Let's see if i got this right.

[RPG Learner]

So since the other topic i'd had is gone. i wondered about the steal script and using the advice i got from others here.

I attempted to do it but am i doing it correctly?

Here's my script for it so far. (This came from someone here and i'm using that to make the steal script.)

000- Data Get Enemy Name
001- Script: Call Target Name
002- Data: Variable (TempVariable9)=(+1)?(+100)
003- Script Branch Common Name
004- Script Branch Apply if: Number is +1
005- Script Branch Condition: Variable (TempVariable9)<+60

That's how far i got for the script can anyone help at what i should do from here please. cause i'm still fleshing out my ideas on paper.

[WilliamKirk]

Re: Let's see if i got this right.

That's as far as I know too. Hopefully Dungeon Warden'll know how to track if the player's stolen from an individual enemy yet or not (which is where I get lost). Good luck!

[RPG Learner]

Re: Let's see if i got this right.

Thank you i'll need it.

[Rodak]

Re: Let's see if i got this right.

So since the other topic i'd had is gone i wondered about the steal script and using the advice i got from others here.

I do not know if this is what you meant, but there is an option at the bottom of the postings list with which you can view older threads. I made a similiar mistake when the New Look took over and may be projecting my error on you.

Sorry if that is not what you meant.

As for the Steal Script, I tried a while ago and wound up simplifying the script so much that it was abandoned. All I did was set a random chance of getting a random item with a simple, general, message. I found it daunting to set specifics for each enemy's possibilities.

If the simplified version will help, I'll see if I kept it and post it here if you like. It was not a complex script and could likely be created from the info above, but if you want to "Dumb it Down" just to get it working, I can help.

If you want a "Professional" Thief, wait for a more experienced user to reply.

Good Luck with it.

Peace.

[RPG Learner]

Re: Let's see if i got this right.

I think i will try both but the simplified one you did might be useful for outside of battle stealing.

But i'll also wait for an experienced script too.

[Rodak]

Re: Let's see if i got this right.

OK, I am doing this from memory on my Lunch Break (it is too hot to sit in the car and read comic-books like I usually do), so it may be "buggy," but I can always come back and edit it for functionality. The general idea is the important thing.

This will perform a "Steal" action if set to a Direct Effect. The variables and flag(s) are custom named. Asterisks (*'s) are where the messages go.

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EDIT:
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DO NOT USE THE BELOW SCRIPT. IT CAN NOT EVEN BE CREATED. I WAS NOT NEAR MY PS2 WHEN I WROTE IT AND MUST HAVE HAD A BRAINFART BECAUSE I CROSSED CONCEPTS AND POSTED A USELESS SCRIPT.

There is a corrected version in the post by Dungeon Warden below this one. I left it alone so you could all see what happens when you try to do too much.
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Game Info: Load
Data: Variable: [what'd I get?] = 0 ? 99
Script Branch: Sort: Variable [what'd I get?]
Apply if number <10
None
* (no item)
To End
Apply if number <20
Party: Possessions: Give Crappy Item
*
To End
Apply if number <70
Party: Possessions: Give Normal Item
*
To End
Apply if number <90
Party: Possessions: Give Cool Item
*
To End
Apply if number <95
Party: Possessions: Give Really Cool Item
*
To End
Apply if number <99
Party: Possessions: Give Great Item
*
To End
Apply if number =99
Party: Possessions: Give Great Item
*
Apply Together
Script: Call Script [self-reference]
Force Script End
To End
*

This is just the skeleton. There were flags for each boss which set conditions for Unique Item Stealing (the same ones that get turned off after the battle to remove the event battle from the map) (I gave up at that point).

The "Self Reference" script call was a way to let you steal twice if the number =99. I do not recall if it worked or, if not, how I had it repeating.

You can set other flags and variables/sorts within each Apply if to randomize the given item.

[Dungeon Warden]

Re: Let's see if i got this right.

Rodak, you can't use sort that way (no > or < symbol). Here is a modification:

Game Info: Load
Data : Temp Flag 1 = Off
Data: Variable: [what'd I get?] = 0 ? 99
Script Branch : Repeat : Temp Flag 1 = Off
Script Branch : Condition [what'd I get?] <10
None
* (no item)
Data : Temp Flag 1 = On
To End [Note: To End will go to the end of the repeat]
Script Branch End Condition
Script Branch : Condition [what'd I get?] <20
Party: Possessions: Give Crappy Item
*
Data : Temp Flag 1 = On
To End
Script Branch End Condition
Script Branch : Condition [what'd I get?] <70
Party: Possessions: Give Normal Item
*
Data : Temp Flag 1 = On
To End
Script Branch End Condition
Script Branch : Condition [what'd I get?] <90
Party: Possessions: Give Cool Item
*
Data : Temp Flag 1 = On
To End
Script Branch End Condition
Script Branch : Condition [what'd I get?] <95
Party: Possessions: Give Really Cool Item
*
Data : Temp Flag 1 = On
To End
Script Branch End Condition
Script Branch : Condition [what'd I get?] <99
Party: Possessions: Give Great Item
*
Data : Temp Flag 1 = On
To End
Script Branch End Condition
Script Branch : Condition [what'd I get?] =99
Party: Possessions: Give Great Item
*
Apply Together
Script: Call Script [self-reference]
Data : Temp Flag 1 = On
Script Branch End Condition
Script Branch End Repeat

Here is the first script fixed:

000- * Get Enemy Name
001- Script: Call Target Name
002- Data: Variable (TempVariable9)=(+1)?(+100)
003- Script Branch Sort Common Name
004- Script Branch Apply if: Input = Orc
005- Script Branch Condition: Variable (TempVariable9)<+60
006- No item
007- To End
008- Script Branch End
009- Script Branch Condition: Variable (TempVariable9)<+90
010- Party: Possessions: Give Normal Item
011- To End
012- Script Branch End
013- Script Branch Condition: Variable (TempVariable9)<+100
014- Party: Possessions: Give Rare Item
015- To End
016- Script Branch End
017- Script Branch Apply if: Input = Goblin
018- repeat for every possible Enemy

Note: if two or more enemies have the same chance of getting the same items, repeat there names in the list. Example:

Script Branch Apply if: Input = Goblin
Script Branch Apply if: Input = Moblin
Script Branch Apply if: Input = Kobold

Will use the same commands that follow to determine what item is found. Remember, unless there is a To End (or To Top) command, the script will keep doing commands in order no matter how many Apply if's in put in between. Think of Apply If as a Go To line number (or Go To Label) command.

It would be very hard to determine if an enemy has already been robbed. By keeping the chance of success low you can allow multiple items to be taken from the same enemy. Most people will get bored stealing from the same enemy over and over again. Besides the fact that the enemy will get to attack them every round as well.

Bosses on the other hand are unique and can be set up to be only robbed from once by tripping a flag when their item is taken.

[Rodak]

Re: Let's see if i got this right.

Rodak, you can't use sort that way (no > or < symbol).

Oops. I knew I should not have tried that on break.

I am still not up to scripting from memory, but I tried anyhow.

And now I recall why I gave up.

I was using Script Branch Conditions, nested too many and reached the limit!

I knew I should have waited until got home and checked.

Sorry if I confused anyone.

[RPG Learner]

Re: Let's see if i got this right.

Is this also the Professional Version Dungeon Warden if so then i'll try this script out and use it. Thank you for your help.

I'm going to have to make some ending credites to put people who helped me on this.

[Dungeon Warden]

Re: Let's see if i got this right.

I don't know who professional it is, but this is the idea I can up with then designing this system for someone else. It should work as well as any other idea I can come up with. Reading the reset scripts helps you to discover neat tricks, like using the Repeat and To End commands to avoid nesting a lot of Condition scripts.

Give the scripts a try and let me know how well they work out for you.

[RPG Learner]

Re: Let's see if i got this right.

Ok i will but now i've got another problem well the script worked but can't be sure until this minor issue is fixed here.

It's the direct effects for the steal script alright now i wonder if i have to make new ones and knowing where to put the script at.

Here's what i got so far. not much but i bet you can help me see if i'm on the right path in this.

Steal Script Experiment (Most of it is empty i'm on a blank script right now for direct effects.)

Settings Type Support
Rate 0
Success 100%

Custom
Target Enemy
Single Party Member-Single Enemy

Directing
Group -none-
Success -none-
Crtical -none-
Custom -none-
Fail -none-

Adv
Turn Start
Turn End
Check Start Start HP
Check Fail Ban Ability
Effect Start Technique (I's made a new one for the display text.)
Counterattack
Consume

Multi Effect
First Effect
After Effect
Success Check

Result
Success Steal
(Crtical)
(Custom)
Fail Ability Fail 1
Dodge

[WilliamKirk]

Re: Let's see if i got this right.

The Adv 'Result' slot is what happens when it succeeds and defaultly the chance of success is the percent in the first Cus tab. The script should go in the Adv 'Result' slot if it's what happens when the player succeeds (checking the enemy, stealing the item). It should work fine then.

If you want your own Acc/Eva-Success formula, you'd want to put it in the Adv 'Success Check' slot and make the percent in the first Cus tab be 100% (that's how I made mine).

[RPG Learner]

Re: Let's see if i got this right.

Hmm ok so how did you make yours then was it similiar to mine's.

[WilliamKirk]

Re: Let's see if i got this right.

I'm confused. Do you want to know how I made my steal ability or my Acc/Eva-Success formula?

With the steal ability I did this:

I'd already had my Acc/Eva-Success formula (used for magical and physical attacks already), and put it in the Adv 'Success Check' slot and made the percent in the first Cus tab be 100%. This so that technically the player always 'hits' the target, but after the player 'hits' the target I determine whether they really 'hit' the target or not (that may be hard to follow, sorry, the first two 'hits' are RPGM2's default battle system and the third 'hit' is me altering it).

I then made a script/event that did my steal stuff and put it in the Adv 'Result' slot. This is basically where you always put what happens when the direct effect succeeds for everything (steal - steal script, magic attack - damage script, magic heal - heal script, status effect - apply status effect, etc.).

The difference is that my steal script isn't what you want to do. I took the easy way out and made my 'Pilfer' ability steal money. My formula for figuring out the money stolen actually comes the instigator's (caster, player) AGI and CHA (LUCK) stats and the enemy is irrelevant. Mine has high success rate (equal to a normal attack) but doesn't give that much money. I did this to save myself a ton of work/memory/time/effort and not have to track whether the enemy's been stolen from or not nor track which enemy type is being targetted. Basically, this is the part where I leave you hanging, sorry.

Well, good luck! Tell me how it works out and ask any questions if you have them.

Edit: Here's more info and exact scripts on how I editted the DBS: http://doansdomain.proboards27.com/i...ead=1111985298 , I apoligize humbly if this is the first time you've seen it.

[RPG Learner]

Re: Let's see if i got this right.

Yes i'll take a look at it. but do you have the script on how to make Speel damage affect INT, and Skill damage affect STR? i lost the info on how to do that. i know i did on the Magic Formula 1 but i forgot it. and i think i lost the notes on how. so do you remember on how to do it?