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SoulSilver hack: Pokémon MindCrystal

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    [PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon MindCrystal

    I'm glad to present you my attempt at a Pokémon hack, Pokémon MindCrystal, a mod of Pokémon SoulSilver.
    I warn you though, this hack is available only in French.

    The crux of this hack is obviously the inclusion of the Fairy-type at 100%.
    Most of the changes were done from a technical standpoint.
    These are the few parts of the storyline that were changed as of now:

    • the girl in Ilex Forest gate that gave you the TM12 now gives you instead the Eviolite.
    • Several TMs have changed location.
    • the Day-Care lady gives to you the Odd Egg which can hatch into any 17 non-Togepi babies.
    • all 16 Gym Leaders first teams got revamped, as well as those of the Elite 4, Lance and Red.
    • all 16 Gym Leaders second teams got revamped, as well as those of the Elite 4, Lance.
    • the inclusion of Lv.100 battles against Gym Leaders, Elite 4 and Red after defeating the latter for the first time.
    Grab the xDelta patch at the bottom of this post and patch it with a French version of Pokémon SoulSilver.
    [PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon MindCrystal


    • Revamped type-chart to include the Fairy-type matchup as well as all the neutral match-ups.
    • Pixie Plate implemented.
    • Roseli Berry implemented.
    • Fairy-type Arceus in place of ???-type Arceus.
    • Updated Judgment to take into account the Pixie Plate.
    • Pokédex fully updated to take into account the Fairy-type in Research mode.
    • Conversion updated to take into account the Fairy-type.
    • Conversion 2 updated to take into account all 324 types match-ups.
    • Battle Hall includes the Fairy-type row.
    • Fairy-type icon.
    • Pokédex Fairy-type icon.
    Fairy-type moves:
    Code:
    [CD='width:1000px']Move            Power        Accuracy    Category    PP            Priority    Effect
    
    Comet Punch     18           85          Physical    15            0            -
    Slam            90           100         Physical    10            0            -
    Sweet Kiss      -            75          Status      10            0            Confusion
    Charm           -            100         Status      20            0            -2 Attack
    Attract         -            100         Status      15            0            Infatuation
    Moonlight       -            -           Status      5             0            Restore HP
    Follow Me       -            100         Status      20            2            Center of attention
    Extrasensory    90           100         Special     20            0            20% flinch
    Covet           40           100         Physical    25            0            Steal items
    Captivate       -            100         Status      20            0            -2 Sp. Attack for opposite gender[/CD]
    [PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon MindCrystal

    Battle Frontier:

    • Shiny lock removed for opponents Pokémon in all 5 facilities.
    • New items available for purchase.
    • Battle Frontier Pokémon will always have an IV of 31 in all 6 stats.
    • Battle Frontier Pokémon will always have the ability who is the best tailored for a given set
    • Battle Frontier Pokémon EV and IV generation has been modified to optimize Hidden Power, Gyro Ball and Trick Room most notably.
    Battle Tower:

    • Shiny lock removed as well for the NPC partners in Multi Battle mode.
    Battle Hall:

    • As said earlier, Battle Hall includes the Fairy-type row.
    • You still fight in rounds of 10 battles.
    • The Silver Print is now obtained by challenging and defeating Argenta on the 80th battle.
    • The Gold Print is now obtained by challenging and defeating Argenta on the 180th battle.
    • Other mechanics inherent to the Battle Hall were updated to grant a flawless experience of the facility.
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    • Shiny chance is now 1/4096.
    • Having a Pokémon with the Ability Super Luck leading the party increases the likelihood of encountering a wild Shiny Pokémon.
    • Shiny generation from "forced shiny encounters" method was slightly altered to take into account the modified Shiny Rate.
    • Cute Charm PID generation is improved and no longer restricted, which means you can no longer abuse Cute Charm for easy Shinies.
    • Shellos and Gastrodon East Sea forms are now available in Kanto.
    • +50% Physical Defense boost for Ice-types under Hail.
    • Soundproof check against Heal Bell removed.
    • Stealth Rock damage is decreased by half.
    • Fixed the move Hail, basically in gen IV the way Hail is coded allows you to use Hail despite Snow Warning.
    • Fixed the move Fire Fang so that it doesn't hit through Wonder Guard anymore unless it happens to be super-effective.
    • Hidden Power can be Normal or Fairy type now as well, the Hidden Power NPC will notice this too.
    • Hidden Power no longer takes into account Speed to calculate the type.
    • Some Base Stats were upgraded to help some Pokémon perform better (for example Persian or Probopass).
    • Starf Berry can now sharply increase accuracy and evasion.
    • Castform and Cherrim alternate forms now display their respective icon during battles.
    • Castform's alternate forms now display their respective type when checked through the menu during battles.
    • HP bar graphics were changed.
    • HP are now displayed for the opposing side in single format, double format is unchanged in that regard.
    • Fixed Strength graphical glitch that also occurs in the original versions.
    • Fixed Facade graphical glitch that also occurs in the original versions.
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    • Battle Style is now permanently locked on Set.
    • You can't use items from your bag against a Trainer, very much like against Battle Frontier Trainers!
    • All Trainers' Pokémon have now 31 IVs in all 6 stats.
    • All Trainers' Pokémon have now 255 EVs in all 6 stats.
    • All Trainers' Pokémon have now the possibility to easily get beneficial natures.
    • All Trainers' Pokémon have now the possibility to be shiny.
    • IVs for opponents' Pokémon can be chosen from a pool of 64 combinations, most notably to capitalize on Hidden Power, Gyro Ball and Trick Room.
    • All Trainers' Pokémon can now be contained in Balls other than Poké Balls.
    • The number of possible seals combinations for opponents' Pokémon went up from 28 to 216.
    • Ace Trainer Lois replaces Juggler Irwin in the Pokégear, you can set a rematch with her on Wednesday afternoons (10:00 to 19:59).
    • ASM hack to allow more than 737 trainers in-game (complete with text).
    • Continuity for opposing Trainers is preserved, by that I mean that the IVs, nature, shininess and gender of opposing Pokémon stay the same (for example Falkner's Pidgeot is canonically the same creature as when he was only a Pidgey).
    • Alternate Forms from Trainers now have their correct Ability as well as the correct Base Stats' spread.
    [PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon MindCrystal


    • A new item was created, the Evolutor, which when applied like an Evolutionary Stone to a Lv 100 Pokémon, allows it to evolve if it can do so!
    • Eevee can now evolve into Leafeon if leveled-up at Ilex Forest or Viridian Forest.
    • Eevee can now evolve into Glaceon if leveled-up at Ice Path or Seafoam Islands.
    • Magneton and Nosepass can now evolve into Magnezone and Probopass respectively if leveled-up at Team Rocket HQ, Route 10 or Power Plant.
    • Feebas, on top of requiring a beauty's stat of 170 min, is now required to level-up at least at level 20 to be able to evolve.
    • Feebas gains a second failsafe evolution method in case the Sheen is maxed before the Beauty stat reaches 170.
    • Female/Male Kirlia evolves into Gardevoir/Gallade at Lv 30.
    • Female/Male Snorunt evolves into Froslass/Glalie at Lv 42.
    • Female/Male Clamperl evolves into Gorebyss/Huntail with the Dawn Stone.
    • Evolution methods 0xB and 0xC (Wurmple) were changed to make a Pokémon evolve by level-up at day (Silcoon) and at night (Cascoon) respectively, because making an evolution method based on the PID of a Pokémon is quite frankly a bad design.
    • Pokémon that require a trade to evolve all gained an alternate method of evolution.
    [PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon MindCrystal


    • Incenses babies are now the default base form.
    • Miltank and Tauros are now considered the same species for breeding purposes.
    • Feebas/Milotic and Magikarp/Gyarados are now considered the same species for breeding purposes.
    • Females can now pass egg moves as well, eliminating all impossible egg moves combinations.
    • A new NPC, called the Egg Move Tutor, makes an appearance; as the name implies he is capable of teaching your Pokémon moves that normally it has to know from birth, but also level-up moves that only pre-evolutions can learn, and for some Pokémon moves that they have no other way to learn, but you'll have to spend 100 BP to pay for his services!
    • The Odd Egg will be given to you by the Day-Care lady!
    [PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon MindCrystal


    • Gender ratios are fixed, with that I mean that for example 1 male per female REALLY means 1 male per female (and not 129 males for 127 females).
    • Ponyta, Rapidash, Gardevoir, Feebas, Milotic and Gorebyss are now female-only.
    • Magikarp, Gyarados, Glalie and Huntail are now male-only.
    [PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon MindCrystal


    • EV limit is now 1530, you can max all stats now.
    • The new EV limit also applies in the Battle Frontier.
    • Vitamins cap at 255 EVs now.
    • Vitamins give 15 EVs per usage now.
    • Lv 100 Pokémon can gain EVs by fighting now, but they still need to be deposited in the PC for the stat gains to take fully effect.
    • IVs no longer have an effect on stats, that is stats are always calculated assuming an IV of 31, this is done to not disavantage you to much against Trainers, especially early-game.
    [PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon MindCrystal

    Updated Items:

    • Pichu and Raichu benefit from Light Ball as well now.
    • TM45 and TM78, which contain Attract and Captivate respectively, have been updated with a Fairy-type TM icon.
    New Items:

    • Pixie Plate
    • Roseli Berry
    • Eviolite
    • Evolutor
    TMs:

    • TMs are now reusable.
    • you can no longer throw away TMs.
    • you can no longer give TMs to hold.
    • Purchasable TMs, regardless of the currency, can only be bought one at time and only once.
    • TM56, TM86 and TM26 are no longer Pickup items and were replaced with Lucky Egg, Life Orb and PP Max respectively.
    • each of the 92 TMs is available only once!
    [PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon MindCrystal


    • If possible, moves were upgraded to match Gen V+ information.
    • Nerfs from Gen VI are NOT applied (this means that for example Surf and Hydro Pump remain at 95 and 120 power respectively).
    • Even moves like Tail Glow, which should boost the Special Attack by 3 stages, have been updated successfully (complete with the text).
    • Acupressure now works if the user is behind a substitute.
    • Sleep Talk can now be used multiple times under the effect of Choice Items and/or Encore.
    • SFX for some moves were altered to suit them better.
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    Updated Abilities:

    • Stench (Gen V+ behavior)
    • Sturdy (Gen V+ behavior)
    • LightningRod (Gen V+ behavior)
    • Sand Stream (now makes the user immune against sandstorms)
    • Simple (Gen V+ behavior)
    • Storm Drain (Gen V+ behavior)
    • Snow Warning (now makes the user immune against hailstorms)
    New Abilities:

    • Sheer Force
    • Contrary
    • Defeatist
    • Cursed Body
    • Multiscale
    • Poison Boost
    • Flare Boost
    • Overcoat (Gen V behavior)
    • Regenerator
    • Sand Rush
    • Wonder Skin
    • Analytic
    • Infiltrator (Gen VI behavior)
    • Magic Bounce
    • Sap Sipper
    • Prankster
    • Sand Force
    • Fur Coat
    • Bulletproof
    • Strong Jaw
    • Refrigerate
    • Gale Wings
    • MegaLauncher
    • Tough Claws
    • Pixilate
    • Aerilate
    • Slush Rush
    • Long Reach
    • Galvanize
    • QueenMajesty
    [PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon MindCrystal


    • Text Speed is now permanently locked on Fast.
    • Battle Scene is now permanently locked on On.
    • National Pokédex is the default mode upon beginning the adventure.
    • Player's Mom can now buy batches of 5 Roseli Berries as well.
    • Roseli Berries can be occasionally held by wild Absol.
    • Game runs now at 60 FPS ! Allowing for much quicker battles.
    • Several sprites changed/fixed.
    • Some shiny sprites recolored.
    • ORAS mini-icons.
    • Palettes for the Pokémon sprites were all updated to B2W2 and improved even further if necessary
    • Replaced Sky Attack move tutor with Zap Cannon.
    • Roseli Berries can now be planted in Berry Pots, they have the same growth and moisture drain rate as the other damage-reducing berries.
    • New movesets and egg moves.
    • Routes 26, 27, 28, Tohjo Falls and Victory Road will always play the Johto versions of the Wild Pokémon theme and the VS Trainer theme.
    • Lyra was fully replaced by Kris.
    • All 7 Fossils are available now at Ruins of Alph.
    • All trees have Pokémon now and ignore the effects of Intimidate and Keen Eye.
    • The timeframe window to react to a rod bite has been doubled to make up for to the game running at 60 FPS while fishing.
    • Fixed the quiet tune on map 108 (Route 45), a glitch that also occurs in the original versions.
    • Bug-Catching Contest species vary according to the day of the week, Scyther and Pinsir are the only Pokémon always available in a Contest but only have a 1% encounter rate!
    • Score calculation for the Bug-Catching Contest was modified to take into account shininess.
    • Pokédex entries got upgraded to match those of Pokémon Crystal (001 to 251) and Pokémon B2W2 (past 251 whenever possible).
    • Gender will always be displayed, even for both Nidorans.
    • Lugia and Ho-Oh Kimonos' cutscenes now co-exist.
    • Bugfix: Fixed Kris' frames when riding a bicycle to the left.
    • Bugfix: Fixed glitched Trainer names with 8 characters or more.
    • Bugfix: Fixed 4 mistakes on overlay 18 that made the game hang upon sending some Pokémon according to their abilities. (thanks Asia81)
    • Bugfix: Capture tutorial work properly
    • Bugfix: Additional trainers work properly
    • Bugfix: Ability Tough Claws work properly
    • Bugfix: Non-Sturdy Pokémon no longer can benefit from Sturdy
    • Bugfix: Player's mom can now buy all 18 kinds of super-effective Berries
    • Bugfix: Bug catching score calculation now takes into account Shininess properly
    • Bugfix: Egg IV calculation fixed
    • Bugfix: Growth, Minimize, Sweet Scent and Tail Glow work properly even when called by other moves
    • Bugfix: Acupressure now works if the user is behind a substitute, even if Acupressure is called by other moves
    • Bugfix: Roseli Berry now always reduces super-effective damage from Fairy-type moves
    • Bugfix: Lugia and Ho-Oh cutscenes were slowed down to 30 FPS to work properly on a NDS
    • Bugfix: Entering a fight no longer causes a BSoD after talking to the Egg Move Tutor
    [PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon MindCrystal

    Title Screen:
    [PokeCommunity.com] Pokémon MindCrystal


    Spoiler:


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    All of those modifications were carefully tested on a NDS, so as to reduce as much as possible the eventual bugs that might occur.
    Credits:
    _Nintendo
    _Game Freak
    _Creatures, Inc.
    _Sora Ltd. for developing Super Smash Bros. Brawl, from whom Suicune's model on the title screen is taken from
    _Gregarlink10 (https://gregarlink10.deviantart.com/) for making Kris' spritesheet
    _NyaChan (https://twitter.com/nyachan) for making the Title logo (https://forums.bulbagarden.net/index.php?threads/the-bulbagarden-conversational-chat-thread-vol-2.57572/page-31#post-1504991).
    _Asia81 for some bugfixes

    Here are some valid reasons for why you would not play this hack, and that's because those issues still are being worked on:
    _most Trainers still have their old team;
    _most Kanto and some Johto areas still have their old wild encounter table;
    The reason being that I wanted to get the ASM done first, so that I could concentrate better without having to shift focus.
    And yes I worked alone on MindCrystal since the beginning, as a result it can get pretty long between 2 updates.

    If despite that you still want to play, then
    enjoy :)
    Link to beta 3.0.1:
    https://www.mediafire.com/file/1rc0wrbir2dcpdb


    NOTE: Savefiles beginning from version 3.0 are not compatible with previous versions of MindCrystal due to some changes on how and where items are stored in the Bag.
    If you downloaded v3.0, please do download v3.0.1 as it contains an important bugfix (thanks Stoffles67).
     
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    I am now tempted to learn French.

    Given that you're capable of all those battle mechanic adjustments, would it also be possible to add canon Fairy moves like Moonblast and Play Rough?
     
    I'm tempted to see how well my French has held up over the years by playing this! This looks great so far.
     
    Looks amazing!
    Now I finally have some use for all the years I yad to learn french in high school (I live in Belgium)
    Seems like a lot of hard work was put into this hack
     
    Unfortunately I know almost zero French so I'm gonna have to wait for a hopeful english patch one day in the future, but this looks amazing! My Gen 4 hack of choice surely once I finally setup a DS emulator one day.
     
    Given that you're capable of all those battle mechanic adjustments, would it also be possible to add canon Fairy moves like Moonblast and Play Rough?

    Are you talking about replacing some moves (along with their move effects) with Gen V+ moves/effects?
    Or are you talking about adding new moves altogether?

    Since unlike polishedcrystal I'm not limited to 1 byte per move ID, I'm going to answer assuming you implied the latter.

    I did try to add moves beyond the 467 benchmark before? let's say that I don't want to open that can of worms again in the foreseeable future.
     
    Well as native Spanish speaker, it is time to learn some french playing lol, anyways just watching the pics it seems i can understand a lot very well
    EDIT: i tried something but i guess it won't be supported, i tried to add Moemon Sprites into this Patch, but sadly insta crashes after the initial stage (after writing name) :(
    EDIT2: wow man the game is amazing, i mean, the patch, playing at 60FPS is like other thing, and luckily i can understand most of the thing as Spanish Speaker, my only thing i i would like to use moemon sprites :( but anyways, i will play like this for now! Thanks
     
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    I forgot to ask, why is this in French? You speak decent English.
     
    Looks great outside of forcing Set.

    The game forces set, too? Dangit I really dont get why people are forcing stuff like that on us...even if this was in english I no longer have any interest in this game.... It may as well be a nuzlocke rules only hack with that in mind.
     
    The game forces set, too? Dangit I really dont get why people are forcing stuff like that on us...even if this was in english I no longer have any interest in this game.... It may as well be a nuzlocke rules only hack with that in mind.

    Dayum the changes of opinion escalated very quickly
     
    Is there a planned English translation? I imagine it shouldn't be too difficult since English translations for the Japanese roms are still floating around
     
    I forgot to ask, why is this in French? You speak decent English.
    Actually I don't even have a reason, but I need something so I'll just use the fact that French my native language as an excuse.

    Originally my first ever ASM hack was the code for Fairy Arceus, on a US SoulSilver version mind you, then for some reason I switched to French SoulSilver and never went to back to the US version.
    At that point it would just be too painful to port the code in other versions of the game.
    That being said if you downloaded the archive you'll probably have noticed that there is a source folder, this is where is kept some of the Assembly code.

    This looks amazing. Is there any plan to translate this to English?

    Unfortunately I know almost zero French so I'm gonna have to wait for a hopeful english patch one day in the future, but this looks amazing! My Gen 4 hack of choice surely once I finally setup a DS emulator one day.

    Is there a planned English translation? I imagine it shouldn't be too difficult since English translations for the Japanese roms are still floating around
    While I don't plan to translate MindCrystal in English anytime soon, someone else did make an English patch:
    https://www.mediafire.com/file/kyuvcev67f8lspd
    I think it's from v1.1 though (maybe v2.0 at best).

    dangit all the good stuff is never in english anymore...
    Yeah, right?

    The game forces set, too? Dangit I really dont get why people are forcing stuff like that on us...even if this was in english I no longer have any interest in this game.... It may as well be a nuzlocke rules only hack with that in mind.
    Then you really must not like the Battle Frontier, do you?
    This was made to highlight the importance of teamwork and to make the player understand that strategy is vital in this hack, especially considering the Boss battles have increased difficulty.
    But hey, it's not like official Nintendo rules neither force a Set battle style, nor do they prevent Bag Item usage, right isn't it?
    Also just so you know, I don't condone Nuzlocke at all, quite the contrary even.
    You got frustrated just because I forced Battle Style on Set? Then I dread to see how you would have felt should I have tried something like this?
     
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    Hey, so, you've added a bunch of newer abilities in, but which Pokemon are getting these? I mean, for example, Queenly Majesty is Tsareena's signature ability, but it isn't in gen 4. I'm mainly asking because there are no patch notes. I'm willing to play foreign hacks (done many times before), but I just like knowing where all the buffs are going :c. No point in using Lumineon or Noctowl if no buffs went their way.
     
    hey meromero, might want to delete that mega link. posting ROMs here is against the TOS

    another thing is i could probably translate all of this to english, but it would be done very slowly. so slowly that people would be better off learning french, since im busy. but it's something i can do
     
    hey meromero, might want to delete that mega link. posting ROMs here is against the TOS
    Indeed, I changed the link for a xdelta patch.

    another thing is i could probably translate all of this to english, but it would be done very slowly. so slowly that people would be better off learning french, since im busy. but it's something i can do
    It's much appreciated, you can take all the time you want.
     
    hey meromero, might want to delete that mega link. posting ROMs here is against the TOS

    another thing is i could probably translate all of this to english, but it would be done very slowly. so slowly that people would be better off learning french, since im busy. but it's something i can do

    Sorry for bothering you, but about that, do you know if it is possible to make his custom pokemon sprites, not be applied? i mean, i want to use Moemon sprites, but makes the game crash, so i guess there is a error between the reworked and Moemon Sprites

    If not, no problem :B, TIA

    (I'm not saying that i don't appreciate his Sprites art-work, but i want to use Moemon in this hack rom that is one of the best ones that i tested always, i feel lucky to understand almost everything just because i speak spanish :B)
     
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