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Introduction
Hello, this is my first ROMHack and its purpose is to offer a better experience of the original Platinum game, without radically altering the story progression or increasing difficulty.
My initial inspiration was while playing a mono bug type run in Platinum, thinking it would be really helpful to have Honey Trees work without the 6 hours waiting time.
Eventually as I learnt more about ROMhacking, I added more features that (in my opinion) improve the experience.
As of the last version, the full national dex can be completed without trading or transferring from other games.
Reusable TMs: All TMs are now infinitely reusable.
Reusable Repel System similar to BW2
HP Bar Speed: The HP Bar draining animation is now 3 times faster
Hidden Machines: Rock Smash, Cut, Strength, Rock Climb and Waterfall do not need to be taught to a pokemon anymore to be used, you only need to have the HM in the bag and having obtained the relative badge.
Surf, Fly and Defog still need to be activated the old way as so far there are no way to force their activation outside of the party menu.
Rock Climb will use the first pokemon in your party for the animation, while Waterfall will use the first pokemon in your party that knows Surf.
Honey Trees: After slathering the honey on a honey tree, interacting with it again will immediately trigger the wild battle.
Trade Evolutions: Evolutions that are normally not accessible without trading have been changed to either leveling up or holding a specific item while leveling up. The changes are the same as in the universal randomizer, see this page for the exact evolution methods.
Starters: The two Sinnoh starters you didn't pick can be obtained at Professor Rowan's Laboratory after having obtained the National Dex. Starters from Generations I to III can be found at the Pal Park.
Pal Park : The wild area in the Pal Park can be accessed if there are no Pokémon migrated via the Dual Slot functionality, but while accessed this way, the catching contest functionalities are disabled so that any number of Pokémon can be captured.
Diamond/Pearl Version Exclusives
Event Pokémons and items: New legendary encounters and events have been added to make the full National Dex obtainable in a single savefile. They will also have the default legenary theme played when battled in the wild.
Fossil Trader: A NPC has been added to the Underground Man house in Eterna City, and can be used to trade every fossil, except the Old Amber, for its counterpart.
Spiritomb: After placing the Odd Keystone in the Hallowed Tower on Route 209, interacting with it again will trigger an encounter with a wild spiritomb. This process can be repeated at the cost of another Odd Keystone.
Natures have their effects listed in the summary screen
Ditto can be found at Route 218 as a Pokéradar encounter, like it was in Diamond/Pearl
All Fishing Rods encounter rates are now 100%
Egg Hatching cycle is now 256 steps
All pokemon names in battle have been decapitalized
All pokemon icons have been replaced with the gen 6 style ones
Encounters changes and new locations
Spoiler:
Diamond and Pearl version exclusives:
Misdreavus, Murkrow: Eterna Forest, Lost Tower
Stunky: Route 206, 214, 221
Skuntank: Route 221, 225
Glameow: Route 218, 222
Purugly: Route 222, 229
Clamperl: Route 219, 221 (Super Rod)
Trapinch, Vibrava: Route 228 (Poké Radar)
Ditto: Route 218 (Poké Radar, 20%)
Starters and Pal Park encounters:
• The two Sinnoh starters you didn't pick can be obtained at Professor Rowan's Laboratory after having obtained the National Dex. Starters from Generations I to III can be found at the Pal Park
The wild area in the Pal Park can be accessed if there are no Pokémon migrated via the Dual Slot functionality, but while accessed this way, the catching contest functionalities are disabled so that any number of Pokémon can be captured. The encounters are:
Legendaries, Mythicals and Mistery Gift events:
• All encounters listed there require at least having obtained the National Dex with the exception of the Secret Key
Secret Key (Rotom forms): After catching Rotom
Celebi: Celestic Town shrine
Raikou: Valley Windworks, behind the fence
Entei: Stark Mountain (outside)
Suicune: Lake Acuity, on the shore near the tall grass
Jirachi: In the ?! Unown Room at Solaceon ruins
Regirock, Registeel and Regiice: their normal encounter locations are now freely accessible after obtaining the national dex
Regigigas: bottom of Snowpoint temple, while having the legendary titans in your party
Darkrai: After saving the Sailor son in Canalave, he will give you the Member Card
Shaymin: The Flower paradise is available as soon as route 224 is unlocked
Arceus: While having, Giratina, Dialga and Palkia in your party, talking to the cave paintings in Celestic Town will give you the Azure Flute
Manaphy: An egg is available on the island in Route 230
Mewtwo: After completing the Team Galactic storyline at Stark Mountain, a new room in the Galactic Lab will become accessible where you can find Mewtwo
Ho-Oh, Lugia, Deoxys, Latias, Mew: In the aforementioned secret room in the Galactic Lab, there is an Old Sea Map key item. Showing it to the Sailor in Canalave will allow to travel to the event islands when those pokemons can be catched
Latios: After battling Latias on Southern Island, a level 70 Latios will start Roaming
Kyogre, Groundon, Rayquaza: After completing the Team Galactic storyline at Stark Mountain, a Claydol will appear in Mount Coronet, talking to it will allow you to reach the Embedded Tower where the Weather Trio can be catched.
Download Link - Last update 1.6.4
Extract the folder from the .zip file and patch the PlatinumQoL.xdelta file to a FollowingPlatinum ROM, the version that does NOT have the fairy type.
If for whatever reason you want to play a version without the Following Platinum functionalities, the old update 1.4 can be downloaded here, but it will no longer receive updates.
FAQs
Spoiler:
Is the National Dex fully catchable?
As of version 1.6, yes. However it can only be completed in the post-game.
The only pre-post game newly available encounters are the Diamond and Pearl version exclusives.
Can any of the features be toggled/removed?
No. It would be too much work making a different patch with every different feature combination, and adding an in-game toggle option is way too complicated for my skill level.
However you can DM me or contact me on Discord so I can give you instructions on how disable/remove any feature.
What are the shiny odds?
The shiny odds are the same as Vanilla, 1/8192
Is the difficulty increased?
No, all trainer fights are the same as Vanilla.
Can you make a patch with a different shiny rate?
No, same issue as above. I suggest using DS Shiny Editor to change the shiny rate.
Can you make a patch with the fairy type? Is this compatible with Renegade Platinum?
No and no, as that's not the scope of this project.
Is it compatible with the Universal Randomizer?
No. If you want to change the starters, you can use pkHex to edit your savefile.
Can it be patched on non-english ROMs?
No
Is it possible to use pkHex or AR Codes?
Yes. If the AR code works with regular Platinum, it generally should work with this version as well.
Where can I learn more about DS Hacking?
I suggest watching Jay-San videos and joining his discord server for more resources. You can also message me on Discord if you need help implementing a specific feature(s) of this hack into your own.
Known Issues
Spoiler:
• Due to an issue with the tool the Griseous Orb in the Distortion world has been replaced with a Protector, and at the moment it can't be changed. As a workaround, the Stardust in Turnback Cave has been replaced with a Griseous Orb.
Credits
Spoiler:
Mikelan98 and AdAstra for the amazing FollowingPlatinum base rom
Bagboy for research on overworld sprites
Nomura and AdAstra for DSPRE
Turtleisaac for PokEditor
Mikelan98 for the reusable TMs
AdAstra, Mikelan98 and Nitram for the faster HP bar
Maple for the HM usable from bag script
Deadskullzjr for the GBA dual slot AR code
Many people from the Kingdom of DS Hacking Discord server for general help
