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User Interface

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User Interface

Quick tour of pages, what you can do, and where to save.

Layout & navigation

  • Left navigation: Project • Species • Trainers • Moves • Encounters • Items • Config
  • Status bar (bottom): project path • messages • operation timings

Project

  • Pick Folder → select HG Engine root (contains armips/, data/, include/)
  • Shows path, species count, recent changes (.bak restore)
  • Reload prompt appears on external file changes

Species

  • List with search → select a species
  • Tabs:
    • Overview: stats, types, abilities, exp/catch, EVs, egg groups, gender, egg cycles, friendship, growth, dex text, items, run chance
    • TM/HM: toggle compatibility; search; Preview/Save
    • Tutor Moves: toggle compatibility; search; Preview/Save
    • Level‑up / Evolutions / Egg Moves: read‑only summaries; Preview/Save

Trainers

  • List with search → select a trainer
  • Header: name, class, party size, items, AI flags, battle type
  • Party: species, level, form, ability slot, IVs/EVs, item, nature, ball, shiny lock, nickname, moves + PP, technical flags
  • Preview/Save applies trainer header and party changes

Moves

  • Edit: name/description, split, type, power, accuracy, PP, priority, effect, target, flags
  • Preview/Save writes armips/data/moves.s

Encounters

  • Areas list (route names and labels) → editor per area
  • Grass (time variants), Water (surf/rock smash), Fishing (old/good/super)
  • Edit species, levels, rates, probabilities; sprites shown
  • Preview/Save writes encounter data

Items

  • Prices: edit .price in data/itemdata/itemdata.c; Preview/Save
  • Mart Items (if armips/asm/custom/mart_items.s exists):
    • Choose General table or a shop section
    • Edit items and badge gates (General)
    • Save rewrites only the targeted section; whitespace preserved

Config

  • Toggle features (e.g., Fairy Type, Level Cap)
  • Preview/Save writes to include/config.h

Preview dialog

  • Shows per‑file diffs before saving; backups (.bak) are created automatically

Shortcuts & tips

  • Ctrl+S to save on editor pages
  • Use search filters on lists and TM/Tutor tabs to move faster

HG Engine Editor Wiki Navigation

Quick Start

  1. Home
  2. Getting Started
  3. User Interface
  4. FAQ

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