[Scripting Question] Question about "if" command

[Seenit45]

I changed the properties of the ability Mega Launcher so that it boosts a move if it's either a bomb move or a pulse move. This is how the code for it looks like now:

if attacker.hasWorkingAbility(:MEGALAUNCHER) && (isPulseMove? || isBombMove?)
      damagemult=(damagemult*1.5).round
end

Something I'm not sure about is this: Will Mega Launcher boost a move twice if said move is both a bomb and a pulse move? Or will it only check for one of those 2 attributes and only buff it once?

 

[Lucidious89]

Unless the code is being ran through a loop, each line is only read once. So as of now this code just says:
"If the attacker has Mega Launcher, AND the move is a Pulse OR Bomb move, THEN damage is increased by 1.5"

So you will only ever get 1.5 as your damage boost.
Even if you did loop it, a second reading would just replace the first reading, resulting in 1.5 damage again. The only way this effect would cumulate is if you specifically CODED it to cumulate its damage with each possible scenario, and then return the cumulated damage boosts. Which would take a lot more work than this, so you're safe.

 

[Seenit45]

Unless the code is being ran through a loop, each line is only read once. So as of now this code just says:
"If the attacker has Mega Launcher, AND the move is a Pulse OR Bomb move, THEN damage is increased by 1.5"

So you will only ever get 1.5 as your damage boost.
Even if you did loop it, a second reading would just replace the first reading, resulting in 1.5 damage again. The only way this effect would cumulate is if you specifically CODED it to cumulate its damage with each possible scenario, and then return the cumulated damage boosts. Which would take a lot more work than this, so you're safe.

Got it. Thanks!