Combining Bag pockets

Maruno said:

One would think that editing items.txt to put all the appropriate items in the same pocket would be the first step. You can then edit the POCKETNAMES array in the Settings to rename the pockets and change the number of them. Then edit the graphics.

There's no "easy" way of combining pockets, and any attempt to create such a way would just take longer than simply editing items.txt.

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Maruno said:

I gave you the answer, though. Put the items into different pockets by editing items.txt, and then edit the array so that it only contains the desired pockets. That's what it does.

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IceGod64 said:

Actually, related question: What about making no items at all be differentiated by pocket? Is that possible?

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IceGod64 said:

Also, unrelated, but how can I force items to be sorted automatically alphabetically? I've tried .sort! all over the place and it's made no difference.

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    for i in 0...maxsize
      itemslot=items[i]
      if !itemslot
        items[i]=[item,[qty,maxPerSlot].min]
        qty-=items[i][1]
        [COLOR=Red]items.sort! if pbIsMachine?(item)[/COLOR]
        return true if qty==0
      elsif itemslot[0]==item && itemslot[1]<maxPerSlot

Maruno said:

You mean, put every item into the same pocket a la Gen 1? I'm sure that's possible - just have 1 pocket.



Find yourself the module ItemStorageHelper (PokemonUtilities), and go to def self.pbStoreItem. This is the method that actually puts items into the Bag pockets. It's also used to add Triple Triad cards, which can cause a problem (see below).

Do something like the following:

Code:

    for i in 0...maxsize
      itemslot=items[i]
      if !itemslot
        items[i]=[item,[qty,maxPerSlot].min]
        qty-=items[i][1]
        [COLOR=Red]items.sort! if pbIsMachine?(item)[/COLOR]
        return true if qty==0
      elsif itemslot[0]==item && itemslot[1]<maxPerSlot

The pocket only needs to be sorted after filling up an empty slot with the new item(s). This particular example will sort the TMs & HMs pocket - you need to check the item's details, because this method doesn't know which pocket it's looking at (it's only told "here's an array, put this new item into it"). Note that this particular example sorts the pocket by ID number, NOT alphabetically.

Now, this will cause a problem if you also want to use the Triple Triad minigame. This method can't tell whether the added item is an actual item going into the Bag, or a Pokémon species ID number representing a TT card being added to the Library. Using the above example, the TMs/HMs have ID numbers of 288 to 388 inclusive. So do Vigoroth to Grotle. If you add a Groudon TT card (383), the above code looks for item data for the item of the same number (HM01), and will sort the TT library because it's a machine item.

You'll need to either differentiate the two things (Bag pocket or TT library) somehow in this method, or just not use the Triple Triad minigame.

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Maruno said:

It also affects the item storage in the player's PC (i.e. storing a TM will auto-sort all the stored contents). I'll fix that in the next version of Essentials (and probably just include the auto-sorting feature anyway while I'm at it).

Triple Triad cards aren't actually items. They're Pokémon species numbers which are then interpreted to be cards. It would be quite a bit of hassle to make them able to be shown in the Bag along with real items, not to mention completely unnecessary as the TT library really should be its own unique thing (for several practical reasons).

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