Title: Transparent Status
Post by: trickstardude7 on January 30, 2008, 08:42:16 pm
Post by: trickstardude7 on January 30, 2008, 08:42:16 pm
I was wandering in Melon Heads Patcher and thouht of a fun spell but first I have a question is there a way to be able to use action without transparent wearing off using Melonheads patcher??
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Post by: Dakitty on January 30, 2008, 09:13:19 pm
Post by: Dakitty on January 30, 2008, 09:13:19 pm
good question, I'd like to have a few select skills that could be used under transparent status myself.
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Post by: Zozma on March 15, 2008, 08:13:09 pm
Post by: Zozma on March 15, 2008, 08:13:09 pm
i have a question about transparent myself... ive never seen an enemy use it. but if they were to do so would they be partially visible like thay are on your team? and if they are then whats the use of it on the enemy side?
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Post by: trickstardude7 on March 15, 2008, 08:25:46 pm
Post by: trickstardude7 on March 15, 2008, 08:25:46 pm
Quote from: "Zozma"i have a question about transparent myself... ive never seen an enemy use it. but if they were to do so would they be partially visible like thay are on your team? and if they are then whats the use of it on the enemy side?yeah they shuld've made them turn completely invisible OR make it 0% to be hit by attacks.
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Post by: Austin on March 15, 2008, 08:43:46 pm
Post by: Austin on March 15, 2008, 08:43:46 pm
It wouldn't really matter since the AI's too stupid to make use of it for more than one turn. :p
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Post by: Zozma on March 16, 2008, 05:21:15 am
Post by: Zozma on March 16, 2008, 05:21:15 am
imagine running into a band of ninja or monks who werent too stupid to use it... but i think at this time that skill has more drawback than use...
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Post by: Sen on March 16, 2008, 08:59:29 am
Post by: Sen on March 16, 2008, 08:59:29 am
If all the ninjas in the Deep Dungeon become transparent You can't see any of them and its dark 
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Post by: Zenko on March 16, 2008, 01:34:51 pm
Post by: Zenko on March 16, 2008, 01:34:51 pm
The only thing you can't see in the DD are the fucking exposives (black bombs).
Or a unit that jumped.
Or a unit that jumped.
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Post by: Zozma on March 25, 2008, 06:09:39 am
Post by: Zozma on March 25, 2008, 06:09:39 am
ahh i thought of something, only for looks really but what if you made the ghost characters have perma transparent? i know your own units can see them but it would look more ghostlike... on the other hand would that make the units stupid when it comes to protecting eachother?... ah well
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Post by: huthutchuck on March 26, 2008, 10:15:11 pm
Post by: huthutchuck on March 26, 2008, 10:15:11 pm
Although you can see a transparent enemy I don't believe the AI can. I had 2 berserk characters swinging at air trying to hit an transparent archer.
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Post by: Zozma on March 27, 2008, 02:33:22 am
Post by: Zozma on March 27, 2008, 02:33:22 am
i guess as long as you don't make an auto battle out of it transparent would make a cool effect when fighting ghosts... i mean they can see their own troops i hope..
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Post by: Zozma on April 08, 2008, 03:05:11 am
Post by: Zozma on April 08, 2008, 03:05:11 am
check the ghost out! too bad your own guests and auto ai will ignore them
still it looks sooo right.....
still it looks sooo right.....
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Post by: Lydyn on April 08, 2008, 03:08:46 am
Post by: Lydyn on April 08, 2008, 03:08:46 am
*Thumbs up*
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Post by: NeedsMoreNoise on April 08, 2008, 03:59:36 am
Post by: NeedsMoreNoise on April 08, 2008, 03:59:36 am
Quote from: "Zozma"check the ghost out! too bad your own guests and auto ai will ignore themHar, I noticed the Red Mage sprite. It looks amazing; I'm looking forward to the VK patch.
still it looks sooo right.....
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Post by: Zozma on April 08, 2008, 04:26:26 am
Post by: Zozma on April 08, 2008, 04:26:26 am
oops forgot to switch to the other gaffy in all scenes....
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Post by: Vanya on April 08, 2008, 09:23:54 am
Post by: Vanya on April 08, 2008, 09:23:54 am
Doesn't the 'Stealth' ability allow the transparent unit to move and attack normally?
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Post by: Zozma on April 11, 2008, 05:04:49 am
Post by: Zozma on April 11, 2008, 05:04:49 am
yeah they act normal but normally once a unit under transparent status takes any action the status is negated. however the ghosts i made them have perma-transparent... i just wish that they looked transparent at the very start, just like how their floating status is always there. but they turn transparent AFTER the brown screen that displays the winning condition fades away instead :/.
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Post by: Samuraiblackbelt on October 08, 2009, 05:17:03 pm
Post by: Samuraiblackbelt on October 08, 2009, 05:17:03 pm
couldn't you adjust the sprite to look like it's transparent?
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Post by: Luminar on October 08, 2009, 06:00:19 pm
Post by: Luminar on October 08, 2009, 06:00:19 pm
something should be done for the enemy's transparency so it isnt one sided, i would rather have them be unseen just as the ally's would...
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Post by: Vanya on October 08, 2009, 06:24:06 pm
Post by: Vanya on October 08, 2009, 06:24:06 pm
That something would require some major ASM work to totally hide the enemy's turn from the player as well.
This should be moved to a more appropriate section.
This should be moved to a more appropriate section.
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Post by: CronoStorm on October 09, 2009, 10:35:51 am
Post by: CronoStorm on October 09, 2009, 10:35:51 am
Uh, I recall FFTactics Advance had enemies that would go transparent. I don't remember what the skill was called... but when you used it, you could still see where your unit was, because lets face it, you HAVE to see your unit to use it. When the enemy used it, they went full invisible and you couldn't see them; in fact, when they moved, the screen and cursor wouldn't move either.
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Post by: Vanya on October 09, 2009, 02:13:29 pm
Post by: Vanya on October 09, 2009, 02:13:29 pm
Yeah, The GBA didn't really do too good with actual translucency, so they opted for full transparency.
The way they did in A1 is perfect, but we also have to see if the FFT AI is even able to take advantage of the status.
The way they did in A1 is perfect, but we also have to see if the FFT AI is even able to take advantage of the status.
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Post by: CronoStorm on October 16, 2009, 02:04:27 pm
Post by: CronoStorm on October 16, 2009, 02:04:27 pm
Yeah, that would require someone with a thorough knowledge of AI to fix up. Has anyone thought of just making a new game?