Enemy Levels

This script allows you to assign levels to enemies. The level of an enemy is determined when you encounter the enemy.

The level is specified as a formula, which means you can define two types of levels:

1. Static level. This means the enemy’s level never changes throughout the game. For example, a slime might always be level 1 no matter what.
2. Dynamic level. This means the enemy’s level relies on data that may change throughout the game. For example, you can bind an enemy’s level to a game variable so that its level changes whenever you change the variable.

This plugin adds levels to enemies, which is a property that you access through damage formulas or other script calls. You can customize enemy parameters for each level using the enemy classes plugin, allowing you to assign classes to enemies and managing them the same way you would manage your actors.

In addition to setting enemy levels, this script provides a number of other enemy level related functionality, such as changing levels during battle and setting max/min enemy levels.

Download

Script: download here

• Patch for Pearl ABS – allows you to change enemy levels for this system

Installation

Place this script below Materials and above Main

Usage

Setting Enemy Levels

To set an enemy’s level, note-tag it with

<enemy level: FORMULA>

You can use the extended note-tag if you need to write your formula on
multiple lines

<enemy level>
FORMULA
</enemy level>

The formula can be any valid ruby formula that evaluates to a number.
The following formula variables are available:

e - the enemy itself (Game_Enemy object)
p - game party
t - game troop
s - game switches
v - game variables

By default, if no level is specified, then the enemy is assumed to be level 1.

Accessing the level

If you ever need to reference the enemy’s level in your scripts or script calls, assuming you have a Game_Enemy object enemy, you can access it using

enemy.level

Setting Level Limits

You can set maximum and minimum levels for enemies using note-tags.

<max enemy level: FORMULA>
<min enemy level: FORMULA>

By default, the min level is 1 and max level is 99.

Adjusting Levels

If you want to adjust levels during battle, you can use script calls. All script calls require an “enemy index”, which is the index of the enemy in the current troop. You can get that index by looking at some battle event commands and looking at the number beside each enemy.

This call sets the level of the specified enemy.

set_enemy_level(index, level)

This call changes the level of the specified enemy. A positive number will increase its level, while a negative number will decrease its level. The change cannot go past the limits.

change_enemy_level(index, level)

Level Display

In the configuration, you can choose to display the enemy’s level in their name. If you choose to enable this feature, you can customize the display format. If you don’t want this feature you can turn it off by setting the Display_Level option to false.

Examples

A few simple examples to get you started.

Level based on game variable 5

v[5]

If enemy is the “leader” of the troop, then level 10, otherwise level 1

e.index == 0 ? 10 : 1

Random level between 1 and 10 (note that rand returns a number between 0 and n)

rand(10) + 1

Based on highest actor level

 
p.members.max {|actor| actor.level}.level