Yanfly Skill Learn System: Gradual JP Cost Increase

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  1. Cuprite
    #1 Source
    Is there a way to make an actor's learnable skills cost more JP the more skills they learn?
    I got the idea from Octopath Traveller and it's something I'm thinking about adding to my game, as it adds a bit of freedom to the game.
    Is there a way to do this without editing the plugin itself?
    Example
    OTSkillLearn.PNG
    EDIT: I may have an idea of what to do for this, but the solution I came up with doesn't actually seem to work.
    It's in my next reply (No need to post it twice).
  2. shockra
    #2 Source
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    Watch this video and it should give an idea of how to accomplish this.
  3. Cuprite
    #3 Source
    So, I've looked into it and I think I've found a solution to this, though I'm not entirely sure.
    Can anyone tell me if this code being in a skill's notebox would work?
    Skill Notebox
    <Learn Cost Eval>
    if ($gameVariables.value(4) = 50) { $gameVariables.setValue(4, 100); } else { if ($gameVariables.value(4) = 100) { $gameVariables.setValue(4, 300); } else { if ($gameVariables.value(4) = 300) { $gameVariables.setValue(4, 600); } else { if ($gameVariables.value(4) = 600) { $gameVariables.setValue(4, 1200); } else { if ($gameVariables.value(4) = 1200) { $gameVariables.setValue(4, 2000); } else { } } } } }
    </Learn Cost Eval>

    <Custom Learn JP Cost>
    cost = $gameVariables.value(4)
    </Custom Learn JP Cost>
    Basically, I have it so if a certain variable (Each actor would have one) is at a certain number (50), it would increase it to a number equal to the next JP cost (100) and I set the cost to equal that variable, so it always updates the rest of the actors learnable skills.
    At least, that's what I was going for.
  4. shockra
    #4 Source
    If you're going to use variables for this, the current approach can be refined. I would try this:

    <Learn Cost Eval>
    if ($gameVariables.value(4) = 50) {
    $gameVariables.setValue(4, 100);
    } else if ($gameVariables.value(4) = 100) {
    $gameVariables.setValue(4, 300);
    } else if... {

    }
    </Learn Cost Eval>

    <Custom Learn JP Cost>
    cost = $gameVariables.value(4);
    </Custom Learn JP Cost>

    Repeat the else if part in the Learn Cost Eval as needed. Then at the end, it's just the final bracket with no else.
  5. Cuprite
    #5 Source
    shockra said:
    If you're going to use variables for this, the current approach can be refined. I would try this:

    <Learn Cost Eval>
    if ($gameVariables.value(4) = 50) {
    $gameVariables.setValue(4, 100);
    } else if ($gameVariables.value(4) = 100) {
    $gameVariables.setValue(4, 300);
    } else if... {

    }
    </Learn Cost Eval>

    <Custom Learn JP Cost>
    cost = $gameVariables.value(4);
    </Custom Learn JP Cost>

    Repeat the else if part in the Learn Cost Eval as needed. Then at the end, it's just the final bracket with no else.
    I tried this, but it ended up giving me this error (Also, for testing purposes, I used variable 10 instead of 4).
    Error
    Error.PNG
    Also, here's how I wrote out the rest of the code.
    Code
    Code.PNG
    One other thing, the costs start as 75 for some reason.
  6. shockra
    #6 Source
    My mistake. Each equal sign should be this:

    if ($gameVariables.value(4) === 50)

    If statements need 3 equal signs to make the check.
  7. Cuprite
    #7 Source
    shockra said:
    My mistake. Each equal sign should be this:

    if ($gameVariables.value(4) === 50)

    If statements need 3 equal signs to make the check.
    It works perfectly now! Thanks, Shockra!
    :D
    Image of functioning system
    JPCostIncrease.png
    Also, it was defaulting to 75 because I had the default JP set to 25.
  8. chobokid
    #8 Source
    How would one code it so that skill learn costs doubled each time an actor learned a skill?