[Battle] How can I make battle animations start when the text starts printing, not after?

[bitKoder]

When you use a move in battle it says "(pokemon) used (move)" and then once that text has finished printing, the animation plays. How can I get the animation to play straight away instead of after the text finishes?

 

[WiserVisor]

When you use a move in battle it says "(pokemon) used (move)" and then once that text has finished printing, the animation plays. How can I get the animation to play straight away instead of after the text finishes?

I don't know what exact changes are needed, but you'll want to look into Cmd_attackstring in src/battle_script_commands.c. That's the method that deals with printing out that text, so if you can find where within that function the game waits to finish printing the text, you can probably find a way to get the battle scripts to keep progressing while the text is still being written.

 

[SBird]

The actual order of how events are executed is defined by move effect itself, so it is not trivial to change. Also: The attackstring is printed even if a move misses, the animation is only played if it actually hits, so there's also that.

~SBird