[Release] Pokémon Essentials, version 5 - 28th January 2012

• The Town Map now features an icon of the player's head to show where you are, and flashing icons to show where you can Fly to. While diving, you can now hop over to another underwater map and keep on diving by using a special method. And if you're going nowhere (i.e. walking into a wall), you'll hear a proper bump rather than a nasty sound.

• Significant improvements here, not least of which is that trainers can now actually be rebattled (strange that it wasn't noticed before). NPCs can also be registered now, and their messages go in common events - talk to Professor Oak after receiving a starter for an example.

• Entei in the ocean? Latias in a Bug-Catching Contest? Not any more! The encounter methods available to each roamer can now be set. The current options are "any grass-based encounter" (except Bug Contests), "surfing only", and "all of the above". If you can think of any more, say so!

• Someone once said they wanted more than two doors to choose from. So here you go: all the doors I could find from FRLG are now included. There are also updated water-related autotiles, and even a fountain autotile! I ripped all those graphics myself. Also, Shaymin's Sky Forme now speaks for itself, as it now has a cry of its own.

• It's in, although I don't know how to work it. I'm pretty sure it will allow for at least an online trade station, though, which people seem to like the sound of. If you can make something of it, please let me know.

• A variety of fixes as usual. Highlights include a Pokédex that now works wherever you are in the Pokéworld, the aforementioned ability to actually battle trainers registered in your phone, forbidding eggs from using Cut and other moves out of battle, and sprite reflections no longer being dragged around by the top of the screen. There are plenty of other fixes too.

• I've not mentioned everything that's new, just the things I thought were most noteworthy. As usual, a full list of what's happened in this release can be found on the wiki's Download page.

IceGod64 said:

It's looking good! I'll keep playing around with it and see if I find any new problems.

I also gotta say, I love the new starting team too, it's much better set up for testing, and is better as an actual team.

I'm working on assembling the Generation IV sprites for you still, but I'm close to done, so expect to see them in a few days after I've tested them out and everything.

EDIT: I found a bug. I am fighting Camper Andrew in Harsh Sunlight, and his Delcatty can't attack. It says:
"Delcatty used Doubleslap!"
"The sunlight is strong!"

The only things that happened in the battle before I noticed it was I had Pikachu use double team twice(Possibly three times).
EDIT2: Further investigation shows that it's not the weather or Double Team at fault; Double Slap simply does not work.

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class PokeBattle_Move_0C0 < PokeBattle_Move
  def pbOnStartUse(attacker)
    @skilllink=isConst?(attacker.ability,PBAbilities,:SKILLLINK)
    return true
  end

  def pbNumHits
    hitchances=[2,2,2,
                3,3,3,
                4,5]
    hits=hitchances[@battle.pbRandom(8)]
    hits=5 if @skilllink
    return hits
  end

  def pbIsMultiHit
    return true
  end
end

MikauSchekzen said:

Unfortunately, that IS the full error message :P

My OS is Windows 7 64-bit.

However, I've already found the cause. In my C:\Users\<Name>\Saved Games\ folder, there was a file called Game.rxdata. Deleting that made it work again.

And now, I'll look if deleting that file has changed anything about my game :P

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TormundD said:

Complete noob here, how do I move my project on v4 to v5 without restarting it?

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Nickalooose said:

Why is the !pbHasEligible?(3,100) command, coming up with an error saying something about doublebattles?

Spoiler:

Exception: NoMethodError
Message: Section130:439:in `rules'undefined method `doublebattle' for nil:NilClass
***Full script:
!pbHasEligible?(1,100)
Interpreter:243:in `pbExecuteScript'
PokemonOrgBattle:37:in `pbHasEligible?'
(eval):1:in `pbExecuteScript'
Interpreter:787:in `eval'
Interpreter:243:in `pbExecuteScript'
Interpreter:787:in `command_111'
Interpreter:319:in `execute_command'
Interpreter:193:in `update'
Interpreter:106:in `loop'
Interpreter:198:in `update'

Interpreter:275:in `pbExecuteScript'
Interpreter:787:in `command_111'
Interpreter:319:in `execute_command'
Interpreter:193:in `update'
Interpreter:106:in `loop'
Interpreter:198:in `update'
Scene_Map:103:in `update'
Scene_Map:101:in `loop'
Scene_Map:114:in `update'
Scene_Map:68:in `main'

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Nickalooose said:

Yeah I started writing a new script that checked wether I wanted certain aspects to the battle itself (gender, type etc.) But put that on hold, for the time being as gender is still part of the TrainerID still, right?

But, this worked before I updated to the 24th December Essentials, Then I updated all my maps to new tiles, and just tried my game out and then this error pops up, If I use the older Essentials, it's fine... As far as I'm aware, it stopped working today, because I was yet to test from 24th December, until now...

I don't actually care for the Battletower and Battlepalace either, just found a use for the "eligible" conditional branch... Is there another way to get this effect, or am I looking to code something in?

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def pbEligibleTeam(number,levelcap)
  count=0
  for i in $Trainer.pokemonParty
    count+=1 if i.level<=levelcap
  end
  return true if count>=number
  return false
end

DarkGrey said:

"While diving, you can now hop over to another underwater map and keep on diving by using a special method."

example pls

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Kernel.pbTransferUnderwater(42,12,17)