Gold hack: Skeetendo Inc. Christmas Hack

[Mateo]

Originally Posted by ascension7

I loved this hack, especially near the end. I haven't played the fixed version yet, but I'll make sure to try it out! I'll be pretending it's December again whilst I play

The minor fix patch isn't up yet, I was giving it a little more time to see if any other minor things showed up so I could include them as well. But I'll update the first post when it is!

Originally Posted by ChaosSonic

I'm really thinking into downloading the file so I can play this, I read every single positive post here, and while I don't get as much excitment from GSC hacks (personal peference) I will try this out, knowing that this will be more enjoyable.

Thanks! Glad you wanna give it a try. Hope you enjoy it!

Originally Posted by ablahblah987

Alright thanks. I'm enjoying this hack.

No problem! Glad you're enjoying it!

[ablahblah987]

I think I beat everything? Is there no Mt. Silver and battle with Red equivalent in the game?

[Mateo]

Originally Posted by ablahblah987

I think I beat everything? Is there no Mt. Silver and battle with Red equivalent in the game?

Right, there is no final trainer. Unlocking Mt. Silver was replaced with unlocking Cerulean Cave and catching Mewtwo.

[.Ángel~]

Wow, i think its great I like we can enjoy gbc hacks, specially when they are that awesome
Gbc rulez!

[naczkens]

Another bug I've forgotten about. Surfing on Route 45 is not possible.

[ChaosSonic]

Hey Mateo, when I said that 'knowing that this will be more enjoyable'? I wasn't lying. I'm only just gotten my first badge and entered Union Cave, and I'm hooked on this. The improvements, such Magnet Train tracks ongoing to Union Cave, Mr. Pokemon and Oak gretting a tad different....and no Silver? Will he appear at some point in the story?

Other than that, good job at keeping me engaged with this hack!

[Mateo]

Originally Posted by naczkens

Another bug I've forgotten about. Surfing on Route 45 is not possible.

That's not a bug, actually, that's intentional. Notice how those are bridges over the water, and there are no stairs letting you get down to the level as the water to surf on it. It's emulating this design from Heart Gold

Originally Posted by ChaosSonic

Hey Mateo, when I said that 'knowing that this will be more enjoyable'? I wasn't lying. I'm only just gotten my first badge and entered Union Cave, and I'm hooked on this. The improvements, such Magnet Train tracks ongoing to Union Cave, Mr. Pokemon and Oak gretting a tad different....and no Silver? Will he appear at some point in the story?

Other than that, good job at keeping me engaged with this hack!

Silver doesn't actually show up. His story was mainly in original Gold, and since this takes place later, he isn't around. He will show up in the redesigned Halloween hack that I'm planning out, which takes place between Gold and this hack. It's still way too early in development to make a thread for that hack though, it will be later in the year, closer to October.

But hey, glad you're enjoying it, and of course please continue to post any feedback you have about it, I appreciate it!

[naczkens]

Oh, I just found a weird bug. Piloswine, and Mamoswine have different type of experience, so after the evolution and gaining one level, it gained actually 12 additional levels. That confused me really big.
You should change it, as well as the stats of all that added pokemon.

[Mateo]

Odd, I thought I fixed those before this release. I know some pokemon had been doing it, but I thought I fixed all the new ones. I'll make sure they are right in the bug fix patch.

[!MaX!]

Ho ho, I come back after so many months and we have a new hack from Skeetendo!

Gonna try it out!

[machomuu]

*Sees "Skeetendo" in the Title*
*Immediately Downloads*

[Mateo]

Originally Posted by naczkens

Oh, I just found a weird bug. Piloswine, and Mamoswine have different type of experience, so after the evolution and gaining one level, it gained actually 12 additional levels. That confused me really big.
You should change it, as well as the stats of all that added pokemon.

Alright, fixed the Mamoswine bug, and double checked the others for errors too. Unless you guys find any other errors, I'll go head and get the new bug-fixed patch up tonight.
EDIT: In looking back over my notes, I noticed an unused flag leftover from one of the old events, so I think I will use this to put back in something this hack originally lacked- a powerful final trainer.


Also, Glad you guys are fans! Hope you enjoy the hack!


EDIT2: The bug-fixed patch is up. Apply it to a clean rom, then give it the same file name as the old one and you can pickup where you left off. If you already have a Mamoswine that did the EXP bug, he will most likely do it again since his growth rate was changed to fix it, but new ones should work fine. Also, I would recommend NOT saving in Unknown Dungeon before you go to resume from the newly patched version. You should be able to save anywhere else though.

[HeroesAndCons]

@Mateo this is one of the best hacks I've ever played, up there with the big boys like Pokemon Brown! Well done and thanks for such a great game, it's addictive and a refreshing take on my favourite generation of Pokemon games!

I do have a few questions though:
1 - Is there any way to catch Pikachu besides the trade in Violet city? I've already evolved that one to a Raichu and I need another Pikachu to trade for Mudkip...
2 - Can Glaceon learn ANY TM's besides Ice, normal and hidden Power moves? It seems extremely limited in its movepool - for example, it should be able to learn Shadow Ball and, I think, Psychic, but it doesn't, is it a glitch?
3 - Do you think you could make a fix in the near future so that there is a Final trainer unlocked AFTER you catch Mewtwo, like maybe he is standing there in Mewtwo's place ready to face you, etc? Just an idea, I don't know if there is enough allocated space in your hack for him or something...
4 - You said that the final evolutions obtaioned via trading are in Cerulean Cave... but I can't Find Gengar or kingdra or slowking though, instead finding the already easily-obtainable Arcanine and Crobat, which do not need trading to obtain. I really want a Kingdra too... XD
5 - Mudkip and its line is in the game... do you think you could enter Treeko, Torchic, and maybe even a truant-less Slakoth line too? I would do it myself if I had any hacking knowledge, but I don't, and you could easily replace some useless pokemon like Oddish, Corsola, and Mantine. It's already an incredible hack, but this would make it just perfect XD

[blazerj13]

OH JUST GOT AN IDEA! make MEWTWO the final trainer!

[Mateo]

Well the final trainer is already inserted, and you have to battle Mewtwo first in order to get to them. Assuming you are playing the Bug Fix and Final Trainer version, Mewtwo should now be standing on top of a ladder, and you can go up it once you beat him/catch him/etc.

Glaceon's TM list is just an oversight, I'll go back in and fix that. Also you should be able to catch Pikachu on Route 2 like in original GS, they just aren't very common.

I could go back and put those in. In the meantime though you can use an emulator like VBA Link or TGB Dual to trade and get them to evolve with the GTS on South Isle.

Adding in all of those other pokemon would take longer to bug test than adding in the final trainer (since the final trainer I could pretty much just resume from a couple of different post-kanto saves and make sure she worked lol) I might add them in the future, but right now I'm more focused on fixing bugs with what's there than adding a lot of new things. I have a lot of ideas, but I'm saving them for the Halloween Hack, which will be a prequel to this one and will hopefully be out in late October. But after that, there's nothing saying I can't go back and in a few more pokemon and things this coming christmas.


EDIT: I acutally thought about making Mewtwo the final trainer. But since I already had it so you could catch him, and wanted people's existing saves to make sense when they upgraded, I kept it as someone else. However the mewtwo as a final trainer idea could work in the prequel.

[Johtostunna895]

hi guys im about to download this but before i start i would like to know where i could get mudkip ? since its been replaced with hoppip id guess where hoppip was originally found ?

[Mateo]

Mudkip:

Spoiler:

You get Mudkip in a trade in the Pewter Museum of Science trading for a Pikachu

[kingotu]

Originally Posted by Mateo

Silver doesn't actually show up. His story was mainly in original Gold, and since this takes place later, he isn't around. He will show up in the redesigned Halloween hack that I'm planning out, which takes place between Gold and this hack. It's still way too early in development to make a thread for that hack though, it will be later in the year, closer to October.

But hey, glad you're enjoying it, and of course please continue to post any feedback you have about it, I appreciate it!

Does this mean secrets and rumors won't see any news this year?

[jstolze]

Hey where do you find HM03 Surf? It's not where it normally is in G/S/C...

[Mateo]

It's still pretty easy to find if you explore Ecruteak. Check out burned tower.

[jstolze]

Originally Posted by Mateo

It's still pretty easy to find if you explore Ecruteak. Check out burned tower.

Thanks for that. I now have another question: Where do I go for the third rocket event? I've gone all the way to the city with the 8th gym, but the doors locked, and that means I've missed something... Please help. Thanks again!

[Mateo]

Have you checked out the Battle Tower like the phone call mentioned?

[jstolze]

Originally Posted by Mateo

Have you checked out the Battle Tower like the phone call mentioned?

Thanks, I sped through the phone call, and didn't really pay any attention (I probably should have though) XD

[Mateo]

Haha yeah, speeding through text can be a problem.

[Icemasters]

are the three dogs randomly found about different routes like in original gold?
If so when would they start appearing in the grass.