Three tools to automate boring and repetitive tasks in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl, namely:
- Stationary Pokémon shiny reset
- Masuda breeding (WORK IN PROGRESS)
- Experience farming (WORK IN PROGRESS)
- François DE KEERSMAEKER (fdekeers)
- Augustin DELECLUSE (augustindelecluse)
- CDMcKinley (cdmckinley)
Use this tool to automate the reset of stationary Pokémon, in order to shiny hunt them. It detects if the Pokémon is shiny by detecting the sound made by the shiny sparkles, and automates the game reset if not. The tool puts the Nintendo Switch in sleep mode when the Pokémon has been detected to be shiny, then stops.
- Install the required libraries:
sudo apt-get install libasound-dev portaudio19-dev libatlas-base-dev- Install the required Python modules:
sudo python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt- Connect your Nintendo Switch to your computer with an audio cable, and make sure it is considered as an audio source (i.e. a microphone).
- Make sure the game is running, and that your character is placed just in front of the stationary Pokémon.
- Activate Bluetooth on your computer.
- Disconnect all wired controllers from your console.
- Go to the "Change Grip/Order" menu of your Nintendo Switch.
- It is preferable to mute the game music and Pokémon cries (not the sound effects, as they are used to detect if the Pokémon is shiny or not).
sudo python3 shiny_reset.py [-s CONFIG_NAME] [-u USER_NUMBER] [-c screenshot|video] [-p] [-d AUDIO_DEVICE]Use option -s or --scenario to indicate which scenario configuration you want to use,
i.e. which Pokémon you are hunting, where SCENARIO is the name of the scenario.
All configuration files are in the configs directory.
Specific configuration files must start with cfg_ to be recognized.
However, for the SCENARIO command line argument, you only have to provide the scenario name,
i.e. the name between cfg_ and the file extension .py (e.g. ramanas or arceus).
Currently, the following scenarios are implemented:
general.py: general macros used for any scenario, should not be modified.cfg_ramanas.py: configuration for Pokémon that are encountered in the Ramanas park. Default configuration if no scenario is provided as command line argument.cfg_shaymin.py: configuration for Shaymin, encountered in the Flower Paradise.cfg_arceus.py: configuration for Arceus, encountered in the Hall of Origin.cfg_darkrai.py: configuration for Darkrai, encountered on the New Moon Island. (IN PROGRESS)
If no configuration matches the Pokémon you want to hunt, please contribute by adding a configuration file corresponding to this Pokémon.
Use option -u {0-8} or --user {0-8} to indicate the number of the Switch user that should be used to start the game (1-8),
or 0 to skip user selection if there is only one user that is selected automatically upon game start.
The default value is 0.
Use option -c or --capture, followed by screenshot or video to capture a screenshot
or video upon finding a shiny.
Use option -p or --plot-correlation to save a graph showing the signal correlation
between the game sound recording and the template sound of the shiny sparkles,
metric that is used to detect if the shiny sparkles are present in the recording.
Use option -d os --device, followed by the name of your audio input device wrapped in quotes,
to select a specific audio device. The device names can be listed with: python3 -m sounddevice
Use this tool to automate Masuda breeding. The tool puts the Nintendo Switch in sleep mode when the Pokémon has been detected to be shiny, then stops.
It is advised to have the egg and shiny charms, to optimize Masuda breeding.
- Install the required libraries:
sudo apt-get install libasound-dev portaudio19-dev libatlas-base-dev- Install the required Python modules:
sudo python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt- Connect your Nintendo Switch to your computer with an audio cable, and make sure it is considered as an audio source (i.e. a microphone).
- Place the Pokémon you want to breed in the daycare, and walk to the right of the daycare grandpa, while counting the steps with the Pokétch application.
- Activate Bluetooth on your computer.
- Disconnect all wired controllers from your console.
- Go to the "Change Grip/Order" menu of your Nintendo Switch.
- It is preferable to mute the game music and Pokémon cries (not the sound effects, as they are used to detect if the Pokémon is shiny or not).
sudo python3 masuda.py STEPS_TO_GRANDPA [-e EGG_CYCLES] [-s EGG_STEPS] [-a] [-c screenshot|video]The mandatory STEPS_TO_GRANDPA argument indicates the number of steps, counted with the Pokétch,
you walked from the daycare desk to the right of the daycare grandpa.
This value is required because it has to be subtracted from the full number of steps
necessary to hatch the first egg.
Use option -e or --egg-cycles to indicate the number of egg cycles needed to hatch an egg
of the Pokémon species you are breeding.
You can find this value on this Internet page.
An egg cycle is equivalent to 257 steps in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
Use option -s or --egg-steps to indicate the number of steps needed to hatch an egg
of the Pokémon species you are breeding.
You can find this value on this Internet page,
by looking at the value for "Gen V-VI" (4th steps column).
You must provide one (and only one) of the two aforementioned options for the tool to work.
Use the flag -a or --ability to indicate if you have a Pokémon with the ability Flame Body, Magma Armor or Steam Engine in your party,
effectively dividing by 2 the number of steps needed for the edd to hatch.
Use option -c or --capture, followed by screenshot or video to capture a screenshot
or video upon finding a shiny.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Here, we will gather some known issues, and propose potential fixes.
If this error occurs, you may try to install PortAudio from the source. To do this, do the following:
sudo apt-get remove libportaudio2
sudo apt-get install libasound2-dev
git clone -b alsapatch https://github.com/gglockner/portaudio
cd portaudio
./configure && make
sudo make install
sudo ldconfig
cd ..Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/59006083/how-to-install-portaudio-on-pi-properly
We would like to thank the following people, that helped us by giving us helpful advice:
- Guillaume DERVAL
- Matthieu PIGAGLIO (Countermatt)
- Olivier GOLETTI