EZ Script Help

[Boalt92]

thanks....and no...i don't think it would be necessary to add that mechanism.  i could always try to loop the encounters so the story never "ends", but it's just as easy to include the play music command in each story.


i think you've done a great job with EZ Script and can't really suggest anything to improve it.

B92

[Golden Goose]

In another topic, I saw a new feature for EZ Script

There's a plug-in that got included with FFX3.2 (cutscene_power) that allows you to force the use of a power during a cutscene

<name> uses power <power> on <target>

I'm wondering about a couple of things related to this.

I'm assuming that <name> is either hero1, ally1, villain1, minion1 or the like OR the name given to a character in one of those categories in the encounter.

For <power>, is it the name of any power that's listed in FFEdit under powers?  Does it have to be a power that the <name> actually has from its hero file, and would it be the name that you gave it which has the character's name atttached?

What can <target> be?  Can it be a hero, ally, villian, minion, etc?  Can it be a tuple or an object?  What if the intended target isn't in range?





Another question related to using the camera, when you specify

camera on hero heading 90 zoom -200

What is the heading in relation to?  It doesn't seem to be the front of <hero>.  In terms of zoom, how does it affect elevation?  I'd like to get the camera to be looking horizontally as opposed to from above. 

I suppose I could figure it all of this out with more experimentation, but I'm hoping that the answers are out there already.  Thanks.

Golden Goose

[M25]

Power can be any power and target can be any character or object.  If the target is out of range, the built-in AI will try (and may not succeed) to move the character to within range.

I believe the camera heading is based on the map, not the character, so there isn't currently a way to reliably say 'put the camera in front of the character' unless you carefully position both the character and the camera yourself.  To get a horizontal view, put the zoom to -260 or so.

[Golden Goose]

Thanks for the help.  And thanks again for EZScript.  It's such a great tool!

Golden Goose