[ian-reeds-games] Re: Tactical Battle 2.0 dev 4
- From: Monkey <murtagh69.monkeys@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2015 17:26:30 -0600
I was actually apologizing for the map creation document,but alright.
Although I have another one for you, the hidden flag for effects
doesn't appear to be in there either...
Yeah, that's understandable. I'm still happy to see what we have, I
just don't have as many ideas for usage for these as of yet. But that
will probably change when I think on it for a bit.
For effects, if you have the remove_skills flag specified, you regain
those skills both after the effect fizzles and if it is removed
prematurely, right? So we won't have to worry about losing a skill for
the entire duration of a map if we don't wait an effect out or
something?
I'm pretty sure that Garrett would also be happy to see the
equip_add_skills flag because of the shield bash skill we were
discussing in a past conversation.
Is it just me, or does the add_skills for item usage remind anyone
else of TMs and HMs in Pokémon? Hahaha.
And I think we talked about this before, but...how hard would it be to
add a drop_on_death= flag for units, that causes them to drop a
certain item after they die? Perhaps combined with a percent chance,
so you could have a 5% chance of getting a potion after defeating
something?
On 3/22/15, Craig Brett <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It's no trouble, I knew someone would ask about equipment. but I wanted
> to see how people reacted to the idea before ploughing more time into
> it. I guess that's a pretty positive nod for doing this for equipment
> too then!
>
> On 22/03/2015 23:04, Monkey wrote:
>> Ah, alright. I thought I should check, just in case.
>> Pity they don't work for equipment, I was really excited for that!
>> Stillmight have an idea or two for effects though.
>>
>> And sorry for giving you more work hahaha.
>>
>> On 3/22/15, Craig Brett <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I've fixed those typos and put some more explanation about how they work
>>> with items (i.e on use).
>>>
>>> Not sure if or how we can get them into the dev 4 release now. So they
>>> may have to wait until dev 5. I'm not sure.
>>>
>>> On 22/03/2015 22:45, Craig Brett (Redacted sender craigbrett17@xxxxxxx
>>> for DMARC) wrote:
>>>> Ah, that's a typo in the guide. It's add_skills and remove_skills. My
>>>> bad.
>>>>
>>>> I can fix it, but it'll mean Ian's got to redeploy a new version again
>>>> for people to get that new guide, er, I think.
>>>>
>>>> Add_skills on items refers to their use, not their equipping. Drinking
>>>> a potion that allows you to breathe fire, for example.
>>>> equip_add_skills would probably be the flag I'd go for there. That's a
>>>> related but separate feature.
>>>>
>>>> On 22/03/2015 22:27, Monkey wrote:
>>>>> And...it seems the adds_skills flag isn't working for items. I get
>>>>> this error when I load a map:
>>>>> "Adds_skills is not a recognized flag in..."
>>>>> I changed it to add_skills just to see what would happen, didn't get
>>>>> an error, but the skills weren't added when the item in question was
>>>>> equipped...
>>>>> If the flag is add_skills instead of adds_skills then the map creation
>>>>> guide has a typo, that's why I tried both...
>>>>>
>>>>> On 3/22/15, Monkey <murtagh69.monkeys@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> Ohhh, kay. I totally forgot about the updater.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Question about downloading packs using the game itself though, why
>>>>>> does it always say "Unable to find map pack settings.txt or
>>>>>> author.txt"? I get this message no matter what version I try
>>>>>> downloading packs for.
>>>>>> They work if I download the packs and manually paste them into the
>>>>>> map
>>>>>> packs folder, which is weird...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 3/22/15, Craig Brett <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>> You should be able to, yeah.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Or the in-game auto-updater should work off the bat this time. Or at
>>>>>>> least it did for me. The reason I was sending round links before is
>>>>>>> because we were having a little trouble with the auto-updater, but
>>>>>>> it
>>>>>>> should work by itself now.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 22/03/2015 21:55, Monkey wrote:
>>>>>>>> There's no link in your email though. I can't get it from the same
>>>>>>>> link that dev 3 was downloadable from, can I?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 3/22/15, Monkey <murtagh69.monkeys@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> "Battlemaster"? I like that.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Awesome new features! I'm especially excited for 2, because now I
>>>>>>>>> don't have to worry about users performing arrow skills when they
>>>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>>>> a sword equipped. It will make things so much easier! Plus, I can
>>>>>>>>> reduce the overall amount of skills that some units have access
>>>>>>>>> to in
>>>>>>>>> their unit file!
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 3/22/15, Craig Brett <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Hello Tactical Battlemasters,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The latest dev version of Tactical Battle is up and ready for
>>>>>>>>>> your
>>>>>>>>>> downloading pleasure.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Changes in 2.0 dev 4:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 1. Fixed a bug for edge cases where an effect or item adds a
>>>>>>>>>> damage
>>>>>>>>>> type
>>>>>>>>>> not already present to a skill or item attack, which would mean
>>>>>>>>>> any
>>>>>>>>>> protection against that added damage type would be ignored.
>>>>>>>>>> 2. Added add_skills and remove_skills flags to skills, items and
>>>>>>>>>> effects. These will grant or remove use of a skill to a unit. In
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> case of an effect, this is only for the duration of the effect.
>>>>>>>>>> 3. Added a hidden flag to effects, which allows them to not be
>>>>>>>>>> announced
>>>>>>>>>> in the Unit Information.
>>>>>>>>>> 4. Added shared.AddSkillToUnit and shared.RemoveSkillFromUnit to
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> shared object for scripters.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> This version also comes bundled with the new version of
>>>>>>>>>> Victorious's
>>>>>>>>>> scripts.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I wanted number 2 for a while, so thought I'd give it a try. If
>>>>>>>>>> it's
>>>>>>>>>> not
>>>>>>>>>> working out we can always go back on it, but I hope you guys can
>>>>>>>>>> find
>>>>>>>>>> good uses for it!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I hope you all like the newest update!
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Craig
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> -Mew
>>>>>>>>> __________
>>>>>>>>> http://www.savethefrogs.com/
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>>>>>>>
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>>>>>> -Mew
>>>>>> __________
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