Changelog

Major Releases

9/30/2018 - Demo 2.2

• [IMPORTANT] Added a launcher and patcher for the game. Due to updated organization, you should delete your game folder entirely before downloading this update (your save files will be fine!)
• [EXPERIMENTAL] In an effort to reduce lag, removed all "Outdoor Light" events from maps that have night fogs.
• Pokemon now die when they are killed.
  • (Dead Pokemon no longer heal in the PC)
  • (Dead Pokemon with HP will lose all HP when deposited in the PC)
  • (Dead Pokemon with HP can no longer battle)
  • (Dead Pokemon with HP no longer follow you)
  • (Dead Pokemon with HP are no longer affected by healing items)
• Adjustments to Double Battle scripting have been made.
  • You can now throw a Poké Ball with your second Pokémon if your first Pokémon is in the middle of a two-turn move.
    • Otherwise, using a Poké Ball with your second Pokémon (and failing to do so as intended) will no longer use it up.
  • Your second Pokémon's turn will be properly skipped upon failing to catch a Pokémon.
• A few new regional variants have been added.
  • Altaran Noctowl will evolve from normal Hoothoot.
  • Altaran Paras can now be found in the wild.
  • Altaran Sigilyph can now be found in the wild.
  • Altaran Qwilfish can now be found in the wild, but only in Randomizer Mode.
• Rewrote a line of the game's intro.
• Intro edited to (hopefully) not cause any weirdness when canceling name choices.
• The PC should no longer start without wallpaper.
• Added new region map.
• Spruce lab event edited to deal with edgeposition a bit.
  • Lab event also allows a brief moment after obtaining starter to check on your newly obtained Pokémon. Perfect for those attempting to SR for nature/shiny/metallic. Just talk to Spruce after obtaining your starter to progress.
• Noro finally gets some love. His story has been expanded.
  • The game will now remember if the Nidoran you give Noro is nicknamed, as well as its Nature and Ability.
  • Noro now has unique sprites.
  • Noro now properly introduces himself to you.
  • Noro's storyline is now mandatory on Hard Mode.
    • He will no longer appear in Shardil Town on Hard Mode to give you a sidequest, and instead is introduced to you in the lab.
• Several fixes to EVO have been implemented.
  • Edited EVO Day to prevent it from crashing the game after the Tempest.
  • Added an option to EVO to check your friendship with your Pokémon.
    • Currently chooses a Pokémon at random to check.
  • Corrected a typo in EVO Day's explanation of wild Hidden Abilities that prevented a line break.
• Received Pokémon properly go to the PC if the player initially chooses not to add them to their team.
• The Berry Juice vendor in Citrivale City has restocked and is now open for business!
• Fixed exit event in the Police Station to prevent the rival from calling the player multiple times.
• Many tile passability-related glitches have been fixed.
  • Edited home data for the game to take into account the altered Pokémon Center maps.
  • Several tile properties have been fixed.
  • Fixed tile properties so the player can't walk on the PokéMart in Citrivale City or to the edge of the map in Rubina City.
  • Fixed trailer entrances and exits.
• There have been several sprite fixes.
  • Replaced several generated Shiny Metallic palletes with custom ones
    • Shiny Metallic Lycanroc Dawn is now consistent with the other forms.
  • Added Metallic and Shiny Metallic icons for Altaran Linoone.
  • Corrected the exclamation bubble on the female player's mother.
  • Reshaded a few of Keileon's sprites that were too high-contrast.
  • Put icon in Item Storage where it should be.
  • A few items now have actual icons instead of the placeholder question mark.
• A tree is no longer invisible.
• Fixed an error where Electrike and Manectric were in different EXP groups, causing Manectric to go down several levels upon evolution.
• Fixed several other EXP group errors where several Pokémon in the Slow EXP group would instead be in Fluctuating.
• One house's Rattata infestation should no longer crash the game.
• Several typos have been fixed.
• Several NPCs are no longer mute.
• Previously blank signs now have words on them.
• Ted and Frank don't interrupt their conversation to look at you.
• Your rival should no longer refer to you as PN in Cafe Calico.
• Actually added night fogs to Ironis City and Route 6.
• Corrected Charred Pathway's battle background.
• Corrected some infinitely-spawning items.
• Professor Spruce no longer lies about your Pokémons' obedience cap.
• Added some healing NPCs to ease the journey through Peridot Forest.
  • Unfortunately, they're not there in Hard Mode. Have fun.
• Acento no longer repeats himself when talking about Lugia.
• An NPC complaining about a video game now correctly sits at her computer.
• Changed Zoltan's dialogue for defeating the player on Hard Mode.
• It is no longer possible to talk about Zoltan escaping before even meeting him.
• Giving the Love Ball to Margot properly completes the quest given by Ophrys.
• Pokémon held in the PC should be able to be stored.
• An NPC's rulebook now has 50 rules.
• Fixed some NPCs speaking in the wrong text color.
• Solosis now begins with Confusion as well as Psywave.
  • Rhodie's Solosis also reflects this change. Enjoy. :D
• Rhodie is now half a percent less edgy on PG Mode, and should now call Mary/Jordan "idiot" instead of "dumbass" in Emeralis.
• Added a painting to a mysterious house.
• Corrected a phrasing error in Professor Spruce's research notes.
• Temporarily changed Electro Zone to affect Pokémon that switch in.
• A few more Circuit Trainers have been added around Altaris.
• Victories in deathmatches now reward you with credits in addition to money.
• Kaiser no longer remains on the bridge on Route 6 after reaching Ironis.
• Randomizer mode has finally been altered to no longer take into account preset movesets.
  • There'll still be a few exceptions, though.
• Single wild battle script is modified slightly to take into account a Pokémon's species when choosing BGM to play.
  • Currently only applies to Legendary Titans, Super Ancient Pokemon, Deoxys, Giratina, Aura Trio, Guardian Deities, Solgaleo, Lunala, confirmed Ultra Beasts, and Zeraora.
• Implemented an NPC that makes it possible to get Glaceon, among other Pokemon that evolve at certain locations.
• Jordan, Mary, Noro and Acento have new battle themes.
• Altaran Pidgey, Pidgeotto, and Pidgeot's ally targets in double battles have been altered.
• Altaran Growlithe can be evolved using either a Fire Stone or a Water Stone.
• Headbutt is no longer a field move.
• Condemned Building's encounter density has been slightly reduced.
• Changed the graphic being used for item balls.
• Added items and berry trees to various locations.
  • Added a few more items to the Condemned Buildings in Rubina.
• Bag menu script has been edited.
  • Don't ask me. Kuda didn't think ours was convenient enough. --L2XG
• Registered item scripting has been altered slightly. Now both F5 and Y bring up a menu of multiple registered items.
• Fixed the name space limit for the Name Rater to be 12 characters instead of 10.
• Changed the Rubina Police Station building tiles.
• Citrivale Lighthouse 1F now has encounters
  • It also has an encounter density of 97. So those complaining about constant encounters in the Condemned Building maps with its original encounter density of 10 compared to normal grass density of 25... this map now exists. You're welcome.
• Adjusted the badge graphics.
• Adjusted Route 4 with new fences and a shortcut past Peridot Forest.
  • This also showcases the ability to use the Skateboard to hop up certain ledges.
• Also added a sign to Peridot Forest and made the "correct" paths more prominent for the directionally-challenged.
• Added a new sidequest to Amaris.
• Alolan Vulpix can no longer learn Flamethrower.
• Steelworker now works properly.
• Acento has more lines when traveling with you. Just talk to him when he's at the start of Route 5 and 6.

8/18/2018 - Demo 2.0

• Continued the game up to and including Ironis
• Changed the new game sequence
• Changed multiple areas slightly
• Created a new template for Pokémon Center and Poké Mart maps and populated them more
• Implemented EVO
• Began implementing Hard Mode changes
• Cave encounters have a 1% chance of being a double battle
  • However, fishing encounters do not as that would make no sense.
• In wild double battles, certain Pokémon will attack their ally if they are a certain Pokémon.
  • Obvious examples including Zangoose attacking an ally Seviper and vice versa. Some are obvious when you think about it, while others will take a look through various Pokédex entries to piece together. And some of these are more likely to be discovered through the use of the Randomizer. Enjoy.
• Shinx, Metapod, and Kakuna have had their evolution methods slightly altered. Now it no longer matters what form they started out as. They will evolve into their respective evolved forms' regional variants so long as you are on a map that allows for it
• Added Altaran Linoone.
• Added Sandstorm Castform
• Added Lycanroc Dawn Form
• Karrablast and Shelmet have a rather complicated evolution method. Good luck figuring it out.
• Glaceon is no longer accidentally available
• Zoltan now speaks in Edgy Red Text and has an encounter theme
• Deathmatch trainers now also have edgy encounter themes
• Deathmatches now disallow item use in battle.
• The game now keeps track of how many times you've lost to Rhodie.
• The game also keeps track of how much of a jerk you are
• Allowed the player to skip the battle vs Mary/Jordan at the start of the game.
• Added an NPC in Granite to help the player figure out where to go.
• Added a few lines to the end of the Spruce's lab scene.
• Added icon sprites for Poipole, Naganadel, Stakataka, Blacephalon, and Zeraora
  • This fixes a crash resulting from catching any of the above via randomizer mode.
• Replaced several shiny colorations
• Replaced several egg sprites
• Replaced some sprites not yet used anyway. Why did I bother putting this here?
• Edited several pieces of UI
• Replaced battle backgrounds with custom ones
• Added a visual notification of a quest being added, completed, and updated.
• Replaced more tilesets
• Petra's hair no longer blinks as she walks
• Zoltan has a new battle sprite.
• Fixed miscoloration in one sprite.
• Fixed some tile errors
• Attempted to balance the volume of all tracks
• Moved the Debug tile ;)
• Corrected an issue in which a wild Pokémon could softlock the game with Copycat.
• Rebalanced the Ice type: Ice now resists Water, Grass, and Ground in addition to itself.

12/21/2017 - Demo 1.0

• Demo 1 released

Patches

10/25/2018 - Patch 2.4

• The entrances to Jadit Ruins have mysteriously opened!
• Replaced several Wiis with the superior Generic Game Console.
• Several night fogs should now actually work
• Guy in Rattata-infested house is more clear about talking to the deliveryman
• Dead Pokémon no longer play their cries in the summary page
• Variable Game Speed button has been changed to Tab
• F8 now saves screenshots as PNG images rather than BMPs
• The player can no longer endanger themselves by running between the deathmatch happening in Ironis Black Market.
• Noro's initial quest now shows the correct sprite in the quest log.
• Citrivale Lighthouse encounter density reduced to 10. I think people get the idea now.
• Rocks now have a chance of dropping items. Why that isn't part of Essentials v16.2, I'll never know.
• Altaran Parasect now has overworld sprites
• Pokémon caught and added to party no longer immediately evolve if at or above their level requirement
• New option added to EVO: Settings
  • Most don't work yet, however Restore Team is for those whose teams were not properly brought back after a deathmatch
    • Make absolutely sure you only have Pokémon from your original party before using this option
• Fixed female bag background

10/13/2018 - Patch 2.3

• The television the gamers are playing on at the Citrivale Bike Shop is now actually on.
• Rubina no longer has a tear in spacetime.
  • We can also guarantee that nothing came through it.
• The Affogato should no longer crash the game.
• A girl in Ironis is now properly bad at math.
• Changed the layout of Ironis Tunnel.
• Moooore typos...
• Another Circuit Trainer properly returns your team.
• Another Rattata refrains from crashing the game.
• Updated region map
• Fixed a softlock involving the twins on Route 4
• Bag script edited slightly to fix left arrow and force pocket to the Items Pocket should your last pocket number be higher than max number of pockets for whatever reason
• Updated Altaran Sigilyph's abilities
• Changed Altaran Paras, Parasect, Noctowl, and Sigilyph's base stats (something I forgot to do for 2.2)
  • Note: You may experience some negative changes when leveling them up. This is ironically normal as the Pokémon readjust their stats to match up with their altered base stats.
• Healing point coordinates readjusted in a few cities.
  • This should fix Teleporting into the wrong locations and potentially getting stuck as a result.
• A speciality shop in Granite is now open.
  • Although you'll need to have gotten to Citrivale first.
• Fixed an error with one of Jordan's teams not loading for the double battle in Route 5
  • Also team will be healed before said battle
• Adjusted encounter levels in Citrivale Docks
• Because we still keep getting people reporting bugs when not on 2.2.2, we've added the current version number to the load menu.
  • The version number will be updated for every future patch and core. So if at any point your game's version number does not match either the latest core or patch number on the downloads page of our website, you are not on the latest version and need to update.
    • Of course if you do not see this number at all in your game, you're definitely not on the latest version and need to update.
• (Forgot to note in the changelog for a past update, so noting it now.) Poison is super effective on Water.
• Dynamo is (technically) ready for a rematch. Just show him a Rematch Pass.
  • Currently, Rematch Tickets are only available as a very rare item obtained through your following Pokémon.
• Dark map script slightly adjusted. Now Citrivale's circle of vision properly readjusts itself at the end of battles
• Citrivale Gym Trainer events adjusted.
• Fixed Name Rater
• Several new types of Poké Balls have been added
  • Two of them can be bought from PokéMarts upon beating their city's Gym
  • Another can be crafted by Ophrys should you be willing to give him the right item
  • All of these are Supplier options
  • Related to this, a number of trainer classes have been assigned these new Poké Balls for their Pokémon
• Fixed a script error with EVO

10/3/2018 - Hotfix 2.2.2

• Fixed some typos.
• Adjusted an error in EVO's coding.
• Fixed some issues with backtracking on files made before 2.2.
• Fixed an error where some deathmatches would not restore the rest of the player's team.
• October Ghost Pokemon no longer retain the held items of Pokemon they were originally.
• Mummy now works properly.

10/1/2018 - Hotfix 2.2.1

• Noro's introduction scene should no longer softlock the game on Hard Mode.
• Fixed Peridot Forest's October fog.
• Wild Heracross will no longer be Mega Evolved.
• The Pokemon Center now costs 200 Poké to use in Hard Mode.

8/23/2018 - Patch 2.1

• Edited tile permissions on the large logs in Peridot Forest
• Fixed a tile permission that caused the player to be able to hop a fence in Citrivale
• Moved a tree
• Replaced multiple .mid music files that were preventing users from playing the game on Wine
• Renamed some music files
• Changed the Pokédex entries of Smeargle and Shinx
• Fixed the staircase again
• Added several missing Pokémon overworlds
• A shady NPC now actually faces you when overexplaining himself
• A certain track plays in a certain house
• Changed some environmental details
• Entering a certain house no longer crashes the game
• Made the Water Stone actually obtainable

8/20/2018 - Hotfix 2.0.4

• Fixed an error in which fighting Zoltan on Hard Mode would not trigger the relevant cutscene

8/20/2018 - Hotfix 2.0.3

• Fixed a softlock in Amaris
• Fixed an infinitely-spawning item

8/19/2018 - Hotfix 2.0.2

• Fixed an error in which the player could become stuck on a staircase on Route 4.
• Fixed the Mystery Gift Supplier walking into a shelf and vanishing.

8/18/2018 - Hotfix 2.0.1

• Fixed a game-breaking bug that caused Pokémon to be unable to attack before defeating Kaden

4/2/2018 - Hotfix 1.3.1

• Added new overworlds for Groray
• Guess what? More typos!
• Slight change to Wild Item Drop script to prevent item drops from player and trainer Pokemon
  • This stops an item duplication glitch in the case of the former
• Added a surprise in Charred Pathway. Try to find it without a full party.
• Fixed Spruce's gender confusion
• Prevented players from picking up an active Mystery Gift before receiving their starter
• Fixed the mystery gift deliveryman event

4/1/2018 - Patch 1.3

• Adjusted egg group icons and added two
• Added barebones intro sequence
• Created night fogs for cities
• Actually fixed the quicksave glitch this time maybe?
• There were more typos
• Edited a few pieces of battle and summary UI
• Edited battle scripts to change wild battle messages for Legendary and Mythical Pokemon, and Ultra Beasts
  • Also edited so that Ultra Beasts aren't registered into the Pokedex as seen or show their names in battle until they are caught. The latter currently applies only for wild Ultra Beasts, although Ultra Beasts still won't be seen if owned by other trainers until the player has caught them.
• Added script to change Marshadow's form when it uses a move
• Removed jarring color overlay when a following Pokémon is statused.
• Gave Minior's core forms different shinies
• Fixed a glitch that would cause the fisherman on Route 2 to vanish.
• Added an additional option for calling Professor Spruce to allow you to see the current maximum level at which your Pokémon will obey you.
• Edited a few Pokémon and item sprites
• Added option to replace a party Pokémon with a caught Pokémon
• Mystery Gift is now functional
  • There is now a special Mystery Gift that will run for the entirety of April 2018.
• Added new PC wallpapers
• Added Randomizer, PG, and Hard modes (Hard Mode currently not functional)
• Replaced the tilesets of some maps
• Added Metallic animation
• Added wild item drops

1/11/2018 - Patch 1.2

• Added Multi-Save feature
• Added variated party menu Poké Balls
• Added 3D badge animation
• Added a new room to Spruce's lab, now accessible
• Fixed more typos
• Prevented the player from entering their and their rival's houses via stairs
• Adjusted battleFightButtons.png
• Added Egg Groups to summary
• Adjusted Metallic and Shiny icons
• Fixed an error that would cause Shinx, Metapod, and Kakuna to evolve into their non-Altaran forms.
• Fixed a visual glitch that would cause the player's hat to clip through tiles with a higher priority
• Fixed an error where Spruce's text was red rather than purple.
• (Hopefully) fixed a glitch where the player could quicksave before naming themselves, thus crashing the game.

1/1/2018 - Patch 1.1

• Fixed an issue where certain Pokémon forms would incorrectly be registered as seen or caught.
• Fixed Alolan Vulpix incorrectly evolving via Fire Stone.
• Following Pokémon should no longer be cloned when party wiping before healing at a Pokémon Center.
• Fixed a few errors with tile properties and collisions.
• Corrected a few typos.
• Prevented a crash when accidentally interacting with the Following Pokémon while healing at a Pokémon Center.
• Fixed an issue in which a particular sidequest wasn't being updated.
• Set clerks in PokéMarts to sell more items after the story quests in Rubina are done.
• Began work on an extra room in Spuce's laboratory.
  • This extra room is beyond a door near the back of the lab. It is not currently accessible as the warp has purposely not been set.