Mark of the Dragon's Battle System Tutorial

Note: I'm still developing my first, so if this doesn't work, I apologize.

Table of Contents:

1-Introduction
2-What is a Battle System
3-Basic Knowledge
4-The Main Loop
5-Wrapping Up
6-Contact Me

***Introduction***

Hi, and welcome to Mark of the Dragon's Custom Battle System Tutorial. If you want to make a custom MWin...then go back to G's Shack and dload my MWin Tutorial, dumbass. Otherwise, read on! Now, this tutorial should give you a good starting ground for a custom BS, and should be treated as such. This tutorial will NOT get you up to Xorlak's level. If it did, I wouldn't have given it to you in the first place, so :P!!! 

***What is a Battle System***

If you have played any RPG which involved fighting, you should be able to figure this out. If you don't have a clue, then I suggest getting professional help. 


***Basic Knowledge***

You should know what a #For loop is, as well as a #While Loop. You should also know how to use #If statements and the #Method command. If you don't know any of these, go out and learn. It's not my job to teach you these things, so go whine to G or Xorlak. Maybe they'll give you a hand. Or look them up in the RPG Code Command Reference (if you don't know what this is, then close this tutorial, delete toolkit, and join your moron friends in the RM2K community! Don't waste the TK'ers time!) 

***The Main Loop***

K, a battle system is a repeating loop of commands. You may want to use the #While Command to specify the loop. Here's an example:

#While(fightover!==0)
{
#SetStats
#SetScreen
#Menu
#CarryOut
#EnemyAI
#EndOrNot
}

Note that most of these commands don't exist. That's where you create many methods to do this stuff. I'll leave that to you to figure out, since that's where your own creative mind comes in. 

***Wrapping Up***

Well, I hope that this has given you a starting point in writing your very own custom BS. I've left most of the figuring to you, but I've explained the main portion of the custom BS, which is the most daunting task with the Toolkit. If I had held your hand the entire way, then what would you have learned? The purpose of this tutorial is to TEACH you how to do this and to have you figure things on your own, not to do it for you. 

***Contact Me***

If you have any questions or comments, or you just want more detail on a topic, then email me at dahawkster92@yahoo.com or markofdragon@mysticsoftware.net . You can also catch me on AIM as ExcalRPG. I hope to get some feedback on this so that I may improve this bare-bones tutorial. Later!