[Scripting Question] Access forms' metrics

[bagtu]

Hello,

I want to take into account the metrics to position sprites in battle according to their forms. I have seen in the forums a workaround redefining the way forms are created in MultipleForms. I have already changed adjustBattleSpriteY to get the pokemon not the species and all its appearances but I cannot find a solution to access forms' metrics in getBattleSpriteMetricOffset.

I have seen that in the development of v18 it is a bug fixed but I'd like to have it before.
I have checked in the compiler but it is not clear to me how to access the metrics for a form:

  metrics[0].fillNils(dexdatas.length,999) # player Y
  metrics[1].fillNils(dexdatas.length,999) # enemy Y
  metrics[2].fillNils(dexdatas.length,999) # altitude
  newmetrics = load_data("Data/metrics.dat")
  mx = [maxValue,metrics[0].length-1,metrics[1].length-1,metrics[2].length-1].max
  for sp in 1..mx
    nsp = pbGetSpeciesFromFSpecies(sp)[0]
    for i in 0..2
      newmetrics[i][sp] = (metrics[i][sp]!=999) ? metrics[i][sp] : newmetrics[i][nsp]
    end
  end
  save_data(newmetrics,"Data/metrics.dat")

Can anyone help me solve this?

Thank you

 

[Vendily]

So the problem isn't in getBattleSpriteMetricOffset, but in the code that calls it. Basically, instead of passing the fspecies, it passes the regular species.

I'm kinda lazy right now, so here's a default Pokebattle_Scene with the necessary changes, plus a new PokeBattle_Battler method

  def fSpecies
    return @species if !@pokemon
    return @pokemon.fSpecies
  end

If you made edits to your own script section, a using a diff checker will show the exact changes made, but it's basically just finding every instance of adjustBattleSpriteY and showShadow? and make it use fspecies.

 

[Vendily]

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Also I moved your thread here to the Pokemon Essentials forum. This is the place to ask questions about Essentials.

 

[bagtu]

Thanks! That is exactly what I needed