[MISSING] Blizz-ABS Version 0.9.7.2

[Blizzard]

It still might be buggy, that's why it's only version 0.97 for now. You can turn off the caterpillar by just having only 1 party member (there's a prob with it right now, I'll fix it in the next release). Your chars get invisible if they "die" (kinda ghost effect) or if you just set their transparency to true/opacity to 0/character spriteset to none.

About the centering bug: I'm not sure if it has to do with the centering of the characters. I'll look into that. I've had problems with that before already. =/

@Irockman1: Someday, yes. You will have 3 types of weapons: close-combat (melee) weapons (sword, lance, etc.), ranged-combat weapons (flail, boomerang, etc.) and projectile weapons (bow and arrow, harpune, etc.)
With skill it'll be similar: Close skill (obivous), Shooting skills (arrow type, etc.), Area skill (hit enemies around you) and ranged skills (game freezes (OR NOT, you can set it up), you choose to attack any enemy on the visible screen or within the skill range). Also skill will have the option of "Explosion on impact", so the can damage enemies around the target as well.

[Irock]

And, when they die how do you make them transparent instead of blinking?

[Karo Rushe]

That would be so awesome...I think it would be the greatest ABS of e'mm All.

[Blizzard]

It will be.

@Irock: I just switch their blending mode to "Add" ("Positive" in PK).

[Karo Rushe]

It will be.

@Irock: I just switch their blending mode to "Add" ("Positive" in PK).

=. I shall be speechless then...Would it be Compatibable in the Future with the other scripts made by you?

[Blizzard]

I can try. But many of my battle scripts are made for the DBS. Without edit, there's no chance they could just work with the ABS. =/ Altough add-ons should be still support for the major part. =)

EDIT:
Ok, I have fixed all the problems that were reported in version 0.9.7.0. Now it's 0.9.7.1.

[thunderstryke]

There's something wrong with mine, the text won't appear like on the title screen it doesn't say new game, exit ect.

[Kokowam]

You should go to the Blizz's tricks thing that was stickied on the tutorials page. There's a font override there that should make it work.

[JFloyd]

I can't get it to attack what so ever.
I changed the keys to my prefference.

[Blizzard]

Have you turned on the "CUSTOM_CONTROLS"? You need to set that value to true before you can use custom controls.

[JFloyd]

ok, i set it to true, but now it says the there is no implicit conversion from nil to interger. Do i need a certain code for the arrow keys?

[Blizzard]

If you don't give me the line number of the bug, I can't do a thing. Basically the control part should be looking like this:

  class Control
    # using other controls instead of arrow keys
    CUSTOM_CONTROL = true
    # set the next values only if the one above is true
    DOWN = 'S'
    LEFT = 'A'
    RIGHT = 'D'
    UP = 'W'
    ATTACK = 'J'
    DEFEND = 'K'
    SKILL = 'L'
    ITEM = 'I'
    SELECT = 'O'
  end

  class Control
    # using other controls instead of arrow keys
    CUSTOM_CONTROL = true
    # set the next values only if the one above is true
    DOWN = 37
    LEFT = 38
    RIGHT = 39
    UP = 40
    ATTACK = 'J'
    DEFEND = 'K'
    SKILL = 'L'
    ITEM = 'I'
    SELECT = 'O'
  end

This would put the controls to the arrow keys.

[tSwitch]

yeah 0.9.7 is pretty good!
the skills are still weird...
I don't like how MP is discharged before a spell hits, but w/e
(I need to make a user animation so that people know they are casting skills)
I also wonder if I can make an animation that focuses on the character and radiates out...

anyways, I also think that when you have the player stop moving during an attack, it really looks like it lags, I liked the smoothness of the older one, when you could move and attack at the same time.

[blazinhandle]

yeah 0.9.7 is pretty good!
the skills are still weird...
I don't like how MP is discharged before a spell hits, but w/e
(I need to make a user animation so that people know they are casting skills)
I also wonder if I can make an animation that focuses on the character and radiates out...

anyways, I also think that when you have the player stop moving during an attack, it really looks like it lags, I liked the smoothness of the older one, when you could move and attack at the same time.

well it would kind of look silly if the player moved past the enemy but the animation didnt as well...

[JFloyd]

[Resolved]

[tSwitch]

well it would kind of look silly if the player moved past the enemy but the animation didnt as well...

the animation stays on the enemy as when they are in range, it plays the animation for them being hit, not when you attack.

[JFloyd]

You might wana add this in to you thing.
Some people using PK need to change some things on line 2511, to change the font size=22, change the 22 to $defaultfontsize.
Thats what was wrong, my friend randy knows some scripting so he fixed it.
Also line line 2737 needs to have what is currently after the = in the script you posted changed to $defaultfontsize also if you want the control panel to work.

[Blizzard]

anyways, I also think that when you have the player stop moving during an attack, it really looks like it lags, I liked the smoothness of the older one, when you could move and attack at the same time.

In almost every game you have to stop for a moment before attacking. And there is still the option to make extra spritesets be used.

the skills are still weird...
I don't like how MP is discharged before a spell hits, but w/e

And when should they gonna be discharged? They get discharged as soon as you cast the spell. It works the same way like in RMXP's DBS, any other CBS I have seen so far and even as good as all commercial games I have played.

I also wonder if I can make an animation that focuses on the character and radiates out...

This would cause imense lag and it would glitch if the skill animation is working over the entire screen. =/

You might wana add this in to you thing.
Some people using PK need to change some things on line 2511, to change the font size=22, change the 22 to $defaultfontsize.
Thats what was wrong, my friend randy knows some scripting so he fixed it.
Also line line 2737 needs to have what is currently after the = in the script you posted changed to $defaultfontsize also if you want the control panel to work.

Trust me, there is a VERY good reason why I didn't do it. If you would change another font, it could get crunched together. Same goes for the HUD. The HUD has a limited size, so it doesn't take up too much space. Also it actually doesn't use the size 22 in the bitmaps, I only set that as reference. If I would allow those parameters to be changed through the global font variables, the HUD would most probably either become unreadable or even glitch. As I said, those values are fixed for a very good reason.

And BTW, this isn't a full fix. Dyna uses $fontsize and $fontface to determine the font size and name.

[JFloyd]

I can understand that.
Just throwing it out there, cuase I couldnt see the control panel, and I just changed it all to the defualt thing and I can everything works.

[Blizzard]

Sure, no problem. I used the font Arial which is actually a standard font in every windows. I'm quite surprised you couldn't see it in the first place.

[tSwitch]

In almost every game you have to stop for a moment before attacking. And there is still the option to make extra spritesets be used.

yeah, I know, but without them made, it's kinda laggy looking

And when should they gonna be discharged? They get discharged as soon as you cast the spell. It works the same way like in RMXP's DBS, any other CBS I have seen so far and even as good as all commercial games I have played.

if you read later on, I did say that I'd have to make the skills show an animation on the character so that they know that the MP has been spent.
I know why you have the MP discharged before the skill is used or you'd use it multiple times and blah blah blah, but I just think it's too bad that no animation is keyed in automatically to show that a skill was used.

[Blizzard]

Right, I got what you meant. I forgot to make the "user animation" work. (>.<)

[JFloyd]

I just noticed that none of my teleport events work, so i cant get into my buildings or anything......

[Blizzard]

I fixed that bug long ago. I'll be sure to check it out.

[JFloyd]

Want me to post the script?
cuase i got all my text edits in it...