Sprites and stats.

[Lioness 西施]

When using sprites for enemies, there doesn't seem to be a way to adjust their stats. The stats exist, but we can't access them in the UI.

Is there a work-around?

Edit: I removed the answer because I need more information to make this work. Sorry.

I left a follow-up post below.

[Stumpy the Squirrel]

Hello! As a workaround until the settings are added to the UI for sprite-based models, you can set them via script based on the context of how the enemy is being used (e.g. in the pre-load script for a real-time enemy, in the pre-battle script for turn-based enemies, in the spawn script for spawned enemies, etc.).

For example:

entity["enemy_id"].stat["hp"] = 100;

[Lioness 西施]

Thank you very much!

[Stumpy the Squirrel]

Originally posted by Lioness 西施:

Thank you very much!

You're very welcome!

[Lioness 西施]

Sorry about this, but I need you again.

"Enemy" isn't recognized. "Entity" is, but that code won't change its HP.

It seems everything is classified as "entities"?

Let me explain what I'm doing:

I created a character called "Demon1" as a test.

I placed that character on the map and gave it the entity ID "demon1" (all lowercase).

entity["demon1"].stat["hp"] = 100; doesn't work.
entity["Demon1"].stat["hp"] = 100; also doesn't work.

What am I missing?

[Stumpy the Squirrel]

Originally posted by Lioness 西施:

Sorry about this, but I need you again.

"Enemy" isn't recognized. "Entity" is, but that code won't change its HP.

It seems everything is classified as "entities"?

Let me explain what I'm doing:

I created a character called "Demon1" as a test.

I placed that character on the map and gave it the entity ID "demon1" (all lowercase).

entity["demon1"].stat["hp"] = 100; doesn't work.
entity["Demon1"].stat["hp"] = 100; also doesn't work.

What am I missing?

Apologies! Yes, it should be "entity" instead of "enemy". I've corrected the original post.

A character's HP can't exceed their current maximum HP, so you may need to modify the "max_hp" stat before setting the "hp" stat.

[Lioness 西施]

Sorry for the late reply.

Just wanted to say thank you, that works.

I swear I tried that before, but I must have gotten something wrong.

For anyone who wants to do this (and myself, because writing it down helps me commit it to memory):

Stats are assigned to a map entity, not a character.
If you create a character named "Enemy" and place it in the map with the Entity ID "Demon1," then "Demon1" is the name you use.

Example:

entity["Demon1"].stat["hp"]

Use "Assign Value" in the script editor.

The stat names should be the same as those listed under the "stats" tab.

You can do this via a script, placing it after the "Load Map" function.

One last thing: I would set max_hp before hp.