Enemy Formations

Enemy Formations

Enemy Formations represent a group of enemies that can be fought together as a single battle encounter. Each formation defines which enemies are present, where they appear on the battlefield, the music that plays, and the conditions that determine victory, defeat, and escape.

A formation can be authored as a fixed roster, where the same enemies appear every time, or as a Formation Table, where rows are rolled against a chance evaluation method to assemble a randomized roster when the battle begins.


Note: Fixed rosters are typical for scripted encounters and bosses, while Formation Tables are typical for random and chance encounters where variety is desired. The chance evaluation method on a Formation Table is shared with Loot Tables, Shop Categories, and other weighted containers, and behaves the same way in each.

Properties

System

Name	Explanation	Type
Chance Evaluation Method	Controls how the Formation Table is rolled when Uses Random Table is enabled. See Singular, Cumulative, and Reroll for the behavior of each method.	Chance Evaluation Method
Custom Music	The custom music to play during battle.	Music
Defeat Conditions	The conditions required to occur for defeat.	Battle Condition
Enemies	The enemies that compose a formation.	Enemy Formation Item
Escape Chance	The base chance, from 0 to 100, that the party rolls under to escape this battle. Has no effect when Is Escapable is disabled.	Number
Formation Table	The table to generate the enemy formation from.	Enemy Formation Table Row
Is Escapable	Whether the enemy formation can be escaped.	Toggle
Name	The name of the enemy formation.	String
Use Custom Music	Whether to use custom music during the battle.	Toggle
Uses Random Table	When enabled, the Enemies list is ignored and the formation roster is rolled from the Formation Table each time the battle begins.	Toggle
Victory Conditions	The conditions required to occur for victory.	Battle Condition

Enemy Formation Item

Properties

System

Name	Explanation	Type
Enemy	The index of the enemy in the database.	Enemy
Random Rank Maximum	The maximum rank to randomly set the enemy at.	Number
Random Rank Minimum	The minimum rank to randomly set the enemy at.	Number
Rank	The rank of the enemy to use.	Variable or Value
Use Random Rank	Whether to randomly set the rank of the enemy.	Toggle
X	The x coordinate to adjust the enemy position by.	Number
Y	The y coordinate to adjust the enemy position by.	Number
Z	The z coordinate to adjust the enemy position by.	Number

Enemy Formation Table Row

Properties

System

Name	Explanation	Type
Chance	The chance of occurrence.	Number
Enemy	The enemy formation item to use on the random occurrence.	Enemy Formation Item

Chance Evaluation Method

Name	Explanation
Singular	Only one item will result. Calculates the total sum of all chances and picks a single result from the weighted range.
Cumulative	Each roll is evaluated against the total of all rows. Can generate every result, using a single random number against the cumulative sum.
Reroll	Each row is independently re-evaluated with its own random roll against the maximum chance. Can generate every result.