v20.1 - Pokémon Memories

Pokémon Essentials Version: v20.1 ➖

This code lets the player write a little blurb about their Pokémon in the Trainer Memo section of the summary screen!

You can download this as a plugin for v20 here, but honestly, it overwrites too much of the summary script to be worth it IMO, especially if you're doing something custom. It's pretty simply to add directly to the base scripts.

In the script section Pokémon (PokeBattle_Pokemon prior to v19), find the section at the top that lists the characteristics of individual Pokémon.

In v20, the end of it looks like this:

Ruby:

  # Whether this Pokémon can be deposited in storage/Day Care
  attr_accessor :cannot_store
  # Whether this Pokémon can be released
  attr_accessor :cannot_release
  # Whether this Pokémon can be traded
  attr_accessor :cannot_trade

In v19, the end of it looks like this:

Ruby:

  # Another Pokémon which has been fused with this Pokémon (or nil if there is none).
  # Currently only used by Kyurem, to record a fused Reshiram or Zekrom.
  # @return [Pokemon, nil] the Pokémon fused into this one (nil if there is none)
  attr_accessor :fused
  # @return [Integer] this Pokémon's personal ID
  attr_accessor :personalID

In earlier versions, it looks like this:

Ruby:

  attr_writer   :obtainLevel # Level obtained
  attr_accessor :hatchedMap  # Map where an egg was hatched
  attr_writer   :language    # Language
  attr_accessor :ot          # Original Trainer's name
  attr_writer   :otgender    # Original Trainer's gender:
                             #    0 - male, 1 - female, 2 - mixed, 3 - unknown
                             #    For information only, not used to verify
                             #    ownership of the Pokémon
  attr_writer   :cool,:beauty,:cute,:smart,:tough,:sheen   # Contest stats

Below that (or really, anywhere in the section), add

Ruby:

  attr_accessor :memory        # Memory

At the bottom of Pokémon/PokeBattle_Pokemon, find the section that begins with "def initialize".

You're going to add in this line:

Ruby:

    @memory       = _INTL("Press [ALT] to write more.")

Just for the sake of making sure you don't cross any ends, I recommend you put it in one of the cleaner parts of the section, somewhere like

Ruby:

    @item         = nil
    @memory       = _INTL("Press [ALT] to write more.")

In UI_Summary (PScreen_Summary in earlier versions), find

Ruby:

      memo += sprintf("<c3=404040,B0B0B0>%s\n", characteristics[best_stat][best_iv % 5])
    end

In earlier versions, this code instead looks like this:

Ruby:

memo += sprintf("<c3=404040,B0B0B0>%s\n",characteristic)
    end

Below that "end", add

Ruby:

      memo += @pokemon.memory    if @pokemon.memory

Finally, go to the bottom of PScreen_Summary and the section beginning with def pbScene.

Right above this line:

Ruby:

      elsif Input.trigger?(Input::USE)

Put in this:

Ruby:

      elsif Input.trigger?(Input::ALT) && !@pokemon.egg? && @page==2
        @pokemon.memory=Kernel.pbMessageFreeText("#{@pokemon.name}'s memory?",_INTL(""),false,80)   
          dorefresh = true

(It can technically go anywhere in this big branch of elseifs for commands, I just like putting it here because it's above all the ends and it's with similar functions)

And that's it!

Using this resource

This can be added into an already-released game! The only issue is that "Press [ALT] to write more" won't display on Pokémon on an existing save, it'll just be blank.

You can customize the button used to change it pretty easily, just change "ALT" in the Input::ALT to whatever else you want! (Assuming it's been defined, of course- see Marin's tutorial for adding input keys if you want to do more!)

Since .memory is an attribute of all Pokémon now, you can manipulate it the same way you would edit something like nicknames, IVs, etc! You could generate Pokémon to give to the player that have a memory already written on them, or, if you have a story-driven game, generate a party with memories of the hero's past adventures!

Future Goals

Potentially see if I could make this plug-and-play. Not a high priority, though, since it's adding like six lines of text to two script sections.
Figure out how to make a filter for memories. I'm not bothered by players writing the fuck word in, but it would suck to get Wonder Traded a Pokémon and have the description include some slur.

Credits: Credits to TechSkylander1518, please!

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v20.1 Pokémon Memories 2022-05-20

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