Resource Pokemon Contests and Pokeblocks [Beta] 0.7.1

[Tlozyp_Tina]

Hello! First of all I want to say I'm deeply thankful for you creating this plugin! And the documentation doc has been really useful since I'm a complete novice in fangame making so I haven't gotten a grasp on anything yet, haha...
Now, please forgive the question but, which .rb document or script would I have to slightly edit to move the heart reactions for the contests?
I'm using HGSS style sprites and when testing the plugin, the heart animation in the presentation round clips ever so slightly on the NPCs, so I'd like to change the y position, but I'm unsure where I have to make such change.

Thank you for your hard work!

 

[wrigty12]

Hello! First of all I want to say I'm deeply thankful for you creating this plugin! And the documentation doc has been really useful since I'm a complete novice in fangame making so I haven't gotten a grasp on anything yet, haha...
Now, please forgive the question but, which .rb document or script would I have to slightly edit to move the heart reactions for the contests?
I'm using HGSS style sprites and when testing the plugin, the heart animation in the presentation round clips ever so slightly on the NPCs, so I'd like to change the y position, but I'm unsure where I have to make such change.

Thank you for your hard work!

In 008_Contest_Core, in the ShowCrowdHearts function, in both places where event.y is, just adjust that value as you need

 

[wrigty12]

wrigty12 updated Pokemon Contests and Pokeblocks [Beta] with a new update entry:

Update 0.7 - Berry Core and Dex requirement; Crash handling; Animated Crowd

BEFORE UPDATING ANY FILES: If you have made any edits to files related to this plugin, including movex_contest.txt in PBS or the Settings for the plugin, make sure to make a backup of those files before updating the plugin. If you copy over files to update, it will overwrite your changes.

Change Log:

• Pokeblocks plugin now requires the...

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[wrigty12]

wrigty12 updated Pokemon Contests and Pokeblocks [Beta] with a new update entry:

Update 0.7.1 - New animation options setting, some moved code

BEFORE UPDATING ANY FILES: If you have made any edits to files related to this plugin, including movex_contest.txt in PBS or the Settings for the plugin, make sure to make a backup of those files before updating the plugin. If you copy over files to update, it will overwrite your changes.

Change Log:

• Added an in-game setting to allow disabling animations during a Contest.
• Moved some code to...

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[lvl30bear]

Hi! I don't know if the gain pokeblock command is working?

Spoiler: error code

[2023-11-14 20:29:59 -0600]
[Pokémon Essentials version 20.1]
[v20.1 Hotfixes 1.0.7]

Script error in event 5 (coords 18,11), map 19 (contest hall)
Exception: NoMethodError
Message: undefined method `color' for Pokeblock:Class

***Full script:
pbCreatePokeblock(:Red,[5,0,0,0,0])
pbGainPokeblock(Pokeblock)

Backtrace:
[Pokeblocks v20.1] 005_Pokeblock_Data.rb:46:in `block in sortPokeblocks'
[Pokeblocks v20.1] 005_Pokeblock_Data.rb:46:in `each'
[Pokeblocks v20.1] 005_Pokeblock_Data.rb:46:in `sort_by'
[Pokeblocks v20.1] 005_Pokeblock_Data.rb:46:in `sort_by!'
[Pokeblocks v20.1] 005_Pokeblock_Data.rb:46:in `sortPokeblocks'
[Pokeblocks v20.1] 005_Pokeblock_Data.rb:38:in `gainPokeblock'
[Pokeblocks v20.1] 007_Pokeblock_Items_and_Commands.rb:27:in `pbGainPokeblock'
(eval):2:in `execute_script'
033:Interpreter:143:in `eval'
033:Interpreter:143:in `execute_script'

Am I putting these script events in the correct order, or is something else going amiss?

 

[wrigty12]

Hi! I don't know if the gain pokeblock command is working?

Spoiler: error code

[2023-11-14 20:29:59 -0600]
[Pokémon Essentials version 20.1]
[v20.1 Hotfixes 1.0.7]

Script error in event 5 (coords 18,11), map 19 (contest hall)
Exception: NoMethodError
Message: undefined method `color' for Pokeblock:Class

***Full script:
pbCreatePokeblock(:Red,[5,0,0,0,0])
pbGainPokeblock(Pokeblock)

Backtrace:
[Pokeblocks v20.1] 005_Pokeblock_Data.rb:46:in `block in sortPokeblocks'
[Pokeblocks v20.1] 005_Pokeblock_Data.rb:46:in `each'
[Pokeblocks v20.1] 005_Pokeblock_Data.rb:46:in `sort_by'
[Pokeblocks v20.1] 005_Pokeblock_Data.rb:46:in `sort_by!'
[Pokeblocks v20.1] 005_Pokeblock_Data.rb:46:in `sortPokeblocks'
[Pokeblocks v20.1] 005_Pokeblock_Data.rb:38:in `gainPokeblock'
[Pokeblocks v20.1] 007_Pokeblock_Items_and_Commands.rb:27:in `pbGainPokeblock'
(eval):2:in `execute_script'
033:Interpreter:143:in `eval'
033:Interpreter:143:in `execute_script'

Am I putting these script events in the correct order, or is something else going amiss?

Can you show me what event/script you're calling this in? color is definitely a function of the Pokeblock class.

If your event looks something like this:

Then your problem is you're passing "Pokeblock" which isn't defined. You need to either set it up assigning the pokeblock you created to a variable and pass that, like this:

block = pbCreatePokeblock(:Red,[5,0,0,0,0])
pbGainPokeblock(block)

Or you just stick in the pbCreatePokeblock command directly into the pbGainPokeblock, like this:

pbGainPokeblock(pbCreatePokeblock(:Red,[5,0,0,0,0]))

 

[lvl30bear]

Can you show me what event/script you're calling this in? color is definitely a function of the Pokeblock class.

If your event looks something like this:
View attachment 22643
Then your problem is you're passing "Pokeblock" which isn't defined. You need to either set it up assigning the pokeblock you created to a variable and pass that, like this:
View attachment 22644

block = pbCreatePokeblock(:Red,[5,0,0,0,0])
pbGainPokeblock(block)

Or you just stick in the pbCreatePokeblock command directly into the pbGainPokeblock, like this:
View attachment 22645

pbGainPokeblock(pbCreatePokeblock(:Red,[5,0,0,0,0]))

this works! It was a problem of it not being formatted correctly (and in two scripts)
It might be worth putting this as a example in the documentation because I didnt know you had to define what (block) meant, or that I could do the last event in that order, though that might be a reading comprehension problem from me

 

[wrigty12]

this works! It was a problem of it not being formatted correctly (and in two scripts)
It might be worth putting this as a example in the documentation because I didnt know you had to define what (block) meant, or that I could do the last event in that order, though that might be a reading comprehension problem from me

I went back and read through my documentation when writing out my steps to help you, and I agree an example would be great to include. I'll do so in the next update!

 

[DolinGaming]

I hope to see this updated soon i really enjoy the contest halls

 

[lvl30bear]

Is there currently a way to have a event know if it won the last contest or not? Not in the way that the posters do it, but if I have a trainer be included in the next contest, is there a array or variable that tracks if said trainer won or lost(or at least not first, or below in ranking to the player)? If there is, how would I go about including it? I want a trainer to reference if they lost in the next contest they are included in, and reward a item if they lost to the trainer, or gloat that they won. If its not possible, then thats ok!

 

[wrigty12]

Is there currently a way to have a event know if it won the last contest or not? Not in the way that the posters do it, but if I have a trainer be included in the next contest, is there a array or variable that tracks if said trainer won or lost(or at least not first, or below in ranking to the player)? If there is, how would I go about including it? I want a trainer to reference if they lost in the next contest they are included in, and reward a item if they lost to the trainer, or gloat that they won. If its not possible, then thats ok!

pbGetLastContestWinner would be the closest that exists right now. The array it returns includes the trainer object that won. So you could do pbGetLastContestWinner[0] to get a trainer object and then check it. Or, if you wanted to just look at the name, you could do something like pbGetLastContestWinner(namesOnly: true)[0] == "Ash"

 

[lvl30bear]

is there a chance of bringing this to v21?

 

[wrigty12]

is there a chance of bringing this to v21?

It's on my "It's going to take a bit of work, and I haven't found a chunk of time to sit down and do it" list, unfortunately.

 

[komeiji514]

It's on my "It's going to take a bit of work, and I haven't found a chunk of time to sit down and do it" list, unfortunately.

I will wait anyway.

 

[lavendersiren]

Alright, I'm going to try getting this to work in v21 because I have the time for it and want to add contests to my new game anyways.

- First of all, the initial error is in regards to Struggle. According to the changelog for v21, struggle was removed from moves.txt.
After that was removed, I was able to testplay without instant errors.

• libpng complained about the srgb profile of a bunch of stuff in the output window, though that seems of relatively low concern.
• However, upon starting up the berry blender, the game takes a very very long time to do the countdown.

I later found out that pbwait was recently changed to use seconds instead of frames in v21, which forced me to change all the wait times.
- I ran into some issues regarding a change in how the UI stuff is now in its own folder in v21. To remedy that, I pasted the summary pictures into the Bag folder under UI. The reminder stuff had a significantly different file name structure than the rest.

• Also, where is crowd_animated? That particular asset was just straight-up missing.
• The current issue I'm stuck at is during the appeal section, which has a really long wait before the animation for a move takes place, but I can't find the pbWait associated with waiting for a move, and there's an issue with pbWaitCrowd still being frames-based, though that might just be sloppy conversion on my part.
• Another thing, the prebaked move event stuff needs to be in all-caps rather than title caps.

Hopefully this covers enough to be useful.

 

[wrigty12]

Alright, I'm going to try getting this to work in v21 because I have the time for it and want to add contests to my new game anyways.

- First of all, the initial error is in regards to Struggle. According to the changelog for v21, struggle was removed from moves.txt.
After that was removed, I was able to testplay without instant errors.

• libpng complained about the srgb profile of a bunch of stuff in the output window, though that seems of relatively low concern.
• However, upon starting up the berry blender, the game takes a very very long time to do the countdown.

I later found out that pbwait was recently changed to use seconds instead of frames in v21, which forced me to change all the wait times.
- I ran into some issues regarding a change in how the UI stuff is now in its own folder in v21. To remedy that, I pasted the summary pictures into the Bag folder under UI. The reminder stuff had a significantly different file name structure than the rest.

• Also, where is crowd_animated? That particular asset was just straight-up missing.
• The current issue I'm stuck at is during the appeal section, which has a really long wait before the animation for a move takes place, but I can't find the pbWait associated with waiting for a move, and there's an issue with pbWaitCrowd still being frames-based, though that might just be sloppy conversion on my part.
• Another thing, the prebaked move event stuff needs to be in all-caps rather than title caps.

Hopefully this covers enough to be useful.

Yep, the frame changes with pbWait was one of the biggest reasons I've put updating this off.

Libpng errors are benign. I never used to make sure they were corrected, but I started doing so with my more recent plugins

I thought I re-uploaded the zip file with the crowd_animated file.. it was reported to be missing a while ago. I'll have to double check tonight.

Thanks for the list though, if/when I ever get around to updating it, it's nice to have that investigation already!

 

[lavendersiren]

Okay, I got everything in the contest scene working without crashes now!
In move_functions, I found a bunch of wtnp[30]'s, which were the cause of the extra long pauses. I mass converted them to wtnp[0.3] and now things are so much quicker.
Something of note is I'm getting these sorta messages:
Exception `RangeError' at [Pokemon Contests Script] 008_Contest_Core.rb:302 - "40540" is recycled object
Not sure what that means, especially since line 302 just has @viewport.dispose on it.

In regards to pokeblocks, I wound up getting an error during berry blender with the gym leaders in the contest lobby, with Lite Blue being an unknown ID? I was able to blend an olive pokeblock just fine.

One thing for sure, I am so glad that notepad++ has such good search and replace tools. It definitely made things easier for me.

 

[Radical Raptr]

I think its really cool to see a contest script come to form! I always regretting never understanding or experimenting with contests before so its cool to see someone implementing it!

Can you update the credits from "Saving Raven" to "Radical Raptr" I don't use that username anymore, thanks!

 

[GratefulTrainer]

Hi! Thanks for updating and maintaining this script!

I'm playing around with the sample project and trying to understand the required methods and generally getting to know how plugins work (as opposed to scripts). I can use the berry blender and it consumes berries but how do I view the resulting items in inventory, consume them, and view pokeblock effects on my pokemon in the sample project? I don't see any resulting items in Red's inventory after playing the berry blending minigame.
Found it! I could just add an event to the sample map with script "pbPokeblockKit()" to trigger the kit for pokeblock UI.