Hey, there's only one version of the base ROM. What you need is a .cia for the version 1.2 update, which is a patch Game Freak made to fix a few bugs in the game. It's a separate file from the base ROM and you need both for the shops in the hack to work. If you download a premade version chances it will be outdated and probably won't include the modified update needed to make the shops work, so it won't solve your problem (seems some of the people making those didn't bother to read the install guide).
Hey, that usually happens if I've accidentally named the hack's wild encounters file incorrectly. I'm uploading a fix for some reported issues with wild Pokemon now, so hopefully that's fixed in the latest versions. Please let me know if it's still not working after updating the hack.
No problem! I'll make a guide when I have time, but for now there's this post. The only difference with PSPM is that you'll also need to install the title update cia (which is installed the same way as any other cia file).
Hey, SOS chaining in Poni Meadows is still the best way to grind levels, the only thing that's changed is they're now Blisseys instead of Chanseys. AFAIK there's nothing like the XY restaurants in the vanilla games, so there wasn't much I could do about it. If all goes well you'll also be level 100 by the time you get to the elite 4, or at least close enough to challenge them without needing to grind. Happy to hear you're enjoying the hack so far!
It's definitely cheap, but I've left it up to player to decide if they want to abuse affection boosts. Same goes for shift battle style, spamming revives in battle, etc. Even if I could account for all of that I'd still prefer to leave it as an option for people who want it.
Actually there is something you could do! The Battle Buffet in Hau'oli City, the trainers there have different rosters depending on whether you've become champion yet or not. During the main game you could give them all Blissey with Healing Wish or something.
The problem with the buffet is that the trainers there only have one party until post game, so they'd be level 20 ish for the whole story. They'd just kinda break the early game and then be mostly useless later on. It'd be nice if they scaled up properly. but I can't make them do that without a way to edit scripts.
Oricorio gets Heat Wave from the post game move tutor, guess I missed that when updating the level up moves. There's no dedicated grinding spot until the Blisseys in post game; Poke Pelago kinda counts but it's very slow, and you could also grind Mantine Surf for Rare Candies. Unfortunately there are only so many encounter slots in the grass, so some Pokemon have to be available later than others.
Thanks for elaborating! I had one more question:
I think Olivia's the first important trainer who has Pokemon with perfect IVs, but I don't remember when regular trainers get to that point. They definitely get there by Vast Poni Canyon, and Veterans and Ace Trainers will have Pokemon with IVs of 30 well before then.
Thanks for sharing the solution you found! That's an interesting bug, never seen that before haha.
