Changelog/Upcoming Patch Notes

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Pseudo-Core 2.9

• Bugfixes:
  • Fixed the follower attempting to give the player a Wonder Pass or Rematch Pass crashing the game
  • Fixed not being able to cancel most post-battle evolutions
  • Fixed Tenpo having Kaden's vs sprite
  • Corrected a Pokedex typo that implied that Helioptile lives in food.
  • Fixed Curse not working for Ghost-types
  • Fixed Metallic animation not appearing for wild Pokemon
  • Fixed Intoxicate
  • Fixed Blitzle's evolution
  • Gave Crash his Rocky Helmet back
  • Changed the font check message to try to guide players on how to fix that bug themselves.
  • Fixed Precise working for all damaging moves
  • Gave Sadism its functioning
• Balance/exploit fixes:
  • Changes to Hard Mode:
    • The healing machines in Spruce's lab and the Rubina Precinct now cost a flat 500 Poké to use.
    • The woman in the house on Route 4 East will no longer heal you after the associated quest.
  • Divine Right replaced by Corrosive Breath in Altaran Charmander, Charmeleon and Charizard's movesets
    • Altaran Charizard still learns it, but much later
  • Having Altaran Charmander/Charmeleon/Charizard in your party outside of Randomizer now triggers Anti-Cheat
    • This will be changed back in 3.0
    • If you still have the Charmander from the Mystery Gift in 2.0, too bad. We recommended multiple times to restart your save.
  • The credits shop in Ironis Black Market no longer has Rare Candies in stock
  • Rare Candies no longer level up Pokémon past the obedience cap
    • Blame people exploiting this to hell for these changes. -- Kuda
  • Pokemon now are disobedient 80% of the time if they are past the obedience cap
  • Raised the price of the Affogato again
  • Affogato now only reduce a Pokemon to level 2 if they were obtained at level 1
  • The Altaran Ralts from the Landlady sidequest and the starter from Tenpo are now marked as special Pokemon and can no longer be given to suppliers
  • Changes to Burnout
    • It will probably actually work
    • Burnout no longer activates on status moves
    • Burnout no longer activates if the Pokemon already changed its stats this turn
    • Pokemon that activate Burnout's effect are now subject to increased damage from Lash Out
  • Bellow is now a Fake Out variant, having its BP bumped up to 40 and PP lowered to 10
  • Slightly docked Altaran Dunsparce's attacking stats to 45.
  • Adjusted Thievul's base stats for a net gain of 10 points.
• Graphics:
  • Busted Mimikyu is now the correct color.
  • Bought Kaiser a new scarf and paled his complexion
  • Added a new location to the region map.
  • Gave new Metallics to every Pokemon
    • These use a new filter or a custom palette more true to the term "metallic". Pokemon in dex order up to Noctowl have the custom palette; all other Pokemon use a filter as a placeholder.
  • Shiny Metallic Pokemon are now called Radiant Pokemon.
  • Tweaked Radiants of the following lines:
    • Kantonian Ponyta
    • All forms of Rotom
    • Kantonian Beedrill
    • Kantonian Pidgey
    • Both genders of Nidoran
    • Onix
    • Skarmory
  • Gave new Shinies to the following lines:
    • Groray
  • Gave new Radiants to the following lines:
    • Bulbasaur
    • Both forms of Charmander
    • Inkay
    • Girafarig
    • Totodile
    • Squirtle
    • Kantonian Venonat
    • Carvanha
    • Unovan Snivy
    • Litwick
    • Groray
    • Kantonian Butterfree
    • Chinchou
    • Ho-oh
    • Kecleon
    • Spearow
  • Made a completely new sprite for Mega Charizard S.
  • Finally gave Altaran Qwilfish overworlds.
• More Ability changes:
  • The following Pokemon have gotten secondary normal Abilities where they had none:
    • The Zubat line now has Echolocation.
    • The Oddish line now has Natural Cure.
    • The Bellsprout line now has Leaf Guard.
    • The Dratini line now has Swift Swim.
    • Mew and Mewtwo now have Power Spot.
    • Galarian Farfetch'd and Sirfetch'd have Super Luck.
  • The following Pokemon have had Abilities replaced:
    • The Noibat line has replaced Frisk with Echolocation.
    • The Litleo line has replaced Unnerve with Cacophony.
  • The following Pokemon have gained a primary Hidden Ability where they had none:
    • Mew now has Elementalist.
  • The following Pokemon have gained secondary Hidden Abilities:
    • The Igglybuff line now has Moody.
    • The Zubat line now has Frightful.
    • The Oddish line now has Harvest.
    • Kantonian Paras line now has Natural Cure, while Altaran has Liquid Ooze.
    • Both forms of Venonat now have Fluffy. Kantonian Venomoth has Dazzling, and Altaran has Battery.
    • Both forms of Diglett now have Quick Feet. Kantonian Dugtrio has Mold Breaker, and Alolan has Snare.
    • Kantonian Meowth line has Normalize, Alolan has Pickpocket, and Galarian has Frightful.
    • The Psyduck line now has Second Sight.
    • Kantonian Mankey line now has Strong Will, and Altaran has Quick Wit.
    • The Poliwag line now has Dry Skin, except for Politoed, who has Cacophony.
    • The Machop line now has Reckless.
    • The Bellsprout line now has Solar Power.
    • The Tentacool line now has Merciless.
    • Kantonian Geodude line now has Sand Stream, and Alolan has Lightning Rod.
    • Kantonian Ponyta line now has Accelerate, and Galarian has Natural Cure.
    • The Dratini line now has Elementalist.
    • Mewtwo now has Berserk, and Mew has Quick Wit.
    • The Litleo line now has Burnout.
    • Kantonian Slowpoke line now has Inner Focus, while Galarian has Immunity, which changes into Poison Point (Slowbro) or Poison Touch (Slowking).
    • Both forms of Farfetch'd, as well as Sirfetch'd, have Sap Sipper.
    • Heracross has Sap Sipper.
    • The Doduo line now has Gale Wings.
    • The Seel line now has Fur Coat.
  • Swapped Altaran Kingler's normal Abilities, which were mistakenly in the wrong order.
• Encounter changes
  • Uses a modified version of Essentials 19/19.1 encounter system, so now we have a bit more flexibility with encounter tables
  • Fletchling is now available in Route 1 normal grass
  • Shroomish, Stantler, and Altaran Paras are now available in Jadit Ruins exterior
  • Charmander and Aron now have encounter data set for them ahead of 3.0
  • Teddiursa has been removed from Peridot Forest, replaced with Joltik
  • Trubbish can now be found in the Condemned Buildings in Rubina
• Misc changes:
  • Sound effects, including Pokemon cries, are being volume balanced to better fall in line with the rest of the game's audio.
  • Lots of small map changes across the region. Most of these won't be noticeable, like moving a couple of tiles or adding a line or two of dialogue.
  • The player can now attempt to pet Renegade.
  • Fishing now has guaranteed bite, but the player must react within 5 seconds to successfully hook the Pokemon
  • Added a reference somewhere.
  • Changed a reference elsewhere.
  • Rubina Gym has been completely remapped.
  • Added a few NPCs to Ironis Black Market.
    • Most of these show up after the you escape from Team Mortis.
    • The Haxorus on the battlefield is now an Altaran Krookodile.
  • Girafarig now has Magic Room as an Egg Move.
  • Stantler now has Trick Room as an Egg Move.
  • Wooloo now learns Rollout instead of Copycat.
  • Razor Wind is now Flying type.
  • Pokemon marked as special now have a 20% chance of avoiding death in a deathmatch and fainting as normal.
    • This will occur only once, with the Pokemon being marked as having survived death. They will die the next time they faint in a deathmatch.
  • Kaiser will now be at the PC in Citrivale once the story events are over, and will go sit down when you speak with him. He will still leave upon entering the gate to Route 5.
  • An NPC in Ironis now recognizes if you have good hygiene by giving you an item if you've washed your hands enough.
  • EVO Day now has a few more Fun Fact lines and picks from a list of dialogue when activated, currently containing three unique greetings.
  • Dusty no longer belongs to the woman in Amaris. Instead, she's dogsitting him for her cousin.
  • Added a bunch of berry trees to various areas, notably Amaris City.