attempting a slightly more simple boss script...

[Master Maniac]

^ so ill need to know a few things. mostly about functions and stuff.

1- how do i tell an FFC to cycle? or change its graphics to the next on the tilepage? whichever works easier...

and 2- could i toggle an enemy's invincibility with scripting? could you explain how to do this if i can?

thanks =)

[Gleeok]

^ so ill need to know a few things. mostly about functions and stuff.

1- how do i tell an FFC to cycle? or change its graphics to the next on the tilepage? whichever works easier...


2 ways; Cycle the combo used by the ffc and/or ffc->Data = ? //combo number


and 2- could i toggle an enemy's invincibility with scripting? could you explain how to do this if i can?

Couple of things you could do here; hide the enemy off the screen or temporarily increase the enemies HP. I usually just make the enemys' X = -16 for this.



thanks =)


No prob.

[Master Maniac]

ahh damn... theres no way to do something like

NPC->invincibility=true

?

oh well...
oh and also,



ffc->Data = ? //combo number
you mean put the combo# where the ? is right?

well then this should be easy =)
thanks a lot

[Gleeok]

Oh it's not that hard.

npc e->X = -16;//invincible!! this->Data = 666;

[Master Maniac]

i dont think moving the enemy would work... its supposed to be attached to an FFC, and i dont quite understand how to revert its HP to what HP it had before the change if i just raised its HP a lot.

would i store its current HP as a variable and then tell it to return to that variable when its vulnerable?

[C-Dawg]

Well what I do is:

1. The FFC displays the enemy's graphics. The NPC itself is invisible (ghosted!)
2. When the NPC is supposed to be invincible, the ghosted NPC is moved to -16,-16.
3. When the NPC is supposed to be vulnerable, the ghosted NPC is moved to the FFC's location.

[Master Maniac]

ok... i understand lol.

i wanted to try something more difficult though so i did what i mentioned while waiting for a reply.


while (true){

Screen->CreateNPC(n);
Screen->CreateNPC(n);

ghost->HP=9999

if(Screen->NPC(n)<1){

ghoma eye->Data = c1;
ghost->HP=h

Waitframes(900);//waits 15 seconds(i think)
h=ghost->HP;

ghost->HP=9999;

ghoma eye->Data = c2


however im not sure if "h" will track the HP every frame or just store it how it was in that frame... i want it to store how it was in that frame, so it can go back to that value later