I was just wondering if it's possible to have the turn order menu part shift around to preview the effects of delaying skills, before you do them.
Additionally, is it possible to have the changes animate after you do a skill.
These things are done in FFX and Octopath traveler for examples.
So, are these things possible, or would I have to build a whole custom thing for it?
As for the animations, that's something that's on my todo list to add - will most likely come for the new GUI layouts in future updates.
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Would it be possible, when using multi-turns combat, to delay a turn for a set amount of turns. So you delay an enemy for a turn, so one player combatant can attack, and right after that the enemy still goes. So he's not stunned for his turn completely.
I'm just trying to figure out a way to make interesting combat where the player can manipulate the turn order as part of the strategy. It also must be very clear to a player what the outcome of abilities will be to make informed choices. If none of this really works I'll possibly have to adjust the design accordingly. Maybe scripting or use Makinom to make a custom system, but not as familiar with Makinom yet.
In multi-turns, you can use the Turn Based Order Changes settings in abilities/items to change the combatant's turn value, e.g. moving the turn back a bit.
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Also, I am using the turn order change setting in the ability, but there's no way to change it a set number of turns, right? Their speed has an effect on the amount of turn points they get, so it's difficult to know how much to change the value exactly.
The turn order also instantly moves after a turn, rather than moving over. I did add an open and close box behavior to the GUI box, but that only affects the first and last box. Is there any way to make this part of the GUI look prettier?
Lastly, is it possible to remove the current turn from the list or change its look? If I can remove it I could possibly use a turn start event to display it a bit larger at the top of the screen and have a small flashy thing going on.
For the turn order changes to be animated, you need to use a GUI Layout in the HUD's Multi-Box Layout setting - the used layout needs to use the Move Settings for moving the GUI boxes over time.
I don't think it's currently possible to remove the current turn (i.e. first combatant), I'll look into it.
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