Battle Frontier data structures (Generation III): Difference between revisions

The Battle Frontier contains a master list of 300 opposing [[Pokémon Trainer]]s that may be chosen as an opponent in battle; these are generally sorted in increasing order of difficulty.  Similarly, each of the Battle Tents has a smaller list of trainers: 70 for the Slateport Battle Tent and 30 for the Verdanturf and Fallarbor Battle Tents.  Trainer data is stored as a 52-byte structure, outlined as follows:

| 12 || [[Easy chat system data structures in Generation III|Easy Chat structure]][6] || Challenge Quote - the quote given before battling the opposing trainer.  This is a phrase constructed using the [[easy chat system]].

| 12 || Easy Chat structure[6] || Win Quote - the quote given when you lose against the opposing trainer.

| 12 || Easy Chat structure[6] || Lose Quote - the quote given when you win against the opposing trainer.

The lists of Pokémon used appear immediately before the list of opposing trainers for each facility.  Note that the range of trainers that will be used in any facility will be dependent on the current winning streak at that facility.

The list of trainers appear at memory addresses 0x085D5ACC for the Battle Frontier, 0x085DDA14 for the Slateport Battle Tent, 0x085DE610 for the Verdanturf Battle Tent, and 0x085DF084 for the Fallarbor Battle Tent.

The Battle Frontier contains a master list of 882 opposing Pokémon, again in general order of increasing difficulty. The list of opposing Pokémon is only 70 for the Slateport Battle Tent and 45 for the Verdanturf and Fallarbor Battle Tents.  Pokémon data is stored as a 13-byte data structure (aligned on 4-byte boundaries, for a total of 16 bytes), outlined as follows:

The list of Pokémon appear immediately after their corresponding list of trainers in memory: the Battle Frontier list is located at address 0x085D97BC, the Slateport Battle Tent list is located at 0x085DE02C, the Verdanturf Battle Tent list is located at 0x085DEC28, and the Fallarbor Battle Tent list is located at 0x085DF96C.

In the [[Battle Arena]], each move is given a Mind rating.  Over the course of the battle, each move used will contribute its Mind rating to the trainer's mind score; the player with the higher rating wins the 2 points in overall judgement.  Mind ratings are stored as an array of 355 (the number of move IDs in the game) signed 8-bit integers at memory location 0x08611DC0; normally, these range from -1 to 1.

In determining a trainer's battle style in the [[Battle Factory (Hoenn)|Battle Factory]] and [[Battle Dome]], seven lists of moves are kept by the game, and from these, one of nine battle styles is determined.  The trainer's Pokémon's moves are matched up against these seven lists, and a list is considered "satisfied" if the trainer has enough moves from that list.  The number of moves that are needed for a list to be satisfied is stored in memory location 0x08611FC0 as a list of 7 unsigned 8-bit integers; by default this is three moves for the first three lasts and two for the last four.  The game then determines the battle style based on how many of the lists are satisfied (either none, 1-2, or at least 3; the middle one of which will also state the last list that was satisfied, for a total of 9 styles).