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[!TIP] Right-click on the Archetype Counter System Tray icon to activate the counter menu.

Options will appear "grayed out" and cannot be accessed while the Counter is (BUSY).

Encountered (Count)

[!NOTE] Encountered Pokémon dynamically get loaded from the top 25 seen in battle. (Top 25 have been chosen for the counter menu due to performance reasons.)

[!TIP] Selecting an existing Pokémon in the counter menu allows you to manually modify the specific encountered count.

• Encountered Type Count: Shows all of the encountered types the counter will track.
  • Single Battle: Displays the current count for all single battles encountered.
  • Double Battle: Displays the current count for all double battles encountered.
  • Triple Battle: Displays the current count for all triple battles encountered.
  • Horde Battle: Displays the current count for all horde battles encountered.

• Change Encountered Count: Set any number value for the Encountered count. (Typically when transferring from another counter)

• Reset Encountered Count: Resets the current hunt profile Encountered count to "0".

 

Egg (Count)

• Add +1: Adds a number value count of "1" to the total Egg count.

• Add +30: Adds a number value count of "30" to the total Egg count.

• Add +60: Adds a number value count of "60" to the total Egg count.

• Change Egg Count: Set any number value for the Egg count. (Typically when transferring from another counter)

• Reset Egg Count: Resets the current hunt profile Egg count to "0".

 

Fossil (Count)

• Add +1: Adds a number value count of "1" to the total Fossil count.

• Add +30: Adds a number value count of "30" to the total Fossil count.

• Add +60: Adds a number value count of "60" to the total Fossil count.

• Change Fossil Count: Set any number value for the Fossil count. (Typically when transferring from another counter)

• Reset Fossil Count: Resets the current hunt profile Fossil count to "0".

 

Alpha / Legendary / Shiny

• Alpha (Count):
  • Change Alpha Count:
  • Reset Alpha Count: Resets the current hunt profile Alpha count to "0".

• Legendary (Count):
  • Change Legendary Count:
  • Reset Legendary Count: Resets the current hunt profile Legendary count to "0".

• Shiny (Count):
  • Change Shiny Count:
  • Reset Shiny Count: Resets the current hunt profile Shiny count to "0".

 

Hunt (Hunt Profile)

[!CAUTION] Do not use characters such as parenthesis ( ), brackets [ ], quotations " " etc. in profile names.

[!CAUTION] Do not use the same word for different hunt profiles. Ensure hunt profile name is unique from the others.

• Rename Current Hunt: Change the current hunt profile name to better organized specific hunts.

• Reset Current Hunt: Resets the current hunt profile in the counter (Encountered, Egg, Fossil, Alpha, Legendary, Shiny.. everything!)

• Reset All Hunts: Resets all hunt profiles in the counter. (Warning: Please ensure you have backups of your current counts in all hunt profiles before utilizing the "Reset All Hunts" selection.)

 

Settings

Picture Mode

• Primary: Uses built PrintWindow function wrapped in a .dll file (PrintWindowStream.dll).

• Alternate (Debug): Backup option if the Primary picture mode fails.

 

Chinese Mode

• Off: Indicates the counter will not OCR scan the screenshot with Chinese recognition.

• Chinese Simplified: Indicates the counter will OCR scan the screenshot with Chinese recognition (From Chinese in-game strings).

• Chinese Traditional: Indicates the counter will OCR scan the screenshot with Chinese recognition. (From Chinese in-game strings).

 

Theme Mode

• Auto: Sets the Counter menu based on the Windows standard theme (Light/Dark).

• Light: Manually overrides and sets the counter menu to "Light" theme.

• Dark: Manually overrides and sets the counter menu to "Dark" theme.

 

Sprite Mode

• Default: Standard PokeMMO sprites used in counter menu & notifications.

• 3DS: 3DS PokeMMO sprites used in counter menu & notifications.

• Gen 8: Gen 8 PokeMMO sprites used in counter menu & notifications.

• Home: Home PokeMMO sprites used in counter menu & notifications.

• Shuffle: Shuffle PokeMMO sprites used in counter menu & notifications.

 

Notify Mode

• Never: Windows toast notifications is turned off and will not trigger.

• Partial (By Pokémon): Windows toast notifications triggered based on Pokémon counts.

• Partial (By Total): Windows toast notifications triggered based on total Encountered count.

• Always:

• Set Milestone (Count): Sets the specific number value count when to trigger the "By Total" or "By Pokémon". Ex: If the count is set to 10, then the Windows toast notification will trigger if the count reaches 10 by total or by Pokémon.

 

Sorting Mode

• Encountered (Ascending): Sorts the encountered list by Ascending order (lowest to highest).

• Encountered (Descending): Sorts the encountered list by Descending order (highest to lowest).

• Pokédex (Ascending): Sorts the encountered list by Ascending order from the the Pokémon Pokédex number (lowest to highest).

• Pokédex (Descending): Sorts the encountered list by Descending order from the the Pokémon Pokédex number (highest to lowest).

• Pokémon (Ascending): Sorts the encountered list by Ascending order from the Pokémon name (Alphabetical - lowest to highest).

• Pokémon (Descending): Sorts the encountered list by Descending order from the Pokémon name (Alphabetical - highest to lowest).

• Pokémon (Last Seen): Sorts the encountered list by the last Pokémon seen in battle.

• None: No sort is added in.

 

Overlay Mode

• On (Pokémon): Shows a minimal but customizable GUI overlay for the current Pokémon count (Based on the "Sorting Mode").

• On (Total): Shows a minimal but customizable GUI overlay for the total Encountered count.

• Off (System Tray): No GUI overlay is displayed.

• Open Overlay Settings: Opens the "Config_OverlaySettings.txt" file that allows you to customize the GUI overlay.

 

Overlay Mode Settings

• Normal Symbol: The main symbol used for the GUI Overlay while outside of battle. This is a unicode character symbol.

• Normal Symbol: The busy symbol used for the GUI Overlay while inside of battle. This is a unicode character symbol.

• Unicode Character Symbols: https://www.vertex42.com/ExcelTips/unicode-symbols.html

• With Symbol: Sets whether or not to use the symbols on the GUI Overlay. True = ON / False = OFF

• Multiline: Sets the GUI Overlay to show up to individual Pokémon in the GUI list. (This will only display if using the "On (Pokémon)" option in the Overlay Mode.)

• Multiline Count: Ability to set/control the amount of encountered Pokémon displayed in Overlay Mode.

• Font Type: This property sets the typeface of the text displayed. For example, "Arial", "Times New Roman", or any other installed font family can be used - Using "System" utilizes no font and goes based off of Windows system font. (String Name)

• Font Size: This property sets the size of the text displayed. (Number Value)

• Font Padding: This property is the space between the content of the Text and its border. (Number Value)

• Font Color: This property sets the color of the text displayed. (Hex Code Value)

• Font Background Color: This property sets the color of the text background displayed. (Hex Code Value)

• Font Opacity: This property sets & determines the transparency of the Text. It ranges from 0 (fully transparent) to 1 (fully opaque). Values between 0 and 1 specify varying levels of transparency. Ex: 0.6 (Number Value or Number Decimal Value)

• Font Background Opacity: This property sets & determines the transparency of the Text background. It ranges from 0 (fully transparent) to 1 (fully opaque). Values between 0 and 1 specify varying levels of transparency. Ex: 0.6 (Number Value or Number Decimal Value)

• Font Weight: This property sets the thickness of the font's stroke. It can be set to predefined values like Normal or Bold. (String Name)

• Font Style: This property sets the style of the font, such as Normal, Italic, or Oblique. Italicized text has a slanted appearance compared to normal text. Oblique is similar to italic but uses a different algorithm to slant the characters. (String Name)

 

Open PokeMMO

• Yes: Set to open PokeMMO when the counter is opened.

• No: Does not set PokeMMO to open when the counter is opened.

 

Close PokeMMO

• Yes: Set to close PokeMMO when the counter is closed.

• No: Does not set PokeMMO to close when the counter is closed.

 

Show Failed Scans

• Yes: Showed failed scans dialog to rectify failed OCR name scans from battle.

• No: Disables the failed scan dialog (Not recommended).

 

Uninstall

Dialog that allows FULL uninstall of the Archetype Counter. See Removal for more info.

 

Support

• GitHub Readme:
  • github.com/ssjshields/archetype-counter

• GitHub Issues:
  • github.com/ssjshields/archetype-counter/issues

• Discord Link:
  • discord.gg/rYg7ntqQRY

 

Troubleshooting

Open Debug Folder

• Opens the counter debug folder that holds .txt and .png file (Typically for the Archetype to further diagnose an issue).

 

Open Name Fix File

• Opens the "Config_PokemonNameFix.txt" file to manually add in failed name entries (Should not be needed with automated failed dialog scans to correct issue).

 

Toggle Debug Window

[!CAUTION] Do not close the console window from the taskbar- it will exit the entire counter. Simply reselect the toggle option to make the console window disappear.

• Toggle the ability to show the counter console window to help troubleshoot

 

Test Toast Notification

• Allows to you manually invoke the toast notifications to ensure they work and/or are turned on via the Windows system.

 

Exit

• Closes the counter and all of its current processes.