Pokémon Dying

Badhaas · Jan 10, 2015

These script changes count Pokémon who have fainted as dead, and store them in a graveyard storage (after battle, or when dying from poison while walking around). This graveyard storage can be accessed from the PC and allows players to view their dead Pokémon (only summary, item, and markings are available). This can be great for a nuzlock challenge or maybe even standard in your game.

Implementing this script requires you to address a few problems caused by Pokémon dying in the players party (game design related);
The first problem is what happens when the player has no more Pokémon left in their party. The script below makes the player go game over. I emphasized the game over part of the code so you can remove it if this is not what you want. In case you remove that part the player will always end up in the last PokéCenter they visited, thus you can prevent them from leaving it without any Pokémon in their party and implement your solution there. Do note that the game crashes if the player enters a battle without any Pokémon in their party.
The second problem is what happens if the player gets stuck because the only Pokémon knowing a HM in their party died (i.e. when on a small island and the Pokémon which knew surf died). There are a few possible solutions to this problem;
1: Design the levels (maps) in such a way that this cannot happen. It's the most elegant solution, yet also the hardest to implement).
2: Use items for HMs instead of Pokémon. I know there's been quite some talk about it and I believe the code exists on this forum, yet this just might not be what you want for your game.
3: Give the player the ability to return to the last PokéCentre they visited (as if using teleport). The player would be able to use this anywhere and anytime, for the cost of 50% of their money. This is the easiest and most fail safe solution.

Pokémon 'dying'

Spoiler:

A graveyard storage

Spoiler:

In PokemonLoad; find "$PokemonStorage = Marshal.load(f)" and add "$GraveyardStorage = Marshal.load(f)" below it.
In PokemonLoad; find "$PokemonStorage = PokemonStorage.new" and add "$GraveyardStorage = PokemonStorage.new" below it.
In PokemonSave; find "Marshal.dump($PokemonStorage,f)" and add "Marshal.dump($GraveyardStorage,f)" below it.

Then in PokemonStorage:

- Change line "def initialize(scene,storage)" to "def initialize(scene,storage,graveyard=false)" and add "@graveyard=graveyard" below.
- Change line "commands[0]=_INTL("Move")" to "commands[0]=_INTL("Move") if !@graveyard"
- There should be a "if selected[0]==-1" a few lines later, change the entire if function (5 lines in total to the following code:

Code:

          if selected[0]==-1 && !@graveyard      ##### CHANGED LINE
            commands[2]=_INTL("Store")
          elsif selected[0]!=-1 && !@graveyard      ##### CHANGED LINE
            commands[2]=_INTL("Withdraw")
          elsif selected[0]==-1 && @graveyard      ##### ADDED LINE
            commands[2]=_INTL("Mark")      ##### ADDED LINE
          end

- Find "PokemonPCList.registerPC(StorageSystemPC.new)" and add "PokemonPCList.registerPC(GraveyardSystemPC.new)" below it.

Search the line "_INTL("Move")," and replace the entire part (from "commands=[" to "]") to the code below;

Code:

          if !@graveyard
            commands=[
               _INTL("Move"),
               _INTL("Summary"),
               _INTL("Withdraw"),
               _INTL("Item"),
               _INTL("Mark"),
               _INTL("Release")
            ]
          else
            commands=[
               _INTL("Summary"),
               _INTL("Item"),
               _INTL("Mark"),
            ]
          end

From there, find the next "case command" (a few lines below the section you just changed) and add the code below above it;

Code:

          if @graveyard
            case command
              when 0 #summary
                command = 1
              when 1 #item
                command = 3
              when 2 #mark
                command = 4
              when 3 #debug
                command = 6
              when 4 #cancel
                command = 7
            end
          end

Add the code below above the line "def pbPokeCenterPC"

Code:

class GraveyardSystemPC
  def shouldShow?
    if $GraveyardStorage.boxes.empty? == false
      return true
    end
  end

  def name
    return _INTL("Graveyard")
  end

  def access
    pbFadeOutIn(99999){
        scene=PokemonStorageScene.new
        screen=PokemonStorageScreen.new(scene,$GraveyardStorage,true)
        screen.pbStartScreen(2)
      }
  end
end

NOTE: Copying code from the PokéCommunity forum might still be broken, to solve this use 'Threat Tools' and click on 'Show printable version'

PS. Credit would be appreciated

ShadowFiendZX · Jan 10, 2015

While this is a nice feature, and something my friends and I have always joked about adding to our game, what happens if you've got no pokemon whatsoever even in regular storage? How would you get pokemon, especially before given access to the safari zone or something similar?

mej71 · Jan 10, 2015

A big problem I see is in games that use HMs. You surf to an island, that pokemon dies, you're stuck. Game over. You're in the middle of surfing and that pokemon dies, possible errors. etc.

Badhaas · Jan 10, 2015

Those are good points which, to be honest, I hadn't thought about yet. I quickly made the code for someone and thought more people might be interested in it. After running some tests the code doesn't cause errors by removing the only Pokémon which knows surf, or by removing the last Pokémon from the players party. It does indirectly cause 2 problems;

Starting a battle without any Pokémon in the party causes the game to crash. Do note that the code causes the player to always return to the Pokémon center when this happens (blacking out). This gives two ways to solve the problem; 1, the player goes game over when all pokemon in their party are dead; 2, the player isn't allowed to leave the pokemon center with an empty party and goes game over when the player doesn't have any pokemon in either their party or their storage. (I updated the first post to include the first solution).

the second problem is slightly more complex; if the player loses a Pokémon which knows a HM they can get stuck (i.e. the player surfs to an island). There are a few possible solutions to this problem;
1: Design the levels (maps) in such a way that this cannot happen. It's the most elegant solution, yet also the hardest to implement).
2: Use items for HMs instead of Pokémon. I know there's been quite some talk about it and I believe the code exists on this forum, yet this just might not be what you want for your game.
3: Give the player the ability to return to the last PokéCentre they visited (as if using teleport). The player would be able to use this anywhere and anytime, for the cost of 50% of their money. This is the easiest and most fail safe solution.

Note: I've updated the OP to include this information.

LastOne · Jan 10, 2015

I really wouldn't be discouraged by those obstacles. Most fangames like ZetaOmicron, who's popularity is on par with Reborn and Raptor, have Nuzlockes as optional anyway. So it's really a quick and easy switch on/off. There's also the unconventional method of doing what the creator of SPEE did, before Gold had gained Eevee, by making the player a "Pokemon", except the only options available were to run away. In the situations you listed, it's an easy fix for going this route.

shiney570 · Mar 1, 2015

Why don't you combine this with the Random Nuzlocke Script? :)

Badhaas · Mar 2, 2015

In case you're referring to JV's nuzlock mode script, I believe that one already has some functionality in it for dying Pokémon. Though I don't exactly know how that one works. If not, then please tell me which one you're referring to.

mej71 · Mar 2, 2015

Badhaas said:
In case you're referring to JV's nuzlock mode script, I believe that one already has some functionality in it for dying Pokémon. Though I don't exactly know how that one works. If not, then please tell me which one you're referring to.

That one just prevents healing scripts from healing fainted pokemon is all. It doesn't remove them from your party or anything.

Tricko · Mar 26, 2015

mej71 said:
A big problem I see is in games that use HMs. You surf to an island, that pokemon dies, you're stuck. Game over. You're in the middle of surfing and that pokemon dies, possible errors. etc.

Mej, Is absolutely right...

Joltik · May 3, 2015

Very nice! Thank you very much for the script.

Well, I have a small correction, just a subltety (however, it is important):
When you say:

There should be a "if selected[0]==-1" a few lines later, change that one (and only that one) to "if selected[0]==-1 && !@graveyard"

Actually, if you simple do this, the code will look like:

if selected[0]==-1&& !@graveyard
commands[2]=_INTL("Store")
[S-HIGHLIGHT]else
commands[2]=_INTL("Withdraw")[/S-HIGHLIGHT]
end

I highlight the yellow part, because it means that it will not only write "withdraw" when the left side of the "if" is not satisfied, but also when !@graveyard is not satisfied. In order words, it will write Withdraw inside of the graveyard box.
I believe it should be:

if selected[0]==-1 && !@graveyard
commands[2]=_INTL("Store")
elsif selected[0]==-1 && @graveyard
commands[2]=_INTL("Mark")
elsif selected[0]!=-1 && !@graveyard
commands[2]=_INTL("Withdraw")
end

Again, thank you for the script! I was really looking for something on these lines!

As a side question, I was wondering if it would be possible to still give a use to the item Revive. Maybe turning it into a very rare item, that would really Revive the pokemon, and not "unfaint" it, as usual. Do you think it is possible?

Other than that, I get an error when picking a pokémon in the box, using "Move".

Spoiler:

Cheers!

Yero · May 3, 2015

I quite like the idea to have a pokemon dying in an way overpowered battle. (alright, that sounded grim) but having it die everytime it faints goes quite far and makes it very difficult to have any pokemon on your team for the entire game. So how about a conditional variable in the script? Let say that the pokemon only dies when the landing attack does twice the amount of damage as the pokemon's full hp. So say if you have a level 30 Quilava (total hp 120) facing a, say, level 80 Kyogre using waterspout at full hp and ability drizzle; the damage dealt to Quilava would be like off the chart! (Way more then 240 hp points, that's a for sure) It stands to reason that it won't survive such an attack and dies. But, if you have that same Quilava facing off against a level 35 Geodude which just tossed some rocks at it and gradiently weakens it down till Quilava has no hp left, Quilava faints and can be recovered using either a Revive or PokeCenter. So the dev will look at the total hp of the battler, doubles this into a set variable, then looks at every individual move and its damage dealt during the battle and checks if this is more or less then the amount in the variable and treats it as a conditional branch. Is it more; it dies, is it less; it faints.

Badhaas · May 20, 2015

Updated the script in the first post to fix the withdraw/mark text error. I've pm'd you about the crash to see if we can find a solution (I'll post it here if it affects the script or if more people encounter the same problem).

With regards to the revive item, if I'm not mistaken it should still be possible to revive fainted Pokémon during battle. If you'd like to use it outside of battle you'd need a way to select a single Pokémon from the Graveyard Storage.

@Yero; Actually this script is the dying functionality from a more elaborate script I've made where Pokémon receive wounds over multiple battle and die as a result thereof (which I'm using in the game I'm working on, of course players also have a way to heal these wounds).
With regards to your idea: you'de have to edit 'pbReduceHPDamage' in PokeBattle_Move, that function deals damage to the Pokémon (and currently caps the damage to the amount of hp the Pokémon has left). From there it's probably the easiest to add an extra variable to the battler/pokemon where the excessive amount of damage is stored, and a check in the faint function whether this excessive amount of damage would kill the Pokémon (or the check in the damage function with a variable which stores if the Pokémon dies).

ps. @Yero, tip: adding line breaks to your post makes it a lot more readable ;)

PokeMetal · Feb 3, 2018

I find this script really cool, tho I when I tried to injected i had trouble finding some of the scripts i needed to change .. im literally new to this whole deal, but could it be because the newer versions of PE have changed their script files in some way?
or am i just blind -

Sapph the Knight · Mar 30, 2018

Hmm... A thought. Why not add some compatibility to the code to allow for a switch to be used for whether or not blackout = game over?

juliorain · Jan 12, 2019

can definitely use this in my game! Thank you for this script

Pokeminer20 · Apr 26, 2019

Just got this script to give some difficulty to my game, and the SECOND I take a step, I get auto game over.

EDIT: I'm also getting this error

---------------------------
Pokemon Angelic Bond
---------------------------
[EOFError, "End of file reached", ["Section050:1743:in `oldload'", "Section050:1743:in `load'", "Section145:536:in `pbStartLoadScreen'", "Section145:517:in `open'", "Section145:517:in `pbStartLoadScreen'", "Section145:491:in `loop'", "Section145:859:in `pbStartLoadScreen'", "Section189:30:in `main'", "Section189:74:in `mainFunctionDebug'", "Section189:52:in `mainFunction'", "Section189:52:in `pbCriticalCode'", "Section189:52:in `mainFunction'", "Section189:84", "Section189:83:in `loop'", "Section189:92"]]
---------------------------
OK
---------------------------

originally thinking it was an old save file error but that wasn't the case after starting a new save file.

Aryesh · Apr 29, 2019

Yeah it is good for nuzlocke

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