Silver hack: Pokémon Dark Energy - Beta 4 Available

[M-ourad]

In fact!! really really great job dude!! i'm really waiting for the final realise!!!
please go on nd don't ignore the hack! thank you a lot!

[!MaX!]

Here's something I've forgotten!

Headbutt!

Actually, the problem is not on Headbutt but on the trees!

Every tree I used Headbutt on so far didn't yield me a single Pokemon!

Maybe you need to check them!

Originally Posted by brane

For instance I think I was fighting the guy who had the level thirties, and then level forties in the second battle

You battled Isaac?

You should have just ignored him until you would get stronger, that guy is a monster!XD

Originally Posted by miksy91

Actually... it can't be done like this anymore.
Instead of Sleep Powder, I made it learn Stun Spore so that you wouldn't be able to "cheat" through battles anymore. At least, with Venusaur it's practically impossible to lose a match by using Sleep Powder, Leech Seed and Razor Leaf.

Btw, I want to say that this is pointless!

I don't mind what you did with Eevee and its evolutions, but the way Bulbasaur is now, even if I start a new save file, I will simply use an Exeggcute in its place or something like that!

A full strength Exeggutor with Psychic, Giga Drain, Sleep Powder and Leech Seed is far better than an overnerfed Venusaur!

Originally Posted by miksy91

Actually, I've to say that I've never really used Daycare in original G/S/C, believe it or not... I should really check how its mechanism works first and then build one in my own hack. I guess I'll add one for Beta 4 somewhere.

So, breeding is coming in Beta 4!

Good......hhhmmm.......aaahhh......must resist......ahahahahaha.......nnggghh....AAARRGGGHHH!!!

Sorry, I can't help myself!

I'm gonna leave this overused dirty joke here and be on my way!

Spoiler:

[miksy91]

Originally Posted by M-ourad

In fact!! really really great job dude!! i'm really waiting for the final realise!!!
please go on nd don't ignore the hack! thank you a lot!

Not gonna ignore it because I'm quite sure I enjoy the most about ending parts of the hack and creating them myself too.

Originally Posted by !MaX!

Here's something I've forgotten!

Headbutt!

Actually, the problem is not on Headbutt but on the trees!

Every tree I used Headbutt on so far didn't yield me a single Pokemon!

Maybe you need to check them!

Headbutted pokemon are determined by an assembly routine but I think someone in Skeetendo Inc. found where to locate them. The problem is that there is a limitation of how many places can have headbuttable pokemon in them but I'll check this out and what I can do about it.

Originally Posted by !MaX!

Btw, I want to say that this is pointless!

I don't mind what you did with Eevee and its evolutions, but the way Bulbasaur is now, even if I start a new save file, I will simply use an Exeggcute in its place or something like that!

A full strength Exeggutor with Psychic, Giga Drain, Sleep Powder and Leech Seed is far better than an overnerfed Venusaur!

I know that you could also use Exeggutor for that matter but people rarely do that. But really, I've to say that now that I'm testing through Beta 3.1, it has been much more enjoyable because I can't beat every single water pokemon without losing a single HP. I wouldn't have done this though if it wasn't so normal using Venusaur to beat the game (perhaps it would have been a lot better if you were given for example Chikorita in the beginning instead) but as it is now, I believe > 50% of players end up using Venusaur as one of their party members.

[lalitaristotle]

I've completed beta 3 and it take me long time to finish it.
I found a single ORB in whole game,i am thinking how long this game will be..
My team is-
lvl.64 Espeon
lvl.61 Charizard
lvl.61 Venasaur
lvl.62 Blastoise
lvl.63 Raichu
lvl.60 Arbok
i've beated sages and found three missing pages...
And i got a lvl.5 Totodile at Prof.JOKE lab....!!!!????

[!MaX!]

Originally Posted by lalitaristotle

I've completed beta 3 and it take me long time to finish it.
I found a single ORB in whole game,i am thinking how long this game will be..
My team is-
lvl.64 Espeon
lvl.61 Charizard
lvl.61 Venasaur
lvl.62 Blastoise
lvl.63 Raichu
lvl.60 Arbok
i've beated sages and found three missing pages...
And i got a lvl.5 Totodile at Prof.JOKE lab....!!!!????

You're missing one more page!

Spoiler:

I guess you haven't unlocked the house at the island yet!

[TomSucka]

Um, what Emulator is compatible with this file?

[miksy91]

Originally Posted by lalitaristotle

I've completed beta 3 and it take me long time to finish it.
I found a single ORB in whole game,i am thinking how long this game will be..

It's going to be longer than any normal pokemon game you'll play, that's all I can say about the length for now (as I don't clearly know even myself yet).

Originally Posted by TomSucka

Um, what Emulator is compatible with this file?

Why don't you take time reading what I wrote in that zip-file just for people like you.


Okay, enough about that. There is another update about Beta 3.1 I'd like to share.

Beta 3.1 Update

I've done almost everything that will be included in Beta 3.1. This beta will be enhanced version of Beta 3.0 and doesn't include any more gameplay than it does. However, there have been quite many changes to it and here you can see what I've done so far:

DONE
 
-Every single trainer is edited so that the game will be playable at 100%
-A couple of new battle sprites have been added (thanks to Poketto)
-Team Darkness' Goons have gotten a new overworld sprite
-Prices of Town Map and Signet have been decreased
-"The Key delivery" -quest between Greenwood and Milky Village has been altered a little bit
-Player mentions that they shouldn't return the Sweater right away after obtaining it
-Gentlemen have gotten black suits (battle-sprite change)
-Bulbasaur learns Vine Whip at lv10 (once again)
-Sun Stones can be bought in Argent Warehouse
-Four minor bugs fixed

YET TO BE DONE
 
-Edit texts that the gym trainers say after their leader has been defeated
-Adding pokemon data for headbuttable trees
-Another test-run just for testing that everything works fine (I already finished the game playing at 100% the whole time, took around 10 hours to finish Brightbulb City)

So that's about it.
Meanwhile, you could for example check out this mini-hack I also made of pokemon silver. It's made for nuzlocke-playing and can be found here: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=282684

[Jaicera]

Hi all, I have been a long time lurker on these forums. Even tried a bit of hacking out for myself. But this is something else. Very well done, and am loving it. Just done the Fighting Gym (3rd?) Currently I have:
Level 27 - Charmeleon
Level 29 - Exeggcute
Level 32 - Raticate
Level 29 - Nidorino
Level 28 - Evee

I found the Bulbasaur that I recieved to be worse than an Exeggcute, was considering using a Bellsprout. I am hoping my Evee evolves into Espeon. But if not by level 36-ish I will be evolving it into Vaporeon then grabbing something else.

The hack is well done, it is harder than I thought. But I like it like that. Keep up the good work

[miksy91]

Originally Posted by Jaicera

Hi all, I have been a long time lurker on these forums. Even tried a bit of hacking out for myself. But this is something else. Very well done, and am loving it. Just done the Fighting Gym (3rd?) Currently I have:
Level 27 - Charmeleon
Level 29 - Exeggcute
Level 32 - Raticate
Level 29 - Nidorino
Level 28 - Evee

I found the Bulbasaur that I recieved to be worse than an Exeggcute, was considering using a Bellsprout. I am hoping my Evee evolves into Espeon. But if not by level 36-ish I will be evolving it into Vaporeon then grabbing something else.

The hack is well done, it is harder than I thought. But I like it like that. Keep up the good work

Thanks, difficulty level has been dropped though because it was a little bit too difficult

Spoiler:

Feel free to evolve your Eevee into Vaporeon and use a De-Stone on it when it's the time for doing so

Beta 3.1 Is Here

Yeah, the release I was planning to have up a week or two ago is finally here. Beta 3.1 is basically enhanced version of Beta 3.0 and doesn't include any more gameplay than it did. It has its advantages though.

Change list between Betas 3.0 and 3.1

-The levels of the pokemon that trainers use have been decreased
-New battle sprites for Goon and Guardian have been added (Created by Poketto)
-Mom's script has been completely redone, and she can now also save your money
-Bicycle has been replaced with Running Shoes (which leads to bugs for those who still have their Bicycle from Beta 3.0) (Credit goes to Koolboyman for this add-on)
-"The Key delivery" -quest between Greenwood Town and Milky Village has been altered to make it more obvious how to progress further in game
-Pokemon can now be encountered by Headbutting trees as well
-Bulbasaur's moveset has been changed back to normal (Learns Vine Whip at lv10 & Sleep Powder at lv15)
-Player mentions the Sweater shouldn't be returned right away after receiving it
-You've more money to start with than before & Prices of Town Map and Signet have been decreased
-Goons have a new overworld sprite
-Gentlemen wear black suits instead of white (during battle)
-Sun Stone can be bought in the market in Argent Warehouse
-Several bug fixes:
--When Bulbasaur evolves, its gender won't change like it might have in the earlier version
--The things that gym trainers say, after their leader has been defeated, have been changed for the ones that required it
--If TM Sandstorm wasn't picked in Deep Cavern before a certain happening, it could have been seen in the rocks
--One cutscene was buggy if the player was riding a bike during it
--Text bug with Ancient Power has been fixed
--A minor bug with Theresa's script has been fixed

Download the new version from the main post !

[gam3r!]

Why having 250 and not 251 pokemon catchable ? Is celebi missing ?

[cabusao10]

i found 4 page's
my team;
Charizard=81
Jolteon=79
Piloswine=67
Venusaur=70
Blastoise=72
Pigeot=70

[miksy91]

Originally Posted by gam3r!

Why having 250 and not 251 pokemon catchable ? Is celebi missing ?

No, Celebi will be obtainable

Spoiler:

and is actually a pokemon you'll eventually get, whether you like it or not.

Now that I think about it, it's possible that not even 250 pokemon will be obtainable because I'm not trying to make this a "catch 'em all" type of game. But one pokemon has a reason for being uncatchable so that's why not 251.

Update!

I haven't really gotten further "storylinely-wise" but instead, I've managed to do something much more important. It looks as of now that a major event that I've had in my mind for almost a year now, will eventually take place in the hack! I've finished part of its coding as of now and what this event does is to split the main characters apart like I've been telling I'd do this. I still need to find a way to make it so that the sprite of Cactus is not loaded when a map is entered when you're controlling Oscar or Ashlyn (you can notice this happening for example when using a bicycle and entering a house with it). What's more, I'd have to change the battle sprite loading routine so that the battle sprite of the character depends on the one that's being controlled at the time but that shouldn't be too much of a problem. What I've gotten do though is making it so that each of the main chacters takes two pokemon with him/her and continues exploring a place, of which name shouldn't be mentioned yet, in their own ways (and you'll get to play through each one of their "paths" of course).

[gam3r!]

Ok then ! Definitely going to play this !

[the cool guy]

Starting to play this now.

[Ash493]

Originally Posted by miksy91

But one pokemon has a reason for being uncatchable so that's why not 251.

Is it Mew? Because I don't see anyone else as uncatchable =D

[the cool guy]

And i can't wake up the guard.
I am stuck...

[miksy91]

Originally Posted by Ash493

Is it Mew? Because I don't see anyone else as uncatchable =D

No, Mew will likely be there (not catchable as itself but through a certain event, it can be obtained).

For now, I'm still lacking ideas for events of Moltres and

Spoiler:

Lugia / Mewtwo

so have to think about something for them as well...
Events of Articuno, Zapdos, Mew and Celebi are planned, event of Ho-Oh (and Celebi, partly) already implemented and I've a small idea where you'll be able to get Suicune, Entei and Raikou (although I've got nothing special in mind for them yet).

Spoiler:

Got something cool in mind; I'll probably actually input Rayquaza in game and replace it with Lugia or Mewtwo, for a good reason that may be left unknown for now
I prefer Gen I and II pokemon to newer generations but this one could actually do the trick in this situation I'm planning.

Sad for them who actually wanted to use this pokemon in the game though...

Originally Posted by the cool guy

And i can't wake up the guard.
I am stuck...

He'll wake up instantly after talked once you've done with Bulbasaur event in Theresa's house. I thought this was pretty obvious when I created the beginning of the game but someone else has had problems with this part too :\

[SonicBlazePlatinum]

You should proabably include Groudon and Kyogre too since they are the Weather Trio. Maybe there would be a fight event in-game and Rayquaza would appear to solve the problem from being awoken by the player like in Pokemon Emerald. Also will Rayquaza be in a Sky Pillar type location?

[miksy91]

Originally Posted by SonicBlazePlatinum

You should proabably include Groudon and Kyogre too since they are the Weather Trio. Maybe there would be a fight event in-game and Rayquaza would appear to solve the problem from being awoken by the player like in Pokemon Emerald. Also will Rayquaza be in a Sky Pillar type location?

I already quoted to this as a Visitor Message but could point out so no one else starts wondering the same thing, Groudon and Kyogre won't likely be part of the game unless they're, for some reason, replaced with existing legendary pokemon.

And here is sort of a progress update!

I've begun to create the game further and have currently finished (as of now) the map of Area 117 (which is located east of Brightbulb City). I haven't mapped in almost two months though (and didn't even do it regularly when I've made it this far) so I'd like to know what you guys think about this map so far.



For the ones wondering, there is a connection downwards at the point where there is tall grass and there is a "secret" forest in the eastern part of the map. And by request of !MaX!, there is going to be a day-care in the middle of the map if I get it working of course.
*The day care script is mostly assembly and may require some adjustments but I should be able to use most of the code unaltered (or possibly, 100% of it).

[miksy91]

Update following another!

Here is a small video you can watch. As you can see, it's preview of a script in the same route as above, Area 117. At this state, this script is still missing dialogue that the girl tells you before she leaves to Brightbulb City. Other than that, it's finished.

[maxeneize]

I usually lurk this forum but I don't remember if I have ever commented here. I just logged in because your hack is worth it. I just wanna let you know that you have another supporter here. Continue with your excellent work. Looking forward to the final realease so I can play a hack of my favourite series, the g/s/c one.

Regards, Maxi

[pokevictor]

wow i don't see many well developed old school rom hacks like silver and gold keep it up
man 16 gyms what a challenge!!!

[miksy91]

Originally Posted by maxeneize

I usually lurk this forum but I don't remember if I have ever commented here. I just logged in because your hack is worth it. I just wanna let you know that you have another supporter here. Continue with your excellent work. Looking forward to the final realease so I can play a hack of my favourite series, the g/s/c one.

Regards, Maxi

Thanks a lot

Originally Posted by pokevictor

wow i don't see many well developed old school rom hacks like silver and gold keep it up
man 16 gyms what a challenge!!!

Thanks, actually there won't be that many gyms in there. Mainly because I don't a reason in implementing so many - around 9 or 10 will do.

By the way, both of you should try out the new beta (I don't think Beta 4 will be up in a long time). The game isn't made to focus on collecting gym badges or anything like that, beating gym leaders is often more like a possible way to train your pokemon.

[sethiey]

Wow loving the hack, just glued to it! loving the RPG style and just the over all feel of the game, the plot is good and easy to get into/understand. If you could PM i was hoping to do a Lets play/walkthrough an i was just wondering if thats alright. Keep up the great work!

~Seth

[miksy91]

Another (sort of an) update !

So Seth here has begun his Let's Play of Dark Future and I've got to admit that he knows how to talk. Check out the first part of the LP here:



Otherwise, I haven't gotten anything done this week because I've been off for a short vacation but have now returned so expect more updates sooner or later.

Other than that, Dark Future has been chosen in the HOTQ contest so go and vote for it if you think it deserves to win (not trying to push anyone to, Crystaldust and Snakewood are pretty good hacks themselves too).