[Battle] FireRed: Script a Battle Between 2 NPCs

[DeathOrDoom0]

Does anyone know how to do this for FireRed?

 

[BirdstarCat13]

Script an event that involves 2 NPCs talking to te player, then trigger a double battle. Kind of simple

 

[DeathOrDoom0]

Script an event that involves 2 NPCs talking to te player, then trigger a double battle. Kind of simple

Why would a double battle work? I want an NPC vs. another NPC.

 

[Koople]

Does anyone know how to do this for FireRed?

Is the player controlling one of the NPCs, or are you intending for it to be a cutscene? The former would be relatively easy, the latter quite difficult.

 

[DeathOrDoom0]

Is the player controlling one of the NPCs, or are you intending for it to be a cutscene? The former would be relatively easy, the latter quite difficult.

If the player controls the NPC that would work

 

[Koople]

If the player controls the NPC that would work

In this case you can do something like the following (in a script)
1. save the player's pokemon data somewhere (free ram, see FBI's portable storage system for example)
2. give the player the NPC's pokemon (givepokemon should work)
3. swap the player's battle backsprite with the NPCs (use JPANs engine or this routine)
4. initiate the trainer battle
5. after the battle, delete the given pokemon (JPANs engine special or see this thread)
6. get the player's original pokemon back (eg. the portable storage system again)

You will probably want to allow the game to continue in the event the player loses the trainer battle, which means using Oak's tutorial battle (you can toggle the tutorial text with this or just allow continuation via a flag)

This might look like a lot but you'll learn a lot by getting it all to work. Good luck!

 

[DeathOrDoom0]

In this case you can do something like the following (in a script)
1. save the player's pokemon data somewhere (free ram, see FBI's portable storage system for example)
2. give the player the NPC's pokemon (givepokemon should work)
3. swap the player's battle backsprite with the NPCs (use JPANs engine or this routine)
4. initiate the trainer battle
5. after the battle, delete the given pokemon (JPANs engine special or see this thread)
6. get the player's original pokemon back (eg. the portable storage system again)

You will probably want to allow the game to continue in the event the player loses the trainer battle, which means using Oak's tutorial battle (you can toggle the tutorial text with this or just allow continuation via a flag)

This might look like a lot but you'll learn a lot by getting it all to work. Good luck!

Thank you!

 

[BirdstarCat13]

Why would a double battle work? I want an NPC vs. another NPC.

That wasn't very clear...making a battle with two NPCs against each other doesn't seem very useful.

 

[DeathOrDoom0]

That wasn't very clear...making a battle with two NPCs against each other doesn't seem very useful.

It's useful if you're telling a story and using it as a device for telling a story