Learning Attack

[Cheesylard]

Im trying to make a ability that will be like the "blue mage" systom.
It would be called "Learning" or "Examine"... or somthing.
It would be simalar to the "lance" ability in Final Fantasy 10.
For those who dont know the game, heres how it plays out:
Charecter: "Uses lance on 'goblin'"
Goblin: "Loses 45 HP"
Charecter: "Learns 'goblin punch'"

Really, its that simple...or diffucult. But if the enemy dosnt have a attack to give (Or already gave one) then the "Learn" part would be cut out. I just want to replace the word "lance" with some other attack name.

Any help would be apreciated!

[madcopper]

Re: Learning Attack

what you could do is to allow the character to have the abilities (ie make it so they can learn them but make the level really high) and have a check run after using your "lance" attack to see if a flag is flipped for that ability and if it is not, then the character learns the ability and the flag turns on.

Im not entirely sure how you would do this, so just hope DW posts.

[DK6025]

Re: Learning Attack

Set a flag for each ability that can be learned, then sort by the enemy's name. In the Custom slot of the direct effect(or success, however you want to set it up), make a script like this:

Examine:
Get enemy name
Sort by: Input: Common Name
Apply If: Goblin
Condition: Flag[Goblin Punch]=Off
Target Ability:Goblin Punch
Message:"Character learns Goblin Punch!"
Flag[Goblin Punch]=On
SC:End
To End
SB:End

Repeat Apply Ifs and Conditions for every enemy ability you want available. Of course this system only works for one character. If you want it to be available to all characters, a variable for each ability might be neccessary.

[Cheesylard]

Re: Learning Attack

Thanks, this is exactly what I needed!