CSCA Difficulty System

[casper667 130]

CSCA Difficulty System
By: Casper Gaming (Casper667)
Last Update: April 6, 2013
Latest version: 1.0.3

Introduction
Allows you to create difficulties, which can currently effect Encounter Rate, Enemy Gold & Exp drop, and Enemy Stats. You can also easily access the difficulty variable to use it for custom things in conditional branches or eventing.

Features
- Create a difficulty system in your game
- Change difficulties at any time
- Unlimited custom difficulties

Screenshots

 

How to Use
Place in your materials section. Setup required. Instructions in script.

Script
Text file is found here(copy and paste everything into your script editor in the materials section): LINK
Requires CSCA Core Script to work properly - Get it here!

 

Updates

version 1.0.1

- Aliased param_base

- Changed hash keys to symbols

 

version 1.0.2

-Difficulty array is now 0 based for all script calls

 

version 1.0.3

- Properly aliased initialize in CSCA_Core... *facepalm*

 

Credit
Casper Gaming

Terms

http://caspergaming.com/terms-of-use/

Edited July 1, 2020 by casper667
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[+ DarthVollis 59]

Interesting idea. I may use it in future project. Thanks.

[ekomega 20]

So I noticed in a thread on RMRK, http://rmrk.net/index.php/topic,46302.0.html, for DT's Difficulty script, a user Pacman had an issue with re-writing the param_base method.

 

You do:

def param_base(param_id)
   return enemy.params[param_id] if (param_id == 1 || param_id == 0) &&
 !CSCA::DIFFICULTY::MODIFY_HPMP

   (enemy.params[param_id] * ($csca.d_enemystats.to_f/100)).to_i
 end

 

And you don't alias param_base.

 

For the script from RMRK, he initially had it as:

def param_base(param_id)
case $difficulty
when 0
enemy.params[param_id] * TODDDIFFICULTY::EASYM
when 1
enemy.params[param_id]
when 2
enemy.params[param_id] * TODDDIFFICULTY::HEROICM
when 3
enemy.params[param_id] * TODDDIFFICULTY::HARDM
else
enemy.params[param_id]
end
end

 

And it was suggested he modify it to:

 

alias todd_difficulty_gmen_param_base param_base
def param_base(param_id, *args)
n1 = todd_difficulty_gmen_param_base(param_id, *args)
n2 = case $difficulty
when 0 then TODDDIFFICULTY::EASYM
when 1 then 1
when 2 then TODDDIFFICULTY::HEROICM
when 3 then TODDDIFFICULTY::HARDM
end
return n1 * n2
end

 

Do you think it is important to make a similar change in your script to alias param_base? And could you implement such a thing?

 

 

Thanks!

[casper667 130]

It probably won't break anything if it's not aliased, though I can't believe I missed that. For some reason I thought param_base was only defined in the Game_BattlerBase class :wacko:. I'll alias it for a future version.

[Levi Stepp 12]

It probably won't break anything if it's not aliased, though I can't believe I missed that. For some reason I thought param_base was only defined in the Game_BattlerBase class :wacko:/>. I'll alias it for a future version.

is there a way to add this to Yanfly's System Options.

I can't seem to figure it out.

Tried making a command for it, but it doesn't appear.

 

 

Edit~

I decided to use a different difficulty script since I got a different one to work in System Options.

Edited November 27, 2012 by KoutaStepp

[ekomega 20]

That would be great!

[OffeNDer 2]

i try to use this script, and i already have the core, but when i select for example insane, the exp rate and gold rate is not changing.....

 

any way i can make sure it is working ?

Edited February 18, 2013 by OffeNDer

[casper667 130]

i try to use this script, and i already have the core, but when i select for example insane, the exp rate and gold rate is not changing.....

 

any way i can make sure it is working ?

 

What other custom scripts are you using?

[OffeNDer 2]

i try to use this script, and i already have the core, but when i select for example insane, the exp rate and gold rate is not changing.....

 

any way i can make sure it is working ?

 

What other custom scripts are you using?

 

hmmm

i am using a lot of scripts, 

but i am using more of your script than other script, 

 

here list of your script that i am using now.

Core

Menu organizer

Encyclopedia

Auto save plus

Game info

Colosseum + wagers

Menu theme

Menu MOD

Shop Status colors

Difficulty System

Snippets

Shop Upgrade

 

^ thats from you,

and i am using some of Moghunter  script...

 

 

however, i also try to test another difficulty system from another forum but it is also not working,,,

 

the exp still the same

[yion90 0]

I need help with this one.

Im trying to increase the Difficulty by 1 everytime a new character joins.

My question is, how can i change the difficulty manually?

[casper667 130]

I need help with this one.

Im trying to increase the Difficulty by 1 everytime a new character joins.

My question is, how can i change the difficulty manually?

You'd do

$csca.difficulty = 1

 

for the first difficulty set up, 2 for the second, etc.

[yion90 0]

I feel like a Retard... i used $csca.difficulty == 1 instead of just one = -.-.... Thanks a lot! ^^

 

Another Question though.

Is there a way to show the chosen difficulty in the message box or store it as a visible variable so i can

show the player what Difficulty it's currently on?

 

For example:

Im using 14 Difficulties. Only 5 Visible to the Player, the rest changes depending on the Party Size.

So that's why i'm not using the scene command (it shows all 15 Diffulties O.O)

Instead iam using a Customized Menu with changing paralax backgrounds when you press up or down.

 

It works now but what i want is. When u press the button C (standard Enter.)

That it ask you if you are sure about your Decision

"Do you want to play on ____ difficulty?"

Now i want to have ____ to be displayed as the chosen Difficulty.

Is that possible?

 

EDIT: i think your script actually said using two == ... you should make a note about it if iam right.

i might be wrong tho and i accidently added another = in the "how to"

 

EDIT2: I got it working with the excessive uses of switches now.

but i will still request a possible way to show what difficulty you chose for future needs or

someone else who needs it.

(possible to show in Menus or custom save files etc.)

I think it would be a good idea.

Edited March 15, 2013 by yion90

[casper667 130]

$csca.difficulty is a variable. If you want to check which difficulty the player is on and show text accordingly, you can do

Conditional branch: script: $csca.difficulty == x  (where x is the difficulty number you want to check)

 

If you just want to display the name of the difficulty in a text box, you can make this script call:

a=CSCA::DIFFICULTY::DIFFICULTIES
t=a[$csca.difficulty][:name]
t2="Your current difficulty is: "
$game_message.add(t2 + t)

[yion90 0]

whenever i use

 

a=CSCA::DIFFICULTY::DIFFICULTIES
t=a[$csca.difficulty][:name]
t2="Your current difficulty is: "
$game_message.add(t2 + t)

 

i get an error:

[casper667 130]

You must not have the latest version of the script.

 

For older versions, it'd look like this:

a=CSCA::DIFFICULTY::DIFFICULTIES
t=a[$csca.difficulty]["name"]
t2="Your current difficulty is: "
$game_message.add(t2 + t)

[yion90 0]

Thanks a lot.

[kory_toombs 0]

The set up says to use a script call for

 

    # scene = CSCA_Scene_DifficultySelect
    # SceneManager.call(scene)
 

Is this right?

 

I tried to run an event using this, but it doesn't do anything.

 

 

Edit: I want the selection to begin at the start of the game.

And the difficulty to be locked for the duration of the game.

Edited April 9, 2013 by kory_toombs

[casper667 130]

Remove the #'s in your script call.

[+ Shadow Fox 5]

In my game monsters do not give out gold... will I need to remove or change the ENEMYGOLD part of your script?

For example for the story difficulty do I remove ":enemygold => 150" or do I change every enemygold line to say ":enemygold => 0"?

Sorry for the noob question

Edited April 19, 2013 by Shadow Fox

[casper667 130]

It just multiplies the gold amount by the % you set, so if the gold received is 0 then anything multiplied by it will also be 0.

Don't delete the line, it just won't have any effect.

Edited April 19, 2013 by casper667

[kory_toombs 0]

I have been using your script for a while now and I think its really great.

But I'm not sure if the script actually effects the encounter rate (Am I doing something wrong?)

[casper667 130]

@Kory Why would you think it doesn't? An easy way to test would be to use a huge value such as -99% or +100% or something. With smaller values such as +/-10% it might not be very noticeable since 10% of the default 30 steps is only 3 steps, not something that will really be felt by the player especially because it's slightly random.

[Retoral 0]

Hello!

I was wondering if there was a way to make the script show the difficulty in XS's Menu Delux?

I managed somehow to at least make it show "Difficulty: 2" with my noob skills.

Is there a way to make it say "Easy" or "Normal" instead?

Picture:

http://puu.sh/7dVJc