[Scripting Question] V18: Gaining no EXP for battles?

[leekel2]

Hello there, thanks for taking the time to read!

I'm currently trying to figure out how to script a switch that will turn off EXP for certain battles (Challenge battles in my game that provide cool prizes) as the battles end up leaving playtesters far too over leveled for later areas, but I'm not quite sure where to even begin in the current version of essentials. If someone could help direct me, I would be extremely grateful.

 

[Golisopod User]

In v18 you need to write setBattleRule("canLose").
It's "can't lose" by default, meaning you'll black out and run back to a Poké Centre if you lose.
The rules are at the top of script section PField_Battles.
The rules:
"single", "1v1", "1v2", "2v1", "1v3", "3v1","double", "2v2", "2v3", "3v2", "triple", "3v3"
"canlose"
"cannotlose"
"canrun"
"cannotrun"
"roamerflees"
"noexp"
"noMoney"
"switchstyle"
"setstyle"
"anims"
"noanims"
"terrain"=> (something from PBBattleTerrains)
"weather"=> (something from PBWeather)
"environment" =>(something from PBEnvironment)
"backdrop"=>filename
"base" =>filename
"outcomevar"=>variable number
"nopartner"

So what you need to do is before these challenge battles have the Script Command setBattleRule("noexp") before the command for the battle.

 

[leekel2]

Ah, I see the battle rules, but I'm not quite sure how to insert it in a trainer event.

 

[Golisopod User]

So what you need to do is before these challenge battles have the Script Command setBattleRule("noexp") before the command for the battle.

 

[leekel2]

Yeah just inserting that into the trainer event doesn't work at all. I can read, please don't insult me.

 

[DarrylBD99]

In v18 you need to write setBattleRule("canLose").
It's "can't lose" by default, meaning you'll black out and run back to a Poké Centre if you lose.
The rules are at the top of script section PField_Battles.
The rules:
"single", "1v1", "1v2", "2v1", "1v3", "3v1","double", "2v2", "2v3", "3v2", "triple", "3v3"
"canlose"
"cannotlose"
"canrun"
"cannotrun"
"roamerflees"
"noexp"
"noMoney"
"switchstyle"
"setstyle"
"anims"
"noanims"
"terrain"=> (something from PBBattleTerrains)
"weather"=> (something from PBWeather)
"environment" =>(something from PBEnvironment)
"backdrop"=>filename
"base" =>filename
"outcomevar"=>variable number
"nopartner"

So what you need to do is before these challenge battles have the Script Command setBattleRule("noexp") before the command for the battle.

Question, can we initialize more than one battle rule? If so, how can we do so? Do we just declare setBattleRule() more than once or put all the battle rules inside one setBattleRule() declaration.

 

[Golisopod User]

Question, can we initialize more than one battle rule? If so, how can we do so? Do we just declare setBattleRule() more than once or put all the battle rules inside one setBattleRule() declaration.

It'd be safer to make separate Battle Rule calls.