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NW’s Pokémon Program Suite 2006 User Manual 27/05/2007

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By Nightwolf (Jason Downs).Date: 27 May 2007.Version of the Pokémon Program Suite this pertains to:Version 2.0.1220




Created by Nightwolf & the team- 2 -

Copyright (c) 1999 - 2007 Jason Downs (AKA. Nightwolf)Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of theGNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the FreeSoftware Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-CoverTexts.A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".





Index

Index.......................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction................................................................................................................................ 4 Requirements ............................................................................................................................ 5 Chapter 1 - Introduction to the Program Suite ........................................................................... 6

What is the Program Suite? ................................................................................................... 6 What does the Program Suite do?......................................................................................... 8

Chapter 2 - Using the Program Suite....................................................................................... 11 Chapter 3 - Tutorials................................................................................................................ 15

Tutorial 1: Installing and Running Pokémon Program Suite................................................. 16 Step 1A: Install the Program Suite ................................................................................... 16 Step 1B: Loading the Program Suite................................................................................ 19 Step 2: Choose your tool with the Program Suite............................................................. 21 Step 3: Fiddle Around with the Program Suite.................................................................. 23

Tutorial 2: Configuring.......................................................................................................... 24 Tutorial 3: Saving Generated documents............................................................................. 26

Chapter 4 - Useful Links.......................................................................................................... 27 Frequently Asked Questions.................................................................................................... 28 Credits ..................................................................................................................................... 33 GNU Free Documentation License.......................................................................................... 35





Introduction

Hi, Welcome to the NW’s Pokémon Program Suite 2006 User Manual. This manual contains some veryuseful information regarding the Pokémon Program Suite as well as its numerous related programs. Italso contains numerous tutorials that have been created for your convenience.

This document will be updated as time moves on. You can always download the latest version of thisdocument from the “related downloads” section of the website.

Important:Please be sure to read this manual as best you can and refer to it or the help documentation ifyou have a problem. If you uncover a problem or bug then please feel free to ask one of the devson http://nwpps2k6.suddenlaunch3.com/ and they should be able to help you.

Notes:If there is anyone out there who wants/ would like to make a Mac version (OSX not OS9 orbelow) or Linux version of Pokémon Program Suite or would like to translate it into anotherlanguage then please feel free as long as you ask Nightwolf and he gives you permission to do

so.

http://nwpps2kx.suddenlaunch3.com/






Requirements

To run the program and the tools located within, there are certain things that you should be aware of,This section lists the requirements that are needed before the program will run correctly.

Components: Minimum:1

Recommended:2

Operating System Microsoft® Windows® 983 Microsoft® Windows 2000Professional, Windows XPProfessional or Windows VistaMicrosoft® Windows® 2000 ServicePack 4 or Windows XP ServicePack 2

Processor 400 Megahertz (MHz), Intel, AMDor PC Compatible processor.

1.5+ Gigahertz (GHz) processor.

RAM 96 MB 256 MB

Hard Disk Drive Space 21 MB 39 MB

Monitor Super-VGA (800 x 600) Equal to the minimum requirements.

Video Card Super-VGA Video Card Equal to the minimum requirements.

Software Microsoft® .NET Framework

Version 2.0, MDAC 2.8+, DirectX 7

Microsoft® .NET Framework Version

2.0, MDAC 2.8+, DirectX 9Internet Browser Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4 Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6

Service Pack 2

For the use of certain functions of NW's Pokémon Program Suite, the following Hardware and Softwareis necessary:

Function: Requirement:CD-Installation CD or DVD Drive with autoplay enabled.

Web-Installation und Update Modem 28,8 Kilobits per Second (KB/s) or an ActiveBroadband connection.

Music & Sounds 16-Bit-Sound Card

Note:This is only a rough guide of the things you will need, lesser systems may still be able to run it...But they might have a problem with database access timeouts.

Note: There are Linux and Mac OS versions currently in development, they are different to theWindows versions though and the main difference is the fact that there is no central Program thatlaunches the tools.

1This is the minimum we tested at,

Which was a 400 Mhz Pentium 2.2

This should only be used as a guide. Win 2003 andVista should also work.3

The program may not always work on Windows 98.







The Main Screen;

From here you can launch the databases for the various tools (Ability, Berry, etc.)

Figure 1

Note:The Battle Chart feature is now technically obsolete, due to the Type Database, but we have left

this feature in here for purists.

Note:Unlike most of the other programs, Pokémon Database suffers from slowdown in certain ways;first load and first Pokémon click. This is due to the massive amount of information (over 17000lines of code at last count) it has to process and also because there are 386 Pokémon whichdoesn’t make it any easier.

Note: If the information in the Item Database, Move Database and Type Database isn’t 100%completed in this version then they may be in the next version. At the time of writing they werebeing put back till the other tools were finished.





What does the Program Suite do?

What exactly does the program suite do you ask? Well, you’ll see in just a minute… It can let you viewthe data on almost anything to do with the Pokémon GBA games. Examples include;

Ability Database: Allows you to view

details on all abilities that are available inthe games at the time of writing. Recentlyupdated due to the release of Emerald. Italso includes abilities that are nottechnically available by any means otherthan using a GameShark or other device.

o Depending on the version mode(Lacurio Mode (Diamond and Pearl)or Chimecho Mode (Ruby andSapphire)) the program may showdifferent things. By default it is set toChimecho Mode, you can change

the mode on the tools menu. The Main Program: This launches the

other programs in the Program Suite, suchas the other on this list and the Registrationprogram. It also allows you to access thelittle sub windows quickly so you don’t haveto launch the windows they are normally associated with.

Battle Chart: Allows you to strategically plan Pokémon battles. Also handy for knowing yourand your foes weaknesses (Didn’t I just say that?) You should use this with the new TypeDatabase.

Berry Database: Allows you to view details on all berries that are available in the gamesincluding the ones that are only obtainable using the e-Reader device as well as PokéBlock

data. Recently updated due to the release of Emerald.o Depending on the version mode (Lacurio Mode (Diamond and Pearl) or Chimecho Mode

(Ruby and Sapphire)) the program may show different things. By default it is set toChimecho Mode, you can change the mode on the tools menu.

Item Database: Allows you to view data on any item in the games. It has been recently updateddue to the release of Fire Red and Leaf Green.

o Depending on the version mode (Lacurio Mode (Diamond and Pearl) or Chimecho Mode(Ruby and Sapphire)) the program may show different things. By default it is set toChimecho Mode, you can change the mode on the tools menu.

Move Database: Allows you to view the data on any moveor attack that is currently available in the games at the timeof writing Recently updated with some Diamond and Pearl

moves. Nature Database: This tool allows you to view data on a

nature in the games. The data you can view includes whatstats are affected and what PokéBlocks a Pokémon withthis nature will like and dislike.

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Pokémon Database: This allows you to view the varioustypes of data on every Pokémon that is currently inexistence at the time of writing. Once the 4th generation aavailable this program will be updated.





Type Database: This allows you to strategically plan Pokémon battles. Also handy for knowingyour and your foes weaknesses, this is designed as a replacement for the aging Battle Chart;The Type Database also contains information for dual types as well.

Unown Database: Allows you to view data on those mysterious shapes called Unown6. It hasbeen recently updated due to the release of Fire Red and Leaf Green.

These following tools have been created by MetalKid and have been added to the program, thesefeatures are incomplete at the time of writing and may have to be redesigned and rewritten;

Damage Calculator: Calculates damage. As the name suggests. Experience Calculator: Calculates the experience that could be gained via battling a

Pokémon, also includes various modifiers. As the name suggests. Hidden Power Calculator: Calculates the Power of the Hidden Power Pokémon move, for

additional information see the Move Database entry for Hidden Power. As the name suggests. IV Calculator: This tool replaces the old IV Stat Calculator that was added in previous versions.

It works the same way, you put the information in and it will calculate the IV’s. As the namesuggests.

Statistic Calculator: Calculates Pokémon stats. As the name suggests.

6The mystery of the Unown still goes on…

Figure 2







Chapter 2 - Using the Program Suite

Ok. It’s fairly intuitive to use the Program Suite and the various tools within the suite. It’s not really thathard at all. But because I’m a nice person I’ll tell you guys and gals anyway.

The Main Program

The buttons or commands that open the various tools are available on the tool bars and on the ‘view’menu. There is also links to some online Pokédexes and other tools on the ‘links’ menu.

The tools menu contains a language sub-menu, which you can use to change the language of theProgram.

The Ability Database;

All you have to do is select an ability from the list box on the left to view the information on the right.

You can click the “Need Help?” link to get help on the program (If any is available at the time).

Note:There is now a Mac and Linux version of the Ability Program. And however doesn’t have all thefeatures of the windows version, but it still can get the job done. You should be able to downloadthe Mac and Linux version from our site at a later date.

The Battle Chart;

Use your finger to trace the move types and then you’ll find out what hurts what and soon you’ll holdpower overwhelming - It’s just up to you to use it.

Note:The Battle Chart is currently undergoing changes so please take note of that. Soon we hope tocompletely finish it and that day should come sooner rather then later.

The Berry Database;

All you have to do is select an ability from the list box on the left of the window to view the informationon the right.


Note:

The Berry Database has berries from all the e-Reader berry series’. If you feel we have missed aberry or two then please feel free to tell us as soon as possible so it can be fixed.





The Item Database;

All you have to do is select an Item from the list box on the left on a Tab to view the rest of theinformation on the item on that tab. (The default tab is the ‘Status Recovery’ tab)

The Tabs: Status Recovery - Items that recover status go here.

Balls - View items that can be used to catch Pokémon. TMs - View items that grant a move and then disappear. HMs - View items that grant a move and then don’t disappear. Hold Items - View items that can be held by Pokémon and used by them. Key Items - View items that are critical to the adventure. Misc Items - View items that don’t fit into a section tab here.


Note:Though berries are not listed in the above list, they are listed in the Item Database, However ifyou want to see ALL their stats you’ll have to look at the Berry Database.

The Move Database;

All you have to do is select a move/attack from the list box on the left to view the information on theright.


The Nature Database;

All you have to do is select a nature from the list box on the left to view the information on the right.


The Pokémon Database;

All you have to do is select a Pokémon from the list box on the left in the General Tab to view the restof the information on all of the other tabs. (The default tab is the ‘General’ tab)

The Tabs: General - View general information. Evolutions - View information on evolutions (ie. Who evolves from who) Moves - The attacks this Pokémon can learn in various ways. Pokédex - View data that would normally appear in the GBA Pokédex. Locations - View data on where Pokémon live, who gives them to you, etc. Base Stats - View the Base and Max stats of a Pokémon. Misc. Stats - View any information that does not fit on any of the other tabs.






The Trainer Database;

All you have to do is select a type from the list box on the left to view the information on the right.






The Type Database;

All you have to do is selecta type from the list box onthe left to view theinformation on the right.

The Type Database canlook up what is weakagainst what and givesexamples of Pokémon ofthe type.

You can click the “NeedHelp?” link to get help onthe program (If any isavailable at the time).

The Unown Database;

All you have to do is select anUnown from the list box to view therest of the information on thatUnown you just selected.

You can view all Unown onlymaterial in this Program, such aswhat letter word it represents,sprites, locations, and ruin colouramong other things.

You can click the “Need Help?” linkto get help on the program (If any is available at the time).

Tip:As with all the programs in the suite you can use the inbuilt program launcher to launch the otherprograms in the suite, just be aware that some programs have to be launched from the externallauncher.





Chapter 3 - Tutorials

This chapter covers tutorials for the Pokémon Program Suite Application. At time of writing this was forthe current version. Different versions may do different things so it will pay to keep that in mind.

If the program Suite has already been installed by you/someone else then please disregard Step 1a

and move straight to Step 1b.





Tutorial 1: Installing and Running Pokémon Program Suite

Step 1A: Install the Program Suite

Ok. First you must install. To do that you must;1.1a) Download the file from our servers, Sourceforge.net or one of the mirror sites and run

nwpps2k6_ctp1-<Insert Version Number Here>.exe or Setup.exe (if available)1.1b) On the CD’s menu, click the “Install PPS Now” button.

1.2) You may be presented with a dialog box asking you whether or not you want to install the program,you should choose ‘yes’ if you want to install.

1.3) You will be presented with a license agreement, read it and then click ‘yes’ to continue.

1.4) The installer will copy the files required for the main setup program and then show you theprerequisite program installation screen. For some prerequisites you may be required to reboot.

1.5) Click ‘Finish’ to start the next part of the installation.

Figure 3

Important:Always make sure you scan any downloaded files for viruses, if you download anything from usthat is infected with a virus then we cannot be held responsible as most of our files are held onforeign servers who may not have decent firewalls to keep this stuff out.

2.1) You will be presented with a welcome screen (Figure 3), Click ‘Next >’ to continue.






2.2) You will get a warning message, Click ‘Next >’ to continue.

Note:If at any time you decide not to install, press the cancel button.

2.3) You will be presented with a license agreement, you must “Agree” before you can proceed. Click‘Next >’ to continue.

2.4) You will be presented with a copy of the readme, you can read this now or later, it really does notmatter. Click ‘Next >’ to continue.

2.5) When the installer asks you for an install location just let the installer install to the default location(It saves hassles later). Click ‘Next >’ to continue.

2.6) You should now be at a section titled “Select Components”, This is where you can select whatparts of the program that you want to install. The more components you select the larger the install sizebecomes. Click ‘Next >’ to continue.

2.7) You will now be given the option of placing icons on the start menu. You can choose the folder onthe start menu those icons will be placed by clicking the browse button. Click ‘Next >’ to continue.

2.8) You will now be able to choose additional icons to install as seen in Figure 4 below, when you aredone you may click ‘Next >’ to continue.

Figure 4

2.9) You should now be at the ‘Ready to install’ section. Use this to start the installation proper. Click‘Install’ to begin the file installation.






2.10) Wait as the installer installs all the files. This may take a while as there are several thousand files;it usually takes between 3-10 minutes depending on the speed of your computers CPU.

2.11) You will now be presented with the changelog, you may review this now or look in the ‘docs’directory of your NW’s Pokémon Program Suite installation. Click ‘Next >’ to continue.

2.12) You have now finished and you have the choice of launching some of the features (The Readmeand the program at the current point in time) Click ‘Finish’ to close the installer.





Step 1B: Loading the Program Suite

After installation comes the fun part – running the Application

Note:As far as our tests have come to tell us, the new 64 bit version(s) of windows (Windows Vista

x64, Windows XP and 2003 x64 edition) should be able run the Pokémon Program suiteeffectively. Please feel free to test it out if you have doubts.

The installer may add several shortcuts to the main program, depending on what options you selectedin the installer;1) May be located on the desktop

Figure 5

2a) May be located in Programs > NW’s Pokémon Programs (By default – Win 98/ME/2000)2b) May be located in All Programs > NW’s Pokémon Programs (By default – Win XP/2003+)

Figure 6





Step 1B: Loading the Program Suite

3) May be located on the quick launch bar, if available.

Figure 7

Note:The Mac or Linux versions (If they ever get off the ground) will have a different way altogether – But it shouldn’t be too difficult to work out.

Another way to run the program is to navigate to the directory where you installed it and runnwpps2k6.exe, It should have a red PokeBall icon.





Step 2: Choose your tool with the Program Suite

Now the main program is running. You are now presented with an interface which looks similar to the

picture (Figure 8) below;

Figure 8

To launch any of the tools you could use the buttons7 to the left. Place your mouse over any of thebuttons to the left to see a little help message pop up.

Note:For a more in-depth look at what the individual tools in the program do, you’d do better to actuallyview the help file.

7You could also use the view menu or the hotkeys.

For a list of hotkeys please view the help file.





Step 2: Choose your tool with the Program Suite

Or you could go to the view menu and click either the Main Windows option or the Other Windowsoption;

Figure 9

Tip:There is an integrated web browser; it can be accessed at any time typing an address in theaddress box. The integrated web browser is really only designed for the Pokémon Program Suitewebsite and associated webpages, but it is a fully functional web browser and can be used assuch.





Step 3: Fiddle Around with the Program Suite

Ok. Now that you know the basics I guess I should let you get started working with the Program. If youwould like more information on the Program Suite then please feel free to check the official forums forthat and/or post questions to the devs if you want.

Tip:You can edit the Pokémon Program Suite options at any time clicking ‘Options’ from the ‘Tools’menu, An image (Figure 9) of the options at the time of writing is on the next page.

Note:More will be added as the need arises. If you wish to contribute anything to this or any of thechapters then please feel free. This is a community open source project after all.





Tutorial 2: Configuring

Want to make the program suite do something that it wouldn’t normally do? Here we have somethingthat could help you out! As always feel free to check the official forums for similar that or post questionsto the devs if you want.

The program has several ways to configure it, One way is to use the options dialog, as shown below;

Figure 10

These are the available options and what you can do with them;

• Add “Created By” comment to all saved files will add a comment to all exported files saying whocreated it and at what time it was created, as well as what version of the program did thecreating.

• Enable auto-update will check for updates on a user defined timetable. It will look for a file onthe server with a timestamp greater than the timestamp on the local program itself and attemptto download an update from the website or sourceforge. Only the update portion is currentlyavailable, The auto part is not yet implemented.

• Enable logging of events will log all events that occur in the nwpps2k6.log file, else it won’t.Errors are automatically logged in a different log file (nwpps2k6err) and this setting does noteffect them.

Note:At the current point in time all of these settings and more are available in the INI file, which youshould find on the next page.





Tutorial 2: Configuring

Another way is to use the INI file8;

Figure 11

8At the time of writing this INI file has gone through some changes and may not look like the above, If you are not

sure what an option does, do not edit it via the ini as you may cause errors,





Tutorial 3: Saving Generated documents

There are times when you should save data. Because your currently searched Ability, Berry, Item,Move, Nature, Pokémon, Type or Unown is not kept too long in memory or the computer registry so it isvery wise to save as soon as you are able.

To save a record: o In the program of your choice click the “Export …” button (without the quotes). You

should get a message asking you to confirm. Click the OK button to confirm and theCancel button to cancel.

Each program saves it’s files with a .xml file extension, which can be opened with most browsers, XMLEditors or Microsoft Word.

Note:At time of writing this feature was not currently fully supported on any program other thanPokémon Database and may not be available as yet. It would be wise to check the release logs.





Chapter 4 - Useful Links

My Website: http://nwpps2k6.sourceforge.net/

Program Suite Forum: http://nwpps2k6.suddenlaunch3.com/

Program Suite Wiki: http://nwpps2k6.wiki.sourceforge.net/

Official Project Site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/nwpps2k6

Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN): http://msdn.microsoft.com/

Pokémon Australia: http://pkmnaus.suddenlaunch3.com/

Pokémon Forever: http://pokefor.greenchu.de/meowth346/

Serebii.net: http://serebii.net/

Pokémon Official Site: http://www.pokemon.com/

Game Freak http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/

Creatures Inc http://www.creatures.co.jp/

Nintendo: http://www.nintendo.com/

Nintendo Australia: http://www.nintendo.com.au/

Nintendo Japan: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/

Note:I will add more links to this section as time progresses. Stay tuned for more information!

http://nwpps2kx.sourceforge.net/


http://nwpps2kx.wiki.sourceforge.net/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/nwpps2kx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/

http://pkmnaus.suddenlaunch3.com/

http://pokefor.greenchu.de/meowth346/

http://serebii.net/

http://www.xn--pokn-i55n.com/

http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/

http://www.creatures.co.jp/

http://www.nintendo.com/

http://www.nintendo.com.au/

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/

http://www.nintendo.com.au/

http://www.nintendo.com/

http://www.creatures.co.jp/

http://www.gamefreak.co.jp/

http://www.xn--pokn-i55n.com/

http://serebii.net/

http://pokefor.greenchu.de/meowth346/


http://msdn.microsoft.com/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/nwpps2kx

http://nwpps2kx.wiki.sourceforge.net/


http://nwpps2kx.sourceforge.net/





Frequently Asked Questions

This section lists the commonly asked questions and their answers.

Q. How many calculators are available?A. At the moment there are five, They have been contributed by MetalKid. All credit goes to him forthem...

Q. What do the calculators do?A. The calculators all do different things; One calculates damage; One calculates the experience youcan get from certain Pokémon; One calculates hidden power damage; One calculates statistics and thelast one calculates IV's...

Q. You've listed Ghost as a Physical attack. Why?A. The fact is, Ghost is based on the Physical Attack, and Dark is based on Special Attack (even if themove names are misleading, that is unfortunately the sad truth).Elemental types have no effect on the Physicality or Speciality of moves in Diamond and Pearl. Thisquestion is for the 3 generations prior.

Q. Is there anything special about Shiny Pokémon other than the colour?A. The only real difference between normal Pokémon and their shiny versions is the way they look.Shiny Pokémon are coloured differently. Other than that detail, they are exactly the same.

Q. What are Base Stats?A. Base stats are numbers that determine a Pokémon's general ability. Based on these numbers, thePokémon's stats will grow in a certain way and have a certain maximum value. The higher the base statis, the better the end result for that particular stat. If you are looking for a particular stat to have, It'smore than likely that anything over 100 will serve you well.

Q. What does STAB stand for?A. STAB stands for Same Type Attack Bonus. Let's take Slowbro for example. Its two elemental types

are Psychic and Water. If you were to use Thunderbolt, which is an electric move, it will do normaldamage to it. However, if you were to use surf, then the attack power is would be 95 * 1.5 = 142.5. Ifyou decide to use a move that is the same elemental type as your Pokémon is, the damage ismultiplied by 1.5x. So using Psychic with Slowbro would also result in 90 * 1.5 = 135 attack power.

Q. Does this program run on Vista and "Longhorn" Server?A. As far as we are aware it runs fine on Vista Beta 1, Beta 2, RC1, RC2 and RTM. We are not sureabout Longhorn server... But I see no reason why it shouldn't...

Q. What do RC and RTM stand for?A. RC stands for Release Candidate and RTM stands for Ready to Market OR Ready to Manufacture,depending on who you're talking to.

Q. I get an error message saying that the database 'timed out'. What gives?A. It seems that the program has taken too long trying to access the database. Please make sure youaren't performing any processor intensive tasks before trying again. This message will also appear ifyour computer has less than the minimum requirements.





Frequently Asked Questions

Q. What are the differences between physical attacks, special attacks, and stat changers?A. Physical Attacks are attacks with the types Normal, Fighting, Poison, Ground, Flying, Bug, Rock,Ghost, or Steel. The Physical Attack's power is based on an offending Pokémon's Attack Base Stat anda defending Pokémon's Defence Base Stat.

Special Attacks are attacks with the types Fire, Water, Electric, Grass, Ice, Psychic, Dragon, or Dark.The Special Attack's power are based on an offending Pokémon's Special Attack Base Stat and adefending Pokémon's Special Defence Base Stat.

Stat Changers are attacks that don't always cause damage. Instead they change the status of aPokémon. Attack's that causes sleep, poisons, paralyses, freezes, raises/lowers attack power are someexamples of stat changers.

Q. What are "RBY", "GSC" and "RuSaEm"?A. "RBY" is an abbreviation of the Red, Blue, Yellow games. "GSC" is an abbreviation of the Gold,Silver, Crystal games and "RuSaEm" is an abbreviation of the Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald games.

Q. Does Eevee evolve by day or night in FR, LG, R, S and E?A. No it doesn't evolve this way. There's no clock in FRLG and no day or night in RS or E. If you wantUmbreon or Espeon you'll have to trade them from colosseum. There is also some kind of randomnessinvolved as well.

Q. I want mew/celebi and I really need one, Where can I get one without having to attend aNintendo Event?A. I wouldn't have a clue, Ask Nintendo. The other alternative is to use a GameShark, but there is agreat chance that doing such a thing will corrupt your save data, We are pretty sure you wouldn't wantthat.

Q. What happens when a Pokémon runs out of PP for it's moves?A. It will use Struggle which is automatic. The power of struggle is directly proportionate to thePokémon's power, the stronger the Pokémon is, the stronger the move is.





Frequently Asked QuestionsQ. Beautifly evolves if Wurmple's a girl and Dustox if it's a boy.A. Not true. Try this yourself, catch a bunch of female or male wurmple, then evolve them all. They willbecome different species. People will assume that this has been randomised.

Q. Does this program expire after 30 days of use and/or do I need to register?

A. No, It does not expire and no you don't need to register.

Q. Can I use this program to look up EVs?A. In a way, yes. The program will show EVs gained via defeat of this Pokémon. This feature is notcurrently finished yet.

Q. Where does ##### live?A. Check the location tab in the Pokémon Database for further information on Pokémon locations.

Q. Can the internal web browser be used for web searching and other general uses?A. Yes you can, But is recommended that you use a browser such as Opera, Safari, Netscape, Firefoxor Internet Explorer 7 rather than the internal browser for security reasons and because they are fully

featured.

Q. How can I save the information?A. By clicking the 'Export' button in the Database you are currently viewing.

Q. How do I view the information I just saved?A. If you exported something as a txt file you should be able to open the file in Notepad, If you exportedas html or xml you should be able to open the file in a browser of your choice.

Q. How do I print the information?A. You must first save the information, Open the file with Notepad, WordPad or another text editor,Select print and away you go!

Q. What do those '?' buttons do?A. They tend to give help and advice - or provide easy access to the help documentation. We will addmore if the need arises.

Q. Why did you change to .NET?A. The .Net platform is a much more stable and a modern language unlike VB6. VB6 applications canhave memory leaks most of the time since there is no Garbage Collection. Garbage Collection preventsmemory leaks.VB6 was released in 1998 and is becoming old and obsolete, Visual Basic .net 2005 has features thatVB6 could never dream of and the best thing is VB6 applications can be easily ported to .net 2.0, it onlytakes a few minutes.

You can compile this program using Microsoft's Visual Basic 2005 Express, (I wrote this program with itin fact) which is free for personal, student and academic use.





Frequently Asked QuestionsQ. The Program does not work because it complains that it doesn't have .net Framework!A. Please make sure you have .net Framework installed and working correctly. If you use x86, use thex86 version of the Framework. If you use Windows XP Professional x64-bit version, Server 2003 x64 orVista x64, install the X64 (AMD64) version.

Q. When I launch the program, it complains that I don't have the right version of .net Framework2.0? What gives?A. Please make sure you have the final version installed. If you have a beta version of the Framework,you must first uninstall it and install the final version.

Q. How much HDD space does this program and it's associated files take up?A. Somewhere between 12 and 38 megabytes, Though this seems to vary depending on whatcomponents have been installed and what file system your computer is using.

Q. Will this program run on the 64 bit versions of Windows?A. We do not know, As we do not have the luxury of owning such a copy. Though we should estimatethat the programs will still run in a 64 bit environment, however we do have a 64 bit compilation

available just in case. You should be able to find one on the downloads page.

Q. Will you guy's and gal's make a Mac or Linux version?A. If someone would be kind enough to help us make one and we just might go ahead and do it. Ofcourse Someone will need to lend us a G5 workstation however to make the whole process easier anda copy of RealBasic wouldn't go astray either...A Mac and Linux version of the Ability Database is available on request. Please be aware that the filesize(s) is/are larger than the Pokémon Program Suite's main file.

Q. Will you guy's and gal's make a version of this program in <insert your language here>?A. Get a of Visual Basic 2005 (At the time of writing you can get Visual Basic 2005 express editionFREE PERMANENTLY) in <insert your language here> and go ahead and try, We will use babelfish to

make some translations ourselves.

Q. Where can I find updates?A. You can find updates on my website here or you can arrange to get them emailed to you. But beforeyou can install an updated version you MUST uninstall the old one at the Add/Remove Programsfeature in the Control Panel.

Q. You've infringed copyright, I made those programs!!!A. NO YOU DIDN'T! Me and a very hard working bunch of people here have brought this program. Useit, DO NOT abuse it... Or face the full extent of the law.

Q. Could I burn this program to a CD?

A. Sure, But please read the GPL first.

Q. Can I become a member of the dev team?A. Yes, But you must "apply" first on the forums or on the official Sourceforge.net project site, whichcan be found here.





Frequently Asked QuestionsQ. How do I apply to become a member of the dev team?A. You must email Nightwolf with your contact details.

Q. Would any of you guys & gals rate *insert team/move set/IV set/EV training/ETC*?A. No. Never ask us to do that again.

Q. I spotted an error. What can I do?A. E-mail us as soon as possible or post a bug report topic here! Just include the phrase "NWPPS2K6Error" in the subject and it will be dealt with as soon as the email is received.

Q. Could I make a donation?A. Not just yet. We are thinking of opening a PayPal account but not just yet, We have more pressingissues to attend to. If course if you REALLY want to make a donation you could send a check or moneyorder for any amount in Australian money from an Australian bank to Nytewolf Creations.

Q. What Pokémon are available in the 'Pokémon Database' tool?A. All are programmed, Except for the Diamond and Pearl Pokémon who will be added when we know

more. You can use the Supported Pokémon List available on the Misc menu.

More questions will be coming soon!







Credits

Special Thanks To: • Serebii.net (http://www.serebii.net/ )

• Pokémon Australia Forums (http://pkmnaus.suddenlaunch3.com/ )

• Pokémon Forever (http://pokefor.greenchu.de/meowth346/ )

•

Black Lightning (http://sonikteam.dyndns.org/blacklightning/blacklightningrealm)• Mew's Hangout (http://www.mewshangout.com/ )

• Bulbapedia (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/ )

• Pokémon Fan Universe (http://www.pokemonfanuniverse.com/ )

• PPN (http://www.pokemonpalace.net/ )

• Pokémon Netbattle (http://www.netbattle.net/ )

• The Official Forums

• as well as anyone I haven't mentioned.


http://www.mewshangout.com/

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/


http://www.xn--poknfanuniverse-0b23c.com/

http://www.xn--poknpalace-vf07a.net/


http://www.netbattle.net/

http://www.netbattle.net/


http://www.xn--poknfanuniverse-0b23c.com/


http://www.mewshangout.com/






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