• Just a reminder that providing specifics on, sharing links to, or naming websites where ROMs can be accessed is against the rules. If your post has any of this information it will be removed.
  • Ever thought it'd be cool to have your art, writing, or challenge runs featured on PokéCommunity? Click here for info - we'd love to spotlight your work!
  • PokéCommunity's Easter Egg Hunt is now on! If you're interested in looking for some eggs and earning badges, click here!
  • Our weekly protagonist poll is now up! Vote for your favorite Conquest protagonist in the poll by clicking here.
  • Welcome to PokéCommunity! Register now and join one of the best fan communities on the 'net to talk Pokémon and more! We are not affiliated with The Pokémon Company or Nintendo.
    Register

Chit-Chat: ROM Hacking Daily Chit Chat

I haven't attempted to emulate a DS game in a while, but apparently DS emulation is getting better compared to what I remember (i.e. could really only just be called functional). Someone I know LP'ed Lock's Quest using a DS emulator with only a minimum of bugginess.

I think I'm going to stick to futzing around with third gen, for the time being. (I still need to look into a few things, though.)
 
Phazon Elemental said:
I haven't attempted to emulate a DS game in a while, but apparently DS emulation is getting better compared to what I remember (i.e. could really only just be called functional). Someone I know LP'ed Lock's Quest using a DS emulator with only a minimum of bugginess.

I think I'm going to stick to futzing around with third gen, for the time being. (I still need to look into a few things, though.)
Click to expand...

I can play DS games pretty smooth now unlike last year DS Emulation has come a long way I'd say.
 
It's not a new thing, really. DS emulation's been capable for at least 5 years. I remember previewing Platinum prior to its release in English and it working perfectly, as well as spending HOURS in the early Rune Factory games (1 and 2 specifically).

So it's not a matter of emulation getting better, because it's been great for years. Heck, I'd say that emulation isn't apart of the problem at all.
 
Satoshi Ookami said:
If you hack for yourself how can you evaluate the quality?
Click to expand...
I didn't say it was hacking for yourself. Hacking is for fun and should remain that way, quality feedback from other people is vital. What I said was you shouldn't hack for popularity.
 
Shinx said:
I didn't say it was hacking for yourself. Hacking is for fun and should remain that way, quality feedback from other people is vital. What I said was you shouldn't hack for popularity.
Click to expand...
Where did I say anything about popularity?
Fans was just a different way to describe "people who play the hack" just because it was shorter.
 
Okay, enough of the popularity stuff, guys...

I have a question that I thought would be decent discussion. Recently, a lot of hacks have shown numerous amounts of animated tiles (grass, trees, underwater movement, other shrubbery, etc). Does anyone else think all of this animation is a bit too much and can end up decreasing the visual appeal in a hack or do the animations, no matter how many, only create positive emotions on the player?

I believe there can really only be so much going on on the screen at a time, or else things just get too... dizzy? movementy? You get the idea.
 
Well, really, Pokemon is pretty simplistic when it comes to animation. If you play other prominent RPGs, you'll see that animation is pretty commonplace, even for sprites (in fact, I actually consider the lack of animation on sprites something of a disappointment, but it's corrected in Gen5, to some extent).

In terms of tiles, 3rd gen is pretty static, and I think that animation makes the world feel more alive.
 
machomuu said:
Well, really, Pokemon is pretty simplistic when it comes to animation. If you play other prominent RPGs, you'll see that animation is pretty commonplace, even for sprites (in fact, I actually consider the lack of animation on sprites something of a disappointment, but it's corrected in Gen5, to some extent).
Click to expand...

What do you mean by 5th gen corrected it? I don't remember any animation in the sprites in Unova, so a specific example would be nice. :)

In terms of tiles, 3rd gen is pretty static, and I think that animation makes the world feel more alive.
Click to expand...

I agree with this.
 
CrystalStatic said:
What do you mean by 5th gen corrected it? I don't remember any animation in the sprites in Unova, so a specific example would be nice. :)
Click to expand...
In general. While there wasn't too as much animation as I would have liked, there are many instances throughout the story that you can see characters move in ways where, if it had been any of the previous games, they just would have used the movement animation. I shouldn't say "corrected" specifically, but there is more animation in that one than in previous generations, IIRC. Not to say they still aren't static. There are no emotion-based animations and non-standard ones are still pretty difficult to come by.
 
Yeah, for sure, BW and B2W2 were just generally a bit more lively than the near-static third generation, but they were also operating on a more powerful system. That said, of course, the GBA is far from incapable and if you can make your animations look good -- and especially look good together -- go for it.
 
Last edited:
I tend not to like it unless it's just updating the mechanics to what they are in Gen 6 (i.e. steel not resisting dark, steel not resisting ghost, etc.). If there's a thematic reason it's okay, but unless I'm beaten over the head with the fact that it's changed in-game I'll likely forget and just get annoyed, which is really just unideal.
 
I think for type advantages to change there would have to be a really significant reason ><. Most of the current ones make perfect sense anyway.

I suppose, if you're adding a new type, you might have to tweak other types advantages for balance - but otherwise I prefer to leave it alone.
 
Personally, I would rather they stuck to an existing type chart. Changing from that will just throw me off and make me not like the game.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top