ASB Hack Discussion
So, finally, the hack I've been working on for almost a year and a half is actually released and, while still pretty rickety, at least mostly functional. Everyone whose profile was posted in the Data Collection Thread or given to me by other means should now find themselves in the system--you'll have an "ASB Control Panel" link in the navigation link list at the bottom of every page and an "ASB" tab on your user profile.
The first thing you should do is check that your pokémon, including those from Unova vouchers, are there, and that their information is correct, with ONE GLARING EXCEPTION: because I am the best programmer ever, I managed to delete all of the signature attributes when I was almost done putting them in (80 of them) and haven't quite gotten up the nerve to go back and re-enter them all. There are a couple lucky people who have all their sig attributes because they came after that event, but other than that, they're all missing. Therefore, DO NOT POST ABOUT HOW YOUR SIG ATTRIBUTES ARE MISSING. I know. And when I get done crying/have time to fix it, I will get them in there for you.
However, all your move mods should be in there. Please check to make sure that they are, and that the information on them is correct. Also, the current display for move mods has some terrible aspects (doubling percent signs, "NULL" showing up for fields that were left blank). I know about these and will fix them eventually. Right now I'm just concerned that everybody's actual data got in there okay.
Also, your happiness points might be displaying improperly. Your pokémon probably has them, even if the team manager is displaying them as 0, but you can ask me to check if you're unsure (I can see the real value).
After you make sure your pokémon and items are safe, you can mess around a bit with the rest of the hack. It's not terribly exciting--you can buy pokémon and items, move items around, deposit and withdraw stuff from your PC, and so on. Please let me know if you see any formatting that seems funky, you get any strange error messages, there are broken images: anything that looks like it isn't functioning properly.
You can also use this thread to give feedback. What do you think should be added to the hack? What is ugly? What otherwise could be improved. Bear in mind that it might take me a really long time to get to your feature request or whatever; I have my own priorities, the first of which is making sure that things generally work, are at least somewhat useful, and don't tank the forums in the process.
Here is my current list of priorities:
- Backend stuff that I need but you can't see
- Some kind of rudimentary pokémon customization
- Battle integration
- Black Market/Gift integration
With random fixes and minor tweaks along the way.