Castle Paradox

MADSOFT Games · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 2:57 pm Post subject: MADSOFT's Script Issues

I've said this in a post in the Xerion topic in announcements, but I figured it fits better here.
So, I want to make the slime boss creature summon smaller slimes, which means he shoots parts of himself. The slime boss is untargetable, and every slime he summons uses up 10HP. The only way to defeat him is by killing the smaller slimes until he is out of HP, but I'm not sure how to make this work. Could anyone help me out please?
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TwinHamster · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:32 pm Post subject:

This would be better placed in the Game Design forum, since it has nothing to do with Plotscripting.

Leave the Slime Boss untargetable by Heroes, but let him be targetable by Foes.

Before (Or after) he summons a minion, make him use an attack that damages itself for 10 HP.

I don't think it's possible to exceed the 8 Enemy Cap in battles through spawning, so that should be enough.

If you want to limit him to only spawning, say, three creatures at once:

Place invisible, untargetable (by all) enemies with the 'Die without Boss bitset', so that they'll stop the Boss by continuously spawning and will die at the end of the battle.

It will make things much easier if you only let him spawn when he's alone, and maybe let him summon a random amount of back up all at once (Random Chaining).

MADSOFT Games · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:37 pm Post subject:

Hmm...I'm not sure I understood what you just explained >_>;
You gave me steps which I already knew, I just don't know how to implement the summoning...
And I'm sorry, can a moderator transfer this to the appropriate forum category?
Ok, so, you mentioned it being easier if the slimeboss was alone. Which he is. What then?
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TwinHamster · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:46 pm Post subject:

MADSOFT Games · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 3:48 pm Post subject:

I was aware it existed, but I have no clue how to use it...
And cool, thanks ^^
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MADSOFT Games · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject:

Hmmm...ok, I did all this, but for some reason, he does 225 damage to himself the first time he summons, and then he does 0 every time after the first time...
Here's what I did:
"Call Slime" attack:
Damage Math: HP=10% of Maximum
Base Atk: 100
Base Def: Default
Target Stat: HP
Extra Damage %: -90%
Aim Math:Never Miss
Number of Hits: 1

Targeted to Self only.

Bitsets:
Does "Trigger" damage
Do not randomize

Spawning:
How many to Spawn: 2
Spawn on "Trigger" hit: Mini Slime

He's untargetable by heroes and has 250 HP
I think I understand that I inversed the "10% HP" damage thing, (Since he does 225 Damage to itself the first time) I'm never good at using attacks to do anything else but regular attack damage.
But I don't understand why every other time after the first time, he does 0 damage.
All I want is for it to remove 10% of the Maximum HP for each summon, that means 25HP.
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Newbie_Power · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Posts: 1762

Set this bitset, because "10% of maximum" HP literally sets your HP to 10% of the maximum, while turning this bitset on fixes the issue.
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MADSOFT Games · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:49 pm Post subject:

Thanks NewbiePower ^^
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TwinHamster · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:50 pm Post subject:

MADSOFT Games · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:51 pm Post subject:

MADSOFT Games · Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject:

Hmmm...ok
I want the boss to summon only 1 slime and not summon anything if a slime is already summoned, else the hero can just wait 10 turns till the slimeboss kills itself...
Is there a way to do this?
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TMC · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:39 am Post subject:

Set the spawning attack to an alone attack. Then the boss shouldn't do anything until its spawn has been killed. BTW, if you have any enemies set to "untargetable by heroes" (if you are using invisible enemies to fill up slots), they aren't counted when checking whether an enemy is alone.
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MADSOFT Games · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 1:16 am Post subject:

TMC · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:02 am Post subject:

They don't count. I just tested.
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MADSOFT Games · Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:03 am Post subject:

Oh cool, but why wouldn't they count? They're still enemies... o_O;
Well, I guess it's how the OHR works Raspberry!

Thanks for your help Mad Cacti!
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