It’s update time again, and this one’s extra juicy and extra large!

Introducing RPG Maker Action Combat version 1.6.0. This update’s all about making your dev life easier, faster, and way more fun. Hit play on the trailer below to check out all the major new features.

Changelog

Animation Solution (plugin)

• New feature: You can now use single row spritesheet for events, similar to other modern game engines
• New feature: Events and Followers now support 8 directional spritesheet
• New feature: You can now adjust frame playing speed of Idle, Walk and Run for game player
• New feature: Animations via Show Animation plugin command can now be looped forever
• New feature: Animations via Show Animation plugin command now support playing from a certain range
• New feature: Followers  (default RPG Maker ones) to use Run spritesheet if player is dashing/running
• Fixed holding Shift without moving increase frame speed of player
• Fixed fade out effect in Show Animation and Animation Effect plugin command not working

RPG Maker Action Combat (Sample Project)

• New spell: Fireball Spray -- Spray multiple fireballs that potentially can knockback enemies
• New sword: Sword of Ice -- A sword that can freeze enemies
• New area: Ghost Cave
• Spell adjustment: Snowflake can now be controlled via mouse cursor/game pad right stick
• All enemy events now use a newer method to link to their counterpart in database
• Simplified State infliction system significantly
• Simplified Gun system significantly
• Many balance adjustment to weapons, skills and enemies
• Many new armors

RPG Maker Action Combat

Combat & Event Enhancements

• Minion HP Notetag: <HP: minion, actorId> lets each event have its own independent stats, even if they share the same actor setup.
• Enemy Setup by Name: Automatically link enemy events to database entries by matching their names.
• Knockback Command: Easily push back events with full 360° and pixel movement support.
• Easy Gun System: Simplified setup for guns, bows, or any item-based weapons.
• Swing Weapon Z-Index: Adjust weapon layering for better visual control.
• Spawn Event Rotation: Supports mouse or gamepad + X for directional spawning.
• Attach Spawned Event: Spawned events can now be linked to a target as child/parent.

States & Effects

• Easy State Infliction: Weapons and skills can now inflict states using an upgraded RPG Maker system.
• Pop Text Enhancements: New animation preset, Color gradient (2 colors), Text now rendered as sharp (nearest), Option to stick text to map position, Adjustable outline width, Show gold value of defeated enemies.

Rewards & Drops

• Easy Drop Items: Automatically drop items assigned in the database when an enemy is defeated. Supports manual drops via template maps.
• Gold on Defeat: Option to gain gold when defeating enemies.

Logic & Scripting

• Passable Command: New command to make events passable (similar to <pass> notetag).
• Attacker Notetag: <attacker: x> assigns a source for formulas like a.atk - b.def.
• Damage Notetag: <dmg: enemy name> returns ATK value (after trait calculation) from database.
• Event Count Script: mapCount(target) returns the number of events on the map.
• checkCollide Update: Conditional branch now supports checking against event names.

Fixes

• Fixed Dot Move optimization bug causing events to bypass impassable tiles with >30 events.
• Fixed child-parent issue preventing events from being player’s child.
• Fixed uneven areas in turnToward('mouse or gamepad').
• Fixed child event staying in place after parent is removed.
• Fixed HP bar misplacement with 8-direction spritesheets.
• Fixed sprite rotation sorting in Event Effects > Spin.
• Fixed +damage not applying <dmg: x> value correctly.
• Fixed 0 damage (MISS) from player causing other events to also deal 0 damage.

Adjustments

• Merged Destroy Spawned Event and Destroy Regular Event into one: Destroy Event.
• Merged X and Y parameters in Spawn Event and Create Dynamic Event into one line.
• Changed random(a,b) to random(a:b) in spawn commands.
• Enemies created via <hp: number> or <hp: number - number> now treated as <hp: enemy name> with 0 stats (ATK, DEF, M.DEF, etc.).

Removed

• <dmg: actor, X, atk> notetag — deprecated due to low usage and better alternatives.
• <exp> notetag — removed due to low usage.