Crystal hack: Pokémon Polished Crystal (update 3.1.1!)

[Lagniappe]

I don't have a GitHub account, so I'll post this bug here. I compiled the latest version of Polished Crystal and I noticed squirtle's pallette is a little... tan.
I'd post a picture but I haven't made enough posts. It's tan in the Pokedex and in battle as well.

 

[huyt87]

Route 34, Breeder Julie keeps initiating battle after area has reset

 

[Burningocean2012]

Route 34, Breeder Julie keeps initiating battle after area has reset

I believe that is intentional,In Black 2/White 2 Breeders would rematch you when you reentered their area.Good for grinding.

 

[FIQ]

Breeder automatic rematching has been removed in the more recent commits due to the countless amount of bug reports about it.

Perhaps it'll come back later in a different form. But yes, if you are on a version with this -- it is not a bug.

 

[Cfcboy1988 27]

Who cares if u believe in jesus shouldn't broadcast it as were not all religious

 

[Cfcboy1988 27]

Is there a new version of polished crystal as some 1 said it was on discord but I think it was the test version 3

 

[Roaring Moon]

Is there a new version of polished crystal as some 1 said it was on discord but I think it was the test version 3

The hasn't been a new patch released in a while, AFAIK. You could always compile the source code to have a ROM that's as up to date as possible.

 

[FIQ]

There is a recently updated beta, see the Discord for details.

 

[Rangi]

It's been a while since I've posted an update here. However, Polished Crystal 3.0 is steadily progressing; all the activity has just been on the Discord. You can also read the commit log to see every single update.

There's now a nightly beta release that gets automatically built after every commit. It can corrupt or break save files, so if you're playing for fun and are happy with the beta you're on, you may as well stick with it.

Some highlights of the recent updates:

• Shuckle is back! Plus it gets Shell Smash and can turn (Oran) Berries into Berry Juice. =)
• The Gen 4 physical/special split is optional; along with Gen 3 natures and abilities, and Gen 5 scaled experience, you can basically pick which generation you want to play.
• You can use a Ball on one of your party Pokémon to store it in that Ball instead. This is visible on the stats screen.
• Magnet Tunnel is still closed, but you can evolve Magneton into Magnezone in Rock Tunnel for now.
• Itemfinder works more like RSE, turning you towards the item and beeping more if it's close.
• Stats going up or down have color-coded animations.
• Some changes based on Sword/Shield: moveset updates, new items (not all available in-game), Rare Candy can evolve level 100 Pokémon, etc.
• Lots of bugfixes, optimizations, and text and graphics improvements.

 

[Black Kazak]

Spoiler:

Oh, yeah! I almost certain I've found a bug, or an accidental code ;). In the Seafoam Caverns, there is a spot of ice that should have an item on it but I can not face it without sliding. I'm certain it is directly on the ice. It's the 3rd floor down. X marks the spot. I can guarantee it is on the spot because the itemfinder works in a ten by ten square with the item in the middle. It's not on the rocks or walls. > is the stairs to the 4th layer. The second space above the stairs(or ladder :p) is the limit of the itemfinder, so counting that down five(including that second space where the itemfinder jingles and will not above that!) and left five, the item has to be sitting on the tile.

#######..,,,
#,,#,,,#...#
#,,,,,,....#
,,,,#,,....#
#,#,,,,...>#
#,,,,,,#...#
#,,,,,X#..##
############

Was this item discovered by anyone else, because I just couldn't do it. This was for the edition of Polished Crystal before abilities were added in.

I'm really curious what the waterfall in Ecruteak does, in that small pond at the top of the map. Answer in a spoiler in case it's for something really cool.

 

[Inner Rhymes]

It's been a while since I've posted an update here. However, Polished Crystal 3.0 is steadily progressing; all the activity has just been on the Discord. You can also read the commit log to see every single update.

There's now a nightly beta release that gets automatically built after every commit. It can corrupt or break save files, so if you're playing for fun and are happy with the beta you're on, you may as well stick with it.

Some highlights of the recent updates:

• Shuckle is back! Plus it gets Shell Smash and can turn (Oran) Berries into Berry Juice. =)
• The Gen 4 physical/special split is optional; along with Gen 3 natures and abilities, and Gen 5 scaled experience, you can basically pick which generation you want to play.
• You can use a Ball on one of your party Pokémon to store it in that Ball instead. This is visible on the stats screen.
• Magnet Tunnel is still closed, but you can evolve Magneton into Magnezone in Rock Tunnel for now.
• Itemfinder works more like RSE, turning you towards the item and beeping more if it's close.
• Stats going up or down have color-coded animations.
• Some changes based on Sword/Shield: moveset updates, new items (not all available in-game), Rare Candy can evolve level 100 Pokémon, etc.
• Lots of bugfixes, optimizations, and text and graphics improvements.

This is great news! I've actually been playing the nightly buld and I'm absolutely digging the 60fps feature. Also, I've noticed that the levels have been dropped, reducing the doffou like level. If I turn on the EXP scaling feature, will it make the opponent's Pokémon level on par with mine? Thank you!

 

[Rangi]

Polished Crystal has had item icons in the Bag for a long time; now it uses those icons in battle too.

 

[darthbr]

This hack would be the perfect version, without the new pokemons, you could make a vanilla 'pokemon' only... this and red++ would be the perfect one without new pokes.. =(

 

[Rangi]

This hack would be the perfect version, without the new pokemons, you could make a vanilla 'pokemon' only... this and red++ would be the perfect one without new pokes.. =(

It's open source, so feel free to replace your team's Sylveon with Igglybuff, or Mismagius with Delibird. :P

 

[Rangi]

Weather notifications every turn are slow, so they've been replaced by modern weather icons:

Also, Apricorn and Berry trees show their colored fruit:

 

[Black Kazak]

Hi Rangi, could you add Elyra's amulet coin as a significant item, separate from the vanilla item. It could be the same item but known to the player as being gifted from Elyra. The text description could be "Acts as Amulet Coin... gifted from Elyra..." - Elyra's Gift Coin, etcetera. It would be nice for new players who got a coin through the radio to not be seen as selling off Elyra's coin like some trinket.

 

[Rangi]

Hi Rangi, could you add Elyra's amulet coin as a significant item, separate from the vanilla item. It could be the same item but known to the player as being gifted from Elyra. The text description could be "Acts as Amulet Coin... gifted from Elyra..." - Elyra's Gift Coin, etcetera. It would be nice for new players who got a coin through the radio to not be seen as selling off Elyra's coin like some trinket.

It wasn't supposed to be any more significant than, say, the Poké Balls she gives you at the start...

Still, what I can do is make it the only Amulet Coin you get. You only really need one, and can rarely get more from wild Meowth. An Ability Cap(sule) would be a better high-cost prize from Buena; not only can they switch abilities, but either or both parents holding one has a high chance of an Egg with a Hidden Ability.

 

[bmmbooshoot]

Just in case you wanted to hear about bugs from the nightlies:

Downloaded the nightly build on 3/12/20 and encountered a hard game-ending crash when Cyndaquil tried to learn Quick attack. You couldn't learn it, you couldn't NOT learn it. Clicking anything when the prompt came up crashed the game. Occurred while leveling on the route south of Violet (where you find Mareep). Your "please report this..." screen came up on one instance.

Had several in-menu graphical issues (namely on stats page) that would appear intermittently. Not tremendously problematic, nothing was unreadable.

Had bizarre slow-down that resulted in crashes after the game was in rest mode on GameYob (on 3ds using Luma). Restoring from save state or resetting the game did NOT fix the problem. Had to restart software.

 

[mikau86]

Just in case you wanted to hear about bugs from the nightlies:

Downloaded the nightly build on 3/12/20 and encountered a hard game-ending crash when Cyndaquil tried to learn Quick attack. You couldn't learn it, you couldn't NOT learn it. Clicking anything when the prompt came up crashed the game. Occurred while leveling on the route south of Violet (where you find Mareep). Your "please report this..." screen came up on one instance.

Had several in-menu graphical issues (namely on stats page) that would appear intermittently. Not tremendously problematic, nothing was unreadable.

Had bizarre slow-down that resulted in crashes after the game was in rest mode on GameYob (on 3ds using Luma). Restoring from save state or resetting the game did NOT fix the problem. Had to restart software.

Happened to me last week as well, but just downloaded the latest beta build and those bugs seems to be gone, I haven't had any of them again.

 

[Rangi]

The News Machine in Goldenrod's PokéCom Center has never worked before (after all, there's no mobile news system). Now it has a new purpose: charting your Pokémon's EVs and IVs (or to be less mathematical, effort and potential)!

To enable it, you'll have to breed at least one Egg, then talk to its engineer.