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RedMaverickZero · Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:31 pm Post subject: Scan Attack

Alright, I need to know how to make a Scan type attack. Like, well you should know if you know what to do. An attack that shows how much HP an enemy has. I tried one way and it didn't work, and then another, no go, so please, help me out.
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Aethereal · Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2004 1:34 pm Post subject:

"Show damage without actually dealing" on a 100% HP reduction attack should do the trick. If that doesn't work (I've never tried that bitset myself) then there's another way to do it, but it's more complicated. Let me know if you want me to explain it.
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RedMaverickZero · Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:04 am Post subject:

Okay, don't get mad, but I don't know how to do it even with those instructions. Perphaps someone could explain it over AIM or something or detailed right here.
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Aethereal · Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:19 am Post subject:

There's a bitset called "Show damage without actually dealing it" (or something like that). Simply make an attack that reduces an enemy to 0% of their HP, and put that bitset on it. I can't really explain it very much beyond that. :\
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Ysoft_Entertainment · Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 9:19 am Post subject:

how to make a scan attack

first make two new attacks

than make the first attack do no damamge
make it chain to the second attack
make chain to be 100%
(problem is that if you select the no damage, the name of the attack won't show)

second attack, select damage setting to be HP=100% of the current
(hp can be any stat)
set extra damage -100%

next in the bitsets, make the attack show damage without inflicting it
turn on "do not randomize"

thats it, nothing more to it.

example:

first attack:Scan
second attack:HP left
it works pretty well.
if you want more, chain the second attack to any other attacks, to show the max hp
MP, maxMP, and any other attacks you might want.
oh yea, one more thing make the second attack have no animation, and no attacker animation.
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RedMaverickZero · Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 9:25 am Post subject:

Thanks YSoft, but I actually got help on it and reduced it down to one attack. And it looks mighty nice I may say. But thanks anyways.
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Ysoft_Entertainment · Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 9:27 am Post subject:

you can use only one attack
its just that the way I showed you might be a little pretier.
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Me · Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 9:48 am Post subject:

Um, if you set extra damage to -100%, won't it do zero damage? "Show damage without inflicting" does just that, shows the damage the attack would've caused, but doesn't actually do the damage.
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RedMaverickZero · Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 11:19 am Post subject:

The one thing I messed up on is I forgot to set extra damage to 100. Without that, the damage was always 0. So yeah, Me. That is the case.
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Bob the Hamster · Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2004 3:22 pm Post subject: