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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Maliki79

#561 Feb 3, 2023, 10:26 PM Source

Scotty said:
I feel like I'm probably asking for too much, but does anyone know if there's a way I can customise the skills menu to appear over the battle menus instead of the battle field?

For example something like this:
View attachment 252130
Maybe THIS?
VR0

#562 Feb 6, 2023, 03:05 AM Source

Not compatible with VE_BattleStatusWindow at all unless you have setted this plugin to CTB. That plugin cannot shown the ATB bars.
Ys42

#563 Feb 4, 2024, 11:46 AM Source

Hmm, is it possible to use formulas for the state duration, how we can use
<target_atb:-50*(3*a.mat - b.mdf)> for other stuff? So, instead of

<atb_duration:15000> I could write
<atb_duration:1500*(1+0.01*luk)> for example
ZimXero

#564 Feb 23, 2024, 12:38 AM Source

For those that have been asking for interruption, I had an idea in VisuStella CTB:
Create a state called "Charged" or "Casting" that lasts one turn. Apply it to actor as an effect on each charge skill. Have a handful of skills that will bump the enemy turn order one or more spots IF they are affected by "Charged" or "Casting". Such skills could give bonus damage or drain MP, and could disable the state after use to prevent multi-targeting if it would be an unwanted exploit.. The downside is that it's one size fits all, and it won't know if they are casting at the moment, only that they used a time casting skill that turn.
Lionheart_84

#565 Mar 9, 2025, 12:41 PM Source

Could it be made so that as the atb bar fills it is yellow, and when it is completely full it becomes another color? Green example?
Maliki79

#566 Mar 9, 2025, 04:39 PM Source

From what I can see, nope...
Lionheart_84

#567 May 13, 2025, 08:54 AM Source

Escape command disappeared
Lionheart_84

#568 Mar 6, 2026, 12:05 PM Source

How active the CTB mode?