FireRed hack: Pokémon Shining Opal [Beta 2 Redux Released!]

[axelrulezyeah]

Hey, good to see that the hack is going nicely, and that you're still using some of my sprites( at least one for sure). It would be cool if you had any other things that need to be done, spriting wise that is, so just let me know if you do.

[blase005]

I really like this hack. I recently caught a Nidoran (M) LVL 17 and im gonna evolve it when i finished typing here. The graphics are great, the towns are nice, the wild pokemon you get in the routes... some are nice and some are quite weird (i caught a Pineco without using headbutt on a tree?) but still quite awesome. Im really looking forward to this hack and once i find out the problem with my recorder i will Let's Play it! Keep up the awesome work! Because you ARE awesome Diego!

[Opalescent]

I've been giving this hack a go and I'm really enjoying it. I love the fakemon, so much so that I use them exclusively! The first gym was easy until I reached the gym leader, who was surprisingly strong!

You may want to update the main page, the game looks much better in the version I played!

My one complaint is the poor quality of some of the sprites but thats a tiny quibble. Keep making this, please!

I've been giving this hack a go and I'm really enjoying it. I love the fakemon, so much so that I use them exclusively! The first gym was easy until I reached the gym leader, who was surprisingly strong!

You may want to update the main page, the game looks much better in the version I played!

My one complaint is the poor quality of some of the sprites but thats a tiny quibble. Keep making this, please!

[diegoisawesome]

Ughh, sorry for the late replies, everyone. Been busy with life.

Originally Posted by Ettadara

I want to play this, but when I try and patch it to the ROM, A.ptch says it's not a valid file. What am I doing wrong?

*EDIT* Scratch that - just tried it on an new ROM, worked.

All right, nice to see you were able to play!

Originally Posted by Nintendork15

Just played the new release :D (well not new now it's out for a while)
I enjoyed it. But i preferred the FR/LG tiles to these ones.

Everyone has their own preferences, and yes, the FR/LG tiles are good too. This hack has already gone too far with this tileset, though, so I'm not going to change it.

Originally Posted by Ettadara

Alright - I've got a problem.

So I'm in Vorril Forest, training my team:
-Akakios (Mikachu) lv24
- Icarus (Nidorino) lv21
- Zero (Shiny Marill) lv16
- Novabell (Ledyba) lv20

But, I'm training because I want Nova, my Ledyba, to evolve.
My problem is that Ledyba evolves at level 18. Each time I level Nova up, the animation starts, then stops practically the moment Nova's sprite turns white. The text I get after this is '...?'
I've tryed to evolve him three times (is why he's level 20) and I've received this failed evolution three times - is this due to something you're doing in the coding of the game, or a glitch?

I wanna point out that Icarus (my Nidorino) evolved fine, so if it's a script glitch, it's like to be within Ledyba itself.

Originally Posted by JP317

To me (and I'm no expert) it sounds like a problem caused by not having a National Pokedex, it will cause and poke that isn't in the Fire Red dex to not evolve. But like I said I'm no expert and I haven't started this hack yet, I was just about to hence why I'm checking the thread.

Yeah, it's something I forgot to include... Once I also fix the below error and reupload the new Shining Opal, it should be fixed.

Originally Posted by cazzler

''Urrrgh. I knew I forgot something.
My trainer/wild Pokémon/stats guy was supposed to fix all of this, but I completely forgot to hand the ROM over to him. I'll give it to him in a bit, and then upload the new version soon. Expect for your complaints to be addressed shortly!''

Well that explains alot haha, well hope he fixes it soon, it was a good game.

Well, turns out that it's summer now, and he decided to be all vague and told me to do it myself... I'll try to get it done sometime before the end of summer, possibly on my trip to PA. (riding alone on an airplane, holy crap!)

Originally Posted by axelrulezyeah

Hey, good to see that the hack is going nicely, and that you're still using some of my sprites( at least one for sure). It would be cool if you had any other things that need to be done, spriting wise that is, so just let me know if you do.

I forgot if I asked you for something, but I have a few things in mind for you.

Originally Posted by blase005

I really like this hack. I recently caught a Nidoran (M) LVL 17 and im gonna evolve it when i finished typing here. The graphics are great, the towns are nice, the wild pokemon you get in the routes... some are nice and some are quite weird (i caught a Pineco without using headbutt on a tree?) but still quite awesome. Im really looking forward to this hack and once i find out the problem with my recorder i will Let's Play it! Keep up the awesome work! Because you ARE awesome Diego!

Thanks for the post. I'm glad you liked it!
Some things are still strange because I'm not putting in as much effort into this hack as I'd like, instead focusing my efforts on CrystalDust. I'll try to fix some things, but I can only fix what you guys tell me about.

Originally Posted by Opalescent

I've been giving this hack a go and I'm really enjoying it. I love the fakemon, so much so that I use them exclusively! The first gym was easy until I reached the gym leader, who was surprisingly strong! Should I raise the levels of the trainers, or lower the levels of the gym leader?

You may want to update the main page, the game looks much better in the version I played! Yeah, it's on my long list of things to do for my website..

My one complaint is the poor quality of some of the sprites but thats a tiny quibble. Keep making this, please! They're still pretty decent compared to when I try spriting... Yech. And don't worry, I will finish this. Someday...

Responses above in bold.

All right, so I have a very important question to ask:
Should Mikachu's name be changed, and if so, to what?
The only reason Mikachu was chosen was because of other hacks having Pikamew and Mewkachu and whatnot, and I wanted to be (somewhat) original... But those hacks are dead now, so I might be willing to change the name if someone can make a good one.

[cazzler]

Mikachu is a good name, I don't think it's necessary to change it tbh.

[U_Flame]

I love the newer story and features! But there are two things I couldn't help but notice:

1: I like how Gary is the professor but professors go by their last name. It should be Prof. Oak, not Prof. Gary. There's nothing wrong with calling him by his first name, Gary, but formally, it should be Prof. Oak.

2: Mikachu's name makes sense, it's a Mew/Pikachu splice. But the name is man-made, so it shouldn't be able to say "Mika" or "Mikachu". Depending on your opinion, it can say "Mew", "Pikachu", both, or Pokemon noises that don't say it's name. Or maybe saying "Mikachu" was part of the splicing, I didn't make the story. I just thought I'd point that out.

Originally Posted by diegoisawesome

Should Mikachu's name be changed, and if so, to what?
The only reason Mikachu was chosen was because of other hacks having Pikamew and Mewkachu and whatnot, and I wanted to be (somewhat) original... But those hacks are dead now, so I might be willing to change the name if someone can make a good one.

Good question. I thought Mikachu just sounded too...obvious. Maybe if it's more Mew than Pikachu, it can still be named Mew. A genetically altered Mew still named Mew. Or if it's perfectly equal, it can still be named Mikachu or something of the sort, Or maybe it's creator (I think it was Gary) can give it a completely unrelated name. Hard to choose but I'm used to Mikachu.

[WishCookie]

Wait, can you battle the pokemon league in this version?

[DashBlacK]

Where does Beta 2 go upto?

[diegoisawesome]

Originally Posted by cazzler

Mikachu is a good name, I don't think it's necessary to change it tbh.

All right.

Originally Posted by U_Flame

I love the newer story and features! But there are two things I couldn't help but notice:

1: I like how Gary is the professor but professors go by their last name. It should be Prof. Oak, not Prof. Gary. There's nothing wrong with calling him by his first name, Gary, but formally, it should be Prof. Oak. Well, I wanted to distinguish Gary from his grandfather, and calling him Prof. Gary Oak every single time was too lengthy..

2: Mikachu's name makes sense, it's a Mew/Pikachu splice. But the name is man-made, so it shouldn't be able to say "Mika" or "Mikachu". Depending on your opinion, it can say "Mew", "Pikachu", both, or Pokemon noises that don't say it's name. Or maybe saying "Mikachu" was part of the splicing, I didn't make the story. I just thought I'd point that out. Well, when the two Pokémon were spliced, EVERYTHING about them was as well.



Good question. I thought Mikachu just sounded too...obvious. Maybe if it's more Mew than Pikachu, it can still be named Mew. A genetically altered Mew still named Mew. Or if it's perfectly equal, it can still be named Mikachu or something of the sort, Or maybe it's creator (I think it was Gary) can give it a completely unrelated name. Hard to choose but I'm used to Mikachu. Well, because of my above comment, Gary decided to name it after what it said.

Responses above in bold.

Originally Posted by WishCookie

Wait, can you battle the pokemon league in this version?

Nope, sorry.

Originally Posted by DashBlacK

Where does Beta 2 go upto?

The Beta 2 Redux goes up to the third gym.

[iop50]

I can't download it on your website, it just gives me a page full of random letters and symbols.

[diegoisawesome]

Originally Posted by iop50

I can't download it on your website, it just gives me a page full of random letters and symbols.

Right-click on the download link and choose the option that says something like "Save link as" or "Save target as".

[U_Flame]

Instead of calling him Professor Gary Oak, just call him Professor Oak. First, distinguish the fact that he is Gary, not Samuel. You can also refer to him as just Gary, but letting the player know that he is formally Professor Oak. It's the most proper way.

Example:"I'm Professor Oak, but you can call me Gary."

[diegoisawesome]

Originally Posted by U_Flame

Instead of calling him Professor Gary Oak, just call him Professor Oak. First, distinguish the fact that he is Gary, not Samuel. You can also refer to him as just Gary, but letting the player know that he is formally Professor Oak. It's the most proper way.

Example:"I'm Professor Oak, but you can call me Gary."

That sounds good. Maybe I'll do that!

[Xehanorth]

Nice Retro style man! I love it!

[Dantethesaint7]

When i first got that Torchic i was like WTF i thought i got mikachu i could've at least gotten charmander, but then... well i wont say what happen its a spoiler but it happened lol

[giradialkia]

Dantethesaint7, please don't post in threads that are older than a month old. Be sure to check the date of the last valid post in a thread- if a month or more has passed, you may not post in it.

diegoisawesome, if you want this reopened should you have an update to post or something, then feel free to contact either myself or colcolstyles.

Closed~

[giradialkia]

At request of owner, thread is being opened.
~Opened
(awesome, an update! :D)

[diegoisawesome]

Thanks for reopening the thread, gira.
Anyways, the reason for the reopening is because of the levels finally being fixed. Sorry that you had to wait two months for this, but the level guy didn't feel like doing it until now. :/
It's been uploaded again, so download and patch to a new ROM!

[jaykray]

Originally Posted by diegoisawesome

Thanks for reopening the thread, gira.
Anyways, the reason for the reopening is because of the levels finally being fixed. Sorry that you had to wait two months for this, but the level guy didn't feel like doing it until now. :/
It's been uploaded again, so download and patch to a new ROM!

Are you continuing work on this hack or is this the last update?

Originally Posted by diegoisawesome

Thanks for reopening the thread, gira.
Anyways, the reason for the reopening is because of the levels finally being fixed. Sorry that you had to wait two months for this, but the level guy didn't feel like doing it until now. :/
It's been uploaded again, so download and patch to a new ROM!

Hi diegoisawesome, will there be more updates after this one or was the thread reopened so you could post just one final update?

[diegoisawesome]

Originally Posted by jaykray

Are you continuing work on this hack or is this the last update?


Hi diegoisawesome, will there be more updates after this one or was the thread reopened so you could post just one final update?

This won't be the final update, but there won't be any more until I get CrystalDust Beta 2 out to the public.

[DaleH771]

Mikachu looks awesome!

What other parts of previous gen regions will you be looking into venturing into?

[Ssj3 Pikachu]

i like the PikaMew in the title screen

[kagome912000]

This looks great! I really want to play it but when I click on the download link for the Beta, I get all these weird symbols. I'm not really sure how to download it. x.X

[caddo]

First off, I just wanna say that this game is incredible. Really fantastic work, man. I've really only noticed one main issue: there are two people (one is a chef and one is a regular guy) in the kitchen in Vantrek city who, when spoken to, cause the game to freeze, there are also a few others in that room who do not say anything when spoken to. I can't wait for you to release beta 3.

[Snivy063]

I'd try to play this game this evening, downloading it now. :'D .. Hopefully this is as good as the ones that I had previously played, looking at the screenshots. I'm sure it'll be!