Resource Consistent non-random AI - Revised! 2.0.4

DemICE · May 4, 2023

DemICE submitted a new resource:

Artificial Stupidity (Consistent non-random AI) - Completely removes the randomness from AI decisions, making it consistent. Also some extra tweaks.

What if I tell you that current Essentials AI is actually at its core quite decent?
Its move effect scores account for most basic scenarios so if it could just reliably make use of those scores it would do the job you want it to do most of the time.

And therein lies the problem.
For some reason even at the highest skill levels the AI is set to work with an RNG-based system so even if it had a higher chance to click the proper move, that chance is far from what you would want...

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DemICE · May 7, 2023

DemICE updated Consistent non-random AI (also a version for Essentials v18 in the thread) with a new update entry:

Hotfix update v1.0.1

v1.0.1
-Fixed an error when the AI tried to switch while having only 1 pokemon alive.

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CelestialFearow · May 7, 2023

Did you try it with es dx?

Snolid Ice · May 7, 2023

Do i need to remove improved ai pluggin for this to work?

SomebodyRandom · May 15, 2023

Does this work with improved ai plugin?

Amallah · May 15, 2023

Snolid Ice said:
Do i need to remove improved ai pluggin for this to work?

SomebodyRandom said:
Does this work with improved ai plugin?

I've taken measures for this plugin to be able to be used alongside this Improved AI plugin that i've found on this site, because I noticed it does some useful tweaks to effect scores for hazard and weather moves. However the rest of my edits will override that plugin's edits because the decision making is still RNG-based there, and the whole point of my plugin is to eliminate randomness.

Snolid Ice · May 15, 2023

my bad

DemICE · May 16, 2023

CelestialFearow said:
Did you try it with es dx?

yeah, most games use that so it would be pointless to make general purpose plugins that don't take that into consideration

EndlessBeat · Oct 13, 2023

I'm using the latest version, and it's still giving me the error where the opponent tries to switch with one Pokémon left.

niels · Oct 23, 2023

when i'm in a triple battle and the furthest pokemon cannot do anything it gives me an error. this site won't let me insert a picture but it looks nearly identical to the one from EndlessBeat

DemICE · Aug 27, 2024

DemICE updated Consistent non-random AI (also a version for Essentials v18 in the thread) with a new update entry:

A complete revamp of the Consistent non-random AI plugin

It's been a while, and after running this AI on multiple projects and adding more and more elements to it, I'm confident to finally publish a massively improved iteration of the original plugin, which now feels very barebones in comparison.

In addition to what it was already doing, now this AI comes with these improvements:

Added a lot more move function specific code in AI Move EffectScores. AI should now have massively improved and consistent decision making for most moves...

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CelestialFearow · Aug 27, 2024

DemICE said:
DemICE updated Consistent non-random AI (also a version for Essentials v18 in the thread) with a new update entry:

A complete revamp of the Consistent non-random AI plugin

Read the rest of this update entry...

When it comes to mega evo, I think it would be a stupid change to make the ai don't mega, imo. What if the game has new custom megas? Feel like the ai should always mega regardless. After all, you give the mega evo to a trainer for a reason

DemICE · Aug 27, 2024

CelestialFearow said:
When it comes to mega evo, I think it would be a stupid change to make the ai don't mega, imo. What if the game has new custom megas? Feel like the ai should always mega regardless. After all, you give the mega evo to a trainer for a reason

examples (PoV: you are an AI):
1) staying as base form charizard (you have charizardite X) when opponent has only ground moves or is locked into one
2) you are an aggron and the opponent can oneshot both your base and mega forms from full. so you stay in your base form if you have sturdy to survive and hit back.
3) staying as base form sharpedo after using protect to gain a speed boost before mega evolving
4) staying as base form sableye to will o wisp an opponent with priority before mega evolving next turn to take less overall damage
5) staying as base form garchomp because you are faster than your opponent and can KO them, while your mega would be slower
6) staying as base form venusaur because you have chlorophyll and its sunny (you didn't plan for it but you're glad it happened) and you can use it to your advantage
7) it's already sunny and your charizard has zardite Y and you know the opponent has rain dance. you stay in base form to benefit from solar power while staying as a looming threat to mega evolve and cancel their rain if they use rain dance.

CelestialFearow · Aug 27, 2024

DemICE said:
examples (PoV: you are an AI):
1) staying as base form charizard (you have charizardite X) when opponent has only ground moves or is locked into one
2) you are an aggron and the opponent can oneshot both your base and mega forms from full. so you stay in your base form if you have sturdy to survive and hit back.
3) staying as base form sharpedo after using protect to gain a speed boost before mega evolving
4) staying as base form sableye to will o wisp an opponent with priority before mega evolving next turn to take less overall damage
5) staying as base form garchomp because you are faster than your opponent and can KO them, while your mega would be slower
6) staying as base form venusaur because you have chlorophyll and its sunny (you didn't plan for it but you're glad it happened) and you can use it to your advantage
7) it's already sunny and your charizard has zardite Y and you know the opponent has rain dance. you stay in base form to benefit from solar power while staying as a looming threat to mega evolve and cancel their rain if they use rain dance.

That's some point. But, if I give a mega to a trainer, I want to see them use it regardless of what Pokémon the player use. So, just add an option to make the ai use mega evo regardless of what Pokémon the player use, and that should fix everything

BIGFriv · Aug 27, 2024

CelestialFearow said:
That's some point. But, if I give a mega to a trainer, I want to see them use it regardless of what Pokémon the player use. So, just add an option to make the ai use mega evo regardless of what Pokémon the player use, and that should fix everything

That's a bit odd no? This is to make the AI better, and you want to dumb it down?

RegalSword · Aug 29, 2024

Hello! I just finished installing v2.0 and tried entering a battle. This message pops up when I finish selecting a move. My move is executed but the opponent's turn is skipped.

Code:

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[2024-08-28 22:23:49 -0700]
[Pokémon Essentials version 20.1]
[v20.1 Hotfixes 1.0.7]

Exception: ArgumentError
Message: Invalid argument passed to method.
Expected [nil, 0] to be one of [Symbol, GameData::Item, String], but got Array.

Backtrace:
Validation:29:in `validate'
GameData:92:in `get'
[Generation 9 Pack] [003] Battle_AI.rb:69:in `pbEnemyShouldUseItem?'
[Essentials Deluxe] Battle.rb:375:in `pbDefaultChooseEnemyCommand'
[Consistent AI] AI Utilities.rb:2621:in `block in pbCommandPhaseLoop'
[Consistent AI] AI Utilities.rb:2566:in `loop'
[Consistent AI] AI Utilities.rb:2566:in `pbCommandPhaseLoop'
[Essentials Deluxe] Battle.rb:242:in `pbCommandPhase'
[Terastal Phenomenon] [004] Battle.rb:160:in `pbCommandPhase'
Battle_StartAndEnd:338:in `block (2 levels) in pbBattleLoop'

Almeidarts · Aug 30, 2024

Hello! I've recently updated the script to 2.0, and in a battle against an opposing trainer's Capsakid, an error message appears when I select a move. The game doesn't crash and the move is executed, but the opponent's turn is skipped. This was the only time I've seen this error appear so far.

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[Pokémon Essentials version 20.1]
[v20.1 Hotfixes 1.0.7]

Exception: NameError
Message: uninitialized constant PBEffects::ClearFlute

Backtrace:
[Consistent AI] AI Move EffectScores.rb:3090:in `pbGetMoveScoreFunctionCode'
[Consistent AI] AI Move.rb:352:in `pbGetMoveScore'
[Consistent AI] AI Move.rb:178:in `pbRegisterMoveTrainer'
[Consistent AI] AI Move.rb:46:in `block in pbChooseMoves'
Battle_Battler:455:in `block in eachMoveWithIndex'
Battle_Battler:455:in `each'
Battle_Battler:455:in `each_with_index'
Battle_Battler:455:in `eachMoveWithIndex'
[Consistent AI] AI Move.rb:41:in `pbChooseMoves'
[Consistent AI] AI Utilities.rb:34:in `pbDefaultChooseEnemyCommand'
=================

Additionally, this message also appears on the Debug Log when this error happens:

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Damage calculations for: Capsakid
------------------------------------------
Razor Leaf damage on Wisp: 14 / 53
Exception `NameError' at [Consistent AI] AI Move EffectScores.rb:3090 - uninitialized constant PBEffects::ClearFlute
=================

DemICE · Sep 3, 2024

DemICE updated Consistent non-random AI - Revised! with a new update entry:

A small AI behavioral fix

Fixed AI getting insane scores on speed reducing moves like icy wind against slower pokemon when it could just OHKO them with another move instead.

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DemICE · Sep 3, 2024

Almeidarts said:
Hello! I've recently updated the script to 2.0, and in a battle against an opposing trainer's Capsakid, an error message appears when I select a move. The game doesn't crash and the move is executed, but the opponent's turn is skipped. This was the only time I've seen this error appear so far.

=================
[Pokémon Essentials version 20.1]
[v20.1 Hotfixes 1.0.7]

Exception: NameError
Message: uninitialized constant PBEffects::ClearFlute

Backtrace:
[Consistent AI] AI Move EffectScores.rb:3090:in `pbGetMoveScoreFunctionCode'
[Consistent AI] AI Move.rb:352:in `pbGetMoveScore'
[Consistent AI] AI Move.rb:178:in `pbRegisterMoveTrainer'
[Consistent AI] AI Move.rb:46:in `block in pbChooseMoves'
Battle_Battler:455:in `block in eachMoveWithIndex'
Battle_Battler:455:in `each'
Battle_Battler:455:in `each_with_index'
Battle_Battler:455:in `eachMoveWithIndex'
[Consistent AI] AI Move.rb:41:in `pbChooseMoves'
[Consistent AI] AI Utilities.rb:34:in `pbDefaultChooseEnemyCommand'
=================

Additionally, this message also appears on the Debug Log when this error happens:

=================
Damage calculations for: Capsakid
------------------------------------------
Razor Leaf damage on Wisp: 14 / 53
Exception `NameError' at [Consistent AI] AI Move EffectScores.rb:3090 - uninitialized constant PBEffects::ClearFlute
=================

Hi, I just saw this. I'll be fixing it. There are 4 instances of

|| @battle.field.effects[PBEffects::ClearFlute]>0

remnants from me working on Ashen Frost that had this item. I thought I cleaned everything Ashen Frost exclusive but i always forget that exists...

DemICE · Sep 3, 2024

RegalSword said:

Hello! I just finished installing v2.0 and tried entering a battle. This message pops up when I finish selecting a move. My move is executed but the opponent's turn is skipped.

Code:

=================

[2024-08-28 22:23:49 -0700]
[Pokémon Essentials version 20.1]
[v20.1 Hotfixes 1.0.7]

Exception: ArgumentError
Message: Invalid argument passed to method.
Expected [nil, 0] to be one of [Symbol, GameData::Item, String], but got Array.

Backtrace:
Validation:29:in `validate'
GameData:92:in `get'
[Generation 9 Pack] [003] Battle_AI.rb:69:in `pbEnemyShouldUseItem?'
[Essentials Deluxe] Battle.rb:375:in `pbDefaultChooseEnemyCommand'
[Consistent AI] AI Utilities.rb:2621:in `block in pbCommandPhaseLoop'
[Consistent AI] AI Utilities.rb:2566:in `loop'
[Consistent AI] AI Utilities.rb:2566:in `pbCommandPhaseLoop'
[Essentials Deluxe] Battle.rb:242:in `pbCommandPhase'
[Terastal Phenomenon] [004] Battle.rb:160:in `pbCommandPhase'
Battle_StartAndEnd:338:in `block (2 levels) in pbBattleLoop'

hi, just saw these.
It looks like your game is trying to call pbEnemyShouldUseItem? but this shouldn't be happening because i have commented that line out in def pbDefaultChooseEnemyCommand.
From your backtrace it looks like Essentials Deluxe has a version of def pbDefaultChooseEnemyCommand that is overriding mine.
I never found this issue because in my build Consistent AI loads after Essentials Deluxe.
I will be adding Optional = Essentials Deluxe,1.0 in my meta.txt. That should fix it.

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