[GT Koopa]

Ravenfreak, on 05 October 2013 - 08:38 PM, said:

I even released a ROM hack of Aaah! Real Monsters

Really? When? What is in it?

[Mykonos]

I'm really enjoying this so far. Even more than that I'm loving the amount of variety there is in Pokemon choice early on. Just beat Brock and dealt with the museum issue and moving onwards. Good stuff!

EDIT: Messed around in it a bit more, mainly grinding to the right of Pewter. Can't believe I forgot to mention the graphical work that's been done, it looks great. I've also taken a look through your PokeCommunity thread to catch more insight on what you're planning to do and I think it's exciting. Can't wait until the full release is out.

This post has been edited by Mykonos: 06 October 2013 - 02:14 AM

[.Luke]

Chaos Rush, on 05 October 2013 - 03:25 PM, said:

This isn't complete yet.

As for the patching problem, forget IPS, I noticed here on Sonic Retro that a lot of your guys's Sonic hacks just post the plain ROM. Am I aloud to post my ROM file here?

Oh. O: I assumed it was complete while reading through the comments, oops.

And it would be nice if you could post the whole ROM image. I usually have problems IPS patching a game, and have to look around the Internet for a pre-patched copy. I think quite a few sites post the whole thing too, besides translations hacks, and the Parallel Worlds hack of A Link to the Past.

[Mykonos]

If you use Visual Boy Advance, you can just name the IPS patch the exact same file name as your Fire Red ROM, and when you go to open the ROM it'll just automatically patch it together if both files are in the same folder. That's how I did it at least.

[.Luke]

Holy- I wish had known that sooner, sounds a lot easier than manual patching. I'm going to try that later and see what happens; kinda hoping the Linux native version of VBA-M didn't cut that feature out, it axed a lot of advanced functions that are in the Windows version.

[Chaos Rush]

I will upload the ROM soon, however I am working on a Beta 1.1 release that's just mostly bugfixes, and so that's what I'll release.

[.Luke]

Okay, turns out I didn't have a clean image the whole time, so no wonder that wasn't working. I'm really amazed by how much deeper this hack's story feels already, it's giving me the same vibes Pokemon Black did with the seriousness.

And that's interesting to know. Looking forward to the fixes on the off chance I bump into any of them while playing the rest of the current release.

[Chaos Rush]

New update! As promised, this is just the ROM file alone, so no patching necessary.

http://www.mediafire...4sg66s4ghh3f41j

This is Beta 1.1.
This is just a bugfix release.

These bugs have been fixed:
*Issues when teleporting to the wrong place has been fixed
*After using Disable, glitchy text won't appear anymore
*Movement permission error in Viridian Forest fixed
*The guy who got robbed in Cerulean now has correct dialogue after you beat the Rocket Grunt
*The cut tree by the Hiker on Route 10 no longer freezes the game
*Rocket Grunt script on Nugget Bridge no longer repeats (Note: You will have to fight him one more time if you already fought him, because I changed the variable that the script uses in order for it to work)

These adjustments have been made:
*TM03 has been changed back to Water Pulse
*Misty's Pokémon now use Water Pulse instead of Scald, so her Starmie isn't super OP anymore
*The TM lady in the Underground Market now sells Sandstorm
*Brain Freeze now has a new animation
*A couple typos fixed
*New Bicycle music, a remix made by me, with inspiration from Pokémon Origins
*The Charmander family now learns Dragonbreath instead of Draco Bullet/Dragon Rage
*Eevee can now evolve into Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, and Glaceon, all of which are obtainable in this release (You can get your stone items from the Stone Merchant in the Underground Market after you've beaten Lt. Surge. The egg that the old lady gives you in the Underground Path will hatch into an Eevee)

[Chaos Rush]

New release!

Pokémon DarkViolet Beta 2.0!

This release allows you to get seven badges, and ends upon defeating Sabrina, the 7th Gym Leader.

The link is at the bottom of this post. If you want to play it immediately, then scroll down lol. If you want to read about what this has to offer, then click on the spoiler!

Here are some of the major changes/additions with this release!

Spoiler

*Abilities from Generations IV and V have been added Huge thanks to MrDollSteak from PokéCommunity for this! He added a crapton of abilities to this hack, and I cannot thank him enough for this. It will definitely help make it feel more modern and up-to-date!

*Most Pokémon now have two abilities, some Pokémon even have their official Hidden Ability as their secondary ability Thanks to the abilities that MrDollSteak added, I have distributed them in this format: For every Pokémon that got a new ability in Generation IV, they have been added (however, not all abilities from the new games are in, only the ones that are possible currently on GBA). After that, for every Pokémon that still only had one ability, I gave them their official Hidden Ability as their secondary ability. Even the Kanto starters. That way, people who prefer either ability can still get the one they want. The Legendary Birds will always have their official Hidden Ability, because I think Pressure is dumb lol

*New trees! Because this is totally a feature worth advertising!

If you want to continue your save from Beta 1, follow these instructions:

Spoiler

1. Before downloading, save in Cerulean City. Don't ask why, just do it.
2. Take the save file from your Beta 1.x game, and rename it to match your Beta 2 game.
3. Load up Beta 2. If you're in Cerulean City and you see new trees, congratulations, you did it right.
4. (optional) Now I'm not sure, but you might have to fight that invisible Rocket Grunt glitch on Nugget Bridge one more time. That's a leftover glitch from Beta 1 that's no longer a glitch if you start with Beta 2, but because of how variables work and such, you might have to fight him ONE MORE TIME, and then everything should be normal

Known glitches/bugs:

Spoiler

*When doing an action (such as right before Surf/Fly/Cut, etc.) in the overworld, if you're standing at a place where your reflection is visible, the sprite's reflection will glitch up. This is because I expanded the action sprite to the size that it is in RSE for style continuity, and I'm assuming the reflection still assumes its the original size. I don't know how to fix it other than change the size back to what it was in FireRed, meaning the sprite would look kinda crammed/squished should I do that.

*During a battle if the user and opponent both have Motor Drive as their ability, when the ability activates it will only reference the user's name. While technically a bug, the only Pokémon in the game that has Motor Drive is Electivire, and no one in Beta 2 has an Electivire, so idk why I'm even pointing this out because there's no way to actually experience this glitch in Beta 2 lol

Here are some new screenshots that I have yet to post here:


Download:
http://www.mediafire...eta2_0Fixed.gba

EDIT: There was a major problem with the last download, make sure redownload if you last downloaded it before this edit

EDIT2: Redownload again, sorry. Make sure its the one that has "Fixed.gba" at the end of the file name

This post has been edited by Chaos Rush: 22 January 2014 - 11:37 AM

[Shadic]

Exciting progress! I've been keeping an eye on this as you've been working on it. Great stuff.

[LordOfSquad]

I haven't taken it for a spin yet but I definitely plan to when my controller mount for my phone comes in. Any day now, hopefully. I'm pretty excited to play this.

[.Luke]

Last night, I got as far as beating Pewter City Gym, and scaring off Team Rocket afterwards. (Already have a Wartortle at lv20, those extra battles really help.) This is already far more engaging than the original game, I'm loving it a lot and look forward to playing it more tonight. It feels like a legit special edition, Chaos Rush.

[Covarr]

The more I see of this, the more excited I get. I'm still waiting for the final version before I play it, but this looks like great work so far.

[Chaos Rush]

LordOfSquad, on 23 January 2014 - 10:05 AM, said:

I haven't taken it for a spin yet but I definitely plan to when my controller mount for my phone comes in. Any day now, hopefully. I'm pretty excited to play this.

Please give me your feedback when you try it out! One of my favorite things about posting this hack online is reading everyone's reactions.

.Luke, on 23 January 2014 - 01:33 PM, said:

Last night, I got as far as beating Pewter City Gym, and scaring off Team Rocket afterwards. (Already have a Wartortle at lv20, those extra battles really help.) This is already far more engaging than the original game, I'm loving it a lot and look forward to playing it more tonight. It feels like a legit special edition, Chaos Rush.

Thank you! I hope that you're training more than just your Wartortle, because I specifically want the boss characters to be +1-2 levels above your team, assuming you're training a team.

Covarr, on 23 January 2014 - 01:41 PM, said:

The more I see of this, the more excited I get. I'm still waiting for the final version before I play it, but this looks like great work so far.

Why wait until the final version? You can use the same save file for future releases. And it could take awhile for the final version to come out.

[Covarr]

Chaos Rush, on 23 January 2014 - 02:59 PM, said:

Why wait until the final version? You can use the same save file for future releases. And it could take awhile for the final version to come out.

Because if I get to the current end point and it takes a while, I'll have trouble continuing where I left off. I'm not good at continuing JRPGs (or really any game that doesn't have individual, distinct stages) after long periods of time without getting confused and lost. I'd rather wait so I can play the whole thing in one go.

This post has been edited by Covarr: 23 January 2014 - 03:08 PM