First Z-Script Custom Boss(Unfinished)

[Fire Wizzrobe]

This is my first FFC custom boss. A lich that shoots fire.. just see the script.

ffc script firelich{

//Variables//
int flashcounter;
int i;
int state = 0;					//0 = Float
						//1 = Fire three fireballs
						//2 = Fire a large homing fireball
						//3 = Dead
int directionmem

//Constants//
int counter1 = 360;
int counter2 = 540;
int casting = not implemented;
int normal = not implemented;
int initCset = 7;


	void run() {

		//Pointers(Not used yet)
		
		ffc fire1 = Screen->LoadFFC(1);
		ffc fire2 = Screen->LoadFFC(2);
		ffc fire3 = Screen->LoadFFC(3);
		ffc homing = Screen->LoadFFC(4);

		while (true){
		
			if (this->Cset == 5 && flashcounter <= 1){
				Game->PlaySound(SFX_Hurt);
				if (Link->Item[I_SWORD4])
				hp -= 8;
				else
				if (Link->Item[I_SWORD3])
				hp -= 4;
				else
				if (Link->Item[I_SWORD2])
				hp -= 2;
				else
				hp --;
					
				
				if(hp == 0){
				state = 3;
				}
				else
				flashcounter == 32;
				}
				else
				if (flashcounter > 0){
					
					if (flashcounter % 2 == 0){
					this->Cset --;
						if (this3->CSet < 6) 
						this->CSet = 9;
					}
					flashcounter --;
				}
				else
				if (this3->CSet != initCSet)
				this3->CSet = initCSet;
			}
					
			// Floating
			// X Speed starts at 3
			
			
			if(state == 0){

				if(this->Vx == 0)
				this->Vx = directionmem
				
				if(this->X <= 180){
				this->Vx -= 6;
				}

				if(this->X <= 40){
				this->Vx += 6;
				}

				if(counter1 != 0){	 //Time for the fireball attack?
				counter1 -= 1;
				}
				else
				{
				state = 1;
				}

				if(counter2 != 0){	 //Time for the homing attack?
				}
				counter2 -= 1;
				else
				{
				state = 2;
				}
			}

			if(state == 1){	
				
				directionmem = this->Vx;
				for ( i = 120; i>0; i-- ){ //Wait 2 seconds
				Waitframe();				
				this->Vx = 0;
				this->Data = casting;
				}				
							//Position Projectiles
				fire1->X = this->X-8;
				fire1->Y = this->Y-8;
				fire2->X = this->X;
				fire2->X = this->Y-8;
				fire3->X = this->X+8;
				fire3->X = this->Y-8;
				counter1 = 360;
				state = 0;
			}

			if(state == 2){	

				directionmem = this->Vx;
				for ( i = 120; i>=0; i-- ){ //Wait 2 seconds
				Waitframe();
				this->Vx = 0;				
				this->Data = casting;
				}
				
				this->Data = normal;
				homing->X = this->X;
				homing->Y = this->Y-8;
				counter2 = 360;
				state = 0;
			}

			if(state == 3){
 			
			Game->PlaySound(SFX_GROAN);
  			ffc this = Screen->LoadFFC(6); //Dying animation, gives HC too
			Quit();
			}
			Waitframe();
		
		} //End of while loop
	 } //End of void run
} //End of FFC

[_L_]

Uh, technically the "first" ZScript custom boss is the ZScript version of that Red Aquamentus I wrote last year. Now with sound effects!

Speaking of which, I should probably get CMotW #3 done at some point... possibly using that new ghosting technique...

[Fire Wizzrobe]

Heh, I meant my first.

[C-Dawg]

Uh, technically the "first" ZScript custom boss is the ZScript version of that Red Aquamentus I wrote last year. Now with sound effects!

Speaking of which, I should probably get CMotW #3 done at some point... possibly using that new ghosting technique...

Oh you kids and your online contests.

I think I'll whip up four more custom bosses today and just quietly stick em in script showcase or in LSGMB.

[Fire Wizzrobe]

Added the attack phases. The projectile combo's functions are seperate from the script. The fireball attack is 3 fireballs that fly in an arch out from the boss. The homing attack is a giant that follows Link for 3 seconds, then flies off-screen diagonally.

I am unsure about this part of the code working;

for ( i = 60; i>=0; i-- ){
//Wait a second
Waitframe();
this->Vx = 0;
this->Data = casting;

Heh, my first time using the for structure. Will the waitframes slow down animation? And will the casting animation be reset everytime it loops?

[jman2050]

the animation will not reset, since the combo timer is independent of everything else. And using a waitframe there is precisely what you were supposed to do if you wanted to wait 1 second.

[Fire Wizzrobe]

I like your Aquamentus flashing routine, L, and I hope you don't mind me borrowing it.:)

				if(hp == 0){
				Dying(this6);
				}
				else
				flashcounter == 32;
				}
				else
				if (flashcounter > 0){
					
					if (flashcounter % 2 == 0){
					this->Cset --;
						if (this3->CSet < 6) 
						this->CSet = 9;
					}
					flashcounter --;
				}
				else
				if (this3->CSet != initCSet)
				this3->CSet = initCSet;
			}

Can you (or someone else) explain to me how it works? Does there have to be a flag on the combo that changes it to CSet5? And I assume Dying(this6) would change the current FFC to the 6th?

[Fire Wizzrobe]

Now it's done, but I don't know if it's even functional. At the end, do I need ffc in front of this->?