tech flags

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TECHNIQUE TEMPLATE AND FLAG EXPLANATION

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[TechName]
Type=
Cost=
Desc=
TP=
Element=
Hits=
BasePower=
Magic=
StatusType=
selfstatus=
IgnoreDefense=
HurtEthereal=
EnergyCost=
stat=
Renkei=
CanDodge=
DestroyShadows=
DeathChance=
Spell=
Prescript=
Postscript=

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Type=
This is the type of technique that it is. Valid types are: SINGLE, AOE, SUICIDE, SUICIDE-AOE, HEAL, STEALPOWER, BUFF, DEATH, DEATH-AOE

• SINGLE
  This is actually the default tech type. When you don't want the tech to be anything special, just a single target-hitting tech, set the type to this.

• AOE
  This tech type will cause damage to all targets on the battlefield.

• HEAL
  This tech type will heal a target, unless a target is marked as an “undead” type or is currently inflicted with the zombie status in which case it'll cause damage. Note you can cast this spell on anyone or anything, including monsters.

• SUICIDE
  This tech type will consume a user's remaining HP to do damage with it.

• SUICIDE-AOE
  This tech type will consume a user's remaining HP to do damage to all targets on the battlefield.

• STEALPOWER
  This type of tech will allow a user to steal stats from a target. The amount varies based on the strength of the tech itself and how many levels the user has into the tech as well as the defense and int of the target.

• BUFF
  Buffs are positive status effects that can be applied to allies. Valid buff types are: Protect, Shell, Resist-Earth, Resist-Fire, Resist-Wind, Resist-Water, Resist-Ice, Resist-Lightning, Resist-Light and Resist-Dark. Note that in order to create your own Resist-(element) buff techs, you need to add a modifier= line. The line is followed by the element type. For example.. MODIFIER=dark

• DEATH
  Techs of this type will instantly kill the target if it connects, no matter how much HP the target has. The DeathChance= flag can be set from 1 to 100

• DEATH-AOE
  The same as above, except can hit more than one target.

Cost=
This is the amount in red orbs it costs to purchase/upgrade the technique.

Desc=
The description that displays when the technique is used

TP=
The amount of TP the technique consumes upon use. For monster-only techs, it is recommended that you set this to 10 or below, if they have low enough TP.

Element=
Element is the elemental property of the weapon. Set to none if you don't want the technique to have any. Valid elements: earth, fire, ice, lightning, water, wind, none

Hits=
Hits is the # of times the tech hits for. You can set it to be static, 1-8, or you can make it random. To make it random, use $rand(1,#) where # is the max # of hits you want it to have.

BasePower=
BasePower is the starting damage value of a tech.

Magic=
This section is set to yes or no. Magic is a sub type of techniques in this bot. Magic can also have an element type. Magic has bonuses depending on a few different things (such as the ClearMind or Elemental Seal skills, or being the right element during the right weather).

StatusType=
StatusType is an optional value if you want the tech to inflict a status against the target. Valid status types are: Poison, Stop, Blind, Virus, Amnesia, Paralysis, Zombie, Slow, Stun, Intimidate, DefenseDown, StrengthDown, IntDown, Petrify, Bored, Charm, Confuse, Curse, RemoveBoost

selfstatus=
SelfStatus is used to inflict the user with a status type after the tech has been used. See the previous flag for the list of valid status effects.

IgnoreDefense=
IgnoreDefense is a special value that allows the tech to ignore some of a target's defense. This can be 0 to 100. It's a percent value, so 100% will ignore the target's defense completely.

HurtEthereal=
HurtEthereal is a special flag that allows the tech to hurt Ethereal monsters. Set this to true or false. If set false (or the value is missing), the tech will go through an Ethereal monster doing 0 damage. Magic will always hurt Ethereal monsters, however. This flag is only needed if the weapon does not have the HurtEthereal flag.

EnergyCost=
If the weapon is a mech weapon then it needs an EnergyCost amount that it takes to attack via tech

stat=
stat is the primary stat for determining the power of the tech. Usually set to str or int. Defaults to int if blank. Valid stats: str, int, def, spd

Renkei=
Renkei is the renkei value of the tech.

CanDodge=
CanDodge is a flag that allows a tech to be able to be dodged or not. If set to false, it is impossible to dodge it. It's set to true by default (or if it's missing from the technique)

DeathChance=
Used for Death or Death-AOE techs. This works as a percent, from 1 up to 100.

Spell=
This is used to mark spells for the DoubleCast and SwiftCast skills.

Prescript=
Postscript=
Prescript is a way to have the bot run a script before the tech is used. This should not be added unless you know what you're doing. Likewise, Postscript will run after the tech is finished. Again, you shouldn't add it to your techs unless you know what you're doing.

A few notes with Pre and Post scripts.

$1 = the attacker, $2 = the tech and $3 = the target

Use $display.message(MESSAGE HERE,battle) to display a message. (don't use any commas in the message itself or it will be cut off)

If you want something to only happen if darkness is on you can have the bot check for %battle.rage.darkness When it's set to on it means darkness is active.

It is possible to use something like $iif(,,) if you want to do something based on a condition.

As an example, this Prescript will set the base attack damage to 1000 if the attacker has full HP or to 0 if not:

Prescript=$iif($readini($char($1), battle, hp) >= 100, set %attack.damage 10000, set %attack.damage 0)