Emerald hack: Pokémon: Discovery

Le pug said:

IT IS TIME, FOLLOWERS!

Here it is, the release of Pokemon Discovery Beta 1!
Thanks everyone for the continued support over the past 1.5 years and I hope you enjoy!

We use NUPS since we use 32mb expanded ROMs. So you'll need to patch your Pokemon Emerald ROM with the tool.

Download for NUPS: Click here
Download for Pokemon Discovery Beta 1 Patch: Click Here!

If you have questions about the hack, how to apply the patch, have suggestions, or want to report bugs outside of this thread, go ahead and join us on our IRC chat by clicking here.
To see Mako do a Let's Play of the first 30 mins of the game, check out the gameplay here.

Thanks again everyone, Tcoppy and I are happy to release it finally :D​

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Finally! I've been waiting for this, ever since I saw the Playthrough of Mako.

Hey! Great game, I'm really enjoying it so far.
I found this one thing :
If you black out in the beginning areas, that is, the grass area immediately after getting Eevee, you get transported all the way to Excultus Village, thereby skipping the entire previous sequences. Maybe you could just transport the player to the island entrance?

Fun Size said:

Spoiler:

Well here are some bugs I've found

In the room with the Proto Ball , the tile the character in my picture is looking at can't be walked on.

Pretty self explanatory. The tiles are a little off.

Another minor tile error, I just can't walk on the tile to the left of the character. BTW if you don't know where this is it's straight south from your Tiki Hut looking house.

If you can't tell what's happening, in the first picture I can go behind the tree, but in the second and third I can't. BTW this is the house in Excultus Village where you buy goods.

I assume this Dratini is gonna be important later but it just don't seem right for the Dratini to block a Wood Ball and then be called a "trainer". Will you change what it says later or will this be left the same?

More movement permission stuff.

Also if I may ask a question: Why is it that whenever I rest, I get "All better! What a weird dream..."? Are we always getting weird dreams every time we sleep or was that just looked over?


Skip down to the "UPS Steps"
http://mail.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=333151

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Starsky said:

Hey! Great game, I'm really enjoying it so far.
I found this one thing :
If you black out in the beginning areas, that is, the grass area immediately after getting Eevee, you get transported all the way to Excultus Village, thereby skipping the entire previous sequences. Maybe you could just transport the player to the island entrance?

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Thank you for your reports, most have been fixed but I will finish fixing them and release a newer version later. Thanks again!

The people who kidnap you in the beginning say "Get HIM" even if we play as a female character. The later dialogues still reference the character as "her" though.

Also, no physical/special split? :( I was so keen on using flareon.

Is the ship supposed to have a Game Corner and Sailing Museum? Or have I failed in patching?

Edit. Seems like it is supposed to have a Game Corner. As it has a museum too. :-D Can't wait to hit the ground to get off this nightmare luxury boat. Had no idea it was a luxury one.

Edit2. Some bugs / overlooks. Dedenne is genderless and Fairy-typing is displayed by three question marks (???) due to it being created from the type used for Curse before.

I've found a bug wich kinda kills game, after I catch eevee and get into a fight the screen goes black after choosing an attack.

Slow clap. The game has been excellent so far. Scripting and enviroment are top notch. I almost shit my pants in Korowai Hall for certain reasons. The place was honestly super creepy and well designed.

Edit. Wild Snivy in Berry City don't have any moves. After defeating a certain thing in Berry City and having a dialogue with the two girls, they say "curtesy of ***" which of course should be "courtesy". After the event there, going back to the previous settlement, there are those three little houses. Two of them lead to the same room with your own player characters copy sleeping in the bed. This cannot be intentional can it?

Edit2. After said incident, all Wild Pokés in Argyle Cave disappear. Or after using Repel. Bah. And the wells get cluttered with glitched tiles. After the incident.

Big Bang Idaho said:

Slow clap. The game has been excellent so far. Scripting and enviroment are top notch. I almost shit my pants in Korowai Hall for certain reasons. The place was honestly super creepy and well designed.

Edit. Wild Snivy in Berry City don't have any moves. After defeating a certain thing in Berry City and having a dialogue with the two girls, they say "curtesy of ***" which of course should be "courtesy". After the event there, going back to the previous settlement, there are those three little houses. Two of them lead to the same room with your own player characters copy sleeping in the bed. This cannot be intentional can it?

Edit2. After said incident, all Wild Pokés in Argyle Cave disappear. Or after using Repel. Bah. And the wells get cluttered with glitched tiles. After the incident.

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The aftermaps of the event you speak of aren't done yet, they are representatively a clone of before and I have to carry everything over still so sorry on that. I'll fix everything else now, thanks every one for the bug reports

The link to the NUPS patcher is down, I'm going to try another option.

For anyone looking for a link to the patcher, go here:
http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/606/

And just in case people ran into what I did(not being familiar with Emerald patching lol), if the program says it can't patch because it doesn't match, click Ask instead of Notify and just force it to patch.

I'll edit this later after I've played :)


EDIT:

Excuse my language for this review, because I speak from the heart:

HOLY F*CKING SH*T. THIS IS THE BEST F*CKING HACK I'VE EVER PLAYED. Really, without even the slightest bit of exaggeration, this game is more fun than 90% of the new games that come out these days, but then again, maybe I'm biased. You guys have really done something amazing here and I greatly anticipate the next updates!

Congratulations on the beta release; this is a masterpiece so far!
The only bug I've encountered so far are:
- Bunnelby & Diggersby evolve into one another back to back;
- The south-east entrance to Berry city takes you to the Inn in a previous city.

Fun Size said:

Spoiler:

Well here are some bugs I've found

In the room with the Proto Ball , the tile the character in my picture is looking at can't be walked on.

Pretty self explanatory. The tiles are a little off.

Another minor tile error, I just can't walk on the tile to the left of the character. BTW if you don't know where this is it's straight south from your Tiki Hut looking house.

If you can't tell what's happening, in the first picture I can go behind the tree, but in the second and third I can't. BTW this is the house in Excultus Village where you buy goods.

I assume this Dratini is gonna be important later but it just don't seem right for the Dratini to block a Wood Ball and then be called a "trainer". Will you change what it says later or will this be left the same?

More movement permission stuff.

Also if I may ask a question: Why is it that whenever I rest, I get "All better! What a weird dream..."? Are we always getting weird dreams every time we sleep or was that just looked over?


Skip down to the "UPS Steps"
http://mail.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=333151

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All the bugs for this list are fixed.

The weird dream thing ... could it be related to something in the future of Discovery? Guess you'll have to wait and seeeeeeeeeeeeeee nah jk I just kept it like that lol.

I fixed the trainer message btw:

Starsky said:

Hey! Great game, I'm really enjoying it so far.
I found this one thing :
If you black out in the beginning areas, that is, the grass area immediately after getting Eevee, you get transported all the way to Excultus Village, thereby skipping the entire previous sequences. Maybe you could just transport the player to the island entrance?

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glad you like it, thanks for telling. the bug has been fixed.

Jyohomson said:

The people who kidnap you in the beginning say "Get HIM" even if we play as a female character. The later dialogues still reference the character as "her" though.

Also, no physical/special split? :( I was so keen on using flareon.

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sorry about the physical/special split thing. i'm not too knowledgable about that whole thing nor do I know how to apply and what to look for lol. I fixed the get him text, thanks.

Big Bang Idaho said:

Is the ship supposed to have a Game Corner and Sailing Museum? Or have I failed in patching?

Edit. Seems like it is supposed to have a Game Corner. As it has a museum too. :-D Can't wait to hit the ground to get off this nightmare luxury boat. Had no idea it was a luxury one.

Edit2. Some bugs / overlooks. Dedenne is genderless and Fairy-typing is displayed by three question marks (???) due to it being created from the type used for Curse before.

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crudalis said:

I've found a bug wich kinda kills game, after I catch eevee and get into a fight the screen goes black after choosing an attack.

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Well it was, since most carriers actually have places like that and starbucks even, but to annihilate the confusion, we've decided to remove the casino from the game and you'll only experience the ship's history museum on the way up.

Big Bang Idaho said:

Slow clap. The game has been excellent so far. Scripting and enviroment are top notch. I almost shit my pants in Korowai Hall for certain reasons. The place was honestly super creepy and well designed.

Edit. Wild Snivy in Berry City don't have any moves. After defeating a certain thing in Berry City and having a dialogue with the two girls, they say "curtesy of ***" which of course should be "courtesy". After the event there, going back to the previous settlement, there are those three little houses. Two of them lead to the same room with your own player characters copy sleeping in the bed. This cannot be intentional can it?

Edit2. After said incident, all Wild Pokés in Argyle Cave disappear. Or after using Repel. Bah. And the wells get cluttered with glitched tiles. After the incident.

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Thanks for the support. Glad you are enjoying it and I've fixed the bugs. Also, the buildings and everything prior to argyle cave after the incident isn't done yet. I have to update all that since they are essentially clones. I'll get to it eventually and also no wild pokemon prior to it. Working on that in two days (gotta work for 24 hours starting in 5 hours) hooyah

Meowth said:

The link to the NUPS patcher is down, I'm going to try another option.

For anyone looking for a link to the patcher, go here:
http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/606/

And just in case people ran into what I did(not being familiar with Emerald patching lol), if the program says it can't patch because it doesn't match, click Ask instead of Notify and just force it to patch.

I'll edit this later after I've played :)


EDIT:

Excuse my language for this review, because I speak from the heart:

HOLY F*CKING SH*T. THIS IS THE BEST F*CKING HACK I'VE EVER PLAYED. Really, without even the slightest bit of exaggeration, this game is more fun than 90% of the new games that come out these days, but then again, maybe I'm biased. You guys have really done something amazing here and I greatly anticipate the next updates!

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I just fixed the NUPS link and it's also on the first page. Thanks for letting me know and I'll make sure to update the credits thread. Can't believe I forgot one of the awesome peeps that helped one of the greatest aspects imo. Meowth, responsible for Skuth and Zombite's backsprites! A hand, everyone! *claps* I'm glad you enjoy it, makes me feel great about getting it out there. Looking forward to working harder on better things for beta 2!

Myc Shredder said:

Congratulations on the beta release; this is a masterpiece so far!
The only bug I've encountered so far are:
- Bunnelby & Diggersby evolve into one another back to back;
- The south-east entrance to Berry city takes you to the Inn in a previous city.

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Thanks! Glad you like it! I've fixed the evo stuff and the warp. Thanks for the notice!


Here is the latest patch with all the fixin' everyone! Thanks for playing!

Here's the patch download: Click me!

The game seems excellent! Nice work with it, Le! And, I don't know if it's listed in the OP, but, where does the beta end?

Percy said:

The game seems excellent! Nice work with it, Le! And, I don't know if it's listed in the OP, but, where does the beta end?

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Beta ends after a battle on the top of the mountain north of Berry City.

Might come as a surprise to the creators, but the game actually has the physical/special split. Tested it in the beginning. Taillow spammed Growl on my Leafeon and Razor Leaf got significantly weaker, from 2HKO to like 7HKO after like 4-5 Growls. Maybe you've forgotten adding it.

Big Bang Idaho said:

Beta ends after a battle on the top of the mountain north of Berry City.

Might come as a surprise to the creators, but the game actually has the physical/special split. Tested it in the beginning. Taillow spammed Growl on my Leafeon and Razor Leaf got significantly weaker, from 2HKO to like 7HKO after like 4-5 Growls. Maybe you've forgotten adding it.

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I do remember trying to add it and also these like physical special split badges that go with it lol but I didn't know if I implemented it correctly or not.. at least it's working ? Lol

Le pug said:

I do remember trying to add it and also these like physical special split badges that go with it lol but I didn't know if I implemented it correctly or not.. at least it's working ? Lol

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The badges don't show up but the split itself is working. By the way, I cannot evolve my Gloom with a Sun Stone. Also, how am I supposed to win the Pika Does minigame? I follow its steps for like five minutes but it doesn't end. Is it there just to drive me nuts? {XD}

Edit. Fairy typing isn't working at all. Just hit a Kirlia super effectively with Bite. :-( After the event in Berry City, Forest Path 4 is no longer accessible. But I guess that is intended.

Leafeon: Leaf-type pokemon? really?

got stuck talking to this point after the event with Matiello. happens if you go to the point right after.


you also can't use super potions. it doesn't let you.





The gate from laybrinth to tower is very glitchy and also the pika-dance, only the first move worked for me.

No doubt this is one of the best hacks I've ever played! I did come across a game breaking bug.

http://prntscr.com/6akvob

As seen in that picture, I am frozen right after talking to the guard infront of me. Also, It does not force me to talk to the guard after he walks over to me, which then allows me to keep walking, but it will trigger the event again which will then force the guards to walk through trees.

Overall good work :)

What level does Skuth evolve? To make sure its evolving isn't bugged (not evolving at all) like using Sun or Leaf Stone on Gloom.

Just finished playing the beta... This game is amazing! Good work! It has a really nice story and the graphics are good too! Can't wait for more!

Is there a Physical/Special Split in this hack, cause I really love dragon types.