[Scripting Question] How do I make it so that starters have a chance of having Hidden Abilities?

[SakuraLilly]

Hi there, I'm trying to make this work, but I am not really sure what to do to make this a possibility.

I'm using the Starter Selection Script by Shiney570 currently, but if I need to go for a different way to select starters, then I am willing to do that:

Thank you for the help!

 

[DannyPhantump]

Hey! So, there are multiple ways to go about this.

1) Just for the starters, you can go to your pokemon.txt PBS file & add the hidden ability name to the normal ability.
Example in bold below:

Spoiler:

Name = Torchic
InternalName = TORCHIC
Type1 = FIRE
BaseStats = 45,60,40,45,70,50
GenderRate = FemaleOneEighth
GrowthRate = Parabolic
BaseEXP = 62
EffortPoints = 0,0,0,0,1,0
Rareness = 45
Happiness = 70
Abilities = BLAZE, SPEEDBOOST
HiddenAbility = SPEEDBOOST
Moves = 1,SCRATCH,1,GROWL,5,EMBER,10,SANDATTACK,14,PECK,19,FIRESPIN,23,QUICKATTACK,28,FLAMEBURST,32,FOCUSENERGY,37,SLASH,41,MIRRORMOVE,46,FLAMETHROWER
EggMoves = AGILITY,BATONPASS,COUNTER,CRUSHCLAW,CURSE,ENDURE,FEATHERDANCE,FEINT,FLAMEBURST,LASTRESORT,LOWKICK,NIGHTSLASH,REVERSAL,SMELLINGSALTS
Compatibility = Field
StepsToHatch = 5120
Height = 0.4
Weight = 2.5
Color = Red
Shape = 7
Habitat = Grassland
Kind = Chick
Pokedex = If attacked, it strikes back by spitting balls of fire it forms in its stomach. A Torchic dislikes darkness because it can't see its surroundings.
BattlerPlayerX = 0
BattlerPlayerY = 27
BattlerEnemyX = 0
BattlerEnemyY = 30
BattlerShadowX = 0
BattlerShadowSize = 2
Evolutions = COMBUSKEN,Level,16

You'll have to do the same for its evolutions as well. This results in a 50% chance for the hidden ability, and can be changed with an ability capsule.

2) You can also implement this: (broken link removed)

Hope this helps :)

 

[SakuraLilly]

I've already got scripts that do wild pokemon with hidden abilities set up, but it just didn't end up working for the starters, so I'll probably just do the first one and make their hidden abilities regular ones for now.

 

[Unbayleefable]

I think what you want is this:

pkmn = pbGenPkmn(:BULBASAUR,5)
pkmn.setAbility(2)
pbAddPokemon(pkmn)

"setAbility" function uses an index into the possible abilities, with 0 = normal ability #1, 1 = normal ability #2, 2 = hidden ability #1, etc

If you want a random chance of it instead of being guaranteed, you could do:

pkmn = pbGenPkmn(:BULBASAUR,5)
hiddenChance = 50.0
if rand() < (hiddenChance/100.0)
pkmn.setAbility(2)
end
pbAddPokemon(pkmn)

Where "hiddenChance" is the % chance for it to get the hidden ability