FireRed hack: Pokémon Gaia Version

[ErikoTheGuy]

Is the tm for "Brick Break" in game? If so can someone tell me where?

 

[Shushui]

Hello spherical ice.Firstly,you and your team have done excellent work with this hack,it truly deserves the awards it has won if not more.Now to ask my question.My male kirlia evolved into gallade upon reaching level 28.I tried pressing the 'b' button to prevent evolution until kirlia reached level 30 in an attempt to avoid,in a way,the bug but it didn't work.Gardevoir having stronger attacks than gallade such as phychic over psycho cut,i would prefer evolving my kirlia into gardevoir as i had planned to instead of compromising for gallade.Is there currently a way of evolving kirlia into gardevoir?(especially since saves from this version are likely to be compatible with your next releases)

 

[Hermione Granger]

Hello spherical ice.Firstly,you and your team have done excellent work with this hack,it truly deserves the awards it has won if not more.Now to ask my question.My male kirlia evolved into gallade upon reaching level 28.I tried pressing the 'b' button to prevent evolution until kirlia reached level 30 in an attempt to avoid,in a way,the bug but it didn't work.Gardevoir having stronger attacks than gallade such as phychic over psycho cut,i would prefer evolving my kirlia into gardevoir as i had planned to instead of compromising for gallade.Is there currently a way of evolving kirlia into gardevoir?(especially since saves from this version are likely to be compatible with your next releases)

You should have caught a female Ralts/Kirlia, since I'm taking a guess that the Ralts line evolution chain depends on the gender.

 

[Shushui]

I'm not absolutely certain but if i'm not mistaken only gallade is gender locked.But either way,gallade,normally,isn't available by simply leveling up.By the way,i appreciate the quick response.

 

[Fabiolasticot]

Hi I want to know where we can know happiness of pokemons pls.

 

[Aleister]

Hi I want to know where we can know happiness of pokemons pls.

6th gym city's hotel.

 

[Absoluzion]

Waiting more update :)

 

[Spherical Ice]

Hey, don't worry about a lack of recent progress. This hack is fantastic so far, and we can all understand real life coming before work on a free project.

I'm glad you're understanding, thank you for your support!

I need help, I was told to go to Mt. Ignis, but the guys are still blocking it.

You need to go to the north of Celanto Path and break the Rock Smash rocks and continue up that way. The Cable Car will become accessible once you reach Windmist City.

This hack has become a favorite of mine.

My current team is Empoleon/Talonflame/Pupitar/Dusclops/Maractus/Clefairy (with Bibarel as an HM Slave). I plan on evolving my Clefairy and Dusclops at level 50, which will happen when the next beta gets released. (And hopefully the save is compatible between this and the next version)

On a side note, I sort of wish someone could release a wild Pokemon listing. (Which Pokemon are available where) I would of got a Petilil instead of a Maractus, but the former came too late for me. Maractus isn't really that bad though surprisingly enough. Would've preferred something else, but its better than nothing I guess.

Glad to hear you're enjoying it! I do indeed intend to maintain compatibility in v3 with saves from v2.5, so you should be able to.

I do plan to eventually release a wild Pokémon listing, likely with the release of v3 at this point.

Amazing proyect. Been playing it since yesterday and just finished it today lol. So excited for the official version! Keep it up! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ ✧ﾟ･: *ヽ(◕ヮ◕ヽ)

Thank you!

may have found a bud cannot use foresight to hit, as ghost type, normal types or vice-versa i know this is wrong because i have been karate chopped 1 to many times during fire red as gengar.

I will look into this, if it's broken it should be fixed for v3. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

Man, I tell you.. I love this hack!
I could not save the game and now I know I should have opened the game and start over to do so.
So I've decided to wait to v.3 and restart my journey. This is the best hack I have played so Im gonna stick to you =]

One thing was missing for me, That I couldn't find enough shiny pokemon - maybe you got a tip?

Tnx for your replay earlier, btw.

Thank you! The issue with saving appears to be with your emulator, as I can do so properly with VBA-M. Make sure you have it set up properly for regular FR ROMs before starting next time!

Shiny Pokémon are of the same rarity as they are in the vanilla version of FireRed: very rare, so it's not a surprise you haven't encountered one.

I am wondering is there going to be an area with a lot of fire type Pokemon because there are a lot missing form the Pokedex

I will see; there are quite a few around the region already in regular routes (off the top of my head, Litleo, Heatmor, Magmar and Numel).

hello, I have found a bug when I try to level up mu litleo the game crash so please fix it.

This is a known issue and is fixed for v3. It's only an issue with that particular gender of Pyroar so I'd recommend capturing a different gendered one in the mean time.

hello, I know this is just minor, but still, I'm gonna post it here.
Shroomish's back sprite isn't properly positioned.

AAnyway, I enjoy replaying your hack.

This actually isn't a misalignment issue, but I agree it looks awkward so it will be adjusted for v3. Thanks for playing!

Ok, so major bug for me: At Windmist summit, there is a kindler that does not say anything to you. Then, after you battle him, he freezes the game ������ I can't pass it

EDIT: I had to use walk thought walls cheat to get past the THREE TRAINERS!! The kindler, the ruins maniac, and the fighter girl (the one guarding the tm). Do you have a way to fix that?

So, I'm having a spot of trouble. I can't seem to get past kindler Milan. Everything works great up until I have to battle him, and when he speaks , a speech bubble pops up but no words. The ensuin battle performs flawlessly, but after I win, there's another speechless bubble and then the screen goes black and the game freezes. I've tried deleting and re downloading , I just don't know what to do. I don't own or have access to a computer, I've downloaded everything straight from my phone. The game has worked perfectly up until this point. Please help, I love this game !!!!!!!!

Hey! I love this rom hack its one of my favorites already, but im in windmist summit and when I pass kindler milan, he spots me then goes to speak to me. But in the text box there is literally no text and when I press A the battle commences. I then fight him and then once again there is no text in the text box. Then he gives me 672 pokedollars then after that there is a black screen. No music no nothing almost like it crashed. Any help?

This bug has already been fixed. You're playing an outdated version of Gaia. Redownload from the first post in this thread and make sure you're aplying the .ups patch to the FireRed ROM named in the README.

This hack is awesome, definitely up there with the best of them, ever. I've been having a ball.

I got one question that's been driving me nuts, kinda my own fault tho: I like to open a hack in Advance Map sometimes just to see if I've seen all the wild Pokemon in the area. Here of course gens IV-VI all show as Chimecho (why Chimecho??), but I could often figure out what was what. In Telmurk Warehouse, the small one with the hiker, however, I see there's an 1% encounter and I just can't find it. Spent 45 mins looking for it... on fast forward... Could you please tell me what it is? Or at least if it's something worth looking for, or just, like, Klang...

Advance Map does not support expanded Pokémon, assumes the Pokédex size to be 411, and so forces Pokémon with higher species numbers to be displayed as 411, as Chimecho. I don't have a v2.5 ROM on my right now, but I'm fairly certain the encounter is a Klefki.

I just want to say this is the most polished fire red hack i have played. I love how the pokemon incorporated have the exact cries. I love the battle backgrounds as well. I haven't progressed much but i must say up to what i've played this is brilliant. kudos to you.

Thank you!

Do Grotles capable using razor wind?... My rival has a grotle and has a razor wind move I hope this is not a glitch

It was a typo, it will be fixed in v3.

Just checking back, 1st how are you?
Can we go to the 7th gym yet

v2.5 still only goes to the sixth Gym, so no.

How does one access this TM/cave?

Go north where the Rock Smash rocks are in Archan Tunnel. You'll need Rock Climb too, as you can see.

Is it possible for Nidoran to learn Sucker Punch in this game? I've been breeding a Female Nidoran with a Rattata that knows the move for about 30 minutes and still no luck.

Only Nidoran Male gets Sucker Punch as an egg move.

After finishing the 6th gym, I came across a mistake. At least that's what I think it is, since I figured it shouldn't be possible to dive after that gym.
Because you are able to use dive, since some of the wailmer left of precimos island already learned dive. After capturing one and using it to dive, your character will be walking under water in not yet finished routes.
Unfortunately, I am not yet able to post links since I never post anything, so I am not able to show the screenshots.
But if anyone has questions about it, I am of course able to answer.

Yes, this is an oversight and if you use Dive it will bug your game so don't exploit it.

AdvanceMap displays all Pokemon above index 411 as Chimecho because 411 is the highest index that it can support. If Spherical Ice uses AdvanceMap to edit wild Pokemon data, I'd like to know for my own purposes how he accommodates for the newly added Pokemon. My efforts to search for a solution have been fruitless.

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I binged the beta in the span of 2 days and what can I say, it's amazing. There's attention to detail and really not many things that give away that this hack is an amateur creation, which is the standard that you want to meet when you're making a ROM hack. Overall the visuals are nice, the features are well-done, the gameplay is solid, and the writing is grammatically sound. I look forward to future releases.

I have a few items of feedback that you may want to consider:

1. Move compatibility and moveset incompleteness: I was surprised when I caught a Drilbur and found out that it couldn't learn Rock Smash, and I was also surprised when Nidoking didn't learn Chip Away at L23 and Charmeleon didn't learn Flame Burst at L32. I've read earlier posts in this thread and it seems that you'll have the move compatibility issues largely fixed for v3. As for the incomplete moves, I understand that it's difficult to create novel effects for moves such as Chip Away and Flame Burst, but in those cases a partially functioning move is still better than not learning the move at all.

2. TM availability: TMs are pretty sparse for the first half of the beta, but a whole bunch of them become accessible only after getting Rock Climb. It seems that you have recognized this problem and will have it fixed for v3. I'm a little curious about how you're going to determining move compatibility for moves that have never before been TMs, such as Charming Cry and Aurora Beam.

3. Balancing/difficulty: I'm the kind of guy that always does the lamest thing possible, and there doesn't seem to be much that stops a Piplup solo. It has favorable matchups in most of the early major battles, its typing is hard to hit effectively, and the New Elders use a ton of rock and ground type Pokemon that are weak to it. Unfortunately, it's very difficult to balance earlygame difficulty because that's when Pokemon are leveling up the fastest and can easily get big level advantages. I'd recommend looking into the gen VI experience system to curb this a little bit. I'd also recommend diversifying the New Elders Pokemon, because you do fight a ton of them before Sabulo Tower, where the game starts becoming more difficult from Piplup's point of view.

Mega Charizard Y seems busted on paper. All of the mega evolutions are kind of busted, but Mega Charizard Y especially so, given the point at the game where it becomes available. The only thing holding back Mega Charizard Y from being super broken in the current beta is that Drought doesn't activate when it mega evolves (and it's also missing Flame Burst at L32). Mega Charizard X doesn't seem any less busted, though. I thought it was kind of sudden for Belle to hand the player a good Pokemon complete with mega stone; in the interest of balance it may be better for her to give the starter at Sabulo Island and provide the mega stone later.

See the following links for hacking Advance Map to support expanded Pokémon: https://www.pokecommunity.com/posts/8271873 https://www.pokecommunity.com/posts/8278234

1. Yeah, this will be addressed in v3. I agree that partially functioning moves is better than nothing and I'll likely do this for Pokémon where it's especially important, or, more optimistically, get the moves work properly before release.

2. This has already been addressed and I agree, in v3 it should be better. Move compatibility will be a mixture of Pokémon which can receive it canonically and those which I feel should get it.

3. The New Elders' team variety has been changed slightly for v3 which should hopefully alleviate that somewhat. I'll also try to remember to look into making a Piplup solorun more difficult when I get to playtesting v3.

The issue the Megas is known and I will try to fix it but no promises either.

It seems like Steelixite is avaiable as mega evolving doesn't consume the mega stone while on battle, so i tried stealing the four elders' mega steelix by using thief and i legitly got one, plz update the list

Btw, whats the pass code for the lock that can be found on the museum's 2nd floor (on the wall beside the chair) thx

Using Thief is clearly exploiting an omission from the implementation of Mega Evolution so Steelixite is not officially available anyway, so no I won't add it to the list. The secret passcode is an easter egg so if you don't know the passcode you likely won't get the "joke" either; don't worry about it, it's lame.

I am just wondering if this hack is fully playable? Or is there still work which needs to be done that prohibits us to move forward in the game (something about dive not working?)

The current release is not completed; it only goes up to the sixth Gym.

Hello, i want to request you something, can you change mega venusaur sprite please? he doesn't look enough fat lol.

Feel free to leave feedback in the Gen VI Sprite Resource thread; I personally am satisfied with the sprite for Mega Venusaur (especially given the 64x64 size limitation of the hardware) so don't plan to modify it myself.

I got a Shiny Dwebble when I first played but then I lost the file somehow but then in my new file, I found a Shiny Marill. If I didn't already have enough reasons to love this game, I do now

That's awesome, congrats!

Hi Spherical, I've found strange thing happening with my Kirila. My female Kirila is evolving into Gallade at lv29 without stone :lol:. I'm playing on Gameboid, switched my versions between 1st and 2nd gym (downloaded newest patch after my Litleo evolving at lv14 and crashing game - saved in PC and replaced bugged 2.5 file with fixed one). Do you think it would be some messy data in save or bug in beta?

Btw. Found and catched shiny Zubat :D. But it has not too good IVs - HP: B-, Att.: D-, Def.: E+, Sp.Atk.: C+, Sp.Def.: C+, Spd: D- :(.

Kirlia's broken evolution is a known issue. Congratulations on capturing the shiny!

In version 2.5 of the one i downloaded, there is a glitch when abomasnow used wood hammer but after it used it, it healed from it as if it was the move ingrain and another bug is lopunny's mega is the giant question mark

Are you sure it hadn't just used Ingrain previously? It's in its moveset. The issue with Mega Lopunny's lack of sprite is in the README.

I don't know if I'm doing wrong but the move "False Swipes" doesn't work on my Siczor/ Scither. I'm sorry I this is a known bug, I tried to reread the read.me text. Great ROM hack.-edit- What I meant by saying it doesn't work is that instead of leaving my opponent with 1hp it makes it faint.

I'll look into this, it's likely bugged up again lol.

dude the mega altera form is not yet finished

No, read the README, it does not have a sprite yet.

Very good game, dear author you will update it? Good expectation

Yes, I am working on the next update.

when will beta 3 come out?

I don't know, sorry. I'm working on it.

Bugs of the version: - kirlia female wich evolved into a gallade at level 29 and became a male.
- goldeen evolved in seaking at level 22 or 21 instead to 33 and learned waterfall at level 32 instead to 41
- the gym in telmurk city has a bug with the doors if you save in the gym, quit and come back, the doors come back and you're blocked
-nogba bug when i used diving (fog)
-diving bug when i reverse it, i walk on the water.
-when talking with the rare item lover (woman) in the hotel, if you quit the conversation with B without trading and talk again with her, the text of the discussion become invisible.

and others... gtg

The Kirlia, Telmurk Gym and Dive issues are all known. Goldeen's evolution has been fixed for v3, as has the Lady in the Precimos Hotel. Thank you!

This ROM hack is awesome!! Can't wait for beta 3

Thanks!

I'm pretty sure the King's Rock is not working correctly. I've had it on my Gourgeist for so long and it hasn't made a foe flinch once, even with Bullet Seed. (The itention was Flinch + Confusion hax).

I'll look into this further, thank you for bringing it to my attention.

Perfect hack. Fairy type, new moves, new abilities, new sprites.
Please keep on working and make a complete hack rom :D

That's high praise, thank you! I am continuing to work on v3, and I intend to eventually have Gaia completed.

Any info about the next beta when it could come out!! i cantt waiiit its just awesome!

There is no release data for v3, currently, sorry.

My male Kirlia evolves into Gallade at level 30.
I'm wanting teh Gardevoir cuz it has teh Modest nature.
Anyone has teh Action Replay, Gameshark, or whatever code that permanently changes nature from Modest to Jolly?

Kirlia's evolution appears to currently be bugged; it should be fixed for v3.

Cant find list anywhere so, can you tell me how many pokemon this has in total? Thanks.

Roughly 300 Pokémon can be obtained via capture and evolution in the beta. The ROM itself has data for every Pokémon, though.

I finally managed to post something here...
Hi there,Spherical Ice!
I'm here to tell you that Gaia has already had a large number of fans in China,and they(including me)are all expecting the next version of Gaia's release. So do keep it up and don't forget that lol

Thank you! I am working hard on v3.

Hello there, Spherical.

I just thought I'd add my two cents to the discussion. Honestly, your hack seems more authentic than some of the more recent official titles. It's challenging, has an interesting storyline, very professional graphics (in my favourite style, which is an added bonus) and generally it feels really polished for the most part. I'm really happy that this is a GBA hack as I am not very fond of the 3D gimmicks found in the later generations. So I really think you've done a great job. I'm very happy for your skills.

Not asking for a release date as I guess you've heard this type of requests way too often. No matter when you release it, I believe it will be great.

Keep up the good work, and PM me should you need any spriting or mapping help – I used to be rather okayish in those areas when I was an active ROM hacker.

Hey, thanks! I'll be sure to hit you up if I do feel I need some help with mapping or spriting, thanks for the offer!

This hack is really awesome especially the mapping and the new features

Thank you!

Guys,can someone tell me if it possible to get a murkrow in this hack? I'm still at the beginning of the game(1 badge) and before i use up time and precious trainer battles to train one of the standard flying types that appear at the start like pigdey,tailow or starly ,i'd like to know if i can get a murkrow at this point or even some time later in the game.If someone knows anything about it please tell me.

In the current release I do not believe Murkrow is available, but in v3 the Frostwood Forest (which is currently named Abomasnow Woods) will have a wider variety of wild Pokémon available, including Murkrow. Be sure to check that area when v3 comes out!

Is the tm for "Brick Break" in game? If so can someone tell me where?

The TM31 contains Brick Break and can be found in Sabulo Cross, on one of the sandy islands to the south-west of the map.

Hello spherical ice.Firstly,you and your team have done excellent work with this hack,it truly deserves the awards it has won if not more.Now to ask my question.My male kirlia evolved into gallade upon reaching level 28.I tried pressing the 'b' button to prevent evolution until kirlia reached level 30 in an attempt to avoid,in a way,the bug but it didn't work.Gardevoir having stronger attacks than gallade such as phychic over psycho cut,i would prefer evolving my kirlia into gardevoir as i had planned to instead of compromising for gallade.Is there currently a way of evolving kirlia into gardevoir?(especially since saves from this version are likely to be compatible with your next releases)

Thank you! As I have stated quite a few times in this post and will be adding to the Frequently Asked Questions section of the first post of this thread, the Kirlia evolution issue is a known bug and should be resolved in v3. In the mean time I recommend attempting to capture another Ralts and seeing if the problem persists and, if it does not, simply waiting until the new release is out to evolve your Kirlia. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Waiting more update :)

I'm working on Gaia at my own pace, as I've mentioned in previous posts, so I can't guarantee a playable update any time soon unfortunately.

That being said, recently I have been getting some work done on Gaia. Perhaps predictably, I've been remapping certain areas in the region. This includes Celanto Town, the hometown, which now features a more balanced layout and more consistent tile usage:

I've also begun mapping new maps the to east of Precimos Stretch, which will become accessible once you get Dive! Check out Precimos Depths and Edashore Reach:

 

[Del]

Awww too bad! Well good luck w/ it bro!

 

[Misguided Mightyena]

Just beat the sixth gym, and I gotta say, this has been a really fun game that I'm looking forward to seeing completed. I ended up running Empoleon, Mienshao, Staraptor, Absol, and Electabuzz with a Nidoran as my HM slave. The map's great, New Elders are interesting, sick music for battling the New Elders' leaders, and an overall enjoyable experience. The Sunflora in Registeel's cave though...that's something that should be addressed, if unintentional. Quite frankly it had me dying of laughter since I ran into a level zero Pokemon, something I can't say I've ever done before.

I've also never ran into a level 97 Sunflora that KO'd an Empoleon and a Mienshao.

But yeah, great game nevertheless. Will we be able to use 2.5 save data for the next big update? I like my team and wouldn't want to start from scratch because of how far I've gone...also, I want to keep that level zero Sunflora. It's just too funny to give up.

 

[Nyxuted]

So i recently just found this hack, and i havent been able to play it. first of i was having a hard time with finding a proper fire red rom. now i have it this came up

Cant wait to play it heard to much about it..

Please help me!
Thanks it advance

 

[roqi]

SphericalIce, I admire your dedication to answering every single post. You're awesome, all round (pun intended).
If another question is alright, is Carbink available? Dex says no, but I'd been hoping that I missed a hidden grotto, perhaps.

So i recently just found this hack, and i havent been able to play it. first of i was having a hard time with finding a proper fire red rom. now i have it this came up



Cant wait to play it heard to much about it..

Please help me!
Thanks it advance

If you google that error message you can find a solution easily.

 

[stephenfiora]

There's a horrible and infuriating glitch inside the Ferre Ruins' lowest part. Every time my sprite moves, a wild sunflora appears. Whether it be moving a step, surfing, or just changing the direction I'm facing, a sunflora appears. Repels don't work, and they're always random level. I've had a literal level zero sunflora appear, and a level ninety something one appear all within a few steps.

 

[Nyxuted]

Well i cant wait till the last part will be released.

Like i mentioned in my post above i was having trouble with the game. after Roqi told me i could fix this simply by googling my problem. i started playing the game and finished it within 2 hours?

There wasnt a thing i didnt like about it. finally i could test my pokemon knowledge against all kinds of pokemons!

Are there any clues on when the last part comes out?!

Thanks again!

 

[jman5000555]

I want to first say this game has been awesome the progression is great and the story is solid. I did want to report a bug. In Sid's gym if you get to the reciprocal trainer and save and quit before going to the ninjas trainer, when you load back in you will be stuck like you pressed none of the buttons. I know this is oddly specific but I had to use wall cheats to be able to get out of the area.

 

[Shushui]

Thank you for answering both of my questions spherical ice.I will most likely try catching and raising a new kirlia like you suggested in hopes that the bug applies only to specific pokemon.Either way,in case i try out that method,i will be posting feedback on it on this thread.In case it doesn't work out,i'm hoping that the next release will be compatible with this version's save files like i mentioned before.Also as far as murkrow goes,personally i have already replaced it with swablu on my team since it available early on,but speaking in behalf of anyone who thought of the same thing as me,i think it'd be better for it to be available earlier in the game so that players won't have to compromise for any of the standard flying types like tailow or starly(not that those are bad).

 

[MrDollSteak]

I'm working on Gaia at my own pace, as I've mentioned in previous posts, so I can't guarantee a playable update any time soon unfortunately.

That being said, recently I have been getting some work done on Gaia. Perhaps predictably, I've been remapping certain areas in the region. This includes Celanto Town, the hometown, which now features a more balanced layout and more consistent tile usage:

I've also begun mapping new maps the to east of Precimos Stretch, which will become accessible once you get Dive! Check out Precimos Depths and Edashore Reach:

Glad to see some progress Spherical! I'm interested with your decision to remap Celanto town, as I always found that map beautiful, but I'm sure it'd still be good.

 

[rachmadhj]

Can't wait for the final version :)

 

[SirUmnei]

Thanks for answering, best of luck on getting V3 out. I'll be intently waiting for it. If I find any new bugs I'll be sure to post them up.

 

[musfiqDtaif]

when will beta 3 come out ?? any idea ??