Resource Innate Abilities (Yet Another "All Abilities Mutation" mod) 1.5.3

[Gou Laurens]

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[Tsoukinator]

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Without jumping into the code itself, it looks like the error is another file load error.

Is your innate sets.txt file formatted exactly the same as the sample file provided by Sonicover?

(Also, a tip, whenever you have an error, the details normally output to the file "errorlog.txt" in your project directory).

 

[Gou Laurens]

Without jumping into the code itself, it looks like the error is another file load error.

Is your innate sets.txt file formatted exactly the same as the sample file provided by Sonicover?

(Also, a tip, whenever you have an error, the details normally output to the file "errorlog.txt" in your project directory).

where can i find the project directory?

 

[Tsoukinator]

where can i find the project directory?

It's the folder you run RPG Maker from. Where your current project files and folders are.

 

[Sonicover]

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Can I see how did you defined the contents in your innate_sets file? Both error appear to be from the same origin

 

[Gou Laurens]

Can I see how did you defined the contents in your innate_sets file? Both error appear to be from the same origin

Ah, yes because i had the innates defined in Pokémon pbs, i only copy AND paste that info in the innate sets, so, should be this the thing that Is messing around?

 

[Tsoukinator]

Ah, yes because i had the innates defined in Pokémon pbs, i only copy AND paste that info in the innate sets, so, should be this the thing that Is messing around?

Define each Pokemon you want Innates assigned to within the new innate_sets.txt file.
This file needs to be updated/saved in your PBS directory.

Use the example Sonicover provided to create your own entries for any Pokemon you want to assign innates to.

Here is the example they provided.

#----------------------------------------
[AGGRON]
Innates = FILTER,STURDY
#----------------------------------------
[AGGRON_1] #<- Mega Aggron. Use POKEMON_X, with X that form's number
Innates = STURDY,HEAVYMETAL,PUREARMOR
#----------------------------------------
[METAGROSS] # <- Example for Metagross, having three potential sets (groups) of innates they can be assigned.
Innates1 = SANDVEIL,STURDY,CLEARBODY
Innates2 = FILTER,CLEARBODY
Innates3 = PLUS,MINUS,ELECTRICSURGE
#----------------------------------------

 

[Sonicover]

Ah, yes because i had the innates defined in Pokémon pbs, i only copy AND paste that info in the innate sets, so, should be this the thing that Is messing around?

Most likely, this error alongside the previous one happen because the innate_sets.txt keeps containing troublesome lines. In this case, it's because it finds a nil line that it's trying to call "empty?" on.
Copy-pasting straight from the pokemon.txt file from previous versions shouldn't be the problem because both versions used the property "Innates =", with the same case-sensitivity.

For your situation, be sure that your Innate_sets.txt has no empty lines or that all lines are properly defined

Always go for this:

#----------------------------------------
[POKEMONID]
Innates = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3
#----------------------------------------
[POKEMONID]
Innates1 = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3
Innates2 = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3
#----------------------------------------
#
# <- Use # if you want to leave empty spaces
#
#----------------------------------------
[POKEMONID]
Innates = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3

Try to avoid this: Empty lines

#----------------------------------------

[MACHAMP]
  
   Innates = IRONFIST
  
 [POKEMONID]
Innates1 = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3

Innates2 = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3

Innates3 = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3

 [POKEMONID]
 
 [POKEMONID]

Because even if it compiles theres no guarantee it will behave as intended.

Outside of that be sure to recompile and start a new file. If even with these modifications the problem persist feel free to share your innate_sets files so I can check it and can better recreate your trouble for a more inmediate solution

 

[Gou Laurens]

Most likely, this error alongside the previous one happen because the innate_sets.txt keeps containing troublesome lines. In this case, it's because it finds a nil line that it's trying to call "empty?" on.
Copy-pasting straight from the pokemon.txt file from previous versions shouldn't be the problem because both versions used the property "Innates =", with the same case-sensitivity.

For your situation, be sure that your Innate_sets.txt has no empty lines or that all lines are properly defined

Always go for this:

#----------------------------------------
[POKEMONID]
Innates = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3
#----------------------------------------
[POKEMONID]
Innates1 = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3
Innates2 = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3
#----------------------------------------
#
# <- Use # if you want to leave empty spaces
#
#----------------------------------------
[POKEMONID]
Innates = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3

Try to avoid this: Empty lines

#----------------------------------------

[MACHAMP]
 
   Innates = IRONFIST
 
 [POKEMONID]
Innates1 = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3

Innates2 = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3

Innates3 = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3

 [POKEMONID]
 
 [POKEMONID]

Because even if it compiles theres no guarantee it will behave as intended.

Outside of that be sure to recompile and start a new file. If even with these modifications the problem persist feel free to share your innate_sets files so I can check it and can better recreate your trouble for a more inmediate solution

Ok, i Will be checking later, it's there are also problems i Will senda you the file

 

[Gou Laurens]

Most likely, this error alongside the previous one happen because the innate_sets.txt keeps containing troublesome lines. In this case, it's because it finds a nil line that it's trying to call "empty?" on.
Copy-pasting straight from the pokemon.txt file from previous versions shouldn't be the problem because both versions used the property "Innates =", with the same case-sensitivity.

For your situation, be sure that your Innate_sets.txt has no empty lines or that all lines are properly defined

Always go for this:

#----------------------------------------
[POKEMONID]
Innates = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3
#----------------------------------------
[POKEMONID]
Innates1 = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3
Innates2 = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3
#----------------------------------------
#
# <- Use # if you want to leave empty spaces
#
#----------------------------------------
[POKEMONID]
Innates = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3

Try to avoid this: Empty lines

#----------------------------------------

[MACHAMP]
 
   Innates = IRONFIST
 
 [POKEMONID]
Innates1 = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3

Innates2 = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3

Innates3 = ABILITY1,ABILITY2,ABILITY3

 [POKEMONID]
 
 [POKEMONID]

Because even if it compiles theres no guarantee it will behave as intended.

Outside of that be sure to recompile and start a new file. If even with these modifications the problem persist feel free to share your innate_sets files so I can check it and can better recreate your trouble for a more inmediate solution

https://github.com/Cumbiagou/Innate-sets

 

[SigMo]

Hey, one other thing, because I know you want to retire the project already - but I was wondering if there might be a way to make it so that while a player might not have all their innate abilities activated, an npc will have all their innates activated. I imagine it would be as simple as adding another if-else statement to the set_innate_limits function, which would function identically to the if self.hasAbilityMutation? check but for opponents with its own in-game variable, not that I know what the call for an opponent's Pokemon is, and I also wouldn't make this change without your permission. I attached a theoretical if-else statement to this message, but I want to wait for your permission before I try it out.

if (insert opponent call here).hasAbilityMutation?
      if Settings::INNATE_PROGRESS_WITH_VARIABLE && !Settings::INNATE_PROGRESS_WITH_LEVEL
        push_ability_count = case $game_variables[Settings::INNATE_PROGRESS_VARIABLE_FOE]
                             when 1 then 1
                             when 2 then 2
                             when 3 then active_innates.size
                             else 0
                             end
        active_innates.each_with_index do |ability, index|
          speciesAbilities.push(ability)
          break if index + 1 >= push_ability_count
        end

 

[Sonicover]

https://github.com/Cumbiagou/Innate-sets

...well. I see the problem

You copied and pasted EVERYTHING lol.

Delete everything that is not the [Pokemon] and the Innates =. Those are the only 2 things the innate_sets should contain per pokemon

 

[Gou Laurens]

...well. I see the problem

You copied and pasted EVERYTHING lol.

Delete everything that is not the [Pokemon] and the Innates =. Those are the only 2 things the innate_sets should contain per pokemon

i have added the # to solve the problem, but it still gives me the second error

 

[Sonicover]

Hey, one other thing, because I know you want to retire the project already - but I was wondering if there might be a way to make it so that while a player might not have all their innate abilities activated, an npc will have all their innates activated. I imagine it would be as simple as adding another if-else statement to the set_innate_limits function, which would function identically to the if self.hasAbilityMutation? check but for opponents with its own in-game variable, not that I know what the call for an opponent's Pokemon is, and I also wouldn't make this change without your permission. I attached a theoretical if-else statement to this message, but I want to wait for your permission before I try it out.

if (insert opponent call here).hasAbilityMutation?
      if Settings::INNATE_PROGRESS_WITH_VARIABLE && !Settings::INNATE_PROGRESS_WITH_LEVEL
        push_ability_count = case $game_variables[Settings::INNATE_PROGRESS_VARIABLE_FOE]
                             when 1 then 1
                             when 2 then 2
                             when 3 then active_innates.size
                             else 0
                             end
        active_innates.each_with_index do |ability, index|
          speciesAbilities.push(ability)
          break if index + 1 >= push_ability_count
        end

Sorry for the late reply. I needed to be in my pc for it. Sure, feel free to modify as much of my script as you want, and dont' worry, the project won't be retired nor I will stop adding features to it, I just don't want to neglect my game for now

The bit of code that you are trying to modify it's in the Pokemon Class. I'd say you'll have a much easier time modifying the one defined in AAM Battler. This bit:

alias abilityMutations_pbInitPokemon pbInitPokemon
    def pbInitPokemon(pkmn, idxParty)
        abilityMutations_pbInitPokemon(pkmn, idxParty)

        # Initialize the innate abilities if not already set
        pkmn.assign_innate_abilities if pkmn.active_innates.empty?
        
        # Set the original innates of the pokemon
        pkmn.save_original_innates

        # Set the ability mutation list using the new method
        @abilityMutationList = pkmn.set_innate_limits
    end

This is the code responsible for loading the whole list of ability + innates to a pokemon.

The relevant bit of code for your needs is @abilityMutationList = pkmn.set_innate_limits . set_innate_limits runs the code you tried to modify that checks for if the variable is on or the pokemon level if the setting is on, and after the appropriate filtering, stores the remaining innates in speciesAbilities, but the total innates a pokemon has, after it both checked if it has custom innates and after the randomization and all that stuff it's stored in active_innates, so you'll only need to do this code in AAM Battler

if (your code that checks for the battlers position and whatever conditional you want)
    @abilityMutationList = pkmn.active_innates
else
    @abilityMutationList = pkmn.set_innate_limits
end

 

[Tsoukinator]

i have added the # to solve the problem, but it still gives me the second error

The current data you have is incorrect.

Instead of having ALL the data, your Pokemon should appear like this.
Here are the first three as an example.

You should only have:
1. The ID of the Pokemon, their name in all capital letters, surrounded by square brackets (e.g. [BULBASAUR]
2. The word "Innates" followed by an "=" and an all capital letter list of all the innate abilities you want to give your Pokemon.

This is what the first 3 Pokemon in your innate sets file should look like. All other Pokemon need to follow this format, otherwise your file will not work.
innate_sets.txt

#-------------------------------
[BULBASAUR]
Innates = HUGEPOWER
#-------------------------------
[IVYSAUR]
Innates = HUGEPOWER
#-------------------------------
[VENUSAUR]
Innates = HUGEPOWER,INTIMIDATE

 

[Tsoukinator]

i have added the # to solve the problem, but it still gives me the second error

Here is an example innates_set.txt file you can use.
I have given every Pokemon two sets of possible innates they can have - and within each set, they can have two innates.
I have only assigned the same innates over and over again, so feel free to change this as you please.
And remember - you don't have to mention every Pokemon in this file - just the ones you want to have innate abilities.


View: https://pastebin.com/Z226tQLm

 

[Bguy7]

As always, thanks for all the updates. You're doing a great job with this resource.

One thing that did come to my attention is the way that innates re-randomize when a Pokémon evolves or changes form while using the innate randomizer function. Typically, if a Pokémon evolves or changes form, either its ability will stay the same (a Bisharp with Defiant will always evolve into a Kingambit with Defiant) or specific abilities will change into another specific ability (a Bisharp with Inner Focus will always evolve into a Kingambit with Supreme Overload). Nothing ever is re-randomized. For consistency sake, it would be nice to have the option to have the innates behave the same as regular abilities and either maintain them or have then turn into the ability listed in the same index number of the new Pokémon/form.

 

[Sonicover]

i have added the # to solve the problem, but it still gives me the second error

I tried using your innate_sets file, with the surprise that it actually loads properly, and tried removing the file completely from the PBS folder, resulting in a different error than yours.

I basically haven't been able to recreate your error, specially after the update. The error results because of a nil line line being read, which either does not exist or using notepad ++ avoids recreating somehow. Id say delete (or move) your pluginScripts file in the Data folder and force a recompile. Also make sure no other file is missing from the plugin folder.
I'd check the error more in depth

 

[Sonicover]

As always, thanks for all the updates. You're doing a great job with this resource.

One thing that did come to my attention is the way that innates re-randomize when a Pokémon evolves or changes form while using the innate randomizer function. Typically, if a Pokémon evolves or changes form, either its ability will stay the same (a Bisharp with Defiant will always evolve into a Kingambit with Defiant) or specific abilities will change into another specific ability (a Bisharp with Inner Focus will always evolve into a Kingambit with Supreme Overload). Nothing ever is re-randomized. For consistency sake, it would be nice to have the option to have the innates behave the same as regular abilities and either maintain them or have then turn into the ability listed in the same index number of the new Pokémon/form.

Before we go any further: No, i'm not adding Hidden Innates.

That being said thats rather tricky to implement. Evolution remains consisten because of ability index, yes, so I'll have to re-writte some of the code to make the innate sets be considered indexes. Perhaps they can be considered each an index based on it's order, so if you have

[POKEMON]
Innates1 = BLA,BLA,BLA #<- Index 1
Innates2 = HAMANA,HAMANA,HAMANA #<- Index 2
Innates3 = ABIL,ABIL,ABIL #<- Index 3

Instead of randomly pick one innate set it'll randomly pick one available innate index number and simply search upon evolving if the pokemon has that innate set.

However if I do it like that, if a pokemon has 2 innate sets and evolves into a pokemon with 3 sets, it will never pick the third set. That could be solved by adding a third innate set in the original pokemon but at that point you are messing with the odds. Idk, It'll require some messing around.
Interesting idea, I might add it after I release the first beta of my project.

 

[SigMo]

Sorry for the late reply. I needed to be in my pc for it. Sure, feel free to modify as much of my script as you want, and dont' worry, the project won't be retired nor I will stop adding features to it, I just don't want to neglect my game for now

The bit of code that you are trying to modify it's in the Pokemon Class. I'd say you'll have a much easier time modifying the one defined in AAM Battler. This bit:

alias abilityMutations_pbInitPokemon pbInitPokemon
    def pbInitPokemon(pkmn, idxParty)
        abilityMutations_pbInitPokemon(pkmn, idxParty)

        # Initialize the innate abilities if not already set
        pkmn.assign_innate_abilities if pkmn.active_innates.empty?
       
        # Set the original innates of the pokemon
        pkmn.save_original_innates

        # Set the ability mutation list using the new method
        @abilityMutationList = pkmn.set_innate_limits
    end

This is the code responsible for loading the whole list of ability + innates to a pokemon.

The relevant bit of code for your needs is @abilityMutationList = pkmn.set_innate_limits . set_innate_limits runs the code you tried to modify that checks for if the variable is on or the pokemon level if the setting is on, and after the appropriate filtering, stores the remaining innates in speciesAbilities, but the total innates a pokemon has, after it both checked if it has custom innates and after the randomization and all that stuff it's stored in active_innates, so you'll only need to do this code in AAM Battler

if (your code that checks for the battlers position and whatever conditional you want)
    @abilityMutationList = pkmn.active_innates
else
    @abilityMutationList = pkmn.set_innate_limits
end

Hey man, so first, no worries about the late response. Secondly, I tried making the edit to the file to where you recommended as so:

alias abilityMutations_pbInitPokemon pbInitPokemon
    def pbInitPokemon(pkmn, idxParty)
        abilityMutations_pbInitPokemon(pkmn, idxParty)

        # Initialize the innate abilities if not already set
        pkmn.assign_innate_abilities if pkmn.active_innates.empty?
        
        # Set the original innates of the pokemon
        pkmn.save_original_innates

        # Set the ability mutation list using the new method
        if (!battler.pbOwnedByPlayer?)
            @abilityMutationList = pkmn.active_innates
            else
            @abilityMutationList = pkmn.set_innate_limits
        end
    end

But when getting into an encounter, the game crashes with this message:
[Pokémon Essentials version 21.1]
[v21.1 Hotfixes 1.0.9]

Exception: NameError
Message: undefined local variable or method `battler' for #<Battle::Battler>

Backtrace:
[Innate Abilities] AAM Battler.rb:93:in `pbInitPokemon'
Battler_Initialize:61:in `pbInitialize'
[[DBK] Animated Pokémon System] [006] Battler Sprites.rb:395:in `pbInitialize'
Battle_StartAndEnd:117:in `pbCreateBattler'
Battle_StartAndEnd:153:in `block (3 levels) in pbSetUpSides'
Battle:411:in `block in eachInTeam'
Battle:411:in `each'
Battle:411:in `each_with_index'
Battle:411:in `eachInTeam'
Battle_StartAndEnd:150:in `block (2 levels) in pbSetUpSides'

To remedy this, I tried adding a 'battler' parameter to the pbInitPokemon function, like so:

def pbInitPokemon(pkmn, idxParty) --> def pbInitPokemon(pkmn, idxParty, battler)

But now I get this error:
[Pokémon Essentials version 21.1]
[v21.1 Hotfixes 1.0.9]

Exception: ArgumentError
Message: wrong number of arguments (given 2, expected 3)

Backtrace:
[Innate Abilities] AAM Battler.rb:83:in `pbInitPokemon'
Battler_Initialize:61:in `pbInitialize'
[[DBK] Animated Pokémon System] [006] Battler Sprites.rb:395:in `pbInitialize'
Battle_StartAndEnd:117:in `pbCreateBattler'
Battle_StartAndEnd:153:in `block (3 levels) in pbSetUpSides'
Battle:411:in `block in eachInTeam'
Battle:411:in `each'
Battle:411:in `each_with_index'
Battle:411:in `eachInTeam'
Battle_StartAndEnd:150:in `block (2 levels) in pbSetUpSides'

Now I'm just lost. Obviously there must be something wrong with my conditional branch, I guess !battler.pbOwnedByPlayer? wasn't the right call.