x4 elemental weakness

[Bob423 52]

I need to nerf magic in The Hidden City of Arcatis, so I tried to use, what was going to be a really cool trick if it worked. It didn't.

 

I would give certain enemies (the ones that were VERY weak to certain elements) a second weakness called Fire 2 or something. Any weapon or spell that did Fire damage would also do Fire 2 damage so that when an enemy is weak to both Fire and Fire 2, the damage will be multiplied by 4 instead of 2 (A is x2, B is x1.5)

Makes sense, right?

 

Unfortunately, when testing it, the attacks still did x2 damage.

Basically, I want certain weapons and skills to be able to do a ton of damage to certain enemies, maybe 1-hit them, without making magic OP so it 1-hits everything else. If you watched fox's live stream, you saw how easy the game was when he spammed magic.

[Metaclaw 21]

To make a specific element do x2 the normal damage(400% instead of 200%),

 use this script:

* just change the element id from 20 to the id you want.

 

class Game_Enemy < Game_Battler



  alias old_element_rate element_rate



  def  element_rate(id)

      result = old_element_rate(id)

      # do whatever calculation you want on the usual result

      # for example: if the 'Fire2' element id is 20, you can do :

      (result *= 2) if id == 20

      return result

  end



end

 

#============================

or, if you want that element "effectiveness" will always stack up,

use this: 

(note 0 effectiveness of one element, means multiplying the result by 0.

so if the enemy is immune to one element of the skill, it'll take 0 damage)

 

class Game_Enemy < Game_Battler



  def elements_correct(element_set)

    # If not an element

    if element_set == []

      # Return 100

      return 100

    end

    # make the element rates stack up

    result = 100.0

    for i in element_set

      # get the effectivenesss rate of a single element

      rate = self.element_rate(i) * 1.0

      # if the rate is say, 200, multiply the 'final rate' by 2, etc.

      result *= rate / 100

    end

    return result.to_i

  end



end

 

 

Edited March 8, 2014 by Metaclaw

[Bob423 52]

It doesn't seem to be working. the element doesn't add any damage at all now.

[Metaclaw 21]

which of the two are you using?

I tested the second one, and it's seems to be working fine. 

just give the skill 2 elements that are 200% effective to make the skill 400% effective.

you can even use 3 elements, to make it 800% effective (2 * 2 * 2 * 100%), etc.

note this will effect your battle a lot. it multiplies all the rates. so for example, one rate being 200% and one 150% will make the skill 300% effective, cause the calculation is (2 * 1.5 * 100%)

then again, it only affects skills that have 2 elements or more.

Edited March 8, 2014 by Metaclaw

[Bob423 52]

I only tested the first one since that was the only one when I posted.

 

Tested the second and it works, thanks :D

[Metaclaw 21]

ok, great :)

please note this script also affects the 'Attack' action, when an actor's weapon has 2 elements or more.

[Bob423 52]

That's a good thing, thanks :D

[ShinkuAura 15]

The solution was found.

Locking this thread

 

Bob you forgot to.lock it yourself. Now if you want to re-open for a new problem just re-open it.