[Scripting Question] Double Battles even if Player only has one Pokemon?

[ValiantTrainer94]

Hey there, I basically want to achieve a style of game not unlike Pokemon Colusseum. To do that, I need to somehow modify the script to do this one thing that eludes me: all trainers would be double battles, even if the player only has one avaliable Pokemon. Now, it sounds real simple but I have no idea where to start; Googling has given no results. If anyone has any insight, that would be brilliant!

Sidenote: this community is endlessly helpful for one starting out, it's the best!

 

[mgriffin]

It's got to be pretty easy since you can go to a 1v2 from a 2v2 by getting your Pokémon KOed. I guess you should look into the code that checks if the player is in a trainer's line of sight? Seems like the most likely place for the "has enough Pokémon" check to occur.

 

[ValiantTrainer94]

I think it might be in this section:

def pbDoubleBattleAllowed?
return false if !@fullparty1 && @party1.length>MAXPARTYSIZE
return false if !@fullparty2 && @party2.length>MAXPARTYSIZE
_opponent=@opponent
_player=@player
# Wild battle
if !_opponent
if @party2.length==1
return false
elsif @party2.length==2
return true
else
return false
end
# Trainer battle
else
if _opponent.is_a?(Array)
if _opponent.length==1
_opponent=_opponent[0]
elsif _opponent.length!=2
return false
end
end
_player=_player
if _player.is_a?(Array)
if _player.length==1
_player=_player[0]
elsif _player.length!=2
return false
end
end
if _opponent.is_a?(Array)
sendout1=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party2,0,pbSecondPartyBegin(1))
sendout2=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party2,pbSecondPartyBegin(1))
return false if sendout1<0 || sendout2<0
else
sendout1=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party2,0)
sendout2=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party2,sendout1+1)
return false if sendout1<0 || sendout2<0
end
end
if _player.is_a?(Array)
sendout1=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party1,0,pbSecondPartyBegin(0))
sendout2=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party1,pbSecondPartyBegin(0))
return false if sendout1<0 || sendout2<0
else
sendout1=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party1,0)
sendout2=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party1,sendout1+1)
return false if sendout1<0 || sendout2<0
end
return true
end

But again, I'm unsure what exactly I would have to change

 

[mgriffin]

Right, so if we return false that means that the double battle isn't allowed. So you just need to find all the check related to the player having too few Pokémon and get rid of them or make them return true (which might cause errors in a different part of the code if that part assumes that there will be at least two Pokémon, but you can tackle that if it happens).

 

[ValiantTrainer94]

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Pokemon Essentials
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[Pokémon Essentials version 17.2]

Exception: RuntimeError

Message: Opponent trainer must be only one person in single battles

PokeBattle_Battle:2442:in `pbStartBattleCore'

PokeBattle_Battle:2345:in `pbStartBattle'

PField_Battles:373:in `pbDoubleTrainerBattle'

PField_Battles:372:in `pbSceneStandby'

PField_Battles:374:in `pbDoubleTrainerBattle'

PField_Battles:371:in `pbBattleAnimation'

PField_Battles:371:in `pbDoubleTrainerBattle'

Debug_Menu:342:in `pbDebugMenuActions'

Debug_Menu:744:in `pbDebugMenu'

Debug_Menu:710:in `loop'



This exception was logged in

C:\Users\MSI\Saved Games\Pokemon Essentials\errorlog.txt.

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I got this far,but it seems that there's a lot that would need to be changed aha. Maybe it's a dream suited for a much more skilled coder.

 

[mgriffin]

Oh I see, it tries to put you into a single battle (presumably because you've only got one Pokémon). You can probably find that logic and change it too, if you like (try searching for that message). If nothing else it's a good way to learn a lot more about coding :D

 

[WolfPP]

I think is better you wait for v18 to make something like that. Maruno are doing a better code to make triple battle and maybe will add for 1 vs 2 (like SOS Battle i.e.).