Resource Z-Power [DBK Add-On] [v21.1] v1.0.9

[Lucidious89]

Lucidious89 submitted a new resource:

Z-Power [DBK Add-On] [v21.1] - Fully implements Z-Move & Ultra Burst mechanics from Gen 7 into Essentials!

Z-Power for v21.1
Fully implements Z-Move & Ultra Burst mechanics from Gen 7 into Essentials!

Overview
This plugin adds Z-Moves introduced in Pokemon Sun & Moon to your game, as well as the Ultra Burst mechanic from Pokemon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon. Both mechanics have been replicated here, along with all of the Z-Crystals for...

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[PauloJugoslavia]

Been looking forward to this!
Question, though; in the V20 version, I had a Z Move for Basculegion and another one for the female form. They both used the same Z Crystal to power up Wave Crash and Hydro Pump respectively. Reading the tutorial, I'm not sure it's possible to do this in this version. Should I just make two different Z Crystals for each form?

 

[Rot8er_ConeX]

Been looking forward to this!
Question, though; in the V20 version, I had a Z Move for Basculegion and another one for the female form. They both used the same Z Crystal to power up Wave Crash and Hydro Pump respectively. Reading the tutorial, I'm not sure it's possible to do this in this version. Should I just make two different Z Crystals for each form?

Yeah, I had something similar, giving Hisuian Decidueye a Z-Move that also used the Decidium Z.

 

[komeiji514]

By the way for people using Bag Screen with interactable Party you need some Graphics to match.

 

[Lucidious89]

Been looking forward to this!
Question, though; in the V20 version, I had a Z Move for Basculegion and another one for the female form. They both used the same Z Crystal to power up Wave Crash and Hydro Pump respectively. Reading the tutorial, I'm not sure it's possible to do this in this version. Should I just make two different Z Crystals for each form?

Each Z-Crystal can only be linked to a single move, so yes, you'd need different crystals for different moves. The previous iteration of the plugin was a bit more liberal with this, but limiting it to one move per crystal fits more in line with how it's supposed to work.

For example, Pikachu has access to two different exclusive Z-Moves: Catastropika and 10,000,00 Volt Thunderbolt. However, these are exclusive to specific forms of Pikachu, and thus require two different Z-Crystals. You cannot, for example, have one Z-Crystal pull double duty and have two different Z-Moves for two different forms. You need Pikanium Z for one Z-Move, and Pikashunium Z for the other.

Similarly, Alolan Raichu uses Aloraichium Z for its Z-Move. A theoretical exclusive Z-Move for base form Raichu would need its own crystal.

You can, however, do the opposite and have one Z-Crystal unlock the same Z-Move for multiple forms of the same species, or completely different species. Tapunium Z for example unlocks the same Z-Move for all of the Tapu's, and Lycanium Z unlocks the same Z-Move for all Lycanroc forms. But it can't unlock different Z-Moves for different species/forms.

 

[RodMagalhaes]

Hey, Lucidious89, thanks for another awesome plugin!
I'm loving this more streamlined approach on the plugins. It really helps people who want to use just one of the gimmicks and not the others, like my case.

I'd like to ask a question but it's ok if there's no easy way around it, as it's just a little detail.
Is there an easy way to move the Z-Crystal Pocket to pocket 6, replacing the Mail one, intead of creating pocket 9?

Again, thanks for the plugin, you absolutely rock

 

[Lucidious89]

Hey, Lucidious89, thanks for another awesome plugin!
I'm loving this more streamlined approach on the plugins. It really helps people who want to use just one of the gimmicks and not the others, like my case.

I'd like to ask a question but it's ok if there's no easy way around it, as it's just a little detail.
Is there an easy way to move the Z-Crystal Pocket to pocket 6, replacing the Mail one, intead of creating pocket 9?

Again, thanks for the plugin, you absolutely rock

Sure it's possible, but it requires a lot of tedious rejiggering of some scripts. Maybe I'll add a setting for this to let you manually assign the Z-Crystal pocket. Seems like a good idea.

 

[Lucidious89]

By the way for people using Bag Screen with interactable Party you need some Graphics to match.

I forgot that plugin existed. I guess I'll add that to the list of things to add in the next update.

 

[Lucidious89]

Yeah, I had something similar, giving Hisuian Decidueye a Z-Move that also used the Decidium Z.

Yeah, you need two different Z-Crystals to do that. Z-Crystals aren't supposed to be able to unlock more than one Z-Move. That was more of a loophole/quirk of the previous plugin, and not really an intended feature.

 

[komeiji514]

I forgot that plugin existed. I guess I'll add that to the list of things to add in the next update.

I have made my own one but thanks anyways. By the way, remember to adjust the positions of icons in scripts, which may confuse amateurs.

 

[PauloJugoslavia]

Each Z-Crystal can only be linked to a single move, so yes, you'd need different crystals for different moves. The previous iteration of the plugin was a bit more liberal with this, but limiting it to one move per crystal fits more in line with how it's supposed to work.

For example, Pikachu has access to two different exclusive Z-Moves: Catastropika and 10,000,00 Volt Thunderbolt. However, these are exclusive to specific forms of Pikachu, and thus require two different Z-Crystals. You cannot, for example, have one Z-Crystal pull double duty and have two different Z-Moves for two different forms. You need Pikanium Z for one Z-Move, and Pikashunium Z for the other.

Similarly, Alolan Raichu uses Aloraichium Z for its Z-Move. A theoretical exclusive Z-Move for base form Raichu would need its own crystal.

You can, however, do the opposite and have one Z-Crystal unlock the same Z-Move for multiple forms of the same species, or completely different species. Tapunium Z for example unlocks the same Z-Move for all of the Tapu's, and Lycanium Z unlocks the same Z-Move for all Lycanroc forms. But it can't unlock different Z-Moves for different species/forms.

Fair enough. Making another Z Crystal is simple enough, thanks!

 

[komeiji514]

By the way for developer using foreign language (me included lol) and wanting to use non-English Z-Move Titles this may be helpful.
Edit: I have noticed that Chinese Z-Move Titles are on 52poke wiki but there are no backgrounds.

3DS - Pokémon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon - Z-Move Titles - The Spriters Resource

3DS - Pokémon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon - Z-Move Titles - The #1 source for video game sprites on the internet!

www.spriters-resource.com

 

[Lucidious89]

Lucidious89 updated Z-Power [DBK Add-On] [v21.1] with a new update entry:

v1.0.1 Update

• Fixed a major oversight that would ignore all damage calculation modifiers. Damage should now calculate normally.
• Added new settings that allow you to manually assign the pocket used for Z-Crystals, and also rename it.
• Made the Z-Crystal pocket inherently compatible with the Bag Screen with interactable Party plugin. Z-Crystals will now also display party members who can use them when viewed in this plugin UI.

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[hoohohht]

Hello!

[Pokémon Essentials version 21.1]
[v21.1 Hotfixes 1.0.7]

Exception: RuntimeError
Message: Unknown ID CONFUSEDAMAGE.

Backtrace:
GameData:103:in `get'
[[DBK] Z-Power] [005] Battle_Move.rb:55:in `zMove?'
[[DBK] Z-Power] [005] Battle_Move.rb:63:in `pbBaseType'
Move_UsageCalculations:15:in `pbCalcType'
Battler_UseMove:118:in `pbConfusionDamage'
Battler_UseMoveSuccessChecks:270:in `pbTryUseMove'
[Generation 9 Pack] [003] Weather and Status.rb:489:in `pbTryUseMove'
[Deluxe Battle Kit] [001] Midbattle Overwrites.rb:448:in `pbTryUseMove'
[[DBK] Z-Power] [003] Battle_Misc.rb:212:in `pbTryUseMove'
Battler_UseMove:181:in `pbUseMove'

It shows this error everytime the Pokemon is going to hit themselves when confused. If it's not hitting itself, it won't show.
When it shows and I press ENTER, the game seems to roll "self-damage chance" immediately again and, if it rolls self-damage, it's shows the error again on the same Pokemon's turn. If it doesn't, it attacks normally and the game continues. Althout the roll is done on the same turn, the number of turns the Pokemon spends confused actually seem to count.

Ex:
Turn 1: Pokemon gets confused and tries to attack -> Self-hit = error (confused counter 1) no damage from self-hit
Since it shows the error, it will roll again
Turn 1: Pokemon gets confused and tries to attack -> Self-hit = error (confused counter 2) no damage from self-hit
Turn 1: Pokemon is no longer confused -> attacks normally


Thanks

 

[Lucidious89]

Hello!

[Pokémon Essentials version 21.1]
[v21.1 Hotfixes 1.0.7]

Exception: RuntimeError
Message: Unknown ID CONFUSEDAMAGE.

Backtrace:
GameData:103:in `get'
[[DBK] Z-Power] [005] Battle_Move.rb:55:in `zMove?'
[[DBK] Z-Power] [005] Battle_Move.rb:63:in `pbBaseType'
Move_UsageCalculations:15:in `pbCalcType'
Battler_UseMove:118:in `pbConfusionDamage'
Battler_UseMoveSuccessChecks:270:in `pbTryUseMove'
[Generation 9 Pack] [003] Weather and Status.rb:489:in `pbTryUseMove'
[Deluxe Battle Kit] [001] Midbattle Overwrites.rb:448:in `pbTryUseMove'
[[DBK] Z-Power] [003] Battle_Misc.rb:212:in `pbTryUseMove'
Battler_UseMove:181:in `pbUseMove'

It shows this error everytime the Pokemon is going to hit themselves when confused. If it's not hitting itself, it won't show.
When it shows and I press ENTER, the game seems to roll "self-damage chance" immediately again and, if it rolls self-damage, it's shows the error again on the same Pokemon's turn. If it doesn't, it attacks normally and the game continues. Althout the roll is done on the same turn, the number of turns the Pokemon spends confused actually seem to count.

Ex:
Turn 1: Pokemon gets confused and tries to attack -> Self-hit = error (confused counter 1) no damage from self-hit
Since it shows the error, it will roll again
Turn 1: Pokemon gets confused and tries to attack -> Self-hit = error (confused counter 2) no damage from self-hit
Turn 1: Pokemon is no longer confused -> attacks normally


Thanks

Huh, interesting. I guess it's trying to check if the self-hit from confusion is flagged as a Z-Move, but the move obviously doesn't exist. That's a weird interaction I wouldn't have ever thought of. I wonder if this has always been a thing even in the ZUD plugin and simply nobody noticed until now lol.

 

[PauloJugoslavia]

I don't know if I would call this a bug or anything, but it's a very specific and funny interaction. I never tested it in v20's ZUD until now, I get the same error basically. I made an exclusive Z Move that raises speed... for a Pkmn with Sheer Force as one of its abilities. The move always fails and I get this error. If I change its ability, the move works as intended.
[Pokémon Essentials version 21.1]
[v21.1 Hotfixes 1.0.7]

Exception: NameError
Message: undefined local variable or method `move' for #<Battle::ZMove::RaiseUserSpeed1>

Backtrace:
Move_UsageCalculations:545:in `pbFlinchChance'
[Generation 9 Pack] [001] Battle.rb:286:in `pbFlinchChance'
Battler_UseMove:734:in `block in pbProcessMoveHit'
Battler_UseMove:731:in `each'
Battler_UseMove:731:in `pbProcessMoveHit'
Battler_UseMove:418:in `block in pbUseMove'
Battler_UseMove:416:in `times'
Battler_UseMove:416:in `pbUseMove'
[[DBK] Z-Power] [003] Battle_Misc.rb:204:in `pbUseMove'
[Deluxe Battle Kit] [001] Animation Utilities.rb:188:in `block in pbProcessTurn'

 

[Lucidious89]

I don't know if I would call this a bug or anything, but it's a very specific and funny interaction. I never tested it in v20's ZUD until now, I get the same error basically. I made an exclusive Z Move that raises speed... for a Pkmn with Sheer Force as one of its abilities. The move always fails and I get this error. If I change its ability, the move works as intended.
[Pokémon Essentials version 21.1]
[v21.1 Hotfixes 1.0.7]

Exception: NameError
Message: undefined local variable or method `move' for #<Battle::ZMove::RaiseUserSpeed1>

Backtrace:
Move_UsageCalculations:545:in `pbFlinchChance'
[Generation 9 Pack] [001] Battle.rb:286:in `pbFlinchChance'
Battler_UseMove:734:in `block in pbProcessMoveHit'
Battler_UseMove:731:in `each'
Battler_UseMove:731:in `pbProcessMoveHit'
Battler_UseMove:418:in `block in pbUseMove'
Battler_UseMove:416:in `times'
Battler_UseMove:416:in `pbUseMove'
[[DBK] Z-Power] [003] Battle_Misc.rb:204:in `pbUseMove'
[Deluxe Battle Kit] [001] Animation Utilities.rb:188:in `block in pbProcessTurn'

This actually doesn't look like a plugin error at all to me. You must have some custom code related to flinching in your game, because I'm on vanilla Essentials and the section Move_UsageCalculations stated in your error only has 515 lines, but your error says the issue was triggered on line 545. So that's not possible unless you have some custom code.

Also, "move" isn't defined anywhere in the vanilla pbFlinchChance script, so once again, this seems like a custom code issue on your part.

 

[hoohohht]

Huh, interesting. I guess it's trying to check if the self-hit from confusion is flagged as a Z-Move, but the move obviously doesn't exist. That's a weird interaction I wouldn't have ever thought of. I wonder if this has always been a thing even in the ZUD plugin and simply nobody noticed until now lol.

Hello, I used ZUD and this behaviour never existed

Edit:
by "used" I mean "tried". Never published anything with it included

 

[PauloJugoslavia]

This actually doesn't look like a plugin error at all to me. You must have some custom code related to flinching in your game, because I'm on vanilla Essentials and the section Move_UsageCalculations stated in your error only has 515 lines, but your error says the issue was triggered on line 545. So that's not possible unless you have some custom code.

Also, "move" isn't defined anywhere in the vanilla pbFlinchChance script, so once again, this seems like a custom code issue on your part.

Fixed it lol. Sorry about the mix-up.

 

[hoohohht]

Huh, interesting. I guess it's trying to check if the self-hit from confusion is flagged as a Z-Move, but the move obviously doesn't exist. That's a weird interaction I wouldn't have ever thought of. I wonder if this has always been a thing even in the ZUD plugin and simply nobody noticed until now lol.

In "Plugins > [DBK_004] Z-Power > [005] Battle_Move.rb "adding the line in bold fixes it:
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Returns true if this move is a Z-Move or a Z-Powered status move.
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
def zMove?
return false if @id == :STRUGGLE
return false if @id == :CONFUSEDAMAGE
return GameData::Move.get(@id).zMove? || @status_zmove
end