[XP] Blizz-ABS

[Ragnai]

Thanks a lot Blizzard (:
Couldn't you make an extra thread where we could post our ideas in?
And you would reply with: possible, not possible?

Thanks in advance, I'll be waiting.

~Ragnai

[Blizzard]

No, this thread is fine. It's for support and suggestions. There's no need for 2 threads.

[RoseSkye]

What's the snippet to check actor hp?

[Blizzard]

$game_party.actors[POSITION].hp
$game_actors[ID].hp

[RoseSkye]

$game_party.actors[POSITION].hp
$game_actors[ID].hp

Im sorry I didn't mean it that way. How do I check the amount of hp an actor has with conditional branches.

Example. Actor 2 has 25% hp and I want to use a conditional branch to trigger stuff when that happens.

[Ryex]

($game_party.actors[POSITION].hp.to_f / $game_party.actors[POSITION].maxhp.to_f) < .25 

position starts at 0 and goes to party size - 1

[Blizzard]

No need for 2 times to_f. If one number is converted to float, then every integer operand will be converted to float as well. Also the brackets aren't necessary.

@Rose: You can use this code in an event conditional branch. 4th tab, the option says "Script".

[RoseSkye]

No need for 2 times to_f. If one number is converted to float, then every integer operand will be converted to float as well. Also the brackets aren't necessary.

@Rose: You can use this code in an event conditional branch. 4th tab, the option says "Script".

I know that but I remember Z' (Zeriab) giving me a snippet that was like actor.hp = blahblahblah.. and I forgot.
The snippet checked to see if an actor's hp was at a certain percentage.

[Aqua]

$game_party.actors[POSITION].hp.to_f / $game_party.actors[POSITION].maxhp < .25 

position starts at 0 and goes to party size - 1

There it is... >.>

[RoseSkye]

$game_party.actors[POSITION].hp.to_f / $game_party.actors[POSITION].maxhp < .25 

position starts at 0 and goes to party size - 1

There it is... >.>

=O I overlooked that...

Doesn't work for some reason. I put position 1 because its checking actor 2.. 'sides that I want to check a specific actor so I can have individual commands. (Might be because of the BlizzABS.. last time that's what happened when Z' gave me a command like that)

[Aqua]

$game_actors[ID].hp.to_f / $game_actors[ID].maxhp < .25 

There XD

[RoseSkye]

I tried that.. syntax error

[Blizzard]

Don't use ".25", use "0.25".

And remember kids:
Writing cryptic code is NOT cool. You do not come over as smart or witty because you know some syntactic sugaring. Rather you come over as 0|\/|6 1337 h4xxorz. Do you want to be called a 13 year old boy who thinks he's a hacker? No, you don't. So don't use syntactic sugaring. Especially if the language doesn't support it.

[Aqua]

I only copy pasta'ed what Ry did D:

[RoseSkye]

Don't use ".25", use "0.25".

And remember kids:
Writing cryptic code is NOT cool. You do not come over as smart or witty because you know some syntactic sugaring. Rather you come over as 0|\/|6 1337 h4xxorz. Do you want to be called a 13 year old boy who thinks he's a hacker? No, you don't. So don't use syntactic sugaring. Especially if the language doesn't support it.

... feh... for some reason I feel like he just said something about my mother.

[Zeldaknight]

Don't use ".25", use "0.25".

And remember kids:
Writing cryptic code is NOT cool. You do not come over as smart or witty because you know some syntactic sugaring. Rather you come over as 0|\/|6 1337 h4xxorz. Do you want to be called a 13 year old boy who thinks he's a hacker? No, you don't. So don't use syntactic sugaring. Especially if the language doesn't support it.

I've found that Ruby is good at 'syntactic sugaring' - in fact it's one of the best languages for it. And syntactic sugaring can make your code more readable, not make you look dumb. Example: Ruby's one-line if (exit unless "restaurant".include? "aura").
But you're right - sugar can make something sweet or over-sweet.

[Blizzard]

Sure, syntactic sugaring can be good as you said. My main point was to avoid cryptic code after all. xD

[RoseSkye]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9wtNGpxP8o




Video displaying new HUD by winkio
Sprites by Southerland Zero
Kill Count by winkio/ game_guy
Communication system by me [If you want to just skip to the communication system goto 0:54]

[Hellfire Dragon]

Hey Blizz is there a way to check if a skill that has a certain element is used? ie, use some fire skill to melt a wall of ice.

[Zeldaknight]

Sure, syntactic sugaring can be good as you said. My main point was to avoid cryptic code after all. xD

Yeah, you're right of course.

BTW I'm re-trying to translate the script for RMVX (last time I decided it was too hard and gave up) now that I'm a little better with Ruby.
I can't see why they changed RGSS2 so much - I think most of the changes will just be changing names of methods ($game_system.words.sp => $game_system.terms.mp etc. And I liked SP better anyway )