Xindaris
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The "set var at" commands let you change the stats of even a normal monster.

It'd be helpful for certain applications if there was also a "get var at" command that puts the given thing (stats, description, etc.) into a return variable or something.

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You can use the _EnemyStat primitive function in a Set var command (or other commands that support resolving equations) to extract the standard monster stats.

For various predefined vars, it should be possible use Set var at for that as well. When it resolves and equation, it does so as the character at the specified position, meaning its local values will be used. So you can set a global var equal to _MyHue, for example, and that will extract the value from the character.

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Maybe I misunderstand what you're saying, but the following code doesn't seem to work the way you're suggesting:



The "set var" commands work as expected, setting "totalatk" to 0, then 1, then 2. At (10, 8) is a vanilla Mad Eye, so I would expect at least one of those "set var at" commands to add 95 to "totalatk", but instead they evidently do nothing.

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_EnemyATK is a variable. hyperme is talking about the _EnemyStat function primitive. (There is a list of these, together with syntax, below the list of predefined variables in the F1 help.)

Here's an example script that reads the ATK of a monster at (10,8):

  Set var "TotalAtk" = 0
  Set var "TotalAtk" + _EnemyStat(10,8,1)
  Speech "$TotalAtk$",Normal,Self,0,.

The third parameter of _EnemyStat is 0 to read the HP, 1 for ATK and 2 for DEF.

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Okay, that's buried deeper than I'd looked. This should make my dumb custom thing work great. Sorry, and thanks!

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