[Beta 2 Released!] Pokémon Shining Opal

[diegoisawesome]

Welcome to the world of Rinto!
http://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_3.png

ROMBASE:
The game to patch it to
http://o15.com/files/Fire%20Red.png


STORY:
Once upon a time...
You are a young person living in Lake Zigger. To be a Pokémon Trainer has always been your dream, and now it's going to come true on your tenth birthday. The new professor in town, Professor G. Oak, is finally letting you get your first Pokémon, a Torchic! The only problems are, you're late, both bridges are out, and the handyman lives alongside the professor! What a retarded idea, Handyman Randy...

As you manage to get the handyman to fix the bridge, everyone rushes into the lab. You go downstairs and get in line. Once you get your Torchic, you have a battle with your friend and a stranger, and then you proceed to leave town. Suddenly, there's a FLASH and your Torchic's been replaced by some unknown Pokémon, but, seeming as the Professor ran out of the lab quickly, you have to continue.

As you leave Lake Zigger, you encounter somebody from this secret organization who wants to take over the world in a very odd manner! (stupid grunt, I know :P)

You didn't know that the evil team is out to get their hands on that Pokémon. They will do anything to get it, including some very un-evil-team-ish things. But there are some more things that will sidetrack you than just a bunch of insane people.

The ability to have a Secret Base (Remember, this is a FR hack!), a Betting Booth, insane twists, cameo appearances by random people, encountering an evil spirit whom you can transform back to good, saving the real world from a catastrophe (as well as the Pokémon world, obviously), and some odd times when you just aren't yourself are a few of the crazy things that happen to you on your journey throughout the region of Rinto.

SCREENIES: (outdated)
The fun part! Eye candy...
http://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_1.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_2.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_4.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_5.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_6.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_7.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_8.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_9.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_10.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_11.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_12.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_13.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_14.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_15.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_16.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_17.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_18.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_19.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_20.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_21.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_22.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_23.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_24.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_25.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_26.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_27.pnghttp://o15.com/files/Shining%20Opal_28.png

VIDEOS:
See how stuff works
Saren City Team Psytric Event (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4lwRj7BC5Q&fmt=18)

FEATURES:
New Stuff
New Region! (Rinto)
A New Pokémon! (Mikachu)
New Rivals!
New Elite Four!
New Champion!
New Gym Leaders!
Similarities To Johto!
Bus System! (replaces fly)
Visit Old Regions!
And...Visit All "Real" Regions...Fully And Completely! (not gonna tell you how yet)

USERBARS:
Put these in your sig to support my game.

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2106/ubd1596oo5.png%3C/a%3Ehttp://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2106/ubd1596oo5.png (http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=153138)
<url=http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=153138><img>http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/2106/ubd1596oo5.png</img></url>Just replace <these> with [these].

BUGS/ODDITIES:
Stuff that's weird
All reported glitches fixed. Thanks for the help!
TEAM:
You know the definition of this already
I need help editing the Town Map and the Fly Map, spriting, and making MIDI files for background music in my game. I hope that people can help.

Right now, I need music makers. Join up, people!

Current Team:
At Team Thread:
http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=191919

CREDITS:
Awesome people that helped me greatly
Clonex25, for some GSC Remixes
Whoever made the Mart for the Super DP Rombase, for the mart, obviously
Xiros for the DP style tree
Zel for part of the signpost
Pey! for the DP style PKMN Center
HackMew for making XSE and the Sprite/Palette editing routine
UltramasterBDX for the DP Style Textbox
Mastermind_X for the Jukebox ASM routine
and everybody else who I forgot to mention.

PROGRESS REPORT:
How far I am
Zigger Town
Route 1
Vantrek City
Route 2
Saren City
Route 3
Vorril Forest
Route 17
Klindor City
Route 4
Route 5
Galen Town

Text that's striked through is done for (almost) forever.
Bold text is stuff that is currently being worked on.
Regular text means that this is planned, but not started yet.

DOWNLOADS:
The goodies!
Download Beta 1 and Beta 2 Here! (http://o15.com/index.php5?title=Main_Page) Also, be sure to check out everything else on my site as well!

[Chibi Robo]

If I were you the first thing I would do probaly would be work on that title screen
I would take the off the letters you ripped off like the (version)
and how you wrote shining opal it isnt very good looks like you were in a hurry...
anyways you need a lot og work on the title screen....

[mrpwnageisme]

like ive said b4 wanna join?

[diegoisawesome]

like ive said b4 wanna join?
Huh? What do you mean? Do you want to join my team? If so, what do you want to do?

If I were you the first thing I would do probaly would be work on that title screen
I would take the off the letters you ripped off like the (version)
and how you wrote shining opal it isnt very good looks like you were in a hurry...
anyways you need a lot og work on the title screen....
Un-LZ.GBA doesn't work correctly, so that was the best that I could do. Sometimes after I repoint it and all, it doesn't give me the Ptr changed box and I go forward and back and it's back to where it was before.

[netga94]

looks nice but could make a better name for Mikachu if not doesent matter
cant wait til a beta or alph or whats it call XD

[mrpwnageisme]

Huh? What do you mean? Do you want to join my team? If so, what do you want to do?


Un-LZ.GBA doesn't work correctly, so that was the best that I could do. Sometimes after I repoint it and all, it doesn't give me the Ptr changed box and I go forward and back and it's back to where it was before.

no you wanna join mine lol

[diegoisawesome]

No thanks. I have too much trouble with my own hack. Maybe after I finish.

New Screenshots are up
Progress Report: 2%
First Beta coming up soon!

BETA 1 IS FINALLY OUT!!!

Download it from the thread.

[☆Patched☆]

Hey hey. I could be a spriter.

Anyway, here's a review.

Title screen looks odd. You have the Pokemon logo, then these small letters.

The colors are a bit odd.

Anyway, you may want to re-do Mikachu's sprite.

[deadlyangel91792]

sweet the betas out i take it we can use mikachu???

[Christos]

No thanks. I have too much trouble with my own hack. Maybe after I finish.

New Screenshots are up
Progress Report: 2%
First Beta coming up soon!

BETA 1 IS FINALLY OUT!!!

Download it from the thread.

Don't double or triple post, please. Use the Edit Button. You're allowed to double post when you have updates for your hack, but only when the posts are long.

[~Undefined~]

i played the beta... It was pretty good, but having two gyms in the first two towns probably isn't the best. I noticed a few mistakes/bugs in the game
-On route 1 there is a few squares of land that you can't walk through
-the bug catcher that doesnt battle that is walking around in the grass beneath a house in route 2 misspells "sorry". Instead he says "soorry".
-On route 2 nearer to the bottom, there is a tree above a short fence that you can walk through half of the tree.

Thats all I noticed.
I loved Mikachu, even if it is a bit cheesey. I can't wait for the next beta.
~undefined~

[Ruka Prince]

The Gyms are too near, and that's what you need to change.

The OW Sprites aren't that good, especially with the Hero/Heroine,

which I only see they have Palette Changes.

[diegoisawesome]

sweet the betas out i take it we can use mikachu???

Yes, Mikachu is your starter.

i played the beta... It was pretty good, but having two gyms in the first two towns probably isn't the best. I noticed a few mistakes/bugs in the game
-On route 1 there is a few squares of land that you can't walk through
-the bug catcher that doesnt battle that is walking around in the grass beneath a house in route 2 misspells "sorry". Instead he says "soorry".
-On route 2 nearer to the bottom, there is a tree above a short fence that you can walk through half of the tree.

Thats all I noticed.
I loved Mikachu, even if it is a bit cheesey. I can't wait for the next beta.
~undefined~

Ok. Thanks for the bug report. I'll add it.

The Gyms are too near, and that's what you need to change.

The OW Sprites aren't that good, especially with the Hero/Heroine,

which I only see they have Palette Changes.

I'm not good at OWs, and they're not simple Pallette changes. I went through EVERY VARIATION of the sprite and changed what I needed to change because back when I started this, I didn't know that all that could be edited with simple HEX.

Bugfix version Beta 1.02 will come out shortly. Look for it!

P.S. Thanks to Blazichu to movin g my thread here from the Scrapbox and adding that i had Beta 1 released.

[Ruka Prince]

I'm not good at OWs, and they're not simple Pallette changes. I went through EVERY VARIATION of the sprite and changed what I needed to change because back when I started this, I didn't know that all that could be edited with simple HEX.



Well, then you'd better get one OW Spriter to make some better ones.

[Naoi]

It's been a few days since someone has posted here, and I played the beta.
I must say, I loved it! ^^
Every script was really cool, and, though Mikachu seemed like a legendary..it's experience gain was hard, but the stats seemed similar to those of the average level 5 starter, which was good! ^^
The sprite was a mere edit, with the ears, and a nice mixture on the sprite between pink and yellow would've been cool too, but, that's okay.

I laughed when I just saw a ton of Police men every where saying the same thing! xD
I look forward to playing the next beta, and hopefully you haven't given up.

Well, good luck~

[diegoisawesome]

It's been a few days since someone has posted here, and I played the beta.
I must say, I loved it! ^^
Every script was really cool, and, though Mikachu seemed like a legendary..it's experience gain was hard, but the stats seemed similar to those of the average level 5 starter, which was good! ^^
The sprite was a mere edit, with the ears, and a nice mixture on the sprite between pink and yellow would've been cool too, but, that's okay.

I laughed when I just saw a ton of Police men every where saying the same thing! xD
I look forward to playing the next beta, and hopefully you haven't given up.

Well, good luck~
No, I haven't given up. I'm still currently working on it.

[~Undefined~]

Oh good, it's nice to see some more posting, I was worried a bit then. ^^

Hope it's going well.

[minchan]

Hi! I just played the beta... It's really good! I'm no expert on anything when it comes to hacking so I can't really give much feedback... But I liked it a lot, and can't wait for the next release!

I found a tile that I can't walk through that I should be able to. Maybe you wanna check it out - it's the one my character is looking at in the following screen shot.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/Namikaze/tileglitchinpokemonshiningopal.png

[KiraIchigo]

The game sounds awsome but I think I'll wait to play it untill the next beta comes out. Could you PM me when it does?

[axelrulezyeah]

hey i played the beta and it was great but il tell u some things i would change
1.the first pokemon gym should be in the town after where you placed it with the gyms pokemon at least lv 9 - 10
2.the mikachu sprite which i sent you
3.put more encounters and only the first evo of pokemon in the first few grass patches.
4.besides this it was a great hack and i loved it
ps if you liked my mikachu can you let me try and remake the rival sprite for you
pps oh and can you please tell me the unlz number for the hero back sprite
thanks

[Alex31]

Awsome hack.
Mikachu's sprite could use changing, and the first patch of grass has second evo's in it

[diegoisawesome]

The game sounds awsome but I think I'll wait to play it untill the next beta comes out. Could you PM me when it does?
Sure! I'll add you onto a (just started) list.

Hi! I just played the beta... It's really good! I'm no expert on anything when it comes to hacking so I can't really give much feedback... But I liked it a lot, and can't wait for the next release!

I found a tile that I can't walk through that I should be able to. Maybe you wanna check it out - it's the one my character is looking at in the following screen shot.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k165/Namikaze/tileglitchinpokemonshiningopal.png
I discovered it earlier, but I was too far in the game to fix it. Just walk around it until the next Beta.

Oh good, it's nice to see some more posting, I was worried a bit then. ^^

Hope it's going well.
Yup, it is!

It's been a few days since someone has posted here, and I played the beta.
I must say, I loved it! ^^
Every script was really cool, and, though Mikachu seemed like a legendary..it's experience gain was hard, but the stats seemed similar to those of the average level 5 starter, which was good! ^^
The sprite was a mere edit, with the ears, and a nice mixture on the sprite between pink and yellow would've been cool too, but, that's okay.

I laughed when I just saw a ton of Police men every where saying the same thing! xD
I look forward to playing the next beta, and hopefully you haven't given up.

Well, good luck~
Hey, thanks for the awesome review! As I've already said, "No, I haven't given up."

hey i played the beta and it was great but il tell u some things i would change
1.the first pokemon gym should be in the town after where you placed it with the gyms pokemon at least lv 9 - 10
2.the mikachu sprite which i sent you
3.put more encounters and only the first evo of pokemon in the first few grass patches.
4.besides this it was a great hack and i loved it
5.if you liked my mikachu can you let me try and remake the rival sprite for you
6.oh and can you please tell me the unlz number for the hero back sprite
thanks
1. No, I like my order better, but now the second gym is farther away.
2. I'm doing that now.
3. Done.
4. Thanks!
5. Sure! The thing is, don't remake it directly; that is to say, let me send you a request by PM with more specific details and you can get started.
6. The hero backsprite's not on Un-Lz! There's a tutorial on how to edit it here (http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=82358).

Well, guys, thanks for supporting my hack! It might have started out small, but, slowly, it got better until a lot of people saw it and played it (namely, you guys!) and helped me find many glitches in the game. Thanks to some people who sent me sprites and those people who have helped me with scripts and all those whose tutorials I use frequently. Also, thanks to the guy that started me on the road to hacking: zel!

Expect new screenshots coming later on in the week!

[GKS]

Lol, the mew and the pikachu combined. Good luck.

[~Undefined~]

Wow, I noticed you're past Sarren City and Route 3!!!! That's great news!!!

[diegoisawesome]

I've been redoing most of the starting towns, and Rio's Lab now has a second story, Zigger Town has been expanded to more than twice its original size, Vantrek City gets some new routes leading to the north and east, and of course:
THE NEW RINTO BUS SYSTEM!!!!!!!!!!!
More info on that to come.

New screenshots and videos to come, too!

Spread the word! Shining Opal's NOT DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ruka Prince]

I've been redoing most of the starting towns, and Rio's Lab now has a second story, Zigger Town has been expanded to more than twice its original size, Vantrek City gets some new routes leading to the north and east, and of course:
THE NEW RINTO BUS SYSTEM!!!!!!!!!!!
More info on that to come.

New screenshots and videos to come, too!

Spread the word! Shining Opal's NOT DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Towns and Routes Bigger = More Gameplay and more space to explore.

Can't wait to find out how does the Bus System work.

[Konekodemon]

do you have the yellow PikaMew conbow on here that one's my favorite, it's yellow like pikachu and has Pikachu tail and ears, it's body's shaped like Mew's and it has Mew's arms and legs, that's the only part on it that's Mew is the body shape, the shape of the arms and the shape of the legs the rest looks like Pikachu

[diegoisawesome]

Towns and Routes Bigger = More Gameplay and more space to explore.

Can't wait to find out how does the Bus System work.
The Bus System is pretty cool. You just have to wait!

do you have the yellow PikaMew conbow on here that one's my favorite, it's yellow like pikachu and has Pikachu tail and ears, it's body's shaped like Mew's and it has Mew's arms and legs, that's the only part on it that's Mew is the body shape, the shape of the arms and the shape of the legs the rest looks like Pikachu
That's on another hack.

[Konekodemon]

.........which hack is it on

[diegoisawesome]

.........which hack is it on
No idea. And, even if I knew, would I advertise their hack here?

[Konekodemon]

you could tell me under my profile, if you knew

[diegoisawesome]

you could tell me under my profile, if you knew
Please don't turn my thread into a conversation page, please.

[axelrulezyeah]

diego maybe you can update the thread with new photos cus im pretty sure people have been waiting to c them cus i have

[SethCullen]

I like it so far. Just change the title screen.

[Konekodemon]

ok, but that's not really answering my question of that 'you could tell me in my profile.'

[diegoisawesome]

New screens are up!
Also, (almost) finished overhaul of old areas! House added to Vantrek!(It used to be broken, but I fixed it by reinserting it:))
I like it so far. Just change the title screen.

I actually did! I just didn't put up the new screen. :)

Happy Holidays, everyone!

[axelrulezyeah]

wow the new screens are great maybe u should tell people that the beta is different from the pics like in captions befor the download

[diegoisawesome]

wow the new screens are great maybe u should tell people that the beta is different from the pics like in captions befor the download
No one else does that, so I don't think I'm going to.

P.S. I'll try to get your sprite into the game and take a screen of it right now!

[Autumn Skye]

Wait, it's not finished? I thought it was... Hm, oh well. I'm behind ya all the way, and when I learn how, I'll also help you by inserting music! As soon as I'm done putting radios in my game...

[zlayer200]

Hey, this game looks great.
Im gonna try it when i get home frm school, like in 1hour.
Keep it up with the good work, then this hack might be one of the best.

[GFS]

I can't say that this hack is great but I hope that it will get better by beta 2
Good Luck

[diegoisawesome]

UPDATE:
B2 will have many new uopdates, such as:
Bus System
Bus Passes
D/P Style Tiles
Upgraded Areas
Bug Fixes
and a whole lot more! B2 should be released by April 2009. And keep in mind that I said SHOULD.
And please don't close my thread. Don't the deleted messages count, too?

[~Undefined~]

Yay! There's finally been some posting! I'm glad that this hack ain't dead, I was a bit worried before.

[enViable]

has 'Saren city' been in any other hacks?..

[diegoisawesome]

has 'Saren city' been in any other hacks?..
No...why? Have you seen it somewhere else?

[Konekodemon]

can you give me a sprite image of Mikachu, cause I was wondering if I could use it in an rpg

[diegoisawesome]

can you give me a sprite image of Mikachu, cause I was wondering if I could use it in an rpg
I'm not exactly sure if I should let you...
Or maybe once I get the new sprites in.

[hvsep]

This hack is actually really fun. Great job on it!

[diegoisawesome]

This hack is actually really fun. Great job on it!
Thanks. It's nice to see that people are actually interested in it.

[crazytail11]

That mikachu looks really cool haha

[diegoisawesome]

Guess what?

BETA 2 IS OUT!!!!

No, the screenshots aren't updated yet. :P

[Ruka Prince]

I just played Beta 2 and noticed some glitches.

Pic 1: It still has "How do you battle" Text.
Pic 2: You can walk out of the Wall in here.
Pic 3: This Girl speaks some Glitched Text.
Pic 4: Other Person who speaks some Glitched Text.

This Hack will be even better if the Glitches are fixed!

[diegoisawesome]

I just played Beta 2 and noticed some glitches.

Pic 1: It still has "How do you battle" Text.
Pic 2: You can walk out of the Wall in here.
Pic 3: This Girl speaks some Glitched Text.
Pic 4: Other Person who speaks some Glitched Text.

This Hack will be even better if the Glitches are fixed!
Already fixed those glitches, and a little more, too.
Download the latest Beta for a bugfix.

[Pokemon master 4ver]

Alright... so I patched the beta 2 to a clean fire red rom... a few mins later the game goes black when I encounter a wild pokemon and screeching sound comes... it's just not working :o

[diegoisawesome]

Alright... so I patched the beta 2 to a clean fire red rom... a few mins later the game goes black when I encounter a wild pokemon and screeching sound comes... it's just not working :o
Did you use a new save file than from B1?

[H2O Turquoise]

Is this recommendable for playing?
*reads the first page*
Wow, I'm downloading it!

[Sakiko123]

I may have found a slight problem or bug with beta 2 and I'd just like to point it out for future reference.
While playing, the screen turned red near the bottom right corner of the first gym just after being challenged by a trainer and froze. I encountered another frozen screen, this time black, in some nearby grass as I encountered a Pokemon. Clean rom, too.
Great hack by the way. It's hard to quit playing. Even late at night.

[diegoisawesome]

I may have found a slight problem or bug with beta 2 and I'd just like to point it out for future reference.
While playing, the screen turned red near the bottom right corner of the first gym just after being challenged by a trainer and froze. I encountered another frozen screen, this time black, in some nearby grass as I encountered a Pokemon. Clean rom, too.
Great hack by the way. It's hard to quit playing. Even late at night.
Can you please tell me which patch of grass, and on what route?

[Sakiko123]

Can you please tell me which patch of grass, and on what route?It was either Route 1 or beginning of Route 2. The screen blanked out so quickly I couldn't tell which one I was in at the time.

[diegoisawesome]

It was either Route 1 or beginning of Route 2. The screen blanked out so quickly I couldn't tell which one I was in at the time.
I really don't get this...
That error has only been caused by not having the National Dex, which I activated...

[Sakiko123]

Hmm... Well it only happened once in the grass... Frequent saving should help limit it. And so far it only happened in the earlier routes which won't be used much later on, so it might not be a serious problem...

Route 1 is the area I was trying to remember.

[~Undefined~]

Hmm... Well it only happened once in the grass... Frequent saving should help limit it. And so far it only happened in the earlier routes which won't be used much later on, so it might not be a serious problem...

Route 1 is the area I was trying to remember.
It's been happening to me too, although more than once. When I was training my Mikachu and Nidoran♂ in Route 1, it happened quite frequently. (It may have happened in Route 2 as well, but I'm not sure)
Lovin' the beta so far (I just got my second badge, god that forest was annoying xD)

EDIT:
I've finished the beta (I'm a bit sad that I can't keep playing it... lol), and it was great! There was a few bugs/glitches but they've all been mentioned I think...
Can't wait for the next release!
~Undefined~

[Konekodemon]

look what I made from your game, I made a sprite of Mikachu:
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/80/mikachu.png

[~Undefined~]

look what I made from your game, I made a sprite of Mikachu:
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/80/mikachu.png
No offence, but that looks dreadful, and Mikachu belongs to Diego, you can't just sprite random people's fakemon...
The sprite you're already using is fine, Diego.

[Konekodemon]

when my 3rd Pokemon gets to level 20 the game goes all black and freezes

[~Undefined~]

So do you have any idea how far the next beta will go, Diego? Like, how many gym badges could we expect to get in beta 3?

[diegoisawesome]

So do you have any idea how far the next beta will go, Diego? Like, how many gym badges could we expect to get in beta 3?
I'm shooting for one more badge and one more city for each beta.

[YellowAdventure]

This is a great hack thank you

[Ark_Dragon]

well this sounds really good, time to download and have a look at it :D you better not stop making this at any point, i want a full rom one day :P

[diegoisawesome]

Hey, since so many people like Shining Opal, why not put the userbars in your siggys?

[~Teh Panda~]

Well this story seems like a very bland and normal one with a team, badges, and of course being the best. I have to say one thing though, you really have worked on this and stayed on it so congrats. But... with that I would suggest improving your mapping some and the story. Also make some long and intriguing scripts to really bring in a player. Other than that great job and best of luck on Shining Opal.

[Samike360]

Very fun hack, but also glitchy...

[Ruka Prince]

Very fun hack, but also glitchy...

The Hack actually isn't that glitchy as you thought. You have to really play it before you comment on this.

[Samike360]

The Hack actually isn't that glitchy as you thought. You have to really play it before you comment on this.

Yeah, I realized it as I played through it more, it is very fun, but at the beginning I noticed that when I fought a wild pokemon sometimes the game froze and I couldn't access part of the first gym because the screen went red whenever I walked on a certain tile.

[GKS]

Nice hack, good luck with it. The mapping is alright.

[diegoisawesome]

I think I fixed the Vantrek Gym glitch.. Not sure 'cause you didn't tell me where the glitch is.
The thing is that I really have no idea what could be causing the wild Pokemon glitches.

[enViable]

I'm not sure about 'mikachu' but a nice hack overall, will be trying tommorow morning
GJ

[zlayer200]

oh this hack, i knew i played it b4, but i lost it somehow. im glad i found it again, its a nice hack :D

[Mastercomp]

Im playing the latest beta and i discovered an error in the game in the first gym. All I know is I was fighting the trainers before gym leader and the screen turned RED and freezes. Its the trainer on the "right bottom" in the gym. He walk up and ready to fight me and BOOM! there is the Error. Hope this gets fixed.

[diegoisawesome]

Im playing the latest beta and i discovered an error in the game in the first gym. All I know is I was fighting the trainers before gym leader and the screen turned RED and freezes. Its the trainer on the "right bottom" in the gym. He walk up and ready to fight me and BOOM! there is the Error. Hope this gets fixed.
Fixed.
Everybody avoid that part of the gym for now.

[Mastercomp]

ok I am going to wait until the next release to come out or something because its way glitchy for me to play right now. Sorry.

[yeshi160]

Looks good. Not a big fan of Fakemon but very well done.

[wolfxkid]

This hack is sweet but it resets on me after the town that's after the gym in the forest. When I go south on the bridge it freezes and resets.

[diegoisawesome]

This hack is sweet but it resets on me after the town that's after the gym in the forest. When I go south on the bridge it freezes and resets.
You shouldn't be able to go there. The officers should block you.

[Ochitsuite]

Looks really nice :)
I'm about to try it!

[diegoisawesome]

Everybody, please use the newly updated 2.14 as it fixes all bugs you've been having.
Thanks!

Diego

[Mastercomp]

Diegoisawesome, that newly updated 2.14 still has bugs in it. So, I am sure everyone is using that one too.

[wolfxkid]

You shouldn't be able to go there. The officers should block you.

Really? I didn't see any officers...Also, where does the hack end? Sorry for the questions.

[diegoisawesome]

Really? I didn't see any officers...Also, where does the hack end? Sorry for the questions.
Lol. I just downloaded my own IPS file - seems that I accidentally deleted them.
Download the new version. And the beta ends at Klindor.
You can use your current save file with the new version, as I didn't edit anything drastic.

[diegoisawesome]

Guess what?
Shining Opal now has a group!
Join up and have fun!
(this is also the place for N00B questions ;))
Click here to go! (http://www.pokecommunity.com/group.php?groupid=993)

[~Undefined~]

Awesome, a group! I hope this means another release will be coming soon. I need more games to play other than Brown and Diamond xD.

[5qwerty]

Wow!!! I tried this and, MIKACHU is practically unstoppable!!

[HackinJohn]

Looks nice.
I will definitely check this out.

[Konekodemon]

no one's even noticing my error report on the fact once your 3rd Pokemon gets to level 20 the game freezes and goes black

[Ruka Prince]

no one's even noticing my error report on the fact once your 3rd Pokemon gets to level 20 the game freezes and goes black

Well, now I am taking notice on your "error report".
Well, if you ask me, I'd say you probably bad patched your FR Rom.

[snookers]

The only mildly challenging pokemon in this game is the gym leader's murkrow, which is still weak to mikachu's typing. I understand the game is only up to the first 2 gyms, but a little more of a challenge would be nice. There is basically only 2 trainers in the game that have pokemon which are not weak to mikachu, which is a teleporting abra and a vulix.

[SwiftSign]

Ok, I like :) Except I found some errors (see attachment).

1. Tile the sprite is facing cannot be stepped onto.
2. Typo in the Woman's text.
3. Scripting error, should be \p not /p

Also why is Diego the first default Rival name? Its very confusing when you pick that and the NPCs talk about two Diegos :\ Perhaps a different name could be put there :P

Hopefully the red-screen man can be fixed up soon as I have an obsession of battling every trainer :\!

Overall good! Like the tileset, the scripting seems very good and I quite like Mikachu :3 (even if its slightly overpowered ;)). I'm not far in but I will report anything else I find, thanks for the fun!

[diegoisawesome]

It sure took me a heck of a time, but I finally fixed the man inside Vantrek Gym glitch!
Also, I fixed the other glitches that SwiftSign told me about. :)
Download the new beta from the first page.

[SwiftSign]

Some more things...

Script Errors:
The Man who gives you running shoes will repeatedly give you them.
The man Lying in your way on route 7 faces the player, and he probably shouldnt.

Typo:
Prof.'s Aide on Route 2 (in one of the housey things) says Gaught instead of Caught. Also the grammar in that sentence is a bit weird, perhaps take out the 'for'.

Underground Pathway:
Please please please change this somehow. Having a cave that anyone can wonder into (and I could see perfectly clear without flash after going down the ladder, is that right?) a cave with lv 16+ pokemon. Especially not 16+ pokemon which have a massive advantage on you. Perhaps a warning of extremely strong digletts or something... a general blockage would be my personal favourite ><.

~Edit I have realised there is actually a 'Cut' tree out of place there, and if its properly placed the cave cannot be entered!

General:
The first Vantrek Gym Leaders pokemon are lv 5 and 6. Personally I think the Gym Leaders pokemon should be significantly better than the normal trainers in his Gym. Since one has a lv 7 (an Electrike I think?) perhaps the Gym Leader could be boosted to lvs 8-10.

Another reason I ask for this is because a trainer on route 2 technically has more levels with a lv 5 Nido and lv 7 Murkrow :). Perhaps a rejig of trainer's pokemon? (Although I appriciate thats a lot of work).

Not sure if its an Error error:
The woman between town and Route 2 mentions Golden Pokemon centres - is this yet to be implimented?

Ok I'm done :D Further great Mapping on Route 2 / Salen town :), and I love that I could catch a Skitty nice and early :3

[diegoisawesome]

Some more things...

Script Errors:
The Man who gives you running shoes will repeatedly give you them.
A simple matter of changing 0x10 to 0xA. Fixed.

The man Lying in your way on route 7 faces the player, and he probably shouldnt.
Put a block to the side of him. Fixed.

Typo:
Prof.'s Aide on Route 2 (in one of the housey things) says Gaught instead of Caught. Also the grammar in that sentence is a bit weird, perhaps take out the 'for'.
Fixed.

Underground Pathway:
Please please please change this somehow. Having a cave that anyone can wonder into (and I could see perfectly clear without flash after going down the ladder, is that right?) a cave with lv 16+ pokemon. Especially not 16+ pokemon which have a massive advantage on you. Perhaps a warning of extremely strong digletts or something... a general blockage would be my personal favourite ><.

~Edit I have realised there is actually a 'Cut' tree out of place there, and if its properly placed the cave cannot be entered!
I have no idea why the heck I moved it; I never even meant to beta test it. Fixed.

General:
The first Vantrek Gym Leaders pokemon are lv 5 and 6. Personally I think the Gym Leaders pokemon should be significantly better than the normal trainers in his Gym. Since one has a lv 7 (an Electrike I think?) perhaps the Gym Leader could be boosted to lvs 8-10.
Levels changed by 3.

Another reason I ask for this is because a trainer on route 2 technically has more levels with a lv 5 Nido and lv 7 Murkrow :). Perhaps a rejig of trainer's pokemon? (Although I appriciate thats a lot of work).
With the above change, that should be fixed.

Not sure if its an Error error:
The woman between town and Route 2 mentions Golden Pokemon centres - is this yet to be implimented?
Ah, nostalgia. The golden Pokémon Centers (and that text, respectively) were one of the first edited thing in Shining Opal. Reworded to the effect of a confused woman. :P

Ok I'm done :D Further great Mapping on Route 2 / Salen town :), and I love that I could catch a Skitty nice and early :3
Thanks for the compliment! :)
The reason that you can catch Skitty and Pokémon like it is because I wanted a mix of different "first" Pokémon from other regions.

Download the new Beta 2.16 for more fixes!

diegoisawesome ;)

[my name's ???]

this game is really fun. it's fresh, has great graphics, and johto MUSIC

plus, mikachu is really good

[kaleldapokeking]

what are mikachu's stats, what is mikachu based off of?

[Frankiscool]

I've never seen a hero with a blue beanie.

[Surf]

Hey there, just thought I'd drop by and review this hack randomly.



Mapping:
Your style of mapping very well thought out, but I still see signs of the old maps when I'm playing. It's best to make your own maps rather than using originals as bases.
The tiles are well inserted except for that mart, having a sign on it really doesn't make it work.


Scripting:
This would have to be your best part.
Your scripting is solid and enjoyable, with not many obvious text and grammar errors.
You might want to try and stretch your limits to see how far you can take your scripting abilities, ok?

This hack is good overall but you might want to stretch yourself a little further to see what you can do ;)

[diegoisawesome]

I have FINALLY been able to get unLZ-GBA to work! I've successfully inserted axelrulezyeah's Mikachu sprite, Patched's Colby sprite, and someone's Kyle sprite! W00T!

Btw, Colby is your second rival.
P.S. Whoever sent in the Kyle sprite, please come forward. lol

[axelrulezyeah]

I have FINALLY been able to get unLZ-GBA to work! I've successfully inserted axelrulezyeah's Mikachu sprite, Patched's Colby sprite, and someone's Kyle sprite! W00T!

Btw, Colby is your second rival.
P.S. Whoever sent in the Kyle sprite, please come forward. lol
hay ur finnaly on. i sent you team phystric sprites just as a gift. and if kyle is the dark gym leader then i think it was me but if he wasnt my bad. and great hack by the way im really loving it

[Gir?]

I really like the looks of this hack except for one thing: Mikachu. The idea's nice but the two sprites that were fused don't work nicely. If more time was put into the selection of sprites and the actual fusing of parts it would be much better. Other than that I really like the idea. It's kind of like Team Rocket trying to get pikachu.

[ジャック]

I played a bit of the beta.
It's looking like a really good hack.
My only problem with it is that I cannot nickname my Mikachu
:(.

[U_Flame]

Hey cool! Beta 2's out! It's been a while since I last checked it. Wow, every thing's completely remade! I also noticed you renamed Bad EGG to GLITCH. Nice work! Love the Johto music and the bus system! Awesome hack!

[TkBento PT]

its a very cool version about the fusion mew and pikachu lool :D + rep

[diegoisawesome]

The big Team (name unrevealed) event has almost been finished, and so is Klindor City.
I'll tell you one thing, though:
TRANSFORM!!!

[NoMasterBallsNeeded4Legends]

looks awesome,
but since when do people wear ALL blue
this is a common thing to do (they wear all of one colour) but it might be cool to see him (her) wearing realistic clothes
also, the beginning has alot of text errors in the beginning

[alo123]

http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt218/alo321/PokemonShiningOpal2.png
You can walk through this

Bug I found

Btw i am enjoying this very much the Mikachu
is great also awaiting the next release keep up
the good work and good luck

[diegoisawesome]

http://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt218/alo321/PokemonShiningOpal2.png
You can walk through this

Bug I found

Btw i am enjoying this very much the Mikachu
is great also awaiting the next release keep up
the good work and good luck
Fixed and released, along with some new trees.

[pikalax]

From what I've seen, this game is amazing. Still a few text bugs to fix, plus there's an unused person event that shows up on the bottom-right corner of Route 1.

[diegoisawesome]

From what I've seen, this game is amazing. Still a few text bugs to fix, plus there's an unused person event that shows up on the bottom-right corner of Route 1.
You mean a copy of the player sprite?

[Arcelio]

Yay. 2.17! Are they're any really notable changes in this one? How far does it go?

[CrieonX]

whats the differance between beta 1 and beta 2?

[diegoisawesome]

Yay. 2.17! Are they're any really notable changes in this one? How far does it go?
This beta goes all the way to Klindor City, the fourth city, and includes the first Team Psytric event.
whats the differance between beta 1 and beta 2?
In Beta 2, you can go one city further and get one more badge. Also, it includes the first Team Psytric event.

[CrieonX]

thanx just finished beta 1 awesome mapping (wished I had running shoes but I remembered I have a spacebar and used it [Dunce XD])don't stop making magic.

[diegoisawesome]

thanx just finished beta 1 awesome mapping (wished I had running shoes but I remembered I have a spacebar and used it [Dunce XD])don't stop making magic.
O.o Why are you playing B1? B2 is released, you know.

[CrieonX]

I didn't know and download it I'm new to this sorta

hello me again played finished the beta 2. nice to see it coming along smoothly. few things tho it seemed when I got to the second gym leader that he was stronger than I thought he/her(sprite of a man picture of misty) would be and Money was tight I liked this. it left me having to found a pokemon that was good for a defense against him that I could use. Don't really know what the house key is for o also when I headed for the guy with the running shoes the Aqua team girl didn't show on the screen. tell me when the hack or next beta comes out.

[maplesea12]

wow......this hacks great!!! but the title needs a bit of a change though kinda dull.

[Pokestick, good times.]

Ok I found some visual bugs... I'm puttin' the pics in attachment, 'cause I can't get "Insert Picture" to work...

Nice hack, I like your simple but yet enjoyable mappin'style, kinda reminds me of Foullump... Nice Mikachu, not really fond of Pikachu but meh (named it Actionman!, dunno why:\)... Maybe you should change the overworld of the Prof... He looks just like Oak... Now, I noticed there are VERY many Johto references... Almost too many...
I could really tell you're a Cyndaquil-Fan, you're not alone ^^...
Love the music!

Now bugs:

The first pic: if you stand above the table and choose, this will happen.
second: Forgot the "P"...
third: Two Script errors in the school, didn't do a pic of the other one.
Fourth: See it yourself.
Fifth: Tile where it's not supposed to be... (HINT:WALL)
And another one: Some of the trash cans in 1:st Gym doesn't have block edit: Block covered by hero. I couldn't attach this one though.

Hope I helped.

[diegoisawesome]

Ok I found some visual bugs... I'm puttin' the pics in attachment, 'cause I can't get "Insert Picture" to work...

Nice hack, I like your simple but yet enjoyable mappin'style, kinda reminds me of Foullump... Nice Mikachu, not really fond of Pikachu but meh (named it Actionman!, dunno why:\)... Maybe you should change the overworld of the Prof... He looks just like Oak... Now, I noticed there are VERY many Johto references... Almost too many...
I could really tell you're a Cyndaquil-Fan, you're not alone ^^...
Love the music!

Now bugs:

The first pic: if you stand above the table and choose, this will happen.
second: Forgot the "P"...
third: Two Script errors in the school, didn't do a pic of the other one.
Fourth: See it yourself.
Fifth: Tile where it's not supposed to be... (HINT:WALL)
And another one: Some of the trash cans in 1:st Gym doesn't have block edit: Block covered by hero. I couldn't attach this one though.

Hope I helped.
Thanks for the bug report. I'll get around to fixing 'em...eventually... :P
No, seriously, you helped a lot.

[Shadow-Lugia]

Sorry To Make My First First Post In This Thread A Bug Report But...

I Found 2 Related Glitches, I'll Attach Pics...

One: When You Get Mikachu It's.... Awkward.....

And Two: The Nickname Turned Into The Default Name (EDIT:I Know Someone Already Mentioned This But I Had A Pic Until It Removed It's Self)

EDIT: Another Glitch, Is That Guy Supposed To Be There?

EDIT 2:Odd... I Accidentally Quit Without Saving And Glitch 1 Didn't Happen...)

EDIT 3: I Accidentally Restarted And Glitch 1 Didn't Happen... Odd...

[diegoisawesome]

Sorry To Make My First First Post In This Thread A Bug Report But...

I Found 2 Related Glitches, I'll Attach Pics...

One: When You Get Mikachu It's.... Awkward.....

And Two: The Nickname Turned Into The Default Name (EDIT:I Know Someone Already Mentioned This But I Had A Pic Until It Removed It's Self)

EDIT: Another Glitch, Is That Guy Supposed To Be There?

EDIT 2:Odd... I Accidentally Quit Without Saving And Glitch 1 Didn't Happen...)

EDIT 3: I Accidentally Restarted And Glitch 1 Didn't Happen... Odd...
Yeah, he is. You'll be able to get to him later.
And, hey, it doesn't matter if your first post's a bug report. I like those, because it helps me to make a good, bug-free game.

[lizardman974]

I think I found a glitch. When you use Transform on Fernando's Raichu, Tackle and Thunderbolt both have only 5 PP left.

[~Undefined~]

I think I found a glitch. When you use Transform on Fernando's Raichu, Tackle and Thunderbolt both have only 5 PP left.
It's like that on all Pokémon games. When you use transform you'll always only have 5 PP of each of the opponent's moves.

[diegoisawesome]

Don't worry, people. I'm still working on it (although progress was paused as I did other things) and Beta 3 should come out in September or October, maybe earlier.

EDIT: Some towns have been altered (some on a large scale, some not at all), and new Pokémon Centers and Gyms have also been implemented!
Also, I don't want this thread to die. Please, please, please post more!

[Quilava's Master]

I don't comment much anymore but this hack looks pretty amazing. Visually I'm pleased. I'll play it when I have a chance but keep this one going.

[me2hack]

If you would have made the mikachu yellow it would look cooler.;)

[diegoisawesome]

If you would have made the mikachu yellow it would look cooler.;)
Psst! Guess what? That's it's shiny color! ;)

[mr.mitb]

I just downloaded this game today, and I gotta say, very nice. There's some bugs, but overall, pretty good.

[diegoisawesome]

I just downloaded this game today, and I gotta say, very nice. There's some bugs, but overall, pretty good.
Think you can tell me the bugs so I can fix them?

[Weavile Gemini]

I love the combo of Pikachu and Mew. <3

And the game is pretty fun so far. The bus system is a nice touch. I haven't found any glitches yet, but I'll let you know when I do. I look forward to the next Beta.

[LightSlei]

There's a glitch early on, at the route 1 gatehouse (the first one).

If you use the Town Map inside it, you end up on the other side of the bar making it impossible to get through.

If I could post a link, I'd link to a video of it.

[diegoisawesome]

I knew about that... I just fixed it and posted it.
Thanks for reminding me, though.

[BoomChakalaka]

Did you add something in the second beta or did you just fix the bugs? cuz i can't find any difference

[diegoisawesome]

Did you add something in the second beta or did you just fix the bugs? cuz i can't find any difference
Between Beta 1 and Beta 2? No, there are a LOT of changes.

[killer95]

great game but urgg its hard to get flash

[LightSlei]

great game but urgg its hard to get flash

Where in the world did you get flash? I got to Klindor City and it just seems struck as a dead end :/. Gym Leader is nowhere around, Police block the bridge because it's still being hacked and Rocket Guy is blocking the cave.

[Kozoi]

I've always wanted a Psychic/Electric type. They're my two favourite types. :D I've completed v. 2 and I hope to see the next release soon. Support bar added.

[Regigiygas]

I'm not sure if anyone mentioned this bug, but...
In the gatehouse, the one with the guard, if you access the start menu, you switch places with the guard. Sorry if that's too vague; I forget which gatehouse.

Also, in the game, I released Mikachu and beat the rest of the game with a Rattata. That's gonna seriously hamper Team Psytric's efforts, no? XD

[diegoisawesome]

Most screenshots updated!
There's new music for the two rival events, with the help of Mastermind_X's "Jukebox" ASM routine.
Mewtwo has been put back in, and Mikachu has been bumped to slot #252.
The World Map has been edited!
More insight on the player and his family!
The reason behind Prof. Rio Gary Oak and his wanting of Mikachu!
Reason for the PokéBeeper!
And a whole lot more!
Just pay shipping and handling. :P (Just kidding)
B3 is on its way, and may be closer than you think! (It depends on what you think :P)

Shining Opal is, in no way, dead!

[Kozoi]

V3 sounds so awesome. I just finished beating your game for the second time and I love my Mikachu. Yeah, I also checked some of the areas with the walk through walls code and it looks all good. (Other than the guy on the rocky platform resetting your game)

[Ruka Prince]

Yo, Diego! I think the way to improve your OW's on the Hero/Heroine is to remove their Hats, and directly put their Hair on them. Whadaya think?

[sky_queen3]

Err, is CUT gettable in v2 or do I have to wait 'til v3?

[l0laz3r]

I can't get it to open on my VBA. Whenever I try to open it it says "No image found on ZIP" "file unsupported file type." PLEASE HELP ME THE GAME LOOKS AWESOME!

[Aquahead_Dan]

Personally, I think that the Mikachu or whatever it's called seems a little corny. I'd change the town name "Zigger" to something else. Overall though, the towns seem pretty cool. However, the main character sprites need MAJOR! Work! Personally I think them being the same as the Fire Red character is a turn off on the game. We want a new face in this game!

Good luck all around though.

-Aquahead_Dan

[l0laz3r]

I found out I had to patch it, but after I did, it went into the intro but when the start screen should've popped up, it went black. Does anyone know what's wrong?

[Ruka Prince]

I found out I had to patch it, but after I did, it went into the intro but when the start screen should've popped up, it went black. Does anyone know what's wrong?

You bad patched the Rom, that's why.

[LightSlei]

I found out I had to patch it, but after I did, it went into the intro but when the start screen should've popped up, it went black. Does anyone know what's wrong?


Here's the full directions:

Download Lunar IPS.
Download the IPS file.
Patch the IPS file to a CLEAN Fire Red Rom.

[diegoisawesome]

I want to ask of everyone, now:
What do you think of the bus system?
Should it stay in? Should I take it out?
Should it replace Fly? Should it not?
You guys can decide.

[zein]

the hack has its faults but overall I feel good the hack ^^

[LightSlei]

I wouldn't say take it out or replace Fly, I think it should be a separate entity that can be employed.

Honestly I'd say both if it's possible but otherwise I think the bus system is fine as a replacement, it adds a bit of a unique feel to the hack.

the hack has its faults but overall I feel good the hack ^^

Mind saying what those faults are? Sure the hack isn't complete but just saying it has faults without pointing them out won't improve the hack, and why do I feel the strong urge your post is solely to raise post count?

[Dustyguy]

I love how the Mew/Pikachu sprite looks anyways Nice hack :D

[NarutoActor]

by brother downloaded the game and I wanted to see what he was playing so I started a new file somethings I thought need some improvement the maps arent that good there square like and the lab is phiscaly un real a lil dor area(looks like a closet) ends up being were oke is witch is a pretty big room the routes are also sqare and the overworld sprite and player character are basicly the same all you did was change the platelets to a diferent collor overall nice hack just fixs the things above :D

[xSeduction]

Beta 2 was great, Diego.
Keep up the good work!

[diegoisawesome]

by brother downloaded the game and I wanted to see what he was playing so I started a new file somethings I thought need some improvement the maps arent that good there square like and the lab is phiscaly un real a lil dor area(looks like a closet) ends up being were oke is witch is a pretty big room the routes are also sqare and the overworld sprite and player character are basicly the same all you did was change the platelets to a diferent collor overall nice hack just fixs the things above :D
Actually, that's an upstairs area, soon to be downstairs.

[Ruka Prince]

the overworld sprite and player character are basicly the same all you did was change the platelets to a diferent collor overall nice hack just fixs the things above :D

About this Part, it will be done by Beta 3. The OW Spriting will be done by me although they won't be really good... By not really good, I'm going to change their clothes and remove their hats.

[xSeduction]

About this Part, it will be done by Beta 3. The OW Spriting will be done by me although they won't be really good... By not really good, I'm going to change their clothes and remove their hats.

Ehh, it'll be better than the poopy colored hat and bag. At least it had better be. -Cracks whip.-

[NarutoActor]

Actually, that's an upstairs area, soon to be downstairs.
okay then why didnt you just use stairs tiles :P good luck cant wait for beta 3 :D

[AkaneKuro]

I wonder if this is the full version O_O

[GKS]

I think I have seen this hack before. The mapping is done very well and I like the title screen. I would like to try the beta out sometime...anyway, good luck in completing the hack. The scripts look good too, :).

[dwib]

What do you think of the bus system?
Should it stay in? Should I take it out?
Should it replace Fly? Should it not?

I thought the bus system was great... keep it!!

[LightSlei]

I wonder if this is the full version O_O

/headdesk

No it's not, which is why he's still working on it, but it's very interesting concept and enjoyable playthrough for the time being.

[Ruka Prince]

Ehh, it'll be better than the poopy colored hat and bag. At least it had better be. -Cracks whip.-

Exactly. But the Bag will stay, I guess. At least the Hat's gone, right?

[PMR]

the title screen is better than mine by a long way but it could do with a makeover

[Kozoi]

Hey diego, could you put Ralts in the wild somewhere please? I'm a huge fan of Ralts and I want to do a Psychic type only run of the new BETA when it's released. I like this hack so much that I end up looking at this thread every day in anticipation.

Also, the bus system is great. Fly would also be cool for a field move to use outside of towns but I love the bus sytem.

[GlaceonFan37]

For some reason every time i try to evolve my kakuna into a beedrill the game freezes :( does anyone know y?

[diegoisawesome]

For some reason every time i try to evolve my kakuna into a beedrill the game freezes :( does anyone know y?
Maybe you bad patched it. Get a clean ROM and try again.

[diegoisawesome]

I would like to ask one thing:
Can anyone make MIDI files? What about changing the instruments of already existing ones so they work? And looping?

One person doesn't need to do all, but it would be great if I could have enough people for those jobs. More, even, so I could always have backup people.

Post job applications here: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=191919

[cadgod120]

I guess I'm bumping this, but I just started the beta and it looks nice. Keep up the good work!

Also, (I hope I'm not the only one noticing this) but doesn't the first gym seem really hard to beat? I have 4 Pokémon around Lvl. 10 or 11, and I can almost never beat Raichu. Seriously? A level 8 Raichu with Thunerbolt and ridiculously high special attack? I suggest you revise this first gym.

[diegoisawesome]

I would like to ask one thing:
Can anyone make MIDI files? What about changing the instruments of already existing ones so they work? And looping?

One person doesn't need to do all, but it would be great if I could have enough people for those jobs. More, even, so I could always have backup people.

Post job applications here: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=191919
Does nobody else want to join the team? All you have to do is post here.
And, yes, to the person above me: All of the gym leaders' teams are getting reduxes.

[*[M]*<aCky^]

Nice release! :D
Keep up the god work :D

[diegoisawesome]

*<aCky^;5151162']Nice release! :D
Keep up the god work :D
lol, my work isn't THAT godly.
But, anyways, just me on the scene to tell you guys that I've made a new video and put it on YouTube!
Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCjSNDqlwVc
Also, if you make a search for Shining Opal on YouTube, you'll get some responses from "ShinyBird360".
DO NOT WATCH ANY OF "SHINYBIRD360"S SHINING OPAL VIDEOS, AS THOSE VIDEOS DON'T SHOW THE REAL THING!!!!

[LightSlei]

Mine do though.

Pm me when you release the next update, I'm getting sick of checking back here weekly hoping for the next update XD.

[H2O Turquoise]

Mine do though.

Pm me when you release the next update, I'm getting sick of checking back here weekly hoping for the next update XD.
And why would he do that?

[dragonarche]

nice eye candy looks verry butifull
well done on the hack
btw would be nice if you put in fake mon:)
anyway nice worrk keep it up :D

[diegoisawesome]

Mine do though.

Pm me when you release the next update, I'm getting sick of checking back here weekly hoping for the next update XD.

Sure, I will. And you were checking here every week? lol
B3 won't be here fro a while, just to let you all know. BUT I AM STILL WORKING ON IT.
And what do you mean by "Mine do though"?

And why would he do that?

Because I'm nice like that. :D

nice eye candy looks verry butifull
well done on the hack
btw would be nice if you put in fake mon:)
anyway nice worrk keep it up :D
Err, Mikachu is a Fakemon.
Didn't you know? :\

[theking6]

Not bad, Amazing compared to what I can do...lol

[LightSlei]

Sure, I will. And you were checking here every week? lol
B3 won't be here fro a while, just to let you all know. BUT I AM STILL WORKING ON IT.
And what do you mean by "Mine do though"?
Because I'm nice like that. :D


My videos are the actual legitimate game or are you forgetting that you said I have to continue the LP of it as you update it. ;D. That was our deal.

[diegoisawesome]

My videos are the actual legitimate game or are you forgetting that you said I have to continue the LP of it as you update it. ;D. That was our deal.
Yeah, but by the wording I didn't get what you meant. Yeah, everyone, LightSlei, YellowAdventure, and a few other have the real game.

[Ruka Prince]

Nice updates on the scripts, and yeah, Shiny Bird has stolen your Hack's name without permission and Shiny Bird didn't actually change anything in his verson of Shining Opal.

Anyways, all I've got to say is... good luck.

[burger29]

The game freezes when a pokemon evolves

[·_.U]

... Your palletes and tiles is similar of the Shiny Gold, I'm not suggested nothing, just say.
For the rest is very nice men ^^
you should not put credits?

Good job, lucky =D

[dragonarche]

Nice love to see some updates :)
offtopic
@·_.U (http://www.pokecommunity.com/member.php?u=142640)
LOL cute avatar!!! :D

[diegoisawesome]

Nice updates on the scripts, and yeah, Shiny Bird has stolen your Hack's name without permission and Shiny Bird didn't actually change anything in his verson of Shining Opal.

Anyways, all I've got to say is... good luck.
Thanks. Want to join me in a campaign to get ShinyBird360 to take off the "Shining Opal" vids? Just send him messages on his new account.

The game freezes when a pokemon evolves
Which Pokémon? Any? Or just one? I need more info.

... Your palletes and tiles is similar of the Shiny Gold, I'm not suggested nothing, just say.
For the rest is very nice men ^^
you should not put credits?

Good job, lucky =D
Yeah, I know, that's because we're both using D/P style tiles. Also, I just changed the Special Help section to Credits because it was incorrect.

Nice love to see some updates :)
offtopic
@·_.U (http://www.pokecommunity.com/member.php?u=142640)
LOL cute avatar!!! :D
Yeah, in response to that, I'll post the new updates:
Still remaking a crapload of old scripts.
Switched over to JPAN's Fire Red Hacked Engine, I dunno if I'd told you guys that, so...
Not really doing much ATM, but work is expected to pick up over the next week or so.

Anyways, keep up the bumps and tell your friends!

[biodragon99]

this is actually a really good hack. keep up the good work

[pokedialga]

What the... The region's name is actually based on my next comic series
Well it's great to see the progress going on and the script was good too.
GL

[diegoisawesome]

this is actually a really good hack. keep up the good work
Thanks.
What the... The region's name is actually based on my next comic series
Well it's great to see the progress going on and the script was good too.
GL
Really? O.o
Thanks for the other comments.

Btw, we're still looking for MIDI people, so sign up, please, at our team thread: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=191919

[BloodLucario]

Hi! I just played the beta... It's really good! I'm no expert on anything when it comes to hacking so I can't really give much feedback... But I liked it a lot, and can't wait for the next release!

I found a tile that I can't walk through that I should be able to. Maybe you wanna check it out - it's the one my character is looking at in the following screen shot.



i had the same problem but i couldnt walk through the door >.<

[diegoisawesome]

i had the same problem but i couldnt walk through the door >.<
Methinks you're maybe playing Beta 1 or some other ripoff from some other site. Download Beta 2 and there will be no more problems!

[mrhaxmaster]

you gotta be kidding me!
your overworlds are the same as mine!! :(
but, you made this before me so... i guess ill have to change them.
Whatever i wanted a backwards hat any way :)

[Ben.]

Wow, this is a great hack.
I love it!
i'm gunna my it when i have time :D

[xavit120]

XD mom is watching Oprah lol

mykachu is just the best Pokemon i've seen so far GREAT JOB DUDE!

[hi sir tomato my password is syvniti]

Your titlescreen looks terrible, like some rip of the fire red on, try to make a more creative one.
The Pokemon on the titlescreen looks bad sprited, and just plain stupid. I don't like the idea of the fakemon to start with, but else try to resprite it and redisgn it because it's very bad.
The story line is boring, and more or less stupid, and overused.
Tge recolours of the player looks awfull in those colours.
You mapping style is terrible, the maps are to unstructured and empty.
I don't like the bad fakemon to be the starter.
The palette is too Green, please change it.
The dp tiles(Pokecenter) is just terrible toghetter with the rest of the tiles.
Oh, And you need some new features

[Pokepal17]

Your titlescreen looks terrible, like some rip of the fire red on, try to make a more creative one.
The Pokemon on the titlescreen looks bad sprited, and just plain stupid. I don't like the idea of the fakemon to start with, but else try to resprite it and redisgn it because it's very bad.
The story line is boring, and more or less stupid, and overused.
Tge recolours of the player looks awfull in those colours.
You mapping style is terrible, the maps are to unstructured and empty.
I don't like the bad fakemon to be the starter.
The palette is too Green, please change it.
The dp tiles(Pokecenter) is just terrible toghetter with the rest of the tiles.
Oh, And you need some new features

Sorry, but I played this and I sadly have to agree. :\

The palettes are bright and they clash together makint the visual aspect of your hack very bad. Same with the D/P tiles. The titlescreen isn't all to good either, the flames in the bacjground aren't don't match Mikachu and you should at least use a Nintendo style text. Also, I'm just going to say this blatantly - your mapping and storyline suck so bad. Try to be creative (I don't mean steal someone elses storyline). The only thing that I liked about this hack was the scripting which was just average.

[Chevalier]

Screens look good! (Updated ones should be great)

[diegoisawesome]

Your titlescreen looks terrible, like some rip of the fire red on, try to make a more creative one.
The Pokemon on the titlescreen looks bad sprited, and just plain stupid. I don't like the idea of the fakemon to start with, but else try to resprite it and redisgn it because it's very bad.
The story line is boring, and more or less stupid, and overused.
Tge recolours of the player looks awfull in those colours.
You mapping style is terrible, the maps are to unstructured and empty.
I don't like the bad fakemon to be the starter.
The palette is too Green, please change it.
The dp tiles(Pokecenter) is just terrible toghetter with the rest of the tiles.
Oh, And you need some new features

Sorry, but I played this and I sadly have to agree. :\

The palettes are bright and they clash together makint the visual aspect of your hack very bad. Same with the D/P tiles. The titlescreen isn't all to good either, the flames in the bacjground aren't don't match Mikachu and you should at least use a Nintendo style text. Also, I'm just going to say this blatantly - your mapping and storyline suck so bad. Try to be creative (I don't mean steal someone elses storyline). The only thing that I liked about this hack was the scripting which was just average.
Yes, I know about all these problems, and I hope Beta 3 fixes all or at least most of them.
Screens look good! (Updated ones should be great)
Yeah, trying to fit that in between being grounded and homework...

[friendly_trainer]

hmmm i dont agree the bright tiles looks good.and thanks for a powerful hybrid as the starter.and u should make every single pokemons available in this game.coz i dont have to trade and the game has a bug.whenever i enter the saren city bus station my hero gos into the balck areas and hangs the game try to fix it.and the bus system sucks and do not replace they fly system coz in the fly way i can go to towns from anywhere.(try to replay my post as soon as possible.)

[diegoisawesome]

hmmm i dont agree the bright tiles looks good.and thanks for a powerful hybrid as the starter.and u should make every single pokemons available in this game.coz i dont have to trade and the game has a bug.whenever i enter the saren city bus station my hero gos into the balck areas and hangs the game try to fix it.and the bus system sucks and do not replace they fly system coz in the fly way i can go to towns from anywhere.(try to replay my post as soon as possible.)
I'm taking out the bus system in Beta 3 because I feel like nobody even cares about it and is basically useless because of Fly. And thanks for the compliment.

[friendly_trainer]

And another thing cant u change the main map????????becoz that u have changed the routes the main map doesnt seem to be working so try to fix that or else try to make the routes accurate to the map.and dont delete the bus system.since u will feature all the regions right????so in order to get to different regions u should make the bus system available to go to different regions.and this hack has won my heart (I usually never support hacks but this hack is kinda different

[CdubFosho]

hey dude i just played beta 2, i must say your mapping and scripting is very smooth, but i personaly dont think that i like the mix of mew/pikachu, type wise electric/psychich its neet but the pokeon itself loooks for lack of better terms ***************. but since youve done well with your mapping and scripting i cant wait to see more, one other thing i didnt like that he gets the legendary right from the beggining and doesnt have to work on getting it. but its different than every other game :D

[diegoisawesome]

And another thing cant u change the main map????????becoz that u have changed the routes the main map doesnt seem to be working so try to fix that or else try to make the routes accurate to the map.and dont delete the bus system.since u will feature all the regions right????so in order to get to different regions u should make the bus system available to go to different regions.and this hack has won my heart (I usually never support hacks but this hack is kinda different
The bus system will be deleted, and I will use another way of getting to every region.
hey dude i just played beta 2, i must say your mapping and scripting is very smooth, but i personaly dont think that i like the mix of mew/pikachu, type wise electric/psychich its neet but the pokeon itself loooks for lack of better terms ***************. but since youve done well with your mapping and scripting i cant wait to see more, one other thing i didnt like that he gets the legendary right from the beggining and doesnt have to work on getting it. but its different than every other game :D
Mikachu is no longer a legendary Pokémon. It is human-made, so it is one-of-a-kind, but not a legendary.

I shall be updating the screenshots soon. :>

[Konekodemon]

Hey, I was wondering, can I test Beta 3 for you?

[Pokepal17]

Hey, I was wondering, can I test Beta 3 for you?

I believe you have to apply for team positions at his team thread. :3

[diegoisawesome]

Hey, I was wondering, can I test Beta 3 for you?

I believe you have to apply for team positions at his team thread. :3
Yeah, well, I guess you'll have to sign up here since my team thread will be locked if anybody posts in it...
As soon as I get events in Lake Zigger sorted out, I'll send you the ips.

[Saiba Aisu]

Not too sure if I like the idea of 'Mikachu'...