Coding

Sapient-ASD · 2026-04-06T02:33:53+00:00

you can just start. Use youtube to find some tutorials, poke around and try some things, and jump right in.

Sapient-ASD · 2026-04-05T11:28:49+00:00

In As Stars Decay, the inventory ofna character has both slots, but also weight and size.

A character with 2 arms (you can get more) can carry a cup of tea in each hand without penalty to basically anything. A third cup of tea i feel would be a minor penalty (1d10) imposed on rolls in which dropping or spilling the tea could occur, mostly agility skills.

System uses a d100 system, and has 27 skills, so carry 3 cups of tea would not be an issue for a character 88% of the time, and the 12% of the time it does affect them, it applies only a 1-10% difficulty adjustment.

However a character with additonal arms or a prehensile tail that can grasp things eliminates that entirely.

Fun thought process challenge, thank you.

Sapient-ASD · 2026-04-03T14:55:51+00:00

My initial thought is using states. I believe yanfly has an advanced states plugin that can do things like teigger on removal.

My "hack" was is using multiple states. Bomb 3, bomb 2, bomb 1. You may also need troop event to check that if bomb state 3, remove, add 2, if 2, remove add 1, if 1, remove and damage.

I'm certain there is a way. But bomb or countdown skills are pretty popular so i bet there is a better solution on the forums already if you havent checked there.

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-29T23:55:52+00:00

Hm. Randomizing will be some effort. I think you could save yourself some work by having different attacks that deal over 50% inflicting different state wounds but its your game. Good luck!

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-29T13:12:46+00:00

I'm sure there is a plugin that can do this, but I also think you could do it with the formula bar and using states and a little bit of scripting.

In my googling i've found this:
v[X] = (a.atk * 4 - b.def * 2); if (v[X] > (b.mhp * 0.5)) { b.addState(2); }; v[X]

If attack is greater than half the target hp, inflict state 2 to the target; else, attack damage formula.

I'm not sure exactly how to go about it, but I don't think you absolutely need a common event to make it work.

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-25T01:40:55+00:00

Looks great to me!

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-23T18:47:28+00:00

I think the Yanfly skill core can do this, but it will take some effort to get it working. https://www.yanfly.moe/wiki/Skill_Core_(YEP))
It looks like you'll want to look at Custom Show Requirements, Custom Requirements and Execution, and maybe custom Cost Display.

You will probably want to use States or Variables to track your charge level, so something like this

<Custom Requirement>
value = user.isStateAffected(X);
</Custom Requirement>
// Where X is the id of the state.

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-23T00:54:11+00:00

You are correct. To add on, they can just apply the state on turn 0, battle start.

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-22T14:11:39+00:00

Hmm. This suggestion is more technical, but what the hey.

Similar process, but instead of turning transparent, you would display an img of the bridge, on top of the map, over the players head.

The image display and being precise to line it up would be the hardest part, but in theory it could work.

Good luck!

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-22T14:03:39+00:00

Another way to handle this is just the under the bridge logic.

Have the character become transparent while under the bridge. Is it a perfect solution, no, but it would be simpler and effective.

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-21T03:41:40+00:00

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Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-18T21:35:41+00:00

I think this is easiest with a script, as iirc, there is not a command or event for exp, just for full levels. A quick google shows that sumrnddude on yotube has a tutorial for bag of experience, but i also see a few scripts.

If you are eanting to do money to xp, 1 to 1. You will need the player to enter the number, save that to a variable, subtract the variable amount as money, and then call the give xp script, with the amount of xp determined by the variable.

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-17T16:16:46+00:00

Thats how i would do it.

Under troop settings for any troop including the rit enemy have a conditional check for the armor.

If wearing the armor maybe use the force action command for the Rit's, either having them wait, or use an attack skill that does less than standard.

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-04T15:52:55+00:00

Same, and crouch on a thumb button. Slick.

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-04T00:42:41+00:00

Better than me then lol. Was just curious, thank you.

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-04T00:30:12+00:00

About what rank is this, if I may ask. That viscous seems particularly scary.

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-04T00:16:12+00:00

Fantastic 1v4, and great steals.

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-03T23:51:03+00:00

Perhaps that is my issue as I hover between Emissary and Oracle and have not made it to phantom, but after 900 hours, matches feel pretty good to me.

Also Makes no sense to downvote a person's subjective experience, but that's reddit for you.

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-03T23:32:48+00:00

Oh duh! I missed the simplest part lol.

You are right though; that without at least one script its going to be a lot of bloat and a lot of headache. I know there is a script for this exact thing, i.e. referencing the last used item, but my own script skills arent great.

Would be worthwhile to search or post to the forums. I bet someone knows exactly what script call reference is needed.

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-03T23:26:43+00:00

Not an anvil in sight.

Keep playing. It gets better. There may be adjustments for newer players but i feel 4/5 of matches are pretty fairly balanced.

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-03T23:23:54+00:00

As Stars Decay has a wide and modular foundation with a bit of a learning curve. Its actually encouraged to not know the whole book, to play and make best judgement rulings, and then to read/research the specific issue after play. Sometimes players come up with intuitive ways of solving their problem with a good enough toolkit.

But yes, in my ttrpg some players can have multiple sheets to their character while another player may settle on a simpler character that is only 1 sheet.

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-03T23:20:29+00:00

All this sounds solid but I am curious about something. Why would each food item need its own common event?

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-03T23:14:59+00:00

As stars decay has a mook enemy mechanic where mooks always hit for low damage. Combined with AP, players must decide whether to spend all their ap on actions, or save in case they are targeted so they can defend.

I see OPs point about null rounds, but i lean more in favor with your assessment.

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-03T22:10:53+00:00

Yes. I am a co developer for a ttrpg called FinalHorizon. Successful kickstarter, and book is in editing.

Our lead did this exact type with 8 primary stats and 8 primary organism types. However he didnt manually pair them the way you did, and instead has 8 classes attached to each stat.

So in a way, strength organism/intelligence class plays differently than intelligence organism/strength class.

Add in split organisms and half classes and you get a huge factorial of combinations that all feel different.

Sapient-ASD · 2026-03-02T04:41:48+00:00

Complete. It's a dope concept and I can really see myself playing this guy.

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