A major update for RPG Maker Action Combat has arrived! Check out the video below to explore the key changes and review the changelog for full details.

NEW FEATURES

• Beat 'Em Up Mode: Easily create beat 'em up games by limiting movement to left and right directions, streamlining development and saving time.
• Target Lock: Lock onto an event, like in many action games, to direct attacks toward the target. Test the new maps to explore all features, as this includes extensive supporting functionality.
• HUD Text Value: Display various value types on HUD bars for enhanced customization.
• HUD Fill Direction: Configure HUD elements to fill from either left or right.
• Quick Reset: Reset all switches to false and variables to 0 with a single plugin call.
• Keyboard & Gamepad: Overhauled system with unlimited key binding options for greater flexibility.
• Animation Solution: Add Idle, Walk, and Run animations to events for dynamic visuals.
• Hotbar: Use touch slots to activate items directly from the hotbar.
• Hotbar Icons: Display icons on hotbar slots instead of button text for a cleaner look.

ADJUSTMENTS

• New map: Footstep SFX - Create a footstep system with simple eventing.
• New Plugin Command: Lock a a target, source is player
• New Movement Route support: Add case "lockedTarget" to nearly all other movement route commands.
• New Movement Route support: jumpTo('region id') - Jump to the nearest region ID.
• New Conditional Branch: Check the current degree of the left stick with isLeftStickDegree(value).
• New Conditional Branch: Check if there is a locked target on the map.
• New script call: Return the current degree value of the left stick with leftStickDegree().
• Plugin Command: Spawn Event, event name/ID accepts expressions like $game....
• Plugin Command: Increase/Decrease Event HP, changed “Weapon DMG” to “Actor ATK & Weapon”.
• Plugin Command: Create Dynamic Event, positions accept expressions like $game....
• Improvement: Adjusted Spawn Event position region X to support expressions like region X + Y. This is helpful for advanced use cases.
• Improvement: Skills spawned via an actor event (<hp: actor, actor id>) will use their stats and deal formula-based damage if they collide with an enemy.
• Improvement: Increase/Decrease Event HP when using “Actor ATK & Weapon” no longer returns the raw value of the weapon but uses the player’s ATK stats.
• Improvement: Event Effect Shake, Bounce, and Scale respect Z-index priority and use an improved method.
• Improvement: Increase/Decrease Actor HP accounts for actor stats from the database before returning the final damage output.
• Improvement: checkRange - If the source is the event checking another event with the same requirement, it won’t detect itself.
• Improvement: Event HP Bar: If showRadius is 0 or empty, it hides the event’s HP bar.
• Removed from demo: Anything related to monster catching.

BUG FIX

• Fixed a bug related to the Poison Sword local variable.
• Fixed Event Effects fade to stop blinking and adjust offset position.
• Conditional Branch equippedArmor now also checks for the Shield slot.
• Sucking now supports ‘player’ as the source.
• Demo: Minor bug fixes related to sprite changing when casting magic.
• Performance Optimization: Sprite Offset no longer searches for the notetag <sprite offset> for every event every frame.
• Performance Optimization: Optimized a distance check in Sprite_Character.prototype.updatePosition.
• Performance Optimization: Optimized shouldCheckFlip.
• Performance Optimization: Slightly optimized checkRange distance check.
• Performance Optimization: Create Dynamic Event reduces performance impact despite being destroyed.
• Performance Optimization: Destroy Regular Event is optimized.