[Scripting Question] How can I change the wild Pokemon's AI?

[Seenit45]

I tried looking through the script editor for ways to change it, but I couldn't find any.

Does anyone know how to do this?

 

[StCooler]

You have to check the file AI_Move, and more precisely the function pbRegisterMoveWild.
In Pokemon Essentials v18.dev (and probably in any other version of Essentials), the code of this function is:

  # Wild Pokémon choose their moves randomly.
  def pbRegisterMoveWild(_user,idxMove,choices)
    choices.push([idxMove,100,-1])   # Move index, score, target
  end

Basically it gives a 100 score to any move the Pokémon has (the higher the score, the more likely it will be chosen). You need to alter the evaluation of the moves, just like in pbRegisterMoveTrainer (which gets the move score from pbGetMoveScore()).

 

[Seenit45]

You have to check the file AI_Move, and more precisely the function pbRegisterMoveWild.
In Pokemon Essentials v18.dev (and probably in any other version of Essentials), the code of this function is:

  # Wild Pokémon choose their moves randomly.
  def pbRegisterMoveWild(_user,idxMove,choices)
    choices.push([idxMove,100,-1])   # Move index, score, target
  end

Basically it gives a 100 score to any move the Pokémon has (the higher the score, the more likely it will be chosen). You need to alter the evaluation of the moves, just like in pbRegisterMoveTrainer (which gets the move score from pbGetMoveScore()).

I'm using version 17.2, not 18. pbRegisterMoveWild doesn't exist in it. There is pbRegisterMove, but that's in PokeBattle_Battle, and it has nothing to do with score.

This is its code:

def pbRegisterMove(idxPokemon,idxMove,showMessages=true)
    thispkmn=@battlers[idxPokemon]
    thismove=thispkmn.moves[idxMove]
    return false if !pbCanChooseMove?(idxPokemon,idxMove,showMessages)
    @choices[idxPokemon][0]=1         # "Use move"
    @choices[idxPokemon][1]=idxMove   # Index of move to be used
    @choices[idxPokemon][2]=thismove  # PokeBattle_Move object of the move
    @choices[idxPokemon][3]=-1        # No target chosen yet
    return true
  end