[Scripting Question] Putting Eerie Spell into my game

[MrArrokuda]

Hi! This is my first time coming to this forum, as I have a question about Pokemon Essentials.

So I was able to get every move (not including ZMoves and GMax moves) into the PBS files of my game, except for one: Eerie Impulse, the signature move of Galarian Slowking. The problem is that most moves have an already assigned function code, which I got from the essentials wiki, that tells the game what effects each move has. But since Eerie Impulse has an effect that no move has done before, (attacking+reducing 3pp from targets last used move), there is no code as a result. I think I am going to have to define the pp reducing effect in the code, but I have no idea how to do this.

Can someone please help?

 

[silverlime]

Hi! This is my first time coming to this forum, as I have a question about Pokemon Essentials.

So I was able to get every move (not including ZMoves and GMax moves) into the PBS files of my game, except for one: Eerie Impulse, the signature move of Galarian Slowking. The problem is that most moves have an already assigned function code, which I got from the essentials wiki, that tells the game what effects each move has. But since Eerie Impulse has an effect that no move has done before, (attacking+reducing 3pp from targets last used move), there is no code as a result. I think I am going to have to define the pp reducing effect in the code, but I have no idea how to do this.

Can someone please help?

You're going to have a lot more than just Eerie Spell to add move effects for if all you've edited so far is the PBS file. You can find the implementation of Eerie Spell in these places:

v17: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?p=10229796#post1022979

v18: https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/441199

 

[MrArrokuda]

Ah! Thank you very much. After adding the moves into the script, how do I know what function codes to use in the pbs?

 

[silverlime]

Ah! Thank you very much. After adding the moves into the script, how do I know what function codes to use in the pbs?

You use whichever one is mentioned in Pokebattle_MoveEffects (where you add the new functions). I'll give an example below:

################################################################################
# Puts the target to sleep.
################################################################################
class PokeBattle_Move_[B]003[/B] < PokeBattle_Move
  def pbEffect(attacker,opponent,hitnum=0,alltargets=nil,showanimation=true)
    return super(attacker,opponent,hitnum,alltargets,showanimation) if pbIsDamaging?
    return -1 if pbTypeImmunityByAbility(pbType(@type,attacker,opponent),attacker,opponent)
    if opponent.pbCanSleep?(attacker,true,self)
      pbShowAnimation(@id,attacker,opponent,hitnum,alltargets,showanimation)
      opponent.pbSleep
      return 0
    end
    return -1
  end

  def pbAdditionalEffect(attacker,opponent)
    return if opponent.damagestate.substitute
    if opponent.pbCanSleep?(attacker,false,self)
      opponent.pbSleep
    end
  end

  def pbEffectAfterHit(attacker,opponent,turneffects)
    if isConst?(@id,PBMoves,:RELICSONG)
      if isConst?(attacker.species,PBSpecies,:MELOETTA) &&
         !attacker.effects[PBEffects::Transform] &&
         !(attacker.hasWorkingAbility(:SHEERFORCE) && self.addlEffect>0) &&
         !attacker.fainted?
        attacker.form=(attacker.form+1)%2
        attacker.pbUpdate(true)
        @battle.scene.pbChangePokemon(attacker,attacker.pokemon)
        @battle.pbDisplay(_INTL("{1} transformed!",attacker.pbThis))
        PBDebug.log("[Form changed] #{attacker.pbThis} changed to form #{attacker.form}")
      end
    end
  end
end

The "003" which I bolded above is the function code you would use in the PBS file.