[Scripting Question] Need help programming two new Abilities

[Magma Grunt Maddie]

Hi! I'm currently working on a Pokémon Essentials fangame, and I wanted help to code two new Abilities.

The first one is like Illuminate, but instead of making Wild Pokémon more like to appear when the user's at the front of the party, it makes Wild Pokémon more likely to be Shiny when the user's at the front of the party. If possible, I'd also like the Ability to be able to stack with the Shiny Charm, eg. Shiny Charm halves the Shiny odds and the Ability then halves those odds even further.

The second Ability simply changes the user into a random Type at the end of every turn.

Thanks in advance! :3

 

[James Davy]

What version are you using?

 

[Magma Grunt Maddie]

What version are you using?

It's the Generation 8 Project, although I'm afraid I don't know the exact version number.

 

[James Davy]

It's likely either version 18.1 or 19.1 but 20.1 has it built in. You can check what version your code is by looking at the very bottom of the Settings script.

 

[Magma Grunt Maddie]

It's likely either version 18.1 or 19.1 but 20.1 has it built in. You can check what version your code is by looking at the very bottom of the Settings script.

Sorry for the late reply. Yes, it's version 19.1. :)

 

[James Davy]

For the first ability, copy the code from the Shiny Charm into a new when statement right after Illuminate in the script Overworld_WildEncounters.

        when :ILLUMINATE, :ARENATRAP, :NOGUARD
          encounter_chance *= 2
          min_steps_needed /= 2
        when :SHINYABIL
          2.times do   # 3 times as likely
            break if genwildpoke.shiny?
            genwildpoke.personalID = rand(2**16) | rand(2**16) << 16
          end
        end

Both copies of the code (Shiny Charm and the new ability) should execute if the Pokémon has both the item and ability.

As for the second ability, that one can be added into BattleHandlers_Abilities right after Moody.

BattleHandlers::EOREffectAbility.add(:TYPECHANGE,
  proc { |ability,battler,battle|
    types = [] # add between the brackets symbols (:TYPE1) for every type in the game followed by a comma
    battle.pbShowAbilitySplash(battler)
    battler.type1 = types.sample #selects a random element from the types array
    typeName = GameData::Type.get(battler.type1).name
    if battler.effects[PBEffects::Type3] == battler.type1
      battler.effects[PBEffects::Type3] = nil
    end
    battler.type2 = battler.type1
    battle.pbHideAbilitySplash(battler)
    battle.pbDisplay(_INTL("{1} is now a {2} type!",battler.pbThis,typeName))
  }
)