Castle Paradox

[Ssalamanderr]

All right, I came up with an idea for a battle system (sorta) and actually started working on my game again. Basically, there are several classes of weapons (dagger, 1-handed sword, 2-handed sword), and you can use multiple weapons at a time (so a 1-handed sword and a dagger, or two 1-handed swords). I've got the items and attacks all set up, but now I have to figure out how to give the player the appropriate item when they find two weapons that can be used together.
At first I thought I could just make a shop, and use tags to make the item appear (so if you had both the Mercury Dagger and the Mist Blade, the Mist/Mercury item would appear in the shop). Unfortunately, the shop only allows me to check for one tag when buying (and one when selling, which doesn't help).
So at the moment it looks like I'm going to have to write a massive plotscript that checks for what weapons you have and adds the combinations every time you find a new item. As I am lazy to the extreme, I don't want to do that. So, does anybody know if there is an easy way to do this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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[Jjkaybomb]

Go up to James Paige and demand information or a better way from him. Shouldn't this be on the plotscripting forum then?
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[Flamer]

it'll be better if he tried to look at this first.

unfortunately, you'll need a huge plotscript to check if the player has "so-so" item in his/her inventory.
actually, the plotscript will only contain if statements and call shops.
you could try adding if statements in small increments, rather than write the entire thing and find you left something. or find someone who could help you do it for you.
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[Aethereal]

Wait, so you want to change their attacks based on what combination of weapons they are using?

The best way to do this is to just use script that constantly checks what everyone has equipped and assigns them the proper abilities based on their equipment. Unless you want these ability-teaching items in shops for a specific reason (you have to buy them, or something), you might want to go that route as it saves you a bunch of item slots.

Sorry if I mis-interpreted. Also I'm moving this to the plotscripting forum.
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[Ssalamanderr]

Aethereal, I've got it set up so that the player can use multiple weapons (actually one weapon with chained attacks) I just want the game to automatically add new combos to you inventory when you find a new weapon. So if you find a dagger that you can use with a sword you already have, a new item will become availiable that represents using both the dagger and the sword in battle. (Sorry, it's a bit hard to explain.)
I am using what you suggested for the magic system though. The wizards in my game gain their power by wearing "Bloodstones" which contain the power of demons and spirits.
Anyway, looks like I'm finally going to have to do some plotscripting (I've been avoiding it).
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[junahu]

[Uncommon]

It won't necessarily cause a buffer overflow. My newbie game three years ago used an each-step script to check for a job system, and it didn't overflow the buffer.

[Aethereal]

Nor does Magisteral's weapon-skills script, which changes EVERYONE'S skills based on what weapon they have -- and there are about 70 weapons. :\ In fact, I didn't even notice any lag, although that could be because I don't have a pathetic computer. ^_^;
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[Bob the Hamster]

A feature like that would add a lot to the battle system, but plotscripting it would be a royal pain.

I would like to add something like this in the future:

One or two tags in the Hero Spell List editor for each attack. I think this would be in addition to, not instead of the learned-from-item/learned-at-level settings.

A more advanced attack chaining system that could allow tag-depedant chains, either-or chains, and substitute-attack chains.

Yeah, that would be cool. Posts like this motivate me sometimes :)

[Machu]

Even if you can't do it, James, write down cool ideas for Hamster Wheel!
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[junahu]