Tactics System 1.2 MZ Port

Hi, I ported the Tactics System 1.2 from arleq1n from MV to MZ and integrated the teleport extension. You can find a web browser demo on itch.io and a video of some gameplay on Youtube. I put the code on GitHub, the licensing is MIT: free for non-commercial and commercial use as long as the license file is distributed and appropiate credit is given. Please give credit to arleq1n and plokr, if you are using this pluging in your RPG Maker project. You can download download the plugin directly from GitHub. Here you find the demo project as well (TacticsMZ.zip).




I ported the plugin to MZ as basis for my further development. I published this version for people who used the MV plugin and want to migrate. The extensions (Tactics_Mouse.js, Tactics.Prepa.js, Tactics_Rewards) are unlikely to work and I won't port them. I try to fix bugs in this version - as long as they are not in the MV plugin. Please note that plugin was design on MV and supports turn-based battle system only.

In addtion, I ported the CombatSystem plugin (Tactics_Combat.js) which shows the Battleground for each of the attacks. Please copy the content of the Combat_System.zip into the demo project folder to update it. Both files are in the GitHub repository.

Now I will have a short break and than I will refactor the code so it will loose downwards compatibility (for extention/plugins/code) but I try to keep the plugin commands and tags as close to this version as possible. I decrepiated <Ts-Parameter>. It will work in this version but future version will only support <MoveMod> note tags. Please see the @Help in the plugin.

Some bugs are fixed which are in the MV plugin.

Glad to see you brought this over to MZ! By any chance are you planning to bring over the combat plugin too? That way it can go into combat phase?

If not, give me an idea what to look for in the code? I have some JS experience, just not alot. And I'm not super familiar with the JS code in the game software itself

I looked into it and I ported Tactics_Combat.js from MV to MZ as well. You can update the sample project with Combat_System.zip. It is like in original but I fixed a bug and now the combat screen is shown as well, when the enemies are attacking.

Personally, I don't use this extension because it slows down the battle experience too much for my taste. But this is a personal liking. Please accept that I won't further develop or enrich this extension.

To give our an idea what to look for in the code: That isn't so easy since the code is non-linear (object oriented) and there is nothing like single place to look. What I did, was that I run the plugin and used the debugger (F8 key) to inspect where the code breaks (error message). Understood why and esp. what is the difference in MV and MZ and fixed it.
E.g., a common error source is that the constructor call for the window classes changed the parameters (signature) from nothing to 'rect'.

I highly recommend the use of the debugger (see Chrome documentation). I traced the running code to learn about RMMZ jacascript files, their structure and flow. I did so while I was porting this (complex, 5000+ lines) plugin and gained a good overview about the RMMZ engine. Now I can use this knowledge to build my own plugins from scretch.

Very nice port of the plugin.

I think the only major feature add I'd like to see is ranged attacks with an AoE, like in Final Fantasy Tactics, where you'd select a target, and see the AoE zone the spell/skill would strike. But otherwise, very solid.

Thank you!
Actually, I plan to implement this feature in the new version, beside position and terrain modificators and (hopefully) battle animations (SV animation on map). I'll post here, when a first, new version is implemented.

Before that, I'm looking into the combat system itself currently. I'd like to change the game mechanics more in the direction of 'classical RPG' (D&D like). There are some MV plugins like Frogboy's MV plugins. They are too sophistcated and universal for my taste and I'm looking into something simpler which is integrated into the standard editor GUI straightforward.

Great job. Seem this is the only TBS plugin port to MZ, not sure leTBS and Srpg can work with FOSSIL or not, or maybe someone already made it I just don't know.

There are a problem I can't fix.Apologizes for my bad english.

after the battle, I've tried transfering to other maps, but the transfering command seems not working, I got a black screen but the game still working, I can open the menu. If battle runs again, all the actor and enemy become invisible, still, not disappear, just invisible.

not sure what I did wrong.

There is a fade-out on battle-end. You have to fade-in the screen manually / as next command. I hope that helps.

Hi there, really cool demo, but I'm running into a problem - I can't seem to get the Teleport abilities to work. Teleport Ally makes the Ally disappear, but then I can't figure out how to bring them back - they seem to just be gone for the rest of combat. Teleport User doesn't seem to do anything at all aside from make the buzzer noise.

Hey Plokr! How is the updated TBS system looking? I'm really interested in the terrain modificators concept. Have you got far with this?

I don't see the executable of demo, just js files, help?

yeah it would help if you had a demo. also. can it be possible to turn off and on? so that we can have 2 battle systems in a game?

is there a way to turn off the tactics system? i want to have two systems in one game.

how to fix the bug with the HP bar?

Hi,
Does anyone know if these are compatible with Visustella plugins?

Love this plugin BTW really fun!

EDIT: Just tested, doesn't seem to be compatible with Visustella Main Menu. Such a shame ;_;

Can anyone help?