Rainbow Tower

Bugfixes

• Healing moves based on time of day no longer crash the game
• Sleep moves can be used against substitutes without crashing the game

Bugfixes

• Moraga Town’s Pokemart sign no longer crashes the game
• Merson and Moraga Gym leaders now wait for a button press before beginning the battle
• Torenia City celebrity and Route 53 free sample man now wait for a button press before closing the dialogue boxes
• Missing NPC in Botan City is now reachable by the player

Mechanic changes

• Trainer in Route 69 now has a team appropriate for that stage in the game, instead of a late-game team
• Shroomish line can now learn Sludge Bomb via TM, and Breloom can now learn Rock Slide and Iron Tail via TM
• Breloom can now learn Cut via HM
• Bronzor can now learn Iron Head via TM
• Metagross cannot learn Fire Punch via TM any longer
• Focus Band now has a 10% chance of triggering (was 11.71875%)
• King’s Rock now behaves as expected and has a 10% chance of triggering
• BrightPowder, Hustle and CompoundEyes’ accuracy modifiers now apply multiplicatively as expected (instead of additively)
• Leftovers now triggers only once per turn (broken in previous build)

Feature changes

• Accuracy and effect accuracy calculations are now exact, devoid of rounding errors and up to late gen standards
• Fixed Power Herb’s description

Bugfixes

• Trainer in Route 69 now faces the player, not the woods
• Metronome should no longer crash the game when going first
• Trace should now work properly and not crash the game

Mechanic changes

• Rhyperior now learns Dragon Dance via happiness tutor; Head Smash can now be taught via move relearner
• Metronome can now select a move the user already has
• Slight improvements in randomness handling for critical hits

Bugfixes

• Route 86 gate’s door now takes you to the proper location

Mechanic changes

• Magnemite can now learn Iron Head via TM
• Blissey can now learn Blizzard, Razor Leaf, Tri Attack, Void Sphere and Zap Cannon via TM
• Fixed abilities that trigger when the Pokemon is sent out (broken in previous build)
• Moves that increase two stats by one stage each now play their animation only once (broken in previous build)

Feature changes

• Battle Tower tycoons now properly change based on the day of the week

Bugfixes

• Milos Catacombs’ side-scrolling area is now marked as a cave, not a route
• Fixed window placement in Battle Tower building
• Raiwato battle now doesn’t stop the background music upon ending
• NPC trainers no longer attempt to use items they don’t have
• Exp Share should no longer award double experience points
• Baton Pass should no longer cause graphical glitches
• Crobat in Battle Tower now has its original prize moveset (including Aeroblast)
• Battle Tower now restores consumed held items after exiting
• Retiring in the Battle Tower no longer resets the win streak
• Play times of 1000 hours or more now show up correctly in the Continue screen
• Minor text, dialogue and scripting fixes
• Minor map updates

Mechanic changes

• NPC trainers no longer switch Pokemon unnecessarily often (effectively making them less aggressive than the previous update)
• Enemy Pokemon are now affected by entry hazards (Spikes, Lava Pool) when entering the field due to an AI-triggered switch
• Fixed a glitch with invalid HP values after capturing a Pokemon with a Shiny Ball (caused by DV changes)
• Lava Pool cannot override other major status conditions anymore
• Accuracy and evasion now behave cumulatively (as in generation 3+ games)
• Intimidate now triggers Competitive
• Fixed bug where Solarbeam would deal 250 times the damage it should during rainy weather (Yes, it’s nerfed to where it should be now, sorry)
• Hail and Sandstorm now also properly halve Solarbeam’s damage
• Weezing can now learn Steel Eater via TM
• Natu cannot learn AncientPower via TM any longer
• Magnemite line can now learn Sunny Day and Explosion via TM, and Magneton can also learn Tri Attack and Iron Head (matching Magnezone)
• Totodile line can now learn Rain Dance via TM
• Updated some Battle Tower and Battle Arcade sets to hold an Eviolite

Feature changes

• Added an extra Gold Token in Phacelia City
• Savefile patching now checks that the player is in a Pokemon Center

Bugfixes

• Fixed Varaneous’s roaming location for players for whom it was stuck
• Battle Tower should now keep proper track of win streaks
• Conversion2 no longer crashes when used after a move that would leave it without any valid types to choose from
• Fixed bug that would undo Aftermath’s damage
• Last text line before battle of some gym leaders (Whitney, Bugsy, Sabrina) and the Saffron Dojo leader is now readable (waits for an A/B press)
• Prevented hacked-in invalid items from crashing the game when loaded
• Minor text and scripting fixes

Mechanic changes

• In-game trainers now switch more often (and more optimally) in battle
• Hi Jump Kick now gets boosted by Reckless
• Magmortar can now learn Vaporize and Barrier via move reminder

Feature changes

• Synchronize now prints the correct message when inflicting a burn due to copying Flame Body
• Abilities no longer print a message when attempting to heal their user between turns while at maximum HP
• HP bars are no longer slanted (put on hold until they are no longer buggy)

Bugfixes

• Dusclops no longer tries to evolve into itself, and learns moves at the expected levels
• Swimmer in Route 78 cannot spot the player from land any longer
• Repel’s description fixed (PokeMON -> Pokemon)

Mechanic changes

• Dusknoir sets added to Battle Tower and Battle Arcade

Feature changes

• Patch now detects zipped ROMs and empty savefiles

Bugfixes

• Pokemon shininess is now determined correctly (fixes bug introduced in 0200)
• Re-added the missing NPC in Haunted Mansion blocking the basement entrance
• Updated dex order to place Dusknoir after Dusclops

Mechanic changes

• Scyther can no longer learn Fire Punch via TM

Bugfixes

• Fixed Light Ball event (Laurel Forest Pokemon-only area) so that it only gives one Light Ball and only when the player’s Pokemon isn’t holding an item (does not apply retroactively)
• Fixed stacks of 0 items in the Prison
• Updated Sylveon’s entry to prevent text overflow on screen

Mechanic changes

• Added Dusknoir to the game, replacing the unobtainable Carnivine
• Added Reaper Cloth as an obtainable item (item ball in Haunted Mansion)