Enemy AI

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Notes on Enemy AI are currently incomplete; eventually, data will be decoded and added into Temporal Flux for functionality. Enemy AI information will be updated as new stuff comes.

Offsets

Directly from Geiger's Offsets.txt
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0C8B08 0C8D07 PTR No No Pointers to Enemy AI (local) 6/21/2004
0C8D08 0CCBC8 AI No No Enemy AI 7/14/2003
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WaddlerD's conversation to me:
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WaddlerD 85: The AI tactics is quite interesting.
WaddlerD 85: All the monsters has 2 main patterns.
WaddlerD 85: A "normal", move on will pattern and a "counter, move
with the response of an attack or action, pattern.
WaddlerD 85: It's always seperated by FE FF
WaddlerD 85: The stuff between the FE FF is simple and complicated
in a way.
WaddlerD 85: The first 4 bytes are ALWAYS to going to be a
precondition.
WaddlerD 85: followed by a FE
WaddlerD 85: to seperate the precondition from the actual actions.
WaddlerD 85: I haven't found out all the preconditions yet, as there
are quite a few, but usually 00 00 00 00 is the default.
WaddlerD 85: As it means, "If the monster is alive" probaby.
WaddlerD 85: probably*
WaddlerD 85: You can put more than one precondition in a pattern,
though.
WaddlerD 85: Like for instance.
WaddlerD 85: FE FF 00 00 00 00 FE Blah blah blah FE 00 00 00 00 FE
Blah Blah FE FF <--- Normal attack pattern
WaddlerD 85: The four bytes.
WaddlerD 85: Though it's also good to know that the precondition can
be expanded into some big "and" precondition.
WaddlerD 85: Like for instance 01 03 00 00 15 40 00 00 = "When HP is
at 50% AND Monster is hit with Shadow based elemental attack.
WaddlerD 85: There is quite a few interesting preconditions that I
found out so far.


WaddlerD 85: Somewhat sloppy, but it should be good enough
WaddlerD 85: Byte #1: 00 = No Attack
01 = Attack
Byte #2: 00 = Normal Attack
01 = Secondary Attack
Byte #3: (Target?)
Byte #4: Animation that is done before attack
01 = Up Close
04 = Stand Still Action
0A = Circle around
0E = Going Astray

02 XX 05 XX XX XX

Byte #1: 02 = Techs/Magic
Byte #2: XX = Attack Type
Byte #3: Targeting style?
Byte #4: Double Tech targeting?
Byte #5: Triple Tech targeting?
Byte #6: Message

0A XX XX

Byte #1: 0A = Disables Enemy
XX = Special Attack
XX = Message

0B XX XX 00 XX

Byte #1: 0B = Setting Stat
Byte #2: XX = Stat Type
Byte #3: XX = Stat set
Byte #4: 00 = ?
Byte #5: XX = Message

0C 3D XX XX

Byte #1: 0C = Adding Stat
Byte #2: 3D = Offense
39 = Magic
3B = Evade
38 = Speed
3E = Defense
3F = Lightning Defense
40 = Shadow Defense
41 = Water Defense
42 = Fire Defense
Byte #3: Increment
Byte #4: Message

0D XX

0F XX

Byte #1: 0F = Message Enable
Byte #2: XX = Message

Attack/Counterattack Preconditions
15 XX = Counters with Type of Attack

20 00 00 00 = Final Attack
17 XX 00 00 = Chances Pattern will be used
1F 04 XX 00 = Distance
07 01 00 00 = Custom Pattern is active
11 00 00 00 = Physical Attack
12 XX 01 = Magic Attack
01 03 = HP is at 50%
05 XX = Number of Monsters in battle



WaddlerD 85: Here's the first bit of attacks that I have found out.
WaddlerD 85: 00 = Flash
01 = Enemy Cure (Target problems, they cure YOU...)
02 = Lock
03 = Bird Screech
04 = Slow Gas Attack
05 = Nagaette's Slow Spell
06 = Mune Attack
07 = Jump n' Land Strike
08 = Sleep Wave
09 = Dust Breath Attack
0A = Fire Breath Attack
0B = Grinder Plowing Attack
0C = Dragon Tank Missile Salvo
0D = Bubble
0E = Yakra's Needlespin
0F = Sleep Bomb
10 = Cybot Singing
11 = Spewing Volcano
12 = Rasp
13 = Venomous Gas
14 = Laser Beam
15 = Laser Beam Again
16 = Missile Salvo
17 = Orb Bomb
18 = Area Bomb
19 = Amplifire
1A = Delta Attack
1B = Ink Blast
1C = Harmful Gas
1D = Attack, Attack, Attack/Bugged
1E = Chaos Bell
1F = Azala Break
20 = Yes Indeed!
21 = Whirlwind Dance/Bugged Alone
22 = X-Strike/Bugged Alone
23 = Whirlwind Blast
24 = Less Hitting Poison Gas
25 = Fire Trail or Enemy Fire 1
26 = Pushback Attack
27 = Static Shock (ALL)
28 = Static Shock (ONE)
29 = Shower
2A = Enemy Ice 1
2B = Enemy Lightning 1
2C = Self-Destruct
2D = Nuke
2E = Bugged?
2F = Point Flare

WaddlerD 85: Found out another precondition.

WaddlerD 85: I think 40 00 XX 01 points out "When Monster XX is
dead"
WaddlerD 85: So if you put 40 00 CF 01 in there, it says "When
Monster "Bit" is dead", do this.

WaddlerD 85: Ok, should be simple enough.
WaddlerD 85: You know though...
WaddlerD 85: There may be something more than what I put down
for 1F 04 XX XX
WaddlerD 85: A lot more...

WaddlerD 85: Because Gato has 1F 06 00 00 for his counter attack
precondition...

WaddlerD 85: Well, 1F usually deals with distance
WaddlerD 85: So I guess the three bytes after it have to do with
something...

Other Findings

Justin3009

38910 - Marle Invisible Monster's transform

34341/33345/59108/42312/34523/34112/32198/33333/35312/35464/34921/32421/35353/(44217/45217)(Counter Attack) - Enemy Melee

45629 - Weird Attack by enemy (almost like golem's)

43212 - Robot/Dragon Tank Moves?

46645/43217 - robot move

54332 - Span Death/ Arm Revives Body (Kills Hero and 2 Enemies)

54512/54651/54325 - Barrier Change Message Repeating

56654 - Hexagon Mist/Water Message Repeating

45333 - Zeal (Hands/Head Moves)

51652 - (Magus Moves)

42217 - Low Life

48217 - Automatic Win

59217 - Area Change?/Hero's Attack Themselves?

52217 - Area Bomb Message Appears

12341/12741 - Strange Win?

23411/15297/59231/12347/23409/23421/958/951/14512 - Freezes Game

43123 - Copy Cat Ability/Copies Phycics message repeating

38764 - 1 hit win

42978 - Dragon Tank

55789/54129/54213/53451/54643/53750 - Barrier Change Message Repeating

49876/50000 - Unfinished Double techs

29873 - Gaia Magnade/Fire Message Repeating

39065 - Absorbs More Elemental Damage

19824/24312 - Slows Game

48971 - Strange Effects...

49441 - The Parts on the Right Store Energy...Message Repeating

43298/43291 - Automatic win/Apart Masa and Mune Are Powerless Msg..

42831 - 1 Yakra Move

12478 - Double Part Attack/Dark Plasma Message Repeating

45123 - hero takes over enemy

42312/38312(Close Range) - Enemy Steals Life

12973 - Defense Down Message Appears and Freezes Game

47819 - Dragon Tank Missles

5309 - Grand Stone/ Ultimnate physical attack (Freezes game)

61470 - Dark Gear/ Shadow Message Repeating

40395 - Enemy Uses weird move (Screen turns red and rocks fall)

24341 - Either Slows game or Slows Battle Stances

45432 - Counter Attack/ Life Shaver

51312 - Counter Attack: Flare

52312 - Gives weird mana drains all items and Barrier Change/Ding-Aling-Chaos message

49312 - Lavos Moves/Yakra Move?

47312 - Steals life/ Shakes the Ground/Tornado Energy Neutralized message

44312 - Destroy's Graphics/ Bad Impulse ---- (Couldn't read rest of message)

43312 - Attacks Hero, but when attacked, Apart Masa and Mune Are Powerless (Ends Battle)

36312 - Shoots a Bunch of Flames

51112 - Area Bomb on Enemy

51012 - Go ahead...Try and attack (Shoot's Flame)

51002 - Lavos Core is Defended! (Shoot's Flame)

51119 - Area Bomb On Hero's

51149 - Golem Boss Run Away Move

56512 - Removes third party menu over and over

34523 - Walk Around and Attack

57298/12451/41931 - destroys graphics (does many things)

32489 - Freezes game

40000 - Shoots Laser

47800 - Shoots Missles

57212 - Hero's attack themselves and Reprogramming/Chaos Message Appears

57212 - Hero's attack themselves and Reprogramming/Chaos Message Appears

3561 - Span Death/Arm Revives Main Body.. Message Repeats

10294 - After any attack game screen goes black and dissappears

9931 - Kills enemy after 3 turns and constantly plays enemy death sound then game freezes

16528/15460 - Enemy tries to run then game freezes

13256 - Attack/will attack with no center bit.

15555 - Double-Part Attack/Dark-Plasma

43216 - Copy Cat Ability/Copies Phycics message repeating (Does Missle Attack, Laser Beam, and Time Stop)

49216 - Blue scout fights all mag but "water".

46216 - Eats hero for life and uses some strange fire attack that hits everything

10896 - 1st person in slot shakes head and game freezes

59230 - Lavos Core is Defended! message repeats

42190 - Makes game skippy

42956 - Shoots yellow laser beam

43956 - Slashes's Attacks

45956 - Robo's Heal Beam?

47956 - Missles

50956 - Lavos Bit Attacks?

51956 - Fire 2, Lightning 2, Ice 2

57956 - Js theot ththingver: Th Message appears (automatic win) But drains life

61956 - Mutant Gas/Poison Message Repeats

39956 - Blue scout fights all mag but "lightning". Then does MP Buster

37956 - Shoots Dirt at Heroes and Melee attacks

16956 - Napalm Message Repeats (hero Attacks enemy but then attacks a hero)

12956 - Shadow Slay Message Repeats

5956 - Freeze/stop message repeats

61258 - ♪-- ♪- ♪♪--/chaos message repeats

45874 - Sand Breath/Darkness (Def powered up when attack) Steals Life

41874 - If hero attack Enemy runs away (Attack pwr up) Message repeats

39874 - 10,000 Hz/sleep strike from the heavens above

38874 - Physical defense on If attacked Magical Defense on if Magic

37874 - If attacked does hallation

36874 - If attacked uses Cure 2?

40874 - Does slash and slow

24874 - Crying Heavens/Hidden Below message repeats

16874 - Double-Part Attack/Dark-Plasma Message repeats If hero lands a strike, Hero attacks him/herself

15874 - Obstacle message repeats

11523 - Counter-Attack

10523 - Plays enemy death sound when enemy is defeated over and over. Then says destruction zone, screws up the graphics, anything other then that turns into a robot laser.

9523 - Plays enemy death sound when enemy is defeated over and over. Then says Mortal Blow, screws up the graphics, anything other then that turns into a robot laser.

45523 - Doom, Doom Doom Doom... - Screws up Graphics and does some odd attack.

59632 - Attacks enemy then shakes head left to right

10203 - hero dissappears enemy dissappears turns into a "nu" or so they say and screws up graphics on hero

50314 - Shoots flames and eats hero

13620 - Counter attacks during battle message repeats

60340 - Pain... Message appears at the beginning of the battle

32056 - Counter-Attacks

16450 - Life Shaver/ Hp goes to 1 - If successful hit hero attacks themselves and takes no dmg

63190 - Waltz of the wind (insert heart symbol here)/chaos

40210 - Barghest's shield destroyed... message appears after the first attack


Chickenlump

09 XX
XX = Attack to use

These attacks do absolutely no damage (not even 0), but the attack effect plays out. I've seen these in 2 unnamed monster's scripts (lavos support monsters I think, they have no name, #'s B5 and B6).

28 XX YY  - Change Stats
XX - Stat to change
YY - Amount to change

You can change HP, MP, wounded, etc. stats of characters with this one.

Vehek

07 XX YY ZZ - Become different monster
XX - Type of monster to become
YY - Attack animation to use. (So far, only 70 and 7D have been tested and shown to update the name and sprite.)
ZZ - Haven't really investigated; affects whether it keeps its current HP when it changes.
This requires the location events to be set up in a certain way.

From: Offsets (Chrono Trigger)