[Custom Feature Question] Let AI choose which Pokemon to send out for player upon fainting?

[dePaige22]

Hi everyone.

I'm working with 17.2 essentials and am trying to figure out a way to have the built in AI that's used for the opponent also automatically choose and send out the player's next Pokemon when it faints. I've been reading through scripts and other posts the last few days but I can't seem to find exactly what I'm looking for.

If anyone knows a way of achieving this or at least specific script sections I should be looking at I'll be eternally thankful.

 

[mgriffin]

Is it this function in PokeBattle_Battle?

  def pbSwitchPlayer(index,lax,cancancel)
    if @debug
      return @scene.pbChooseNewEnemy(index,pbParty(index))
    else
      return @scene.pbSwitch(index,lax,cancancel)
    end
  end

It even looks like all you have to do is replace "@debug" with "true", but I haven't tried.

 

[dePaige22]

I finally figured it out thank you!!!

What I actually ended up doing was following the method calls back to pbSwitchInBetween and where it makes the decision if the player is not the owner 'if !pbOwnedByPlayer?(index)' I simply added a switch that will always make it true. It never actually calls pbSwitchPlayer now, instead it always runs pbChooseNewEnemy but with the index belonging to the player, which uses the players party to make all decisions as if it was an opponent or NPC partner.

Funny how much work I put into changing just one line lol. Thank you for the help again :)