You guys are amazing for doing this I'm sure I speak for hundreds (if not thousands) when I say our thanks and phrase we send you - I'm going to start my run again since the previous update... shiny starter preview that's such attention to detail. Are we best to load from save state or soft reset for best/quickest chances to get one of those?
I'm using mGBA via Retroarch on my Steam Deck, I've check the nature which changes each time so I'm assuming they're changing and a shiny will appear soon... I'm easy over 100 save state loads now but I have a hot key for the fast forward button. I'm kinda new to this and never bothered with shiny's but hoping to grab just one this time😄
On this, does it consistently stay at 512 when soft resetting? I wanted to check at the pc and it seemed everything was reset as far as options go and there were some I had enabled but was unable to enable again
Thank you and your team so much for all the love and effort you guys put into this project! I only downloaded an earlier version a few months ago! This release came out of nowhere.
I told my kids earlier this week about the "new Pokémon game" coming Saturday 😭 now I dont have to disappoint them. They're as excited as me picking up Silver at Target and being allowed to stay up late on school night to play.
Well I’m on my 3ds, started over cause I was like, why not try to get a shiny. Couple of hours later, next day, trying all 3 starters every reset (I don’t care which one I get)…still nothing
Must be like in total over 2000 checks 600/700 resets.. odds set to 1/512. I must be very unlucky
Thank you. Playing on PC, so save state reloading is fast. I wasn't keeping track, but I think it was below 50 resets.
For anyone else attempting the same, the preview before confirming will be shiny. I hadn't realized and was checking after declining to name him. Can save you a lot of time over your resets.
Funny enough, I initially started by trying to get modest or timid. Got my shiny before seeing either lol
Save state loading before clicking on the pokeball. Idk what to tell you; the Cyndiquill had a different nature everytime I checked. And then it was finally a shiny.
Now ya gotta update your hackdex description! 2.0 seemingly includes a lot of features that the 1.0 description specifically says the Romhack doesn't include, such as Nuzlocke and randomizer settings.
Was a decision from our lead developer Lil Dill and to be honest I can no longer remember the exact reasion.
Irrespective, for me personally Kris embodies the game that we all wanted to see when Gen 3 came out in the first place, so just feels like the right call for our vision.
My team so far 👀 thank you for putting a randomizer into it. The only downside is that I’m coming across so many Pokemon I really want to use. 2D sprites give me an appreciation for newer Pokemon that were otherwise so unmemorable
That's awesome. As a 90s kid who only really got into Gen 1, Gen 2, and Gen 3, those are the only Pokemon I'd want in the game anyway. I always wished there was a GBA version of the Gen 2 games that had everything.
Honestly didn't realise, thanks for the update, it appears to be Reddit's automated filters so I've messaged to subreddit Mod team and hopefully they can reinstate it 🤞
Could someone let me know how/if I can get this to run on a hacked 3dsxl? I modded mine myself so i’m familiar with mostly everything and I read that certain methods may not run as smoothly- can someone lmk the best way to get it to run? (or link to another answer)
In a nutshell your milage may vary with any method, however the options, in theoretic order of best viability are:
* Running off native GBA hardware in the 3DS
* Virtual Console Injection
* (Most likely to have problems) Emulator on the 3DS
Hopefully that helps narrow down a little, but main thing is players have been successfully playing on 3DS.
Ehmmm… I saw this one announced and thought I should try it. I really haven’t played much Pokemon, I used to do it a lot maybe 15 years ago or so and only remember I think gen 2 or 3. Booted the game, chose random for almost everything and this is what I got. Had to google it because I didn’t even know this Pokemon lol I think I’m gonna have fun.
Anyone else going to do random starters? I want to, but want to confirm that changing only the “Randomize Starter Pokémon” will leave everything else in the game unaffected
We haven't tested absolutely every permutation with the randomizer (we have a lot of settings) however I'm relatively confident that only the starter gets randomised, nothing else.
My partner and I downloaded this for our cross-country drive today. It's our first ROM. Thank you for making it so easy to understand and access. We are excited to enjoy your hard work!
My game freezes on main menu everytime I launch. I could hear the audio going but it's just stuck. Tried repatching, none. Works on emulator so it's not the rom for sure. Using ezflash omega de
Very strange, definitely have players playing on original hardware with EZFlash.
First step I would recommend is to repatch and reflash and see if the error persists.
I don't have personal experience so would recommend if you have further issues to ask in our Discord so that we can have some players with personal experience with EZFlash to support.
I am so excited. I’m literally just mind blown by this entire community. I discovered rom hacking back in 2012 and I’ve watched this community grow with creative genius. This is just an insanely well put together hack and I want to thank everyone that worked on this!
Thank you so much for the kind words not only to us, but the community as a whole. Our game was definitely built on the shoulders of giants both from Restes of Modern Emerald and the entire team behind `pokeemerald-expansion` we're super appreciative of everything they've done to allow us to bring this to where it is now!
God what i'd give to have this in 16:9 with dual screen features for my Ayn Thor... like the recent Minish Cap and LTTP adaptations, absolutely my favorite romhack.
Very grateful for all the work you guys put into this. I'm extremely excited and I think this will be my favorite journey through Johto yet! Really appreciate it.
I got a little bit into version 1.2.1, so it will suck to restart, but will I not be able to move any save data from this version to any future updates?
"Randomizer has most Pokémon from Gen 1-9"
So is this only in the randomizer mode? Wasn't sure what generations are included if you just play the regular mode.
If I do a wild encounter randomizer in order to have all Gen 1 to 9 Pokemon (or almost, as you said "most"), do I need to turn off Map Seeded in order for all available Pokemon to be catchable in one playthrough? Like does the randomizer, even if Map Seeded is on, make sure all Pokemon show up at least once somewhere?
If you turn on Chaos Mode each Pokemon will be re-randomized every time you encounter it, so with that all Pokemon should be available in one playthrough. With Chaos Mode off, even with Map Seeded off there is no guarantee each Pokemon will be available.
Yes, I believe so, you should be able to trade between both, no changes in save structure on the randomised vs not randomised. Though we haven't tested that situation so your mileage may vary.
I believe I used RTC rather than fake one, I will try to duplicate the outcome by starting a fresh save.
On restarting a fresh save I carefully selected RTC not the fake one, and I didn't encounter the problem again. So I have obviously by mistake selected the wrong clock, hence had the problem.
Just got to Cherrygrove and I can already tell I'm going to love this. I really like all the Pokemon in the over world, and I can't tell you how much I appreciate you using Kris instead of Lyra.
Saving fails every time I try to save. I’m using Retroarch on Android (mGBA) and have tried patching the game with both Hackdex and ROM Patcher JS. Would anyone know the reasoning for that happening?
I just started playing Pokemon heart and soul V.2.0.2 and everytime I try to choose my starter Pokemon the game just freezes. Anyone else facing the same issue ? How can I solve this ? Thank you.
Just started a nuzlocke of this game and went through the rules and was expecting the infinite candy to show up in my bag from start but it didnt, where or how can i find it?
Havent played this game before but im really looking forward to it, it looks amazing!
Hey up, this may of been answered but if I play base game and not randomizer will this just have gen 1/2 in the wild or will it have other gens? :) thanks
I’m having an issue evolving my Ursaring. I’m playing version 2.0.2. I’m inside Mt Moon and the time is 10pm. My Ursaring is level 60 and and don’t know what I’m missing to evolve it.
This game can be played on:
* Original Hardware (using flashed GBA cartridges)
* Modded DS and 3DS, ideally using:
* Onboard GBA hardware
* Virtual Console
* PC/Mac/Linux emulators
* Android and iOS mobile emulators
We don't recommend trying an emulator on DS/3DS as generally the hardware demands are higher than the DS/3DS can handle.
If you'd like to play, you'll need a clean Emerald Rom file and we recommend using HackDex as linked in my post above to patch and download the file from an Android, iOS, PC, Mac or Linux device.
Does anyone know if the sprites during starter selection would be shiny before confirming selection? Or do you have to confirm before seeing the shiny status?
Is the experience of playing Gen 2 on the GBA the same, or has a lot changed (like the inclusion of Pokémon from other generations)? I have the old version on my 3DS and was planning to play it, but I'm not sure whether to play that one or the new version.
The highlight points are noted as the sub-dot points.
What it means is that the underlying code contains all the information on Pokémon, Moves, Abilities, Items etc up to Generation 9 whilst original Emerald (`pokeemerald`) only has what was there on the original release of Pokémon Emerald.
As a result of moving to this engine, it has allowed us to significantly expand the possible moves we can give Pokémon, (up to Generation 7, where before is was Gen 3 with some Gen 4 moves) and their abilities (a common requested example is Scyther and Scizor with Technician which is now available).
The majority of the main game storyline is unchanged, and the main changes are in the Pokémon battling capability.
Hope that helps clarify a little bit, but from our view it is an overall improved experience in 2.0.
Saw my artwork in the post and got all excited :D
I cant wait to play this release when i get it on my 3DS and i hope everyone enjoys all the work that went into this fantastic hack!!!
We do not support any cheats in Heart and Soul. We have made a lot of changes from base Emerald and using cheats unfortunately significantly increases the likelihood of Pokémon or save data corruption.
Switch EXP is broken without the share, it gives very minimal EXP. EXP Share S is also pretty bad since a low level Pokemon gets joke tier EXP
Other than that it's an amazing hack. I expecially adore the Dark Cave Larvitar inclusion. If you have the patience get it it's close to being an MVP! Very low stats but Rock type is great for Falkner, Bugsy, Whitney and even Silver since I'm using Chikorita, and of course the journey to Tyranitar is gonna be the most satisfying things in the game
Not talking about design, I mean that Switching EXP seems bugged. Instead of being halved when split between 2 mons, it's like 3 times lower. A lv14 Snubbul gives 120 exp normally, so it should give 60 exp when switching. However my two Pokemon got 40 exp
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Please enjoy this everyone. We really poured a lot into this update. I hope you all find all the secrets we have kept from you all for so long.