Variable "attack" text?

Protagonist7 · 2018-10-05T02:51:40+0900

So normally when you attack it just says "[attacker] attacks!". I'm wondering if there's a way to make it so that the text of the Attack skill changes depending upon either the type of enemy or what an actor is holding. IE, if an actor is attacking with a crossbow it might say "[attacker] fires their crossbow!"

Feel free to try the following plugin. It allows the use of customized attack text for actor attacks with a weapon or enemy attacks. The custom text should be placed in the Note boxes of the Weapons or Enemies sections and formatted as <attackText: custom>. For example, a bat enemy could have <attackText: swoops to bite.>. I have tested this plugin in an MV version 1.6.1 project with no other plugins, and it worked.

Code:

// AltAttackText.js
// Created on 10/5/2018

var objYeth = objYeth || {};

/*:
* @plugindesc This plugin is meant to allow the use of alternative
* text for attacks in the battle log.
* @author Yethwhinger
*
* @help This plugin allows customization of the text displayed in the
* battle log for attacks made by different enemies or by actors using
* different weapons. The text to be used can be specified by entering
* <attackText: string> in the Note fields of the Weapons and Enemies
* sections of the database. For example, a boomerang weapon's Note
* could contain <attackText: throws her boomerang.>.
*/

//----------------------------
// Changes to Game_Enemy
//----------------------------

objYeth.Game_Enemy_setupAttackText = Game_Enemy.prototype.setup;
Game_Enemy.prototype.setup = function (enemyId, x, y) {
    var attackText = $dataEnemies[enemyId].meta.attackText;
    objYeth.Game_Enemy_setupAttackText.call(this, enemyId, x, y);
    if (attackText) {
        this._attackText = attackText;
    }
};

//------------------------------
// Changes to Window_BattleLog
//------------------------------

Window_BattleLog.prototype.displayAction = function (subject, item) {
    var numMethods = this._methods.length;
    var weapon;
    var attackText;
    if (DataManager.isSkill(item)) {
        if (item.id == 1) {
            if (subject.isActor()) {
                if (!subject.hasNoWeapons()) {
                    weapon = subject.weapons()[0];
                    attackText = weapon.meta.attackText;
                }
            }
            else {
                attackText = subject._attackText;
            }
        }
        if (attackText) {
            this.push('addText', subject.name() + attackText);
        }
        else {
            if (item.message1) {
                this.push('addText', subject.name() + item.message1.format(item.name));
            }
            if (item.message2) {
                this.push('addText', item.message2.format(item.name));
            }
        }
    } else {
        this.push('addText', TextManager.useItem.format(subject.name(), item.name));
    }
    if (this._methods.length === numMethods) {
        this.push('wait');
    }
};