[Scripting Question] Custom ability: Dragon's Blessing

[clawort]

I am inventing an ability called Dragon's Blessing for a Pokemon named Dramoth. Dramoth basically has two forms, its normal Moth Form and its Dragon Form. Dragon's Blessing should allow Dramoth to transform into its Dragon Form after it uses a Dragon-type move in battle but Idk how to do that.

Can anyone help me?

 

[WolfPP]

Check how I did for Cramorant's ability: Gulp Missile.

 

[clawort]

Check how I did for Cramorant's ability: Gulp Missile.

But I want this ability to activate after the Pokemon uses any Dragon-type move and remain in that form for the remainder of the battle. I also want it to stay in that form even when switched out but change back when it faints or the battle ends.

 

[WolfPP]

Yeah buddy, you have to adapt my code. :p

 

[Golisopod User]

But I want this ability to activate after the Pokemon uses any Dragon-type move and remain in that form for the remainder of the battle. I also want it to stay in that form even when switched out but change back when it faints or the battle ends.

Yes that is easy. You take the Gulp Missile Code and edit it to check for a Dragon Type move instead of Surf and Dive.

And about the remaining in Dragon form for the whole battle thing may be a little bit OP don't you think? Anyways what you need to do for that is you create 3 new methods isDragon?, makeDragon and makeMoth.

isDragon? checks whether you're in Dragon forme or not and returns true or false. This should be somewhere near where isMega? method is in PokeBattle_Battler

Then makeDragon method should set your form to 1 if isDragon? is false and you use a Dragon Move. It should be created near the makeMega method in PokeBattle_Battler. And this method should be used in the line where Gulp Missile checks for whether the move used is Surf or Dive

Finally makeMoth method should set your form to 0 if isDragon? is true. It should be created where makeUnmega is in PokeBattle_Battler. It should be used wherever you find "makeUnmega" after using Ctrl+Shift+F.

Hope I could help

 

[clawort]

Yeah buddy, you have to adapt my code. :p

How?

Yes that is easy. You take the Gulp Missile Code and edit it to check for a Dragon Type move instead of Surf and Dive.

And about the remaining in Dragon form for the whole battle thing may be a little bit OP don't you think? Anyways what you need to do for that is you create 3 new methods isDragon?, makeDragon and makeMoth.

isDragon? checks whether you're in Dragon forme or not and returns true or false. This should be somewhere near where isMega? method is in PokeBattle_Battler

Then makeDragon method should set your form to 1 if isDragon? is false and you use a Dragon Move. It should be created near the makeMega method in PokeBattle_Battler. And this method should be used in the line where Gulp Missile checks for whether the move used is Surf or Dive

Finally makeMoth method should set your form to 0 if isDragon? is true. It should be created where makeUnmega is in PokeBattle_Battler. It should be used wherever you find "makeUnmega" after using Ctrl+Shift+F.

Hope I could help

Can you give me an example code?

 

[Golisopod User]

Can you give me an example code?

Yes ofc.

Here is the Example Code:

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

def isDragon?
#Check for Dragon Form and return true or false
end

def makeDragon
#Change forme to Dragon
end

def makeMoth
#Change forme to Moth
end

Spoiler:

Check how I did for Cramorant's ability: Gulp Missile.

Spoiler:

Also this is a good starting point

 

[WolfPP]

Time ago I said to you that you need to learn how to make your codes yourself. The time has come.

 

[clawort]

Time ago I said to you that you need to learn how to make your codes yourself. The time has come.

Oh.

 

[clawort]

Yes ofc.

Here is the Example Code:

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

def isDragon?
#Check for Dragon Form and return true or false
end

def makeDragon
#Change forme to Dragon
end

def makeMoth
#Change forme to Moth
end

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

Also this is a good starting point

I got the makeDragon and makeMoth code but the rest is confusing.

 

[Golisopod User]

I got the makeDragon and makeMoth code but the rest is confusing.

Easy, check whether the species is Dramoth and form is 0. If yes then return true else false.

 

[clawort]

Easy, check whether the species is Dramoth and form is 0. If yes then return true else false.

But where do I put the code though?

 

[Lucidious89]

From my experience, every time people have an issue implementing something, there already exists something similar to what they want in the script that they could just copy and adapt.

As for changing forms in battle, there already exists plenty of examples of that. Aegislash and Meloetta spring to mind immediately. The Cramorant code that was offered works, too.

As for KEEPING forms in battle, the clearest example of this already existing are Mega Evolutions. So it really shouldn't be too hard to view both of these mechanics and just adapt them for your purposes.

 

[clawort]

From my experience, every time people have an issue implementing something, there already exists something similar to what they want in the script that they could just copy and adapt.

As for changing forms in battle, there already exists plenty of examples of that. Aegislash and Meloetta spring to mind immediately. The Cramorant code that was offered works, too.

As for KEEPING forms in battle, the clearest example of this already existing are Mega Evolutions. So it really shouldn't be too hard to view both of these mechanics and just adapt them for your purposes.

Okay!

 

[clawort]

Is this a start?

I copied and edited the Primal code.

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def hasDragonForm?
v=MultipleForms.call("getDragonForm",self)
return v!=nil
end

def isDragon?
v=MultipleForms.call("getDragonForm",self)
return v!=nil && v==@form
end

def makeDragon
v=MultipleForms.call("getDragonForm",self)
self.form=v if v!=nil
end

def makeMoth
v=MultipleForms.call("getMothForm",self)
if v!=nil; self.form=v
elsif isDragon?; self.form=0
end

 

[Golisopod User]

Great job now all you gotta do is call the makeDragon and makeMoth code wherever the Primal Reversion methods makePrimal and makeUnprimal methods are called. But you gotta make sure that you define the Dragon and Moth forms in the same way Primal Groudon and Kyogre are defined in Pokemon_Forms

Alternatively you can try adapting this code

 

[clawort]

Great job now all you gotta do is call the makeDragon and makeMoth code wherever the Primal Reversion methods makePrimal and makeUnprimal methods are called. But you gotta make sure that you define the Dragon and Moth forms in the same way Primal Groudon and Kyogre are defined in Pokemon_Forms

Alternatively you can try adapting this code

Okay!

 

[clawort]

Great job now all you gotta do is call the makeDragon and makeMoth code wherever the Primal Reversion methods makePrimal and makeUnprimal methods are called. But you gotta make sure that you define the Dragon and Moth forms in the same way Primal Groudon and Kyogre are defined in Pokemon_Forms

Alternatively you can try adapting this code

It's a bit confusing. A little help please?

 

[Golisopod User]

It's a bit confusing. A little help please?

Where exactly are you stuck, I'll try my best to help you out.

 

[clawort]

Where exactly are you stuck, I'll try my best to help you out.

Firstly, I am stuck with attempting to make it so that the Pokemon changes forms after using any Dragon-type move.