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[Slime]

You know what moog, I think i'll try your idea out. Thanks

Err....10 ticks is like 1 sec, isn't it?
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[Moogle1]

I think it's closer to 15, but it depends on your clock rate.

You need a large delay to ensure proper turn order. If an enemy and a hero finish their delay around the same time, the enemy will attack first. This causes big problems when the enemies greatly outnumber the heroes.
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[Slime]

So, should enemies have slightly higher delays, or maybe I could make their speed 950 or 900?

Sorry if I ask too much. I never really used delays before....
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[Moogle1]

I'd set their speed much, much lower. At 999, the meter fills up in one tick. You might set their speed at 200 or less to account for the time the player will spend selecting his attack.
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[Slime]

Ah. But are the heroes ok with 999, or less?

I'm gonna make a copy of my rpg file just in case I don't like the changes i'll make trying this out.
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[Moogle1]

Heroes are fine with 999 unless you have "hold the spacebar" battles.
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[Slime]

Well, you could use spells, but you could get through most of the battles w/ spacebar mashing....Maybe I could have the main attack under a menu which has all the spells....
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[Mike Caron]

[Raekuul]

Percents are like measurements. Take the absolute value. He may have somebody do it for him, but the chances of that are 1::25 (4%). We have reached an age where the lay-OHRer tries to do it alone.
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[Mike Caron]

Yeah, except I don't mean the absolute value. I mean, quite literally, -4%. See, the only way we could get battle scripting is if we take TMC's battleless engine, and add it in there, using the extra room we got by removing battles.

See what I'm getting at?
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[Moogle1]

[Slime]

Wow! Moogle, you just opened up a whole new world for me!!!!

Serious;y, I should. I have "weaknesses" on enemies, but I guess It would be better fpr them to actually be vulnerable to one type of attacks....

Anybody have other ideas?!
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[Moogle1]

Yes. Play more games.

Play Thanksgiving Quest, for starters. Battles don't have to be about who deals more damage to whom. The big problem with far too many games is that every attack boils down to a different way to do damage to an enemy. Games with good battles have status effect spells that are A) useful and B) necessary.
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