[Scripting Question] Adding Disable move function to an ability?

Oolalaa · Aug 13, 2021

(v19.1) I'm trying to add the disable function to the ability Anticipation.
So the move that makes the anticipation "shudder" gets disabled for 5 turns.

Here's the clean script of Anticipation:

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And here is Disable move function:

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I'm not advanced enough on the Essentials script to make this work and I believe the Anticipation script needs to be changes so it actually defines the move that triggers it. Thanks for the help in advance!

Oolalaa · Sep 13, 2021

Poké Bump!

Vendily · Sep 14, 2021

Didn't really test it, but give this a shot. since in ruby, every thing is truthy except nil and false, we can repurpose the found boolean into a nil/array for falsey truthy. The array stores the battle index of the triggering battler, and their move id, then it's just a matter of setting the values for disabling.

Also, you don't really need to bump a thread when it hasn't been a day yet :)

Code:

BattleHandlers::AbilityOnSwitchIn.add(:ANTICIPATION,
  proc { |ability,battler,battle|
    next if !battler.pbOwnedByPlayer?
    battlerTypes = battler.pbTypes(true)
    type1 = battlerTypes[0]
    type2 = battlerTypes[1] || type1
    type3 = battlerTypes[2] || type2
    found = nil
    battle.eachOtherSideBattler(battler.index) do |b|
      b.eachMove do |m|
        next if m.statusMove?
        if type1
          moveType = m.type
          if Settings::MECHANICS_GENERATION >= 6 && m.function == "090"   # Hidden Power
            moveType = pbHiddenPower(b.pokemon)[0]
          end
          eff = Effectiveness.calculate(moveType,type1,type2,type3)
          next if Effectiveness.ineffective?(eff)
          next if !Effectiveness.super_effective?(eff) && m.function != "070"   # OHKO
        else
          next if m.function != "070"   # OHKO
        end
        found = [b.index,m.id]
        break
      end
      break if found
    end
    if found
      battle.pbShowAbilitySplash(battler)
      battle.pbDisplay(_INTL("{1} shuddered with anticipation!",battler.pbThis))
      battle.battlers[found[0]].effects[PBEffects::Disable] = 5
      battle.battlers[found[0]].effects[PBEffects::DisableMove] = found[1]
      battle.pbHideAbilitySplash(battler)
    end
  }
)

[Scripting Question] Adding Disable move function to an ability?

Oolalaa

Oolalaa

Vendily