As someone who did basically this for Sardonyx, I can assure you that this is possible in v16.2. It just takes a lot of looking into how Essentials processes Shiny Pokémon. Basically if you search through the script editor and look at how shiny Pokémon function, you're basically copying and editing their coding for this purpose. There are just a few things you need to keep in mind:
If you're doing this, one of the things you should set up first is set up a flag for it. Start by going into the
PokeBattle_Pokemon section. One of the first things you should be seeing is a list of
attr_accessor(:[inserttexthere]). Somewhere within this, add something along the lines of
attr_accessor(:albinoflag).
Go down a bit and you'll see a section for shininess. For the most part, you're just going to be copying and pasting this and replacing all instance of
shiny with
albino. The major change here will be under
def isAlbino? How this will be altered will depend on one major question: whether or not you want a Pokémon to be both shiny and albino at the same time. If not, then go down to
return (d>SHINYPOKEMONCHANCE) and change it to something like
return (d>numberhere). In this case, it's best for your number to be separate from the shiny chance. The general idea is to keep the range from your number to 65535 smaller than the shiny chance to ensure that it's less common to run into an albino Pokémon than a shiny. The actual value of the shiny chance is present in the
Settings section.
However, if you're going for a Pokémon being able to be both shiny and albino, then def isAlbino? should be as simple as:
def isAlbino?
return @albinoflag
end
Then you're going to want to scroll down until you see the section for initializing a new Pokémon object. Among the list of objects, you're gonna want to add something along the lines of the following:
@albinoflag=false
r=rand(65536)
@albinoflag=true if r
The number should be less than the shiny chance. This ensures a separate method of making a Pokémon albino, which will also allow for it to potentially be shiny as well.
The other key thing is of course being able to load the graphics for albino Pokémon. To that end, you're gonna want to go into the
PSystem_Utilities section and scroll down to about line 1067 for the section for that. It is mainly adding into the script to account for albino Pokémon, but I'll go into it.. First scroll down to find this:
bitmapFileName=pbCheckPokemonBitmapFiles([species,back,
(pokemon.isFemale?),
pokemon.isShiny?,
(pokemon.form rescue 0),
(pokemon.isShadow? rescue false)])
Edit that to this:
bitmapFileName=pbCheckPokemonBitmapFiles([species,back,
(pokemon.isFemale?),
pokemon.isShiny?,
(pokemon.form rescue 0),
(pokemon.isShadow? rescue false),
(pokemon.isAlbino? rescue false)])
Go down a bit further to the line that reads:
def pbLoadSpeciesBitmap(species,female=false,form=0,shiny=false,shadow=false,back=false,egg=false)
Change that to this:
def pbLoadSpeciesBitmap(species,female=false,form=0,shiny=false,shadow=false,back=false,egg=false,albino=false)
Find the line that reads:
bitmapFileName=pbCheckPokemonBitmapFiles([species,back,female,shiny,form,shadow])
Make that:
bitmapFileName=pbCheckPokemonBitmapFiles([species,back,female,shiny,form,shadow,albino])
This next part requires a lot of line adding, so to save you a bit of trouble, just replace this:
def pbCheckPokemonBitmapFiles(params)
species=params[0]
back=params[1]
factors=[]
factors.push([5,params[5],false]) if params[5] && params[5]!=false # shadow
factors.push([2,params[2],false]) if params[2] && params[2]!=false # gender
factors.push([3,params[3],false]) if params[3] && params[3]!=false # shiny
factors.push([4,params[4].to_s,""]) if params[4] && params[4].to_s!="" &&
params[4].to_s!="0" # form
tshadow=false
tgender=false
tshiny=false
tform=""
for i in 0...2**factors.length
for j in 0...factors.length
case factors[j][0]
when 2 # gender
tgender=((i/(2**j))%2==0) ? factors[j][1] : factors[j][2]
when 3 # shiny
tshiny=((i/(2**j))%2==0) ? factors[j][1] : factors[j][2]
when 4 # form
tform=((i/(2**j))%2==0) ? factors[j][1] : factors[j][2]
when 5 # shadow
tshadow=((i/(2**j))%2==0) ? factors[j][1] : factors[j][2]
end
end
bitmapFileName=sprintf("Graphics/Battlers/%s%s%s%s%s%s",
getConstantName(PBSpecies,species),
tgender ? "f" : "",
tshiny ? "s" : "",
back ? "b" : "",
(tform!="" ? "_"+tform : ""),
tshadow ? "_shadow" : "") rescue nil
ret=pbResolveBitmap(bitmapFileName)
return ret if ret
bitmapFileName=sprintf("Graphics/Battlers/%03d%s%s%s%s%s",
species,
tgender ? "f" : "",
tshiny ? "s" : "",
back ? "b" : "",
(tform!="" ? "_"+tform : ""),
tshadow ? "_shadow" : "")
ret=pbResolveBitmap(bitmapFileName)
return ret if ret
end
return nil
end
def pbLoadPokemonIcon(pokemon)
return AnimatedBitmap.new(pbPokemonIconFile(pokemon)).deanimate
end
def pbPokemonIconFile(pokemon)
bitmapFileName=nil
bitmapFileName=pbCheckPokemonIconFiles([pokemon.species,
(pokemon.isFemale?),
pokemon.isShiny?,
(pokemon.form rescue 0),
(pokemon.isShadow? rescue false)],
pokemon.isEgg?)
return bitmapFileName
end
def pbCheckPokemonIconFiles(params,egg=false)
species=params[0]
if egg
bitmapFileName=sprintf("Graphics/Icons/icon%segg",getConstantName(PBSpecies,species)) rescue nil
if !pbResolveBitmap(bitmapFileName)
bitmapFileName=sprintf("Graphics/Icons/icon%03degg",species)
if !pbResolveBitmap(bitmapFileName)
bitmapFileName=sprintf("Graphics/Icons/iconEgg")
end
end
return pbResolveBitmap(bitmapFileName)
else
factors=[]
factors.push([4,params[4],false]) if params[4] && params[4]!=false # shadow
factors.push([1,params[1],false]) if params[1] && params[1]!=false # gender
factors.push([2,params[2],false]) if params[2] && params[2]!=false # shiny
factors.push([3,params[3].to_s,""]) if params[3] && params[3].to_s!="" &&
params[3].to_s!="0" # form
tshadow=false
tgender=false
tshiny=false
tform=""
for i in 0...2**factors.length
for j in 0...factors.length
case factors[j][0]
when 1 # gender
tgender=((i/(2**j))%2==0) ? factors[j][1] : factors[j][2]
when 2 # shiny
tshiny=((i/(2**j))%2==0) ? factors[j][1] : factors[j][2]
when 3 # form
tform=((i/(2**j))%2==0) ? factors[j][1] : factors[j][2]
when 4 # shadow
tshadow=((i/(2**j))%2==0) ? factors[j][1] : factors[j][2]
end
end
bitmapFileName=sprintf("Graphics/Icons/icon%s%s%s%s%s",
getConstantName(PBSpecies,species),
tgender ? "f" : "",
tshiny ? "s" : "",
(tform!="" ? "_"+tform : ""),
tshadow ? "_shadow" : "") rescue nil
ret=pbResolveBitmap(bitmapFileName)
return ret if ret
bitmapFileName=sprintf("Graphics/Icons/icon%03d%s%s%s%s",
species,
tgender ? "f" : "",
tshiny ? "s" : "",
(tform!="" ? "_"+tform : ""),
tshadow ? "_shadow" : "")
ret=pbResolveBitmap(bitmapFileName)
return ret if ret
end
end
return nil
end
With this:
def pbCheckPokemonBitmapFiles(params)
species=params[0]
back=params[1]
factors=[]
factors.push([5,params[5],false]) if params[5] && params[5]!=false # shadow
factors.push([2,params[2],false]) if params[2] && params[2]!=false # gender
factors.push([3,params[3],false]) if params[3] && params[3]!=false # shiny
factors.push([4,params[4].to_s,""]) if params[4] && params[4].to_s!="" &&
params[4].to_s!="0" # form
factors.push([6,params[6],false]) if params[6] && params[6]!=false # albino
tshadow=false
tgender=false
tshiny=false
talbino=false
tform=""
for i in 0...2**factors.length
for j in 0...factors.length
case factors[j][0]
when 2 # gender
tgender=((i/(2**j))%2==0) ? factors[j][1] : factors[j][2]
when 3 # shiny
tshiny=((i/(2**j))%2==0) ? factors[j][1] : factors[j][2]
when 4 # form
tform=((i/(2**j))%2==0) ? factors[j][1] : factors[j][2]
when 5 # shadow
tshadow=((i/(2**j))%2==0) ? factors[j][1] : factors[j][2]
when 6 # albino
talbino=((i/(2**j))%2==0) ? factors[j][1] : factors[j][2]
end
end
bitmapFileName=sprintf("Graphics/Battlers/%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s",
getConstantName(PBSpecies,species),
tgender ? "f" : "",
tshiny ? "s" : "",
talbino ? "a" : "",
back ? "b" : "",
(tform!="" ? "_"+tform : ""),
tshadow ? "_shadow" : "") rescue nil
ret=pbResolveBitmap(bitmapFileName)
return ret if ret
bitmapFileName=sprintf("Graphics/Battlers/%s%03d%s%s%s%s%s%s",
folder, species,
tgender ? "f" : "",
tshiny ? "s" : "",
talbino ? "a" : "",
back ? "b" : "",
(tform!="" ? "_"+tform : ""),
tshadow ? "_shadow" : "")
ret=pbResolveBitmap(bitmapFileName)
return ret if ret
end
return nil
end
def pbPokemonIconFile(pokemon)
bitmapFileName=nil
bitmapFileName=pbCheckPokemonIconFiles([pokemon.species,
(pokemon.isFemale?),
pokemon.isShiny?,
(pokemon.form rescue 0),
(pokemon.isShadow? rescue false),
pokemon.isAlbino?],
pokemon.isEgg?)
return bitmapFileName
end
def pbCheckPokemonIconFiles(params,egg=false)
species=params[0]
if egg
bitmapFileName=sprintf("Graphics/Icons/icon%segg",getConstantName(PBSpecies,species)) rescue nil
if !pbResolveBitmap(bitmapFileName)
bitmapFileName=sprintf("Graphics/Icons/icon%03degg",species)
if !pbResolveBitmap(bitmapFileName)
bitmapFileName=sprintf("Graphics/Icons/iconEgg")
end
end
return pbResolveBitmap(bitmapFileName)
else
factors=[]
factors.push([4,params[4],false]) if params[4] && params[4]!=false # shadow
factors.push([1,params[1],false]) if params[1] && params[1]!=false # gender
factors.push([2,params[2],false]) if params[2] && params[2]!=false # shiny
factors.push([5,params[5],false]) if params[5] && params[5]!=false # albino
factors.push([3,params[3].to_s,""]) if params[3] && params[3].to_s!="" &&
params[3].to_s!="0" # form
tshadow=false
tgender=false
tshiny=false
talbino=false
tform=""
for i in 0...2**factors.length
for j in 0...factors.length
case factors[j][0]
when 1 # gender
tgender=((i/(2**j))%2==0) ? factors[j][1] : factors[j][2]
when 2 # shiny
tshiny=((i/(2**j))%2==0) ? factors[j][1] : factors[j][2]
when 3 # form
tform=((i/(2**j))%2==0) ? factors[j][1] : factors[j][2]
when 4 # shadow
tshadow=((i/(2**j))%2==0) ? factors[j][1] : factors[j][2]
when 5 # albino
talbino=((i/(2**j))%2==0) ? factors[j][1] : factors[j][2]
end
end
bitmapFileName=sprintf("Graphics/Icons/icon%s%s%s%s%s%s",
getConstantName(PBSpecies,species),
tgender ? "f" : "",
tshiny ? "s" : "",
talbino ? "a" : "",
(tform!="" ? "_"+tform : ""),
tshadow ? "_shadow" : "") rescue nil
ret=pbResolveBitmap(bitmapFileName)
return ret if ret
bitmapFileName=sprintf("Graphics/Icons/icon%03d%s%s%s%s%s",
species,
tgender ? "f" : "",
tshiny ? "s" : "",
talbino ? "a" : "",
(tform!="" ? "_"+tform : ""),
tshadow ? "_shadow" : "")
ret=pbResolveBitmap(bitmapFileName)
return ret if ret
end
end
return nil
end
It's a complicated process and yes, I did leave out a few things due to how it basically is just "copy lines of text, paste it, and edit for albino" or "add lines here for albino". In fact, there's basically so much to this that it may even be worth dedicating an entire section of script for this in order to leave the original sections of script unaltered. In which you should make sure to keep the lines in the first part contained within a
class PokeBattle_Pokemon and
end, like this:
class PokeBattle_Pokemon
insertcodehere
end
I also feel like I could have explained this a bit better. In fact, I feel like there are other people that could explain this much better than I have. I just wanted to make sure the most important aspects of this are noted.
But my main point is that it's possible once you look at how shiny Pokémon and taking that and manipulating that in order to add albino. Or whatever you want your "second shiny" to be.
As for whether or not this is possible in v17, I'm not entirely sure on that since my codev and I use v16.2 for Sardonyx. Although my assumption is that it still could be possible despite differences in the scripts between the two versions of Essentials.
