[Other] PokeFlute won't work help

[DaimyoHermit]

Poke Flute doesn't work on my hack. I tried interacting snorlax on his face and sides and it still won't trigger the event. Is there a certain flag or variable needed to be activated or something else?

 

[kalarie]

@DaimyoHermit

That depends on the script you wrote? In the vanilla Fire Red script, a certain flag needs to be set before you can battle it, yes.

 

[DaimyoHermit]

I'm having a very hard time with this one. I tried to set all of his flags and variables from the old man that give you the item and didn't work. How do i even know what and where the specified flag is.

Edit:
I made the pokeflute that can only be obtained from a overworld pokeball in my hack i think that might be the problem?

 

[Asith]

I'm gonna assume your issue is that you're using the default Snorlax script, but talking to it only gives the "A pokemon is sprawled out here" message whether or not you have a pokeflute. If it's something other than that then you need to clarify your problem.

Let's look at the default script for one of the Snorlax in Firered:

Spoiler:

'---------------
#org 0x16808C
lock
faceplayer
checkflag 0x23D **
if 0x0 goto 0x8168111
special 0x187 
compare LASTRESULT 0x2 **
if 0x1 goto 0x81A7B58
special 0x188
msgbox 0x8185444 MSG_YESNO '"Want to use the POKé FLUTE?"
compare LASTRESULT 0x0 **
if 0x1 goto 0x8168105 
call 0x81A92C3
setwildbattle 0x8F 0x1E 0x0
checksound
cry 0x8F 0x2
pause 0x28
waitcry
setflag 0x54
setflag 0x807
setflag 0x253
dowildbattle
clearflag 0x807
special2 LASTRESULT 0xB4
compare LASTRESULT 0x1
if 0x1 goto 0x8168107
compare LASTRESULT 0x4
if 0x1 goto 0x8168107
compare LASTRESULT 0x5
if 0x1 goto 0x8168107
release
end

'---------------
#org 0x168111
msgbox 0x818538F MSG_KEEPOPEN '"A POKéMON is sprawled out in\na de..."
release
end

'---------------
#org 0x1A7B58
release
end

'---------------
#org 0x168105
release
end

'---------------
#org 0x1A92C3
preparemsg 0x8185460 '"[player] played the POKé FLUTE."
waitmsg
fanfare 0x152
waitfanfare
msgbox 0x81853CC MSG_KEEPOPEN '"SNORLAX woke up!\pIt attacked in a..."
return

'---------------
#org 0x168107
msgbox 0x81853FB MSG_KEEPOPEN '"SNORLAX calmed down.\nIt gave a hu..."
release
end


'---------
' Strings
'---------
#org 0x185444
= Want to use the POKé FLUTE?

#org 0x18538F
= A POKéMON is sprawled out in\na deep and comfortable slumber.

#org 0x185460
= [player] played the POKé FLUTE.

#org 0x1853CC
= SNORLAX woke up!\pIt attacked in a grumpy rage!

#org 0x1853FB
= SNORLAX calmed down.\nIt gave a huge yawn[.]\lAnd returned to the mountains.

I've tried to mark all the terminating flags before Snorlax wakes up with **
The first is flag 0x23D, which is the only ordinary flag being checked. If you set this flag, it's not your problem.
The second is a special that is an error checker of some kind. This is likely where your problem is. It could be that it's checking for the PokeFlute, but since this special is used in other parts of the game too, it's a progress checker whose functionality is a bit of an unknown to me. If it returns 0x2, your script ends.
The final one checks whether the player clicked "NO" to using the pokeflute. This is not your problem.

Pointing that out is about all the help I can offer since I've never messed with the Snorlax scripts. Now that you understand that, the easiest thing to do would be to stop just using that vanilla script and instead create your own script based on it. For starters, you could simply remove special 0x187 and replace it with a checkitem command that checks for the player's pokeflute. However, an even better thing to do would be to write a checkitem script from scratch so you no longer depend on the vanilla.

Hope this helps at least somewhat