Counting wild encounters

[Phildu13]

Hello everyone,

I am currently working on a new idea and I would like to know whether it's possible to count wild encounters.

What I would like to implement is a map where you can only encounter 5 wild Pokémon. No matter what you do in battle (run, catch the Pokémon or defeat them), once you met 5 Pokémon, there are no more encounters on the map.

Optional bonus : a switch is activated, allowing me to display a message (for example "Pokémon left on this map : 0.")

Thanks a lot for helping me out !

Have a good day,
Phildu13

 

[Sir_Tman]

Have a look under the encountor modifire script

 

[Phildu13]

Here is where I am now :

In EncountersModifiers section, before these lines :

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Events.onWildPokemonCreate+=proc {|sender,e|
pokemon=e[0]
if $game_switches[SHINY_WILD_POKEMON_SWITCH]
pokemon.makeShiny
end
}

I added these :

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$pokemonCount = 0

Events.onWildPokemonCreate+=proc {|sender,e|
$pokemonCount = $pokemonCount + 1
end
}

But I am given a syntax error on start. But if, instead of doing this, I replace this :

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Events.onWildPokemonCreate+=proc {|sender,e|
pokemon=e[0]
if $game_switches[SHINY_WILD_POKEMON_SWITCH]
pokemon.makeShiny
end
}

By this :

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Events.onWildPokemonCreate+=proc {|sender,e|
pokemon=e[0]
$pokemonCount = $pokemonCount + 1
if $game_switches[SHINY_WILD_POKEMON_SWITCH]
pokemon.makeShiny
end
}

It doesn't give me a syntax error. And I just don't understand why. Anyone has an idea ?

So, the latter solution works and I can count encounters. However, the variable $pokemonCount is incremented when the wild Pokémon is created, which actually occurs before I get into battle. I tried to add a parallel process displaying "Number of Pokémon left : 0" right after the 5th, but because of that, it is displayed right before jumping into the 5th battle and it doesn't look right.

So my question becomes, how to increment $pokemonCount during or after the battle ?

Thanks a lot !

Phildu13

 

[Rot8er_ConeX]

It looks like you're on the right track, but I'd like to state that your method will count EVERY wild encounter, whether it is on the map or not.