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How do I give the player a National Dex?

Dying Light

Dying Light

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I have tried looking all around the Pokémon Essentials Wiki, and cannot find anything pertaining to my question. I have one region, although when I make a new Pokémon species I get the whole "pbSeenForm" undefined method error. I quickly presume this to be a problem because the player doesn't own a National Dex. I know how to add scripts, and script a little. I already added the default Pokédex, but I want to add the National Dex to make things much easier. Someone, please help me out.
 
Maruno

Maruno

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You presume wrong. The "pbSeenForm" error occurs because you haven't started a New Game. That problem's been answered often enough already.

The wiki is very clear on how to use multiple Dex lists (even if it's just 1 Regional + 1 National). At least, I think it's clear.
 
Dying Light

Dying Light

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Interesting...

Maruno said:
You presume wrong. The "pbSeenForm" error occurs because you haven't started a New Game. That problem's been answered often enough already.

The wiki is very clear on how to use multiple Dex lists (even if it's just 1 Regional + 1 National). At least, I think it's clear.
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Yeah, I was able to figure that out last night after I had posted this. Tried a new game, and worked like it was supposed to. Then I saw other threads that had similar errors. As such, I deeply apologize for not checking harder.

Thank you, however, for the link to the Dex description page. I still couldn't figure out how to do it. The Regional Dex was easy, but when I tried looking for National Dex is when it got a bit confusing.

Thanks again.
 
Dying Light

Dying Light

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Maruno said:
Searching for the phrase "National Dex" is a start.

Basically, the National Dex is only usable if the Dexes don't depend on location, and it is unlocked by using pbUnlockDex.
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Fantastic. Worked like a charm. What I was aiming for was to make the National Dex be available for the whole region, as I want to make the region contain varieties of Pokémon. Thus, using a National Dex makes this task much easier. I am unorthodox in my ways, therefore, I want to change things up a little.

All my problems have been solved, and I no longer need help on this topic.

Thanks Maruno.
 
Maruno

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FL . said:
I suggest you to make 'DEXDEPENDSONLOCATION = false' by default.
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It is.

I can't imagine any time when someone would want it to be "true". It's how the system used to work before I improved it, so it's just a call-back to then rather than it actually being useful.
 
Dying Light

Dying Light

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FL . said:
I suggest you to make 'DEXDEPENDSONLOCATION = false' by default.
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Maruno said:
It is.

I can't imagine any time when someone would want it to be "true". It's how the system used to work before I improved it, so it's just a call-back to then rather than it actually being useful.
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Yep, I checked the script. At script "Settings" line 123, it's already preset to that in fresh copies of Pokémon Essentials. I had to make sure because unlocking the National Dex requires that the prerequisite is DEXDEPENDSONLOCATION = false.
 
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