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Dreams is a hack set in a new region with a new story. The protagonist, a traveling trainer, arrives in the region of Solda. In the small community of Thicket Town, they meet a boy who seeks to live up to his brother, the local gym leader. This is their journey through the region as they meet new characters and strive for the Pokémon League.
This hack is designed with a focus on characters and worldbuilding. Though it tells a linear story, the map is sprinkled with optional areas containing useful items and pokémon to reward exploration.
Patch this to a version 1.0 NTSC FireRed ROM using NUPS.
Post questions to the discord if possible; it's the best way to reach me. Documentation and FAQ are available there.
If you freeze in the first cutscene, try a different emulator.
Features:
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- 8 Gyms, a Pokémon League, and postgame rematches are playable
- All Pokémon through Generation 7 available
- Small cast of 35 Fakemon brings the total to 844 Pokémon
- New region with new story, characters, and battles
- New music
- Pokémon movesets brought up to date with Generation 7
- Battle system updated to Generation 7 (Physical/Special split, Gen 6 type chart, Fairy type, etc.)
- All mega evolutions are included, alongside some new ones
- Dexnav
- Leveling is made easy by Gen 6 EXP Share, wild 1% Audino on every route that can be encountered using DexNav, and colosseums that can be rebattled infinitely
- Level curve is not balanced around using the above features, so you can make the game as easy or difficult as you like
- NPC trainers do not use healing items in battle (potions, full restores, etc.)
- Trade evolutions now use stones instead
- 120 reusable TMs
- Optional level scaling, double battle, and inverse battle modes for replayability
Screenshots:
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Known Bugs:
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- The player will always win a speed tie
- Knock Off works on Mega Stones
- Catching certain Pokemon shows Rattata being added to the Pokedex instead - observed with Dirpion, Reflhex, Munchlax, Bruke, Moonimal, Detanaut, Kyurem, and Tapu Lele
- Puddle reflections are glitchy
- The "cancel" option at shops shows the fairy tm icon
- Ingame trade graphics are corrupted
- Textual error on the menus of some shops - observed at Stone Emporium and herbal medicine vendor in Iceteam Town
- Bulbasaur doesn't have a cry
- L=A and LR button modes cause start menu lag for some users but not others
Please let me know if you find any more bugs
Credits:
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CFRU
Everyone who worked on the Complete Firered Upgrade and Dynamic Dex Expansion. The thread is here, and the credits are as follows:
- Skeli- primary developer
- ghoulslash - primary developer
- Pret Team - decomps
- DizzyEgg - Emerald Battle Engine Upgrade Source
- FBI - DexNav Source, Saveblock Expansion
- Touched - Mega Evolution
- Navenatox - Dynamic Overworld Palettes
- Zeturic - Various Fixes
- JPAN - Hacked Engine Source Code
- azurile13 - Hidden Abilities
- DoesntKnowHowToPlay - Pokedex Screen Stats, Trainer's with EVs source
- Squeetz - Pokedex Screen Stats, Footstep noises
- Diegoisawesome - Triple Layer Tiles
- Jiangzhengwenjz – Linux compatibility
- Golche - Attack Particles, Battle Backgrounds, Other Graphics
- Lixdel - Attack Animations
- Bela - Poké Balls
- Solo993 - Backsprites
- Criminon - Mega Indicators, testing
- canstockphoto.ca - Battle Backgrounds
- Dionen - testing
- Gail - testing
- Recko Juice - testing
- Anyone who played the Unbound Battle Tower Demo in its early stages - testing
MIDIs
- Chibi Vegetto - Bein Friends
- Scott Mtc - Prof Sycamore's Theme
- I Have a Beard - Let the Battles Begin
- Uncredited KHInsider.com user - Snake Man's Stage
- Kiopineapple - Sammer's Kingdom
- GarageBandPoke - XD Cipher Peon Battle
- Greg Edwards - Purify Chamber
- Daniel Lawrence - Miror B. Battle
- Nes370I - Past Below
- Uncredited vgmusic.com user - Fight On
- The Tactician Musician - Roaming the Wastes
- TryceSirus - Overworld (Spirit Tracks)
- Cesar Ocasio - Battle 3 (Final Fantasy Mystic Quest)
- soneek - Ripped Pokemon Colosseum midis
- Blue Magikarp - Kalos Elite 4
- Revle - Alola Elite 4
- ShinkoNetCravy - Alola trainer battle, Ultra Beast Battle, and Solgaleo/Lunala Battle
- Jackson Wilking (Trumpets of Onett) - Time to Fight (Bionis Shoulder)
- Spencer Riffe and Joozhuah - Twilight of the Gods
- ZenithAegis - Xerneas/Yveltal Battle
Tools
- LU-HO - AdvancedMap
- Micael Alighieri - Editing AdvanceMap to include expanded Pokemon
- HackMew - Advanced Palette Editor, Free Space Finder, XSE
- Kurapika, Jambo51 and Gamer2020 - G3T
- LocksmithArmy - Intro Text Editor
- link12552 - Nameless Sprite Editor
- D-Trogh and Darthatron - NTME
- score_under - PKSV
- andiandi - Trader Advanced
- loadingNOW - unlz GBA
- The Helmeted Rodent - Sappy 2006
- Nintenlord - NUPS
Tutorials/Help/Other
- Space Raton - Helping with documentation and testing
- Chaos Rush - Editing height/width of town map areas
- jiangzhengwenjzw - Additional movement bytes
- Magnius - Documentation on Firered voicegroups
- karatekid552 - Flag/Var documentation
- Aspiring PokeTrainer - Town Map editing tutorial
- Klofkac - Editing area entry images
- thedarkdragon11 - Item Icon Sprites
- Dr. Seuss - Changing Fly Sprites
- SphericalIce - Documenting scripting commands
- soupercell - Help setting up gen 6 EXP Share
- kalarie - Town Map help
- mew222, Off_Piste, DimentioMan97 - Feedback/Fakemon/Support
I'd like to note that I started this project around 7 years ago as a child, and I didn't do any record keeping back then. It's entirely possible that I missed something and someone, which is not my intention at all. Please let me know if you notice something of yours in the hack and I forgot to add you to the credits. I sincerely apologize.
Changelog:
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Version 1.5.1
- Removed glitch where opening cutscene could sometimes warp player to the SS Libra. Now, you have to press the A to start the cutscene, and can even pause and open the menu first if you want. Unfortunately, I couldn't get a more elegant fix to work... But hopefully the trade-off is worth it.
- Meltan gets Gyro Ball by TM and Melmetal gets Gyro Ball and Iron Head by TM
- Fixed mistake where Mega Charcold appeared instead of Algellie as an underwater encounter on Route 22
- Fixed mistake where Ditto could be caught holding a dummy item
- Fixed tile error in Submerged Cavern
- Fixed collision error on Route 19
- Fixed typo in Route 23 Pokemon Center
Version 1.5
- Fixed bug where the ball used to catch a Pokemon wasn't retained on that Pokemon's summary screen
- Customized badge appearances on the trainer card
- Fixed mistake where Peashock's hidden ability was Grassy Surge instead of Electric Surge
- Fixed bug where Mewtwonite X and Y were switched
- Fixed incorrect EV yields for Machop, Sneasel, Swinub, Boldore, Cubchoo, Magearna, Mega Sableye, Mega Mawile, Mega Camerupt, and Mega Lopunny
- Fixed a small tile error in Pokemon Ranch
Version 1.4
- Fixed issue where Coil Peon Andrei's Medicham in Ruby Tower used moves Medicham doesn't learn
- Fixed bug where Clamperl couldn't evolve. Now it evolves by leveling up while holding either Deep Sea item
- Fixed a collision error on Route 13
- Fixed issue where Conifer's Vanilluxe in the Battle Bar has no moves if Chikorita was chosen
- Fixed issue where losing after visiting Eccoh City Pokemon Center teleported the player to Emerald Isle
- Fixed a bug where type-boosting items like the Silk Scarf didn't function
- Added a message to the intro text advising using a different emulator if the game freezes early on
Version 1.3
- Added ability to make all battles inverse battles by talking to new NPC in Solda Station
- Changed Game Corner prizes
- Shiny Charm is now available after beating Wes for the first time
- Added Terrain Extender. It's available at the Game Corner.
- Gave Terrain Extender to Herbert's Roserade and Ellie's Stunfisk
- Gave Battle Bar Miror B's Ludicolo Damp Rocks
- Replaced duplicate TM75 on Route 2 with a PP Up
- Replaced duplicate TM23 in Solda Station with TM78, which was previously unobtainable
- Fixed bug where picking up Ultra Ball in Solaview Warehouse prohibited player from getting TM115 in Montanore Town, and vice versa, by changing the Ultra Ball's event flag
- Fixed bug where picking up TM23 on Route 15 prohibited player from doing in-game trade in Eclipse City or getting Rain Dance TM on Route 23, and vice versa, by changing both TMs' event flags
- Fixed bug where Charcoldite wouldn't appear in Iceteam Cave
- Fixed bug where NPC giving out TM114 wouldn't appear in Game Corner
- Changed coin cap back to 9999
- Dunsparce now learns Bounce when evolving from Dudsparce
- Added Dragon Ascent to Rayquaza's level up moveset
- Added Relic Song to Meloetta's level-up moveset
- Added Secret Sword to Keldeo's level-up moveset
- Youngster Edd in Pokemon Ranch now uses Audino in addition to his Riolu
- Fixed bug where evolution level for Shellos was 32 instead of 30
- Fixed some collision errors
- Fixed some spots where the itemfinder pointed to out of bounds items
- Fixed some typos
- Fixed issue where Destiny Knot had no icon or description
- Fixed bug where dummy item could be acquired from Pickup
- Fixed bug where Mega Charcold replaced Algellie in Route 7 fishing encounters
- Fixed bug where old version of the first event in Conifer's Lab played when approaching from the left
- Fixed bug where blacking out after visting Eccoh Pokemon Center crashed
- Fixed issue where Vincent was named "Vincent2" in rematch
Version 1.2
- Fixes a crash in the Eccoh City Pokemon Center that was introduced in 1.1
Version 1.1
- Replaced Scatterbug and Wurmple on Route 3 with Caterpie and Weedle
- Added Caterpie and Weedle to a new headbutt tree on Route 15
- Added Goomy to Eccohglades encounter list
- Added egg move tutor to Centralis City. She spawns after beating Finagara Gym, or after talking to a new NPC in the Pokemon League's Pokemon Center
- Added ability to scale trainer levels by talking to new NPC in Solda Station
- Added ability to force double battles by talking to new NPC in Solda Station
- Fixed softlock in Montanore gym
- Fixed softlock in S.S. Libra
- Fixed a bug where male Eevee could not evolve into Syvleon by changing dawn stone evolution to shiny stone
- Fixed bug where Conifer scene in Lab replayed after beating the game
- Fixed bug where Anaconda scene in Mt. Oren replayed after beating the game
- Fixed some typos
- Fixed some walls that could be walked on and invisible walls
- Fixed bug in Ruby Generator where you couldn't pick up an item
- Fixed bug where Murkrow and Honchkrow were in different EXP Groups
- Fixed bug where saying no to the rival twice on Route 5 crashed
- Fixed bug where surfing and fishing encounters on Route 11 froze
- Fixed bug where connection between Route 15 and Route 14 was set up incorrectly
- Fixed bug where losing to rival on Route 13 caused a softlock
- Fixed bug where losing to Lyre on Route 3 proceeded as if player won
- Fixed bug where Darkrai would spawn in Strange House without having the Lunar Wing
- Fixed bug where DexNav IV display was inaccurate - credit to Cincidial!
- Fixed bug where Shedinja wouldn't be created when Nincada evolved - credit to Skeli!
- Fixed bug where Rockruff would not evolve into Lycanroc Dusk
Download:
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For documentation, check the FAQ in the discord server linked above.
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