Gen I style Critical Hit probability

IceGod64 · Feb 25, 2017

In PokeBattle_Pokemon, append the following line to the attr_accessor section:

Code:

  attr_reader(:baseStats)     # Base Stats

And now, in PokBattle_Move, replace the entire def pbIsCritical? with:

Code:

  def pbIsCritical?(attacker,opponent)
    if !attacker.hasMoldBreaker
      if opponent.hasWorkingAbility(:BATTLEARMOR) ||
         opponent.hasWorkingAbility(:SHELLARMOR)
        return false
      end
    end
    return false if opponent.pbOwnSide.effects[PBEffects::LuckyChant]>0
    return true if pbCritialOverride(attacker,opponent)
    #A Jolteon is used. It's base speed stat is 130.
    b=attacker.pokemon.baseStats #Get the stat array.
      t = b[3]*100/512.round  #Jolteon's default threshold is about 25%
      t = b[3]*100/128.round if attacker.effects[PBEffects::FocusEnergy]>0
      t = b[3]*100/64.round  if hasHighCriticalRate?
    #For Jolteon, Focus Energy or a high crit move both add up to more than 100%
    if (attacker.inHyperMode? rescue false) && isConst?(self.type,PBTypes,:SHADOW)
      t*4
    end #Increased odds during hyper mode.
    if attacker.hasWorkingItem(:STICK) &&
       isConst?(attacker.species,PBSpecies,:FARFETCHD)
      t*2
    end
    if attacker.hasWorkingItem(:LUCKYPUNCH) &&
       isConst?(attacker.species,PBSpecies,:CHANSEY)
      t*2
    end
    t*2 if attacker.hasWorkingAbility(:SUPERLUCK)
    t*1.5 if attacker.hasWorkingItem(:RAZORCLAW)
    t*1.5 if attacker.hasWorkingItem(:SCOPELENS)
    return true if t>=rand(100)
    return false
  end

So, what's the point?
For the most part, Gen I's battle mechanics are indeed quite broken, and are undesirable to be used in a game - However, the critical hit probability, is quite an interesting exception. In Generation 1, Critical Hit Ratio is based on a Pokémon's base speed, rather than being a flat rate. Personally, I like this. The actual values, however, you may want to adjust. By default, Jolteon has a 25% chance of landing a critical hit, which is fine to me, but after using focue energy, his chance become over 100%. Moves with high critical hit ratios work similar, so you may want to alter the mechanics.

Part of the Gen 1 mechanic that I DIDN'T bring over however, is the bug where using Focus Energy Accidentally DIVIDES your chances of getting a crit by 4, not multiplies. Because I'd consider that a bug. If you really want to do that for some reason, you can change the Focus Energy line to this:

Code:

 t = b[3]*100/2048.round if attacker.effects[PBEffects::FocusEnergy]>0

Gen I style Critical Hit probability

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