SoulSilver hack: Pokémon MindCrystal

Nightrey said:

someone with a good heart can help me? I need a english version with battle frontier bag activated. I'm trying to capture the battle frontier pokemon to make a video edit but I realized that the hack creator blocked the use of bag during battles. can someone please help me with this? :(

If the creator is reading this message and can help me reactivating the battle frontier bag I will be eternally grateful. I'm planning to make a video edit to upload in my channel showing how this hack is so epic!

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Btw I managed to create a code to activate bag during battle.
Not just in normal battle but also in Battle Frontier.

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InfiniteWL said:

[*]You can't use items from your bag against a Trainer, very much like against Battle Frontier Trainers!

Bonjour amigo! Sorry, I don't speak french either🙁 And I know, amigo is not french either haha
I just would ike to thank you for this great work, I've been playing for a few days now, it's VERY challenging and difficult and I'm very curious about one thing!
What ROM Hack Tool have you used to disable Item usage during battle? I'm planning on making a rom hack sometime in the future, and I might add this element.

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JeremyDE said:

Just got done playing, decided to cheat in the end. At first I thought it's doable in a reasonable time without cheating due to all gym leaders being beatable if you just build a team to counter theirs but catching up with levels and especially EVs is practically impossible if you don't cheat. The difficulty is just a few points off from "a great challenge" and unfortunately scored a perfect "frustrating nightmare" in the long run. Imo this is fixed by simply using EV and EXP multiplication cheats. I also felt like using a TM editor to get competitive movesets early but ultimately decided against it and it was still very possible. Also Shedinja absolutely carried due to the ability change, resisting all 1 hit ko's and only dying to passive damage / status damage which the NPCs did not account for. With "mild" cheats this is a 9/10 Rom hack, without I'd rate it far lower especially in the end game.

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MeroMero said:

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I'm glad to present you my attempt at a Pokémon hack, Pokémon MindCrystal, a mod of Pokémon SoulSilver.
I warn you though, this hack is available only in French.

The crux of this hack is obviously the inclusion of the Fairy-type at 100%.
Most of the changes were done from a technical standpoint.
These are the few parts of the storyline that were changed as of now:

• the girl in Ilex Forest gate that gave you the TM12 now gives you instead the Eviolite.
• Several TMs have changed location.
• the Day-Care lady gives to you the Odd Egg which can hatch into any 17 non-Togepi babies.
• all 16 Gym Leaders first teams got revamped, as well as those of the Elite 4, Lance and Red.
• all 16 Gym Leaders second teams got revamped, as well as those of the Elite 4, Lance.
• the inclusion of Lv.100 battles against Gym Leaders, Elite 4 and Red after defeating the latter for the first time.

Grab the xDelta patch at the bottom of this post and patch it with a French version of Pokémon SoulSilver.

• Revamped type-chart to include the Fairy-type matchup as well as all the neutral match-ups.
• Pixie Plate implemented.
• Roseli Berry implemented.
• Fairy-type Arceus in place of ???-type Arceus.
• Updated Judgment to take into account the Pixie Plate.
• Pokédex fully updated to take into account the Fairy-type in Research mode.
• Conversion updated to take into account the Fairy-type.
• Conversion 2 updated to take into account all 324 types match-ups.
• Battle Hall includes the Fairy-type row.
• Fairy-type icon.
• Pokédex Fairy-type icon.

Fairy-type moves:

Code:

[CD='width:1000px']Move            Power        Accuracy    Category    PP            Priority    Effect

Comet Punch     18           85          Physical    15            0            -
Slam            90           100         Physical    10            0            -
Sweet Kiss      -            75          Status      10            0            Confusion
Charm           -            100         Status      20            0            -2 Attack
Attract         -            100         Status      15            0            Infatuation
Moonlight       -            -           Status      5             0            Restore HP
Follow Me       -            100         Status      20            2            Center of attention
Extrasensory    90           100         Special     20            0            20% flinch
Covet           40           100         Physical    25            0            Steal items
Captivate       -            100         Status      20            0            -2 Sp. Attack for opposite gender[/CD]

Battle Frontier:

• Shiny lock removed for opponents Pokémon in all 5 facilities.
• New items available for purchase.
• Battle Frontier Pokémon will always have an IV of 31 in all 6 stats.
• Battle Frontier Pokémon will always have the ability who is the best tailored for a given set
• Battle Frontier Pokémon EV and IV generation has been modified to optimize Hidden Power, Gyro Ball and Trick Room most notably.

Battle Tower:

• Shiny lock removed as well for the NPC partners in Multi Battle mode.

Battle Hall:

• As said earlier, Battle Hall includes the Fairy-type row.
• You still fight in rounds of 10 battles.
• The Silver Print is now obtained by challenging and defeating Argenta on the 80th battle.
• The Gold Print is now obtained by challenging and defeating Argenta on the 180th battle.
• Other mechanics inherent to the Battle Hall were updated to grant a flawless experience of the facility.

• Shiny chance is now 1/4096.
• Having a Pokémon with the Ability Super Luck leading the party increases the likelihood of encountering a wild Shiny Pokémon.
• Shiny generation from "forced shiny encounters" method was slightly altered to take into account the modified Shiny Rate.
• Cute Charm PID generation is improved and no longer restricted, which means you can no longer abuse Cute Charm for easy Shinies.
• Shellos and Gastrodon East Sea forms are now available in Kanto.
• +50% Physical Defense boost for Ice-types under Hail.
• Soundproof check against Heal Bell removed.
• Stealth Rock damage is decreased by half.
• Fixed the move Hail, basically in gen IV the way Hail is coded allows you to use Hail despite Snow Warning.
• Fixed the move Fire Fang so that it doesn't hit through Wonder Guard anymore unless it happens to be super-effective.
• Hidden Power can be Normal or Fairy type now as well, the Hidden Power NPC will notice this too.
• Hidden Power no longer takes into account Speed to calculate the type.
• Some Base Stats were upgraded to help some Pokémon perform better (for example Persian or Probopass).
• Starf Berry can now sharply increase accuracy and evasion.
• Castform and Cherrim alternate forms now display their respective icon during battles.
• Castform's alternate forms now display their respective type when checked through the menu during battles.
• HP bar graphics were changed.
• HP are now displayed for the opposing side in single format, double format is unchanged in that regard.
• Fixed Strength graphical glitch that also occurs in the original versions.
• Fixed Facade graphical glitch that also occurs in the original versions.

• Battle Style is now permanently locked on Set.
• You can't use items from your bag against a Trainer, very much like against Battle Frontier Trainers!
• All Trainers' Pokémon have now 31 IVs in all 6 stats.
• All Trainers' Pokémon have now 255 EVs in all 6 stats.
• All Trainers' Pokémon have now the possibility to easily get beneficial natures.
• All Trainers' Pokémon have now the possibility to be shiny.
• IVs for opponents' Pokémon can be chosen from a pool of 64 combinations, most notably to capitalize on Hidden Power, Gyro Ball and Trick Room.
• All Trainers' Pokémon can now be contained in Balls other than Poké Balls.
• The number of possible seals combinations for opponents' Pokémon went up from 28 to 216.
• Ace Trainer Lois replaces Juggler Irwin in the Pokégear, you can set a rematch with her on Wednesday afternoons (10:00 to 19:59).
• ASM hack to allow more than 737 trainers in-game (complete with text).
• Continuity for opposing Trainers is preserved, by that I mean that the IVs, nature, shininess and gender of opposing Pokémon stay the same (for example Falkner's Pidgeot is canonically the same creature as when he was only a Pidgey).
• Alternate Forms from Trainers now have their correct Ability as well as the correct Base Stats' spread.

• A new item was created, the Evolutor, which when applied like an Evolutionary Stone to a Lv 100 Pokémon, allows it to evolve if it can do so!
• Eevee can now evolve into Leafeon if leveled-up at Ilex Forest or Viridian Forest.
• Eevee can now evolve into Glaceon if leveled-up at Ice Path or Seafoam Islands.
• Magneton and Nosepass can now evolve into Magnezone and Probopass respectively if leveled-up at Team Rocket HQ, Route 10 or Power Plant.
• Feebas, on top of requiring a beauty's stat of 170 min, is now required to level-up at least at level 20 to be able to evolve.
• Feebas gains a second failsafe evolution method in case the Sheen is maxed before the Beauty stat reaches 170.
• Female/Male Kirlia evolves into Gardevoir/Gallade at Lv 30.
• Female/Male Snorunt evolves into Froslass/Glalie at Lv 42.
• Female/Male Clamperl evolves into Gorebyss/Huntail with the Dawn Stone.
• Evolution methods 0xB and 0xC (Wurmple) were changed to make a Pokémon evolve by level-up at day (Silcoon) and at night (Cascoon) respectively, because making an evolution method based on the PID of a Pokémon is quite frankly a bad design.
• Pokémon that require a trade to evolve all gained an alternate method of evolution.

• Incenses babies are now the default base form.
• Miltank and Tauros are now considered the same species for breeding purposes.
• Feebas/Milotic and Magikarp/Gyarados are now considered the same species for breeding purposes.
• Females can now pass egg moves as well, eliminating all impossible egg moves combinations.
• A new NPC, called the Egg Move Tutor, makes an appearance; as the name implies he is capable of teaching your Pokémon moves that normally it has to know from birth, but also level-up moves that only pre-evolutions can learn, and for some Pokémon moves that they have no other way to learn, but you'll have to spend 100 BP to pay for his services!
• The Odd Egg will be given to you by the Day-Care lady!

• Gender ratios are fixed, with that I mean that for example 1 male per female REALLY means 1 male per female (and not 129 males for 127 females).
• Ponyta, Rapidash, Gardevoir, Feebas, Milotic and Gorebyss are now female-only.
• Magikarp, Gyarados, Glalie and Huntail are now male-only.

• EV limit is now 1530, you can max all stats now.
• The new EV limit also applies in the Battle Frontier.
• Vitamins cap at 255 EVs now.
• Vitamins give 15 EVs per usage now.
• Lv 100 Pokémon can gain EVs by fighting now, but they still need to be deposited in the PC for the stat gains to take fully effect.
• IVs no longer have an effect on stats, that is stats are always calculated assuming an IV of 31, this is done to not disavantage you to much against Trainers, especially early-game.

Updated Items:

• Pichu and Raichu benefit from Light Ball as well now.
• TM45 and TM78, which contain Attract and Captivate respectively, have been updated with a Fairy-type TM icon.

New Items:

• Pixie Plate
• Roseli Berry
• Eviolite
• Evolutor

TMs:

• TMs are now reusable.
• you can no longer throw away TMs.
• you can no longer give TMs to hold.
• Purchasable TMs, regardless of the currency, can only be bought one at time and only once.
• TM56, TM86 and TM26 are no longer Pickup items and were replaced with Lucky Egg, Life Orb and PP Max respectively.
• each of the 92 TMs is available only once!

• If possible, moves were upgraded to match Gen V+ information.
• Nerfs from Gen VI are NOT applied (this means that for example Surf and Hydro Pump remain at 95 and 120 power respectively).
• Even moves like Tail Glow, which should boost the Special Attack by 3 stages, have been updated successfully (complete with the text).
• Acupressure now works if the user is behind a substitute.
• Sleep Talk can now be used multiple times under the effect of Choice Items and/or Encore.
• SFX for some moves were altered to suit them better.

Updated Abilities:

• Stench (Gen V+ behavior)
• Sturdy (Gen V+ behavior)
• LightningRod (Gen V+ behavior)
• Sand Stream (now makes the user immune against sandstorms)
• Simple (Gen V+ behavior)
• Storm Drain (Gen V+ behavior)
• Snow Warning (now makes the user immune against hailstorms)

New Abilities:

• Sheer Force
• Contrary
• Defeatist
• Cursed Body
• Multiscale
• Poison Boost
• Flare Boost
• Overcoat (Gen V behavior)
• Regenerator
• Sand Rush
• Wonder Skin
• Analytic
• Infiltrator (Gen VI behavior)
• Magic Bounce
• Sap Sipper
• Prankster
• Sand Force
• Fur Coat
• Bulletproof
• Strong Jaw
• Refrigerate
• Gale Wings
• MegaLauncher
• Tough Claws
• Pixilate
• Aerilate
• Slush Rush
• Long Reach
• Galvanize
• QueenMajesty

• Text Speed is now permanently locked on Fast.
• Battle Scene is now permanently locked on On.
• National Pokédex is the default mode upon beginning the adventure.
• Player's Mom can now buy batches of 5 Roseli Berries as well.
• Roseli Berries can be occasionally held by wild Absol.
• Game runs now at 60 FPS ! Allowing for much quicker battles.
• Several sprites changed/fixed.
• Some shiny sprites recolored.
• ORAS mini-icons.
• Palettes for the Pokémon sprites were all updated to B2W2 and improved even further if necessary
• Replaced Sky Attack move tutor with Zap Cannon.
• Roseli Berries can now be planted in Berry Pots, they have the same growth and moisture drain rate as the other damage-reducing berries.
• New movesets and egg moves.
• Routes 26, 27, 28, Tohjo Falls and Victory Road will always play the Johto versions of the Wild Pokémon theme and the VS Trainer theme.
• Lyra was fully replaced by Kris.
• All 7 Fossils are available now at Ruins of Alph.
• All trees have Pokémon now and ignore the effects of Intimidate and Keen Eye.
• The timeframe window to react to a rod bite has been doubled to make up for to the game running at 60 FPS while fishing.
• Fixed the quiet tune on map 108 (Route 45), a glitch that also occurs in the original versions.
• Bug-Catching Contest species vary according to the day of the week, Scyther and Pinsir are the only Pokémon always available in a Contest but only have a 1% encounter rate!
• Score calculation for the Bug-Catching Contest was modified to take into account shininess.
• Pokédex entries got upgraded to match those of Pokémon Crystal (001 to 251) and Pokémon B2W2 (past 251 whenever possible).
• Gender will always be displayed, even for both Nidorans.
• Lugia and Ho-Oh Kimonos' cutscenes now co-exist.
• Bugfix: Fixed Kris' frames when riding a bicycle to the left.
• Bugfix: Fixed glitched Trainer names with 8 characters or more.
• Bugfix: Fixed 4 mistakes on overlay 18 that made the game hang upon sending some Pokémon according to their abilities. (thanks Asia81)
• Bugfix: Capture tutorial work properly
• Bugfix: Additional trainers work properly
• Bugfix: Ability Tough Claws work properly
• Bugfix: Non-Sturdy Pokémon no longer can benefit from Sturdy
• Bugfix: Player's mom can now buy all 18 kinds of super-effective Berries
• Bugfix: Bug catching score calculation now takes into account Shininess properly
• Bugfix: Egg IV calculation fixed
• Bugfix: Growth, Minimize, Sweet Scent and Tail Glow work properly even when called by other moves
• Bugfix: Acupressure now works if the user is behind a substitute, even if Acupressure is called by other moves
• Bugfix: Roseli Berry now always reduces super-effective damage from Fairy-type moves
• Bugfix: Lugia and Ho-Oh cutscenes were slowed down to 30 FPS to work properly on a NDS
• Bugfix: Entering a fight no longer causes a BSoD after talking to the Egg Move Tutor

Title Screen:

Spoiler:

Fairy type in display:

Non-Johto native species can be found:

Shiny Gyarados for the boy, shiny Milotic for the girl:

4 new items:

Roseli Berries about to be picked:

Cherrim mini-icons ASM Hack:

Castform mini-icons and type ASM Hack:

Shiny Castform in display on both sides (featuring Castform and Ditto):

Egg Move Tutor:

New HP bar:

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All of those modifications were carefully tested on a NDS, so as to reduce as much as possible the eventual bugs that might occur.
Credits:
_Nintendo
_Game Freak
_Creatures, Inc.
_Sora Ltd. for developing Super Smash Bros. Brawl, from whom Suicune's model on the title screen is taken from
_Gregarlink10 (https://gregarlink10.deviantart.com/) for making Kris' spritesheet
_NyaChan (https://twitter.com/nyachan) for making the Title logo (https://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?threads/the-bulbagarden-conversational-chat-thread-vol-2.57572/page-31#post-1504991).
_Asia81 for some bugfixes

Here are some valid reasons for why you would not play this hack, and that's because those issues still are being worked on:
_most Trainers still have their old team;
_most Kanto and some Johto areas still have their old wild encounter table;
The reason being that I wanted to get the ASM done first, so that I could concentrate better without having to shift focus.
And yes I worked alone on MindCrystal since the beginning, as a result it can get pretty long between 2 updates.

If despite that you still want to play, then enjoy :)
Link to beta 3.0.1:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/1rc0wrbir2dcpdb

NOTE: Savefiles beginning from version 3.0 are not compatible with previous versions of MindCrystal due to some changes on how and where items are stored in the Bag.
If you downloaded v3.0, please do download v3.0.1 as it contains an important bugfix (thanks Stoffles67).

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