[MZ] JABS - J's Action Battle System

Jragyn · 2021-01-01T02:40:43+0900

JABS - J's Action Battle System J / JE / Jragyn v3.2.1 Introduction Using this engine will enable you, the RM dev, to create a game where battles take place in real-time on the map between the player (with their allies if they wish) and the enemy. Interactions between enemies are by-design expected to be fast paced, no more than 5-10 seconds at most, allowing for development of zelda-like games from the SNES era. This was largely inspired by Blizzard's ABS (BlizzABS / BABS, for XP) and Moghunter's ABS (XAS / Chrono Engine, for XP+/MV). Features JABS stands for J's Action Battle System. (Clever, huh?) Enemy battlers can be created via events w/ specific comments. Enemy battlers will follow their configured AI (that you decide with comments). Enemies can have default parameters to reduce the overhead for enemy creation. Ally battlers will follow their designated AI mode (changeable via menu and tags). Ally AI is a separate plugin and can be disabled if a solo game is desired. Ally AI can be toggled with switches and by enabling/disabling followers via event command. An aggro system that works for both enemies and allies(if used). Aggro is based on damage dealt (all kinds), and is configurable. Tags are used on skills to allow for creation of things like aggro-generating or reduction. Tags are used on states to enable aggro multipliers (positive or negative) or aggro locks. Basic 8-directional movement (doesn't support 8-dir character sheets though). The demo has DOES have an adapter plugin that enables Cyclone-Movement to grant pseudo pixel movement as well. Crude animation support. Animation as in, changing of the character sheet to something else for a short duration to give the illusion of animation. I am no sprite artist and opted against commissioning folks for assets just for testing this functionality, so it may be kinda glitchy. When I get my hands on the type of assets I'm looking for, I will revisit this. Spoiler: plugins I wrote and included that aren't JABS but do make JABS a little bit better It is important to note that these plugins may not be flawless! They were built by me and for me, but I figure folks may want a bit more detail about them here. Most all the plugins should have usage details in the plugin description. Use with caution! Click to expand... This comes with a bundle of plugins that are designed as "extensions" of JABS: AllyAi: enables allies/followers to fight alongside the player. InputManager: a plugin that translates button/key input to JABS actions. This is effectively a sample for how to build your own input mappers for JABS should you want to change your input layout or what have you. Diagonals: enables 8-directions for actions (such as a fireball). The "Diagonals" plugin may get removed when a more complete integration with Cyclone-Movement is built. Click to expand... CycloneAdapter: a plugin that fixes some of the quirks with how Cyclone-Movement works in the context of JABS. This should be disabled if not using Cyclone-Movement. If you find that the game feels non-performant, it may be a result of too many enemies/allies on the map that are all trying to calculate proper move routes. Pixel movement is expensive when combined with constant calculation of where to go. As such, if you find that it is causing lag, consider reducing the number of enemies/allies on a single map, consider reducing the number of steps per tile (in the Cyclone-Movement plugin parameters), and/or disable the pixel movement altogether (along with the CycloneAdapter plugin). JABS by itself still supports 8-directional movement for enemies/allies/actions via the Diagonals plugin above. Click to expand... Speed: enables the ability to set custom move speeds across the database and/or for events. Timing: enables cooldown reduction and the like. Charge: enables charging a skill one or many times to release and perform a different skill. DangerIndicator: enables little icons that show up near enemy battlers that indicate how dangerous they are to the player based on magic formulas. HUD: enables a display of various useful information, broken into four parts starting with the manager as the main J-HUD. Party Frame: enables the display of various player and party information like hp/mp and such. Target Frame: enables the display of various enemy information like hp/mp and other notes of interest. Input Frame: enables the display of the currently equipped skill slots, such as for the mainhand or combat skills. Click to expand... CMS: a custom menu system that slightly modifies parts of the main menu that gives greater detail selectively supporting the "more data" feature. Equip: a modification of the equip scene to reveal changes and allow access to "more data". Status: a modification of the status screen to give insight into all standard parameters (base/ex/sp) and some custom parameters for JABS. Skill: a modification of the skill scene to show more JABS-related data. Click to expand... Log: a log wind…

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Ancient_Eagle

#381 Dec 24, 2022, 03:45 PM Source

Then, when I start to test there's 2 files (one for test, and one for dev tool f12), when I press "Exit Game", it close the dev tool, not the game.

So how I can turn off of dev tool? I tried to search of these plugins and I couldn't find?

Edit: On second thought, I found solution and it's working now! :)
Jragyn

#382 Dec 24, 2022, 06:11 PM Source

While the content of the demo is not where I'd like it, I have opted to publish a new "prerelease" of JABS (and my other plugins).

The main post of this thread has been updated to point to the latest prerelease.

This update includes a lot, as I've been pretty actively working on it. I've also started adding CHANGELOGs to various plugins so you can understand what changes as versions change.

I am but one person managing many many plugins, so my apologies if you encounter bugs.

Happy holidays, everyone!
dariken

#383 Dec 27, 2022, 02:56 AM Source

Is it ok if I use some of your graphic resources in my game that I plan to make with this?
dariken

#384 Dec 27, 2022, 01:37 PM Source

So can I not have more than 2 people in my party at once?
Jragyn

#385 Dec 27, 2022, 07:59 PM Source

dariken said:
Is it ok if I use some of your graphic resources in my game that I plan to make with this?
The only assets in here that I can safely say I own are the few character sprites I created using the character generator within RMMZ. The rest, including icons and whatnot are an amalgamation of various sources that can be procured from around the web via your own resources (stay honest!).

dariken said:
So can I not have more than 2 people in my party at once?
Can you expand on this?
You can have 4 in your party by default in RMMZ, and that is supported by JABS (and the Ally AI extension if you want them to also do things on the field with you, the player).
pinfel

#386 Jan 2, 2023, 05:42 PM Source

The MZ project crashes immediately when I try to play in editor
L-jun

#387 Jan 4, 2023, 05:11 AM Source

In the latest version, if the character uses a single $image, the attack action image does not appear
Jragyn

#388 Jan 5, 2023, 06:37 PM Source

pinfel said:
The MZ project crashes immediately when I try to play in editor
You'll need to give me a little more, since I verified it was working fine prior to uploading.
Perhaps share the console so I can see what the error was?

L-jun said:
In the latest version, if the character uses a single $image, the attack action image does not appear
I haven't touched the code surrounding actions much at all since inception, I'm pretty sure this is how it has always been? It is still loosely on my list of things to address when I get around to it.
Ancient_Eagle

#389 Jan 5, 2023, 06:59 PM Source

There's also problem when you fight enemy it depends a number of enemies, when I attack 1 or 2 or 3 enemies, it goes down fps rate and start lagging like 5 seconds.

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L-jun

#390 Jan 6, 2023, 04:22 AM Source
Jragyn said:
You'll need to give me a little more, since I verified it was working fine prior to uploading.
Perhaps share the console so I can see what the error was?

I haven't touched the code surrounding actions much at all since inception, I'm pretty sure this is how it has always been? It is still loosely on my list of things to address when I get around to it.
- No, it displays correctly in version 3.0
Jragyn

#391 Jan 7, 2023, 12:57 AM Source
Ancient_Eagle said:
There's also problem when you fight enemy it depends a number of enemies, when I attack 1 or 2 or 3 enemies, it goes down fps rate and start lagging like 5 seconds.

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That is some ruthless lag.

While the engine is a heavy engine as far as processing is concerned, if you want to see what is dragging you down most, you could use the "Javascript Profiler" within the chrome DevTools.
If you are not comfortable doing that for one reason or another, my next suggestion would be to disable the J-ABS-CycloneAdapter and CycloneMovement plugins, as those introduced significantly more processing compared to before (checking collision is expensive against potentially moving targets!) aka more lag for systems lacking resources.

If it still does not work, I'm afraid that is the end of my list as far as troubleshooting goes.
L-jun said:

No, it displays correctly in version 3.0
Ahh, well I apologize for breaking it.
I'll have to look into it when I get time- I am a bit busy as of late with work things.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
wecanfayo

#392 Jan 10, 2023, 04:00 PM Source

Hello! Can i fully disable diagonal movement for character and enemies? If you disable Yami 8dir plugin, the game crashes when you see enemy.
Jragyn

#393 Jan 10, 2023, 10:52 PM Source

wecanfayo said:
Hello! Can i fully disable diagonal movement for character and enemies? If you disable Yami 8dir plugin, the game crashes when you see enemy.
The yami 8dir plugin has not been in this project for over a year. Please consider downloading the latest and disabling the necessary plugins again.
Salyhin

#394 Jan 16, 2023, 09:09 PM Source

How do I show damage sprites when the player and enemies get hit, also is it possible to make the enemy attack as a parallel event?
Jragyn

#395 Jan 16, 2023, 11:17 PM Source

Salyhin said:
How do I show damage sprites when the player and enemies get hit?
Currently, reflecting on-receiving-damage sprites is not implemented.

Salyhin said:
is it possible to make the enemy attack as a parallel event?
I do not understand what you mean by "make the enemy attack as a parallel event". The AI of enemies decides an action (picks a skill to use) and then executes it. Do you mean like how MMORPG games tend to allow the concept of "basic attack" to passively happen while other actions are happening (like executing skills)?
Salyhin

#396 Jan 16, 2023, 11:28 PM Source

Jragyn said:
Currently, reflecting on-receiving-damage sprites is not implemented.

I do not understand what you mean by "make the enemy attack as a parallel event". The AI of enemies decides an action (picks a skill to use) and then executes it. Do you mean like how MMORPG games tend to allow the concept of "basic attack" to passively happen while other actions are happening (like executing skills)?
I mean as the enemies can attack you whilst the quick menu is open or during dialogue.
Jragyn

#397 Jan 17, 2023, 02:07 PM Source

Salyhin said:
I mean as the enemies can attack you whilst the quick menu is open or during dialogue.
This is possible from the perspective of "it can be coded", but that is not a native toggle that I built into the engine.
Salyhin

#398 Jan 17, 2023, 02:19 PM Source

Jragyn said:
This is possible from the perspective of "it can be coded", but that is not a native toggle that I built into the engine.
Would you consider implementing it?
Jragyn

#399 Jan 17, 2023, 09:38 PM Source

Salyhin said:
Would you consider implementing it?
I have many other things on my list of "things to do" ahead of this, I'm afraid not (anytime soon).

Feel free to modify the code as you see fit, though! Using a second plugin as the base for JABS modifications would probably be easiest for integration (I have a "CA Mods" plugin that does just that, but for my personal project, of which this demo resides within).
EonRDK

#400 Feb 9, 2023, 10:19 PM Source

Can we create good AI bosses here with skills like in ChronoABS of Moghunter's DEMO? Or in qABS bosses_enemies?