Gameshark

GameShark is a Pixelmon sidemod that alerts the player about the locations of nearby Pokémon and Pixelmon-related blocks that are of potential interest to the player.

Installation

GameShark functions in Pixelmon versions 3.3.8 upwards and requires Java 8 to be used. On servers, the mod is client-side and players each have to individually install the mod to use it. The server itself does not have to have the mod installed.

Minecraft launcher

1. Follow the instructions to install GameShark on the Pixelmon launcher.
2. Click the "Browse to Profile Folder" button on the main menu of the Pixelmon launcher.
3. Navigate to the "mods" folder.
4. Copy the GameShark jar to the mods folder in your Minecraft directory.

Pixelmon launcher

1. Go to the Settings tab on the main launcher screen and turn on "Enable advanced features".
2. Edit your profile and choose the "Add Official Side-Mod" option.
3. Select GameShark from the list.

Overview

By default, GameShark will alert the player if any of the following are found within 200 blocks of the player:

• Legendary Pokémon
• Shiny Pokémon
• Boss Pokémon
• Shrines
• PokéLoot chests
• Fossils
• Evolution stone ores (Moss Rock and Ice Rock included)

GameShark displays its information in a box at the top-right corner of the screen. Initially, when nothing has been found, GameShark will display the player's coordinates and the biome that the player is in.

If any of the aforementioned objects or Pokémon are found, GameShark will display them in the box. An arrow indicates the direction that the closest found object is in relative to the direction the player is facing. The distance between the closest object and the player is also shown; this distance is in blocks if GameShark finds a special Pokémon and in meters if GameShark finds a PokéLoot chest or a shrine. If GameShark finds a Pokémon, the species of Pokémon will also be displayed in the box, although the difficulty of boss Pokémon will not be displayed. GameShark will only find wild Pokémon; Trainer-owned Pokémon will not be tracked.

It is possible to toggle what GameShark will search for by accessing its menu with a hotkey ('\' by default). Within this menu, it is also possible to make GameShark search for one or more specific species of Pokémon. In order to navigate the list of Pokémon, it is necessary to search for the Pokémon's name; the list will shift down to the first Pokémon in the list whose name starts with the searched text. It is not possible to scroll through the list of Pokémon.

The background around the directional arrow is color-coded according to what GameShark finds.

Color	Found
Clear	Nothing
Red	Legendary Pokémon
Green	Shiny Pokémon
Blue	Boss Pokémon
Golden yellow	Shrine
Yellow	PokéLoot Chest
Light blue	Fossil
Pink	Evolution stone ore
Orange	Player-specified Pokémon

Config settings

Except for the "draw lines to everything" setting, all of these settings can also be modified in-game by using a hotkey ('\' by default) to open the customization menu. The changes in the menu will be reflected in the gameshark.cfg file.

• "Draw lines to everything": If enabled, this will cause GameShark to draw color-coded lines directly from the player to what GameShark has found. This allows multiple objects or Pokémon to be tracked at the same time.

The following settings can be changed either by modifying the gameshark.cfg file or accessing the GameShark menu in-game.

• "Special List": The list of Pokémon that the player chooses to search for.
• "Draw lines to everything": Lines will be drawn between the player and all objects and Pokémon found by GameShark.
• "Radar distance": The maximum distance away from the player that an object or Pokémon can be tracked before GameShark stops tracking it.
• "Show bosses": Whether boss Pokémon will be searched for.
• "Show evolution stones": Whether evolution stone ore will be searched for.
• "Show fossils": Whether fossils will be searched for.
• "Show Legendaries": Whether Legendary Pokémon will be searched for.
• "Show loot": Whether PokéLoot chests will be searched for.
• "Show searches": Whether player-specified Pokémon will be searched for.
• "Show Shinies": Whether Shiny Pokémon will be searched for.
• "Show shrines": Whether shrines will be searched for.