FireRed Pokemon Aqua Sapphire

Started by PeregrineFig March 8th, 2010 8:48 PM
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How's the beta's difficulty? (I plan to buff up the Route 50 wild Pokemon)

PeregrineFig

Starting Pokémon Obsidian

Age 28
Male
Michigan, USA
Seen February 22nd, 2011
Posted June 5th, 2010
202 posts
13.3 Years
POKéMON: AQUA SAPPHIRE VERSION

I try to be at least somewhat modest, but I now consider myself a fairly skilled scripter. I've begun learning ASM, but as it's not my highest priority right now, I haven't learned much yet. (My only original routine just changes the player's play time, which is fairly useless) I'd love to get a music hacker, GOOD Fakemon spriter, OW spriter, and maybe a mapper to help me with this project.

STORY-TYPE STUFF
Spoiler:
There is already a timeline between FRLG and GSC, but none between FRLG and RSE, so I made my own. This takes place 4 years after the events of Sapphire, and 17 after FireRed.

After being defeated by a young child, Archie, the leader of Team Aqua, realized that awakening an ancient legendary Pokemon was not the correct method to expand the sea. Without being able to control it, the Pokemon would simply flood the entire world. Ashamed, as well as a wanted man, Archie left Hoenn. Many of his underlings left him, but the loyal few went with him, to the Balta region. Archie's goals remained overall the same, but he had learned of a new, presumably less dangerous way to accomplish them. Somewhere in Balta is a manuscript revealing the hiding place of a sacred crystal. It is said that this crystal's holder has the ability to manipulate the weather. However, it was sealed because it was decided that no one, human or Pokemon, should have such an atrocious power. Team Aqua's goal is to find the manuscript and ultimately the "Weather Crystal".

Professor Oak retired from his research ten years after the events of FireRed to the Balta region. He decided his knowledge must be passed on to the new generation, so he opened a Trainer school in Sierra City. Qualifying students are issued a pass, and after a short period of classes and a final test, a Pokemon League-certified Trainer Card.


MAP
Spoiler:

Balta is small and cluttered, and Mt. Silver connects it with the Kanto and Johto regions. In the hack you'll be able to go to the areas within the red rectangle. It's very possible that there will be more areas than those, however.


SCREENSHOTS
Spoiler:

First rival battle. You're expected to lose, but if you miraculously win the script continues as normal too


VIDEOS
Spoiler:






OTHER TIDBITS/FEATURES
Spoiler:
  • The game is started with the Running Shoes and National Dex. Insignificant, but meh.
  • The berry shop in the character's hometown sells every berry with a purpose, meaning no Pinap/Razz/etc, but it does sell Ganlon and the like.
  • You don't get to choose your starter, Oak gives you a Marill. However, the early routes have enough "rare" Pokemon to counter this.
  • There are no gyms. Some of the towns or areas are plagued by Team Aqua. After defeating one of Aqua's admins in their temporary hideout, the city awards you with a medal of honor, functioning as a badge.
  • Most of the Gym Leader-esque Aqua Admins are recurring. There aren't 8 different monotype admins or anything like that.
  • The Pokemon League has different (but not really) rules. Only VIPs are given the priviledge of battling the most elite trainers of Balta. One can be automatically given VIP status as a hero if they earn 8 medals of honor.
  • Headbutt Trees are here (Thanks to Darthatron, I used his script as a skeleton) Like in GSC, Pokemon will sometimes be asleep when they fall out of the tree. As well as finding a wild Pokemon, headbutt trees may drop a berry.
  • All 386 Pokemon will eventually be obtainable.
  • Some (remapped) parts of Kanto will be reachable.
  • Balta, Kanto, and Johto Battle Tower-style Pokérenas with exclusive prizes.


BUGS/GLITCHES/ETC.
  • The fence above the pond in Teal Town shows the player's reflection. -I have no idea what's causing this or how to fix it
  • Sometimes a wild pokemon in the grass will be found sleeping.

BETAS
The green link is the newest beta. There was a blunder on my part, so to avoid an annoying bug, download the bug-fix patch titled ASb2.1.zip, and apply that patch to Beta 2.0.
Beta 1.0
Beta 2.0

CURRENT PROGRESS
  • Work on Beta 2.1 has not started yet.

BANNERS



CREDITS
I've done all of the actual work myself at this point, but I'll go ahead and credit the makers of the various tools I've used so far.
  • PKSV - Score_Under
  • APE - HackMew
  • A-Trainer - HackMew
  • XSE - HackMew
  • FSF - HackMew
  • Hacked unLZ - HackMew
  • OW Editor Rebirth - HackMew
  • A-Ptch - HackMew
  • AdvanceMap 1.92 - LU-HO
  • YAPE - silver314
  • Advanced Series - Wichu
  • NTME - D-Trogh
  • Advance IntroEd - ZodiacDaGreat
  • Trader Advanced - ZodiacDaGreat
  • GBA Item Editor - thethethethe, Team Snag'Em Tools
  • VBA - VisualBoy Advance
  • Hex Workshop v6 - Breakpoint Software, Inc.
  • PokeCryGUI - Unknown
  • FireRed Hacked Engine - JPAN
  • HxD Hex Editor - Unknown
  • I also need to give Mastermind_X credit for his tutorial on his amazing jukebox system. Now I just need someone to insert music for me and I'll be all set in that department.

miksy91

Dark Energy is back in action! ;)

Male
Finland
Seen September 21st, 2022
Posted September 21st, 2022
1,480 posts
14.6 Years
You should rename Oak ;) (EDIT: I didn't read the story before commenting)

Although you're a beginner, by the screenshots the hack looks fine to me.
Pokémon Dark Energy
Some ROM hacking related stuff
Age 29
Male
Ireland
Seen 1 Week Ago
Posted April 6th, 2023
1,655 posts
14.1 Years
Oh, wow, this is strangley similar to my idea.
(OBVIOUSLY, as I haven't actually posted a thread yet, I am in no way accusing you or suggesting anything here).
Since I've a similar (but not identical) idea, I like this:) the whole thing about Nintendo not having any real continuity between games other than RBY and GSC (and their remakes, obviously) irks me somewhat.

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PeregrineFig

Starting Pokémon Obsidian

Age 28
Male
Michigan, USA
Seen February 22nd, 2011
Posted June 5th, 2010
202 posts
13.3 Years
Wow, it's great that I've been given nothing but positive feedback so far. This is really keeping up my motivation to keep working through the mundane stuff like indoor mapping and writing scripts for generic NPCs.

If anyone's interested, a bit further down the line I'm going to need an OW spriter. I'd really like sprites of the male and female Team Aqua members, Archie, and Maxie in the FireRed style, as well as some other custom stuff. Graphics are the only thing I can't do at all.

EDIT: There's also one more thing. This computer runs on Vista, and even with the controls registered Sappy won't work. If I provided the .s files and a .ips of my hack, I'd need someone to add a loop to the files, write them into the ROM, then make a new .ips and send it back to me. I also don't need this done right this moment either.
Current Projects:
POKéMON AQUA SAPPHIRE
POKéMON OBSIDIAN

Hedgehogger

Learning ASM, but struggling

Male
Somewhere near a box.
Seen November 29th, 2010
Posted April 25th, 2010
204 posts
16.3 Years
Wow, it's great that I've been given nothing but positive feedback so far. This is really keeping up my motivation to keep working through the mundane stuff like indoor tiling and writing scripts for generic NPCs.

If anyone's interested, a bit further down the line I'm going to need an OW spriter. I'd really like sprites of the male and female Team Aqua members, Archie, and Maxie in the FireRed style, as well as some other custom stuff. Graphics are the only thing I can't do at all.
OW Sprites, you say? I think I could help you on that...just send me a PM.


Pokeymenz Am-nee-shaaah Beta 4 Released!

PeregrineFig

Starting Pokémon Obsidian

Age 28
Male
Michigan, USA
Seen February 22nd, 2011
Posted June 5th, 2010
202 posts
13.3 Years
Thought I'd give a quick update for anyone who cares. Progress is going good, and a beta should be coming soon. I haven't touched the OWs yet, and I have no plans to change tiles, but I did do a palette change. I like the bright, glowing feel the new palettes give.

Current Projects:
POKéMON AQUA SAPPHIRE
POKéMON OBSIDIAN

hamermaner

Proud member of Team Mew

Seen January 14th, 2013
Posted March 15th, 2010
21 posts
14.2 Years
Looks good so far. I think the screen shots look good. Good luck with this man! Also, I love Maril, haha, so this should be great.
One day I was thinking what I could put on my signature because it was so bare, then I asked Myself, "Why not put this as my signature?" "What do you mean by this?" Myself replied. "A conversation with Myself about what I should put on my signature." I answered. "Oh, that's a good idea." Myself replied. "I like it to," Me added in.

PeregrineFig

Starting Pokémon Obsidian

Age 28
Male
Michigan, USA
Seen February 22nd, 2011
Posted June 5th, 2010
202 posts
13.3 Years
I posted a help recruitment post for the two major jobs I need. If anyone who asked to help is good at pixel art and things of that nature, I could use a support banner. (If I have any real supporters XD)
Current Projects:
POKéMON AQUA SAPPHIRE
POKéMON OBSIDIAN

hamermaner

Proud member of Team Mew

Seen January 14th, 2013
Posted March 15th, 2010
21 posts
14.2 Years
I'm making a support banner now, I'll edit this post with the banner, hope you like it.



One day I was thinking what I could put on my signature because it was so bare, then I asked Myself, "Why not put this as my signature?" "What do you mean by this?" Myself replied. "A conversation with Myself about what I should put on my signature." I answered. "Oh, that's a good idea." Myself replied. "I like it to," Me added in.

hamermaner

Proud member of Team Mew

Seen January 14th, 2013
Posted March 15th, 2010
21 posts
14.2 Years
No problem, wish they would've looked better though. If you need any help that has to do with art or something, I'm pretty good.
One day I was thinking what I could put on my signature because it was so bare, then I asked Myself, "Why not put this as my signature?" "What do you mean by this?" Myself replied. "A conversation with Myself about what I should put on my signature." I answered. "Oh, that's a good idea." Myself replied. "I like it to," Me added in.

PeregrineFig

Starting Pokémon Obsidian

Age 28
Male
Michigan, USA
Seen February 22nd, 2011
Posted June 5th, 2010
202 posts
13.3 Years
Progress is going extremely well. I'm not going to bother posting screenshots of the Devon warehouse, Team Aqua's first hideout, because I'll be uploading an alpha version tomorrow (or, in a worst-case scenario, the day after) that will let you play it for yourself.
Current Projects:
POKéMON AQUA SAPPHIRE
POKéMON OBSIDIAN

Age 30
Male
It is for me to noe and all of you to find out
Seen April 17th, 2022
Posted October 16th, 2021
1,318 posts
14.2 Years
This looks great imo,you can work on the maps a bit more,make the plot twist here and there to make it more interesting but the story currently reallt atrracts my interst,lol,thats what i think..

For the maps,there is too much empty spaces around,maybe add few things here and there to make it look nice except that if you are aiming to do the original games type maps,then ok..

Hope to see more updates,
Signing off,
Feeling extreme 'Ace'

Alpha_Spike

Ace Trainer

Age 36
Male
New Zealand
Seen August 10th, 2016
Posted May 25th, 2016
340 posts
14.3 Years
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.


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PeregrineFig

Starting Pokémon Obsidian

Age 28
Male
Michigan, USA
Seen February 22nd, 2011
Posted June 5th, 2010
202 posts
13.3 Years
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.
Current Projects:
POKéMON AQUA SAPPHIRE
POKéMON OBSIDIAN

PeregrineFig

Starting Pokémon Obsidian

Age 28
Male
Michigan, USA
Seen February 22nd, 2011
Posted June 5th, 2010
202 posts
13.3 Years
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.
Current Projects:
POKéMON AQUA SAPPHIRE
POKéMON OBSIDIAN