FireRed Pokémon Shining Opal [FULL GAME RELEASED]

Started by Sierraffinity September 11th, 2008 3:03 PM
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Sierraffinity

Desperately trying to retire from Pokémon ROM hacking

Age 26
she/her
Somewhere the rains of Africa can be blessed
Seen 3 Weeks Ago
Posted June 15th, 2023
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15.8 Years

Pokémon Shining Opal

Back and better than ever (?)

NOTE: This is a semi-official continuation of the original work done by hacksrepairman, based on work and notes from me from 2008 to 2012.
While I have given it my blessing, I am not responsible for any of the new content, nor will I be supporting it into the future.
Please refer to hacksrepairman's blog for more information.

Story:

Welcome to the world of Rinto!

You are a young person living in Goldenrod City. To be a Pokémon Trainer has always been your dream, and now it's FINALLY going to come true on your tenth birthday. A new professor, who specializes in Pokémon genetics, set up his lab in a far-away place called Lake Ziller. Your mom is finally letting you get your first Pokémon, a choice between three Fire-type Pokémon, so you get on a boat and head to Lake Ziller. Once you get there, however, there are a few problems... You're late, a lost passenger and a package at the Pokémon Mart delay your arrival at the lab even further, and you have no idea where the lab is in the first place!

As you finally make it into the lab, you go down the stairs. Suddenly, some kid comes in to get HIS Pokémon an entire day early! Somebody else had arrived before you and taken the Charmander, and then this new kid steals away Cyndaquil! Torchic is the only Pokémon left now, so you go and take it. Suddenly, the kid challenges you to a battle, after which you proceed to leave town. Suddenly, there's a FLASH and your Torchic's been replaced by some unknown Pokémon, but, seeming as the Professor ran out of the lab right past you, you have to continue.

As you leave Lake Ziller, you encounter somebody from an organization you'd never heard of. Presumably, they were sent to Lake Ziller to steal that strange Pokémon you had, but they run away after they get beaten. You didn't know that the evil team will do anything to get that Pokémon, including some very un-evil-team-ish things. Not only this, there are many more things that will sidetrack you from your Rinto Pokémon League quest than just a bunch of crazy people.

Insane twists in the plot that even I didn't expect (because I didn't write them), cameo appearances by random people, saving the real world from a catastrophe (as well as the Pokémon world, obviously), and some odd times when you just aren't yourself are a few of the crazy things that happen to you on your journey throughout the region of Rinto.

Base:

What you need to patch this to

Based on Pokémon FireRed (U)

Features:

Why do you want to play this?

  • The new Rinto region!
  • Mikachu!
  • New rivals!
  • Fresh new gym challenges!
  • Interactive storyline (whoa nelly!)
  • ASM'd to death (and then un-ASM'd to fix bugs)!
  • Visit other regions from your favorite generations (kinda?)!
  • And the list goes on (but the list also stops here because I have no idea what's in this game anymore)!

Screenshots:

Gaze upon them and weep!







Progress:

How far can you go?

You can play the entire game from beginning to end right now! WOWZA!



Bugs/Glitches/Oddities:

What people don't want

We don't currently know of any bugs in the hack!
Please report any bugs you find in this thread.

Credits:

Who did what

Sierraffinity - Programming, some art, testing, etc...
hacksrepairman - Finishing the hack (damn!)
jiangzhengwen - R button world map and double battle system fix
thctbm - Testing
Fangking Omega - New tiles
Clonex25 - GSC music remixes
HackMew - XSE and some engine modifications
UltramasterBDX - DPPt Style Textbox
Mastermind_X - Jukebox

If I forgot anything, please let me know!

Downloads:

What you came here for

All patches, old and new, can be downloaded at DoMoreAweso.me.
Shining Opal is BACK??
What is this, 2012?

Guys I swear I'm trying to retire but they just keep PULLING ME BACK IN

Chibi Robo

of the entire epoch!

Age 27
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Cali
Seen April 2nd, 2013
Posted July 2nd, 2011
853 posts
15.1 Years
If I were you the first thing I would do probaly would be work on that title screen
I would take the off the letters you ripped off like the (version)
and how you wrote shining opal it isnt very good looks like you were in a hurry...
anyways you need a lot og work on the title screen....
Pair: Vrai

Sierraffinity

Desperately trying to retire from Pokémon ROM hacking

Age 26
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Somewhere the rains of Africa can be blessed
Seen 3 Weeks Ago
Posted June 15th, 2023
1,072 posts
15.8 Years
like ive said b4 wanna join?
Huh? What do you mean? Do you want to join my team? If so, what do you want to do?

If I were you the first thing I would do probaly would be work on that title screen
I would take the off the letters you ripped off like the (version)
and how you wrote shining opal it isnt very good looks like you were in a hurry...
anyways you need a lot og work on the title screen....
Un-LZ.GBA doesn't work correctly, so that was the best that I could do. Sometimes after I repoint it and all, it doesn't give me the Ptr changed box and I go forward and back and it's back to where it was before.
Shining Opal is BACK??
What is this, 2012?

Guys I swear I'm trying to retire but they just keep PULLING ME BACK IN
Age 31
Seen December 26th, 2008
Posted December 10th, 2008
148 posts
15.1 Years
Huh? What do you mean? Do you want to join my team? If so, what do you want to do?


Un-LZ.GBA doesn't work correctly, so that was the best that I could do. Sometimes after I repoint it and all, it doesn't give me the Ptr changed box and I go forward and back and it's back to where it was before.
no you wanna join mine lol

Ha bet you dont have a pikachu!!!!!

Sierraffinity

Desperately trying to retire from Pokémon ROM hacking

Age 26
she/her
Somewhere the rains of Africa can be blessed
Seen 3 Weeks Ago
Posted June 15th, 2023
1,072 posts
15.8 Years
No thanks. I have too much trouble with my own hack. Maybe after I finish.

New Screenshots are up
Progress Report: 2%
First Beta coming up soon!

BETA 1 IS FINALLY OUT!!!

Download it from the thread.
Shining Opal is BACK??
What is this, 2012?

Guys I swear I'm trying to retire but they just keep PULLING ME BACK IN

Christos

Male
Seen April 16th, 2020
Posted December 16th, 2019
6,355 posts
17.6 Years
No thanks. I have too much trouble with my own hack. Maybe after I finish.

New Screenshots are up
Progress Report: 2%
First Beta coming up soon!

BETA 1 IS FINALLY OUT!!!

Download it from the thread.
Don't double or triple post, please. Use the Edit Button. You're allowed to double post when you have updates for your hack, but only when the posts are long.

A Pokemon that is discriminated!
Support squirtle and make it everyone's favourite.

~Undefined~

Aspiring Pokémon Master...

Age 29
Johto
Seen August 13th, 2010
Posted August 8th, 2010
114 posts
14.9 Years
i played the beta... It was pretty good, but having two gyms in the first two towns probably isn't the best. I noticed a few mistakes/bugs in the game
-On route 1 there is a few squares of land that you can't walk through
-the bug catcher that doesnt battle that is walking around in the grass beneath a house in route 2 misspells "sorry". Instead he says "soorry".
-On route 2 nearer to the bottom, there is a tree above a short fence that you can walk through half of the tree.

Thats all I noticed.
I loved Mikachu, even if it is a bit cheesey. I can't wait for the next beta.
~undefined~
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Kwun Tong Mountains
Seen November 18th, 2015
Posted July 20th, 2012
3,003 posts
16.1 Years
The Gyms are too near, and that's what you need to change.

The OW Sprites aren't that good, especially with the Hero/Heroine,

which I only see they have Palette Changes.
I am now an anime dubber, cover singer and a fan of anime. I can still apply as a translator and grammar corrector, though.

Sierraffinity

Desperately trying to retire from Pokémon ROM hacking

Age 26
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Somewhere the rains of Africa can be blessed
Seen 3 Weeks Ago
Posted June 15th, 2023
1,072 posts
15.8 Years
sweet the betas out i take it we can use mikachu???
Yes, Mikachu is your starter.

i played the beta... It was pretty good, but having two gyms in the first two towns probably isn't the best. I noticed a few mistakes/bugs in the game
-On route 1 there is a few squares of land that you can't walk through
-the bug catcher that doesnt battle that is walking around in the grass beneath a house in route 2 misspells "sorry". Instead he says "soorry".
-On route 2 nearer to the bottom, there is a tree above a short fence that you can walk through half of the tree.

Thats all I noticed.
I loved Mikachu, even if it is a bit cheesey. I can't wait for the next beta.
~undefined~
Ok. Thanks for the bug report. I'll add it.

The Gyms are too near, and that's what you need to change.

The OW Sprites aren't that good, especially with the Hero/Heroine,

which I only see they have Palette Changes.
I'm not good at OWs, and they're not simple Pallette changes. I went through EVERY VARIATION of the sprite and changed what I needed to change because back when I started this, I didn't know that all that could be edited with simple HEX.

Bugfix version Beta 1.02 will come out shortly. Look for it!

P.S. Thanks to Blazichu to movin g my thread here from the Scrapbox and adding that i had Beta 1 released.
Shining Opal is BACK??
What is this, 2012?

Guys I swear I'm trying to retire but they just keep PULLING ME BACK IN
Male
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Seen November 18th, 2015
Posted July 20th, 2012
3,003 posts
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I'm not good at OWs, and they're not simple Pallette changes. I went through EVERY VARIATION of the sprite and changed what I needed to change because back when I started this, I didn't know that all that could be edited with simple HEX.
Well, then you'd better get one OW Spriter to make some better ones.
I am now an anime dubber, cover singer and a fan of anime. I can still apply as a translator and grammar corrector, though.

Tyrantrum

Age 29
Male
Seen May 18th, 2021
Posted June 13th, 2020
5,812 posts
16 Years
It's been a few days since someone has posted here, and I played the beta.
I must say, I loved it! ^^
Every script was really cool, and, though Mikachu seemed like a legendary..it's experience gain was hard, but the stats seemed similar to those of the average level 5 starter, which was good! ^^
The sprite was a mere edit, with the ears, and a nice mixture on the sprite between pink and yellow would've been cool too, but, that's okay.

I laughed when I just saw a ton of Police men every where saying the same thing! xD
I look forward to playing the next beta, and hopefully you haven't given up.

Well, good luck~

Sierraffinity

Desperately trying to retire from Pokémon ROM hacking

Age 26
she/her
Somewhere the rains of Africa can be blessed
Seen 3 Weeks Ago
Posted June 15th, 2023
1,072 posts
15.8 Years
It's been a few days since someone has posted here, and I played the beta.
I must say, I loved it! ^^
Every script was really cool, and, though Mikachu seemed like a legendary..it's experience gain was hard, but the stats seemed similar to those of the average level 5 starter, which was good! ^^
The sprite was a mere edit, with the ears, and a nice mixture on the sprite between pink and yellow would've been cool too, but, that's okay.

I laughed when I just saw a ton of Police men every where saying the same thing! xD
I look forward to playing the next beta, and hopefully you haven't given up.

Well, good luck~
No, I haven't given up. I'm still currently working on it.
Shining Opal is BACK??
What is this, 2012?

Guys I swear I'm trying to retire but they just keep PULLING ME BACK IN
Age 29
Female
mudkip land
Seen August 9th, 2012
Posted July 2nd, 2012
714 posts
15.1 Years
Hi! I just played the beta... It's really good! I'm no expert on anything when it comes to hacking so I can't really give much feedback... But I liked it a lot, and can't wait for the next release!

I found a tile that I can't walk through that I should be able to. Maybe you wanna check it out - it's the one my character is looking at in the following screen shot.

KiraIchigo

Death is only the begining

Age 29
Alabama(Sadly:( )
Seen August 29th, 2010
Posted April 19th, 2009
20 posts
14.9 Years
The game sounds awsome but I think I'll wait to play it untill the next beta comes out. Could you PM me when it does?
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hey i played the beta and it was great but il tell u some things i would change
1.the first pokemon gym should be in the town after where you placed it with the gyms pokemon at least lv 9 - 10
2.the mikachu sprite which i sent you
3.put more encounters and only the first evo of pokemon in the first few grass patches.
4.besides this it was a great hack and i loved it
ps if you liked my mikachu can you let me try and remake the rival sprite for you
pps oh and can you please tell me the unlz number for the hero back sprite
thanks

Sierraffinity

Desperately trying to retire from Pokémon ROM hacking

Age 26
she/her
Somewhere the rains of Africa can be blessed
Seen 3 Weeks Ago
Posted June 15th, 2023
1,072 posts
15.8 Years
The game sounds awsome but I think I'll wait to play it untill the next beta comes out. Could you PM me when it does?
Sure! I'll add you onto a (just started) list.

Hi! I just played the beta... It's really good! I'm no expert on anything when it comes to hacking so I can't really give much feedback... But I liked it a lot, and can't wait for the next release!

I found a tile that I can't walk through that I should be able to. Maybe you wanna check it out - it's the one my character is looking at in the following screen shot.

I discovered it earlier, but I was too far in the game to fix it. Just walk around it until the next Beta.

Oh good, it's nice to see some more posting, I was worried a bit then. ^^

Hope it's going well.
Yup, it is!

It's been a few days since someone has posted here, and I played the beta.
I must say, I loved it! ^^
Every script was really cool, and, though Mikachu seemed like a legendary..it's experience gain was hard, but the stats seemed similar to those of the average level 5 starter, which was good! ^^
The sprite was a mere edit, with the ears, and a nice mixture on the sprite between pink and yellow would've been cool too, but, that's okay.

I laughed when I just saw a ton of Police men every where saying the same thing! xD
I look forward to playing the next beta, and hopefully you haven't given up.

Well, good luck~
Hey, thanks for the awesome review! As I've already said, "No, I haven't given up."

hey i played the beta and it was great but il tell u some things i would change
1.the first pokemon gym should be in the town after where you placed it with the gyms pokemon at least lv 9 - 10
2.the mikachu sprite which i sent you
3.put more encounters and only the first evo of pokemon in the first few grass patches.
4.besides this it was a great hack and i loved it
5.if you liked my mikachu can you let me try and remake the rival sprite for you
6.oh and can you please tell me the unlz number for the hero back sprite
thanks
1. No, I like my order better, but now the second gym is farther away.
2. I'm doing that now.
3. Done.
4. Thanks!
5. Sure! The thing is, don't remake it directly; that is to say, let me send you a request by PM with more specific details and you can get started.
6. The hero backsprite's not on Un-Lz! There's a tutorial on how to edit it here.

Well, guys, thanks for supporting my hack! It might have started out small, but, slowly, it got better until a lot of people saw it and played it (namely, you guys!) and helped me find many glitches in the game. Thanks to some people who sent me sprites and those people who have helped me with scripts and all those whose tutorials I use frequently. Also, thanks to the guy that started me on the road to hacking: zel!

Expect new screenshots coming later on in the week!
Shining Opal is BACK??
What is this, 2012?

Guys I swear I'm trying to retire but they just keep PULLING ME BACK IN

Sierraffinity

Desperately trying to retire from Pokémon ROM hacking

Age 26
she/her
Somewhere the rains of Africa can be blessed
Seen 3 Weeks Ago
Posted June 15th, 2023
1,072 posts
15.8 Years
I've been redoing most of the starting towns, and Rio's Lab now has a second story, Zigger Town has been expanded to more than twice its original size, Vantrek City gets some new routes leading to the north and east, and of course:
THE NEW RINTO BUS SYSTEM!!!!!!!!!!!
More info on that to come.

New screenshots and videos to come, too!

Spread the word! Shining Opal's NOT DEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shining Opal is BACK??
What is this, 2012?

Guys I swear I'm trying to retire but they just keep PULLING ME BACK IN