1]   != nil
    end
    skill_value = skill_temp[index-1] if skill_temp[index-1] != nil
    return skill_value
  end
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Skill Name Acquisition System
  #     hash_array : hash value holding name data
  #     skill      : skill  
  #     level      : Current level of the skill
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def skill_name_acquire(name_array, skill, level)
    hash_temp = {}
    skill_value = nil
    hash_temp     = name_array[skill.id]  if name_array[skill.id] != nil
    unless hash_temp == nil
      skill_value = hash_temp[1]          if hash_temp[1]         != nil
      skill_value = hash_temp[level+1]    if hash_temp[level+1]   != nil
    end
    return skill_value
  end
end

but as of now, about the only thing i have added is bag skill, i got the skill leveling system ill add later, and see how it works, and the blacksmith system, but im worried about adding too much stuff at once, since i dont really know what im doing script-wise.

Use [code][/code] tags when posting code please. ~ gameus

As for the blacksmithing thing, i like it, i think ill give it a try, and ill see if i can make 2 different interfaces, or instead of an alchemy and a blacksmith one, ill just have it be called "crafting" and have them all be in one. the demon fusion thing is basically like the enchant, so cool, thanks very much for the help!

i did see the tons thing, but i didnt want to grab it for two scripts and have some huge amount of different scripts i dont want, then later have some bit i dont need jack up something i did want, plus, it says that that blue mage script works when you are hit by an attack that is learnable, and that isnt what i want. the blue mage bit i did want is to be able to get points towards learning a skill/gain stats from killing with a specific skill which i dunno if there are any blue mage scripts out there that work with the skill leveling system. im asking more for advice on where to start... item crafting i haven't checked into yet, im working on bag skill effects atm, which i have had some problems with recently, so here goes...

i've been trying to figure out how to add extra skills into the bag skills scripts, so its not solely just skill X is Y effect, and thats all i get, i want some varying skills, powers, elements, and not just everyone having skill X for if they have Y ability. so, heres been my attempts:
here's bag skill script for absorb

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=begin
==============================================================================
 ●● Name: Absorb
    Effect: Damage is absorbed to the user of the skill
==============================================================================
=end
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * Begin SDK Log
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
SDK.log('Skill Effect Absorb', 'Trickster', 1.1, '4.22.07')
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * Begin SDK Enable Test
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
if SDK.enabled?('Skill Effect Absorb')

module Effects
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Absorb
  #   - syntax skill_id => absorb_percentage
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Absorb = {116 => 60}
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Default Absorb Effect
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Absorb.default = 50
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Absorb Element (Element Rates are not used)
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Absorb_Element = nil
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Do Not Touch
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Methods << :absorb
end

class Game_Battler
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Skill Effect Absorb
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def skill_effect_absorb(user, skill)
    # If A Absorb Effect
    if skill.has_effect?(:absorb)
      # Get Parameters
      percent = Effects.effect(:absorb, skill.id)
      # Get Damage
      @damage_hp = [self.hp, @damage_hp].min
      # If Damage is greater than 0
      if @damage_hp > 0
        # If 0 percentage (random)
        osmosed = percent == 0 ? rand(@damage_hp) + 1 : @damage_hp * percent / 100
        # Add to Hp
        user.hp += osmosed
        # Set Damage
        user.damage = -osmosed
      end
    end
  end
end
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * End SDK Enable Test
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
end

here's the alterations i made, mind, i have o real idea what i am doing scripting wise, i just followed what it looked like was done on the one other script by trickster that had more than one effect...

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=begin
==============================================================================
 ●● Name: Absorb
    Effect: Damage is absorbed to the user of the skill
==============================================================================
=end
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * Begin SDK Log
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
SDK.log('Skill Effect Absorb', 'Trickster', 1.1, '4.22.07')
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * Begin SDK Enable Test
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
if SDK.enabled?('Skill Effect Absorb')

module Effects
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Absorb
  #   - syntax skill_id => absorb_percentage
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Absorb_ten = {81 => 10}
  Absorb_twenty_five = {82 => 25}
  Absorb_fourty = {83 => 40}
  Absorb_sixty = {116 => 60}
  Absorb_max = {84 => 100}
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Default Absorb Effect
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Absorb_ten.default = 50
  Absorb_twenty_five.default = 45
  Absorb_fourty.default = 40
  Absorb_sixty.default = 35
  Absorb_max.default = 30
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Absorb Element (Element Rates are not used)
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Absorb_ten_Element = nil
  Absorb_twenty_five_Element = nil
  Absorb_fourty_Element = nil
  Absorb_sixty_Element = nil
  Absorb_max_Element = nil
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Do Not Touch
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Methods << :Absorb_ten
  Methods << :Absorb_twenty_five
  Methods << :Absorb_fourty
  Methods << :Absorb_sixty
  Methods << :Absorb_max
end

class Game_Battler
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Skill Effect Absorb ten
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def skill_effect_Absorb_ten(user, skill)
    # If A Absorb Effect
    if skill.has_effect?(:Absorb_ten)
      # Get Parameters
      percent = Effects.effect(:Absorb_ten, skill.id)
      # Get Damage
      @damage_hp = [self.hp, @damage_hp].min
      # If Damage is greater than 0
      if @damage_hp > 0
        # If 0 percentage (random)
        osmosed = percent == 0 ? rand(@damage_hp) + 1 : @damage_hp * percent / 100
        # Add to Hp
        user.hp += osmosed
        # Set Damage
        user.damage = -osmosed
      end
    end
  end
end

class Game_Battler
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Skill Effect Absorb twenty five
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def skill_effect_Absorb_twenty_five(user, skill)
    # If A Absorb Effect
    if skill.has_effect?(:Absorb_twenty_five)
      # Get Parameters
      percent = Effects.effect(:Absorb_twenty_five, skill.id)
      # Get Damage
      @damage_hp = [self.hp, @damage_hp].min
      # If Damage is greater than 0
      if @damage_hp > 0
        # If 0 percentage (random)
        osmosed = percent == 0 ? rand(@damage_hp) + 1 : @damage_hp * percent / 100
        # Add to Hp
        user.hp += osmosed
        # Set Damage
        user.damage = -osmosed
      end
    end
  end
end

class Game_Battler
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Skill Effect Absorb fourty
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def skill_effect_Absorb_fourty(user, skill)
    # If A Absorb Effect
    if skill.has_effect?(:Absorb_fourty)
      # Get Parameters
      percent = Effects.effect(:Absorb_fourty, skill.id)
      # Get Damage
      @damage_hp = [self.hp, @damage_hp].min
      # If Damage is greater than 0
      if @damage_hp > 0
        # If 0 percentage (random)
        osmosed = percent == 0 ? rand(@damage_hp) + 1 : @damage_hp * percent / 100
        # Add to Hp
        user.hp += osmosed
        # Set Damage
        user.damage = -osmosed
      end
    end
  end
end

class Game_Battler
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Skill Effect Absorb sixty
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def skill_effect_Absorb_sixty(user, skill)
    # If A Absorb Effect
    if skill.has_effect?(:Absorb_sixty)
      # Get Parameters
      percent = Effects.effect(:Absorb_sixty, skill.id)
      # Get Damage
      @damage_hp = [self.hp, @damage_hp].min
      # If Damage is greater than 0
      if @damage_hp > 0
        # If 0 percentage (random)
        osmosed = percent == 0 ? rand(@damage_hp) + 1 : @damage_hp * percent / 100
        # Add to Hp
        user.hp += osmosed
        # Set Damage
        user.damage = -osmosed
      end
    end
  end
end

class Game_Battler
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  # * Skill Effect Absorb max
  #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
  def skill_effect_Absorb_max(user, skill)
    # If A Absorb Effect
    if skill.has_effect?(:Absorb_max)
      # Get Parameters
      percent = Effects.effect(:Absorb_max, skill.id)
      # Get Damage
      @damage_hp = [self.hp, @damage_hp].min
      # If Damage is greater than 0
      if @damage_hp > 0
        # If 0 percentage (random)
        osmosed = percent == 0 ? rand(@damage_hp) + 1 : @damage_hp * percent / 100
        # Add to Hp
        user.hp += osmosed
        # Set Damage
        user.damage = -osmosed
      end
    end
  end
end
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
# * End SDK Enable Test
#--------------------------------------------------------------------------
end

and heres the main problem...
script 'Skill Effects End (req) line 29:NameError occurred.
uninitialized constant Effects:: Absorb_Ten_Element
the script area that was messing up is:

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class Game_Battler
  # Set Local String
  string = ""
  # Run Through Each Method
  Effects::Methods.each do |symbol|
    # Get Corresponding method name
    method_name = "skill_effect_#{symbol.id2name}"
    # Get Method Call
    string += method_name + '(user, skill); ' if self.method_defined?(method_name)
  end
  # Recreate Method
  eval("def skill_effects(user, skill);  #{string}; end")
end

module Effects
  # Setup Elements Hash
  Elements = {}
  # Setup Parameters Hash
  Parameters = {}
  # Run Through Methods Defined
  Methods.each do |symbol|
    # Convert to string
    string = symbol.id2name
    # s_t_r_i_n_g -> S_T_R_I_N_G
    string = string.split('_').collect {|str| str.capitalize}
    # Rejoin
    element, parameter = string.join('_') + '_Element', string.join('_')
    # Add to Elements Hash
    [color=red]Elements[symbol] = const_get(element)[/color]
    # Add to Parameters Hash
    Parameters[symbol] = const_get(parameter)
  end
end

after looking around a bit more, i seen something in hte shadowheal area that made me wonder if it would work...
Shadow_Heal = {114 => [50, 3, 60], 115 => [-30, 3, -100]}
the 114 =>, then 115 => makes it point to two different skills, with different strengths, 115 being a harmful skill...
would something like this make for extra spots for the same desired effect?
 Absorb_ten = {81 => 10, 85 => 10}
if skill 85 was just another 10% absorb, but with a differing power, hits all enemies, ect...
and could i use it something more like
Absorb = {81 => 10, 82 => 25, 83 => 40, 84 => 60, 85 => 100}
instead of making more skills like i did (^^ 60 was in the hundreds only because that was the original absorb)
also, after solving this bit, could i tie another script effect onto the same skill as 81, so it also drains mp as well as hp?

thanks much for the help, and any future help though, i need some suggestions as to where to go, since im a utter noob.

Please use code tags when posting scripts. ~ gameus

                                               The Eternal War

        A War is raging in all of existence, a war that every living creature is touched by. In Existence, in all the realms, dimensions, and universes, there is only a finite amount of energy. This is true of all energy types, including the energy of life, Aether. but the aether of Existence is being drained by a creature calling itself 'God'. He has his forces invade realms, and request that they bow to his religion, and devote their lives to his cause, to unite all of existence to his rule. His goal is a unified existence, one that if an action is taken somewhere, immediately a reaction is taken elsewhere, so all of existence is kept fluid, always bending but never breaking. But if his demands are not met, he sends his armies of monsters, to break morale, and force the people to submit. If they still prove resilient, he then sends in the Eternals, creatures incapable of being killed by nearly any means. he does not control all eternals, however, and one eternal can grievously harm another eternal, if unable to kill them. The Grand Servant of the Natural Order, the tree of life Yggdrasil, and her servants are fighting against this 'god' they refer to as "The Nightmare". Yggdrasil's seers portend the entirety of existence unraveling because of Nightmare's actions, and an event only known as the "Cycle" coming askew, an event that keeps all of existence going on.
       Their mystics have a plan, though, take a team of Eternals, led by a special individual, into the heart of Nightmare's territory, and put a stop to his plans. They have foreseen that this individual is the only thing that can stop Nightmare's plans, and end his tyranny over all worlds. But, this individual was a creature from before what is known as reality was created. It has been summoned before, from its prison of Nothingness, where its creator locked it up  after it turned on him, devouring all of its works. When it was summoned, it nearly instantaneously engulfed the entire realm it was summoned to, and fled back into Nothingness. This creature might be a bigger threat than Nightmare, but can it be used for saving everything? Will Nature's agents be successful in their attempts to use some unnatural monstrosity to combat this threat?

Ideas i want in the game, needed scripts, other gimmicks, ect.:

Lets see, now to add some of the ideas for my game... first off, and most importantly to me, the main idea:
     Red= need a script, and possibly help.         Blue= have a script, trying to get it working     
     Orange = i can see a way around this w/o a script being necessary, so i'll probably go that route, unless i get better advice   
      I got the idea done already, just awaits fine tuning a bit.
---The Main character, Lerial, doesn't get many stat points or skills when leveling up. Instead, you'll need to finish off enemies with one of his 'eating' skills, that will disable exp gains and item drops from that enemy, but add stats and some skills that will level up with a certain amount of continuously eating that type of enemy. i want there to be multiple levels of gains as well, like eat 5 of X enemy, get y stat, then x+5 to get y+5 stat, then X+10 to get y+10 stat, then stop there for that enemy, and for the skills to work around the same, instead of a new skill, increased levels in that skill: it gets stronger, add effects, ect.
       I need a blue mage style script that will let me gain a variable (stats, skills) that works with a skill levelling script, and can work on a point based system, like use on 5 enemies exactly for first part, exactly 10 after that for second, ect and opefully the bit about disabling the enemy's exp and money/item drops, but i might just be able to make the enemy disappearing from the fight a final part of the skill, as if they ran away or whatnot...

---Skill leveling and evolution: I want the skills to level from repeated usage, aside for Lerial's, which will increase from more eating of the enemies. also, if you acquire skills in a similar area, sometimes the skills will 'fuse' granting you a new skill, for instance, if greater heal is level 5, and mass heal is level 5, then you will also get a new skill, greater mass heal at level1, whenever the conditions are met. thats just an example, but it works for all characters, even lerial.
(maybe linked to an item tied to commands, like if G.heal is lvl 5, and if mass heal is level 5, teach X G mass heal, then erase that command link from the item's menu afterwards.) that way i could tie other chara's abilities in as well, maybe. dunno.
       I have a script along this line, DerVVulfman skill leveling script, i'll be testing it out later, to see if it works well or not, hopefully it will work out well with the current scripts/any future scripts

---three styles of itemcrafting: alchemy, weapon+armor crafting, and demonic fusion. alchemy might be as simple as making potions from items, multicurative items, or potions to deal damage and cause statuses in and out of battle. Weapon and armor crafting is as it sounds, using ores and other items to craft weapons and armor. and demonic fusion, taking some of the intrinsic attributes of different plants and animals and making improved gears out of them, like status resistant armors, accessories, and weapons imbued with multiple sources of elemental and status afflicting abilities. ( this could be as simple as an area for an event, where if you can make said item, it shows you its stats and abilities/effects, and tells you the no. and type of items required, and you say yes. maybe have a workshop with three benches, one for alchemy, one for forging, and one between for the fusions...        I'll look for a script for this, after all, using the fusion to imbue basic armors with permanet stat boosts will take up a lot of inventory spaces, maybe make it so only armors of a certain quality can be imbued, ect. i'd love for it to be like a leather armor + 5 nails = weak tough leather armor, +10 nails a strong leather armor, +40 nails, titan leather armor, but with all the armor + ingredients, it just seems like too much of a strain, so i'll probably give like three classes of armors some basic stat increaser setups, and custom weaponry somewhat. ill say its like something about not all metals can hold these kinds of effects well...

---im thinking of having a elemental as a companion, one that can change into 5 different elements, but not quite sure how to work it out just yet... something like 5 different elementals, all named the same, with different skills... and a skill on the elemental that changes her type outside of battle...dunno how to tie the exp for one to all of them, though...    i dunno if the elemental tie in is doable w/o a script, so maybe i should be using red?

---speaking of the elemental, when lerial hits certain levels, he becomes strong enough to 'summon' parts of himself left behind in the Nothingness, like his elemental life force, given form, or a mechanical spellcaster, some of his ultimate gear, ectera, i think i can script that in fine, so np there.    Dunno why this would req a script, so i should be good.

---Some FF/pokemon esque skill effects, like absorbing hp, mp, % based attacks, ectera, i've got bag skill effects by Trickster (i think he's got some help with the collection, but thats where i started at.) the major things im interested in are the false swipe (hit dont kill the enemy) since lerial, to gain the stats/skill points, needs to land the killing blow with a certain skill, hp/mp absorption, mantra magic, form potion (for the alchemist chara) last stand (less allies = more damage, since using lerial's True Form will sacrifice all allies, but if it loses the fight, instant game over, and you can't revive them in battle, i could neglect that bit, but i like it.) the territory skill (damage and type depends on location, considering two of the charas are 'Nature's servants" this will be a nice touch)   like i said, i already have this script, and even a demo for it to see how it works, its bag skill effects by trickster... very nice one.

---changing how some skills react, like a water based healing skill harming a water weak chara, and healing more on a water resistant ally, while a water based attack will do lots more damage to a water weak foe, but potentially heal a water absorbing one, or be nullified by a water neutralizing one.   i think all of this can be done with built in element system, i did test both a water healing skill and a fire healing skill, as well as a water and a fire potion on a water at elem resist f and fire at elem resist a, one healed for 2x what it should have, and one did like 4X in damage, despite being a healing potion/skill, so cool.

I've got some other ideas, but they can wait, these are the more important ones to me, the others i could leave by the wayside and not mind as long as i had these, i would be more than satisfied with my work, and the works of others who contributed...
Sorry if its a little TL:DR...


http://forum.chaos-project.com/index.php/topic,12571.msg171698.html#msg171698

http://forum.chaos-project.com/index.php/topic,12572.0.html

alright, the "eating" skills basically work like ffx's version of blue magic, you use a skill, and if that enemy has a learnable skill, you'll learn it, or blue magic not based off being hit by a move, but by using a skill on an appropriate enemy. my alterations are that, to get any stat or skill, the final blow must be dealt with that 'eating' skill, and every enemy will have some ammount of stats/skill to get. basically, if the 'eat' skill lands a killing blow, Lerial gets points toward a stat or skill, since i want a skill leveling system in there as well.

Elemental: the thought i had was, have 5 different elementals in my character queue, but dont have them show up in the party menus, and only be able to change them outside of battle, from a non-battle skill the elemental has.they would have slightly differing stat builds, and definitely differing skills, but tied together if at all possible, where one gets exp, they all get equal exp.

Ideas i want in the game, needed scripts, other gimmicks, ect.:

Lets see, now to add some of the ideas for my game... first off, and most importantly to me, the main idea:
     Red= need a script, and possibly help.         Blue= have a script, trying to get it working     
     Orange = i can see a way around this w/o a script being necessary, so i'll probably go that route, unless i get better advice   
      I got the idea done already, just awaits fine tuning a bit.
---The Main character, Lerial, doesn't get many stat points or skills when leveling up. Instead, you'll need to finish off enemies with one of his 'eating' skills, that will disable exp gains and item drops from that enemy, but add stats and some skills that will level up with a certain amount of continuously eating that type of enemy. i want there to be multiple levels of gains as well, like eat 5 of X enemy, get y stat, then x+5 to get y+5 stat, then X+10 to get y+10 stat, then stop there for that enemy, and for the skills to work around the same, instead of a new skill, increased levels in that skill: it gets stronger, add effects, ect.
       I need a blue mage style script that will let me gain a variable (stats, skills) that works with a skill levelling script, and can work on a point based system, like use on 5 enemies exactly for first part, exactly 10 after that for second, ect and opefully the bit about disabling the enemy's exp and money/item drops, but i might just be able to make the enemy disappearing from the fight a final part of the skill, as if they ran away or whatnot...

---Skill leveling and evolution: I want the skills to level from repeated usage, aside for Lerial's, which will increase from more eating of the enemies. also, if you acquire skills in a similar area, sometimes the skills will 'fuse' granting you a new skill, for instance, if greater heal is level 5, and mass heal is level 5, then you will also get a new skill, greater mass heal at level1, whenever the conditions are met. thats just an example, but it works for all characters, even lerial.
(maybe linked to an item tied to commands, like if G.heal is lvl 5, and if mass heal is level 5, teach X G mass heal, then erase that command link from the item's menu afterwards.) that way i could tie other chara's abilities in as well, maybe. dunno.
       I have a script along this line, DerVVulfman skill leveling script, i'll be testing it out later, to see if it works well or not, hopefully it will work out well with the current scripts/any future scripts

---three styles of itemcrafting: alchemy, weapon+armor crafting, and demonic fusion. alchemy might be as simple as making potions from items, multicurative items, or potions to deal damage and cause statuses in and out of battle. Weapon and armor crafting is as it sounds, using ores and other items to craft weapons and armor. and demonic fusion, taking some of the intrinsic attributes of different plants and animals and making improved gears out of them, like status resistant armors, accessories, and weapons imbued with multiple sources of elemental and status afflicting abilities. ( this could be as simple as an area for an event, where if you can make said item, it shows you its stats and abilities/effects, and tells you the no. and type of items required, and you say yes. maybe have a workshop with three benches, one for alchemy, one for forging, and one between for the fusions...        I'll look for a script for this, after all, using the fusion to imbue basic armors with permanet stat boosts will take up a lot of inventory spaces, maybe make it so only armors of a certain quality can be imbued, ect. i'd love for it to be like a leather armor + 5 nails = weak tough leather armor, +10 nails a strong leather armor, +40 nails, titan leather armor, but with all the armor + ingredients, it just seems like too much of a strain, so i'll probably give like three classes of armors some basic stat increaser setups, and custom weaponry somewhat. ill say its like something about not all metals can hold these kinds of effects well...

---im thinking of having a elemental as a companion, one that can change into 5 different elements, but not quite sure how to work it out just yet... something like 5 different elementals, all named the same, with different skills... and a skill on the elemental that changes her type outside of battle...dunno how to tie the exp for one to all of them, though...    i dunno if the elemental tie in is doable w/o a script, so maybe i should be using red?

---speaking of the elemental, when lerial hits certain levels, he becomes strong enough to 'summon' parts of himself left behind in the Nothingness, like his elemental life force, given form, or a mechanical spellcaster, some of his ultimate gear, ectera, i think i can script that in fine, so np there.    Dunno why this would req a script, so i should be good.

---Some FF/pokemon esque skill effects, like absorbing hp, mp, % based attacks, ectera, i've got bag skill effects by Trickster (i think he's got some help with the collection, but thats where i started at.) the major things im interested in are the false swipe (hit dont kill the enemy) since lerial, to gain the stats/skill points, needs to land the killing blow with a certain skill, hp/mp absorption, mantra magic, form potion (for the alchemist chara) last stand (less allies = more damage, since using lerial's True Form will sacrifice all allies, but if it loses the fight, instant game over, and you can't revive them in battle, i could neglect that bit, but i like it.) the territory skill (damage and type depends on location, considering two of the charas are 'Nature's servants" this will be a nice touch)   like i said, i already have this script, and even a demo for it to see how it works, its bag skill effects by trickster... very nice one.

---changing how some skills react, like a water based healing skill harming a water weak chara, and healing more on a water resistant ally, while a water based attack will do lots more damage to a water weak foe, but potentially heal a water absorbing one, or be nullified by a water neutralizing one.   i think all of this can be done with built in element system, i did test both a water healing skill and a fire healing skill, as well as a water and a fire potion on a water at elem resist f and fire at elem resist a, one healed for 2x what it should have, and one did like 4X in damage, despite being a healing potion/skill, so cool.

I've got some other ideas, but they can wait, these are the more important ones to me, the others i could leave by the wayside and not mind as long as i had these, i would be more than satisfied with my work, and the works of others who contributed...


Here's the description of my game, this is just the script part...\/\/\/\/\/
http://forum.chaos-project.com/index.php/topic,12571.msg171698.html#msg171698

Wow, i can actually see the "new topic" button, cool beans. anyway, i thought i'd come here and post my game idea, so if i ever need to point someone in the direction of my game, as in, what it is about, and what im looking for improvement wise, i can point them somewhere... lets see, where to start...

How about the story!
                                  The Eternal War

        A War is raging in all of existence, a war that every living creature is touched by. In Existence, in all the realms, dimensions, and universes, there is only a finite amount of energy. This is true of all energy types, including the energy of life, Aether. but the aether of Existence is being drained by a creature calling itself 'God'. He has his forces invade realms, and request that they bow to his religion, and devote their lives to his cause, to unite all of existence to his rule. His goal is a unified existence, one that if an action is taken somewhere, immediately a reaction is taken elsewhere, so all of existence is kept fluid, always bending but never breaking. But if his demands are not met, he sends his armies of monsters, to break morale, and force the people to submit. If they still prove resilient, he then sends in the Eternals, creatures incapable of being killed by nearly any means. he does not control all eternals, however, and one eternal can grievously harm another eternal, if unable to kill them. The Grand Servant of the Natural Order, the tree of life Yggdrasil, and her servants are fighting against this 'god' they refer to as "The Nightmare". Yggdrasil's seers portend the entirety of existence unraveling because of Nightmare's actions, and an event only known as the "Cycle" coming askew, an event that keeps all of existence going on.
       Their mystics have a plan, though, take a team of Eternals, led by a special individual, into the heart of Nightmare's territory, and put a stop to his plans. They have foreseen that this individual is the only thing that can stop Nightmare's plans, and end his tyranny over all worlds. But, this individual was a creature from before what is known as reality was created. It has been summoned before, from its prison of Nothingness, where its creator locked it up  after it turned on him, devouring all of its works. When it was summoned, it nearly instantaneously engulfed the entire realm it was summoned to, and fled back into Nothingness. This creature might be a bigger threat than Nightmare, but can it be used for saving everything? Will Nature's agents be successful in their attempts to use some unnatural monstrosity to combat this threat?

Ideas i want in the game, needed scripts, other gimmicks, ect.:

Lets see, now to add some of the ideas for my game... first off, and most importantly to me, the main idea:
     Red= need a script, and possibly help.         Blue= have a script, trying to get it working     
     Orange = i can see a way around this w/o a script being necessary, so i'll probably go that route, unless i get better advice   
      I got the idea done already, just awaits fine tuning a bit.
---The Main character, Lerial, doesn't get many stat points or skills when leveling up. Instead, you'll need to finish off enemies with one of his 'eating' skills, that will disable exp gains and item drops from that enemy, but add stats and some skills that will level up with a certain amount of continuously eating that type of enemy. i want there to be multiple levels of gains as well, like eat 5 of X enemy, get y stat, then x+5 to get y+5 stat, then X+10 to get y+10 stat, then stop there for that enemy, and for the skills to work around the same, instead of a new skill, increased levels in that skill: it gets stronger, add effects, ect.
       I need a blue mage style script that will let me gain a variable (stats, skills) that works with a skill levelling script, and can work on a point based system, like use on 5 enemies exactly for first part, exactly 10 after that for second, ect and opefully the bit about disabling the enemy's exp and money/item drops, but i might just be able to make the enemy disappearing from the fight a final part of the skill, as if they ran away or whatnot...

---Skill leveling and evolution: I want the skills to level from repeated usage, aside for Lerial's, which will increase from more eating of the enemies. also, if you acquire skills in a similar area, sometimes the skills will 'fuse' granting you a new skill, for instance, if greater heal is level 5, and mass heal is level 5, then you will also get a new skill, greater mass heal at level1, whenever the conditions are met. thats just an example, but it works for all characters, even lerial.
(maybe linked to an item tied to commands, like if G.heal is lvl 5, and if mass heal is level 5, teach X G mass heal, then erase that command link from the item's menu afterwards.) that way i could tie other chara's abilities in as well, maybe. dunno.
       I have a script along this line, DerVVulfman skill leveling script, i'll be testing it out later, to see if it works well or not, hopefully it will work out well with the current scripts/any future scripts. also, some way to have passive skills, like for regen states and such, that can be tied to either character or to a piece of equipment.

---three styles of itemcrafting: alchemy, weapon+armor crafting, and demonic fusion. alchemy might be as simple as making potions from items, multicurative items, or potions to deal damage and cause statuses in and out of battle. Weapon and armor crafting is as it sounds, using ores and other items to craft weapons and armor. and demonic fusion, taking some of the intrinsic attributes of different plants and animals and making improved gears out of them, like status resistant armors, accessories, and weapons imbued with multiple sources of elemental and status afflicting abilities. ( this could be as simple as an area for an event, where if you can make said item, it shows you its stats and abilities/effects, and tells you the no. and type of items required, and you say yes. maybe have a workshop with three benches, one for alchemy, one for forging, and one between for the fusions...        I'll look for a script for this, after all, using the fusion to imbue basic armors with permanet stat boosts will take up a lot of inventory spaces, maybe make it so only armors of a certain quality can be imbued, ect. i'd love for it to be like a leather armor + 5 nails = weak tough leather armor, +10 nails a strong leather armor, +40 nails, titan leather armor, but with all the armor + ingredients, it just seems like too much of a strain, so i'll probably give like three classes of armors some basic stat increaser setups, and custom weaponry somewhat. ill say its like something about not all metals can hold these kinds of effects well...

---im thinking of having a elemental as a companion, one that can change into 5 different elements, but not quite sure how to work it out just yet... something like 5 different elementals, all named the same, with different skills... and a skill on the elemental that changes her type outside of battle...dunno how to tie the exp for one to all of them, though...    i dunno if the elemental tie in is doable w/o a script, so maybe i should be using red?

---speaking of the elemental, when lerial hits certain levels, he becomes strong enough to 'summon' parts of himself left behind in the Nothingness, like his elemental life force, given form, or a mechanical spellcaster, some of his ultimate gear, ectera, i think i can script that in fine, so np there.    Dunno why this would req a script, so i should be good.

---Some FF/pokemon esque skill effects, like absorbing hp, mp, % based attacks, ectera, i've got bag skill effects by Trickster (i think he's got some help with the collection, but thats where i started at.) the major things im interested in are the false swipe (hit dont kill the enemy) since lerial, to gain the stats/skill points, needs to land the killing blow with a certain skill, hp/mp absorption, mantra magic, form potion (for the alchemist chara) last stand (less allies = more damage, since using lerial's True Form will sacrifice all allies, but if it loses the fight, instant game over, and you can't revive them in battle, i could neglect that bit, but i like it.) the territory skill (damage and type depends on location, considering two of the charas are 'Nature's servants" this will be a nice touch)   like i said, i already have this script, and even a demo for it to see how it works, its bag skill effects by trickster... very nice one.

---emel changing how some skills react, like a water based healing skill harming a water weak chara, and healing more on a water resistant ally, while a water based attack will do lots more damage to a water weak foe, but potentially heal a water absorbing one, or be nullified by a water neutralizing one.   i think all of this can be done with built in element system, i did test both a water healing skill and a fire healing skill, as well as a water and a fire potion on a water at elem resist f and fire at elem resist a, one healed for 2x what it should have, and one did like 4X in damage, despite being a healing potion/skill, so cool.

I've got some other ideas, but they can wait, these are the more important ones to me, the others i could leave by the wayside and not mind as long as i had these, i would be more than satisfied with my work, and the works of others who contributed...
Sorry if its a little TL:DR...