[Archive] Pokemon Essentials: Starter Kit for RPG Maker XP

[Ratty524]

Since my first question didn't receive an answer, I'll try something else:

Is it possible to create a wild pokemon battle where catching the pokemon is disabled? For an example, think of Red & Blue where you battled the ghost of Marowak. Even though the silph scope revealed it to be a marowak, if you tried to throw a ball to catch it, it would dodge and a message would appear stating "this pokemon cannot be captured". Is this part of this essentials, or is it something that needs to be scripted?

[pokefan41]

Originally Posted by Ratty524

Since my first question didn't receive an answer, I'll try something else:

Is it possible to create a wild pokemon battle where catching the pokemon is disabled? For an example, think of Red & Blue where you battled the ghost of Marowak. Even though the silph scope revealed it to be a marowak, if you tried to throw a ball to catch it, it would dodge and a message would appear stating "this pokemon cannot be captured". Is this part of this essentials, or is it something that needs to be scripted?

To my knowledge, I do not know if this is possible in Essentials. You might be able to achieve this with a wild encounter triggered by an event, but I do not know how to do that, or whether or not it will work.

Now I have a question of my own, actually, more of a problem. Essentials has suddenly stopped registering pokemon as captured.

What I mean is: I catch a pokemon, the pokedex says I've captured it, but it's not in my party, or in the PC. I can't think of anything that I could've done to cause this to happen. This is on one of my practice games, created only to allow me to get familiar with how Essentials works, nothing more. I have another game which I've created and as far as I know, that one works well. Does anyone know how this could've happened, and if it can be fixed?

[Mrchewy]

Originally Posted by Conan Edogawa

Can anyone explain how battle backgrounds work? I want to have something more than the basic 3rd gen background, but I need to know how to format the background so it works. Is it possible to just put the background in as it is, or do I need to rearrange it?

Battle backgrounds typically come in three parts: the actual background, the player base, and the enemy base. Each 'set' of three represents a different background type (i.e. there might be a grassy set, a purple indoor set, a water set).

The actual background can be whatever size you'd like. If it's smaller than the screen size than it is repeated horizontally and vertically.

The standard battle backgrounds are actually quite advanced; there's support for different backgrounds depending on the time of day, and you can also set the battle background on a per battle basis. Most of this is covered in notes.html.

The easiest way to implement new backgrounds is to replace the current images, but keeping the theme. For example, replacing the current grassy set of images with, say, Diamond/Pearl grassy images. This way you'll get the correct background showing.

[Maruno]

Originally Posted by Ratty524

Since my first question didn't receive an answer, I'll try something else:

Is it possible to create a wild pokemon battle where catching the pokemon is disabled? For an example, think of Red & Blue where you battled the ghost of Marowak. Even though the silph scope revealed it to be a marowak, if you tried to throw a ball to catch it, it would dodge and a message would appear stating "this pokemon cannot be captured". Is this part of this essentials, or is it something that needs to be scripted?

You'd have to script it yourself. Fortunately, it's relatively simple to do. Go into PokeBattle_Battle and find the def pbThrowPokeBall. Near the top is the following:

  if @opponent && (!pbIsSnagBall?(ball) || !battler.isShadow?)
    @scene.pbThrowAndDeflect(ball,1)
    pbDisplay(_INTL("The Trainer blocked the Ball!\nDon't be a thief!"))
  else
    pokemon=battler.pokemon

Before that "else", put an "elsif $game_switches[42]" and put in that clause some code similar to the "throw and deflect" part. Ideally it would be an animation of the player throwing the ball and the Pokémon dodging (stored in a separate def like pbThrowAndDeflect), then the message you want. The "throw and deflect" part is almost identical to what you want, except it shows the enemy trainer butting in instead (or at least, it would if it were scripted).

Finally, flip Global Switch 42 ON just before the battle, and OFF again immediately after it. This works best with event encounters.

The hardest part to this would be to display the animation, because you'd need to script it from scratch. If you're cunning, though, you can steal half of the def pokeballThrow further up and tweak it a little towards the end.

Originally Posted by pokefan41

Now I have a question of my own, actually, more of a problem. Essentials has suddenly stopped registering pokemon as captured.

What I mean is: I catch a pokemon, the pokedex says I've captured it, but it's not in my party, or in the PC. I can't think of anything that I could've done to cause this to happen. This is on one of my practice games, created only to allow me to get familiar with how Essentials works, nothing more. I have another game which I've created and as far as I know, that one works well. Does anyone know how this could've happened, and if it can be fixed?

Sounds like you might have fiddled with pbStorePokemon (in PokemonUtilities) in some way. The simplest fix is to replace that def with the original version.

[Ratty524]

Thanks a lot Maruno. It works perfectly. I haven't set up an animation for it, but I kind of feel like if I mess with scripts any further I just tend to screw stuff up, plus the process works even without an animation. Thank you again.

[kanto123326]

s hope this doesn't sound noobish, but how do you change the pokemon you find,battle?actually, i cant get any pokemon to appear at all when i playtest it...an answer, anyone?

[Ratty524]

Originally Posted by kanto123326

s hope this doesn't sound noobish, but how do you change the pokemon you find,battle?actually, i cant get any pokemon to appear at all when i playtest it...an answer, anyone?

Things you should check:

1) Did you specify what pokemon is supposed to appear through the editor? If you go to "Set Metadata" and select the map you want, you can specify the pokemon encounters. Read this for more information:
http://pokemonessentials.wikia.com/wiki/Encounters

2) If you are using a custom tileset, are your terrain tags correct? All "tall grass" tiles, where pokemon are supposed to appear, should have a terrain tag of 2 in order to work.

3) In the metadata, how high did you set your encounters? if it's a low number, than pokemon will least likely appear when you walk over tall grass or in a cave.

[jota_rdk]

Hello there!

My question: Are ther any tutorial about day/night system?
My second question: Are there any tutorial about how to put new trainers in the game?

Greetings!!

[Conan Edogawa]

Originally Posted by jota_rdk

Hello there!

My question: Are ther any tutorial about day/night system?
My second question: Are there any tutorial about how to put new trainers in the game?

Greetings!!

1. Set the map to be outdoor in the Editor and the day/night system will work on it.
2. Check the Wiki, it's in Maruno's signature.

[kanto123326]

global switches? how do those work and where do i put them?could you plz answer quickly?

[jota_rdk]

Originally Posted by Conan Edogawa

1. Set the map to be outdoor in the Editor and the day/night system will work on it.
2. Check the Wiki, it's in Maruno's signature.

But I want a tutorial that explain how use it (day/night system). I have already changed it in editor, but I don't know how to put the correct time of day or to put illumination at night.

I hope your help :D

[Maruno]

I just want to announce that I've fixed the marking bug in Essentials, i.e. the game crashes when you try to mark Pokémon in storage with the ● ■ ▲ ♥ symbols. Just thought you guys might want to know.

The fix is available in the wiki article PC Pokémon storage. The best part is that it's really simple to fix.

[jota_rdk]

I have another doubt very important. I hope you can help me.

How can I delete this effect without delete the script?

[ag4047]

Use the Pokemon Starter Kit and using the editor that is included, I link one map to another so it does not teleport the character ...
When I link any map in the editor seems that looks good but when you get to play the map you link is black (which would not have to happen) anyone can help me?
PD: will add the pokemon following character...
Sorry for my english ,I'm Argentine...

[kanto123326]

URRGGHHHH! could some one PLZ reply? thx!

[Martinixon]

I started getting this error lately after choosing a name while creating a new game.
I would appreciate any help

[Mrchewy]

Originally Posted by kanto123326

URRGGHHHH! could some one PLZ reply? thx!

No need to get frustrated. This thread doesn't exist for the sole purpose of answering people's questions, you know.

Global switches can be controlled via events by choosing the "Control Switches" command. Clicking on the little arrow next to the switch name brings up a dialogue where you can add/edit/remove all global switches in your game.

This is an RMXP feature non-exclusive to Essentials, however, and you're question would've been answered in the RMXP help files or even from a quick Google search.

[Ratty524]

Originally Posted by kanto123326

URRGGHHHH! could some one PLZ reply? thx!

Please, you've got to be patient. The worst thing to do when asking for help is to be rude.

Anyway, global switches are simply the set of switches that come with RMXP. They are used to control events, such as making sure a player can't get anything out of a treasure chest once he has already opened it and received its item. The counterpart of global switches would be self-switches, which should be used for the event only and should not be relied on for the game as a whole.

Are you even familiar with RPG maker as a whole? While I'd hate to be a spoiler, if you aren't you shouldn't be attempting to make a full fledge pokemon game with this maker yet. You should practice reading the help files and making default projects so that not only you can enjoy game-making, but also learn about the features of your engine. Pokemon Essentials is an add-on to this maker, and if you don't know the basics, using this will be harder than it should be.

[ag4047]

Please someone help me with my problem !

[Maruno]

Originally Posted by jota_rdk

I have another doubt very important. I hope you can help me.

How can I delete this effect without delete the script?

What effect are you talking about? The glow? That's because the door event is called "Light" or "OutdoorLight". Rename it.

Originally Posted by ag4047

Use the Pokemon Starter Kit and using the editor that is included, I link one map to another so it does not teleport the character ...
When I link any map in the editor seems that looks good but when you get to play the map you link is black (which would not have to happen) anyone can help me?
PD: will add the pokemon following character...
Sorry for my english ,I'm Argentine...

I was very much tempted not to answer this, because you're so impatient.

Make sure that you place the maps next to each other correctly in the Editor. They should not overlap.

Originally Posted by Martinixon

I started getting this error lately after choosing a name while creating a new game.
I would appreciate any help

Have you compiled the game (i.e. play it from RPG Maker XP)?

The problem is that it doesn't know how many Pokémon there are in total in your game, which is something that is set during compilation.

[jota_rdk]

Hello!

Is it possible to change the wild pokémons and battle background at night?

Greetings!!

[HankMan]

Anyone know how to create an opening scene in your pokemon game. Can you upload it as a .swf to create a scene, like in the original Nintendo Pokemon games when you leave the menu for a short bit, a scene plays. I wanna be able to create one of those, because I'm a decent animator and I have some awesome cutsenes to make. PM me anyone who could help. All help is appreciated, and accounted for.

[tylerab01]

Hello, I am trying to make a Wild Pokemon Battle Script but nothing is working, i am using this script:

pbWildBattle(PBSpecies:HAYMIN,10,10)

either nothing happens or an error pops up.

Spoiler:

---------------------------
Pokemon Essentials
---------------------------
Exception: RuntimeError

Message: Script error within event 23, map 46 (Gracidea Forest):

Exception: SyntaxError

Message: (eval)in `pbExecuteScript'compile error
(eval) syntax error
(PBSpecies:HAYMIN,10,10)
^

***Line '(PBSpecies:HAYMIN,10,10)' shouldn't begin with '(', try putting '(' at

the end of the last line

***Full script:

pbWildBattle
(PBSpecies:HAYMIN,10,10)




Interpreter:274:in `pbExecuteScript'

Interpreter:1583:in `command_355'

Interpreter:492:in `execute_command'

Interpreter:191:in `update'

Interpreter:104:in `loop'

Interpreter:196:in `update'

Scene_Map:96:in `update'

Scene_Map:94:in `loop'

Scene_Map:107:in `update'

Scene_Map:63:in `main'



This exception was logged in

C:\Users\Ty\Saved Games/Pokemon Essentials/errorlog.txt.

Press Ctrl+C to copy this message to the clipboard.
---------------------------
OK
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[KitsuneKouta]

Originally Posted by tylerab01

Hello, I am trying to make a Wild Pokemon Battle Script but nothing is working, i am using this script:

pbWildBattle(PBSpecies::SHAYMIN,10,10)

either nothing happens or an error pops up.

Spoiler:

Exception: RuntimeError
Message: Script error within event 23, map 46 (Gracidea Forest):
Exception: SyntaxError
Message: (eval):2:in `pbExecuteScript'compile error
(eval):2: syntax error
(PBSpecies::SHAYMIN,10,10)
^

***Line '(PBSpecies::SHAYMIN,10,10)' shouldn't begin with '(', try putting '(' at the end of the last line

***Full script:
pbWildBattle
(PBSpecies::SHAYMIN,10,10)

Interpreter:274:in `pbExecuteScript'
Interpreter:1583:in `command_355'
Interpreter:492:in `execute_command'
Interpreter:191:in `update'
Interpreter:104:in `loop'
Interpreter:196:in `update'
Scene_Map:96:in `update'
Scene_Map:94:in `loop'
Scene_Map:107:in `update'
Scene_Map:63:in `main'

A couple of things: first, it helps when you cut the fat out of the error message, like I did above. Second, the line highlighted in blue tells you exactly what to do. So, instead of

pbWildBattle(PBSpecies::SHAYMIN,10,10), use:

pbWildBattle(
PBSpecies::SHAYMIN,10,10)

(with the first parenthesis on the first line, and the rest on the second line). Also, this question is answered in the wiki, as are many other common questions. I'd really recommend looking around there more when you have problems or just want to learn more about how the kit works.

[ag4047]

My problem persists... i need help...