[SSG] Difficulty Setting

This plugin allows you to set difficulties that affects enemies stats, exp, gold, and shop price. You can choose wether to display difficulty setting on Game Option screen or not (default: on). In case you don't want to, you can switch difficulty levels using Event Plugin Command.

Before using this plugin, please make sure that you have file Difficulties.json placed inside "data" folder of your current project. Edit your Difficulties.json to your liking. You may add or remove difficulty levels as long as you follow the pattern.




Put Difficulties.json inside your data folder, and put SSG_DifficultySetting.js inside your js/plugin folder. Open Diffifficulties.json using any text editor and you will find something like this
[ // <- don't touch this { "name": "Very Easy", "mhp": 60, "mmp": 60, "atk": 50, "def": 50, "mat": 50, "mdf": 50, "agi": 50, "luk": 50, "exp": 50, "gold":50, "buy": 200, "sell": 200, "switches":[1,6] },......] // <- don't touch this
Here's the explanation

~~ name ~~
Set your difficulty level name that will be displayed on the Option Screen. Values must be a string (wrapped by quotes or double quotes sign).
The tables is an Array. It means that the first element's ID is 0. You should make your difficulty level sorted from easiest to hardest. As it will make sense for the player when they set difficulty on the option screen

~~ mhp, mmp, atk, def, atk, mat, mdf, agi, luk ~~
Set enemy's stats. Values represent percentage (100 is 100%)

~~ exp, gold ~~
Set enemy's exp and gold. Values represent percentage

~~ buy, sell ~~
Affect price when buying or selling items on the shop. Values represent percentage

~~ switches ~~
Will specified set of switches to ON when a difficulty level applied. Switches should be declared in array (i.e. [1,2,3]). If you don't want to use this feature, just set it to [0]. Switches from other difficulty level will be turned OFF but you can have same switches declared on different difficulty level (See how I set switch 6 on difficulty 0 and 2 on the
example table below). Please note that switches CAN'T be turned off using normal way.

Author's Note About Switches:
In case you don't know, you can use switches for enemy skill condition. So you can set an enemy to cast different skills on different difficulty level.



Specific Enemy Setting
To override the table for certain enemies, you can write this line on enemy notebox
example: <param difficulty: 4, def, 250>

It will set enemy's DEF on difficulty 4 to 250%. Or you can write these lines for multiple assignment
example:

valid arguments for enemy stats is:
Note: default maximum stats for enemy will still be applied. For example, enemy's ATK limit is 999.


Plugin Command
In case you don't want to use Option Screen or you want to set difficulties via events, you can use plugin command.


example: setDifficulty 4


Plugin Parameters


2015.11.16 ver 0.9.9
- Finished beta version

2015.11.26 ver 1.0.0
- Added : display on Option Screen
- Added : option to turn switches on
- Changed : change from using Game_System to SSG_Heartbreak static class

2015.11.27 ver 1.0.1
- Fixed : Attempt to fix error about not being able to read property of 'length' from null object

2015.11.28 ver 1.0.2
- Fixed : Improved fix method from ver 1.0.1. Now it should work properly.
- Fixed : Bug that caused user to be able to set switches from another difficulty level to ON
- Added : Better documentation

2015.12.10 ver 1.0.3
- Fixed : Syntax error that caused logical flaw

whoa that's a interesting way to do difficulties thanks for the plugin

http://puu.sh/lzC0Z/4af845567b.png

http://puu.sh/lzC40/3fc4644ab0.png

Any ideas?

Great! Was waiting for this

Do you set proper difficulty level? Because usable difficulties level on your setup is just 0 (normal) and 1 (hard).

It that's not the case, press F8 on test play and let me know what line caused that error.

if you mean the default setting at 0, yes its still 0 http://puu.sh/lzDqB/67949bfb40.png

Your first and second error are different. I still got no clues about your first error.

By any chance, did you test this plugin from online server? I think it's because my plugin is trying to read your $dataEnemies that has not completely loaded. I'll try to figure it out on next update.

This is the same error, the text is translated differently on the console.

No, it's a normal game.

I suspect the error to be either because l have 2 difficulties and you put 4 at the beginning hence it cannot find 3 or compatibility.

Let me check the compatibility, didnt had the time yesterday.

EDIT: with all scripts off but yours l still get the error

EDIT2: with your difficulties setting l get a different error:

http://puu.sh/lA6JI/7a282340eb.png

http://puu.sh/lA6Oc/2979b4b18e.png

@Fisherolol I've made a quick fix. Please PM me if you want to test it. Anyone with similiar problem can also contact me to test this fix.

Thanks.

I'm getting the same "length" of null error. It's definitely a timing issue because if I try to load the game enough times it will eventually work.

This is perfect, thanks a billion!

Please check hotfix on my 1st post. let me know if this work.

Updated to version 1.0.2

Thanks to estriole that inspired me to upload a test project to dropbox + my slow internet connection, finally I can test error about "can't read property 'length' of null". This shouldn't be a problem right now.

Seems to be fixed. I'll let you know if the issue comes back.

where si the link of v1.0.2??

The first post. On SSG_DifficultySetting.js link

I removed link for previous version because I'm afraid that people accidentally clicked wrong version if I display it.

this one?

is this 1.0.2?  :unsure:

supposed to be 1.0.2 lol

my bad. I forget to change the header. maybe I'll just delete the header afterall

*edit: edit it so it show proper name.

thanks for remind me :)

Suppose you could add custom values be affected by the difficulty too?

For example if people use Yanfly's Job Points plugin.

Is it possible to check which difficulty the player plays on, so we can change certain events and stuff? Also, disabling the option to change difficulty midgame would be neat! :)

EDIT: My apologies, I wasn't reading thoroughly enough. Great plugin!

could someone show me what this looks like in game if it was set up properly?