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kwsch / PKHeX

Pokémon Save File Editor
https://projectpokemon.org/pkhex/
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Option to directly export a Pokemon to a different generation format #2928

Closed SNBeast closed 4 years ago

SNBeast commented 4 years ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. A clear and concise description of what the problem is.

The slight annoyance is that there is no ability to export to a different format, requiring exporting the Pokemon from the original save, then importing it into a blank save and exporting it again.

Describe the solution you'd like A clear and concise description of what you want to happen.

My desired solution is that when right-clicking a Pokemon's icon in the top-right, there be options to "Save as Gen _ Pokemon" for available transfer generations.

Describe alternatives you've considered A clear and concise description of any alternative solutions or features you've considered.

Another possible implementation is, in the save dialog, adding the transferable pk/ek options.

Additional context Add any other context or screenshots about the feature request here.

This would be useful for those using another save manager (like PKSM) that can import PK* files, but, like PKSM, don't support certain generations.

kwsch commented 4 years ago

Would require too much visual clutter in the UI, in my opinion. Gen3 is particularly nasty; you'd have the following options:

9 options... and what about exporting as encrypted? + 6 more formats, for a total of 15 choices. Would then need to add logic to check if X format is convertable to Y (PKHeX currently tries blindly to convert each step, no metadata), and toggle visibility/enabled states. Then the controls would have to be translated.

I'll recommend the following alternatives, since I'm not interested in the above work needed:

kwsch commented 4 years ago

Another possible alternative would be to implement an "export mode" toggle which auto-transfers any save-as PKM files to the selected format, if capable. But I'm not sure this is a high-use feature that'd be worth adding -- there's a lot of stale features that nobody has used in months (some editors have bugs surface a year after the bug was introduced).

(The save-as functionality is separate from the drag&drop functionality)

SNBeast commented 4 years ago

Well, since this issue was motivated by lack of GB support in PKSM, what of only Gens I and II supporting this, with only options for exporting to I, II, and VII?

If that's too specific and still faces the translation issue, that's understood.

kwsch commented 4 years ago

Might be easier to get PKSM to support importing Gen1/2 pkm files @piepie62 ;)

Save files are the annoying part of Gen1/2...