[Scripting Question] Custom Move - Mat Block-type effect

[sonicfan7895]

So I've been having a problem with this particular move that I'm creating for a game with my team... and one of the new custom moves we have planned is a move a lot like Mat Block or King's Shield, but on contact it's supposed to raise the user's Special Defense by one stage, kind of like how King's Shield lowers an attacker's Attack by two stages upon contact.

If it helps, I will provide all codes relating to this move. I will be going down the line in the Scripts. Keep in mind all of these scripts are in my current game, so the lines will differ from the vanilla Essentials 16.2.

Firstly, in PokeBattle_ActiveSideField (lines 5-7):

    def initialize
      @effects = []
      @effects[PBEffects::BlueEagle]          = false

This is for the script in PokeBattle_Battler and PokeBattle_MoveEffects so those two have somewhere to point to in regards to similarity with Mat Block's code.

Secondy, in PokeBattle_Battler (lines 2373-2382):

  if target.pbOwnSide.effects[PBEffects::BlueEagle] && !thismove.pbIsStatus? &&
       thismove.canProtectAgainst? && !target.effects[PBEffects::ProtectNegation]
      @battle.pbDisplay(_INTL("{1} was blocked by the water wall!",thismove.name))
      @battle.successStates[user.index].protected=true
      PBDebug.log("[Move failed] #{target.pbThis}'s Blue Eagle wall stopped the attack")
      [I][COLOR="Red"]if thismove.isContactMove?
        attacker.pbIncreaseStat(PBStats::SPDEF,1,nil,false)     <---------- Important part
      end[/COLOR][/I]
      return false
    end

This is the actual code that my effect in PokeBattle_MoveEffects (listed below) is being pointed to. My intention is for the Special Defense of the user to rise by one stage upon contact of the wall.

Lastly, in PokeBattle_MoveEffects (lines 9709-9720):

class PokeBattle_Move_163 < PokeBattle_Move
  def pbMoveFailed(attacker,opponent)
    return (attacker.turncount>1)
  end

  def pbEffect(attacker,opponent,hitnum=0,alltargets=nil,showanimation=true)
    attacker.pbOwnSide.effects[PBEffects::BlueEagle]=true
    pbShowAnimation(@id,attacker,nil,hitnum,alltargets,showanimation)
    @battle.pbDisplay(_INTL("{1} intends to raise a wall and block incoming attacks!",attacker.pbThis))
    return 0
  end
end

This is the actual effect that Blue Eagle (the move name) is using.

If you could give me any pointers on what to do, that would be fantastic.

Thank you very much for any help you can provide!

 

[The Master]

So I've been having a problem with this particular move that I'm creating for a game with my team... and one of the new custom moves we have planned is a move a lot like Mat Block or King's Shield, but on contact it's supposed to raise the user's Special Defense by one stage, kind of like how King's Shield lowers an attacker's Attack by two stages upon contact.

If it helps, I will provide all codes relating to this move. I will be going down the line in the Scripts. Keep in mind all of these scripts are in my current game, so the lines will differ from the vanilla Essentials 16.2.

Firstly, in PokeBattle_ActiveSideField (lines 5-7):

    def initialize
      @effects = []
      @effects[PBEffects::BlueEagle]          = false

This is for the script in PokeBattle_Battler and PokeBattle_MoveEffects so those two have somewhere to point to in regards to similarity with Mat Block's code.

Secondy, in PokeBattle_Battler (lines 2373-2382):

  if target.pbOwnSide.effects[PBEffects::BlueEagle] && !thismove.pbIsStatus? &&
       thismove.canProtectAgainst? && !target.effects[PBEffects::ProtectNegation]
      @battle.pbDisplay(_INTL("{1} was blocked by the water wall!",thismove.name))
      @battle.successStates[user.index].protected=true
      PBDebug.log("[Move failed] #{target.pbThis}'s Blue Eagle wall stopped the attack")
      [I][COLOR="Red"]if thismove.isContactMove?
        attacker.pbIncreaseStat(PBStats::SPDEF,1,nil,false)     <---------- Important part
      end[/COLOR][/I]
      return false
    end

This is the actual code that my effect in PokeBattle_MoveEffects (listed below) is being pointed to. My intention is for the Special Defense of the user to rise by one stage upon contact of the wall.

Lastly, in PokeBattle_MoveEffects (lines 9709-9720):

class PokeBattle_Move_163 < PokeBattle_Move
  def pbMoveFailed(attacker,opponent)
    return (attacker.turncount>1)
  end

  def pbEffect(attacker,opponent,hitnum=0,alltargets=nil,showanimation=true)
    attacker.pbOwnSide.effects[PBEffects::BlueEagle]=true
    pbShowAnimation(@id,attacker,nil,hitnum,alltargets,showanimation)
    @battle.pbDisplay(_INTL("{1} intends to raise a wall and block incoming attacks!",attacker.pbThis))
    return 0
  end
end

This is the actual effect that Blue Eagle (the move name) is using.

If you could give me any pointers on what to do, that would be fantastic.

Thank you very much for any help you can provide!

Remove this part:

  def pbMoveFailed(attacker,opponent)
    return (attacker.turncount>1)
  end

Because if there are these lines, the move will works like Fake Out

 

[sonicfan7895]

Remove this part:

  def pbMoveFailed(attacker,opponent)
    return (attacker.turncount>1)
  end

Because if there are these lines, the move will works like Fake Out

Firstly, I just used the code for Mat Block as a base, so that's how it looks.

Secondly, I need help with the important part, which if you read the OP, is highlighted in red.

Thirdly, I got the code to work, but now I have an even bigger problem... unlike Mat Block, the effect stays active perpetually and does not go away at the next turn. How can I go about this?

 

[The Master]

Into PokeBattle_Battle script section, in def pbEndOfRoundPhase, after the line:

@battlers[i].effects[PBEffects::SpikyShield]=false

Add this:

@battlers[i].pbOwnSide.effects[PBEffects::BlueEagle]=false

 

[sonicfan7895]

Into PokeBattle_Battle script section, in def pbEndOfRoundPhase, after the line:

@battlers[i].effects[PBEffects::SpikyShield]=false

Add this:

@battlers[i].pbOwnSide.effects[PBEffects::BlueEagle]=false

As far as I know this did absolutely nothing. I did it exactly as you said and it didn't do anything. :/

 

[The Master]

Man, I don't know how to help you. I didn't understand what you want to achieve.

 

[sonicfan7895]

Never mind. I got it! Basically, I had to make it like King's Shield and change the actual move effect so that it was like King's Shield, not like Mat Block. Apparently the code for Mat Block is buggy anyway, as the actual effect is perpetual, meaning that it's always active.

Mods, can you close down this thread?