calculation help

[aylictal]

hello guys-

I'll just jot down what I have, and what I'm trying to do

3 hypothetical variables:

characterHP
enemyATK
characterarmor

I have a method for the AI to attack, and when it deals damage with the following formula: CharacterHP=CharacterHP-(EnemyATK-CharacterArmor)

Problem is, is if the CharacterArmor attribute is > EnemyATK, the enemy will heal the character whenever it attacks. How could I turn the right side of this statement (the action), to just be zero if CharacterArmor is > EnemyATK? Or would I have to right a second statement? I'd prefer to not right another statement if possible, to keep this as clean and smooth as possible. I realize that MMF has some extra keynames, some of which I"m not familiar with (like MAX or MIN), and was wondering if there was such a keyword to denote a value of 0 if the value turns out to be negative within the parenthesis.

If a second statement is required for covering this, let me know.

[MuddyMole]

CharacterHP = CharacterHP - max(EnemyATK - CharacterArmor, 0)

Max(), min(), etc are all explained in the documentation. They work just the same as they do in spreadsheet apps such as Microsoft Excel.

[aylictal]

thank you muddymole. where can i find the documentation for these, and others within mmf2? are they consolidated somewhere? when i tried searching the contents area with MIN or MAX, nothing really showed up of use that i could find.

thanks again, it definitely works!

[MuddyMole]

Help -> Contents -> Objects -> Special Object -> Expressions...
(or just search for "maximal" is quickest)