Creating Custom Poke Flute Functionality

Mutant Yoshi · Apr 6, 2016

I've attempted to do this in the past back when I was using v14 of Essentials, but I ended up breaking the game completely. What I was trying to do was to give it a different function from the Blue Flute.

When used in battle, I wanted it to wake up all sleeping Pokemon at once in both your party and the enemy's party while playing a music effect for a duration (pausing the text for a certain amount of time like when you find an item), but if used while no Pokemon are asleep, the music effect won't play and it just wastes your turn with that "Now that's a catchy tune!" message.

When used out of battle, I wanted it to wake up the Pokemon in your party, playing that same music effect. Can anyone help me?

Mutant Yoshi · Apr 8, 2016

I tried my hand at making it again now that I know more about what I'm doing, but now I'm getting a syntax error.

Code:

ItemHandlers::UseInField.add(:POKEFLUTE,proc{|item|
   if (pokemon.@status==PBStatuses::SLEEP)
     {
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("{1} played the {2}.",$Trainer.name,PBItems.getName(item)))
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("All sleeping Pokémon woke up.")
     }
   else
     {
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("{1} played the {2}.",$Trainer.name,PBItems.getName(item)))
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("Now that's a catchy tune!")
     }
   end
})

What do I need to do differently?

Maruno · Apr 8, 2016

Learn Ruby. You don't need the {} in if statements.

Mutant Yoshi · Apr 8, 2016

Maruno said:
Learn Ruby. You don't need the {} in if statements.

Ack! Sorry. That was a little bit of a brainfart moment for me. Thanks for reminding me. (A little embarrassing since I've been using Essentials for a while now.)

Though I'm still getting this error when I try to test it out:

Code:

Script 'PItem_ItemEffects' line 333: SyntaxError occurred.

Also, I'm aware this won't wake up the Pokemon just yet as I haven't set it to do that. At the moment, I'm just testing the messages to see if it recognizes that they're asleep.

Maruno · Apr 8, 2016

The second line says pokemon.@status, where the @ is superfluous.

Rot8er_ConeX · Apr 8, 2016

Code:

ItemHandlers::UseInField.add(:POKEFLUTE,proc{|item|
   wake=false
   for pokemon in $Trainer.party
     wake=true if (pokemon.status==PBStatuses::SLEEP)
   end
   if wake
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("{1} played the {2}.",$Trainer.name,PBItems.getName(item)))
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("All sleeping Pokémon woke up."))
     for pokemon in $Trainer.party
       pokemon.status=0 if (pokemon.status==PBStatuses::SLEEP)
     end
   else
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("{1} played the {2}.",$Trainer.name,PBItems.getName(item)))
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("Now that's a catchy tune!"))
   end
})

pokemon.@status was your issue. Yes, it shows up as @status in PokeBattle_Pokemon, but the @ sign is essentially a shortened form of "self."

Mutant Yoshi · Apr 8, 2016

Thanks. Also, I noticed something else I did wrong. The messages needed a second ")" after it. Though now, for some reason, it's not giving me the option to use the Poke Flute in the field. I can still register the item to use it, but it won't let me select the "Use" option normally.

Maruno · Apr 8, 2016

Rot8er_ConeX said:
the @ sign is essentially a shortened form of "self."

Well, not really. There's a pretty fundamental difference between methods and variables.

@status and self.status are only interchangeable in PokeBattle_Pokemon because attr_accessor(:status) creates a method called status which simply returns the value of the variable @status (which is initialised in def initialize).

Mutant Yoshi said:
Thanks. Also, I noticed something else I did wrong. The messages needed a second ")" after it. Though now, for some reason, it's not giving me the option to use the Poke Flute in the field. I can still register the item to use it, but it won't let me select the "Use" option normally.

The item's out of battle usability is 5, but should be 2 instead.

Mutant Yoshi · Apr 8, 2016

Maruno said:
The item's out of battle usability is 5, but should be 2 instead.

I probably should have mentioned that I already did that.

Code:

511,POKEFLUTE,Poké Flute,Poké Flutes,8,7000,A flute that is said to instantly awaken any Pokémon. It has a lovely tone.,2,4,6,

I figured out what was wrong. I only had a UseFromField defined. I needed a UseFromBag too. Though I also tried coding the battle function, but nothing happens when I use it. It doesn't even waste my turn.

Code:

ItemHandlers::UseInBattle.add(:POKEFLUTE,proc{|item|
   wake=false
   for pokemon in $Trainer.party && pbOpposingSide.party
     wake=true if (pokemon.status==PBStatuses::SLEEP)
   end
   if wake
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("{1} played the {2}.",$Trainer.name,PBItems.getName(item)))
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("All sleeping Pokémon woke up."))
     for pokemon in $Trainer.party
       pokemon.status=0 if (pokemon.status==PBStatuses::SLEEP)
     end
   else
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("{1} played the {2}.",$Trainer.name,PBItems.getName(item)))
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("Now that's a catchy tune!"))
   end
})

Rot8er_ConeX · Apr 8, 2016

Code:

ItemHandlers::UseInBattle.add(:POKEFLUTE,proc{|item|
   wake=false
   for pokemon in battle.party1
     wake=true if (pokemon.status==PBStatuses::SLEEP)
   end
   for pokemon in battle.party2
     wake=true if (pokemon.status==PBStatuses::SLEEP)
   end
   if wake
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("{1} played the {2}.",$Trainer.name,PBItems.getName(item)))
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("All sleeping Pokémon woke up."))
     for pokemon in battle.party1
       pokemon.status=0 if (pokemon.status==PBStatuses::SLEEP)
     end
     for pokemon in battle.party2
       pokemon.status=0 if (pokemon.status==PBStatuses::SLEEP)
     end
   else
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("{1} played the {2}.",$Trainer.name,PBItems.getName(item)))
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("Now that's a catchy tune!"))
   end
})

$Trainer.party is your party when out of battle. party1 is all the Pokemon on your side (including any allies not controlled by you).

Mutant Yoshi · Apr 8, 2016

I did it wrong again. I should have been using BattleUseOnBattler instead of UseInBattle.

Code:

ItemHandlers::BattleUseOnBattler.add(:POKEFLUTE,proc{|item,battler,scene|
   wake=false
   battle=battler.battle
   for pokemon in battle.party1
     wake=true if (pokemon.status==PBStatuses::SLEEP)
   end
   for pokemon in battle.party2
     wake=true if (pokemon.status==PBStatuses::SLEEP)
   end
   if wake
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("{1} played the {2}.\\me[Pokeflute]\\wtnp[160]",$Trainer.name,PBItems.getName(item)))
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("All sleeping Pokémon woke up."))
     for pokemon in battle.party1
       pokemon.status=0 if (pokemon.status==PBStatuses::SLEEP)
     end
     for pokemon in battle.party2
       pokemon.status=0 if (pokemon.status==PBStatuses::SLEEP)
     end
   else
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("{1} played the {2}.",$Trainer.name,PBItems.getName(item)))
     Kernel.pbMessage(_INTL("Now that's a catchy tune!"))
   end
})

Everything works properly now, except for one very minor detail. After using it from the bag, after it says "All sleeping Pokemon woke up.", it immediately says "Can't use that here." Other than that, it works perfectly.

UPDATE: Figured out what was wrong. I needed to put "next 1" in the UseFromBag method. Everything works correctly now. Thank-you.

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