- Pokémon Essentials Version
- v18.1 ✅
My quest for more overworld moves continues with bounce! This lets the player use Bounce to get the ability to jump over the tile directly in front of them! (Provided they can stand on the next tile, of course)
Using Bounce
I chose Alt for jumping, because it's near the space bar but isn't already used for anything else. If you want to change that, it's easy to just look in PSystem_Control and see what other keys are already programmed, or use Marin's tutorial on adding input keys to add more.
Bounce can't be used while surfing, to jump across a counter, or while on a bridge. (You can still jump under bridges, though) You can jump over a trainer's line of sight, but if you land in front of them, they will see you. Poisoned Pokémon will still take damage, and wild encounters can still be triggered if the player lands in grass or a cave. Egg will still have their steps decreased by jumps, but it will only be by one.
The player will still trigger events that they land on, provided that they're intended to be stepped on and not like, NPCs or item balls or the like.
Installing this resource
There's a few steps to this process!
In PField_Field, add this to the bottom:
Ruby:
#===============================================================================
# Bounce
#===============================================================================
def pbBounce
new_x = $game_player.x + ($game_player.direction == 6 ? 1 : $game_player.direction == 4 ? -1 : 0)
new_y = $game_player.y + ($game_player.direction == 2 ? 1 : $game_player.direction == 8 ? -1 : 0)
if Input.trigger?(Input::ALT) && !$PokemonGlobal.surfing &&
!$game_player.moving? && !$game_system.map_interpreter.running? &&
!PBTerrain.isBridge?(pbGetTerrainTag($game_player)) && $PokemonMap.bounceUsed &&
!$game_map.counter?(new_x, new_y)
pbBridgeOn
if !PBTerrain.isBridge?(pbFacingTerrainTag)
pbMoveRoute($game_player,[PBMoveRoute::AlwaysOnTopOn])
end
pbBridgeOff
if pbJumpToward(2,true)
$scene.spriteset.addUserAnimation(DUST_ANIMATION_ID,$game_player.x,$game_player.y,true,1)
$game_player.increase_steps
if !PBTerrain.isGrass?($game_map.terrain_tag($game_player.x,$game_player.y)) && !pbGetEnvironment==PBEnvironment::Cave
$PokemonEncounters.clearStepCount
end
$game_player.check_event_trigger_here([1,2])
Graphics.update
Input.update
pbUpdateSceneMap
end
pbMoveRoute($game_player,[PBMoveRoute::AlwaysOnTopOff])
end
endIn PField_FieldMoves, add this at the bottom:
Ruby:
#===============================================================================
# Bounce
#===============================================================================
HiddenMoveHandlers::CanUseMove.add(:BOUNCE,proc { |move,pkmn,showmsg|
if $PokemonMap.bounceUsed
pbMessage(_INTL("Bounce is already being used.")) if showmsg
next false
end
if $PokemonGlobal.surfing
pbMessage(_INTL("Can't do that while surfing.")) if showmsg
next false
end
next true
})
HiddenMoveHandlers::UseMove.add(:BOUNCE,proc { |move,pokemon|
if !pbHiddenMoveAnimation(pokemon)
pbMessage(_INTL("{1} used {2}!",pokemon.name,PBMoves.getName(move)))
end
pbMessage(_INTL("{1} made it possible to jump with the Alt key!",pokemon.name))
$PokemonMap.bounceUsed=true
next true
})Go to PField_Metadata and find:
Ruby:
class PokemonMapMetadata
attr_reader :erasedEvents
attr_reader :movedEvents
attr_accessor :strengthUsed
attr_accessor :blackFluteUsed
attr_accessor :whiteFluteUsed
Ruby:
attr_accessor :bounceUsed
Ruby:
def clear
@erasedEvents = {}
@movedEvents = {}
@strengthUsed = false
@blackFluteUsed = false
@whiteFluteUsed = false
end
Ruby:
@bounceUsed = falseAnd one final step: Create a common event set to parallel process. It should just run pbBounce, and its condition switch should be something you intend to leave On, like access to the PokeDex.
(Apologies for this step- I know it's really weird, but when I playtested without this, sometimes the functionality would cut out, and this was the only fix I could find.)
When to give the player Bounce
When the player receives Bounce, they're going to be given a way around a lot of obstacles. Not only will Bounce make Cut and Rock Smash near-obsolete, it will also let them skip past trainers and ledges, as well as possibly giving them ways around Strength and Ice Puzzles. Because of this, I personally recommend you give Bounce to the player in the postgame, so your whole game doesn't become a cakewalk. (Alternatively, if you want to let them use Bounce in battle but not in the overworld, you could add in another switch to control when they're allowed to use it, like a gym badge)
There's another issue with Bounce- The player can use Bounce to jump over tiles that would trigger a roadblock event.
Known Issues:
- If you jump into grass/a cave and an encounter starts, the dust cloud animation will still be going when you exit the battle.
- Jumping behind a large object like a building can look a bit clippy. I also recommend giving the tiles below the top row of the building increased priority, so the player doesn't clip through those.
- I had a problem earlier where jumping out of grass could still trigger an encounter. As far as I know, that has been fixed, but let me know if you encounter it!
Ideas with Bounce
For the most part, Bounce will kind of serve as this catch-all field move, but there's some things you could do to make it more unique!
- Get rid of my check for the counter, and let the player hop over whatever counters they want! Maybe there's a secret backroom in the PokéMart, or they can watch someone else fighting in a battle facility!
- Create events that work as projectiles and let the player jump over them! Maybe a Fire-type legendary spits fireballs at you, and you have to get past them to be able to battle it!
- We all know about holes to let the player fall through to the floor below, but why not let the player jump over safety railings to fall somewhere unique? Just put an event on the other side of some guardrails!
- Credits
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Credits to TechSkylander1518, please!
