Changelog/Upcoming Patch Notes

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Pseudo-Core 2.9

• Generation 8 content:
  • Finished implementing Pokémon up to Calyrex.
    • Most of them remain unobtainable outside of the randomizer.
    • Pokémon introduced in Legends: Arceus will be added when we have all the information and sprites for them.
• Bugfixes:
  • Crash fixes:
    • Fixed the follower attempting to give the player a Wonder Pass or Rematch Pass crashing the game
  • Graphics fixes:
    • Fixed Tenpo having Kaden's vs sprite.
    • Fixed Metallic animation not appearing for wild Pokémon.
    • Radiant Jolteon's sprites are now in the correct folders.
    • Several small, not-noteworthy organizational changes having to do with sprites.
  • Text fixes:
    • Changed the font check message to try to guide players on how to fix that bug themselves.
    • Corrected a Pokedex typo that implied that Helioptile lives in food.
    • Fixed several dialogue typos including nameplates not appearing, text being colored incorrectly, and small grammar errors.
  • Move and Ability fixes:
    • Fixed Curse not working for Ghost-types.
    • Fixed Intoxicate.
    • Fixed Precise working for all damaging moves.
    • Gave Sadism its functioning.
  • Mechanical fixes:
    • Fixed not being able to cancel most post-battle evolutions.
    • Fixed Blitzle's evolution.
  • Fixed a couple collision issues
• Exploit and balance fixes:
  • Raised the berry prices again.
  • 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.
  • Changes to the Altaran Charmander line:
    • Divine Right replaced by Corrosive Breath in their movesets
      • Altaran Charizard still learns it, but much later
    • Having any member of the evolution line in the party now triggers the anti-cheat
      • If you still have the Charmander from the Mystery Gift in 2.0, too bad. We recommended multiple times to restart your save.
  • Level and obedience changes:
    • 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 reduces a Pokemon to level 2 if they were obtained at level 1
  • Move and Ability changes:
    • 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
    • Razor Wind is now Flying type.
  • Stat changes:
    • Slightly docked Altaran Dunsparce's attacking stats to 45.
    • Adjusted Thievul's base stats for a net gain of 10 points.
    • Slightly bumped up Altaran Luxray's Speed, so it would at least match Sinnohan's BST.
  • Trainer loadouts:
    • Neko Guy Nyat's Meowth now has Technician.
    • Gave Crash back his Rocky Helmet.
  • 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
• Graphics:
  • Shiny Metallic Pokemon are now called Radiant Pokemon.
  • UI changes:
    • Slightly changed EVO's "tired" and "sleep" graphics to further distinguish them from "unamused", "sad", and "blink".
    • Made small aesthetic adjustments to the region map.
    • Added a new location to the region map.
    • Changed the pause menu to use Voltseon's free resource.
  • Fixed sprites:
    • Busted Mimikyu is now the correct color.
    • Bought Kaiser a new scarf and paled his complexion
    • Gave normal Magearna its correct shiny color.
    • Fixed contrast on Altaran Gible line.
    • Fixed contrast on Altaran Manectric.
  • Made new sprites:
    • Mega Charizard S (front)
    • Altaran Qwilfish (overworld)
    • Mega Altaran Garchomp (front)
  • Replaced sprites with custom resources:
    • Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres (front)
    • Vibrava (front)
    • Mega Kanto Charizard (back, both forms)
  • Replaced sprites with other canon sprites:
    • Meowth (front)
    • Fearow (front)
    • Ekans (front)
    • Pikachu and Raichu (front)
    • Bulbasaur (back)
  • 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 Celebi have the custom palette; most other Pokemon use a filter as a placeholder.
  • Began to make correct Metallic/Radiant palettes for menu icons. Currently up to Beedrill.
    • Some Shiny icons may be incorrectly colored. Ignore these-- it's a lot of sprites to go through and they will be corrected in due time.
  • Gave new Shinies to the following lines:
    • Groray
    • Vibrava (slight adjustment to Flygon, no change to Trapinch)
    • Garchomp (Gible and Gabite untouched)
    • GMax Butterfree (slightly changed wing color)
    • Stantler
    • Ursaring (matches Teddiursa)
  • Gave back the old Shinies to the following lines, making their custom Shinies into Radiants:
    • Sneasel
    • Croagunk
    • Doduo
  • Tweaked or gave new Radiants to several lines.
    • It's too many to list, guys, and it keeps changing. Trust me. --Kuda
• Abilities:
  • Swapped Altaran Kingler's normal Abilities, which were mistakenly in the wrong order.
  • Swapped around Vaporeon's Abilities. Its normal abilities are now Water Absorb and Restore, Hidden are Hydration and Drizzle, and Mega is Swift Swim.
  • 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 Buizel line now has Propeller Tail.
    • The Gastly line now has Frisk.
    • The Exeggcute line now has Analytic.
    • Vibrava and Flygon now have Cacophony.
    • The Beldum line now has Iron Fist.
    • The Whismur line now has Frightful.
    • The Chingling line now has Soundproof.
    • Ditto now has Restore.
  • The following Pokemon have gained a primary Hidden Ability where they had none:
    • Mew now has Elementalist.
    • Alolan Raichu now has Levitate.
    • The Gastly line now has Insomnia.
    • Celebi now has Guildmate.
    • The Chingling line now has Second Sight.
    • Volcanion now has Pressure.
  • The following Pokemon have had Abilities replaced:
    • The Noibat line has replaced Frisk with Echolocation.
    • The Litleo line has replaced Unnerve with Cacophony.
    • Absol has replaced Justified with Martyr.
    • The Igglybuff line has replaced Friend Guard (and Frisk) with Guildmate.
    • Kantonian Diglett line has replaced Sand Force with Guildmate.
    • The Mudkip line has replaced Sap Sipper with Restore.
      • Mudkip can still get Sap Sipper, as a secondary Hidden Ability. It was given Sap Sipper originally at a time when we weren't doing secondary Hiddens.
    • The Poochyena line has replaced Blacken with Teamwork.
    • The Whismur line has replaced Soundproof with Cacophony.
    • The Jangmo-o line has replaced Soundproof with Cacophony.
  • 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.
    • The Buizel line now has Drizzle.
    • Both forms of the Grimer line now have Liquid Ooze.
    • Shellder has Weak Armor, while Cloyster has Iron Barbs.
    • The Gastly line now has Infiltrator.
    • Onix now has Sand Force, while Steelix has Sand Stream.
    • The Drowzee line now has Anticipation.
    • Krabby now has Klutz, Kantonian Kingler has Defiant, and Altaran Kingler has Heavy Metal.
    • The Voltorb line now has Overclock.
    • Exeggcute has Telepathy, Kantonian Exeggutor has Psychic Surge, and Alolan has Grassy Surge.
    • Applin has Stiffen, Flapple has Spendthrift, and Appletun has Conservative.
    • The Cubone line now has Weak Armor.
    • Tyrogue now has Chaotic, while all of its evolutions have Receiver.
    • The Lickitung line now has Gluttony, because it really should have already.
    • The Trapinch line now has Sand Stream.
    • The Koffing line now has Aftermath.
    • The Beldum line now has Quick Wit.
    • The Sunkern line now has Guildmate.
    • The Treecko line now has Guildmate.
    • The Torchic line now has Nimble.
    • The Mudkip line now has Sap Sipper.
    • The Whismur line now has Guildmate.
    • The Corphish line now has Guildmate.
    • The Chingling line now has Guildmate.
    • The Bidoof line now has Guildmate.
    • Chatot now has Guildmate.
    • The Croagunk line now has Guildmate.
    • The Rhyhorn line now has Sand Rush.
    • The Happiny line now has Martyr.
    • Kangaskhan now has Martyr.
    • The Altaran Horsea line now has Restore.
    • The Chikorita line now has Scapegoat.
    • The Cyndaquil line now has Immolate.
    • The Totodile line now has Mold Breaker.
    • The Johtonian Sentret line now has Nimble, while Altaran has Trickster.
    • The Goldeen line now has Dazzling.
    • The Staryu line now has Distract.
    • The Jangmo-o line now has War Chant.
    • Volcanion now has Insulated.
    • The Rockruff line now has Wolf Pack.
    • Girafarig now has Psychic Surge.
    • Stantler now has Psychic Surge.
    • Now that it's implemented, Dreepy and Drakloak now have Mummy, while Dragapult has Parental Bond.
    • Ditto now has Precise.
    • Altaran Purrloin line has Heat Absorb.
• Moves:
  • The Deino line has gained Sludge Bomb as a Tutor move.
  • 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.
  • Both forms of the Spinarak line now learn Leech Life instead of Pin Missile.
  • Hitmontop now learns Gyro Ball at 41 instead of 42 to match Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan
  • Added Fighting and Dark variants of U-Turn
    • Tag Out (Fighting) given to:
      • Machop (43), Machoke (53), Machamp (53) replacing Scary Face
      • Tyrogue (Breeding), Hitmonlee (43), Hitmonchan (43), Hitmontop (43)
      • Ledian (Evolution)
      • Torchic (41), Combusken (47), replacing Mirror Move; Blaziken (Relearner)
      • Chimchar (Breeding)
      • Buneary (Breeding)
      • Croagunk (50), Toxicroak (62) replacing Flatter
      • Unovan Lillipup (Breeding), Altaran Lillipup (26), Altaran Herdier (29), Altaran Stoutland (9) replacing Roar
      • Sawk (20), Throh (20)
    • Gang Up (Dark) given to:
      • Pangoro (Evolution)
  • Added Slash variants for all the remaining types
    • If a type isn't listed here, we already had it.
    • Gave them all to Absol as Egg or Tutor moves because I'm biased --Kuda
    • Gave all of the appropriate type (including the mega's secondary type) to the Eevee line at level 1 for the Relearner
      • This is mostly to ensure the moves are obtainable and able to be spread as egg moves, at least to the Field group. No, not all of the Eeveelutions can make good use of Physical STAB.
    • Palm Strike (Fighting) given to:
      • Makuhita (50), Hariyama (58)
      • Machop (Breeding)
      • Tyrogue (Breeding)
      • Kangaskhan (Breeding)
      • Ledian (50)
      • Meditite (47), Medicham (57)
      • Infernape (Relearner)
      • Sawk (54), Throh (54)
      • Mienfoo (Breeding)
    • Wind Blade (Flying) given to:
    • Sandblast (Ground) given to:
    • Obsidian Blade (Rock) given to:
    • Waterjet (Water) given to:
    • Thorn Lash (Grass) given to:
    • Mythic Claw (Dragon) given to:
    • Fey Blade (Fairy) given to:
    • Sword Strike (Steel) given to:
  • Altaran Linoone and Obstagoon now learn Razor Wind at level 27, instead of Bestow.
    • Zigzagoon has thus gained Razor Wind as an egg move.
• Encounters:
  • 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
  • Route 5 Pidgey have evolved.
  • Route 4 center Shinx have evolved.
  • Zigzagoon has been removed from Route 4 center and evolved on Route 5. Additionally, Linoone can be found in Route 6, replacing Skorupi.
  • Joltik has been placed in the Peridot Forest tree hole.
  • Munchlax has been placed in the Route 4 Center tree hole.
  • Rattata has been removes from all wild locations except for Granite Town, Route 1, and the Condemned Buildings, the last of which has decreased its encounter rate.
  • Meowth has been removed from Route 2.
  • Krabby has been removed from Ironis Tunnel.
  • Tangela has been removed from Routes 5 and 6, making it now unobtainable in 2.x.
  • Magikarp's encounters have been tweaked, lowering its spawn rate and removing it from all saltwater sources.
  • Murkrow has been removed from Peridot Forest; its egg chance has been replaced by Stantler.
  • Roselia has been removed from specifically the beach grass in Ironis City (but can still be found in the normal grass).
  • Carvanha can now be fished up from Ironis City's saltwater.
  • Bidoof has been removed from Route 4.
  • Glameow has been removed from Rubina and Citrivale City.
  • Bunnelby has been added to Shardil Town and Shardil Clearing.
  • There are now special messages at the start of standard single battle encounters with Pokemon with at least 2 perfect IVs
• Map and event changes:
  • When going to Tempest Island, you are now first taken onboard the ship instead of going directly to the island.
  • Replaced most of the Calm Water autotiles.
  • Lots of small map changes across the region. Most of these won't be noticeable, like moving a couple of tiles or adding a tree.
    • That said, there is a very slim chance you might be in a spot that got blocked off or covered by an obstacle. If you want to avoid this, save in front of a Pokemon Center before updating.
  • Removed floor numbers from the names of maps that had them (the Condemned Buildings and Citrivale Lighthouse) for consistency.
  • Rubina Gym has been completely remapped.
  • The condemned buildings in Rubina have also been completely remapped. Events may respawn on saves from before the change.
  • Added or changed several NPCs across the region
    • Many of these are in Ironis Black Market, some of which only show up after escaping Team Mortis.
      • The Haxorus on the battlefield is now an Altaran Krookodile.
    • A new quest can be started, though not completed, after rescuing Calico.
    • Dusty no longer belongs to the woman in Amaris. Instead, she's dogsitting him for her cousin.
    • An NPC in Ironis now recognizes if you have good hygeine by giving you an item if you've washed your hands enough.
    • Added a reference somewhere.
    • Changed a reference elsewhere.
  • Added a bunch of berry trees to various areas, notably Amaris City.
  • Added items here and there.
  • 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.
  • Acento has finally remembered the name of one of his traveling companions.
  • Tweaked a small bit of dialogue in the Landlady quest on PG Mode.
  • Added a new optional event if the player has enough "bad morality" points.
    • The exact point threshold is greater than 10. This is technically possible in 2.x, but requires selecting every immoral choice that isn't mutually exclusive with a point for a different counter.
  • The player can now attempt to pet Renegade.
• Misc changes:
  • Small changes to EVO:
    • EVO Day now has a few more Fun Fact lines.
    • EVO now picks from a list of dialogue when activated, currently containing three unique greetings each.
    • EVO Night now has a breathing animation when sleeping before the player interacts with him.
    • Apparently linebreaks aren't needed in EVO's text, so I removed all of them from Day. -- Kuda
    • Added two new passwords.
      • One hint can be found naturally through exploring. The other requires backtracking after the demo concludes.
  • Sound effects, including Pokemon cries, are being volume balanced to better fall in line with the rest of the game's audio.
  • Fishing now has guaranteed bite, but the player must react within 5 seconds to successfully hook the Pokemon
  • Pokemon marked as special now can avoid death in a deathmatch, instead 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.
  • Credits shops and tutors now operate on modified mart scripts.
  • Noro's Nidoran is saved to one variable on new files
    • Noro's Nidoran on new files now copies the original's IVs
    • Noro's Nidoran on new files will use the original's level if it's somehow higher than its default