Online PKM Reader

[Andy]

Hi all,

Some of you may remember my online PKM Reader over at The Pokemart. Unfortunately, I've not been able to spend as much time as I'd like developing this, but Ii've managed to get it to a reasonably stable and documented stage, so I've now open-sourced the program.

So, if you head over to our Google Code page, you can now download the full source and the database that backs it up.

Hopefully, I'll be able to do some more development on this and co-ordinate contributions from anyone else that wants to get involved, so sign up if you can bring anything to the project.

Thanks guys,

Andy

[evandixon]

Shouldn't this go in the Save R&D forum?

[Andy]

Possibly so... I wasn't quite clear on what should go where. This seemed like a good option, but I suppose a project in development should be classified as R&D.

I'll leave it the hands of the moderators.

[Kaarosu]

Hey Andy, good to have you back buddy! And you'll probably have contributors, I'm still learning php but hopefully I'll be able to contribute soon enough.

[Poryhack]

That's great! Especially since I was bugging you about that before, lol.

[codemonkey85]

Andy, good to hear from ya! I don't know PHP in the slightest, but I will help out with PKM reading as a general procedure, since I have had bags of experience with that.

[Andy]

Hi all,

I've added a Development Roadmap to the project, which outlines where I hope it's going.

As you can see, there's a few niggly bits on there that need to be corrected fairly soon. After that the better stuff can begin.

Codemonkey: How's it going, dude? I was wondering what your programs use as a back-end database? The problem with PKM Reader at the moment is that it depends on a database server, so I'm throwing around ideas about a SQLite distribution to make it more portable. SQLite is nice because there are bindings for it for pretty much every programming language out there.

[codemonkey85]

You know Andy, to be honest, all of my database information is hardcoded into my core library as dictionary objects (essentially hashtables). I'm not sure if this is viable or practical in a PHP / internet setting, but it works for me, because I don't have to supply any external files aside from the library .DLL during distribution. And after I initialize the dictionaries (which takes a few seconds), the lookup speed is pretty instantaneous as far as I can tell.

EDIT:

Hm, I almost accidentally edited your post instead of mine.

Basic PKM Support

* Contest Stats

* Alternate Forms

* Encounter Types

* Markings

* Get Missing Ribbon Icons

Further Development

* Create function to re-export the values as a new PKM file - this will eventually form the basis of making the values editable.

* Create function to move between Box-type and Party-type PKM files.

* Create function for calculating what damage it deals / takes from other types of Pokemon

I have done and can help you with the above things. Ribbons were extracted by Poryhack, and I have those as well as images for every item. Let me know what you need, or meet me on #PP-Research on the IRC.

[evandixon]

Basic PKM Support

* Contest Stats

* Alternate Forms

* Encounter Types

* Markings

* Get Missing Ribbon Icons

Further Development

* Create function to re-export the values as a new PKM file - this will eventually form the basis of making the values editable.

* Create function to move between Box-type and Party-type PKM files.

* Create function for calculating what damage it deals / takes from other types of Pokemon

Next step: support for [almost] fully displaying/editing complete save files.

[Andy]

LOL. I think the online save editor is a long way off.

Codemonkey: Could you forward me any images that you have. Specifically, I want to complete the ribbon images I have, by finding the following:

Artist Ribbon

Blue Ribbon

Carnival Ribbon

Country Ribbon

Earth Ribbon

Festival Ribbon

Green Ribbon

Marine Ribbon

Legend Ribbon

Land Ribbon

History Ribbon

National Ribbon

Red Ribbon

Premier Ribbon

Record Ribbon

Sky Ribbon

Victory Ribbon

World Ribbon

Cheers mate,

Andy <andy@thepokemart.com>

[codemonkey85]

Codemonkey: Could you forward me any images that you have.

This should cover ya.

[Andy]

Cheers codemonkey. That was perfect.

Andy

[Andy]

Quick update on this. You can now save files out of the PKM Reader, in either standard box format or party format. When you view a PKM file, you'll notice there are two action links at the bottom of the page for this:

The PKM reader will also accept both types, essentially making it an online convertor as well.

Andy

[codemonkey85]

Wow, that's pretty handy. This is exactly the direction I think people were hoping this project would go in. Great job!

EDIT:

Andy, I just tested a random Pokémon, and it seems the IVs are being read incorrectly. I've attached it for you to have a look-see.

According to your site, the IVs are 0, 17, 5, 29, 17, 13.

Here is what the PKM looks like in Legal:

017_arceus.pkm

Edited July 14, 2009 by codemonkey85

[Andy]

Cheers Codemonkey. I'll have a look at this tonight.

Andy

[Andy]

LOL. There's a comment in my code where the IVs are calculated that says "Are these figures right? Might need to compensate for little endian order". Oops. Should really learn to go back and read my own notes from time to time.

All fixed now though!

[codemonkey85]

Good deal! I might devote a little time tonight to uploading some random Pokémon to try and bug your site out. I'll post here if anything interesting happens.

[Andy]

Hi guys,

Quick point for discussion. If you were able to search through a databank of downloadable PKM files, what criteria would you want to search on. Here's what I've got so far:

Species (including alternate forms)

Type(s)

Minimum Level

Ability

Gender

Moveset

I'm doing some work on the PKM Reader this weekend - have got functions working to regenerate the hash so am getting very close to being able to add editing capabilities.

[codemonkey85]

Personally, I would include just about every aspect of a PKM for searches (in fact I plan to), including the above, and also including things such as markings, Nature, shininess, PokéRus status, IVs / calculated stats, held items, and so on.

[Jiggy-Ninja]

Species (including alternate forms)

I would also include an "Anything capable of evolving into this" option. If you're searching for a Gengar, Ghastly and Haunter are sometimes equally good options, since you can evolve them into Gengar.

[k-noob]

This thing is cool

I was wondering - is it possible to be able to show the characteristics of the pokemon as well?

[evandixon]

I was wondering - is it possible to be able to show the characteristics of the pokemon as well?

I added that to my version:

http://www.uniquegeeks.net/pkmdb/

Thanks to CodeMonkey85 for his Code Library I am using.

[codemonkey85]

I don't understand why everyone thinks the Characteristic is so important. It's really just aesthetic when you can already see the IVs anyway.

Ahh, someone is using my library! Nice. I will be updating that shortly, FYI.

Just so this post isn't totally spam, how's progress going, Andy?

[k-noob]

I added that to my version:

http://www.uniquegeeks.net/pkmdb/

Thanks to CodeMonkey85 for his Code Library I am using.

cool - i look forward to it

I don't understand why everyone thinks the Characteristic is so important. It's really just aesthetic when you can already see the IVs anyway.

Ahh, someone is using my library! Nice. I will be updating that shortly, FYI.

Just so this post isn't totally spam, how's progress going, Andy?

I like to see the characteristics because if an event has random natures - the characteristics can be different as well. And because I don't really understand IVs so the info is lose on me

[bmtdan]

this is an old thread but does anyone know when this will be up again? the sites down or does anyone know an alternate converter i could use