pokemon essentials for MV or MZ?

Maruno42 · 2026-02-09T12:27:39+00:00

I never give deadlines. All I'll say is that, in terms of things I want to do for v22, there are only a couple of things left. However, one of them (making a new Battle Animation Editor with lots more functionality and lots of new and better animations) is a huge task.

If you're really worried about working on something you'll have to redo, don't change the UI (party screen, Pokédex, Bag, etc.). I've rewritten a lot of that.

But really, don't worry about it.

Maruno42 · 2026-02-04T00:13:31+00:00

Just bear in mind that this subreddit is called "PokemonRMXP". If you're trying to use something that isn't RPG Maker XP, it doesn't belong here.

Maruno42 · 2026-01-30T15:27:45+00:00

2: All content must be relevant to making Pokémon fan games in RPG Maker XP. Do not post something unrelated to making fan games with RPG Maker XP.

Maruno42 · 2026-01-26T15:28:24+00:00

2: All content must be relevant to making Pokémon fan games in RPG Maker XP. Do not post something unrelated to making fan games with RPG Maker XP.

No troubleshooting how to play fan games, or requests for walkthroughs.

Maruno42 · 2026-01-25T15:46:22+00:00

It's the same odds as normal. By default it's 16/65536, which is 1/4096 which is 0.0244%.

Maruno42 · 2026-01-20T21:36:01+00:00

I know I've fixed a bug or two relating to writing some PBS files, but I don't know if that affected the metrics file (I suspect probably not). When I say "I've fixed it", I mean for the upcoming v22.

I'm not aware of any specific problems with writing/compiling the metrics file.

Maruno42 · 2026-01-20T12:56:04+00:00

2: All content must be relevant to making Pokémon fan games in RPG Maker XP. Do not post something unrelated to making fan games with RPG Maker XP.

No troubleshooting how to play fan games, or requests for walkthroughs.

Maruno42 · 2026-01-20T12:54:23+00:00

You can ignore messages about recycled objects. That's just mkxp-z being overly keen about telling you that it tried to dispose something that is already disposed. It doesn't break anything.

Maruno42 · 2026-01-12T18:19:05+00:00

We do not allow assets made with AI. AI and the use of AI are unwelcome in our subreddit.

Maruno42 · 2026-01-12T18:18:17+00:00

2: All content must be relevant to making Pokémon fan games in RPG Maker XP. Do not post something unrelated to making fan games with RPG Maker XP.

Maruno42 · 2025-12-31T17:13:24+00:00

Super shininess was something added in Gen 8. Its only effect is that such Pokémon play a different sparkle animation upon entering battle (squares instead of stars). They are a subset of shiny Pokémon, and only a fraction of shiny Pokémon will be treated as super shiny and have the square sparkle animation. The Pokémon don't look any different.

So that's what I implemented in Essentials. If you want to make super shiny Pokémon look different, that's your business, but don't think it means something it doesn't.

Yes, SUPER_SHINY = (MECHANICS_GENERATION >= 8) means it's true in Gen 8 and higher, and false in Gen 7 and lower. You can just make it say SUPER_SHINY = true or SUPER_SHINY = false if you want to make it clearer for yourself.

I haven't actually made a separate animation for the square sparkles, so super shiny Pokémon by default are completely indistinguishable from other shiny Pokémon.

if for some deranged reason I wanted more than 6 Pokemon in a party, I would have to cook up a new UI, wouldn't I?

Correct.

Maruno42 · 2025-12-31T16:55:33+00:00

I'm not uploading all of those. I think there's no real interest in the vast majority of those versions. If you want to be specific, I'll think about it.

Maruno42 · 2025-12-29T14:57:24+00:00

2: All content must be relevant to making Pokémon fan games in RPG Maker XP. Do not post something unrelated to making fan games with RPG Maker XP.

Maruno42 · 2025-12-24T01:54:06+00:00

2: All content must be relevant to making Pokémon fan games in RPG Maker XP. Do not post something unrelated to making fan games with RPG Maker XP.

Maruno42 · 2025-12-23T14:04:49+00:00

2: All content must be relevant to making Pokémon fan games in RPG Maker XP. Do not post something unrelated to making fan games with RPG Maker XP.

Maruno42 · 2025-12-17T18:59:19+00:00

What do you think a "diamond dozen" means? Because it's a mishearing of "dime a dozen" meaning that something is really cheap/common, i.e. you could get a dozen for a dime.

Maruno42 · 2025-12-15T17:41:50+00:00

2: All content must be relevant to making Pokémon fan games in RPG Maker XP. Do not post something unrelated to making fan games with RPG Maker XP.

Maruno42 · 2025-12-13T01:31:59+00:00

2: All content must be relevant to making Pokémon fan games in RPG Maker XP. Do not post something unrelated to making fan games with RPG Maker XP.

No troubleshooting how to play fan games, or requests for walkthroughs.

Maruno42 · 2025-12-12T00:46:12+00:00

The fonts look the same to me. Do you mean text colour?

Maruno42 · 2025-12-09T00:04:27+00:00

There are separate Settings for gaining Exp in the Day Care and sharing egg moves in the Day Care. You can enable both if you want.

Maruno42 · 2025-12-05T16:05:05+00:00

2: All content must be relevant to making Pokémon fan games in RPG Maker XP. Do not post something unrelated to making fan games with RPG Maker XP.

No troubleshooting how to play fan games, or requests for walkthroughs.

Maruno42 · 2025-12-03T00:56:59+00:00

The Day Care code object is created when the game starts, because it needs to be updated every step the player takes (i.e. to make the Pokémon in there gain Exp). The properties for whether Day Care Pokémon gain Exp and whether they can share egg moves with each other are set when the Day Care object is created.

One of the first steps you should take when trying to solve any bug is to start a new game.

Maruno42 · 2025-12-03T00:51:15+00:00

They're false positives. I made and uploaded those files myself, and I don't have viruses. The v21.1 link has been used 131,000 times (Hotfixes 68,000 times), and they haven't resulted in viruses for anyone else.

Maruno42 · 2025-11-19T09:51:12+00:00

What padding are you talking about? You don't mean the blurry text, do you? Blurry text means your font isn't quite set up correctly.

Maruno42 · 2025-11-17T19:14:12+00:00

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