[Scripting Question] Event when a certain wild Pokemon is defeated

Arachnee · Mar 3, 2019

Hello. I am trying to make a small script that runs when certain wild Pokemon is defeated.
To clarify, when a wild Pokémon of a certain species is defeated, something happens.
An example: When you defeat a wild Audino, all Pokémon in your party are healed.

The codes below are simple versions of what I was trying to do. The goal is when a Pachirisu is defeated, the message "You caught a Pachirisu." will appear. If not, "You did not catch a Pachirisu." will appear instead. But I do not know how exactly to ask that. The code I have tried to make is either ignored or returns an error. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what I am doing wrong. The help is greatly appreciated.

Code:

        if PBSpecies.getName(:PACHIRISU)
          pbDisplay(_INTL("You caught a Pachirisu."))
        else
          pbDisplay(_INTL("You did not catch a Pachirisu."))
        end

Code:

        if pokemon.name = "Pachirisu"
          pbDisplay(_INTL("You caught a Pachirisu."))
        else
          pbDisplay(_INTL("You did not catch a Pachirisu."))
        end

Code:

        if pokemon.species=(:PACHIRISU)
          pbDisplay(_INTL("You caught a Pachirisu."))
        else
          pbDisplay(_INTL("You did not catch a Pachirisu."))
        end

mgriffin · Mar 3, 2019

EDIT: Fixed the order of arguments to isConst? based on Arachnee's response.

Assuming that pokemon exists I guess you want

Code:

if isConst?(pokemon.species,PBSpecies,:PACHIRISU)
  pbDisplay(...) # Pachirisu.
else
  pbDisplay(...) # Not pachirisu.
end

But if you're going to care about many species then I'd probably try writing it like this:

Code:

case pokemon.species
when getConst(PBSpecies,:PACHIRISU)
  ... # Pachirisu
when getConst(PBSpecies,:AUDINO)
  ... # Audino
else
  ... # Something else.
end

Arachnee · Mar 3, 2019

Thank you, mgriffin! That was definitely the correct method. It works completely fine now. Thank You!

For anyone else who is interested, "pokemon.species" goes first in the isConst? arguments.

Code:

if isConst?(pokemon.species,PBSpecies,:PACHIRISU)