Custom Action Battle System

[Monomyth2]

I've seen some tutorials out there before about creating an Action Battle System along the lines of Legend of Zelda. While that is awesome, is there any possible way to create a system that allows NPC followers to fight alongside you?

[Cacat]

It's very complicated, since you can't easily program in pathfinding, much less pathfinding of an event to another event. The only example I can recall off hand is in Pokemon: The Evil Inside 2 where in the 1st mission you have a partner, but other than that I don't recall any games.

[Monomyth2]

I figured it'd be complicated, but I also figured I'd ask just in case.

I don't mind the turn-based system, but I do like the action battle system better.

[Cacat]

A 'solution' could be provided in Ahriman's Prophecy, where instead of 2 characters at the same time on the screen, you as character 1 attack, and then you're switched to character 2. It's not quite the same, but I recall finding soome pathfinding tutorial on rpgmaker.net. Though it's very complex amd ot'd be easier to do something like this on the later RMs, since you could probably find a script for that sort of thing.

[Monomyth2]

That would work, too. I suppose I can just do something simpler on this one, and someday graduate to a later RM.

I had this program years ago and got it when it was on sale. I'll probably get a later one when they go on sale as well.

[prpl_mage]

I would suggest gamemaker if you want an action battle system, it's simply much better suited to handle all of that.

[Beria]

It is possible if you go turn by turn on each of them. If you mean a totally automatic IA partner... well, you need to work from scratch an IA to make it possible, and that means to make a map of all positions of interactions of your partner to attack another event, like looking X+Y on variables on each loop to know where they are and move in that manner.

But all in all, is better to skip RM2K and go to GM:Studi as suggested by prpl_mage.

It's possible, but you need a deep knowledge of programming skills.