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Alright. Since all of the gyms are scalled even putting a refightable chansey/audino trainer somewhere early. It will really help nuzlocke/challenge runs in the future. You added the EV house in fararbor which is a great qol

Alright sounds good. Quick question what would be the best way to grind lvls for pokemon. This game scales well for pokemon in ur party but I got some box pokemon in the 20s that seem to take forever to grind up on grass mons. Is there an easy audino farm or something I missed?

I was making a hack in the style of yours with my own little touchs here and there. Am in no great completed state but its great to see different hacks. I just opened an issue on github about cherrims solar form not appearing correctly. I think I made the issue correct

Alright sounds good. I do have a github account its just I am very new to Github with my own repository for emerald decomp but I am very new to the platform and am unsure of how to report bugs there. If u get it updated soonish I can continue my playthrough to see if there are any other bugs

Yo, friend's Quick Feet Poochyena just evolved into a Mightyena with no ability heh-

Also shouldn't the Arceus plates be kept in battle items, since their only use is as hold items for battle? Currently they're just in the regular items section.

Hey I am really enjoying Incliment Emerald so far. There seems to be a bug with the air baloon item as it is softlocking when a pokemon on the opponents team has it. Currently watson and a trainer in the gym seem to have this problem

Blaze Black / Volt White 2 is not based on Firered or Emerald, is it? I have no idea how to play it on mobile emulators. It looks wonderful, though!

Story wise, my favourite hack has to Adventures Red, as it's based on the manga the story progression is just awesome! There are some side chapters which have horror elements as well.

Fair enough, I didn't think about how many routes there were early on and whether people'd make a full team so quickly tbf.
Doesn't ruin things at all for me, I was just a bit caught off guard when I went rollin in at 16 and she popped a 13 heh. Honestly it sounds scarily fun knowing there'll be bosses that scale ahead further in- definitely expecting to get my butt kicked a few times, especially if Cynthia is as terrifying as she sounds..

Maybe that is something could change with the difficulty setting though, perhaps. Might be fitting for Challenge Mode to have less of a gap early on for gym leaders, like -1 for Roxanne and Brawly- so there's still a slight advantage, but not too big. Going flat even could be a bit too much challenge tbf. Could also make hard could be -2 for both, and regular as it is now? The sliding scales make things so interesting, I've never played something like that before honestly and can't wait to see more going further.

I return with another question, regarding the level scaling..
You said trainer levels scale to your strongest pokemon. I grinded my entire team to level 16, but why is Roxanne's entire team is only level 13?
I hate being at a level advantage, especially in a challenge run, and am utterly confused why she's so low leveled when my team isn't.. I expected at least a fight on an even playing field for a gym fight, not one where the opponent is automatically at a disadvantage..

Awesome, that'll help a lot. Thanks a bunch!

Ooo priority punching moves sounds crazy, I must've missed Sand Song though.
Also you wouldn't happen to be able to make a little "x gym leader is designed for around this level" type list, would you? Or would aiming around the vanilla level curve work, at least for the early game? Really worried about overgrinding for things in a challenge run oop.

Also, a friend found a soft-lockable spot, I think its in the standard Emerald too but maybe you could mess with the map a little at some point and remove that as a possibility? It's right above Rustboro City. I could imagine it'd be really annoying to get stuck there accidentally via speedup or something.

So New Pokemon & Hisuian forms & moves & abilities from Legends: Arceus (and maybe BDSP) will be in Inclement Emerald maybe in March/April 2022, got it.

Speaking of which, are you looking forward to Legends: Arceus? Cuz after I saw the trailer yesterday, maybe I'll try it (instead of BDSM) later on Switch emulator thanks to its gameplay, lore, and some new stuffs.

I had a couple questions by the way!

-Levels seem to just be on a constant scale with no set caps for important fights, is that correct? Just wondering, cuz I'm worried about getting too high and ending up fighting Roxanne's base forms with like, a Sceptile or something if I go too high lol-
-Are you going to drop an important trainers doc at any point? Would be v useful ;w;
-What do the abilities Sand Song and Blitz Boxer do? Saw them on the Pokemon docs but its not in the Battle Changes doc.

Fucking loving it so far even though I haven't even reached the first gym yet haha, gonna be a baller hack. Can't wait for the thread to pop up!

PsssSSST where do I find the download for INclement Emerald? ;w; Really wanna dive into this but I swear I cannot navigate Github for the life of me and it doesn't seem to show up on your user page-
Nevermind I found it ;w; Github is painful sob.

I'm fine, despite what was going on in Algeria this month (Covid, Oxygene, Wildfires...etc).

For Standard version:
-Custom tutor & TM moves.....I think pokemon that didn't exist in SwSh should learn tutor moves like in other official games in Standard version, maybe you'll wait till BDSP & Legends: Arceus?
-Custom Megas on the other hand, keep them in Standard version (along with their own custom mega abilities), and they also have their standard stats (like Mega Butterfree in Pokemon Changes documentation), I would love to try one of these.

Oh, if you make your next Romhack (with your custom region) after Inclement Emerald, will you include Pokemon from Gen 9 & Legends: Arceus? (I know I asked this already, but oh well)

Hey, how's it going ?

After I downloaded the 1.0 version of your Inclement Emerald in your GitHub, I just played it a little bit for a little "test" on mGBA (PC), then whenever I heard Snivy, Lillipup, Tympole & Gothita cries, I heard a little "dot" noise in each cry if you want to fix them (maybe other 5th gen cries have maybe the same problem, no?).

Otherwise, congrats for releasing the game, hope people will really like it.
I'll wait till the version with Standard mode, Gen 8, and Battle Frontier, so I'll play it maybe in end of 2021 or beginning of 2022.
Take care :)

Yeah, I like playing hacks on the mobile as well! This is one of the reasons I haven't tried plenty of fangames that look fantastic, but it's somewhat inconvenient to find time to try them out!

What are your favourite hacks, by the way?

Yup, definitely, playthrough videos from pokebloggers would be cool! By the way, you could also work with essentials, right? Aethestode switched to PDSK for Adventures Red Vol 2, if I am recalling correctly, although I don't know the difference between Essentials and PDSK...

Hey, thanks for the pro-tips mate, very much appreciated!

I don't expect anything less than a custom region from a Rom-hacker of your caliber, either! Hoping that Inclement Emerald repeats / surpasses the kind of success Radical Red has achieved. I have no idea about Platinum / HGSS decomps or what extra stuffs they bring to the plate, however, renowned Rom-hackers are porting their half completed projects to Emerald Decomp nowadays. Pokeemerald has indeed breathed a new life to Emerald and wonderful projects are already in progress as we speak...!!