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diff --git a/docs/bugs_and_glitches.md b/docs/bugs_and_glitches.md index 0212ed6fc..1e63839a9 100644 --- a/docs/bugs_and_glitches.md +++ b/docs/bugs_and_glitches.md @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ These are known bugs and glitches in the original Pokémon Crystal game: code th - [A Pokémon that fainted from Pursuit will have its old status condition when revived](#a-pokémon-that-fainted-from-pursuit-will-have-its-old-status-condition-when-revived) - [Lock-On and Mind Reader don't always bypass Fly and Dig](#lock-on-and-mind-reader-dont-always-bypass-fly-and-dig) - [Beat Up can desynchronize link battles](#beat-up-can-desynchronize-link-battles) +- [Beat Up may fail to raise substitute](#beat-up-may-fail-to-raise-substitute) +- [Beat Up may trigger King's Rock even if it failed](#beat-up-may-trigger-kings-rock-even-if-it-failed) - [Present damage is incorrect in link battles](#present-damage-is-incorrect-in-link-battles) - ["Smart" AI encourages Mean Look if its own Pokémon is badly poisoned](#smart-ai-encourages-mean-look-if-its-own-pokémon-is-badly-poisoned) - [AI makes a false assumption about `CheckTypeMatchup`](#ai-makes-a-false-assumption-about-checktypematchup) @@ -339,6 +341,82 @@ This is a bug with `BattleCommand_BeatUp` in [engine/battle/move_effects/beat_up **Fix:** Change `cp [hl]` to `cp c`. +## Beat Up may fail to raise substitute + +*Fixing this bug will break compatibility with standard Pokémon Crystal for link battles.* +(Only the fixes denoted with "breaking" will actually break compatibility, the others just affect what's shown on the screen with the patched game) + +This is a bug in `BattleCommand_EndLoop` in [engine/battle/effect_commands.asm](/engine/battle/effect_commands.asm) that prevents the rest of the move's effect from being executed if the player or enemy only has one mon in their party while using Beat Up. + +It prevents the substitute from being raised and the King's Rock from working. + +```asm +.only_one_beatup + ld a, BATTLE_VARS_SUBSTATUS3 + call GetBattleVarAddr + res SUBSTATUS_IN_LOOP, [hl] + call BattleCommand_BeatUpFailText + jp EndMoveEffect +``` + +**Fix (breaking):** Replace the last two lines with `ret`. +**Fix (cosmetics):** Call `BattleCommand_RaiseSub` before the `jp`. + +There's a similar oversight in `BattleCommand_FailureText` in [engine/battle/effect_commands.asm](/engine/battle/effect_commands.asm) that will prevent the substitute from being raised if Beat Up is protected against. + +```asm + cp EFFECT_MULTI_HIT + jr z, .multihit + cp EFFECT_DOUBLE_HIT + jr z, .multihit + cp EFFECT_POISON_MULTI_HIT + jr z, .multihit + jp EndMoveEffect + +.multihit + call BattleCommand_RaiseSub + jp EndMoveEffect +``` + +**Fix:** Check for `EFFECT_BEAT_UP` as well. + + +## Beat Up may trigger King's Rock even if it failed + +*Fixing this bug will break compatibility with standard Pokémon Crystal for link battles.* + +This is a bug in how `wAttackMissed` is never set by BeatUp, even when none of the 'mon have been able to attack (due to being fainted or having a status effect), the King's Rock may activate. + +This bug can be fixed in a plethora of ways, but the most straight-forward would be in `BattleCommand_BeatUpFailText` in [engine/battle/move_effects/beat_up.asm](/engine/battle/move_effects/beat_up.asm), as that's always ran before the king's rock effect. + +```asm +BattleCommand_BeatUpFailText: ; 355b5 +; beatupfailtext + + ld a, [wBeatUpHitAtLeastOnce] + and a + ret nz + + jp PrintButItFailed +``` + +**Fix:** + +```asm +BattleCommand_BeatUpFailText: ; 355b5 +; beatupfailtext + + ld a, [wBeatUpHitAtLeastOnce] + and a + ret nz + + inc a + ld [wAttackMissed], a + + jp PrintButItFailed +``` + + ## Present damage is incorrect in link battles *Fixing this bug will break compatibility with standard Pokémon Crystal for link battles.* |