Awesome! I should check out this hack!

This is really good! Congrats on the release.

Bugs I've noticed:
- Defog act weird. It seems to have Mirror Move's effect and doesn't clear the field or lower evasion.
- Charge Beam acts as the move "Powder", at least when Vikavolt used it on me, and it did no damage.
- Mandibuzz has the wrong party sprite. (Has Meinfoo's sprite)
- Mega Pidgeot, and possibly other megas, don't have an ability.

I'll report back other glitches as I go along. There was another move that acts weird that I can't remember.

Yup, I noticed that too! The thing is that all the battle stuff comes directly from the Battle Engine upgrade, so I can't do much about it. The next update of this romhack will use a newer version of the battle engine, which will hopefully fix some glitches. I will look into the abilities and party sprite thing, because I think I should be able to fix those up on my own if they haven't already been dealt with. Thanks again for playing!

EDIT: OK, so I think the issue with the mega evolved Pokemon not having abilities is fixable. Essentially, assuming you don't know, Pokemon have 3 slots for abilities in their base data: ability 1, ability 2, and hidden ability. What I'm guessing happens in that when a pokemon mega-evolves, it reads from the same slot. Because Mega Pokmon don't have hidden abilities, it returns NULL. If there isn't a fix to this, then I can make an ad-hoc one.

EDIT2: Turns out Mienfoo shows up instead of Mandibuzz because the Devs used the wrong image. I have a basic fix that might work, but if not, it shouldn't be that big of a deal until the rhh dev team can get a fix out.

New Major Features from Version 1.00 to Version 1.03b:

• The Battle Arena is now fully functional.
• A new default pool of Pokémon are used when Birch gives you your starters.
• Battle Factory Pokémon now use the specified abilities instead of using their default ones.
• A new HGSS-style Pokédex replaces the old one.
• TMs can now be bought from the Exchange Corner.
• Every day, there is a chance of rain or snow.
• Other miscellaneous features detailed in the changelog.

New updates has a few small fixes, but it also contains something I've been trying to add for a long time now:

On the island, there are 2 secret bases to pick between. They shouldn't be too difficult to find. Have fun decorating them to your hearts' content (assuming you can pay for all the decorations, of course).

Also, I made the homepage prettier.

As always, let me know if there's anything you want me to prioritize for the next update!

EDIT: 1.04a fixed a small error.

Mkol103 said:

As always, let me know if there's anything you want me to prioritize for the next update.

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Could you add the EV Reducing berries as a 1 BP prize for a pack of 3 or so? And then add a way to re-raise the EV's? That probably requires a lot of changing but it could be a great feature for future releases?

Maybe if that doesn't sound good, add an EV resetter and Ability/Nature swapper?

I think being able to customize our team in every possible way is important. Maybe also add more potential Pokemon as a prize? Maybe add a section for any Pokemon at random with no EV's?

No problem. An EV setter was always planned, but I never gave it much priority before. Now that I know for sure someone wants it, I'll add an NPC in the Pokémon Center who can set two of a Pokémon's EVs to max for 1 BP in the next patch. As for nature setting, this will probably be a little more difficult just because it's more tedious to implement. I'll probably get to it later. I was also considering having every Pokémon you purchase come with an ability capsule, but I wasn't too sure about this (ability capsules also don't allow a Pokémon to get their hidden ability). What do you think about this idea?

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No problem. An EV setter was always planned, but I never gave it much priority before. Now that I know for sure someone wants it, I'll add an NPC in the Pokémon Center who can set two of a Pokémon's EVs to max for 1 BP in the next patch. As for nature setting, this will probably be a little more difficult just because it's more tedious to implement. I'll probably get to it later. I was also considering having every Pokémon you purchase come with an ability capsule, but I wasn't too sure about this (ability capsules also don't allow a Pokémon to get their hidden ability). What do you think about this idea?

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I like that idea. I figured changing the nature would be difficult. What about a random pokemon option from the service counter for like 10 BP? That way you could get a better PKMN or one with lower base stats. Regardless, I'm enjoying this hack a lot!

I like that idea, but I think that it should be relatively painless to set EVs, so the tradeoff is kinda ineffective. Something I'm gonna look into in the future is balancing prices. Like, one good streak at a facility can net you around 15 BP if you do well, but if you continually do poorly, then it takes a lot longer to make that much. I hope the pricings work for the moment (I was thinking of making setting EVs be 2 BP).

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I like that idea, but I think that it should be relatively painless to set EVs, so the tradeoff is kinda ineffective. Something I'm gonna look into in the future is balancing prices. Like, one good streak at a facility can net you around 15 BP if you do well, but if you continually do poorly, then it takes a lot longer to make that much. I hope the pricings work for the moment (I was thinking of making setting EVs be 2 BP).

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Maybe another trade off would be to use the default movesets with the Pokemon that was random? That way it's not as strong as one with strategic movesets.

I'd personally like to try to earn every fully evolved Pokemon via battle points, so random Pokes make it possible. I think there are about ~450 fully evolved pokemon via Gen VII, so I obviously can't store them all lol

I see, I see. The thing is that not every Pokémon is available. About 210 Pokémon are available to use just because I based everything on Smogon's tier list. So, the weaker fully evolved Pokémon don't show up (Like, you won't see Ledian or something). This is just to make it easier on myself, and I don't know how many people are gunning to use someone like Stantler. I don't know how much of a priority adding weaker Pokémon will be just because the focus is battling, and it will be a huge undertaking to essentially double the cast.

I like your idea about giving a wider breadth of Pokemon but with a random moveset. I'll keep it in mind definitely.

Newest update adds an NPC which can set a Pokémon's EVs alongside some minor bug fixes. I'm gonna wait a bit until the next update (V1.1) in order to make sure it's a more substantial update.

Goals include:

• Add new Pokémon that can be bought, given to you by Birch, or fought against in a facility.
• Some kind of contest, be it bug-catching, fishing, etc.
• New TMs from later Gens will be added instead of the 50 from Gen III.
• More Secret Bases. Let me know which Secret Base layouts you prefer.
• Balance prices.
• Allow the player to toggle inverse battle (still figuring out how this would work with balancing).
• Additional bug fixes.
• Anything else somebody asks me to include. I'll try my best >:D

I don't know if you've planned this, but how about a way to alter your Pokemon's IV's? Especially the option to set your Speed to 0 (for Trick Room and Gyro Ball) or your Attack to 0 (to minimize Foul Play damage).

And how about adding any Pokemon from Gen 8?

I can totally do IVs. I actually forgot about stuff like trick room/gyro ball, so I never thought to prioritize it.
I can't do Gen VIII Pokémon. All stuff related to battling (Pokémon, moves, abilities) is handled by the people maintaining the Pokémon Emerald Battle Engine Upgrade. Once Gen VIII Pokémon get added officially, I'll probably add them here, but that will probably take a while and I have nothing to do with it.

Hi, I have some questions:

- Where do you get TMs?

- Is there any way to set EVs besides 252 builds?

-TMS can be bought in the exchange corner. It's the second vendor on the left (the one who sells decorations and mega-stones)
-Not yet. Also, don't yet bother with EVs because it's broken on launch. Currently fixing it.

Ok, cool. Btw, is there a way to see what pokemon is in what tier list?

Not yet, but I can't believe I never thought to add it. I mean, if you really wanted to know ASAP, it approximently goes like this:
C-rank |NU + NUBL
B-rank | RU + RUBL
A-rank | UU + UUBL
S-rank | OU
(based on Smogon's USUM tier list.)

I'll probably add an NPC later to let people know this in-game.

UPDATE V1.05a:

• EV setting didn't work properly. Now it does.
• Nature setting is now implemented. Credit to Ghoulslash for his nature mint hack which this is based on. If you set a Pokemon's EVs, you'll get to set their nature for free.

I know I said that I would wait to make a new substantial update; this is just a hotfix.