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

[Wichu]

While still on the topic, would it be possible to implement Pokémon with different stats, but the same Pokédex number? For example, the different forms of Deoxys, and Wormadam's cloaks.
Also, would it be possible to implement a Pokémon which doesn't appear in the Pokédex? This could be useful for an unknown Pokémon appearing ("Wild ??? appeared"). I'm sure people would appreciate this feature.

[Spriter-san]

How would I get the game to start at a different map after the intro?
I can't figure that out....

Spritah out~

[Wichu]

Change the Transfer Player target in the intro event - it's in the top left corner of the Intro map.

EDIT: Hehe... Look what I did ^_^

I'm working on an intro animation, like on Emerald.
Yes, that's the male trainer in my game - the one in my avatar. Female trainer coming soon!

I've also got a fully animated title screen.

[Spriter-san]

"Exception: Hangup
Message: The script is taking too long. The game will restart.
Compiler:817:in 'pbAddScript'
Compiler:1006:in 'pbCompileAbilities'
Xompiler:2451:in 'pbCompileAllData'
Compiler:2523"

I get that when I start the test.

Spritah out~

[Shirayuki Mizore]

Oh, OK.

I have a question, to add battle animations I would just put them in the animations thing in the database?

[Atomic Reactor]

legend of awesome: yes, and then to make it work in battle do this.
if the move is tackle. then name it
Move:TACKLE

heres a question.

how would i stop that from being possible? u cant surf on a rock... what should i do?

[Mrchewy]

Hmm... I think I've found a bug (albeit a minor one). When using "\b" or "\r" in text messages to color text, some of the text tends to fall out of the box (attachment 1)

Some freaky things also happen on the intro screen when using colored text (attachment 2)

Is there anyway I can fix this? Cheers.

[Wichu]

Atomic_reactor - change the terrain tag of the rock to 13.

[Lorem Ipsum]

Is there a way that instead of having the choices in a choice menu script show on the left hand side display on the right?

[Shirayuki Mizore]

Hiya, can I have a list of every terrain tag? I imported like 6 tilesets..

[.houndoomed]

This what you want?

1: Ledges
2: Grass
3: Sand
4: Rocky ground
5: Deep water
6: Still water (events will be reflected by these tiles)
7: Normal water
8: Waterfall
9: Crest of waterfall
10: Tall grass
11: Underwater grass
12: Ice (The player may slide on these tiles)
13: Neutral (For use on tiles that the player could walk on but have special tiles underneath them.)

It was in the notes.. do you ever try checking them?

[Atomic Reactor]

legend of awesome: im pretty sure that the terrain tag details are in the notes

[Shirayuki Mizore]

O_o...I definatly missed that in there somewhere..Thanks

[Firemaker]

I lost to the magma grunt and paid $2400, then I got this message

Spoiler:

Exception: RuntimeError
Message: Script error within map 1 (Pokemon Center):
Section081:1256:in `pbTrainerEnd'undefined method `erase_route' for nil:NilClass
Section018:238:in `pbExecuteScript'
(eval):1:in `pbExecuteScript'
Section018:1614:in `eval'
Section018:238:in `pbExecuteScript'
Section018:1614:in `command_355'
Section018:466:in `execute_command'
Section018:190:in `update'
Section018:104:in `loop'
Section018:195:in `update'
Section020:98:in `update'

Section018:253:in `pbExecuteScript'
Section018:1614:in `command_355'
Section018:466:in `execute_command'
Section018:190:in `update'
Section018:104:in `loop'
Section018:195:in `update'
Section020:98:in `update'
Section020:96:in `loop'
Section020:109:in `update'
Section020:65:in `main'

The game freezes except the music, that's fine.

[Krobelus]

Originally Posted by Firemaker

I lost to the magma grunt and paid $2400, then I got this message

Spoiler:

Exception: RuntimeError
Message: Script error within map 1 (Pokemon Center):
Section081:1256:in `pbTrainerEnd'undefined method `erase_route' for nil:NilClass
Section018:238:in `pbExecuteScript'
(eval):1:in `pbExecuteScript'
Section018:1614:in `eval'
Section018:238:in `pbExecuteScript'
Section018:1614:in `command_355'
Section018:466:in `execute_command'
Section018:190:in `update'
Section018:104:in `loop'
Section018:195:in `update'
Section020:98:in `update'

Section018:253:in `pbExecuteScript'
Section018:1614:in `command_355'
Section018:466:in `execute_command'
Section018:190:in `update'
Section018:104:in `loop'
Section018:195:in `update'
Section020:98:in `update'
Section020:96:in `loop'
Section020:109:in `update'
Section020:65:in `main'

The game freezes except the music, that's fine.

I think because you didn't define where the player respawns after he/she loses a battle.

You can edit that in PBS>Metadata.txt

-Krobe

[poccil]

Originally Posted by Mrchewy

Hmm... I think I've found a bug (albeit a minor one). When using "\b" or "\r" in text messages to color text, some of the text tends to fall out of the box (attachment 1)

Some freaky things also happen on the intro screen when using colored text (attachment 2)

Is there anyway I can fix this? Cheers.

I was already aware of that problem and have fixed it.

[Mrchewy]

So you've already uploaded the fix to your site? Great, thanks.

Edit: Just noticed that your forums are now controlled by porn-bots, lol.

[phoenixprime88b5]

I din't know if it has been incorporated or in the works, but is there a way to add music when the player is surfing or riding a bike, like in the games?

[Firemaker]

I'm having a bit of trouble following the notes. I'm a noob to this. Maybe you could give examples of the codes. Otherwise, great job! It looks very somewhat authentic.

Question: When adding a new pokemon, what type of file should the images be, especially the icon?

Editagain: sorry for this barrage of ignorance, but I get this message with my new pokemon when I try to playtest

Spoiler:

Section111:178:in `csvPosInt!'
Section111:1911:in `pbCompilePokemonData'
Section111:1896:in `each'
Section111:1896:in `pbCompilePokemonData'
Section111:1894:in `loop'
Section111:1968:in `pbCompilePokemonData'
Section111:1883:in `each'
Section111:1883:in `pbCompilePokemonData'
Section111:1882:in `each'
Section111:1882:in `pbCompilePokemonData'
Exception: RuntimeError
Message: Field is not a positive integer
File PBS/pokemon.txt, section 494, key Compatibility

Spoiler:

[494]
Name=CADINARL
InternalName=CADINARL
Kind=Eggshell
Pokedex=This pokemon has recently hatched from an egg and uses it for defensive bulk.
Color=White
Type1=NORMAL
Type2=FLYING
Height=0.2
Weight=1.3
GenderRate=Female50Percent
BaseStats=40,35,50,30,25,50
Rareness=200
BaseEXP=53
Happiness=65
GrowthRate=Medium
StepsToHatch=2048
WildItemCommon=
WildItemRare=IRON
Compatibility=15
EffortPoints=0,0,2,0,0,1
Abilities=EARLYBIRD
Moves=1,WITHDRAW,4,TACKLE,20,ROLLOUT,24,FEATHERDANCE
Evolutions=CAHIBREK,Level,16
EggMoves=PECK, FURYATTACK
[495]
Name=CAHIBREK
InternalName=CAHIBREK
Kind=Cardinal
Pokedex=CAHIBREK enjoy there new flying ability and compete in big flock races.
Color=Red
Type1=NORMAL
Type2=FLYING
Height=0.4
Weight=6.8
GenderRate=Female50Percent
BaseStats=55,65,65,45,60
Rareness=189
BaseEXP=109
Happiness=70
GrowthRate=Medium
StepsToHatch=2048
WildItemCommon=
WildItemRare=
Compatibility=5,5
EffortPoints=0,0,3,0,0,1
Abilities=EARLYBIRD
Moves=1,WITHDRAW,1,TACKLE,16,GUST,20,WHIRLWIND,24,FEATHERDANCE,28,AIRCUTTER,32,WINGATTACK,39,AIRSLASH,45,FLY,53,MIRRORMOVE
Evolutions=CAHIREG,Level,33
EggMoves=
[496]
Name=CAHIREG
InternalName=CAHIREG
Kind=Cardinal
Pokedex=CAHIREG have great stamina and use such energy for their favorite activity: Flying.
Color=Red
Type1=NORMAL
Type2=FLYING
Height=1.9
Weight=44
GenderRate=Female50Percent
BaseStats=90,80,75,85,55,85
Rareness=100
BaseEXP=239
Happiness=80
GrowthRate=Medium
StepsToHatch=2048
WildItemCommon=
WildItemRare=
Compatibility=5,5
Effort Points=0,0,1,3,0,1
Abilities=EARLYBIRD
Moves=1,WITHDRAW,1,TACKLE,1,GUST,1,WHIRLWID,1,FEATHERDANCE,1,AIRCUTTER,30,WINGATTACK,35,QUICKATTACK,41,AIRSLASH,47,FLY,51,MIRRORMOVE,55,EXTREMESPEED
Evolutions=
EggMoves=

I have all their sprites, 64x64, shiny, back, and shiny back, they're pngs, but I don't have icons yet. Is this a problem?

[mad.array]

@Firemaker.

Your images should be 128 * 128 I believe but that's not the problem here. You need to have two egg groups (in Compatibility) but you can have 15 twice so don't worry about that.

Not having an icon may be a problem when you open the POKeMON screen but it's easy enough to put a placeholder in, just make copy of another pokemons icon, rename it to icon494.png (I find Ditto quite an appropriate placeholder, but maybe that's just me).

Hope that sorts your problem out.

[sinisterbutt]

Darn it, no matter what i do i cant get my map connections to work, Can somebody gimme a hand, heres what i have

# Mangrove Village - Route 1
14,North,0,27,South,29
#Route1 - KrabbyClaw City
27,North,0,28,South,39

I copied it exactly as the examples given in the .txt file and i still get a black map edge and cant see the next map in the connection. Any help?

[Wichu]

Firemaker - they should be .png files.
Besides, apart from the 2 egg groups thing, I see some more mistakes.
1. Cahibrek only has 5 base stats.
2. Spelling mistakes in the movelists - some erroneous spaces, and WHIRLWID.
3. Air Slash. As far as I know, D/P moves aren't in Essentials.
4. Minor, but still - in Cahibrek's dex entry, "there" should be "their".

Sinisterbutt - use the Visual Editor (It's in the Debug menu).

[Shirayuki Mizore]

Got this error...

Spoiler:

Exception: Hangup
Message: The script is taking too long. The game will restart.
Section049:44:in `pbSetTextMessages'
Section049:37:in `each'
Section049:37:in `pbSetTextMessages'
Section111:2485:in `pbCompileAllData'
Section111:2523

[Atomic Reactor]

legend of awesome: all it means is that it was taking to long to load. it happens every once in awhile. just restart the game.

[Krobelus]

Originally Posted by atomic_reactor

legend of awesome: all it means is that it was taking to long to load. it happens every once in awhile. just restart the game.

Actually, it happens to me so much, that I can't even test play anymore, resulting in a halt in my game progress. It's an annoying error in which I hope gets solved soon. =/

-Krobe