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[R-B-Y]

I've always wondered, why don't we disable random critical hits? This is competitive after all, and the less rng, the better. Removing crits would save a lot of salt without affecting the metas too much, unlike things like scald which is a super important part of VGC.

 

[Sondero]

I've always wondered, why don't we disable random critical hits? This is competitive after all, and the less rng, the better. Removing crits would save a lot of salt without affecting the metas too much, unlike things like scald which is a super important part of VGC.

Pokemon Showdown aims to simulate Pokemon battles on 3DS. There it's not possible to disable them either.

But there are some good reasons as to why we have critical hits, it doesn't just cause salt, it also lessens the power of setup sweepers. For example, Sigilyph could set up Cosmic Power to +6 if it just got the right oppurtunity to set up and it would be almost impossible to KO without the chance of crits or some very specific check to it.

 

[IceStrategist]

Recently I tried ignoring a user on Pokemon Showdown because they were being particularly rude, but when I rejoined the chat later they were un-ignored. Is this intentional and is there a way to permanently ignore a player? If it is intentional, may I suggest that ignores be permanent?

 

[Hecate]

Recently I tried ignoring a user on Pokemon Showdown because they were being particularly rude, but when I rejoined the chat later they were un-ignored. Is this intentional and is there a way to permanently ignore a player? If it is intentional, may I suggest that ignores be permanent?

This is an intentional feature, not a bug - ignores only last until you refresh. there are no permanent ignores, and I believe that has been suggested and denied already :[

 

[obi]

I recently started working on Technical Machine again. I am following the instructions to implement the protocol. I have logged into the server, I have received the challstr and sent the HTTP POST request, and then received the response from the authorization server. However, when I send

/trn USERNAME,0,ASSERTION

on the websocket channel, nothing seems to happen (I get no further messages until I join the lobby and start seeing people's chat). My user does not show up in the list of users when I join the lobby, I cannot PM my bot (it says the user is not online), and when I try to send a message from my bot, I get a response of

You must choose a name before you can talk.

What am I doing wrong?

 

[Quite Quiet]

I don't think you're doing anything wrong per-se, but you've missed a part of the documentation (I think). Every message needs to be prefixed with a room id when sending it to the server from a client, even if the message is "logging in" and you're not actually in any room yet. So the reason you're not getting an accepted assertion is because you're sending

/trn username,0,assertion

and not what the server expects; which would be

|/trn username,0,assertion

See my own example of this here.

 

[obi]

Thank you. It's so obvious now that you point it out. :) I guess I just assumed that this message was special. Technical Machine is now online and ready to defeat puny humans. :)

 

[Hecate]

Here's a question; how come alolan raticate still doesn't have a backsprite?

It does, I made a replacement recently, but it has not been uploaded to the server, as it’s planned to upload them all at once. which, iirc, will happen soon enough

 

[Scoopapa]

I'm starting to get into the pet mods community and for some things I want to do I'm required to submit code. Could anyone point me to some resources where I could find example code or tutorials? I have coded for games before so it's not a huge stretch, but I've never coded for PS so I need to familiarize myself with it.

 

[HectorFG]

Hello i made a pokemon showdown account a while back i remember the username its HectorFG but i forgot my password i remember making a few teams on there with a friend, it would be greatif someone can help me recover my passwrd soi can start playing again

 

[Lionyx]

Please submit a thread in the Other Admin Requests Forum. Please be prepared to answer questions about your account relating to when and where it was registered. http://www.smogon.com/forums/forums/other-admin-requests.346/

 

[HectorFG]

Please submit a thread in the Other Admin Requests Forum. Please be prepared to answer questions about your account relating to when and where it was registered. http://www.smogon.com/forums/forums/other-admin-requests.346/

thx

 

[sumwun]

How does Lotad learn dive? Showdown! says it can in Generation 6, but Bulbapedia says it can't in any game.

 

[-Snorlax-]

How does Lotad learn dive? Showdown! says it can in Generation 6, but Bulbapedia says it can't in any game.

It can learn Dive through hm 07 in ORAS, but only as Lombre/Ludicolo :)

 

[Mew1448]

Heyo, I just saw a different 3D model for Gardevior skin than I normally see. Why did this happen?

EDIT: I got it again with a different mon, this time mega Absol and i got some replays http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7randombattle-785779309
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-785787295

 

[SharKing]

Those new 3D models are a recent change to Showdown itself. It was announced a couple of days ago here.

 

[Bantha]

Hey, this is more of a technical question and I'm not sure if anyone will be able to answer, but I figured I might ask anyway...

I've been wanting to make my own Showdown Battle API for a while, but I have no idea where to start. I don't need it to do much, just start a battle and then send progress updates back to my server where I'll send back commands to make specific moves etc...

• How does authentication work? Is there a way to authenticate outside the client?
• I heard that Showdown uses sock.js for WebSockets, is this correct?
• Has anyone made something similar before?

Worst case I'll just use Selenium, but I'd prefer to remain browser-free since I'll want to run 5-6 games at once.

I'm assuming this is best done with NodeJS, but I can use Python 3 as well.

 

[Heika]

Quite a time ago now, a friend of mine has been auto lock for posting a screamer. So I was currious about this rule since I didn’t find out where it was written.
I’m not contesting such things, as it’s obviously bad to post screamers but I believe it should be shown on the rule page of showdown.
If it’s include in « respect the US law » I apologies but not totally as this sentance is an exemple of how fuzzy rules are (at least half showdown users ain’t from US so don’t know US law)

 

[HoeenHero]

Its not a direct rule, but It can fall under
Global:
1. Be nice to people. Respect people. Don't be rude or mean to people.
5. Moderators have discretion to punish any behaviour they deem inappropriate, whether or not it's on this list. If you disagree with a moderator ruling, appeal to a leader (a user with & next to their name) or Discipline Appeals.

Chat:
1. Do not spam, flame, or troll. This includes advertising, raiding, asking questions with one-word answers in the lobby, and flooding the chat such as by copy/pasting logs in the lobby. (trolling specifically)

As for global rule 5, its not really appropriate to post something thats meant to shock/scare other people. We filter them to prevent trolls from randomly posting them in chats.

 

[Heika]

Never saw it this way but indeed it does.

 

[Chipples]

So I've noticed Gallade, Gardevoir and Mega-Absol have new animations, I was wondering a few things:
-are there any more new animations?
-why are there are new animations?
-who made them?

 

[Hecate]

So I've noticed Gallade, Gardevoir and Mega-Absol have new animations, I was wondering a few things:
-are there any more new animations?
-why are there are new animations?
-who made them?

There’s also typhlosion, snorlax and espeon for new ones. they were added since staff liked them better iirc. And DJTHED made them
(Here’s the link to his display thread if you so desire to see)

 

[sumwun]

This was probably asked already, but how did you guys get permission to make Showdown! and use copyrighted stuff?

Edit: What are all the soundtracks that Showdown! has now?

 

[togaquest]

Sorry I haven't had the time to read through this whole thread so I don't know if a question like the one I have now has been answered so I apologize in advance, but anyway:

If I wanted to do something like bring down Mew from Ubers into Gen 4 OU and play on a private server/room/whatever it is called, would this be possible? If so, what would be the steps to make it happen? I'm not super well known in Smogon or anything so I don't particularly know the power hierarchy here and who controls what. Just curious on whether or not things like this are possible and happen here.

 

[Valzy]

What's the maximum number of Pokemon that you can bring to a Custom Battle?