Sierra's MEGA-HUGE XSE Scripting Tutorial

Showsni · Sep 12, 2010

Hi, I wonder if anyone can help? I can't make people permanently disappear. I've done the whole setflag thing with their ID number; it doesn't work for me. Or, at least, not consistently; sometimes they're gone, and sometimes they reappear.

chriskid198 · Sep 13, 2010

Showsni said:
Hi, I wonder if anyone can help? I can't make people permanently disappear. I've done the whole setflag thing with their ID number; it doesn't work for me. Or, at least, not consistently; sometimes they're gone, and sometimes they reappear.

Just make them move into a tree or something... xD

EDIT:
Where do would I define nowhere in this script?

Code:

#org $start
lock
faceplayer
applymovement 0x01 $movement
message $move 0x2
release
end

#org $movement
#raw 0x01 0x62

#org $move
#move 1 =Oh, your up \v\h01.  The Professor\nwas looking for you this morning.\lYou better get to his lab quick!
release
end

EDIT 2: What do I use to check if a flag hasn't been set? You use 0x0 to check if its true, what about if its false?

Satoshi Ookami · Sep 13, 2010

chriskid198 said:
EDIT 2: What do I use to check if a flag hasn't been set? You use 0x0 to check if its true, what about if its false?

if 0x0 is for false case I've already written it xD

Saitou · Sep 13, 2010

Showsni said:
Hi, I wonder if anyone can help? I can't make people permanently disappear. I've done the whole setflag thing with their ID number; it doesn't work for me. Or, at least, not consistently; sometimes they're gone, and sometimes they reappear.

Umm..I'm new to this, so I don't know if I can help. Shouldn't you use the 'hidesprite 0x[person event number]' construct?

Showsni · Sep 13, 2010

Saitou said:
Umm..I'm new to this, so I don't know if I can help. Shouldn't you use the 'hidesprite 0x[person event number]' construct?

I was using that too!

Anyway, I changed which numbers I was using as flags, and it started working. So, don't try using 2000 as a person's ID.

chriskid198 · Sep 14, 2010

Ash493 said:
if 0x0 is for false case I've already written it xD

What? 0x0 is for False? (We need a confused smilie xD)

EDIT:

Code:

#org $start
lock
faceplayer
set flag 0x1
checkflag 0x1
if 0x1 goto @never
applymovement 0x01 @movement
message $move 0x2
release
end

#org @movement
#raw 0x01
#raw 0x62

#org $move
#move 1 =Oh, your up \v\h01.  The Professor\nwas looking for you this morning.\lYou better get to his lab quick!
release
end

#org @never
@never 0x1
release
end

XSE says that line 13 wont work.

alalexandros99 · Sep 26, 2010

Diego you are awesome :P
YOU HELPED ME AAAAAA LOTTT

Random92 · Sep 28, 2010

What is a "level script"? As you described in the beginning of your post. What's the difference between a level script and a normal one?

Wallace Berlitz · Oct 1, 2010

Something's wrong in my scripts? I followed the tutorial in here but the script isn't working! =(

Spoiler:

Nothing's happened! >.< I hope I'm not posting in a wrong section...

madarawolf · Oct 1, 2010

OK I would like some help with my script. It's supposed to make it so you fight this guy and after you beat him he gives you a Pokemon. I'm pretty sure this should work but I would just like an experienced scripter to look over it.

Spoiler:

Satoshi Ookami · Oct 2, 2010

chriskid198 said:

What? 0x0 is for False? (We need a confused smilie xD)

EDIT:

Code:

#org $start
lock
faceplayer
set flag 0x1
checkflag 0x1
if 0x1 goto @never
applymovement 0x01 @movement
message $move 0x2
release
end

#org @movement
#raw 0x01
#raw 0x62

#org $move
#move 1 =Oh, your up \v\h01.  The Professor\nwas looking for you this morning.\lYou better get to his lab quick!
release
end

#org @never
@never 0x1
release
end

XSE says that line 13 wont work.

I gotta point some mistakes you made.
First: setflag must be together (I wonder why XSE did not mention this mistake)
Second: start, org and all the msgboxes also must have @. Not # or $
Third: Never use flags above 200
So in other words re-do your script =D

madarawolf said:
OK I would like some help with my script. It's supposed to make it so you fight this guy and after you beat him he gives you a Pokemon. I'm pretty sure this should work but I would just like an experienced scripter to look over it.

Spoiler:

'---------------
#org 0x800008

#dynamic 0x800008
#org @start
trainerbattle 0x1 0x002 0x0 @before @after @take
release
end

#org @give
checkflag 0x828
if 0x1 goto @give
compare LASTRESULT 0x1
if 0x1 goto @give
release
end Delete this. There's no reason to have it in your script.

#org @take
msgbox @received 0x6
givepokemon 0x109 0x0A 0x0 0x0 0x0 0x0
fanfare 0x13E
waitfanfare
closeonkeypress
setflag 0x828
compare LASTRESULT 0x1
if 0x1 gosub @name
release
end

#org @name
call 0x1A74EB
return

#org @before
= Yo./nI'm Odd Jobs Gin./nI run the Yorozuya./nI'll do any job./las long as I get paid./lHey if I beat you then I/lget money, right?

#org @after
= Put here something what would trainer say after you beat him.

#org @received
= Damn, no money for rent/nthis month.../nHere take this Pokemon/lI don't need another mouth/lto feed./p[black_fr]You recieved a Victini!

#org @beaten
= I gotta go to the store/nand buy this week's JUMP.

Fixes in bold and I'd advise to make him disappear after you receive Victini.

Wallace Berlitz said:
Something's wrong in my scripts? I followed the tutorial in here but the script isn't working! =(

Spoiler:

'---------------
#org @start
lockall
setvar 0x4001 0x0
goto @snippet1

'---------------
#org @snippet1
setvar 0x8004 0x0
setvar 0x8005 0x2
special 0x174
textcolor 0x0
pause 0x1E
playsong 0x12E 0x0
preparemsg @string1 '"[player], you forgot something."
waitmsg
pause 0x55
closeonkeypress
applymovement 0xFF @move1
waitmovement 0x0
sound 0x15
applymovement 0xFF @move2
waitmovement 0x0
pause 0x1E
showsprite 0x10
compare 0x4001 0x0
msgbox @string2 0x4 '"So how was your sleep?\pWhat do yo..."
closeonkeypress
pause 0x1E
compare 0x4001 0x0
applymovement 0x10 @move3
applymovement 0xFF @move4
waitmovement 0x0
setdoorclosed 0x15 0xE
doorchange
setvar 0x4055 0x1
clearflag 0x2B
setvar 0x4050 0x1
setflag 0x2C
setflag 0x4001
warp 0x4 0x3 0xFF 0x6 0xC
waitstate
releaseall
end

'---------
' Strings
'---------
#org @string1
= [player], you forgot something.

#org @string2
= So how was your sleep?\pWhat do you think of Hiore region?\nPeace and nice isn't it?\pLet's go back to our main subject.\pHere, come with me.

'-----------
' Movements
'-----------
#org @move1
#raw 0x1 'Face Up
#raw 0xFE 'End of Movements

#org @move2
#raw 0x62 'Exclamation Mark (!)
#raw 0xFE 'End of Movements

#org @move3
#raw 0x10 'Step Down (Normal)
#raw 0x10 'Step Down (Normal)
#raw 0x10 'Step Down (Normal)
#raw 0x60 'Hide
#raw 0xFE 'End of Movements

#org @move4
#raw 0x11 'Step Up (Normal)
#raw 0x11 'Step Up (Normal)
#raw 0x11 'Step Up (Normal)
#raw 0x13 'Step Right (Normal)
#raw 0x13 'Step Right (Normal)
#raw 0x11 'Step Up (Normal)
#raw 0xFE 'End of Movements

Nothing's happened! >.< I hope I'm not posting in a wrong section...

Well... the thing is... you cannot use first setvar this way... Try to do it with flags, it'll be easier and it should work.

Blue4 · Oct 3, 2010

This thread should be stickied.

It's a pretty bloody comprehensive guide, and is one of the best tutorials in this subforum.

Random92 · Oct 4, 2010

Ash493, I've used the flags 200-205, and they work fine for me :P

I also agree with Blue4.

chriskid198 · Oct 4, 2010

Ash493 said:
I gotta point some mistakes you made.
First: setflag must be together (I wonder why XSE did not mention this mistake)
Second: start, org and all the msgboxes also must have @. Not # or $
Third: Never use flags above 200
So in other words re-do your script =D

Fixes in bold and I'd advise to make him disappear after you receive Victini.

Well... the thing is... you cannot use first setvar this way... Try to do it with flags, it'll be easier and it should work.

Why can't you use flags above 200?

Binary · Oct 4, 2010

chriskid198 said:
Why can't you use flags above 200?

I think he meant below 0x200.
But, it generally depends on which flags are vacant, and the rom you're using.
I suggest you look up the archive of used flags in XSE's in-built guide.

konman719 · Oct 8, 2010

Hey, so does anyone think they can help me out? Im trying to do something as simple as make a pokeball give you an item but when i try this it either freezes my game or the pokeball disappears when i get the item and then reappears after one step? any suggestions... also the trainer view radius in AM doesnt work for me, any suggestions on that either?

Random92 · Oct 8, 2010

If the Pokéball disappears and then reappers after one step it could be because you've used the same flag two times. Change flag and try again. 201-205 should be safe to use in FireRed.

Echidna · Oct 8, 2010

or just use any flag with four characters as long as the first isn't zero cause almost all flags under a thousand are already used, so set a flag above a thousand and your safe.
Of course you have to know everything about scripting so check out my tutorial which starts from beginner scripting till advance scripting and everything else. OH and super thanks to diegoisawesome for getting me going on scripting in the first place.

konman719 · Oct 8, 2010

ok thanks guys i figured out the pokeball problem but does anyone know how to make a trainer you made approach you? whenever i change the view radius of a trainer i made, it brings the trainer to me but i cant stop talking to him and it says unfamiliar letters.... and i know my trainer works bc if i talked to him he would battle me... help plz

cenaice · Oct 8, 2010

Can anybody help me?

When i talk to the npc in the game nothing pops up. I just get the sound when you talk to the npc. But no chat box?

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