Emerald hack: Pokémon Sigma Σmerald [v1.914]

= Major NPCs =
- Updated Match Call rematch teams that closely resemble ORAS's
- Gym rematches except for Liza and Tate are in singles format
- Like the E4 and Champion, Gym Leader matches show mugshots before battle
- Steven can be re-battled daily**
- Elite Four + Champion have new dialogue and upgraded teams upon rematch

= Engine =
- Animated DS-style sprites
- Updated cries consistent with Gen 6 onwards (excluding Pikachu)
- Physical/Special split implemented (with indicating icons on the stat screen)
- Color coding of stat bonuses based on nature
- All 386 Gen 1-3 Pokemon are available in-game
- Player now starts with the National Pokedex
- Modernized trainer battle dialogue
- Reusable TMs
- Running Shoes work indoors
- Sitrus Berry restores 25% of the holder's max HP
- Glitch involving Pomeg berry fixed
- Glitch allowing PRNG to be easily abused fixed
- Gen 6 critical hit mechanics and multiplier
- Poison status heals at 1HP and displays dialogue

= Pokemon Abilities =
- Several abilities from Gen 4+ have been assigned to their respective Pokemon
- In conjunction with new abilities, some Pokemon with one standard ability have their hidden ability as their secondary (eg. the Torchic line having Speed Boost)
- Rough Skin reduces the attacker's HP by 1/8 upon contact
- Flash Fire remains active even when the wielder is frozen
- Volt Absorb covers Thunder Wave
- Grass-type Pokemon no longer trigger Effect Spore

= Pokemon Typing =
- Fairy-type added
- The following Pokemon are now pure Fairy type: Cleffa, Clefairy, Clefable, Togepi, Snubbull, Granbull
- The following Pokemon are now part Fairy type: Togetic (Fairy/Flying); Igglybuff, Jigglypuff, Wigglytuff, Azurill (Normal/Fairy); Mr. Mime, Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir (Psychic/Fairy); Marill, Azumarill (Water/Fairy); Mawile (Steel/Fairy)

= Pokemon Evolutions =
- Trade evolutions can now also happen by using a Trade Sim the same as an evo stone
- The following Pokemon evolve by Trade Sim: Kadabra, Machoke, Graveler, Haunter, Poliwhirl, Slowpoke, Onix, Seadra, Scyther, Porygon
- Currently held items (eg King's Rock) not needed when using a Trade Sim
- Eevee now evolves to Espeon by Sun Stone
- Eevee now evolves to Umbreon by Moon Stone
- Clamperl now evolves at level 36 to either Huntail or Gorebyss randomly

= Pokemon Stats =
- Hyper Training; maximizes one Pokemon's IVs for three Heart Scales
- New EV and IV judges give more detailed descriptions regarding a Pokemon's stats
- EV limit has been reduced to 252 per stat for consistency with Gen 4 onwards
- Base experience values have been adjusted to their Gen 6 values for the following Pokemon: Abra, Machop, Geodude, Omanyte, Omastar, Kabuto, Kabutops, Dunsparce, Silcoon, Dustox, Lileep, Cradily, Anorith, and Armaldo
- Base stats have been adjusted to their Gen 6 values for the following Pokemon: Butterfree, Beedrill, Pidgeot, Pikachu, Raichu, Nidoqueen, Nidoking, Clefable, Wigglytuff, Vileplume, Poliwrath, Alakazam, Victreebel, Golem, Ampharos, Bellossom, Azumarill, Jumpluff, Beautifly, Exploud

= Breeding =
- Nidorina and Nidoqueen can now breed in the Monster/Field groups, the same as Nidoran f (in theory will only produce Nidoran f eggs, untested)
- Eggs are now Normal-type
- Pokemon now have their combined Gen 2 to Gen 6 egg move learnsets
- Eggs now hatch to level 1

= Moves/Movesets =
- All moves are now divided between Physical/Special/Status
- All moves now have their Gen 6 power and accuracy
- New moves from Gen 4+ added: - All Pokemon have ORAS-based level-up learnsets
- Pseudo-legendary lines can learn some moves learned exclusively from future generation move tutors/events (via the Heart Scale Tutor)
- Ghost- and Dark-type moves now have normal effectiveness against Steel
- TMs and Move Tutors have their combined Gen 1 to Gen 6 compatibility
- NPC Tutors will teach their respective moves to compatible Pokemon once a day**
- Waterfall now has 20% chance to flinch
- Hidden Power has a fixed base power of 60
- Curse is now Ghost-type
- Faint Attack has been renamed to Feint Attack
- Growth now raises Att and Sp Att by +1 each, or by +2 each if in sunlight
- Wrap deals 1/8HP residual damage and has a duration of 4 to 5 turns
- The following moves are now Fairy-type: Charm, Moonlight, Sweet Kiss
- Priority: Detect and Protect moved up to +4; Fake Out moved up to +3; ExtremeSpeed moved up to +2; Roar, Whirlwind moved down to -6

*Due to naming character restrictions, these moves have shorter names in-game
**These features require emulators that support RTC (Real-Time Clock)

= Items =
- Held items offer their Gen 6 stat bonuses (Metal Powder currently excluded)
- New items can be bought in the Battle Frontier's PokeMart
- Trade Sims can be purchased at the Lilycove Dept Store, one-time use to induce trade evolutions
- The original evolution stones can also be purchased at the Lilycove Dept Store
- TMs' values have been increased, and ones that can't be purchased are now unsellable
- Eon Ticket, Aurora Ticket and Mystic Ticket can be obtained from certain NPCs (check the encounter sheet provided!)
- After visiting the Berry Master's house, two girls at the Slateport Market will begin selling rare/unobtainable berries

- ROM has been expanded to 32MB
- More decapitalization and text fixes
- Palette changes for grass and some buildings
- Fixed some jammed-up text when talking to the Aurora Ticket scientist
- An overwritten msgbox script at Dewford has been fixed and replaced with a new one
- Fixed a small movement permission error inside the Sootopolis City Gym
- Master Ball's description has been returned to normal, despite causing a side effect with the GS Ball description
- Fixed the glitchy rotating doors in the Fortee City Gym
- Fadescreen effects have been added to the Snorlax and Lapras OWs
- Like in the newer Gen games, Manectric can now learn Flamethrower and Overheat
- Eon Ticket and Old Sea Map can be obtained by talking to certain NPCs after becoming League Champion (see encounter sheet for more details)
- The Jirachi event should now work properly. If Team Magma has not yet been defeated in the Space Center, the meteor will appear as a "mirage" when interacted with
- The meteor crash script outside the Space Center now covers all 3 tiles before the stairs
- After the Berry Master's house has been visited, two girls at the Slateport Market will begin selling berries that are normally rare/unobtainable in Emerald (Salac, Petaya, Liechi etc.)
- New and higher-leveled Elite Four + Champion teams on rematch, with ORAS-based dialogue. By rematch, I mean the second time battling them. The first challenge is still the vanilla League.

- More palette changes
- Made adjustments to the E4 dialogue
- More tweaks to the Champion rematch script + new dialogue
- Max Revive can now be bought at the Battle Fronter Mart for $7500
- OW palettes reverted to vanilla Emerald
- ROM size shrunk back to 16MB, to avoid taking up another 16MB of empty space
- Fixed overleveled bug trainer in the Lavaridge Gym
- Wild Lapras now found at Route 130 (1% chance to encounter)
- Minor fixes to Ever Grande palettes
- Wild Lapras replaces Mantine in Routes 129 and 130
- Aron now appears in Granite Cave B1F as per the encounter sheet
- Route 112 Pokemon changed to match the encounter sheet
- Trainer dialogue adjustments

- Pokémon League rematches now display the proper mugshots
- Updated OW poisoning: poisoned Pokemon will have the status healed once they're down to 1HP
- Updated EV limit to 252 per stat
- Updated critical hit rate (not the multiplier)
- Updated Rough Skin damage (1/16HP -> 1/8HP)
- Yet more fine-tuning to the Champion script
- Implemented critical hit nerf to match Gen 6
- Updated Wrap mechanics to 1/8HP damage and 4-5 turn duration (description not updated)
- Updated the Light Ball effect to include the Atk stat bonus for Pikachu
- TMs that are obatinable only once in the game are now unsellable (please check for errors)
- Updated Volt Absorb to cover Thunder Wave
- Updated Flash Fire to remain active when the Pokemon is frozen
- Decapitalization
- Updated Wrap's description to fit the new mechanic
- Fixed the glitchy text for the Egg "dealers" when the player has insufficient money
- Implemented kleenexfeu's 0-Accuracy routine
- Reduced E4 + Champion rematch levels by 4-5 per Pokemon

- Charizard can now learn SolarBeam
- Implmented callasm command at 0xF9, setword battle command at 0xFA and string loader hack
- Added abilities: Protean, Moxie, Multiscale, Tangled Feet, Super Luck, Regenerator, Skill Link, Filter, Solid Rock, Tinted Lens, Simple
- In conjunction with new abilities, some Pokemon with only one regular ability now have their hidden ability as the
second possible one
- Added VS. mugshot splashes for Gym Leaders
- The old lady at Lavaridge Town will now give a Togepi Egg after the player has defeated the Elite Four and received the Wynaut Egg
- Updated several moves (eg. Crunch lowers Def instead of Sp.Def)
- Jirachi event ACTUALLY works properly now
- Fixed a major Lilycove Harbor glitch involving the event tickets
- Steven will now rematch the player daily if talked to
- Move tutors now teach moves daily instead of being one-time events
- Yet more decaps and text fixes
- Updated challenge, switch-in and victory battle strings to match ORAS
- "Foe" is now referred to as "The opposing [Pokemon]"
- Removed a Route 114 fisherman in order to relocate Wallace's trainer data and revert trainer 0x000
- Adjusted PokeNav trainer teams to match ORAS as closely as possible (without getting rid of additions from Emerald)
- Gabby and Ty's team has been buffed in conjunction with the overhaul
- Gym Leader rematch teams have been buffed
- Disabled move name limiter for Contests
- Increased number of moves to 480 (117 new slots)
- Updated Play Rough level-ups: Marill (23), Azumarill (25), Mawile (49), Skitty(46)
- Lucky Egg can be obtained from wild Pelipper
- Brought back old flags for NPC event ticket givers (to avoid any more issues)
- Pink Scarf renamed Pink Ribbon
- Added items: Expert Belt, Choice Scarf, Choice Specs
- Applied MrDollSteak's Icon Replacement Patch

- Expanded types to make new slot for Fairy
- Removed border colors from type icons to avoid conflict
- All types now searchable through Pokedex search function
- Fixed several battle strings that printed off-screen
- Silk Scarf and Silver Powder added to Battle Frontier Mart
- 34 new moves from Gen 4+ added (not in any learnsets yet)
- Updated list of sound-based moves for Soundproof
- Heal Bell now affects Soundproof Pokemon to match Gen V onward

- Added ability: No Guard
- Updated all Pokemon to ORAS-based level-ups
- Implemented new moves into learnsets
- Updated Sitrus Berry to restore 25% of the consumer's HP
- Trainer adjustments based upon newly incorporated learnsets
- Pseudo-legendaries gain some moves learned exclusively from future generation move tutors
- Leader rematches except for Liza and Tate changed to singles format
- Returned sprite animations and updated to Sugimori palettes
- Color coding of strong and weak stats based on nature implemented

- Fixed sprite positions
- Removed STAB move from first rival battle

- Minor changes in wild encounters
- Fixed learnsets to avoid overpowering low-level wild Pokemon

- Slight buff to first Gym Leader battles
- Slight buff to rival battles

- More refinements to Leader levels
- Slightly buffed Magma and Aqua Leaders + Admins
- Modified Bulldoze to target both opponents (same as Surf)

- Decap fixes
- Fixed bug where Wally could KO the wild Ralts with Norman's Zigzagoon
- Made changes to the following teams:
Psychic Macey (0x24F), Psychic Samantha (0xF5), Psychic Kayla (0xF7), Psychic Alexis (0xF8), Birdkeeper Alex (0x19D), Birdkeeper Presley (0x193)
- Buffed Wally's Mauville City Ralts
- Removed Ominous Wind from learnsets until a solution is found
- Slight buff to the Winstrate Family
- Balanced out difficulty spikes within Gym Leader teams
- Updated custom movesets and EVs in Petalburg Gym
- Increased levels of wild pseudo-legends (to compensate for slow leveling rate and encounter rarity)
- Changed Bagon's ability to Moxie (MoxieMence line only; placeholder ability)

- Replaced Furret with Mightyena at Route 120
- Grass-type Pokemon no longer trigger Effect Spore
- Added abilities: Overcoat, Snow Cloak
- New Zen Headbutt animation
- Updated Hidden Power to have fixed BP of 60
- Fixed Togetic's typing
- Fixed bug where Pokemon cannot evolve through level-up by capture experience

- Fixed Disarming Voice's targeting function in double battles
- Fixed error that allowed Aqua Tail to hit through Protect/Detect
- Fixed level-up learnsets for Beautifly Skitty, and Arbok

- Decap fixes
- Fixed typo in Acid's description
- Added wild Unown to inner Sealed Chamber cave
- Other minor wild encounter changes
- Tyrogue replaces Unown in Battle Frontier in-game trade
- All Pokemon received from in-game trades now have perfect IVs
- Restored Meteor Falls to R/S palette
- Remapped + Renamed Altering Cave and changed wild Pokemon
- Rearranged some trainer data
- Updated cries to match Gen 6 onwards (Pikachu excluded)

- Hyper Trainer added at Battle Frontier
- EV checker added at Battle Frontier
- New stats judge gives more in-depth detail regarding IVs
- Old stats judge relocated inside Day Care building

- Refined Hyper Trainer and Stat Judge scripts
- Zapdos now level 30
- Articuno now level 40

- Changed Hyper Trainer Pokemon selection screen
- Adjusted learnsets for Stage 1 pseudo-legends
- Wild encounter changes at: Mt. Pyre, Meteor Falls, Petalburg Woods
- Fixed typo in contest summary screen
- Changed fog type in Rusturf Tunnel

- Fixed Skill Swap string length
- Sprite position fixes
- Fixed tile errors in Unknown Cave
- New moves now show animations in contests (credits to jirachiwishmaker)

Le pug said:

The rotating doors are a work of two specials (aka asm br0000). special 0xCC and 0xCD. CC is what makes them rotate and CD is what makes them appear correctly. If you open up XSE you should see at 0x2165C4 this:
'---------------
#org 0x2165C4
special 0xCD
end

and at 0x2165B6 you should see:
'---------------
#org 0x2165B6
special 0xCC
end

simple right? Make sure the level scripts are correct too for the map. 0x2165C4 should be tied into var 0x4000 with a variable 0x4000.

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