[Other] Rival Fight- Help

[Haribros1]

Up to my first gym and i'm thinking of a rival fight just before you go in. I know how to make basic trainers and stuff like that. The only bit i'm having trouble with is scripting the battle event so it keeps happening when we lose but does not if we win.

PS. I really need to get to grips with this stuff ~_~

 

[mariomaniac432]

There are a few ways to do this. You can have the script with the battle trigger when you step on a script tile, or when you talk to your rival. If you go with the script tile, you'll need to use a setvar command in your script, but it has to be after the battle is completed, otherwise the script won't trigger the next time you step on the tile. You'll also need a flag to control the visibility of your rival so he's no longer on screen after the script. If you're using FireRed, flag 0x2C works because it's set when the game first starts, so he'll begin invisible before you step on the tile, and you won't need to waste another flag to make him stay gone. You should also make sure the rival's sprite is set somewhere the player won't be able to see when they step on the tile, otherwise it would look like he's appearing our of thin air. For what you're doing, the best location to put the script tile is likely the tile directly in front of the gym's doors, so that the player will have no choice but to step on it and trigger the script. If you want to talk to your rival to start the battle, you'll need to use a flag to control the visibility of your rival, but, again, the setflag will have to come after the trainer battle. Again, a good place to set your rival to trigger this script is likely directly in front of the gym's doors.

Script Tile:

#dynamic 0x800000

#org @main
lock
showsprite 0x(hex value of rival's sprite in Advance Map)
applymovement 0x(hex value of rival's sprite in Advance Map) @toPlayer
applymovement 0xFF @faceRival
waitmovement 0x0
trainerbattle 0x1 0x(hex byte for the trainer in Advance Map) 0x0 @hey @lost @continue
end

#org @continue
setvar 0x(var number for the tile  in Advance Map) 0x(var value for the tile  in Advance Map)
msgbox @darn 0x6
applymovement 0x(hex value of rival's sprite in Advance Map) @leave
waitmovement 0x0
hidesprite 0x(hex value of rival's sprite in Advance Map)
release
end

#org @toPlayer
movement data so the rival walks to the player
#raw 0xFE

#org @faceRival
movement data so the player will be facing the rival
#raw 0xFE

#org @hey
= [rival]: Hey, [player]! Let's battle!

#org @lost
= Aww, I lost!

#org @darn
= [rival]: Darn, I'll get you next time, [player]!

#org @leave
movement data so the rival walks off screen
#raw 0xFE

Talk to Rival:

#dynamic 0x800000

#org @main
lock
faceplayer
trainerbattle 0x1 0x(hex byte for the trainer) 0x0 @hey @lost @continue
end

#org @continue
msgbox @darn 0x6
applymovement 0x(hex value of rival's sprite in Advance Map) @leave
waitmovement 0x0
hidesprite 0x(hex value of rival's sprite in Advance Map)
setflag 0x(flag number for your rival's sprite in Advance Map)
release
end

#org @hey
= [rival]: Hey, [player]! Let's battle!

#org @lost
= Aww, I lost!

#org @darn
= [rival]: Darn, I'll get you next time, [player]!

#org @leave
movement data so the rival walks off screen
#raw 0xFE