Changelog

Detailed lists of the new features, updates and fixes included in Prism releases.

Changelog: Version 0.95.0254 (Hotfix 5)

Version 0.95, build 0254 (24 August 2023):

  • Sage in Route 54 now has the right party
  • Fixed NPC blocking a door in Saxifrage Prison
  • Updated the Clathrite Tunnel ice/boulder puzzle to prevent a softlock
  • Night Slash is now boosted by Sharpness
  • Counter now works correctly when the opponent didn’t deal damage during the previous turn and is no longer affected by type matchups other than immunity
  • Renamed some items (Item Finder, ParalyzeHeal, Upgrade, X Defense) to match modern practice
  • Tri type now has proper defensive type matchups (only observable through the use of Conversion)
  • Pokemon portraits in the overworld now show with their correct shininess for all events
  • Battle Arcade battles are now scored correctly (broken last build)
  • Fixed shiny and PC/Pokedex coloring for Blastoise and Caterpie
  • Updated level-up moves for Goldeen and Seaking
  • Minor text and map fixes

Changelog: Version 0.95.0253 (Hotfix 4)

  • Apricorn trees can now actually have a shiny one
  • Apricorn trees containing the same Apricorn now spawn independently
  • Improved visual issues in the Oxalis City, Route 64 and Route 74 maps
  • Prevented the NPC in the Torenia City train station from blocking the player
  • Fixed the color of the TM17 item ball
  • Rings now sell for prices that scale up with the level required to craft them
  • Leppa Berry now works correctly in and out of battle
  • Stats screen now plays cries for all Pokemon
  • Fixed the color of Spearow’s shiny palette
  • Minor text fixes

Changelog: Version 0.95.0251 (Hotfix 3)

  • Mined fossils are now discarded when the player doesn’t have a Fossil Case
  • Removed “You need a Mining Pick to mine” message until the player clears the
    tutorial battle
  • Experience for player skills (mining, crafting, etc.) now displays correctly
  • Added a new message indicating that the way back is closed off after the
    landslide in the initial sequence
  • Pachisi no longer breaks when the player moves backwards
  • Redesigned both Route 69 maps, removing stray corner tiles and preventing the
    player from reaching the edge of the map
  • Players can no longer Surf to the edge of the beach map in Laurel Forest
  • Hidden item in Route 56, blocked in build 0248, is now accessible again
  • Counter no longer deals damage when the player’s last move was using an item
  • Flare Blitz is now affected by Reckless
  • Fixed the fossil revival process so that the player doesn’t spawn inside
    furniture afterwards
  • Pokerus duration is now properly limited to four days maximum
  • Nurses in Pokemon Centers will now explain Pokerus only once
  • Items that cannot be used now show the corresponding error message only once
  • Updated the message shown to players when their savefile needs patching to
    show better help text, an updated URL, and the detected build number for
    their savefile
  • Jeweling recipe book now shows the correct requirements for the first 3 rings
  • Savefile patch now correctly restores the Route 81 item ball
  • Minor text fixes and changes

Changelog: Version 0.95.0250 (Hotfix 2)

  • Fixed crashes and softlocks related to the use of Cage Keys
  • Route sign in Route 78 no longer crashes the game
  • Train tracks in Route 82 are no longer walkable
  • Fixed incorrect note in the Lighthouse theme
  • Fixed wrong tile in Laurel Lab that made a scientist stand on a table
  • Silph Warehouse now contains a door to the back room instead of blank space
  • Minor text changes

 

Changelog: Version 0.95.0249 (Hotfix 1)

  • Fixed patcher bug where players patching a savefile from Southerly City’s
    Pokemon Center would end up in a glitched map
  • Fixed tileset bug (affecting Mound Cave and the minecart area in Firelight
    Caverns) that would softlock players attempting to progress through the cave

Changelog: Version 0.95.0248

Check out the full, unredacted changelog from Pokémon Prism 0.95

Changelog: Version 0.94.0237

General fixes

  • Magikarp Caverns rapids can now be entered with up to 35 items in the pack
  • Evolution items now correctly determine whether a Pokemon can evolve for gender-dependent evolutions
  • Fixed all QR codes
  • Some minor text fixes
  • Tool compatibility: source code now works on latest RGBDS, and Polished Map collisions work on maps

Type Rebalance

  • Gas type now resists Ground-type and Fairy-type moves, no longer resists Bug-type moves, is no longer weak to Ice-type and Sound-type moves, and is now weak to Electric-type moves
  • Ghost type no longer resists Gas-type moves
  • Normal type no longer resists Sound-type moves
  • Psychic type is no longer weak to Sound-type moves
  • Sound type is no longer weak to Normal-type moves
  • Water type is now weak to Sound-type moves

Learnsets

  • Mew and Varaneous can now learn all possible TM and HM moves
  • Rampardos can now learn Body Slam via TM
  • Slowking can now learn Boil via TM
  • Crobat can now learn Cosmic Power via TM
  • Raiwato can now learn Crystal Bolt via TM
  • Mamoswine can now learn Defense Curl via TM
  • Onix can now learn Dragonbreath via TM
  • Mamoswine can now learn Dust Devil via TM
  • Dusknoir and Fambaco can now learn DynamicPunch via TM
  • Chingling line, Feebas line, Illumise, Snorunt, Taillow line and Volbeat can now learn Endure via TM
  • Bellsprout line, Fambaco, Magnemite line, Phancero, Sylveon and Tentacool line can now learn Headbutt via TM
  • Phancero can now learn Hidden Power via TM
  • All Eeveelutions can now learn Mustard Gas via TM
  • Luxray can now learn Night Shade via TM
  • Slowking can now learn Noise Pulse via TM
  • Libabeel can now learn Prism Spray via TM
  • Electivire, Glaceon, Leafeon, Slowking and Umbreon can now learn Reflect via TM
  • Scizor can now learn Sky Attack via TM
  • Abra line, Geodude line and Phancero can now learn Swift via TM
  • Ariados, Goldeen line, Rapidash and Yanma line can now learn Swords Dance via TM
  • Raiwato can now learn Thunder Wave via TM
  • Steelix can now learn Void Sphere via TM
  • Rhyperior and Slowking can now learn Zap Cannon via TM

Changelog: Version 0.94.0235

Bugfixes

  • Fixed old patch bug breaking the bag data for builds before 0223
  • Fixed tearing in stats screen
  • Battles in Pokemon-only mode now show the proper coloring for the player’s Pokemon when it is sent out if it is shiny
  • Ensured that trainers in route 66 cannot approach you from off-screen
  • Attacks that don’t affect the opponent now print the correct failure message after an ability blocked a previous attack in the same battle
  • Fixed flicker in title screen
  • Fixed a broken arrow in the Token Tracker screen
  • Some text and map fixes

Mechanic Changes

  • Illumise and Volbeat can now generate each other’s eggs when breeding
  • Porygon-Z and Swellow can now learn Hyper Voice via TM
  • Swapped Andre’s Full Heal for a Lum Berry

Feature Changes

  • Added GBS file generation for music players (and added it to the patch)
  • Added new song for trainer battles in Naljo
  • Nickname screen automatically switches to lowercase after entering the first letter
  • Changed the formatting of the version and build number in the main menu
  • Title screen now says “2017-2019 RainbowDevs”
  • Improved some trainer sprites
  • Minor visual improvements in the player customization screens

Changelog: Version 0.94, build 0229 (Hotfix)

Bugfixes

  • Fixed bug related to Pickup that would cause the wrong message to be printed, as well as occasional crashes
  • Happiness no longer overflows to zero when maxed out
  • Minor text and map fixes

Changelog: Version 0.94, build 0228

Bugfixes

  • Fixed the cries of a few Pokemon that had gotten distorted
  • Graphical glitches fixed in the initial warp animation into the overworld when the player starts a new game
  • Replaced duplicate trainer in Route 76 by the one it should have been
  • Many text fixes

Feature Changes

  • Added an additional textbox border to the options
  • Fossil Case now displays the number of fossils it contains when used
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