Script Help Thread (DO NOT REQUEST SCRIPTS)

shadowdragon17 · Mar 17, 2012

Birch's speech

Hello world.

I really want to edit professor Birch's speech right before he gives you your first Pokemon (so not the monologue when he tells you what a Pokemon is at the beginning of the game) but I really don't know how to make him still give you the Pokemon you used before. I doubt I'm the first person to ask this, but with over 200 posts in this thread I don't have time to go through each one. If someone could show me how to write a script on PokeScript for Pokemon Ruby I would be really grateful, or if there is already an answer floating around out there, if someone could point me to it.

thanks ^_^

Hacks0rus · Mar 17, 2012

Rumille said:
Ok, so I added the part to that Spherical Ice gave me and made the following script:

After compiling however, I get 5 offsets, three of which seem to matter:
@setup 8002D5
@setup1 8002DC
@start 8002E7

Which one do I put where? And is this script even working? Cause it doesn't seem to respond if I put any of the three on the 'Script Offset 2' box in the Header (script type is 04 Validates Value, Flag=1001, Value:7005).

Oh and the Script Offset box is greyed out and has $71A276. The reason I have checkflag 0x1001, is because in the previous movement script that takes me to the map has just set the flag. So what I intended was that if the script starts it just checks to see if the flag is set. If not, just proceed with your business. If it is, the script as mentioned above is set.

Have no idea what more I can tell, so if you have any questions about the script, do ask.

I cant comment on the first part as I dont use spherical ice's method, but what I can say is that the checkflag wont work.
For some reason checkflag situations dont work in these scripts, but you can get around that using the setvar command.

var's act like the scripts flag, if it is 0x1 it wont play, if its 0x0 it will play. If you setvar 0x(7000 and up) 0x1 at the end of your script, it wont play again unless it is set back to 0x0. remember to put the var number used in the script into the var number box in A-map.

therefore you dont need a checkflag, just a setvar at the end.

Finally, I recommend re-doing the script to get rid of the wierd bug you had. try both spherical's and the traditional method and see if you get anything different.

Spherical Ice · Mar 17, 2012

Rumille said:
Ok, so I added the part to that Spherical Ice gave me and made the following script:

After compiling however, I get 5 offsets, three of which seem to matter:
@setup 8002D5
@setup1 8002DC
@start 8002E7

Which one do I put where? And is this script even working? Cause it doesn't seem to respond if I put any of the three on the 'Script Offset 2' box in the Header (script type is 04 Validates Value, Flag=1001, Value:7005).

Oh and the Script Offset box is greyed out and has $71A276. The reason I have checkflag 0x1001, is because in the previous movement script that takes me to the map has just set the flag. So what I intended was that if the script starts it just checks to see if the flag is set. If not, just proceed with your business. If it is, the script as mentioned above is set.

Have no idea what more I can tell, so if you have any questions about the script, do ask.

Then save Amap and test it out. Obviously your offset wouldn't be 123456.

Rumille · Mar 17, 2012

Hacks0rus said:
I cant comment on the first part as I dont use spherical ice's method, but what I can say is that the checkflag wont work.
For some reason checkflag situations dont work in these scripts, but you can get around that using the setvar command.

var's act like the scripts flag, if it is 0x1 it wont play, if its 0x0 it will play. If you setvar 0x(7000 and up) 0x1 at the end of your script, it wont play again unless it is set back to 0x0. remember to put the var number used in the script into the var number box in A-map.

therefore you dont need a checkflag, just a setvar at the end.

Finally, I recommend re-doing the script to get rid of the wierd bug you had. try both spherical's and the traditional method and see if you get anything different.

Well I tried, but no succes. Nothing happens. I enter the map as I should in the previous movement script. But then I enter it and nothing happens.

Spherical Ice said:
Then save Amap and test it out. Obviously your offset wouldn't be 123456.

And apparently this does work! Only problem is that the script starts with the messagebox, I do the movement as given and then it freezes up again, as if it's waiting for the script to finish. The music does continue playing.

Code:

#org 0x80038D
lockall
msgbox 0x88003B7 '"This way please!"
callstd 0x4
closeonkeypress
applymovement MOVE_PLAYER 0x88003C9
waitmovement 0x0
msgbox 0x880045B '"Ah, there you are!"
callstd 0x4
closeonkeypress
setvar 0x7005 0x1
releaseall
end

I've tried fiddling with the setvar command, the message command, but no luck. It freezes up the moment before the 'Ah, there you are!' message. I think it has to do something with the waitmovement command. When I change the waitmovement 0x0 into pause 0x250, the 'Ah, there you are!' message DOES play, but it freezes up after that...

Spherical Ice · Mar 17, 2012

Rumille said:
Well I tried, but no succes. Nothing happens. I enter the map as I should in the previous movement script. But then I enter it and nothing happens.

And apparently this does work! Only problem is that the script starts with the messagebox, I do the movement as given and then it freezes up again, as if it's waiting for the script to finish. The music does continue playing.

Code:

#org 0x80038D lockall msgbox 0x88003B7 '"This way please!" callstd 0x4 closeonkeypress applymovement MOVE_PLAYER 0x88003C9 waitmovement 0x0 msgbox 0x880045B '"Ah, there you are!" callstd 0x4 closeonkeypress setvar 0x7005 0x1 releaseall end

I've tried fiddling with the setvar command, the message command, but no luck. It freezes up the moment before the 'Ah, there you are!' message. I think it has to do something with the waitmovement command. When I change the waitmovement 0x0 into pause 0x250, the 'Ah, there you are!' message DOES play, but it freezes up after that...

Wow, what version of XSE are you using? It looks outdated.
If it's not version 1.1.1, which I', 99% sure it isn't, then download XSE 1.1.1 here:
http://www.4shared.com/rar/lcgKM8Q5/XSE_Upload.html?

You'd then need to rewrite your script to:

Code:

#org @setup
#raw 0x2
#raw pointer @setup1
#raw 0x0

#org @setup1
#raw word 0x7000 'This is the variable you set later on in your script.
#raw word 0x0
#raw pointer @start
#raw word 0x0

#org @start
lockall
msgbox @string1 0x4
closeonkeypress
applymovement MOVE_PLAYER @move1
waitmovement 0x0
msgbox @string2 0x4
closeonkeypress
setvar 0x7005 0x1
releaseall
end

#org @string1
= text

#org @string2
= text

#org @move1
// movements
#raw 0xFE // you need to have #raw 0xfe at the end of movement commands.

Then everything should hopefully work.

Rumille · Mar 17, 2012

Yeah, I got 1.0.0

Might need to get a new version. I apparently deleted 0xFE at the movement part, stupid me. But, this script keeps haunting me. Now it won't stop playing. It loops the script on and on. I can't stop it with a key press or anything, even though I have the setvar 0x7005 0x1 command.

Spherical Ice · Mar 17, 2012

Rumille said:
Yeah, I got 1.0.0

Might need to get a new version. I apparently deleted 0xFE at the movement part, stupid me. But, this script keeps haunting me. Now it won't stop playing. It loops the script on and on. I can't stop it with a key press or anything, even though I have the setvar 0x7005 0x1 command.

Well first upgrade to 1.1.1 using the link I provided in the post above.

And it's doing that because I forgot to edit my updated script to have 7005. So the script should be this:

Code:

#org @setup
#raw 0x2
#raw pointer @setup1
#raw 0x0

#org @setup1
#raw word 0x7005
#raw word 0x0
#raw pointer @start
#raw word 0x0

#org @start
lockall
msgbox @string1 0x4
closeonkeypress
applymovement MOVE_PLAYER @move1
waitmovement 0x0
msgbox @string2 0x4
closeonkeypress
setvar 0x7005 0x1
releaseall
end

#org @string1
= text

#org @string2
= text

#org @move1
// movements
#raw 0xFE // you need to have #raw 0xfe at the end of movement commands.

Sorry for the typo!

Rumille · Mar 17, 2012

And it now works perfectly.

Sir, you have made my week. Thank you so much! I've been shouting and cursing at this script for days now and it finally works. You deserve a medal!

aljohnston112 · Mar 17, 2012

I'm now having trouble with a script that checks to see if you have a pokemon, but it just freezes. I've tried setting the offset as the map script offset, but it doesn't work.

Spoiler:

Rumille · Mar 17, 2012

I have 2 little problem with the movement script I mentioned earlier.
I have made 3 different versions, because eventually you come to a place where you have to go left, up or right.

These are the 3 versions:

Spoiler:

The first version works perfectly. However, I can't seem to get the updatecoins line OUT of the code. Deleting and compiling doesn't seem to work, strange enough. Even worse, I can't seem to change anything anymore. I can delete 5 lines out of it and compile, but the next time I open it, the lines are just the way they were before the deleting.

Second of all, the second and third version work almost perfect, except that the sprite that talks to me (0x1) doesn't move. It does in the first one, but it does not in the second and third version. When I look at the place where it stands before the script is called, it's still there, so it's not invisible.

Any help?

aljohnston112 · Mar 17, 2012

Rumille said:

I have 2 little problem with the movement script I mentioned earlier.
I have made 3 different versions, because eventually you come to a place where you have to go left, up or right.

These are the 3 versions:

Spoiler:

The first version works perfectly. However, I can't seem to get the updatecoins line OUT of the code. Deleting and compiling doesn't seem to work, strange enough. Even worse, I can't seem to change anything anymore. I can delete 5 lines out of it and compile, but the next time I open it, the lines are just the way they were before the deleting.

Second of all, the second and third version work almost perfect, except that the sprite that talks to me (0x1) doesn't move. It does in the first one, but it does not in the second and third version. When I look at the place where it stands before the script is called, it's still there, so it's not invisible.

Any help?

For the first code, you probably just need an end. It continues to run when it decompiles. The end tells it to stop.

Rumille · Mar 17, 2012

Nope. I can delete the script untill I only have

lockall
releaseall
end

But after I enter the script without the other line and with releaseall and end, releaseall/end turns into the updatecoins line.

Edit: Without the setvar 0x7000 0x1 line it works without adding the updatecoins line, but then I have the problem of the script repeating itself everytime I step on the scripttile.

Mana1 · Mar 18, 2012

Rumille said:
Nope. I can delete the script untill I only have

lockall
releaseall
end

But after I enter the script without the other line and with releaseall and end, releaseall/end turns into the updatecoins line.

Edit: Without the setvar 0x7000 0x1 line it works without adding the updatecoins line, but then I have the problem of the script repeating itself everytime I step on the scripttile.

The best advice would be to rewrite the script with fresh @pointers so they all get assigned new offsets, then see if the problem persists.

Spherical Ice · Mar 18, 2012

Yeah, I'd probably change the Decompile settings (Ctrl+D) and check the Refactoring button. Then open the script, remove any messed up lines of code, compile and use the new offset.

RetroRoller · Mar 18, 2012

I'm using PKSV and I wrote a script to gain the running shoes (Decompiled from original after amended)

Spoiler:

My problems are
1) The flag isn't set, seeing as I cannot run outside, (I haven't checked the location properties for an outdoor map properly in AdvanceMap yet, which might be the case, but I could run outside before)

2) After Decompiling it in PKSV... The script becomes... well... you'd better just look for yourself.

Spoiler:

Thanks in advance. Knowing me though it was a simple mistake and I was too derpy to find it.

Spherical Ice · Mar 18, 2012

Um, try doing the script again and replace the offset pointers to labels (@john), then recompile.

aljohnston112 · Mar 18, 2012

So... more problems. I got this script to work up to the point where the 2nd message happens, but the 2nd set of movements doesn't happen.

Spoiler:

Mana1 · Mar 18, 2012

aljohnston112 said:
So... more problems. I got this script to work up to the point where the 2nd message happens, but the 2nd set of movements doesn't happen.

Spoiler:

#org 0x8EB1460
'-----------------------------------
lock
checkflag 0x1002
faceplayer
msgbox 0x8EB16C0 ' Watch it, maggot!
callstd MSG_LOCK ' Built-in lock command
applymovement 0x9 0x8EB14E0 ' walk_up walk_up walk...
applymovement 0x6 0x8EB14E0 ' walk_up walk_up walk...
applymovement 0x8 0x8EB14E0 ' walk_up walk_up walk...
applymovement PLAYER 0x8EB1520 ' pause walk_up pause ...
pause 0x170
msgbox 0x8EB1610 ' It's hiding in this\...
callstd MSG_LOCK ' Built-in lock command
applymovement 0x9 0x8EB1700 ' walk_up walk_up walk...
applymovement 0x6 0x8EB1700 ' walk_up walk_up walk...
applymovement 0x8 0x8EB1700 ' walk_up walk_up walk...
pause 0x40
setflag 0x1002
release
end

#org 0x8EB16C0
= Watch it, maggot!

#org 0x8EB1610
= It's hiding in this\ngrass somewhere!!\lDon't rest until it's found!\lThe phantom pokemon!!\lTo the western forest!\lCut everything down!

#org 0x8EB14E0
M walk_up walk_up walk_up walk_up walk_up walk_up walk_up walk_up walk_left walk_left walk_left walk_left walk_left walk_up walk_up walk_up walk_right walk_right walk_right walk_right walk_right walk_right look_up end

#org 0x8EB1520
M pause walk_up pause walk_up pause walk_up pause walk_up pause walk_up pause walk_up pause walk_up pause walk_up pause walk_up pause walk_up end

#org 0x8EB1700
M walk_up walk_up walk_up walk_up end

The script looks ok to me, maybe change the pause 0x40 to waitmovement 0x0? The script might be ending and passing over the movements, but waitmovement should mean it waits for the moving to finish before continuing to 'end'.

aljohnston112 · Mar 18, 2012

SwiftSign said:
The script looks ok to me, maybe change the pause 0x40 to waitmovement 0x0? The script might be ending and passing over the movements, but waitmovement should mean it waits for the moving to finish before continuing to 'end'.

I've already tried that, it does seem to work better at first, but it does the same thing. I doesn't apply the 2nd set of movements.

Rumille · Mar 18, 2012

Rumille said:

I have 2 little problem with the movement script I mentioned earlier.
I have made 3 different versions, because eventually you come to a place where you have to go left, up or right.

These are the 3 versions:

Spoiler:

The first version works perfectly. However, I can't seem to get the updatecoins line OUT of the code. Deleting and compiling doesn't seem to work, strange enough. Even worse, I can't seem to change anything anymore. I can delete 5 lines out of it and compile, but the next time I open it, the lines are just the way they were before the deleting.

Second of all, the second and third version work almost perfect, except that the sprite that talks to me (0x1) doesn't move. It does in the first one, but it does not in the second and third version. When I look at the place where it stands before the script is called, it's still there, so it's not invisible.

Any help?

Anyone an idea for the second problem? The sprite not moving on the 2nd and 3rd script, even though the scripts are the same as the first one?

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