FireRed hack: Pokemon Dark Cry: The Legend of Giratina!

[mitchel1]

[Alpha 2.1.5 released]

Pokémon Dark Cry: The Legend of Giratina - Alpha 2.1.5

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[highlight]Before you start your epic adventure, I recommend to start over![/highlight]

Hi, there! After 2 years and 3 months of hacking, testing and a bit of downtime, it's now my honor to announce that alpha 2.1.5 now official has been released!
In this alpha version, You're ready to discover a new region called: Trion! So far, sadly enough, only the first peaceful village: Longhorn Village, the rough route 601, The shiny caves of Trion: Mt. Hydronic, the lovely city: Atlernion City, the magnificent Purity Forest, the rocky route 602, The enchanting cave: Xanateos Cave and the informal great Itacis City are available.
Furthermore, you'll be able to challenge the gym-leaders Gesina and Taivas, play the first 20 unique side quests and reveal the secret of the almighty disorder POKéMON!
This alpha version ends after beating the second gym, and you, unfortunately, will not be able to continue your journey to route 603!

New Key Features

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- POKéPAPER, your daily news source!
- Automatic trainer level cap increase!
- Starter related "legendary" mission!
- Some D/P/P sprited 1st gen, 2e gen and 3e gen inserted!
- Daily Missions are available!
- Become good or evil!
- Headbutt capabilities!
- Old bugs that caused alot of problems (*kuch* count script *kuch*) has been solved!
- Collect trion tokens, and become the collector master!
- Brand new trainer sprites!
- Few more hidden maps!
- New graphical additions!

Bugs and Glitches

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Minor impact: Still need to be resolved, but doesn't do any harm!
BOLD: Still need to be resolved!
Green: I never could resolve!

: Bag layout seems like to change color after selecting a item

: POKéDEX mini-map (location POKéMON capture!) has still the old "KANTO" line.

: Capture a POKéMON in wild grass works perfect, but when you capture it and it appears in the "flash" POKéDEX the text (information) border remains black! This won't stay forever but it's a bug that we cannot fix for now, it has something to do with the battle background!

: When you use your town map it might occur that your location is different!

: When prof. Rowan call up the Shinx in the intro. The POKéBALL ''floats'' left of him.

: Costum trainer battle background has not been added yet!

: Due the weird cry table it might occur that there are a few cries that doesn't sound correct!

: Due a weird bug it reverse different POKéMON as correct during the WANTED event, besides that, you're still able to do these events!

: I'm aware that the OW in the Xanateos cave doesn't match the POKéMON that has been said! I forgot to insert it!

: Mom slides over the floor, instead of walking.


Fun knowledge from Dark Cry: TLoG
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: Area's could have been changed by morning, day, afternoon, evening or night! (This makes exploring the Trion Region endless!)

: POKéMON Dark Cry: TLoG also contains alot of side quests and mini-games. These make this hack more entertained to play!

: Regular tiles like a window, radio's and Tree's might contain a behavior byte script! These make more things possible!

: Be sure you activate your RTC! Otherwise some events? might won't work! Wonder how to activate your RTC? Options-->emulator-->Real Time Clock.


Don't do the following! (© protected!) (If you do I'll hunt you down with a blunt knife and cut your eye out, the header code hasn't changed for nothing!)
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: Don't use/rip the OW's that has been inserted in dark cry: TLoG!

: Don't use/rip the tileset/pallets that has been inserted in dark cry: TLoG!

: Don't use/rip scripts or even part of scripts that has been inserted in dark cry: TLoG!

: Don't decompile ASM routlines and use them for your own!

: Don't use the tilemaps/RAW's that has been inserted in dark cry: TLoG!


Please report any errors you come across, detailing what happened and possibly providing screenshots to help. Make sure you check this list to see if the error has already been reported, though.


Frequently Asked Questions

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Question: The in-game time show 12:0 every time! Even when it's for example 15:40!
Answer: Be sure you activate your RTC! Otherwise some/many events won't work!

Question: It seems like I'm stuck in the Torn World! I can't jump to another platform!
Answer: I'm aware of this, the only thing you supposed to do is press the "A" button!


Special Thanks

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All fans: Support me to continue!
Everyone else who has put in the credit list!

Version: Alpha 2.1.5 (hotfix 2.6.6, hotfix 2.6.7) - Read me file included
Release: april 23 '12
Created for: VBA 1.8.0 beta 3

© 2009 - 2012 Mitchel1 all rights reserved!
Original Pokémon characters and images belong to Pokémon USA, Inc. and Nintendo. This game has not been given by Nintendo, Creatures,
GAMEFREAK, The Pokémon Company, Pokémon USA, Inc., The Pokémon Company International, or Wizards of the Coast.

 

[1158]

Horay!The newest Alpha 2.1.5 finally released!I'll download it immediately!

And I have a suggestion for you:You'd better edit the title of this thread to let everybody know this,or they may cannot mention that the newer Alpha 2.1.5's out...

 

[ptshady]

awesomeee. im gonna try this right noowww

 

[gdggjk]

Hey how do I Patch the .UPS file??

 

[Joshawott]

Visually, I'd say this is one of the best hacks around! You're clearly very dedicated to this project. I wish you the best of luck!

 

[qaz015393]

Sweet man! Great job on releasing Alpha 2.1.5! grabbing it now. Can't wait to play this and test out the new features.

 

[mostactop]

how to complete the 1st Team Rocket quest?...it needs 20 second to do it, but when I return it say I take 274 sec?...I don get it..

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

Wow, already? o.O
This was too quick, Mitchel :D

 

[1158]

Sorry for posting again...But I have to say that there's a huge bug in the Tomb of Kha'laba...After I leave the chamber where Morris is and get the ancient chart in the next chamber,I cannot go back anymore!You must put the entrance event in a wrong spot!

 

[mitchel1]

how to complete the 1st Team Rocket quest?...it needs 20 second to do it, but when I return it say I take 274 sec?...I don get it..

Hmm, that's awkward. Did you hold down the space bar during this event? This causes to increase the counting.
If this isn't the solution, did this happend after the package delevery?

Wow, already? o.O
This was too quick, Mitchel :D

Yeah, ash. And this gave a lot of problems. On the other hand is this a good excuse to release tonight a hot fix what solves the recent found bugs. I hope more people will find some so they can be fixed!

Sorry for posting again...But I have to say that there's a huge bug in the Tomb of Kha'laba...After I leave the chamber where Morris is and get the ancient chart in the next chamber,I cannot go back anymore!You must put the entrance event in a wrong spot!

Thanks for reporting, please continue finding (or not) bugs! These will be immediately solved tonight. Then I'll release HOTFIX alpha 2.2.6!

Sweet man! Great job on releasing Alpha 2.1.5! grabbing it now. Can't wait to play this and test out the new features.

Thanks qaz!

 

[blackmage856]

Downloading now ^^
Can pokemon like Graveller now evolve without trades ? :)

 

[mitchel1]

Downloading now ^^
Can pokemon like Graveller now evolve without trades ? :)

Great to hear that, have a great journey trough the Trion Region!
Erhm, no, not yet. Might this will be implemented in the future.

 

[xxScarletDragonxx]

Arrrghh...it says it's a stupid .ups file! I swear, I can never do these right. Lol -___-;

 

[Dylanrockin]

Well I just finished the entire thing after I beat the 2nd Gym Leader. I am thinking about doing a video walkthrough up to that point expressing my opinions on the entire thing, as well as point out "a" very specific glitch. Overall I lurve this hack and would love to see this fully completed. Oh yeah and I am also new to the forums pleased to meet you all.

 

[mitchel1]

Arrrghh...it says it's a stupid .ups file! I swear, I can never do these right. Lol -___-;

patcher: tsukuyomi
1. first open up the patcher and click apply patch to new file
2. under patch ups file.. put the ups file there the one you downloaded
3. under source put the rom itself
4.under target to write...rename the game to what ever..BUT YOU MUST ADD THE (.GBA)
The just hit apply patch wait a few secs then you are done
put your patched rom into your rom folder and start playing.
(Original explain from qaz, I was to lazy to write it myself xD)

Well I just finished the entire thing after I beat the 2nd Gym Leader. I am thinking about doing a video walkthrough up to that point expressing my opinions on the entire thing, as well as point out "a" very specific glitch. Overall I lurve this hack and would love to see this fully completed. Oh yeah and I am also new to the forums pleased to meet you all.

Great to hear you liked this hack! Could you be so kind to tell me this "glitch" I wouldn't mind if it's here or trough PM. So I can fix this with the upcomming hotfix. Thanks Dylan!
Oh, and welcome to this forum, I hope you'll have a great time here!

 

[MarthGan]

Wow, That was hard! (maybe because I only use Flying Pokemon)
Anyways love the game and love that pidgey is in the game! Thanks, You're one of the best.

MarthGan

 

[mitchel1]

Pokémon Dark Cry: The Legend of Giratina - HOTFIX 2.6.6

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[highlight]Before you continue your epic adventure on alpha 2.1.5, I recommend to re-patch this on a clean rom![/highlight]

Since this ain't a official release, this hotfix will replace the original patch for alpha 2.1.5! This will restore some nasty bugs that stopped you from exploring the trion region!

Hot fixes!

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What does it restore?
- Warping in tomb of kha'laba!
- Warping secret entrance Xanateos Cave!
- Wild pokemon encounter at Mythical forest!
- POKéCENTER glitch!

Click here!
Explain: Simply click the big blue download button at the original alpha 2.1.5 post!
Release: april 23 '12
Created for: VBA 1.8.0 beta 3

© 2009 - 2012 Mitchel1 all rights reserved!
Original Pokémon characters and images belong to Pokémon USA, Inc. and Nintendo. This game has not been given by Nintendo, Creatures,
GAMEFREAK, The Pokémon Company, Pokémon USA, Inc., The Pokémon Company International, or Wizards of the Coast.

 

[Dylanrockin]

patcher: tsukuyomi
1. first open up the patcher and click apply patch to new file
2. under patch ups file.. put the ups file there the one you downloaded
3. under source put the rom itself
4.under target to write...rename the game to what ever..BUT YOU MUST ADD THE (.GBA)
The just hit apply patch wait a few secs then you are done
put your patched rom into your rom folder and start playing.
(Original explain from qaz, I was to lazy to write it myself xD)



Great to hear you liked this hack! Could you be so kind to tell me this "glitch" I wouldn't mind if it's here or trough PM. So I can fix this with the upcomming hotfix. Thanks Dylan!
Oh, and welcome to this forum, I hope you'll have a great time here!

Well the glitch was fixed, I guess someone got to it before me. But it basically was the wall glitch in the tomb. Oh yeah and since the new update 2.6.6 how do I patch it so that it can keep my current save as well. Do I patch this patch to the same file or start from scratch again?

 

[mitchel1]

Well the glitch was fixed, I guess someone got to it before me. But it basically was the wall glitch in the tomb. Oh yeah and since the new update 2.6.6 how do I patch it so that it can keep my current save as well. Do I patch this patch to the same file or start from scratch again?

Great to hear that it's the same glitch, this saved me another major hotfix patch. About your save file, what I recommend is save your present status with shift+F1 in the atlernion city pokecenter. Download the new patch and patch this from scratch (other words, a clean rom).

Name your new "rom" the same as the previous one. If it's correct you can load your state with F1. Now after that has been done, you can remove your .sgm file and save it the regular way.

 

[chrunch]

Thanks chrunch! Well let that be my honor to explain that. Often I hear people say: "Damn, that trainer is way to hard! I shall train my POKéMON ten levels higher then normal and beat the crap out of her/him" My thoughts about that are... NO. (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
So as solution dark cry: TLoG now got the: automatic trainer level cap increase ©!
This actually checks your POKéMON party and recap the trainer his or her POKéMON to that level! So for example if you battle a trainer and your POKéMON is lvl.5 it checks this value and based on that level it increases or decrease automatically the POKéMON level from the trainer. ┬─┬ノ( º _ ºノ)

Maybe it's just me but I really don't like this idea. It completely eliminates the point of levelling if every trainer's level is automatically raised to say, 5 levels above you for example. Other than new moves, there would be no difference if you were level 5 or level 95 on the same route, because trainers would always be slightly stronger than you. It will also make the game extremely hard if you ever get stuck. For that reason I think I'll skip this game for now, may I suggest you release another version of it without it?