Professor Tio
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So I got an idea for something fancy that I'm implementing in a larger hold. I botched it some in my efforts to make it as close to the Goblin/Wyrm Weakness behaviors as possible, but I came up with some set-ups utilizing the quirk my scripting has. The current function is this:
- Whenever the player stands next to "elemental" monsters and is holding one of (presently) 2 "elemental" weapons, the weapon's power changes based on the match-up. Presently, there's only 2 elements in my set-up, so it's a simple "hold the opposite element to get a boost" concept.
-> Holding a fire-elemental weapon next to an ice-elemental monster will double the weapon's power, but holding an ice-elemental weapon next to the same monster halves the weapon's power. The same applies when flipped around; hold an ice weapon next to a fire enemy for doubled power, but a fire weapon gets halved next to that monster.
-> This effect also means one can get an advantage against other monsters nearby, not just the elemental monster itself!

These are the generic scripts as of right now:
Generic Weapon Script:

Generic Elemental Monster Script:

As is, the script interferes with itself whenever multiple elementals are present in one room (turn order means whichever elemental goes last is the only one that proctors the weapon modifier), but otherwise, thoughts on how this is looking?

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Someone Else
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You should probably have a global script that resets them all to 0, and then each Elemental monster should increment a relevant counter: when next to an Ice monster, Ice_count is incremented. Then let each weapon decide how to handle the Atk adjustment itself.

That way, you can more easily add more elements and have more complex interactions between them.

Professor Tio
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Okay I got it, thanks! I feel like giving an example of one of my set-ups, so here's the first I came up with that comes up about halfway through my hold:


Edit - Hang on, I'm trying to sort out the broken image...

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[Last edited by Professor Tio at 11-13-2019 07:53 PM]

Xindaris
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You're using the link to the page showing the image at imgur, when you actually need to use the url of the image itself. Try this: https://i.imgur.com/aeTVNVd.png

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Professor Tio
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Okay that worked, thanks.

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