Ellye's ATB (also includes CTB option)

Mellye · 2015-10-24T16:56:32+0900

Disclaimer: I did this mostly as a learning experiment for RPG Maker MV, but it should also be usuable. Perhaps something similar is even already implemented in some of the core plugins, I didn't check. Anyway! This is a pretty straightforward script that works nicely in a plug'n'play style, no real setup required. What does it do? It changes the way your battle works slightly, by turning it into ATB (Active Time Battle) combat; as many of the Final Fantasy games (plus a few others). It adds a new gauge besides your HP, MP (and possibly TP), called a "AT" gauge. The speed that this gauge fills up is based on your character Agility. The most agility he has, the quicker the gauge fills up. A character gets to act when his gauge is full. So your combat is no longer structured on rounds where everyone gets to act exactly the same amount of time, but instead is more free-form: a character that is considerably faster will get to act more times during a fight. Monsters use the same system (but their gauge is hidden). Configurable Parameters: You can set a "weight" for the Agility attribute, if you feel that the default one doesn't work well with the numbers you're using in your project (i.e: perhaps you want to make Agility even more relevant, or perhaps you feel like this script is making agility a bit too relevant and want to tune it down). You can also set a "Turn Timer" - this is relevant for mid-battle Events that have a turn condition. This is basically the "Agility" that the turn timer would have (it also might affect status effects set for "Turn End" instead of "Action End"). Legal: Feel free to use this script as much as you want. I just can't offer any warranty. Etc: The code is obviously a bit of a mess - I've just coded this throught the witching hours after a full workday. But do let me know of any bugs or other issues! Current Version: 2015-11-28-1906: * 2015-11-28-1906: Cast motion should now finish at the proper time. * 2015-11-26-1052: Added the option of mid-battle escape. * 2015-11-22-1515: Fixed a bug with Confusion/Enrage effects and casting times. * 2015-11-22-0925: Made enemy gauges compatible with Yanfly's sprite sideviews for enemies (and possible other similar SV sprites). * 2015-11-22-0453: Can now also use on states. See HELP. * 2015-11-20-1808: Added notetag for states, actors, classes, equips and enemies, and notetag for states. * 2015-11-14-2144: Added the note-tag feature. Can be used on actor, class, equip and enemy to set a starting amount of ATB. * 2015-11-14-2004: Can now select which parameter to use for casting, instead of it being fixed on Agi. There's a global parameter, and the note . * 2015-11-14-1629: Added Battler EndTurn Effects parameter. * 2015-11-14-1518: Added delay system. See HELP. * 2015-11-14-1405: Separated a few stuff into their own method, like casting stop/starting and atb ratio. * 2015-11-14-0154: Made step back when casting compatible with Yanfly's. * 2015-11-14-0134: Turn prediction now predicts casting times when hovering over a skill with cast_time. * 2015-11-11-2339: Fixed an issue with Turn Timer and Instant ATB. * 2015-11-11-1101: Added paramaters for the Turn Order Display to show symbols when hovering over skills that affect the predction. Work in progress, it looks pretty crude still. And it still needs to predict cast on hover too (it only displays after selection for now). Leave those parameters blank to disable the feature. * 2015-11-09-2317: Enemies now also use the different interruptible cast gauge color. * 2015-11-09-2317: Separated the drawActorATBGauge method for better compatibility with interface and gauges plugins. (Thanks for the suggestion, Bobstah!) * 2015-11-09-0119: Characters with restricted movement (stun, for example) have their cast interrupted and their gauge display stays empty. * 2015-11-08-2354: Fixed casting actors staying forward until the next action. * 2015-11-08-2354: Added Imported.Ellye_ATB for compatibility. * 2015-11-08-2307: Can now mark skills as and other skills as . Also added parameters related to the interrupt system. See HELP. * 2015-11-08-2157: Can now add custom and per skill. See help. * 2015-11-08-1557: Added a Default Animation parameter (played at start of cast, defaults to 0 due to compatibility, but I recommend 52 from the default RM MV database). * 2015-11-08-1557: Added a Default Cast Motion parameter. * 2015-11-08-1557: Added the option of using reversed cast gauges. * 2015-11-07-1722: Fixed a bug with lingering enemy cast bars depending on how it finished casting. * 2015-11-07-1722: Improved performance of enemy gauges slightly. * 2015-11-07-0519: Added ATB gauges and Cast gauges for enemies, and parameters to configure it. PENDING: Offset per enemy (via [Note]), configurable gauge back color, and a few other optional stuff. * 2015-11-07-022…

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Mellye

#441 Nov 22, 2015, 05:12 PM Source

Oh, I think I know what might have caused this. I'll have an update shortly.

Update: I believe this should be fixed now.
Ghost of Christmas Kloe

#442 Nov 22, 2015, 05:16 PM Source

Mellye said:
Oh, I think what might have caused this. I'll have an update shortly.
Ok thanks for your yet again awesomely amazing helpfulness! :rhappy:

Yay It has been updated with a fix! Thank you!!

EDIT: I know this is random but this is the 444th reply and that is cool
Aidensmercy

#443 Nov 22, 2015, 05:30 PM Source

Hey, somehow it works now, after this new update, amazing!

is there a way to change the color of the atb bar while haste is on? Like instead of it being yellow like normal, change it to red while above 100% and blue while below.
Ghost of Christmas Kloe

#444 Nov 22, 2015, 05:32 PM Source

Aidensmercy said:
Hey, somehow it works now, after this new update, amazing!

is there a way to change the color of the atb bar while haste is on? Like instead of it being yellow like normal, change it to red while above 100% and blue while below.
It didnt work? Anyway, it seems like a cool option to have different color of ATB bar when haste is on!
Mellye

#445 Nov 22, 2015, 05:52 PM Source

Aidensmercy said:
is there a way to change the color of the atb bar while haste is on? Like instead of it being yellow like normal, change it to red while above 100% and blue while below.
There are some new parameters for this. Look for:

Positive Haste Gauge Color 1

Positive Haste Gauge Color 2

Negative Haste Gauge Color 1

Negative Haste Gauge Color 2

Zero Haste Gauge Color 1

Zero Haste Gauge Color 2

If those parameters aren't showing up in your Plugin Manager, you might need to remove and re-add the plugin.
Ghost of Christmas Kloe

#446 Nov 22, 2015, 05:53 PM Source

Mellye said:
There are some new parameters for this. Look for:

Positive Haste Gauge Color 1

Positive Haste Gauge Color 2

Negative Haste Gauge Color 1

Negative Haste Gauge Color 2

Zero Haste Gauge Color 1

Zero Haste Gauge Color 2

If those parameters aren't showing up in your Plugin Manager, you might need to remove and re-add the plugin.
Ok, may I say this plugin has almost every feature anyone ever wanted in an ATB script! :D
Mellye

#447 Nov 22, 2015, 06:14 PM Source

I'm thinking about creating a couple of Demo Projects to showcase some of the configurations and such of my plugin. I'll try to get this done through the next week.
Ghost of Christmas Kloe

#448 Nov 22, 2015, 06:18 PM Source

Mellye said:
I'm thinking about creating a couple of Demo Projects to showcase some of the configurations and such of my plugin. I'll try to get this done through the next week.
That's a very nice thing to do! :D

I'd recommend using Yanfly Animated Battlers in the demo to show that it is compatible!!
harvard1932

#449 Nov 22, 2015, 08:05 PM Source

this script have better compatibility than Yanfly's. But there is a problem where you cannot go back to escape menu.
Mellye

#450 Nov 22, 2015, 08:08 PM Source

harvard1932 said:
this script have better compatibility than Yanfly's. But there is a problem where you cannot go back to escape menu.
That one is on my priority to-do list, should fix it pretty soon.
StandardFiend

#451 Nov 22, 2015, 09:01 PM Source

Now that this is such a complex, awesome battle suite, Mellye, you should come up with a sweet name for it. So game credits can say "Powered by Such-and-Such Engine." Something cool like that.
Aidensmercy

#452 Nov 22, 2015, 09:05 PM Source

Mellye said:
There are some new parameters for this. Look for:

Positive Haste Gauge Color 1

Positive Haste Gauge Color 2

Negative Haste Gauge Color 1

Negative Haste Gauge Color 2

Zero Haste Gauge Color 1

Zero Haste Gauge Color 2

If those parameters aren't showing up in your Plugin Manager, you might need to remove and re-add the plugin.
I found the parameters, I guess i figured out that i don't think they work with the battle HUD i'm using.

is there any way to make them work with this HUD, the moghunter one.

https://atelierrgss.wordpress.com/rmv-battle-hud/
Mellye

#453 Nov 22, 2015, 09:32 PM Source

Aidensmercy said:
I found the parameters, I guess i figured out that i don't think they work with the battle HUD i'm using.

is there any way to make them work with this HUD, the moghunter one.

https://atelierrgss.wordpress.com/rmv-battle-hud/
I'll take a look at his scripts, it's likely to be possible. As soon as I finish cleaning up some current bugs and such, I'll take a look at those compatibility issues.
Xelion

#454 Nov 23, 2015, 12:10 AM Source

Aidensmercy said:
I found the parameters, I guess i figured out that i don't think they work with the battle HUD i'm using.

is there any way to make them work with this HUD, the moghunter one.

https://atelierrgss.wordpress.com/rmv-battle-hud/
I tested Ellye's simple ATB with that battle hud and it seemed to work fine (I put the Battle Hud plugin below Ellye's). Also works without noticeable problems with Yanfly's.
Aidensmercy

#455 Nov 23, 2015, 01:07 AM Source

Xelion said:
I tested Ellye's simple ATB with that battle hud and it seemed to work fine (I put the Battle Hud plugin below Ellye's). Also works without noticeable problems with Yanfly's.
they work fine together, just when you have haste on, the atb bar colors dont change like they should.
Xelion

#456 Nov 23, 2015, 01:37 AM Source

Aidensmercy said:
they work fine together, just when you have haste on, the atb bar colors dont change like they should.
Oh, right, didn't test that. It's probably because Mog's Battle HUD uses a picture to show different states of the ATB which (I think) are: charging, ready, charging skill and stopped. That's why I'm not sure if it can be fixed from Ellye's plugin side though =/
Unconnected42

#457 Nov 23, 2015, 09:16 PM Source

I had tested this plug-in a while ago and found it awesome, and now that I updated my version, it seems even more awesome!

There is a little something bugging me, though: for me, when I use a cast motion on some actor when chanting before casting a spell with cast time, the actor actually resumes performing the motion animation after the end of the spell action, until the next actor's action selection comes up.

Is it one of the 'current bugs' waiting for correction, or is it only happening for me?

Concerning other battle plug-ins that might interfere, I am mostly using Yanfly's scripts and notably action sequences.
Mellye

#458 Nov 23, 2015, 10:14 PM Source

Unconnected42 said:
I had tested this plug-in a while ago and found it awesome, and now that I updated my version, it seems even more awesome!

There is a little something bugging me, though: for me, when I use a cast motion on some actor when chanting before casting a spell with cast time, the actor actually resumes performing the motion animation after the end of the spell action, until the next actor's action selection comes up.

Is it one of the 'current bugs' waiting for correction, or is it only happening for me?
It is - basically the actors are looping the motions at least once more after they finish casting, instead of going back to their waiting motion instantly as intended.

Thanks for reminding me of this one, actually - I had forgotten to place it on my personal to-fix list.
Villhelm

#459 Nov 24, 2015, 01:11 AM Source

First off, I'm really enjoying this plugin, keep up the great work!

I'm not sure if this is a bug or a known limitation, but I'm encountering the following with a two skill sequence (I'm currently on version 2015-11-20-1808 and will try to update when I have time to see if it still persists) :

- Skill A is a basic single target damage skill.

- Skill A has an effect to call a Common Event that Force Action: Actor, Skill B, Last Target

- Skill B is a spell with <cast_time:50000> (the max ATB gauge value)

When performing this sequence, Skill B seems to skip the cast time. I have used Skill B in isolation and the cast time is correctly applied.

I have reproduced this issue in a project with all other plugins deleted so I don't think it's a compatibility issue.
Mellye

#460 Nov 24, 2015, 02:39 AM Source

Yeah, as it is right now, Force Action will indeed override casting time.

I'll see what I can do about that!