This update brings something unique and special to PokeNav. Starting today, you will be able to start a raid party using ONLY an in-game screenshot. By far, the simplest way to setup a raid group on discord, we hope it’ll make coordinating even easier. Additionally, we’re bringing in some more community features and improving existing ones.
Take a look at how these features will work below, then please read the special note at the bottom of this page.
1.7.0
Raid Coordination
Raid Screenshots
PokeNav now starts a raid when it sees screenshot of a raid boss / egg.
To ensure that you make the most PokeNav’s analysis feature, make sure your upload a screenshot of a boss or egg where the timer and Pokemon’s name are unobscured by animations or effects, such as in the initial animation checking the raid. If the timer is blocked, it will use the maximum time for that type of raid to give you adequate time to coordinate, otherwise the raid party channel will expire when the raid ends. Don’t crop or manipulate the image before uploading to discord:
PokeNav will automatically extract the Pokemon, remaining time (including egg hatch and availability times), and Gym name.
EX Pass Screenshots
PokeNav now starts an EX raid channel when it sees a screenshot of an EX raid pass.
To ensure that you make the most of PokeNav’s analysis feature, make sure the EX raid pass is completely expanded and all details are visible. Here are some examples:
PokeNav will automatically assume the Pokemon, end time given in the EX raid invite, and Gym name.
$boss command
PokeNav now allows you to override the raid boss.
If you upload a screenshot of an Egg, or PokeNav fails to detect the Pokemon in the screenshot, you can use the $boss command to update the raid boss, which will rename the name channel and role (as well as allow you to request $counters).
quota command
PokeNav allows you to see how many screenshot requests you’ve done in a month.
Raid screenshots usage is available to everyone but limited (both individually and globally) to prevent abuse. You can use the $quota command to check how many you have available. If you exceed your quota the bot will react to screenshots you post with a red circle.
For more details around quotas and why this is happening see the special note at the end of the release notes.
Shorter Role Names
Raid channel names have been shortened and “cleaned up” as they previously contained special characters that may have obscured the name of the raid.
Trainer Profiles
Silph Road Traveler Card Integration
PokeNav now integrates with Silph Road traveler cards.
PokeNav now can link to your silphroad profile. There are two commands involved. One sets your silph road trainer id, the other one can lookup a discord users silph card.
$silphid command
Set your silph road ID in your trainer profile
You can let others see your silph traveler card by linking it to your profile. Your silph id is typically your in-game name and can be found on your traveler card.
$silphcard command
See your own or another discord user’s silph traveler card
Using the $silphcard command, you can view your own or another users silph traveler card if it is linked to their trailer profile. Use their discord name when you use the $silphcard command.
You use the persons discord name to look up their traveler card, as long as its linked and a public silph card.
Join Date
Your trainer profile now shows the date you joined the server.
Contributor Level
Your trainer profile now shows your contribution level if you donate / subscribe on Patreon.
Private Commands
The following commands have been upgraded to be used in a private DM with PokeNav, so you don’t need to pollute a channel:
$xp$favorite$goal$pokebattlerid$silphid$silphcard$trainer$quota
When viewing a trainer profile in a DM, community specific leaderboards and join date are hidden.
Patreon and Ongoing Support
We want PokeNav to be available for any server, for free, for as long as Pokemon Go has a strong community. In order to make this a reality, we’re starting a Patreon to help cover server and maintenance costs.
These costs include:
- The servers that actually run the bot for multiple discords
- The database that houses historical and current raid data, profiles, etc
- Costs associated with the computer vision operations that performs raid screenshot scans
- Bandwidth costs
- Infrastructure and development of future stuff that will make PokeNav more useful
These costs all scale with the number of active users, not the number of servers (which may vary greatly in size and activity). In particular, the raid screenshots performed by the bot can incur substantial costs if abused and not limited. To start, we’re capping individual scans at 10 / month for anyone on a discord server with PokeNav.
If you support us on Patreon, you will gain some virtual swag and increased scan quota. Additionally, as we gain more patrons, we’ll increase the free tier for everyone, so we can all enjoy the new features. Head over to Patreon to learn more!
Shout Outs
Thanks to Sensei Supaku for a last minute bug report that helped out iPhone X users on the screenshot feature.
Thanks to all the Beta Testers in the PokeNav discord for helping test out this feature!
To my wife, for letting me work on this bot and fall asleep during Westworld.
Future Updates
We’ve got great things planned. To keep up to date, follow PokeNavBot on Twitter!