Month: March 2017

Bugfixes

• Fixed bug with mons in the Erratic experience group that would fall back to a low level when leveling up past 67
• Egg-hatching animations now appear as they should
• Some minor visual glitches with lava are now fixed
• Can no longer dig out of the Rijon League
• Haunted Mansion stairs now take to the right place
• Soundproof’s text no longer overflows the textbox
• Various text fixes

Mechanic Changes

• Lucario can now learn Counter via TM
• Crobat in stamina challenge now has Brave Bird instead of Aeroblast
• Fixed some minor bugs with Levitate and Mold Breaker
• Attract now works in every case where it should
• Substitute doesn’t affect contact abilities or Synchronize

Feature Changes

• Major map display system overhaul

Bugfixes

• Fixed bug with savefile patch causing patched experience values to be incorrect

Bugfixes

• Vitamins no longer crash the game
• Attempting to print a box no longer crashes the game
• Digging out of the ruins’ roof now works properly
• Sprite fix in the Haunted Mansion dream sequence
• Varaneous roaming should now work properly
• Fixed issue when surfing through map borders
• Title screen menu music no longer glitchy
• Pachisi now plays music properly
• Slot machines now work correctly and don’t enter long rock-dropping loops
• Fixed text issue with Silver (“Leader Silver”, not “Silver Leader”)
• Box naming screen now shows the proper icon

Mechanic Changes

• Crystal Bolt now hits through Lightningrod
• Levitate and Soundproof now print a message when they prevent damage
• Mold Breaker doesn’t behave oddly with contact moves anymore
• Pickup now works as expected
• Fixed base stats for Banette, Dusclops, Koffing, Metang, Milotic and Numel
• Fixed experience groups for Aron, Drifloon, Feebas and Swablu (and their evolutions); also added save patching to correct exp points for already owned mons in those families
• Rare Candies can now revive fainted mons

Feature Changes

• Player can now lose against the rival in the first battle
• The last postgame city is walled off until the player has an appropriate number of badges
• Added a guard to Route 34 gate
• Player cannot enter the Magikarp event with a full pack, thus preventing a potential softlock
• Gym leaders will now wait for the player to read all their text before beginning the battle
• Minor map and text fixes

Bugfixes

• Fix crash introduced in previous build when a level 100 Pokemon earns any experience points

Mechanic Changes

• Adjusted Rayquaza’s base Speed to match its true value

Bugfixes

• Solved bug when reaching mining level 100 – should not loop forever
• RTC bug preventing apricorn pick-up actually fixed now
• Can’t mine windows any longer
• Pain Split no longer causes a visual glitch when used

Mechanic Changes

• Some learnsets fixed
• Fury Cutter can only double damage twice (before update: 4 times)
• Compound Eyes working as intended
• Various battle engine minor fixes
• 100% effect chances are now truly 100%, not 99.6%
• Some AI improvements to prevent complete AI stupidity
• Pokemon now receive stat experience even if they are at level 100
• Stats are recalculated after every battle (so stat experience is applied immediately)

Feature Changes

• Moved some NPCs blocking the path to Pokemon Center nurses

Bugfixes

• Attempt to fix the calendar/date system bugs that cause apricorns not to appear after a new month rolls over
• Torenia Pachisi board tiles now do what they say they do
• Routes 47 and 48 now should behave properly with regards to the bike
• Fixed a small potential bug with Spite
• Changed movement pattern of an NPC in the Pokemon Center in Goldenrod to not block the counter

Mechanic Changes

• Added wild Pokemon to Merson Cave, Tunod Waterway, Route 87 and other areas
• Added Swagger TM, replacing Fire Blast TM item (and added a savefile patch to restore the item ball if it was already picked up)
• Some changes to the RNG used for some events

Feature Changes

• Minor changes to one of the possible player overworld sprites
• SELECT can be used to sort items in the PC

Bugfixes

• Fixed savefile patcher (causing issues with invalid savefiles and the option to reset the Caterpie event flags)
• Added an option to restore the Iron Head TM item ball if it had already been picked up

Mechanic Changes

• Lowered Milos encounter rates

Feature Changes

• Undefeated Gym leaders are now blacked out in the trainer card