[Eventing Question] Initiating battles through events keeps causing crashes

[snool]

I've read through the docs and I've followed a few tutorials, but I keep getting these problems.

When the battle initiates, the game crashes. The crash window is too long to fit on my screen. Here is the log from the txt:

Spoiler:

[2022-03-31 18:30:34 +0100]
[Pokémon Essentials version 19.1]
[Generation 8 Project v1.1.2]
[EBDX v1.2.6]

Exception: RuntimeError
Message: Script error in event 3 (coords 12,9), map 76 (Straw House):
Exception: ArgumentError
Message: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2..7)

***Full script:
pbTrainerBattle(:TESTMAN)

Backtrace:
231:Overworld_BattleStarting:461:in `pbTrainerBattle'
(eval):1:in `execute_script'
033:Interpreter:140:in `eval'
033:Interpreter:140:in `execute_script'
034:Interpreter_Commands:352:in `command_111'
034:Interpreter_Commands:29:in `execute_command'
033:Interpreter:130:in `block in update'
033:Interpreter:87:in `loop'
033:Interpreter:87:in `update'
032:Scene_Map:157:in `block in update'


Backtrace:
033:Interpreter:192:in `rescue in execute_script'
033:Interpreter:138:in `execute_script'
034:Interpreter_Commands:352:in `command_111'
034:Interpreter_Commands:29:in `execute_command'
033:Interpreter:130:in `block in update'
033:Interpreter:87:in `loop'
033:Interpreter:87:in `update'
032:Scene_Map:157:in `block in update'
032:Scene_Map:155:in `loop'
032:Scene_Map:155:in `update'

Here are the pages for the event that crashed and the event that works. Both have another blank page triggered by self-switch A like all the sample battles have.

I do not understand why this one battle works but the others do not. The event structure is the same as far as I can tell since I literally just copy/pasted it and changed the trainer name and class.

"TESTMAN, Jim" is most definitely a trainer in trainers.txt and the class TESTMAN is in trainertypes.txt, so I don't think that could be causing any problems.

Please help, I am losing my mind. I clearly do not understand how trainer battles work in this and I would really appreciate some help clearing it up.

 

[burningplain]

Your pbtrainerbattle just says (:testman)


It should say
PBTrainerBattle(:TESTMAN,"Jim")

You have to define a trainer's name. Thats why your rival battle works but not your test.

 

[Lucidious89]

You just have to think for a moment. There are many trainers that use the same class. There's a ton of different CAMPER's or COOLTRAINER's. How is the game supposed to know which particular trainer among those in that class you're trying to initiate a battle with? You need their name.