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Pokémon Essentials

All questions and discussion about Pokémon Essentials, the Pokémon game kit for RPG Maker XP, go in here. Also contains links to the latest downloads and the Essentials Wiki.

Section Staff: _pheebee, Vendily, MewTheMega

Report bugs and errors in unmodified Essentials version 19.1

(51 pages)

jutte, May 15: Have you fixed this problem yet? I have the same problem. Every time I have to use the up and down keys the arrow disappears, I can still move up or down but apart from the count it is not possible to understand where your choice is.

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Started by seeker

Your suggestions for Essentials

(16 pages)

SuperSpyroDragon64, Apr 7: Letting the game automatically renumber entries in the PBS file with skipped numbers or out-of-order numbers would help make game development faster. It would no longer be necessary to manually adjust numbers to ascend numerically as you scroll...

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Started by seeker

Release

Pokémon Essentials, version 19.1 - 22nd May 2021

oldsnake90, Feb 11: i noticed that when you change the size for the window it turns the screen black for me. only the default size works. it works on older versions of essentials.

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Started by Maruno

Forum Info

About the Pokémon Essentials forum

Marin, Oct 2018: *About the Pokémon Essentials forumWelcome to the Pokémon Essentials forum! Questions and discussion about Pokémon Essentials are more than welcome here. If you're trying to script something new but are having trouble doing so, feel free to ask...

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Started by Marin

Where are IVs set?

MasterBreederTony, May 17: I can't believe I'm so blind XD. I didn't even noticed those questions were from 2015. But thanks you for letting me know about the new method of doing it @burningplain.

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Started by Goldenrevolver

Custom Feature Question

Trainer Not Using Custom Move

burningplain, May 17: Huh, I haven't seen this problem before. Are you sure you put the move on the trainer's Pokemon? Usually if a move is incorrectly coded you get an error, and it will either skip their turn, get stuck in a loop, or crash. I've never seen it just act...

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Started by Junkyard Guard

Scripting Question

How do I check the amount of damage a pokemon of mine has dealt? How do I also check the amount of damage per physical attack and special attack? How

DarkraiMaker, May 16: I made a new attribute that increases as the player KOs with HKO moves. In Move_Effects def pbHitEffectivenessMessages(user,target,numTargets=1) below: @battle.pbDisplay(_INTL("It's a one-hit KO!")) added: user.pokemon.numPokemonsPutHKO += 1...

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Started by DarkraiMaker

Discussion

Looking to Better Understand the Script Editor in RPGXP

PlasmaRoto, May 16: Hey guys since I'm new to RPGXP I'm looking to have a better understanding of the script. While I know very little about coding I still want to know where the best place is to start in order to properly learn how to edit the game files. There are a...

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Started by PlasmaRoto

Scripting Question

Shadow Pokemon Help and Discussion

PlasmaRoto, May 16: Shadow Pokemon originally appeared in Pokemon Colosseum and XD Gale of Darkness. They are basically more aggressive versions of pokemon where they ignore and attack their trainer. One quirk is that unless you purify them they are unable to gain any...

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Started by PlasmaRoto

Error

Problem with pokemon move in battle wild pokemon or trainer battle.

burningplain, May 16: Natural Gift is improperly coded in v19.1. It crashes if the user has no berry (and npcs love to click it MORE often when they dont have one for some reason). Its fixed in Gen 8 project, so you can download that and look at what they did (I don't...

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Started by Simbax1992

Eventing Question

How do make NPC's move?

burningplain, May 14: All events have a section called autonomous movement. To make your own pathing, go to custom, then change the move path. Use frequency to determine how often it enacts its move path, and speed to determine how fast it actually moves. An easy way...

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Started by I draw pictures

PBS Question

Can't encounter wild pokemon

burningplain, May 14: I see that you have version numbers for your maps. Are you correctly using the $pokemon.global variable to spawn these encounters? Ie, for your route 2 you would have to change it to the global variable of 100. The wiki can tell you more about it...

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Started by I draw pictures

Scripting Question

How to enable Debug Mode if the setting script is separated from the Scripts.rxdata file?

StCooler, May 12: It's in Scripts.rxdata. But if you don't have the Game.rxproj, you won't be able to find it.

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Started by DamonRuru

Enabling Debug Mode without RPGMakerXP

StCooler, May 12: If the devs don't want to share this file, there is no way to retrieve it. You can ask the devs directly, although I assume they will refuse to give you the unpacked data.

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Started by Mushroom Mountain

Error

Strange lag caused by certain Pokémon IDs.

DarkraiMaker, May 12: Your suspicion is right, I saw that older save files with a lot more data have this lag, while newer ones don't, I suspect it's Marin's Poketch, but I soon release confirmation, only he is suspicious to me.

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Started by DarkraiMaker

Scripting Question

How to make a Pokemon Unremovable

CaiGuyCrafter, May 12: Thank you for the explanation, helps narrow things down a lot, but I'm reaaally bad at scripting. I would appreciate if I had a physical guide to follow.

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Started by CaiGuyCrafter

Eventing Question

No outcome for losing a battle

StCooler, May 12: Also works on v18, v18.1 and Gen 8 project for v18.

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Started by I draw pictures

Scripting Question

Change the healing method of the Grassy Terrain

MS Production, May 7: Hello, Is it possible that the grassy terrain only heals the user of the "Grassy Surge" ability ? I think the code that needs to be modified is this one : (In the script "Battle_Phase_EndOfRound") : It would be cool if someone could help me...

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Started by MS Production

Scripting Question

Info for Item’s

Lucidious89, May 3: You can't, really. You would have to treat each individual item as its own "object", just like how each Pokemon are considered separate entities even if they are the exact same species, with the exact same stats and attributes. So if you find a...

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Started by DarkraiMaker

Scripting Question

Searching for an AI for Essentials v18.1

StCooler, May 3: I also feel that most amateur programmers don't have a clue on how an AI should be coded. In particular, most amateur programmers haven't studied AI, decision theory and operational research. I don't know what Marin does, but from a theoretical...

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Started by DarkraiMaker

Error

Undefined method []

burningplain, May 2: The problem seems to be in your script for "FollowEventAcrossMaps". It appears to be around an "each" line, which usually means something is missing or out of place. Has this problem always happened since you've added following pokemon, or a recent...

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Started by PorousMist326

Scripting Question

Idea for move (I need some help scripting it)

SuzuiXii, Apr 28: Hi, I came up with a new move for one of the new types of my fangame (that being Sound type) .And while I've been trying to make the move work, I'm not able to pull it out:( The move is called "Doppler", and it lasts for 3 turns (I thought...

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Started by SuzuiXii

Scripting Question

Pokemon Essentials v18 New Form help

StCooler, Apr 28: "It meets the conditions but not the same"? Thus, it doesn't meet the right conditions! I use the Gen8 project for Essentials v18.1 too. Rockruff needs to be generated in form 2. It cannot switch form depending on the time of the day. Can...

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Started by 00GreenTea00

Error

BW Gender Selector v2.2 pbGenderSelector Error

nadarut94, Apr 27: Hi all, I'm fairly new to pokemon essentials and have tried importing this plugin for the below error message to appear. I have copied all of the files in, any help would be appreciated. Exception: RuntimeError Message: Script error in...

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Started by nadarut94

PBS Question

Lost PBS files, how to retrieve them ?

StCooler, Apr 27: EDIT: I realised this answer could be used for stealing... I'm sending you a DM.

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Started by hirokimura

Eventing Question

Changing Buildings / Event Tiles?

Ashiel, Apr 26: Thank you. I guess it was a better plan than I expected. That's not bad to hear at all! ♥

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Started by Ashiel

PBS Question

Pokemon levels for trainers

Aldo, Apr 24: Did you compile?

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Started by NooNooSlayed

Error

"key move" error when playtesting game

pasta addict, Apr 23: Thank you for helping! there was actually an issue with raichu's moveset, not pikachu haha.

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Started by pasta addict

Scripting Question

Trying to make a Very Custom Move

burningplain, Apr 22: It looks like you are combining focus punch with dig, but instead of becoming untargetable for a turn, you are replacing that with focus punch's lose focus effect. I would look at those two codes first to see if you can just plug in the focus punch...

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Started by PowerKong

Scripting Question

1v2 Battles with two Opponents (v19.1)

NoctisTali, Apr 21: I currently work on creating a Pokemon fan game and while doing so, I came across something that annoys me, that I want to change. While it is possible to engage in a 1v2 Battle against a single Trainer, I can't figure out how to force the game...

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Started by NoctisTali

Scripting Question

How do you talk to an event via script, so an additional PC option can let you talk to Prof Oak as if you were in front of him?

SuperSpyroDragon64, Apr 20: Thank you, the Common Event system is exactly what I was looking for.

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Started by SuperSpyroDragon64

Error

Exporting and compiling the game puts a "test.002" file outside the main EXE. The EXE will extract when prompted but will not actually run the game.

SuperSpyroDragon64, Apr 19: Thank you for the help, and I'm sorry for using the wrong terms.

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Started by SuperSpyroDragon64

Randomly chosen trainer teams?

BartoRomeo, Apr 19: Exception: NameError Message: Section185:266:in `definedRandomTeam'undefined local variable or method `possibilities' for #<Interpreter:0xc80dcf8> ***Full script: result = customTrainerBattle(waterLeaderRematch) pbSet(1,result==BR_WIN ? 0 :...

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Started by Volcarona1996

Error

V19.1 EBDX shinies and icons for different forms not working

Mudkipmaster2000, Apr 18: Thank you, they were in the wrong folder. 😅

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Started by Mudkipmaster2000

Can any one help me with a common event for pokemon essentials?

Noxuya, Apr 17: Solved it with: pbGetPokemon(1).isSpecies?(:ARCANINE)

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Started by Noxuya

Error

Pokemon essentials Symbol as Array index error

Backburner26, Apr 17: Hi there, I've been having a bit of a problem. It doesn't break the game so it's not major but i've been having an error pop up sometimes. I believe it's got something to do with the move Fell Stinger because both the Levanny and the Drapion that...

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Started by Backburner26

PBS Question

Error using PBS+

NooNooSlayed, Apr 15: i keep trying to edit types and pokemon but it comes up with the error pokemon editor: something appears to be wrong whilst loading "types.txt". This line appears to be invalid: 0] Name = Normal InternalName = NORMAL Weaknesses = FIGHTING...

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Started by NooNooSlayed

Error

Screen Error

CaioEduardo.0753, Apr 14: Hello everyone, I need help with my essentials. I downloaded v19.1 recently and I'm having this problem since I downloaded it. The screen appears several arrows and the text overlaps. I already downloaded the "clean version" and the error persists....

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Started by CaioEduardo.0753

Error

Argument Error : Tme must be positive [NEED HELP!]

pokepau, Apr 14: Hello!!!! These days I was creating and programming my pokemon game in pokemon essentials and I added a trainer in a route that went wrong and after that this "argument : error" appeared in the screen, unableing me to play the game anymore. I tried...

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Started by pokepau

Encryption problem

SpeedyAggron, Apr 14: When I encrypt my project, a lot of data such as Pokémon names isn't displayed even if everything functions normally. I know this has been a problem in V19.1 from previous posts, but I would like to know if a replacement or solution for it has been...

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Started by SpeedyAggron

Scripting Question

Script to change map connections

StCooler, Apr 12: It doesn't work because the old data is still stored in the RAM and needs to be reloaded. You can do this: # At the end of the function: MapFactoryHelper.clear MapFactoryHelper.getMapConnections By the way, "connections.dat" doesn't exist;...

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Started by kierandobson

Error

This held item's simple code should increase speed by 1 on Switch-In, so why does it crash or prevent the game from starting?

SuperSpyroDragon64, Apr 11: Aerilate (and all other -ate and -ize abilities) in my game convert any move the pokemon with the ability uses into the -ate ability's type. So Aerilate makes everything used by the Pokemon Flying type, Incinerate makes its moves Fire type, and...

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Started by SuperSpyroDragon64

Error

NPCS will not activate anymore with interaction.

Talamata, Apr 10: Was able to figure out the problem with help from @Judge Fudge, thanks a lot! Turns out, the NPCs had broken because of an unexpected issue with the conditional statement in the 4th page, which was active but did not have failsafe text to easily...

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Started by Talamata

Scripting Question

Event Encounters Customization

(2 pages)

StCooler, Apr 9: I don't know Essentials v19.1, I don't use it myself.

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Started by TheCandyFurret

Scripting Question

Pokemon Essentials V18.1 | 3v1 with partners

[email protected], Apr 8: Does this code work for essential v19.1 too ?

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Started by Foxx_Gaming

Error

Why is my Weather code causing crashes upon the use of some random moves when weather is up?

SuperSpyroDragon64, Apr 7: If a weather condition like Sun or Hail is active, all moves have a small chance to cause crashes inconsistently. The error messages claim * is undefined. Sometimes moves work and, if weather effects are active, sometimes they crash. If it was a...

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Started by SuperSpyroDragon64

Scripting Question

This Display Type code works, but it can't tell the first type apart from the second. How do I fix this?

SuperSpyroDragon64, Apr 7: Thank you, cool code! Do you know how to get the Stats to display correctly here? https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=462165

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Started by SuperSpyroDragon64

Scripting Question

Is it possible to have the player character as a battler with the normal battle options?

Lucidious89, Apr 6: I mean, you already acknowledged that the Safari Zone works this way. So that's probably a good place to start looking.

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Started by GuiltyCheese

Scripting Question

How to make GIFs visually appear overlaid atop Pokemon with stat changes, or status conditions inflicted upon them, until these effects go away?

SuperSpyroDragon64, Apr 5: Am I doing something wrong here? The Pokemon stat icons still aren't changing according to their current stat levels ingame. The "stat level 0" icon appears correctly but they're supposed to swap out for different icons whenever the stats are raised...

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Started by SuperSpyroDragon64

Error

Game file won't show up!

burningplain, Apr 4: There is two game apps (afaik there isn't a "game" data file, just the exes), the one for editing and the one for playing not in debug mode. You probably accidently deleted them. As long as they are the only thing missing, you should be able to...

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Started by BosanskaZvijer

Eventing Question

Initiating battles through events keeps causing crashes

Lucidious89, Apr 2: You just have to think for a moment. There are many trainers that use the same class. There's a ton of different CAMPER's or COOLTRAINER's. How is the game supposed to know which particular trainer among those in that class you're trying to initiate...

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Started by snool

Error

Sprite Resize

Ganbare-Lucifer, Apr 2: Hello. I was using the Gen 8 96x96 graphics, everything was fine, until I forgot to resize two sprites, which made all the Pokemon battle sprites automatically shrink. Even after I fixed these two sprites back to a 96x96, it didn't reverted. ...

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Started by Ganbare-Lucifer

Scripting Question

How to use multiple items at once

SuperSpyroDragon64, Mar 29: You could implement a Rare Candy XXXL that instantly makes your Pokemon lv100 instead, or a NPC/Machine that does this.

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Started by Kamkam2005

Error

What's causing this "Trick Room When Sent Out" Ability code to crash?

SuperSpyroDragon64, Mar 29: This works now, anyone who wants to use it is free to use it. BattleHandlers::AbilityOnSwitchIn.add(:TRICKSTER, proc { |ability,battler,battle| battle.field.effects = 5 battle.pbDisplay(_INTL("{1} twisted the dimensions for 5...

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Started by SuperSpyroDragon64

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Report bugs and errors in unmodified Essentials version 19.1

Your suggestions for Essentials

Pokémon Essentials, version 19.1 - 22nd May 2021

About the Pokémon Essentials forum

Where are IVs set?

Trainer Not Using Custom Move

How do I check the amount of damage a pokemon of mine has dealt? How do I also check the amount of damage per physical attack and special attack? How

Looking to Better Understand the Script Editor in RPGXP

Shadow Pokemon Help and Discussion

Problem with pokemon move in battle wild pokemon or trainer battle.

How do make NPC's move?

Can't encounter wild pokemon

How to enable Debug Mode if the setting script is separated from the Scripts.rxdata file?

Enabling Debug Mode without RPGMakerXP

Strange lag caused by certain Pokémon IDs.

How to make a Pokemon Unremovable

No outcome for losing a battle

Change the healing method of the Grassy Terrain

Info for Item’s

Searching for an AI for Essentials v18.1

Undefined method []

Idea for move (I need some help scripting it)

Pokemon Essentials v18 New Form help

BW Gender Selector v2.2 pbGenderSelector Error

Lost PBS files, how to retrieve them ?

Changing Buildings / Event Tiles?

Pokemon levels for trainers

"key move" error when playtesting game

Trying to make a Very Custom Move

1v2 Battles with two Opponents (v19.1)

How do you talk to an event via script, so an additional PC option can let you talk to Prof Oak as if you were in front of him?

Exporting and compiling the game puts a "test.002" file outside the main EXE. The EXE will extract when prompted but will not actually run the game.

Randomly chosen trainer teams?

V19.1 EBDX shinies and icons for different forms not working

Can any one help me with a common event for pokemon essentials?

Pokemon essentials Symbol as Array index error

Error using PBS+

Screen Error

Argument Error : Tme must be positive [NEED HELP!]

Encryption problem

Script to change map connections

This held item's simple code should increase speed by 1 on Switch-In, so why does it crash or prevent the game from starting?

NPCS will not activate anymore with interaction.

Event Encounters Customization

Pokemon Essentials V18.1 | 3v1 with partners

Why is my Weather code causing crashes upon the use of some random moves when weather is up?

This Display Type code works, but it can't tell the first type apart from the second. How do I fix this?

Is it possible to have the player character as a battler with the normal battle options?

How to make GIFs visually appear overlaid atop Pokemon with stat changes, or status conditions inflicted upon them, until these effects go away?

Game file won't show up!

Initiating battles through events keeps causing crashes

Sprite Resize

How to use multiple items at once

What's causing this "Trick Room When Sent Out" Ability code to crash?