Help! How can i fix this infinite attack? Urien???

[Retr6l6rd64]

This character would be pretty good but has a problem with his standing light punch...
you could spam this attack and take out a whole life bar
how can I fix it???
here is his basic




; Standing Light Punch
; CNS difficulty: easy
[Statedef 200]
type = S ;State-type: S-stand, C-crouch, A-air, L-liedown
movetype= A ;Move-type: A-attack, I-idle, H-gethit
physics = S ;Physics: S-stand, C-crouch, A-air
juggle = 2 ;Number of air juggle points move takes
;Commonly-used controllers:
velset = 0,0 ;Set velocity (x,y) (Def: no change)
ctrl = 0 ;Set ctrl (Def: no change)
anim = 200 ;Change animation (Def: no change)
poweradd = 20 ;Power to add (Def: 0)
sprpriority = 2 ;Set layering priority to 2 (in front)

[State 200, Hitdef]
type = HitDef
trigger1 = Time = 0
attr = S, NA ;Attribute: Standing, Normal Attack
damage = (1000.0/160.0)*(2.0) ;Damage that move inflicts, guard damage
animtype = Light ;Animation type: Light, Medium, Heavy, Back (def: Light)
guardflag = MA ;Flags on how move is to be guarded against
hitflag = MAF ;Flags of conditions that move can hit
priority = 3, Hit ;Attack priority: 0 (least) to 7 (most), 4 default
;Hit/Miss/Dodge type (Def: Hit)
pausetime = 8, 10 ;Time attacker pauses, time opponent shakes
sparkno = S(7770+random%3) ;Spark anim no (Def: set above)
sparkxy = -10,-70 ;X-offset for the "hit spark" rel. to p2, ;Y-offset for the spark rel. to P1
hitsound = S200, 1 ;Sound to play on hit
guardsound = S120, 0 ;Sound to play on guard
ground.type = High ;Type: High, Low, Trip (def: Normal)
ground.slidetime = 5 ;Time that the opponent slides back
ground.hittime = 12 ;Time opponent is in hit State
ground.velocity = -4 ;Velocity at which opponent is pushed
airguard.velocity = -1.9,-.8 ;Guard velocity in air (def: (air.xvel*1.5, air.yvel/2))
air.type = High ;Type: High, Low, Trip (def: same as ground.type)
air.velocity = -1.4,-3 ;X-velocity at which opponent is pushed,
;Y-velocity at which opponent is pushed
air.hittime = 12 ;Time before opponent regains control in air
ground.cornerpush.veloff = -12.5
air.cornerpush.veloff = -12.5
guard.velocity = -3

[State 200, PlaySnd]
type = PlaySnd
trigger1 = animelem = 3
value = 200, 0

[State 215, Changestate]
type = CtrlSet
trigger1 = Time >= 12
value = 1

[State 200, Changestate]
type = ChangeState
trigger1 = AnimTime = 0
value = 0
ctrl = 1

[Imperius]

That's pretty obvious but change the damage of your [State 200, Hitdef] from 1000 to something around 30 or 40.

[Retr6l6rd64]

it seems like that just masks the problem is there a way that I can make the attack only hit once
so that its not able to be spammed

I can literally just hold forward and keep pushing Q until the opponent loses
it creates a infinite combo

[Imperius]

Yes, you just need to create a new command for that move.
Copy/paste one of your normal moves into the cmd file and change the state and command.
By the way, moving this to dev help.

[mulambo]

Just increase the pausetime for p1 and less for the opponent like:

pausetime = 10,5

or give it less hittime

hittime= 5

also remove:

[State 215, Changestate]
type = CtrlSet
trigger1 = Time >= 12
value = 1

[Imperius]

Just increase the pausetime for p1 and less for the opponent like:

pausetime = 10,5

or give it less hittime

hittime= 5

also remove:

[State 215, Changestate]
type = CtrlSet
trigger1 = Time >= 12
value = 1

It will still be spammed but with a lower frequency, the best way to fix this is following what i said, just create a new move with a different key combination.
Doing this, that move will become like the others that require more buttons pressed to be performed, i think this is what the author of the topic want.

[mulambo]

Well, I don't know, I just saw that the light attack thing (light kick or punch + forward) is a common minor mistake that I've found in many chars too, and probably the first thing that I check when making a new char (as it goes pretty unnoticed, but you can see it many chars). it always worked for me that way, with a lower pausetime/hittime the opponent can regain control faster (and the combo count cancels too), so the light attack could serve alone or as first "input" for a more complex combo.
it all depends on what he wants the char to do, what I suggested is the easiest and fastest way (why complicating things for just a light attack...)..

also we don't know how much time is the light punch animation, as Urien regains ctrl after 12 ticks (maybe an error because the light punch animation may be less than 12 ticks so the engine doesn't read that, Urien regains ctrl not with the CtrlSet, but with the ChangeState if that's so).