FireRed hack: Pokemon Aqua Sapphire

Can't wait for the alpha. :3

Hey nice hack though I think I read somewhere that FR/LG/R/S/E all are set in the same time which is 3 years before G/S/C/HG/SS/D/P/Pt but I'm not too sure.

I actually have quite a few ideas for plot twists, wait until you see some of your recurring allies against Team Aqua ;) And, the maps actually look pretty nice and full, but the screenshots rarely show these good spots because I like to screenshot scripts and things of that nature instead of just my maps. I just need to rewrite a couple scripts and finish up Walden City and I'm uploading Alpha 1.0.

Be prepared, the first aqua admin is BRUTALLY hard, you WILL need to catch and raise at least one more pokemon to win the battle.

Beta 1.0 is out now, the link is posted in the first post. I've thoroughly tested it so I don't anticipate many bugs, but please report them if you find them. Also, you can't enter the Subterranean Tunnel on Route 50, that's not a bug. The entrance area of the tunnel will probably be added next beta.

one question
could you please make this an attached file? megaupload hates me...
this does look like an interesting hack though, so good luck :)
oh, and that bug you mentioned, you can fix that with block editor in a-map

The strange thing is, I did look at the block in the tile editor, it has a 00 background byte, and it only shows the reflection with the fence pieces directly above the water. The same fence pieces above regular grass don't do this.

Quick progress update, I've been stalled for the last few days working on other parts of this hack. It took me several hours studying the hex workings of the behavior bytes, inserting a few multichoice boxes, and creating and tweaking the scripts for various things like headbutt trees. I just finished balancing the difficulty of what was in the beta, as I found it way too hard. I'm now continuing with the mapping of route 51 up to Triad City, the next town. Screenshots will be up tomorrow, and the next beta may take a week or more, depending on how much time I have to work. I also fixed the palette of the grass animation, so no more strange ugliness :)

If anyone is confident in their mapping skills and would like to help me, I need a forest map made with default FR tiles, using tileset 0 and whatever secondary one you desire, dimensions 42 by 46. I hate making these dungeon-type maps. Don't worry about the specifics, I just need 2 exits. I'll edit small parts to my liking anyway. You will be credited on the first post and somewhere in the ROM if you do this for me.

Some (MAYBE all) of the 4th gen evolutions/pre-evolutions of earlier gen Pokemon will be present in this game, using the 25 empty slots.

I could do the mapping thing for you, but I'd have to know a few more specifics, like... Do you want the warps set in? What map would need to be replaced? Do you need wild Pokémon Data inserted? Do you want me to do this in A-map over a current map, or just make a custom and save the picture?

I can do wild Pokemon, warps, other events, heck, even movement permissions myself, I just need the map itself drawn, and saved and uploaded as a .map file. It's going to be replacing Viridian Forest. Size of the map and tilesets used really doesn't matter. If you do this for me, it's a huge help.

PeregrineFig said:

I can do wild Pokemon, warps, other events, heck, even movement permissions myself, I just need the map itself drawn, and saved and uploaded as a .map file. It's going to be replacing Viridian Forest. Size of the map and tilesets used really doesn't matter. If you do this for me, it's a huge help.

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Could I give you a .ips file with Viridian Forest overwritten and then you could change anything else? Also, is there a specific pattern you want the forest in, I'm really good with mazes, but forests are another strong point of mine...

You can design the map however you'd like, it would be great if it was a little maze-ish. And, wouldn't the .ips overwrite the other parts of my ROM? (Although I can easily patch it to a clean FireRed ROM and save the map to a folder, so that would be fine)

Actually, you can re-patch the ROM unless you were saved in Viridian Forest. And I was only planning to change the map and hand it over in the .ips file, I'm actually working on the map right now, Lol
EDIT: Here is the .ips patch

Uploaded a video of a little script. HyperCam put the little squares on the grass tiles, they don't look like that in-game.

Oh, look, some custom tiles! (just a few, not a whole set)

Uhm, if there's a new patch I could get, that would be helpful... I got through most of the beta, and then I left for about five minutes while my nephews and nieces were over, and there goes half the files in My Documents... *sigh* PeregrineFig, if there are any update betas, I'd like one. Thx u

I'm hard at work on Triad City, and once it's done, Beta 2.0 will be released. It has a large list of updates, more than just an expansion to the next city. I'm currently working on the game corner, and after that I'll make the gym-type area, then the rest of the town.

Ok. Thx PeregrineFig (I hate typing that out, will PF work?). I also had pix of a few bugs, but my nephews/nieces were VERY thorough...