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Acolyte

Asumptions

It is assumed that this enemy has its cantfall set to true because it should only change its position through specific ways:

  • Using the vine spawn move
  • Using the aerial strike move
  • Have the AcolyteVine enemy that they spawn die

That last one leads to another assumption: AcolyteVine and this enemy must have an eventondeath set to the proper EventDialogue because this EventDialogue will allow the AcolyteVine to die first and to drop this enemy's position to Ground. This is necessary because there's custom logic that needs to happen which goes beyond the regular fall logic of the damage pipeline.

data usage

At the start of the action, if data is null or empty, it's initialised to be 2 elements with a starting value of 0.

  • data[0]: The amount of times the vine spawn move needs to be redirected to a vine attack move before being able to spawn an AcolyteVine again. When the vine spawn move is used for the first time, this value is set to 2. From there, everytime the vine spawn move is used, if this value is still higher than 0, it is decremented and the vine attack move is used instead. When it reaches 0, the vine spawn move can be used again if selected. There is an exception to this: once data[1] gets set to 1 (when the phase transition will occur), this value will be set to 0 on the same actor turn and the vine spawn move will be used. Essentially, once data[1] gets set to 1, this enemy will ignore the existing value and proceed with using the vine spawn move anyway
  • data[1]: A phase transition tracker with three possible states depending on the value:
    • 0: The initial state before HPPercent becomes 0.4 or lower. From this state, the value is only set to 1 when HPPercent reaches 0.4 or lower
    • 1: HPPercent reached 0.4 or lower, but the phase transition hasn't fully occured yet. It occurs on the same actor turn and when it occurs, the value is set to 2 as well as data[0] set to 0 on top of using the vine spawn move
    • 2: The phase transition happened and from this point, this value can no longer influence the action logic

HardMode changes

HardMode being true does the following changes:

  • The prayer move, vine spawn move and vine attack moves have their base odds changed
  • The vine attack move may hit twice instead of only once, but for 2 base damage on the first hit instead of 3 (the second hit does 2 base damage if it happens)

Move selection

5 moves are possible:

  1. A prayer that inflicts DefenseUp to themselves
  2. Spawns a new AcolyteVine enemy and gets on top of it which changes their position to Flying
  3. A single target vine attack that may hit multiple times
  4. A single target aerial strike that also changes the position to Ground
  5. Transition to the second phase which spawns a new AngryPlant enemy then performs move 2

Move 4 can only be used and will always be used if position is Flying.

For move 5, it can only be used once in the entire battle and it will always be used if all of the following conditions are fufilled:

  • position is Ground (move 2 wasn't used)
  • HPPercent is 0.4 or lower
  • data[1] is 0 at the start of the actor turn (meaning move 5 was never used before)

Move 5 marks a phase transition whose state is tracked by data[1]. It becomes 1 once all of the above is detected and on the same actor turn, it becomes 2 once the transition is completed which prevents to use the move again.

All the other 3 moves have base odds which are shown in the following table and they differ depending if hardmode is true or not. However, the decision of the move to use may not be the final one. It is possible the move's logic decides to perform a different move instead which is reffered to as a redirection. They typically happen when proceeding with the move is illogical or undesired.

Here are all the move's base odds and their possible redirections:

Move Base odds (hardmode is false) Base odds (hardmode is true) Possible redirections
1 2/7 1/3 Move 3 if this enemy already has the DefenseUp condition
2 2/7 1/3 Move 3 if data[0] is above 0 (set to 2 as part of using this move otherwise). An exception to this is when move 5 (phase transition) is used since the usage of move 5 sets data[0] to 0 and then uses move 2. data[0] decrements when this redirection occurs
3 3/7 1/3 None, the move is always used once selected

Pre move logic

The following logic is always performed at the start of the action logic:

  • sprite local position is reset to Vector3.zero

Post move logic

The following logic is always performed at the end of the action logic:

  • sprite local position is reset to Vector3.zero

Move 1 - Prayer

A prayer that inflicts DefenseUp to themselves. No damages are dealt

nonphyscal set to true

This move always sets nonphyscal to true, but it doesn't affect anything for this move.

Logic sequence

  • Camera moves to look near this enemy
  • animstate set to 103
  • Yield for 0.6 seconds
  • animstate set to 105
  • Yield for 0.35 seconds
  • SetCondition called to inflict DefenseUp on this enemy for 3 main turns (effectively 2 since the main turn advances soon after)
  • StatUp sound plays
  • StatEffect called on this enemy with type 1 (blue up arrow)
  • Yield for 0.75 seconds

Move 2 - AcolyteVine spawn

Spawns a new AcolyteVine enemy and gets on top of it which changes the position to Flying. No damages are dealt.

About status resistance

This move will make this enemy immune to Poison, Freeze, Numb and Sleep conditions

nonphyscal set to true

This move always sets nonphyscal to true, but it doesn't affect anything for this move.

Logic sequence

  • If data[0] is above 0:
    • data[0] is decremented
    • Move 3 (vine attack) is performed instead
  • Camera moves to look near this enemy
  • data[0] set to 2
  • animstate set to 103
  • Yield for 0.6 seconds
  • animstate set to 101
  • Yield for 0.3 seconds
  • Charge9 sound plays
  • ShakeScreen called with an ammount of (0.1, 0.05, 0.0) for 0.5 time
  • AddNewEnemy called to add a new AcolyteVine enemy at this enemy position + (1.1, 45.0, 0.1)
  • Yield a frame
  • DirtExplode particles played at the AcolyteVine enemy
  • Over the course of 30.0 frames, AcolyteVine moves to + 5.0 in y with their scale changed to their startscale from endata via a lerp and their y angle changes from 720.0 to 0.0 via a lerp
  • Yield for 0.1 seconds
  • animstate set to 100
  • Yield for 0.8 seconds
  • Jump sound plays
  • animstate set to 2 (Jump)
  • y spin set to 15.0
  • Over the course of 40.0 frames, height is changed via a lerp to the y output of a BeizierCurve3 (that goes for the first 36.0 frames) from startp to startp + 0.34 in y with a ymax of 8.0
  • AcolyteVine's basestate and animstate set to 101
  • height set to 3.4
  • ShakeSprite called with intensity (0.1, 0.1, 0.0) with 0.2 frametimer
  • AcolyteVine's spin` zeroed out
  • AcolyteVine's sprite angles set to FlipAngle
  • position changed to Flying
  • AcolyteVine animstate set to its basestate
  • AcolyteVine has the BattleIdlef animationClip played
  • y cursoroffset decreased by 1.0
  • poisonres, freezeres, numbres and sleepres set to 110 which makes this enemy immune to Poison, Freeze, Numb and Sleep

Move 3 - Vine attack

A single target vine attack that may hit multiple times.

nonphyscal set to true

This move always sets nonphyscal to true which affects the effects of the FrostBite, SpikeBod and PoisonTouch medal if equipped on the target.

DoDamage calls

# Conditions attacker target damageammount property overrides block
1 Always happen 1 time (from 1 to 2 times instead if hardmode us true, but the second hit requires the targer's hp to still be above 0) This enemy playertargetID after GetSingleTarget (same target for each calls)
  • If harmode is false, 3
  • If hardmode is true, 2 on the first hit, 1 on the second hit
 Pierce1 null commandsuccess

1: Enemy piercing damages are disabled so this property does nothing, see the CalculateBaseDamage documentation to learn more

Logic sequence

  • GetSingleTarget called
  • Camera moves to look near the midpoint of this enemy and playertargetentity
  • animstate set to 103
  • Yield for 0.6 seconds
  • animstate set to 101
  • Yield for 0.3 seconds
  • checkingdead is set to a new VineAttack coroutine with 3 damageamt (2 instead if hardmode is true), actionid as the callerid without gettarget. The coroutine will set checkingdead to null upon completion
  • Yield all frames until checkingdead goes to null

This is what the coroutine effectively ends up doing:

  • Rumble3 sound plays
  • ShakeScreen called with an ammount of (0.1, 0.05, 0.0), time of 0.75 with dontreset
  • Camera moves to look near playertargetentity
  • The amount of hits is determined. It is 1 if hardmode is false and if it's true, it's random between 1 and 2
  • An array of Prefabs/Objects/VenusRoot are instantiated with the amount being the amount of hits to do at (playertargetentity x position + a random number between -2.0 and 2.0, -5.0, playertargetentity z position). Each instance is set to LookAt the playertargetentity and has its initial position incremented by (random between -1.0 and 1.0, 0.0, -0.15)
  • An array of Vector3 are instantiated with the amount being the amount of hits to do with each being the normalised direction vector from playertargetentity to the matching Prefabs/Objects/VenusRoot element
  • Yield for 0.75 seconds
  • For each hit:
    • Charge8 sound plays
    • Over the course of 10.0 frames, the Prefabs/Objects/VenusRoot position changes to its position + the matching heading direction vector * 5.0. The first time reaching the 5th frame or later when playerdata[playertargetID]'s hp is above 0, DoDamage 1 call happens before the frame yield
    • Yield for 0.5 seconds
    • If this is the last hit:
      • Rumble3 sound plays
      • ShakeScreen called with an ammount of (0.1, 0.05, 0.0), time of 0.75 with dontreset
      • Yield for 0.5 seconds
    • The amount of damage to deal on the next hit becomes half of this one's damage floored then clamped from 1 to 99
  • Over the course of 60.0 frames, all Prefabs/Objects/VenusRoot instances has ther scale lerped to Vector3.zero
  • Yield a frame
  • All Prefabs/Objects/VenusRoot instances gets destroyed
  • checkingdead set to null which informs the caller that the coroutine is done

Move 4 - Aerial strike

A single target aerial strike that also changes the position to Ground.

About status resistance

This move will undo any resitance increases of Poison, Freeze, Numb and Sleep conditions

DoDamage calls

# Conditions attacker target damageammount property overrides block
1 Always happen This enemy playertargetID after GetSingleTarget 4 null null commandsuccess

Logic sequence

  • GetSingleTarget called
  • y position increased by height
  • height set to 0.0
  • sprite local position set to Vector3.zero
  • Camera moves to look near this enemy
  • animstate set to 0 (Idle)
  • Jump called
  • Yield for 0.3 seconds
  • animstate set to 108
  • Yield for 0.2 seconds
  • animstate set to 2 (Jump)
  • spin set to (0.0, 15.0, -0.1)
  • The enemydata index of the AcolyteVine is obtained (it should always be present from here)
  • AcolyteVine animstate set to 18 (KO)
  • AcolyteVine's hp set to 0
  • Camera moves to look near playertargetentity
  • ChargeDown4 sound plays
  • Spin2 sound plays on loop with 1.1 pitch and 0.6 volume
  • AcolyteVine MainManager.MoveTowards down by 5.0 in y with 50.0 multiplier with smooth and without local
  • Over the course of 40.0 frames, position is lerped to the midpoint between startp and playertargetentity + (0.75, 5.5, 0.0)
  • Yield for 0.2 seconds
  • Spin2 sound stopped
  • Toss4 sound plays
  • spin zeroed out
  • flip set to false
  • sprite local position set to Vector3.zero
  • animstate set to 107
  • trail set to true
  • Over the course of 20.0 frames, position is lerped to playertargetentity + 1.0 in y
  • trail set to false
  • DoDamage 1 call happens
  • ShakeScreen called with an ammount of (0.1, 0.1, 0.1) and 0.1 time
  • HugeHit sound plays
  • Yield for 0.05 seconds
  • SetDefaultCamera called
  • animstate set to 110
  • z spin set to -20.0
  • Over the course of 40.0 frames, this enemy moves to startp + Vector3.up via a BeizierCurve3 with a ymax of 7.0 and AcolyteVine has its startscale and its rotater angles lerped to Vector3.zero
  • position set to startp
  • animstate set to 108
  • spin zeroed out
  • Yield a frame
  • sprite angles reset to Vector3.zero
  • position set to Ground
  • Yield for 0.5 seconds
  • cursoroffset, poisonres, freezeres, numbres and sleepres are reset to their default value from GetEnemyData without createentity
  • AcolyteVine is destroyed
  • ReorganizeEnemies called

Move 5 - Phase transition

Transition to the second phase which spawns a new AngryPlant enemy and performs move 2 (vine spawn).

nonphyscal set to true

This move always sets nonphyscal to true, but it doesn't affect anything for this move.

Logic sequence

  • data[1] set to 1
  • cantmove decremented. This gives another actor turn to this enemy which will be move 4 (aerial strike) because position will always end up being Flying at the end of this actor turn
  • Camera moves to look near this enemy
  • animstate set to 103
  • Yield for 0.6 seconds
  • animstate set to 105
  • Yield for 0.35 seconds
  • Camera moves to the left by 3.0
  • ShakeScreen called for 0.5 time
  • Yield for 0.5 seconds
  • VenusBudAppear sound plays
  • AddNewEnemy called to add a new AngryPlant enemy at this enemy position + (-3.0, 0.0, -0.1)
  • DeathSmoke particles plays at the AngryPlant
  • AngryPlant's startscale set to Vector3.zero
  • Yield a frame
  • AngryPlant animstate set to 101
  • AngryPlant's y spin set to 20.0
  • Over the course of 30.0 frames, AngryPlant's startscale is lerped to (1.15, 1.15, 1.15)
  • AngryPlant's startscale set to (1.15, 1.15, 1.15)
  • AngryPlant's spin zeroed out
  • Yield for 0.5 seconds
  • AngryPlant's animstate set to 0 (Idle)
  • data[1] set to 2 (completed the phase transition)
  • data[0] set to 0 (forces the vine spawn move to be available for usage)
  • Move 2 (vine spawn) is used