For some reason, after patching the rom, the new file has an issue when catching Pokemon that causes it to go to a black screen, before returning to the title screen. At first, I thought maybe I had a bad version of the rom, but that doesn't seem to be the case, and the only thing I changed at this point was the starters, turning them into Rowlet, Cyndaquil, and Froakie to test what changing it would feel like.
I don't know what else might've caused it at this point, but has anyone had that issue when catching Pokemon so far?
EDIT: Done more testing, I think it's something to do with my emulator. VBA-M 1.8.0 is what I'm using and having that issue with. I downloaded the standard VBA 1.8 and it doesn't seem to have this problem, so it's not a rom base issue, I just gotta figure out why my emulator is doing this now.