Emerald hack: Pokemon R.O.W.E. - an Open World Version of Pokémon Emerald(Gen 8, Following Pokémon, Costumes and much More)

[MustBeSean]

Is that R.O.W.E mean Open World Emerald ? what 's the R mean ?

The dev said earlier that the R stands for Rayquaza.

 

[Levine91]

Would it be possible to add an option to have Exp.Share from the start?
Really appreciate it if that can be made possible.

 

[rioluwott]

@rioluwott, is there any way to get a Pokemon with Neutralizing Gas? The Raw base stats data suggests that for some reason Koffing and Weezing don't have it, but Galarian Weezing has it set as its 2nd Ability. I've yet to encounter a Galarian Weezing in the wild, and any Koffing I evolve into Galarian Weezing still has Levitate.

Both Thunderstone and Magmarizers (as well as other evolution stones and items needed for trade evos) are sold at Lilicove Dept Store 3F (lady at the right), BUT you need at least 6 badges for them to be available. Otherwise that counter sells other, more generic stuff. It's written in the FAQ as well.

To get a Galarian Weezing with Neutralizing Gas you can evolve a koffing and then use an ability capsule

Would it be possible to add an option to have Exp.Share from the start?
Really appreciate it if that can be made possible.

Thats possible but i would prefer of not doing it since it would make the game a little too easy

 

[MustBeSean]

To get a Galarian Weezing with Neutralizing Gas you can evolve a koffing and then use an ability capsule

I had already tried using an Ability Capsule (bought from Lilycove for 10000) on a Galarian Weezing and it said that it won't have any effect. It was originally a Koffing caught in the Fiery Path and later evolved at night holding the Strange Souvenir. I forgot to include that in the original question.

Also, in my one playthrough with all badges I can use Dig in the overworld, but in a new playthrough I can't. I have the TM and the move is taught to multiple mons in my party, but it doesn't show up as a move usable in the overworld. Is there a badge requirment for Dig? Doing Fortree Gym as the first Gym also doesn't let you use Fly, are there any hidden requirements?

 

[rioluwott]

Good night everyone, i just released a bugfix update
here is the changelog
Changelog 1.3.3.2
-Added a description to the 70 Tms that had the wrong description
-Added neutralizing gas to Koffing and Kantonian Weezing
-Removed the dexnav pokemon moving on caves/water
-Fixed some trainers using lapras for some reason
-Made some changes on how the Randomized trainers work to make it better
-Changed the wild encounters on some areas(mostly victory road)
-Changed some trainer parties
-Other changes that i forgot about
Link:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/pzon1hu5cjej0zo/Pokemon_ROWE.zip/file

 

[MustBeSean]

Good night everyone, i just released a bugfix update
here is the changelog
Changelog 1.3.3.2
-Added a description to the 70 Tms that had the wrong description
-Added neutralizing gas to Koffing and Kantonian Weezing
-Removed the dexnav pokemon moving on caves/water
-Fixed some trainers using lapras for some reason
-Made some changes on how the Randomized trainers work to make it better
-Changed the wild encounters on some areas(mostly victory road)
-Changed some trainer parties
-Other changes that i forgot about
Link:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/pzon1hu5cjej0zo/Pokemon_ROWE.zip/file

Oh wow, thanks so much for the update!

Edit: Neutralizing Gas can now be obtained, but doesn't seem to do anything in battle. So far I've seen multiple abilities (Intimidate, Flash Fire, Trace and a few more) all activate while Neutralizing Gas Koffing is out. But this is probably cause of the Battle Engine so me reporting this might not be helpful to you at all.

Flying is still immune to Ground in Inverse mode.

 

[MustBeSean]

Another thing I've noticed is that the sell price of Water Stone is 105, even though Fire, Thunder and Leaf Stones are 1050 (as they are in regular Emerald).

Also, in the changelog you've mentioned that you made Delcatty and Persian hold Nuggets for money farming, but since you've set the sell price of Nuggets to be 1000 only, it's actually better to get shards from Rotom etc and turn them into stones. Staryu/Starmie are also somewhat better (with CompoundEyes it's 60% for Statdust and 20% for Star Piece, although 20% for nothing).

 

[rioluwott]

Another thing I've noticed is that the sell price of Water Stone is 105, even though Fire, Thunder and Leaf Stones are 1050 (as they are in regular Emerald).

Also, in the changelog you've mentioned that you made Delcatty and Persian hold Nuggets for money farming, but since you've set the sell price of Nuggets to be 1000 only, it's actually better to get shards from Rotom etc and turn them into stones. Staryu/Starmie are also somewhat better (with CompoundEyes it's 60% for Statdust and 20% for Star Piece, although 20% for nothing).

nuggets show to be sold for 1000 because of the character limit but its sold for 10,000 instead
edit:i have no idea of what are you talking about in the sell price for the water stone since all of them should be sold at the same price

 

[MustBeSean]

nuggets show to be sold for 1000 because of the character limit but its sold for 10,000 instead

Oh, I see. That makes so much more sense. I think a same kind of issue is there with Star Pieces as well, those sell for 4900 but it says 490 instead.

 

[MustBeSean]

Seems like the Egg Move Tutor (6+gyms) can't teach Tail Slap, Covet, Quick Guard, Bounce and Switcheroo to Aipom or Ambipom (Level 45). Some egg moves like Agility and Screech are listed twice, and those 5 are missing from the list. Not having Tail Slap in particular is a bummer since it's Ambipom's best STAB with Skill Link or Technician.

 

[MustBeSean]

Ok, so the learnset for Flash (as a field move) is seems very weird to me. I couldn't find anything about it in the documentation, but from playing it what it seemed to me is that you've made every Fairy type Pokemon be able to use Flash, and nothing other than Fairy types can use it. But this means that stuff like Snubbull (which was never compatible with the Flash TM/HM in generations 2-6) is able to use Flash, but hundreds of other Pokemon that could learn it generations 2-6 are not able to use it.

 

[Pokemaniac Zaheer]

Can't pass magma grunt blocking one of the rooms in the hideout. And when I leave after talking to him, his dialog gets stuck when I move around. Anyone know how to fix this or know of a walk through wall cheat that works? Tried the code from r/s/e with no success

 

[FeraligatrMaster]

Can't pass magma grunt blocking one of the rooms in the hideout. And when I leave after talking to him, his dialog gets stuck when I move around. Anyone know how to fix this or know of a walk through wall cheat that works? Tried the code from r/s/e with no success

If you defeat the Elite Four, that Magma grunt will go away.

 

[Pokemaniac Zaheer]

If you defeat the Elite Four, that Magma grunt will go away.

Thanks

 

[rioluwott]

Good afternoon everyone, i just released a new bugfix update for ROWE
Changelog 1.3.4
-Removed the use of the dexnav on the route 113 and jagged pass(again)
-Cynderance and its pre evolutions now have protean
-Flying type now should be hit by Ground type moves on inverse mode
-Removed the grunts that used to guard the entrances for groudon and kyogre and instead sealed the entrance until you beat the elite four to avoid missunderstandings
-Eviolite now prevents evolving like an everstone
-Fixed the issues with the egg moves on the tutor showing a maximum number of 10 egg moves per mon
-Added an NPC that sells you the item used to raise a Pokemon Ivs on the Pokemon League Pokemon Center
-Other changes i forgot about
The link its in the main post, i will now reuse that same link every time since some people may share that link an i want them to have the latest version and its easier for me too to see the download count

 

[Omarick548]

Hey, any working cheats for this game? Regular emerald cheats don't seem to work

 

[Omarick548]

If you defeat the Elite Four, that Magma grunt will go away.

Oh wow, that's weird lol. Thanks for your reply, Sorry for late response.

 

[evanonline]

Really interested in trying this, I'm surprised I haven't seen more Pokemon hacks that make things open-ended like this. (I'm sure others exist, I just haven't seen them, haha) Really cool idea!

 

[ThatSlashGuy]

Hey guys, Bee here. I'm a dev here on R.O.W.E and I'm frequently active in the discord. :)

Introduction's out of the way, few things to address regarding Dexnav causing the game to crash when used in a city/town.

Patchers - NUPS, Tsukuyomi, and UniPatcher all produce the same hash files. So it's not a patcher problem.

Dumps - We recommend the TrashMan dump, no we will not link you to it.
- Be wary of using certain "sites" as not all dumps are clean.

Emulators and Hardware - We recommend playing on Pizzaboy GBA for now. It offers both free and pro options. My Boy! and a few other emulators are not compatible! You will run into emulator related bugs!
- It seems that playing on flashcart + GBA does not have this bug.
- A fix for MyBoy emulators is in the works.
- PC Users: mGBA is the wave.

What to do next: As we try and figure out where this thing originated from, for right now refrain from using dexnav indoors and in cities/towns.

Thank you for playing, and we're working hard to sort this issue out.

 

[rioluwott]

Good day everyone, its time for a bugfix update
this update will only fix some bugs since im still working on the big update but the dexnav bug is becoming more common and this will fix it while adding other fixes and features that were meant to be added on the next big update(the update 1.5) and for this reason this update does NOT break your save
Changelog 1.3.5
-You can now start with a real random starter that its not in the 9 pokemon list with the Surprise Me option at the start(this will be your only option on randomized mode)
-Added a way to change Rotom Forms on Mauville's bike shop
-Added an option to use/change your bike by pressing R
on the Start Menu(You need both bikes to use it)
-Fixed Libero and added it back to Cinderance and co.
-Now you can press Select in the start menu to save your game like in the later Pokemon Games
-The menu now does not display the Dexnav Option while you are on areas with no encounters
-Fixed Aegislash, Wishiwashi, Castform and Darmanitan form changes
Link: https://www.mediafire.com/file/pzon1hu5cjej0zo/Pokemon_ROWE.zip/file
The next update is scheluded for the later part of this month or the next for now i will release bugfixes while still working on the other one
the music update is NOT in this update if i wasn't clear but its nearly done, im taking more time with the overworld and with some things i want to balance out
If you missed the announcement for this big update its because it was only announced in the Discord and forgot to incude it there, i will post an screenshot of that announcement in a little
Discord Update:

Spoiler:

Good afternoon everyone, as some people know yesterday i said i would be making an update
on how is the developing of the game going, these days i had more time to work on the project
and because of the other devs this next update will be bigger than past releases and for the
same reason will take more time but here are some things that this update will add to this game
Overworld Update:
I plan to update all the overworld NPCs along with the player to a FRLG style since there are
more options for that style and to make this game feel different than just emerald with more
pokemon, along with the npcs i will update some areas to use FRLG tiles and even add new areas
to explore making some Pokemon finally available in this game.
Music Option:
This will give you an option to change the game music between four regions:
Kanto(FRLG), Johto(HGSS), Hoenn(RSE) and Sinnoh(DPP) making each run feel different.
Title Screen:
This update will also feature a new Title Screen, while this does not affect the gameplay
i think it was time to update it since the project actually got bigger over the time
Difficulty:
This time the difficulty options will be permanent you will be able to choose between
Easy mode, Normal Mode and Hard Mode this time and will feature more changes than before
like for example the order for the items you get from the leaders, the wild pokemon levels
and even add some rewards for the harder difficulties
Daily Items:
Now you will able to farm some items that were obtainable only once per day, this will be
difficult to balance the game since nobody likes to get a 31 iv pokemon right from the start right?
Save Data:
This time save data will not be transferable because there were a lot of changes in the code to make
space to add some features listed above and some new things that i will announce when the time comes
around but i will take this opportunity to make some changes i wasn't able to do before because
it would break saves