Implementing Triple Battles

[rigbycwts]

Out of boredom, I tried to add Triple Battles to Luka's Elite Battle by reading parts of PokeBattle_Battle and PokeBattle_DynamicBattle, and doing the following:

In PokeBattle_Battle:

First, in line 235, I added this:

attr_accessor(:triplebattle) #Triple Battle Flag

Next, in line 312, which is inside initialize, I added this:

@triplebattle = false

Then, at line 454, just above def pbWeather, I added this function:

def pbTripleBattleAllowed?
    if !@fullparty && @party.length>MAXPARTYSIZE
      return false
    end
    _opponent=@opponent
    _player=@player
    # Wild battle
    if !_opponent
      return false # No wild triple battles happen in the official games
    #end
    # Trainer battle
    else
      if _opponent.is_a?(Array)
        if _opponent.length==1
          _opponent=_opponent[0]
        elsif _opponent.length>=2 # Triple battles do not come in tags.
          return false
        end
      end
      _player=_player
      if _player.is_a?(Array)
        if _player.length==1
          _player=_player[0]
        elsif _player.length>=2 # Triple battles do not come in tags.
          return false
        end
      end
        sendout1=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party2,0)
        sendout2=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party2,sendout1+1)
        sendout3=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party2,sendout1+2)
        return false if sendout1<0 || sendout2<0 || sendout3<0
    end
      
    sendout1=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party1,0)
    sendout2=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party1,sendout1+1)
    sendout3=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party1,sendout1+2)
    if sendout1<0 || sendout2<0 || sendout3<0
      return false
    else
      return true
    end
  end

In PokeBattle_DynamicBattle:
I add this at line 107:

    elsif @triplebattle
    #=======================================
    # Initialize opponents in triple battles
    #=======================================
      if @opponent.is_a?(Array)
        if @opponent.length==1
          @opponent=@opponent[0]
        elsif @opponent.length>=2
          raise _INTL("Opponents with zero or more than one person are not allowed")
        end
      end
      if @player.is_a?(Array)
        if @player.length==1
          @player=@player[0]
        elsif @player.length>=2
          raise _INTL("Player trainers with zero or more than one person are not allowed")
        end
      end
      @scene.pbStartBattle(self)
      pbDisplayPaused(_INTL("{1}\r\nwould like to battle!",@opponent.fullname))
      sendout1=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party2,0)
      sendout2=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party2,sendout1+1)
      sendout3=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party2,sendout1+2)
      if sendout1 < 0 || sendout2 < 0 || sendout3 < 0
        raise _INTL("Opponent doesn't have three unfainted Pokémon")
      end
      pbDisplayBrief(_INTL("{1} sent\r\nout {2}, {3},\r\nand {4}!",
      @opponent.fullname,@party2[sendout1].name,@party2[sendout2].name,@party2[sendout3].name))
      @battlers[1].pbInitialize(@party2[sendout1],sendout1,false)
      @battlers[3].pbInitialize(@party2[sendout2],sendout2,false)
      @battlers[5].pbInitialize(@party2[sendout3],sendout3,false)
      pbSendOut(1,@party2[sendout1])

And in line 184:

    elsif @triplebattle
    #=====================================
    # Initialize players in triple battles
    #=====================================
      sendout1=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party1,0)
      sendout2=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party1,sendout1+1)
      sendout3=pbFindNextUnfainted(@party1,sendout1+2)
      if sendout1 < 0 || sendout2 < 0 || sendout3 < 0
        raise _INTL("Player doesn't have three unfainted Pokémon")
      end
      pbDisplayBrief(_INTL("Go, {1}, {2} and {3}!",@party1[sendout1].name,@party1[sendout2].name,@party1[sendout3].name))
      @battlers[0].pbInitialize(@party1[sendout1],sendout1,false)
      @battlers[2].pbInitialize(@party1[sendout2],sendout2,false)
      @battlers[4].pbInitialize(@party1[sendout3],sendout3,false)
      pbSendOut(0,@party1[sendout1])

Currently, I'm stuck on where to modify next, but I was thinking on making Triple Battles exclusive to the new battle system only. At first, I have thought of the graphics, but I got nervous on which section to modify next: either PokeBattle_DynamicScene, PokeBattle_UI, or PokeBattle_Sprites. Any help would be appreciated.

EDIT: Link to Scripts.rxdata in case needed: https://www.dropbox.com/s/edgya8v7cir6ui2/scripts.zip?dl=0

 

[Yero]

That would be a great feature to implement! Maybe also worth looking into these swarm battles they introduced in the later games, whereas you face 5 wild pokemon or so