[Release] Pokémon Essentials, version 14 - 28th September 2014

[Nickalooose]

That's what Maruno said... It is... Be he tried it the other way and people failed to read simple instructions, I think they should be separate since the download is quick and easy, plus don't have to unpack audio files, if Maruno decides to add new stuff, he doesn't have to add EVERY audio, graphic or PBS, he could just add what he's changed and everyone just needs to press yes when it asks if something needs to be overidden... Simples... But simple is hard for this community sometimes lol.

 

[Florio]

There seems to be a lag issue when playing an encrypted version of V14 Essentials, but only encrypted versions. It occurs while walking in the overworld, and the lag is really bad (makes the game way too laggy to play for my tastes). It happened for my friend that I sent it too also, so you can't just blame my PC (I also have a good PC, 8 gigs of ram and a 2.2ghz dual core processor). However, the lag only happens while in the overworld. Battles still run very smoothly.

 

[FL]

I, with a certain tool, ripped all the scripts of the Script Editor and attached to this post, so the people that doesn't have RPG Maker XP can look through the scripts (but the events scripts like Name Rater aren't included). For comparison purposes, this have exact 108746 lines of code. RPG Maker XP default project have 15217 lines of code.

The Essentials scripts default order:

Spoiler:

- Settings - 03136021.rb
- RGSS2Compatibility - 99670243.rb
- RPG__Sprite - 05036801.rb
- Game_Temp - 17264925.rb
- Game_Switches - 88311927.rb
- Game_Variables - 57113947.rb
- Game_SelfSwitches - 28268761.rb
- Game_Screen - 38435733.rb
- Game_Picture - 78021750.rb
- Game_Map_ - 00572846.rb
- Game_CommonEvent - 00161946.rb
- Game_Character_1 - 01893309.rb
- Game_Character_2 - 90452652.rb
- Game_Character_3_ - 84535890.rb
- Game_Event_ - 04293085.rb
- Game_Player_ - 10432604.rb
- Sprite_Character - 39105595.rb
- Sprite_Picture - 74493566.rb
- Sprite_Timer - 92723589.rb
- Spriteset_Map - 94944591.rb
- Interpreter - 02902838.rb
- Scene_Map - 25914105.rb
- Win32API_ - 50251618.rb
- Resolution_ - 63639126.rb
- Scene_Movie - 24983647.rb
- Scene_Credits - 47800240.rb
- Walk_Run - 46453229.rb
- Map_Scroll - 50576531.rb
- Game_System - 74238395.rb
- AnimationSprite - 78558094.rb
- DebugConsole - 20814166.rb
- Sockets - 59666423.rb
- Particle_Engine - 41612161.rb
- PerspectiveTilemap - 00768568.rb
- Shadow - 85116938.rb
- Audio - 81118607.rb
- SpriteResizer - 17517428.rb
- Window - 40350446.rb
- TilemapXP - 77261075.rb
- TilemapLoader - 28417979.rb
- TileDrawingHelper - 88395966.rb
- PBFile - 20494794.rb
- PBEvent - 42863072.rb
- PBIntl - 97303136.rb
- PBMove - 78552267.rb
- PBStatuses - 26698834.rb
- PBTypesExtra - 73838501.rb
- PBNatures - 17133300.rb
- PBRibbons - 04272253.rb
- PBWeather - 60455266.rb
- PBExperience - 36624155.rb
- PBEnvironment - 09979530.rb
- PBStats - 97040573.rb
- PBEffects - 50914430.rb
- PBAnimation - 83020374.rb
- PBDebug - 33058150.rb
- BitmapCache - 82335198.rb
- DrawText - 06408456.rb
- SpriteWindow - 13461694.rb
- Transitions - 53375851.rb
- EventScene - 55258348.rb
- AudioUtilities - 72940484.rb
- Scene_Intro - 49647392.rb
- PokeBattle_ActiveSide - 94514945.rb
- PokeBattle_Battler - 64812817.rb
- PokeBattle_Move - 58615436.rb
- PokeBattle_Pokemon - 38166728.rb
- PokeBattle_SceneConstants - 43986553.rb
- PokeBattle_ActualScene - 50949064.rb
- PokeBattle_DamageState - 50505705.rb
- PokeBattle_Battle - 48306673.rb
- PokeBattle_Trainer - 33121130.rb
- PokeBattle_AI - 67774291.rb
- PokeBattle_Effects - 86454722.rb
- PokeBattle_BattlePalace - 19690283.rb
- PokeBattle_BattleArena - 01582030.rb
- PokeBattle_MoveEffects - 06756658.rb
- PokeBattle_BattleRecord - 30361323.rb
- PokeBattle_Scene - 17508519.rb
- PokeBattle_SafariZone - 78211462.rb
- PokeBattle_BattlePeer - 32442172.rb
- PokeBattle_Clauses - 84481578.rb
- PokemonMessages - 27698749.rb
- PokemonTextEntry - 26035345.rb
- PokemonField - 13862471.rb
- PokemonFieldWeather - 34036101.rb
- PokemonHiddenMoves - 83521781.rb
- PokemonEncounters - 99166834.rb
- PokemonEncounterModifiers - 59741688.rb
- PokemonBerryPlants - 61677818.rb
- PokemonMap - 68372071.rb
- PokemonSprite - 55826030.rb
- PokemonPauseMenu - 11600547.rb
- PokemonPokedex - 81471979.rb
- PokemonNestAndForm - 01881676.rb
- PokemonParty - 91591553.rb
- PokemonSummary - 81218597.rb
- PokemonBag - 51332441.rb
- PokemonItems - 12665422.rb
- PokemonItemEffects - 43049888.rb
- PokemonBalls - 47413907.rb
- PokemonPokeRadar - 50789446.rb
- PokemonPokegear - 08950957.rb
- PokemonRegionMap - 22110286.rb
- PokemonPhone - 25235421.rb
- PokemonJukebox - 66582934.rb
- PokemonTrainerCard - 59134885.rb
- PokemonLoad - 74387574.rb
- PokemonSave - 73321824.rb
- PokemonOptions - 04621671.rb
- PokemonTrainers - 10102703.rb
- PokemonStorage - 13540725.rb
- PokemonEvolution - 12615641.rb
- PokemonEvolutionHelper - 49264304.rb
- PokemonMultipleForms - 73270497.rb
- PokemonShadowPokemon - 10344727.rb
- PokemonPurifyChamber - 10407527.rb
- PokemonTrading - 85363500.rb
- PokemonRoaming - 00129322.rb
- PokemonMoveRelearner - 07605057.rb
- PokemonSafari - 77077875.rb
- PokemonBugContest - 56629007.rb
- PokemonDayCare - 64719992.rb
- PokemonEggHatching - 64518335.rb
- PokemonMart - 00304367.rb
- PokemonHallOfFame - 33003491.rb
- PokemonMysteryGift - 34245381.rb
- PokemonMinigameDuel - 92368482.rb
- PokemonMinigameTripleTriad - 98638274.rb
- PokemonMinigameSlotMachine - 56002575.rb
- PokemonMinigameVoltorbFlip - 16488258.rb
- PokemonMinigameLottery - 75993025.rb
- PokemonMinigameMining - 44335706.rb
- PokemonMinigameTilePuzzles - 20449500.rb
- PokemonChatter - 38124811.rb
- PokemonControls - 13837570.rb
- PokemonSystem - 49003992.rb
- PokemonTilesetEditor - 62605286.rb
- PokemonDebug - 86390709.rb
- PokemonOrgBattle - 05430494.rb
- PokemonOrgBattleRules - 50652131.rb
- PokemonOrgBattleGenerator - 16179374.rb
- PokemonBattleSwap - 73579835.rb
- PokemonAnimEditor - 88764717.rb
- PokemonEditor - 35205096.rb
- PokemonTime - 90082699.rb
- PokemonUtilities - 22998589.rb
- DependentEvents - 20559939.rb
- RandomDungeons - 57617946.rb
- Compiler - 66443344.rb
- Main - 76067044.rb

 

[Chrisario]

Is the code for primal pokemon added like the that abilities of primal kyorge and groudon?

 

[Maruno]

There seems to be a lag issue when playing an encrypted version of V14 Essentials, but only encrypted versions. It occurs while walking in the overworld, and the lag is really bad (makes the game way too laggy to play for my tastes). It happened for my friend that I sent it too also, so you can't just blame my PC (I also have a good PC, 8 gigs of ram and a 2.2ghz dual core processor). However, the lag only happens while in the overworld. Battles still run very smoothly.

This bug is caused by changes to def pbGetPlayerCharset which I thought were necessary (I was under the impression that FileTest.image_exist? didn't work when the game was encrypted or something, that there was some reason it needed to use pbResolveBitmap instead). Preliminary testing shows that's not the case, at least here. Turns out pbResolveBitmap is significantly slow.

Replace this def with the following:

def pbGetPlayerCharset(meta,charset,trainer=nil)
  trainer=$Trainer if !trainer
  outfit=trainer ? trainer.outfit : 0
  ret=meta[charset]
  ret=meta[1] if !ret || ret==""
  if FileTest.image_exist?("Graphics/Characters/"+ret+"_"+outfit.to_s)
    ret=ret+"_"+outfit.to_s
  end
  return ret
end

I'd love to know why I thought that pbResolveBitmap was required. I'm sure I heard it somewhere. Can someone with knowledge let me know there's any difference between FileTest.image_exist? and pbResolveBitmap (generally, not just here)?

I, with a certain tool, ripped all the scripts of the Script Editor and attached to this post, so the people that doesn't have RPG Maker XP can look through the scripts (but the events scripts like Name Rater aren't included). For comparison purposes, this have exact 108746 lines of code. RPG Maker XP default project have 15217 lines of code.

I'm curious why you did this.

Is the code for primal pokemon added like the that abilities of primal kyorge and groudon?

I'll let you read the change log and decide for yourself.

 

[Florio]

This bug is caused by changes to def pbGetPlayerCharset which I thought were necessary (I was under the impression that FileTest.image_exist? didn't work when the game was encrypted or something, that there was some reason it needed to use pbResolveBitmap instead). Preliminary testing shows that's not the case, at least here. Turns out pbResolveBitmap is significantly slow.

Replace this def with the following:

def pbGetPlayerCharset(meta,charset,trainer=nil)
  trainer=$Trainer if !trainer
  outfit=trainer ? trainer.outfit : 0
  ret=meta[charset]
  ret=meta[1] if !ret || ret==""
  if FileTest.image_exist?("Graphics/Characters/"+ret+"_"+outfit.to_s)
    ret=ret+"_"+outfit.to_s
  end
  return ret
end

Which section is this script in? I'm not sure where it is, I checked Main and Settings and it wasn't there.

 

[Radical Raptr]

Which section is this script in? I'm not sure where it is, I checked Main and Settings and it wasn't there.

Think about it, did you ctrl+shift+F "pbGetPlayerCharset"?
and then find the def?

 

[Florio]

Think about it, did you ctrl+shift+F "pbGetPlayerCharset"?
and then find the def?

Yeah I did in Main and Settings. I was hoping someone could just tell me where it was so I wouldn't have to go through the effort of checking all of them.

EDIT: Nvm, found it myself in PokemonField. I replaced the script, and encrypted the game with the new script. The lag issue is completely fixed.

 

[~JV~]

Yeah I did in Main and Settings. I was hoping someone could just tell me where it was so I wouldn't have to go through the effort of checking all of them.

EDIT: Nvm, found it myself in PokemonField. I replaced the script, and encrypted the game with the new script. The lag issue is completely fixed.

If you do ctrl+shift+F it will search though all scripts in your game, unlike simply ctrl+F that only searches the script you are editing.

 

[Florio]

If you do ctrl+shift+F it will search though all scripts in your game, unlike simply ctrl+F that only searches the script you are editing.

Oh true, I never knew that. Thanks for pointing that out.

 

[oldsnake90]

for some reason when i compile it with the new update and played it compiled its really laggy. but if i playtest it in the editor its fine. cant tell if its a bug or its my PC.

 

[Florio]

for some reason when i compile it with the new update and played it compiled its really laggy. but if i playtest it in the editor its fine. cant tell if its a bug or its my PC.

Read the previous posts, this was just discussed.

 

[FL]

This bug is caused by changes to def pbGetPlayerCharset which I thought were necessary (I was under the impression that FileTest.image_exist? didn't work when the game was encrypted or something, that there was some reason it needed to use pbResolveBitmap instead). Preliminary testing shows that's not the case, at least here. Turns out pbResolveBitmap is significantly slow.

Replace this def with the following:

def pbGetPlayerCharset(meta,charset,trainer=nil)
  trainer=$Trainer if !trainer
  outfit=trainer ? trainer.outfit : 0
  ret=meta[charset]
  ret=meta[1] if !ret || ret==""
  if FileTest.image_exist?("Graphics/Characters/"+ret+"_"+outfit.to_s)
    ret=ret+"_"+outfit.to_s
  end
  return ret
end

I'd love to know why I thought that pbResolveBitmap was required. I'm sure I heard it somewhere. Can someone with knowledge let me know there's any difference between FileTest.image_exist? and pbResolveBitmap (generally, not just here)?

The new most asked question for v14 era. I suggest you a v14.1 release.

I'm curious why you did this.

For people who haven't RPG Maker XP can look the code of this awesome system. The code is very easy to browse at a code repository like GitHub. Anyway, this took me only five minutes.

 

[oldsnake90]

Read the previous posts, this was just discussed.

Thanks :) at first i thought it was my PC lol

 

[mej71]

This bug is caused by changes to def pbGetPlayerCharset which I thought were necessary (I was under the impression that FileTest.image_exist? didn't work when the game was encrypted or something, that there was some reason it needed to use pbResolveBitmap instead). Preliminary testing shows that's not the case, at least here. Turns out pbResolveBitmap is significantly slow.

Replace this def with the following:

def pbGetPlayerCharset(meta,charset,trainer=nil)
  trainer=$Trainer if !trainer
  outfit=trainer ? trainer.outfit : 0
  ret=meta[charset]
  ret=meta[1] if !ret || ret==""
  if FileTest.image_exist?("Graphics/Characters/"+ret+"_"+outfit.to_s)
    ret=ret+"_"+outfit.to_s
  end
  return ret
end

I'd love to know why I thought that pbResolveBitmap was required. I'm sure I heard it somewhere. Can someone with knowledge let me know there's any difference between FileTest.image_exist? and pbResolveBitmap (generally, not just here)?

I'm not sure why you thought that was required, they both wind up using the same method, RTP.eachPathFor, so they both have equal capabilities as to encrypted files or not. There's no comments around FileTest.image_exists? that indicates that, whereas there are for pbResolveBitmap, so you might have falsely assumed?

As to why it's slower, I think (I may be wrong) that the biggest reason is the order in which it tests the files. You can see image_exists? uses these extensions in order

['.bmp', '.png', '.jpg', '.jpeg', '.gif']

and pbResolveBitmap tests in this order

The filename itself (redundantly, I might add, as the method it's using already does this), gif, gif again(starting here it removes any file extensions used in your call and adds its own to test them), jpg,jpeg,bmp, and finally png.

Pngs are obviously the most commonly used extension in the game, so testing for them last is quite silly and I would think slow up the process by a decent amount.

RTP.getImagePath(filename) will get the exact same results and much faster. Its only disadvantage, that I see, is it won't remove the extension name in it's search. Though that actually makes it easier to type.

 

[oldsnake90]

since i migrated to the new version i knowtist my Text that are given to people to talk have added a huge gap of space in a middle of a sentence.

 

[Maruno]

If you don't want to show us a screenshot of this, along with a screenshot of the event command which is saying the text, then that's your business. Just know that it won't be our business either if you're not going to show us these things.

 

[Bowlstir]

Maybe it's time to stop responding to people that want all the work done for them.

Making a specific change on the board might be a good idea to weed out the people who want this handed to them.

Do the work people!

To everyone else, keep on keeping on!

 

[BassAnly]

I might be completely disabled or my computer might me malfunctioning, but it seems that MediaFire yanked the files off for terms of use violation when i tried to nab it today.

 

[Maruno]

It's still there for me.