[Completed] Pokémon Retired Champion - A strategy-based Pokémon fangame (v1.0.10) (BIG UPDATE SOON, ETA: APRIL-MAY)

[StCooler]

Hi,

Trying to get this to work for my son.

keep getting the traceback error at the pc, once sorting team out.?!?!

Any advice, audio is installed as per instructions

Cheers

Can you post a screenshot of the error?

 

[CraggleT]

Can you post a screenshot of the error?

just putting my son to bed and will post in 20 mins

 

[CraggleT]

Sorry fell asleep on his floor.

Anyway got further this morning, got past the first team building, but its juts crashed for him when he was doing his second.

pic of crash pop up

 

[StCooler]

Sorry fell asleep on his floor.

Anyway got further this morning, got past the first team building, but its juts crashed for him when he was doing his second.

pic of crash pop up

Can you find the errorlog.txt? It should be next to your save, in C:\Users\[Your name]\Saved Games\Pokémon Retired Champion
Edit: there's also the traceback.log in your game folder.

 

[CraggleT]

Is it this?

 

[StCooler]

Anyway got further this morning, got past the first team building, but its juts crashed for him when he was doing his second.

What do you mean with his "second" teambuilding? Second use of the PC?

Is it this?

Yes, but can you copy / paste the whole error? The screenshot is cut and I can't see the whole error.

 

[CraggleT]

yes he said he was building a second team at a pc, i didn`t see what exactly

 

[StCooler]

yes he said he was building a second team at a pc, i didn`t see what exactly

This bug happens because the game is trying to load the second ability of Gengar, which only has one.

Do you know what version of the game you are using? (Unfortunately I didn't write it in the game, so you will have to check what ZIP file you downloaded)

This bug should have been solved in version 1.0.9:

2024-08-11: V1.0.9: fixed an interaction between Choice items and Disable + fixed a crash in the Teambuilder when the Pokémon has only one ability + fixed an interaction between Pledge moves + fixing a bug with Spikes.

 

[CraggleT]

This bug happens because the game is trying to load the second ability of Gengar, which only has one.

Do you know what version of the game you are using? (Unfortunately I didn't write it in the game, so you will have to check what ZIP file you downloaded)

This bug should have been solved in version 1.0.9:

Ahh its 1.0.6

 

[CraggleT]

still happening

 

[StCooler]

still happening

This is another bug. Can you send me your savegame? (By PM, put it on Google Drive and send me the link)
For some reason the Team Storage stored an empty Pokémon and I can't replicate. Can you tell me how you generated this bug?

 

[CraggleT]

This is another bug. Can you send me your savegame? (By PM, put it on Google Drive and send me the link)
For some reason the Team Storage stored an empty Pokémon and I can't replicate. Can you tell me how you generated this bug?

Working on it

 

[Dankleberg]

​

Einra, like most adventurers, roamed the lands and seas with a singular focus of becoming the very best. Faithful Gym Leaders, Elite four, Champion, Team Generic Evil, all presented values and ambitions, but none presented a challenge.

Uninterested in any further adventures, Einra one day found an abandoned amusement park, and with the help of his longtime friends, restored it to what is now a well-known Castle of Challenges. Parkgoers come for the thrill of building a team of Pokémons from roster and challenging one another.

Einra and his friends fight fulfilling battles nearly every day, and nearly every day was contently peaceful... that is until... odd-coloured Pokémons are found at the amusement park.

• Around 10-15 hours of gameplay.
• A character-driven story. Enjoy a new formula of Pokémon fangames that doesn't mimic the formula of official games (e.g. no badges, no gyms, no Elite 4).
• All Pokémons* from Gen 1 to 8, including the new content from Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
• Around 130 new Pokémon forms, ~40 new moves, ~30 new abilities, ~40 new items.
• Some Pokémons have been re-balanced (detailed list in the manual).
• Mega-Evolutions, Z-moves and Dynamax are all available.
• New battle mechanic: Assistance. Let a Pokémon from your team help another one in battle!
• New battle mechanic: Battle Royale. Challenge up to 5 other trainers at the same time and try to be the last one standing!
• New battle mechanic: Move Seeds. Directly set up a Pokémon on switching in!
• More chaotic multi battle! Try your best at 4v4, 5v5, and 6v6!
• A high focus on strategic battles: enjoy multiple tiers**, battle formats and rulesets!
• Enter challenging battles in which you cannot be overpowered, good luck and have fun on your plays of strategies!
• No catching, no farming. Instead, enjoy a Pokémon Showdown-like menu to strategically build synergic teams!
• Don't know how to build a team? Try the random team generator!
• If the battles are too hard for you, the difficulty will adapt to your win rate.
• Most of the time, you can focus on fighting and move the story when you decide.

* YES I use a plural form for "Pokémon". I know it's a trademark, but I need to have a plural to avoid ambiguity.
** The abovementioned tiers are NOT Smogon-like tiers.





To make it easier on you and me, I have split the main files and the audio, just in case I have to make script / content update, so you don't have to download 1.4 GB every time.
You need to download both files:

►GAME (v1.0.9)◄
►AUDIO (v1.0)◄​

Installation :

• If you need to update (not a first download), just download the Game part. The Audio part will likely remain unchanged unless specified otherwise.
• Unzip the "Pokémon Retired Champion" directory.
• Put the "Audio" folder at the same location as the "Data", "Graphics" and "Fonts" folders, as well as the "Game.exe" file.

Spoiler:

​

2024-08-11: V1.0.9: fixed an interaction between Choice items and Disable + fixed a crash in the Teambuilder when the Pokémon has only one ability + fixed an interaction between Pledge moves + fixing a bug with Spikes.
2024-07-30: V1.0.8: fixed a bug causing a crash when using some signature move.
2024-07-25: V1.0.7: added missing overworld sprites for Gen 9's last Pokémons.
2022-11-06: V1.0.6: solved an error loading the "friend" at the start of the game (depending on your choice of region of origin).
2022-10-18: V1.0.5: solved the error giving a wrong team to an NPC in Chapter 4 + solved an error thrown by the boss battle of Chapter 7 + the panel now proposes weird rules more often + Foxy now proposes chained Battle Royales + White Herb now works properly upon Intimidate + held items remain at the end of battle.
2022-09-29: V1.0.4: solved an issue with Battle Royale not clearing stored teams at the end of the battle.
2022-09-28: V1.0.3: solved a crash with the team builder when making the first team. (Bug introduced in patch 1.0.2 lol)
2022-09-25: V1.0.2: solved the issue causing the Team Builder to freeze when you delete the last team + solved the crash when trying to change the species of the Pokémon in the Team Builder for themed tiers / base stat tiers.
2022-09-22: V1.0.1: solved game-breaking issue with Draft Mode, split the big ZIP file into two parts: Game + Audio.
2022-09-19: V1.0: first release.





In some non-European versions of Windows, the game won't launch at all. If that happens, try to replace the "é" with "e" in the names of the folder, the EXE, the INI. Also, open Game.ini AND Pokémon Retired Champion.ini (with Notepad) and inside, replace the "é" with "e".
The volume of some soundtracks is irregular.
Some sets designed by the AI are weird.
The battle AI is basically that of Pokémon Essentials, so it is somewhat passive and doesn't switch much.





Even though this game is final, and I had three beta-testers on it, there still may be bugs.
Post here any error message. If the error mentions "traceback.log", please copy / paste the content of this file in your post.





Once the content of Pokémon Scarlet/Violet is available for Pokémon Essentials, I plan to add it to the game, including Terastal.
I also plan to add more tiers with different concepts, but for now I'm not sure how to make them with my current code (Stabmons, Category Swap...).
Foxy should propose Battle Royales. Maybe a tournament too?

Spoiler:

Ressources

This game is made with Pokémon Essentials v18.1 by StCooler, using resources available on the web.

In particular, this game was made with the Generation 8 GitHub branch of Essentials v18.1, released as the Generation 8 project for Essentials v18.
GitHub: https://github.com/Maruno17/pokemon-essentials
Generation 8 project for Essentials v18 by UberDunsparce:
https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/442507


Licences
All the scripts /sprites that are not mine should be used only under the terms of their original authors.
All my scripts can be used however you wish. I don't care. But if you're patient, I will release most of them as resources.
All the work by JulyArt should be used under his terms which are: for non-commercial only + credit him.
The title screen was drawn by LunaAnandi (from Fiverr) for StCooler. All rights reserved.


Sprites - Pokémons
All new fossil forms sprites are by JulyArtDA: JulyArtDA.deviantart.com
All recolours are made by StCooler.

Generation 6 Pokémon sprites complete by DerxwnaKapsyla:
(broken link removed)

Generation 7 Sprite Pack 2020-10-21 by DerxwnaKapsyla:
(broken link removed)

USUM Sprite Pack 1 by Leparagon, Amethyst:
(broken link removed)

Gen 1-7 Pokemon Overworld Sprites by a Redditor who deleted their post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonRMXP/comments/b0n4gi/gen_17_pokemon_overworld_sprites

Sword/Shield Sprite Project by leParagon and many others:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/sword-shield-sprite-project.3647722/

Generation VIII Pokemon Overworld Sprites by SageDeoxys:
https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/429414


Sprites - Trainers:
The sprites of the characters specific to this game are made by StCooler.

For Generation 4-5 sprites in Gen 3 style by Young-Dante and Mashirosakura;
(broken link removed)

For Generation 7 sprites in Gen 3 style by Droid779:
(broken link removed)

For Sun/Moon battle trainer sprites by Beliot419:
https://www.deviantart.com/beliot419/art/Pokemon-Sun-Moon-trainers-sprites-ongoing-652423698

RSE battle sprites by Random Talking Bush:
https://www.spriters-resource.com/game_boy_advance/pokemonrubysapphire/sheet/8150/

RSE overworld sprites by Furs The Fox, Lunar994:
https://www.spriters-resource.com/game_boy_advance/pokemonemerald/sheet/8329/


Soundtrack
The soundtrack comes from the original games.
All routes:

Champion themes :

All legendary :

If I forgot some theme, then it's probably taken from The Bacon Toastie's Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheBaconToastie/videos


Other Audio:
All the cries are taken from the Generation 8 Project for Essentials v19.1:
https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/450163


Animations:
Gen 8 Move animation project by StCooler: https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/446303
Animations from Pokémon Reborn + some fixes + adds Gen 8 animations.


Scripts
Set the Controls Screen by FL; https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/309391
The title of the script isn't clear; it's a key binding script.

GTS system to v17 + Online Panel by tutoriando; https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/407759
There is no online in my game, I used this as a base for my team-builder.

Quicksave Script v1.0 by Marin; (broken link removed)

Mid Battle Dialogue/Scripted Battles by Golisopod User:
https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/441756
Awesome script overall if you want to control a bit your battles (not just make your characters speak)

Name Windows 1 by Mr. Gela; (broken link removed)
Awesome script that allowed me to give personalities to my characters.

The ZUD plugin - Z-moves, Ultra-Burst, Dynamax, Dynamax adventures (v18) by Lucidious89 and StCooler: https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/444917
Awesome script made by awesome people with awesome capabilities.

Following Pokémon EX by Golisopod User: https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/443640
Again, an awesome script by an awesome scripter.

SOS Battles by Vendily: https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/438997
This script taught me how to make a new Pokémon join in the battles.

Visible Overworld Wild Encounters by derFischae: https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/429019
Besides contributing to the "atmosphere", this script taught me how to spawn events.

Lucidious89's Custom Ability Thread https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/362474
Nice ideas.

Party screen's Ball graphic matches the Poké Ball the Pokemon was caught in by Lucidious89:
https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/356862

Modular Title Screen by Luka S.J. https://luka-sj.com/res


Scripts
Big thanks to my dedicated beta-testers: Opal, SuoiretsymL and Sharq!


The rest
Thundaga for all his guides, but in particular this one:

Is there a place that explains what the tiers mean? and whenever I try and play against a challenger they keep saying please bring a valid team but the pc says the team is valid.

 

[StCooler]

Is there a place that explains what the tiers mean? and whenever I try and play against a challenger they keep saying please bring a valid team but the pc says the team is valid.

If you skipped the tutorial about tiers (when the purple-haired girl explains the tiers), you can find the tutorial in your bedroom, by interacting with one of the books in the library.
But in summary, a tier is a list of valid Pokémons, and sometimes with other rules (like Monotype, which has a list of valid Pokémons + requires you to have Pokémons with the same type). Fully-Evolved is basically the tier without rules and with all Pokémons.

Also, a team can be valid for a given tier but not for another. For example, if your challenger wants to fight you in the Monotype tier, you cannot bring a Fully-Evolved team. And yet, the team will be valid for Fully-Evolved, and will not be valid for Monotype.

 

[ashiasmith21]

how many gyms are in the game now ?

 

[StCooler]

how many gyms are in the game now ?

There are no gyms in the game. My fangame is not structured like a usual fangame.

 

[Dankleberg]

If you skipped the tutorial about tiers (when the purple-haired girl explains the tiers), you can find the tutorial in your bedroom, by interacting with one of the books in the library.
But in summary, a tier is a list of valid Pokémons, and sometimes with other rules (like Monotype, which has a list of valid Pokémons + requires you to have Pokémons with the same type). Fully-Evolved is basically the tier without rules and with all Pokémons.

Also, a team can be valid for a given tier but not for another. For example, if your challenger wants to fight you in the Monotype tier, you cannot bring a Fully-Evolved team. And yet, the team will be valid for Fully-Evolved, and will not be valid for Monotype.

thanks I didnt know about the library books.

the tier was MONIC and the computer said my team is valid so I load it up and bring it to the npc but when I interact with the npc he said it wasnt valid. I made the computer randomly generate a team and only that team was allowed even though mine was valid.

 

[StCooler]

thanks I didnt know about the library books.

the tier was MONIC and the computer said my team is valid so I load it up and bring it to the npc but when I interact with the npc he said it wasnt valid. I made the computer randomly generate a team and only that team was allowed even though mine was valid.

Can you send me a screenshot of the team?

 

[Dankleberg]

Can you send me a screenshot of the team?

 

[StCooler]

...

Alright, you've found a bug. It was due to Ditto, which has only one move. I have released a patch.