How to poison/drain life?

[D@rk_Gaara]

Ok, so I managed to pull this off somehow by putting the enemy in a custom state however there is still a small issue. I hit the player 2 (P2) with a projectile and if he is on the ground it works perfectly. P2 gets in a custom state and losses health however if he jumps and is hit in the air, he flies off screen. Can someone help me with this? This is the code I am using:
[Statedef 850]
type = S
movetype= A
physics = N
juggle = 2
ctrl = 0
anim = 850
poweradd = 0
velset = 0,0
sprpriority = 5
facep2 = 1

[State 0, Projectile]
type = Projectile
trigger1 = animelem = 5
ProjID = 851
projanim = 851
projhitanim = -1
projremanim = -1
projcancelanim = -1
projscale = 1,1
projremove = 1
projremovetime = -1
velocity = 8,0
remvelocity = 0,0
accel = 0,0
velmul = 1
projhits = 1
projpriority = 1
projsprpriority = 3
projedgebound = 0
projstagebound = 0
projheightbound = 0
offset = 0,0
postype = p1 ;p2,front,back,left,right
projshadow = 0,0,0
supermovetime = 0
pausemovetime = 0
attr = S, NA
animtype = Medium
damage = 0
guardflag =
pausetime = 0,0
sparkno = -1
guard.sparkno = s7000
sparkxy = -8,-25
hitsound = S1,5
guardsound = S4,1
ground.type = High
ground.slidetime = 0
ground.hittime = 0
ground.velocity = 0,0
air.velocity = 0,0
Fall = 0
Envshake.time = 15
p2stateno = 1012


[State 0, ChangeState]
type = ChangeState
trigger1 = animtime = 0
value = 0
ctrl = 1


;--------------------------------
;curse
[Statedef 1012]
type = S
movetype= A
physics = N
juggle = 2
anim = 5300

[State 0, ChangeAnim]
type = ChangeAnim
trigger1 = !time
value = 5300


[State -3, Regeneration]
type = LifeAdd
triggerall = Alive = 1
trigger1 = (GameTime%4) = 0
ignorehitpause = 0
value = -10

[State 0, TargetPowerAdd]
type = TargetPowerAdd
trigger1 = 1
value = -1

[State 0, ChangeState]
type = ChangeState
trigger1 = time = 150
value = 0
ctrl = 1

[mulambo]

Never tried it myself, but I guess you need to set up an helper and get rid of the custom state (so the enemy can still act while his life is being drained). I suppose that helper should "spawn" as invisible (or visible, it can also be something like a classic RPG "poison" animation over the enemy) only if the projectile hits the opponent. Should have a P2LifeAdd with a simple trigger like time >=0 and a little value (or the enemy will die too soon). Obviously such helper must destroy self after a while (unless you want it till the enemy's death).

So, uhm actually the projectile should be also a helper so you can trigger the other helper (the "curse") with a variable.

[D@rk_Gaara]

Hmm, I'm not really sure I understand what you mean. But still i like how it looks now, I put the enemy in a "dizzy" like state for a short period of time and he slowly loses health for that time but the problem is that if the projectile hits player 2 while he is in the air, he freezes in the air and does not fall on the ground and I have tried all the physics types but it never works fine for some reason.

[mulambo]

he freezes in the air and does not fall on the ground and I have tried all the physics types but it never works fine for some reason.

It's more complex than just a projectile, it doesn't act like "one strike and that's all".

But even if you like it that way, here's what's wrong in your code:

[State 0, ChangeState]
type = ChangeState
trigger1 = time = 150
value = 0 <---------it goes to state 0, STANDING
ctrl = 1

This way, at the end of the custom state it goes to state 0 (no matter if he's in air, crouch or standing). 0 state is STANDING, if you want him to just fall, use 5050... but that would look awkward anyway, that's why I suggested you to use a helper instead of a projectile, erase the custom state, and make a second helper that drains the opponents life while the opponent still fights.

[TheSTAR__]

Be creative! xD try mad things like... a gravity code or a gravity code with time or a gravity code with a p2stateno = A...., create a backup and try harder! TRY EVERYTHING! i believe in you!

[D@rk_Gaara]

Hehe thanks. I'm currently experimenting with the gravity code. Let's hope i'll figure something out.

[D@rk_Gaara]

Alright I managed to make it work by adding the following:

[State 0, VelSet]
type = VelSet
trigger1 = Pos y <= -1
y = 4


[State 0, VelMul]
type = VelMul
trigger1 = Pos Y >= 0
y = 0


Now if p2 is hit while in the AIR, he quickly gets to the ground.