Castle Paradox

msw188 · Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 1041

The 'good' thing about the fight option, from an OHR game author's standpoint, is that it is the option that is most easily allowed to be customizable to the player. All they have to do is equip something different, and the fight option can be wholly different. The boomerang is a great example, but I think that much more could be done with this. Elemental weapons are always a good idea as well, or weaons that take advantage of enemy types. The problem is that in the OHR, it is impossible to change equipment inside of battle (a very serious problem, to me).

As has been said, the 'fight' command is only a very bad thing when it is clearly enough to get by with every character fighting. I tried to avoid this in my game, but was only partially successful (I'm trying to be more conscious of it in my next game). One of the things in my game that might be of interest (Iblis seemed to think it was a good idea, anyway) is my 'morph' hero. Actually there are two of them. They are little floating dots that morph into various things in battle to fight. Being little dots, they cannot equip anything. If you choose the standard fight option, they just hit the enemy with their miniscule body and the attack is set to never hurt more than 1 HP. I have been trying to think of a good way to have a morph in the party in my next game, preferably early (in my current game, you do not get to use the morphs until at least five hours in or so).
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J.A.R.S. · Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:16 am Post subject:

reminds me of my hero Jordy, or did I get your description wrong? Do you actually choose the morph or is it random?

msw188 · Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 1041

You choose the morph. It only lasts one turn. The item-morph learns new morphs by using the item in question; the monster-morph learns new morphs by gaining levels. It is unfortunate, but I am seriously intimidated by the plotscript necessary to allow it to learn morphs after battling the monster in question.
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My first completed OHR game, Tales of the New World:
http://castleparadox.com/gamelist-display.php?game=161

This website link is for my funk/rock band, Euphonic Brew:
www.euphonicbrew.com

Inspiration · Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2007 10:27 am Post subject:

msw188 · Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 1041

I forgot about the new tag features with the attacks. That actually makes the script in question quite simple. Thanks so much, Inspiration (heh heh, your name works pretty well).

I really like your idea. Maybe you could get a better effect if you make the morph in question start a very high level. Then you have a script so that every time it levels up, it obtains an enormous amount of EXP to offset the fact that it would normally need a REALLY enormous amount of EXP for the next level. I wish we had more abilities to customize the levelling system in the OHR, though.
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My first completed OHR game, Tales of the New World:
http://castleparadox.com/gamelist-display.php?game=161

This website link is for my funk/rock band, Euphonic Brew:
www.euphonicbrew.com

Inspiration · Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:15 am Post subject:

You're very welcome for the tip.

I really wanted to avoid having to use any scripts regarding leveling, but it seems that I'll have no choice. I might just force him to level up a few times after each battle.
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TwinHamster · Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:52 am Post subject:

pharo212 · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 52

Simple, with one use items like shuriken.

Raekuul · Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:28 pm Post subject:

pharo212: ?

Everyone else: ???

In all honesty, what I'm doing with my newest idea is one character with just the fight option and a world of weapons at his disposal (once he finds them, of course), and one character that, while she can only use one weapon, she is an adept at healing and status affliction magics.

Side note: Any way to disable the item option in battle for specific characters?
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Newbie_Power · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Posts: 1762

msw188 · Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 1041

The problem with NP's suggestion is that your menu can only then hold 24 different item-attacks at once. I've already filed this as a feature request on Bugzilla; I think it would be really nice.

I am going to try to release a demo of my new game as soon as the levelMP bug is fixed, and you can see how I have tried to get around the OHR's item system. It isn't the prettiest thing in the world, but it works. The before and after battle scripts are surprisingly short for how much arm-twisting they pull off, if I may state my opinion of my own work for a moment.

EDIT: minor clarification
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My first completed OHR game, Tales of the New World:
http://castleparadox.com/gamelist-display.php?game=161

This website link is for my funk/rock band, Euphonic Brew:
www.euphonicbrew.com

J.A.R.S. · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 11:54 am Post subject:

Newbie_Power · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Posts: 1762

You can now give weapons a working cost, so you can effectively remove a costless attack if you want.
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J.A.R.S. · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 6:28 pm Post subject:

TwinHamster · Posted: Sat May 10, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject: