Current Pathways Game Changes Document
10/7/2023 | Alpha 7.5.2 | Optimization Update
- Max Raid Dens were rebalanced.
- The lag issue was mostly fixed, hopefully.
- TEMPORARILY removed Egg Hatcher for optimization. Will come back soon.
- PP Ups are being sold somewhere now. Good luck finding where.
- Some items like Leppa Berries had their prices increased for balance purposes.
- Some obscure bugs were fixed.
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10/3/2023 | Alpha 7.5.1| Patch Update
- Added Egg Hatcher item obtained from Mom or academy Pokecenter. You can now hatch up to 6 eggs at a time without
any of them taking up party slots.
- Added Academy Monarch Outfit reward for defeating Born in S-Rank
- Added Kagurabachi Outfit obtainable after crafting the Katana after day 1 at the academy island front
- Katana has been added as a held item, it increases slashing moves by 20% and 10% chance the wielder goes first
- Egg hatch animation has been removed, this fixes the egg hatch softlock
- Minor Bugs fixed.
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10/2/2023 | Alpha 7.5 | Patch Update
- 5 New Contributors added, located in Library, Artifact Cave, South City District, Department Store Rooftop, and Lava Park
- Moltres and Articuno have been added because Zapdos seemed lonely.
- Phone System now tells you unavailable phones aren't available. Only applies to new game and onwards.
- More grammatical fixes
- Elisia challenging born loop fixed
- Minor bugs fixed
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9/25/2023 | Alpha 7.4.9 | Insanity Update
- Insanity Room Has been Added. This Room is located in the new dawn. Go there to suffer.
- Added Random Food Items you can obtain during class cafeteria
- Floor fields revamped
- Difficulty rebalanced, Made it easier for you weaklings :D ~Fyre
- Sprite improvements
- Massive Grammar Update, thanks to community Grammar challenge!
- Added a few more songs to the songs list
- Bug fixes
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8/28/2023 | Alpha 7.4.1 | Patch Update
- Master roles for Knight, Ninja and Beast tamer have been added
- Megastones for the new Megas have been added
( Mightyena, Flygon, Volcarona, Mimikyu, and Dragapult)
- Fixed issue with all trainer battles having basic abilities
- Made Money cap 10 Million
- Completing Homework No longer reduces energy
- Homework is not properly assigned to D-Class
- Fixed crash with trainer Wes
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8/27/2023 | Alpha 7.4 | Game Update
- Trainers Blue and Red Battles have been Revamped
- New Role Ranger has been added to D-Rank Field.
- All TMs are available.
- Partner Pikachu and Eevee added to the starter line.
- Shadow Pokemon can now level up.
- Tinkaton line added to the game.
- Lycanrock has been revamped ( Additional typing for each form) (Expanded Movepool) (Changed Some Abilities)
- D-Rank class quest has been added
- D-Rank classes now have a chance to take you to cafeteria or battle a classmate after day 3
- Morning and Night have different color shading, making them easier to see in.
- the time in Little Maw work like every other place in-game
- Item finder and hidden items in the fields.
- Losing to the final match of Battle Week still counts as completing it.
- New affinity characters to bond with (Caroline, Mandy and Kairo)
- Yariette and Caroline OW Sprites upgraded
- Akiza and Mandy have their own battle theme
- Several megastones were added to the fields.
- Hyun and Caroline don't fight you twice anymore... In theory.
- Dreadna has an actual team outside of class.
- Hitmon line stat buffs.
- Added a few more things you can do to increase stats in little maw
- Rocket fanboy in Detention has a mini-quest if you become the boss/disband it.
- Move tutor for Hidden Power in Mind Asylum.
- All classmates have dialogue in class.
- The neutral outfit was modified
- Grammar fixes.
- Bug fixes.
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7/15/2023 | Alpha 7.3 | Fixes/Changes
- Added Master Necromancer Role
- Added Contributer Yukine to Academy Pokecenter
- Added Move tutor for Toxic in Toxic Canyon
- Added Move tutor for Frustration to outh City District
- Added Move tutor for Return in the New Dawn
- Fixed When you go to sleep and get the cutscene for graduating B-rank, you wake up to the same day with the same amount of interaction but more energy.
- Fixed Fishious Rend and Bolt Beak lead to error messages and the enemy's turn being skipped when used by the AI.
- Fixed Having a Rowlet as your starter makes your game crash.
- Fixed It is impossible to pass the D-class exam because the Pokedex code is incorrect.
- Fixed The Student Lounge and Aqua stairs make you stuck in an obstacle upon being taken a second time (you can currently download 7.2.1 or use Fast Travel to escape until the next patch.)
- Fixed Speaking to the Move Relearner before getting a Pokemon crashes your game.
- Fixed Kairo's battles were not updated and are currently harder than they should be. Also, the S-rank battles do not appear nor demand the player to use a specific number of Pokemons for the battle.
- Fixed Yariette's battle theme does not start when fighting her.
- Fixed You can have double battles against Yariette with Yariette herself as your partner.
- Fixed The Furret Lass of Lush Forest has a ninja son's dialogue upon being defeated the second time.
- Fixed The Ledian Lass of Mt Grassland has the Furret Lass's second battle.
- Fixed An officer Jenny sometimes appears on the way to the docks. She cannot be interacted with and can be stepped on.
- Fixed The stairs to the Student Lounge and one of the Aqua Hideout's stairs will block you forever when taken to go up. You need either Fast Travel or the Backtrack Rope to save you.
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7/15/2023 | Alpha 7.2 | Club Update/Fixes
- Most moves now have Battle Animations
- Added Mimikyu Hoodie Outfit, obtainable from guard in student lounge
- Battle Club reworked, now contains over 30 battle variants and they are now determined by class rank
- Battle Server Kairo is now the official Perk distributer for Battle Club Perks
- Mr.Dee now gives the National dex after graduating D-Rank
- Foundation for new area in student lounge known as Theater has been set, currently inaccessible until a future patch
- Player Fist fight health and damage is now determined by player strength, every 20 strength you'll see the increase
- Replaced Lure balls with Net balls in waterfall passage
- Blake Cutscene crash has now been fixed
- Fixed Majority of bugs
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7/2/2023 | Alpha 7.1 | Crash Fix
- Apprentice Necromancer Role has been added
- Allowed players to change between Light and Dark outfits at their dorm
- Fixed Affinity System Battles Crashing
- Fixed Aurora, Elisia and Vain's sprites in the orientation were updated.
- Fixed Akiza's Pancham becomes a Pangoro in D-class.
- Fixed People using old saves in D-rank couldnt begin class
- Fixed The campus sometimes shows as daytime
- Fixed Vain's dialogue in Elisia's cutscene still appears even after he leaves.
- Fixed Akiza's portrait in the docks right before orientation misaligned.
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7/1/2023 | Alpha 7.0 | Game Update
- The Pokemon Pathways Logo Has been Updated
- Mentor Battles for ALL S-Rank students after graduating A-Class has been added
- Mentor Trades have been added
- Shadowfication and Shinyfication processes have been added
- Day 1 events for ALL mentors have been added
- ALL affinity character sprites have been revamped
- Mentor sprites have been revamped
- Most trainer Battles have been overhauled to be more difficult
- Ice Type has been buffed to resist both Electric and Water Types
- New Pokemon have been Added
KINGGAMBIT, WALKINGWAKE, IRONLEAVES, DUDUNSPARCE, FARIGIRAF, ANNIHILAPE, MEOWSCARDA LINE, BAXCALIBER LINE
- Many Pokemon have been buffed, see 7.0 Changes Document for more details
- Phone system for AKIZA is working perfectly, this list will be expanded in the future
- New Game has a new start menu
BUG FIXES:
- Mr. Cee's dialogue is the same as Mr. Dee's in class.
- Some of the lake water of the campus was replaced with grass tiles.
- Some old sprites are still used as dialogue portraits.
- The Knight's apprentice set of abilities is slightly different from the apprentice set you can access from the expert rank.
- Items are duplicated once during Battle Week, presumably on the first day.
- There is a "Now isn't the time to turn back" message that stops you every time you try to go to Team Magma's base. The message appears either after conquering the base on an old save or after wiping in the process of doing so.
- The Biker flag in detention is buggy as the fight can be redone infinitely as long as he does not drop out.
- The detention you get for fighting him indoors is given for the same day, meaning the game considers you skipped detention the day after.
- The Triple Triad in the Student Lounge considers you do not have enough energy to play even when you have the exact cost requirement.
- Successfully flirting on the Pokegear will only grant you 1 Charm instead of 3.
- Chloroblast increases stats (?) and fails to cost half of the user's HP upon use.
- The scientist's quest in Green Hills gives you 1 Charm instead of 3.
- The beauty's quest in Riverside Road gives you Charm instead of taking it away for being rude.
- The Marowak and Mandibuzz quest says you gain 1 Charm upon successfully defeating one side, but you actually get 5.
- Any student above D-rank's phone numbers will give you Akiza or Yariette's options as the phone system is still incomplete.
- Cassandra's phone options can lead to battles.
- The Cafeteria event from class sometimes gives double the interaction points.
- A bug catcher in Lush Forest can be fought infinitely.
- You can dream a second time at the beginning of the game after checking your computer. It only happens from some angles.
- Mining in Mt Grassland (and possibly other places) only costs 1 Strength point instead of 2.
- On the ice field, the peak of the mound where Regice stands has no collision, allowing players to climb the last bit without using the stairs.
- TM86 Phantom Force is located in all of Rain Forest, Aqua Cave and Haunted Manor. TM18 Reflect is located in both Rain Forest and Mind Asylum. TM13 Fire Spin is located in both the Game Corner and Magma Hideout.
- There is no Torchic Doll in S-Class dorms.
- You get stats whenever entering a previous class upon reaching S-rank and you have to go through the artifact cutscene upon leaving if possible.
- Beedrillite is available in two different locations.
- The Ice Stone does not evolve Crabrawler.
- Item requirements for role quests and the last artifact cost one more than intended. Example: 2 Odd Keystones instead of one.
- Wave Crash's base power and effect are incorrect.
- Dig makes your game crash if you use to escape from a floor field while having that Pokemon in front of your party.
- Losing to Blake during his quest softlocks you as a line of dialogue ("after the unfortunate defeat, you scurry back home") repeats forever.
- The Torchic doll does not let you separate from partners because a message stating you cannot have Pokemon followers while partnered takes precedence over the separation option.
- Teaming up with Tony makes the exit of the second floor of the library disappear. This can lead to a softlocke if the player goes there without any Fast Travel use remaining. Separating from Tony anywhere beside the library's second floor enables the exit to work again, but it does not change anything if the separation takes place there.
- Not picking your starter and sitting on your desk leads to a softlocke as you lose the opportunity to pick anything.
- Teaming up with Hyun crashes your game.
- The HM shopkeeper in the Student Lounge makes you crash because of HM03 on some days.
- When picking Lygn as your mentor, upon going out, you can skip the Mandy vs Lygn cutscene by going either left or right since the event tile is directly in front of the exit.
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5/11/2023 | Alpha 6.6.1 | Fixes
- Fixed FireEater's battle crash
- Fixed Darkinium Z
- Fixed BuginiumZ
- Fixed Classes proceeding after graduating
- Fixed Aerodactyl in Dragon's den.
- Fixed The shopkeepers in the Student Lounge
- Fixed Perks for student lounge
- Fixed Hyun battle crashes
- Fixed Teaming up with Cassandra causing crash
- Fixed Gyaradosite in Dread Plateau
- Slightly ajusted battle week entrance
- Fixed Player Running sprites
- Replaced Question mark overworld pokemon sprites with invisible ones
- Adjusted some floor field encounters
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5/6/2023 | Alpha 6.6 | Updates & Fixes
- Game's overall difficulty has been increased (Battle week has also been made harder, I am not sorry lol)
- Player and Mentor Sprites have been Overhauled to look better
- Akiza's Sprites have been overhauled
- Items and Special Encounter Pokemon have been added to most Floor Fields
- Added Mine Rocks in a few floor fields
- Student Lounge Chef Now provides terrain seeds on Friday
- Student Lounge shop item expansion, more appear with every class ascent
- New Outfits Added! Rocket Grunt, Magma Boss and Next Generation Outfit are now obtainable!
- Multiple Backups are no longer created after closing/starting game
- All Contributors Now Provide a Megastone after defeating them for the first time!
- Contributor Fyre Has Been Added! Battle him at Pixie Island once S-Rank!
- Contributors Arc, Shinu and Barret now have after battle week battles!
- Added Expert Roles For KNIGHT, NINJA and BEAST TAMER
- Ball Fetch on beast tamer has been replaced with Synchronize
- Pheromosa's base stats are corrected
- Mr Bee's Team has been fixed
- Mr Cee's Team has been fixed
- Calling Mentor on Pokegear properly gives stats
- You can no longer get fossil Pokemon before starter
- You can now bring back a Rampardos to the Marowaks in Riverside Road
- You can now bring back an Aerodactyl to the Vullaby in Riverside Road
- All Pokemon in Max Raid Dens have Hisuian form.
- Replaced Dynamax Adventure Mixed Adventure with Random Adventure
- Fixed Lower Classes being locked even after reaching S-Rank
- Fixed Cassandra and Yariette being in 2 places at noon
- Fixed Players skipping starting nightmare
- Fixed Overworld Spawns In Dragon's Den
- Fixed Overworld Spawns In Aqua Grotto's Den
- Fixed Effortless Perk Crash
- Fixed Akiza appearing when talking to Petrel
- Fixed Repeated Sleeping in Player home
- Fixed All Outfit Running Animations
- Fixed Partners Not Seperating Through Dorm Torchic Plush
- Fixed Mining an Armor Fossil giving metal coat
- Updated Pokemon Encounters
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4/16/2023 | Alpha 6.5.1 | Fixes
- Fixed some incorrect EV Spreads for some trainers
- Fixed Contributor Barret Crash
- Updated Pokemon Encounters
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4/16/2023 | Alpha 6.5 | Updates & Fixes
- Dynamax Adventures Added. Accessible on campus after reaching A-Rank
- Max Raid Dens on every Floor Field, 1 of 3 Regional Variant Pokemon can be found
- Added Team Magma and Aqua Grunt Outfit, Once unlocked, change into them at your Dorm Room Dresser
- Added Contributor Shinu to Waterfall Passage, Graduate A-Rank to Battle!
- Calling mentors can increase 1 unique stat (Phone system as a whole is still bugged, will be worked on soon)
- Changed Multiple Savefile script, limited saves to 8
- Changed some encounters for a few floor fields, see guide for detailed info!
- Partners being in constant battles with can now be removed by speaking with the torchic plush in your dorm.
- Fixed Choosing a mentor softlock. You cannot escape the mentor select menu
- Fixed The option "walk away" after beating Giovanni, which would lead to a softlock
- Fixed The guard to the South District softlocking you if you refuse to pay him
- Fixed Ice Fang, Fire Fang and Thunder Fang's secondary effects have a 100% chance of activating instead of 10%.
- Fixed When graduating from B class, the cutscene allows two Fridays in a row.
- Fixed Mining not costing energy.
- Fixed infinite Bottle Caps from the Training Den's trash can.
- Fixed Fast Travel not working after Battle Week.
- Fixed Infinite Boiled Slowpoke Tail special in Classroom Cafeteria
- Fixed S-Rank Manor map tile that leads to outside the manor
- A Few more minor fixes and Tweaks
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4/2/2023 | Alpha 6.1.2 | Fixes & Changes
- Added different berries appearing for every day of the week
- fixed IV medicine not giving proper stats
- fixed fist fight with esrever looping
- rowlet crash fixed
- fixed crash from Training den Instructor
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4/1/2023 | Alpha 6.1| Fixes & Changes
- Added 20% Chance for instant encounters encase overworld pokemon do not spawn.
- Energy is no longer consumed when all floor fields are unlocked
- Allowed Mega Ring, Dynamax Band and Z-Ring to be used during Battle Week
- Changed the ways IV's are distributed. They are now given along with EV's.
- Fixed Rocket members giving away Mega/Legendary Pokemon
- Fixed Duplicating Items in Battle Week
- Fixed Crashing Virizion
- Fixed Fast travel being connected to Cassandra's Phone
- Fixed nature Sassy mint
- Fixed Gallade Appearance in A-Rank
- Fixed infinite potions glitch from LYGN in Library
- Fixed Alignment distribution in Haunted Manor
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3/23/2023 | Alpha 6.0| Major Content Update
- Added Second Chance to challenge evil team if defeated. Will cost different stats depending on evil team.
- Added Fast Travel Item to use around the Academy. It is limited to 5 uses a day and is gifted from your respective mentor after graduating D-Rank.
- Replaced Instant Pokemon Encounters with Overworld Pokemon Encounters. Movement in a floor field spawns them.
- Added 12 New Starters given based off Alignment and Stats.
- Added some familiar faces that will appear in the floor fields after graduating A-Rank. Good
- Replaced Mart and Department store music.
- Replaced How training den gives EV's and IV's. Vitamin's for EV's, Bottle Caps for IV's. This change also applies to the following Perks:
EFFORTLESS
HYPER INHERITANCE
- Added New Perk!
MANIPULATOR: Reduce the cost of all Charm actions by half.
- Populated Floor Fields:
Haunted Manor
Mind Asylum
Lava Park
Icy Glaciers
Pixie Island
- Added Z-Ring and Mega Ring. Both obtainable from B-Rank Teacher.
- Added more story cutscenes/plotlines starting after B-Rank.
- Introduced new Battle Week System for Starting S-Rank Trainers. Start the Challenge in the battle club. Good Luck, you'll need it
- Added New Apprentice Roles:
Knight(Updated)
Ninja
Beast Tamer
- Nature Mints can now be purchased from the dorm cafeteria. Different mints for each day of the week!
- Added Move Tutor, Move Deleter and Name Rater to library. Cost intelligence to use.
- Added online shop with exclusive items accessible from dorm computer. Upgrades with each class rank ascended.
- Implemented Transfer of Party Pokemon from one save file to another. This is only accessible from dorm computer after graduating A-Rank. This can be done by selecting Export Team, giving said team a name. Go to another save file that is A-Rank or higher. Go to dorm computer, select Import Team, Type in the team name you entered when exporting.
- Bug Fixes
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2/19/2023 | Alpha 5.4| Bug Fixes
- Lygn sometimes invisible when selecting mentor fixed
- Fixed Double Team by canging swellow to noctowl.
- The last of the 10,true, true fixed
- last Cassandra event that crashes when given her phone number fixed
- Softlocking text after leaving team magma/aqua base fixed
- Cafeteria sundae and text fixed
- Hyun pronouns in class cafeteria corrected
- treecko crash fixed
- some Invisible npc in floor fields fixed
- Police sign on arcade changed.
- Rquirements to become a Knight has been corrected
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2/18/2023 | Alpha 5.3| Update
- Added Back-Track Rope to allow escape from floor field. Given on 1st day by Mr.Dee
- Cassandra phone crash fixed
- 10,true true crashes should be removed
- More minor bug fixes
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2/16/2023 | Alpha 5.2| Update
- Allowed Sleeping at night regardless of energy
- Poke pasta limited to 2 uses a day, using more will waste it
- More bug fixes
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2/14/2023 | Alpha 5.1| Valentines Update/Fixes
- Affinity System for Most classmates added, as well as overall improvements to it such as charm earned from advancing in friendship rank.
- New City District with many new buildings and things to discover added. New City District Access becomes available after graduating D-Rank.
- Team Magma, Rocket and Aqua bases implemented. Added options to Defeat or take over the evil teams! (Still being developed.)
- Experimental Class system (Only Knight available)
- Revamped Pause Menu to show party status. (Voltseon Pause Menu)
- More Quests, Trainers and Items to find in C rank floor fields.
- Added Speed Up button. Active by pressing F7.
- Availability to enter floor fields at night.
- Revamp to most Academy campus building exteriors.
- Improved Floor field Enter and Exit transitions.
- Increased prices of EXP Candy.
- Allowed Saving everywhere temporarily.
- Removed work system as it was bugged
- Major game breaking Bug fixes
- Strength Fixes
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Past Alpha 3-4 Updates
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Past Alpha 2 Updates
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Past Alpha 1 Updates