How to make an attack chain more when a spell is used?

Eonhetwo · Post by **Eonhetwo** » Sat Oct 17, 2020 5:08 pm

Hello! I'm new here, and to the OHRRPGCE so just wanna say it's good to be here. I'm working on a battle system for a game and had one question.. with maybe a couple minor others as well.

Ok, so here's my situation and what I want to achieve; My hero has a basic melee attack that hits once. He also has a magic spell that, when cast, allows that melee attack to chain into a combo. What I want is to be able to cast that magic spell a second time, allowing the attack to chain even further into an even bigger combo.

Here's my setup; I've got three attacks (whack, bop, and smash) and one spell (combo trigger)

The first attack (whack) chains into the second (bop) with the condition of a tag check. If (always) and tag 4=On then chain into bop.

Now my spell, combo trigger, has the following in the "tags" menu;
On Use
If (always)
Set tag 4=On
On use
If tag 5=on
Set tag 6=On

Ok, so this works to activate that bop chain. If I whack without using combo trigger, there is no bop.

OMG I totally figured it out while typing this... Ok so I got the three hit combo down when using the combo trigger twice.

So NOW my question is.. How do I reset all these tags I flipped after a battle? They stay on so on the subsequent battles he starts off with the whole whack bop smash combo.

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Sat Oct 17, 2020 6:32 pm

Hello, and welcome!

I think the best way to reset the tags after battle is with an after-battle script.

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plotscript, after battle, won, begin
  set tag&#40;4, off&#41;
end

After you compile and import the script, you can set that as the global After Battle Script in the "Edit General Game Data" / "Special Plotscripts" menu.

Eonhetwo · Post by **Eonhetwo** » Sat Oct 17, 2020 7:17 pm

Thanks! That worked perfectly. Are you James Paige? I'm so sorry about that fatal marshmallow incident...

But thanks for making this engine! Really appreciate it.

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Sat Oct 17, 2020 7:28 pm

It was tragic! The marshmallow burns were so extensive that there was only enough of me left to reconstruct as a hamster.

And you are welcome! :)