All sistems OK...
I'm happy to announce Shiny Gold is back!
Took me a while to recover my stuff, but in the end I managed to get everything quite fast. Now, I should have everything that will be in the Beta4 (with the exception that I need to edit the trainers for the X version), so I don't think it'll take too long for the release. Probably it'll be by the end of this month (guess I'll modify my goals a bit this time)
Now, let's talk about the Beta...
The Beta will end after fixing the Power Plant, recovering the Copycat's Lost Pokédoll, and getting the Magnet Train Pass (so you can go back and forth between Johto and Kanto by two ways, but the SS.Aqua has trainers for battling in each trip, so it depends on if you want to train or not). There will be a few blocked exits, as you'll find out when you play.
I'll start editing some trainer battles (the Key Battles), and I'll give the trainers some moves to test your skills (specially in the X version), as I found all the trainers that I can easily edit with PET (bye hex-editing moves I hope...)
Another thing is the ability to trade. Found the flag that enables the trade between Fire Red and the rest (flag 844, if you want to know), but it seems that if you want to trade with Emerald you need to have the National Dex in the Emerald version for some pokes, so keep that in mind.
However, I'm still deciding if it would be convenient to give the ability early in the game or not. If you ask me, my idea would be to hold it till you reach Prof. Oak in Pallet, then he would say something like "Oh, you want to expand your Pokédex, but you cannot trade from far away. How about if I help you..." or something. Mainly because I really don't consider necessary the trade ability, seeing as you can catch all the Pokemon in the game.
Now, about music. I have practiced a lot, but still, I lack of resources. So, since I want a Beta with all the music changed, if possible, then there's no music change for the time being.
About graphics. Minor changes, but it seems a few are in the way (With a bit of luck, there'll be even pokemon battle sprite changes)
So, the Beta Testing will start this week. In the meantime, I'll start posting screenshots. But I'll start from where I left (outside of Ice Path), just in case some people didn't play the Preview. And I'll update my first post as usual with those screenshots. Now, get bored...