IMPORTANT!!
There's a script on the Debug menu to update from 3.2 to 3.3+. DON'T RUN THE SCRIPT IF YOU'RE UPDATING FROM 3.1 OR BELOW. FIRST UPDATE TO 3.2, THEN TO 3.3.
Links to previous versions are always available at GitHub.
ADDITIONS:
- Heart and shiny indicator in party (ported from HnS, credits to the whole HnS team).
- 4 little secrets that can only be obtained one way (and they are rare).
- Added unique Overworld Surfing Sprites for each Pokémon that knows surf (Thanks @Exclsior).
- Added an option to enable the Unique Surf Sprites or not in the Options Menu.
- Added an option to enable Modern Emerald shiny colors or not in the Challenges Menu.
- New shinies added to the above option! Paras has blue mushrooms now.
- You can now change the clock by pressing R while looking at it, again, and time events won't break. You can still use the Main Menu button combo to access the "change clock" menu, just in case, as it's the "official intended way by GF".
- New "Nuzlocke Easy mode" that can be enabled in the Nuzlocke Menu. It removes the "Pokémon Faint" from the Features section, as it's exactly the same thing. It gets disabled after beating the game, just like the other Nuzlocke modes. It resets the game if no Pokémon are left!
- Challenge Viewer on the PC! Use it to see which options you have enabled at the start of the game. Also useful to report bugs! (Credits to HnS team).
- New "Catch Rate" option at the start of the game. Choose between x1, x0.5, x2 or x3 catch rate (Credits to @InsertCreativeName5).
- New Stats Editor added to the Party Menu. Only shows up if you've accepted all Cheating Items from the Cheating Girl in Oldale Town (Credits to @TeamAquasHideout).
IMPROVEMENTS:
- Added an extra frame for some asymmetrical followers.
- Run with L+R renamed to L+R+A (Idea ported from HnS).
- Level capped or Level 100 Pokémon can still learn EVs (Thanks @Exclsior).
- Reverted EV cap from 252 to 255 (as it is in vanilla Emerald) to maintain better trading compatibility between Modern Emerald and official games.
- Changed Eevee --> Sylveon evolution method to be "Hold item: Heart Scale" to maintain a possible way to evolve it even if Fairy type has been disabled. Moonblast has been removed from its original (Emerald original) moveset.
- Yanmega is now Bug/Dragon, with a moveset improvement and with Levitate. Only fully available with Modified Learnsets and Modified Types (Thanks @bfedie518).
- Bulk buying coins at the Game Corner (Thanks @Exclsior).
- Original Type effectiveness is now Gen VI, not Gen III (Steel doesn't resist dark / ghost, as it was pre-3.2). No changes to the Improved Type Effectiveness.
- Modern Sturdy improvements.
- Match calls only go through if the caller wants a rematch (Only if match calls are set to on).
- Trainer Chip now comments about Registeel tomb being open! What a change.
- Added partner pokémon to the trainers in the Hyper Training Gym.
- Added given Pokémon randomization (Castform, fossils, etc.).
- TM/HMs take into account the "Modern Movepool" setting, and uses the original TM/HM learnsets if set to "Original".
- Big nuggets can be obtained with Pickup at higher levels, instead of normal nuggets.
- Wonder Trade now uses a Tier system, making certain species rarer than others.
- Randomizer enables the national dex from the start.
- Some moves got buffed or nerfed: Fly is now 80dmg (was 90, 70 in Gen3), Toxic accuracy is Gen3 default again (70 acc), Drill Peck is a better option than Fly (if available, 85dmg), Hydro Pump is 120dmg again (Gen3 default), and Dive is 90dmg because nobody uses it if it's the same damage as waterfall, Comet punch is 100 accurate and damage is 30, and some more.
- Krabby and Kingler can learn Waterfall (wth GF, Corpish can, but Kingler can't??) with Modern Moveset.
- Fly and Flash are shown in the Party Menu even if the player doesn't have the required badge, in order to teach the player that they can use both without teaching the move.
- Cerulean Cave fossils are now only available with New Encounters (or Post-Game encounters), but not with Original Encounters
- Elite 4 and Champion rematch can be done in Double Battles or Single Battles.
- Starting Pokéballs don't get randomized when playing with Random Items, to prevent first encounter on Route 101 issues.
FIXES:
- Many, many typos and text fixes.
- Some tiles have been fixed.
- Slight fixed partner battles in Battle Tower. Battle transition is still broken, but the UI after that works correctly.
- Fixed Gen 8 Synchronize when set to "Modern".
- Fixed (hopefully) the drama with the Outfit Box.
- Fixed Brendan (not May) text when giving the Go Goggles.
- Fixed victory music when the Pokémon is Level 100 (Thanks @Exclsior).
- Fixed Acid's description.
- Fixed Unown Question Mark back sprite position in battle.
- Fixed the usage of EV items when playing without player EVs.
- Fixed National Dex not triggering after beating the game, only when using "Post-game encounters".
- Fixed ALL follower sprites (hopefully).
- Fixed crunch description.
- Fixed followers breaking the triangle at deoxys island.
- Fixed deoxys pre-battle music.
- Fixed Mew's elevation in grass (Thanks @DaniRainbow).
- Fixed possible sound crash with Music set to off.
- Fixed some Battle Frontier Reception Gate texts.
- Fixed Deoxys forms appearing in randomizers.
- Fixed Trainer Hill NPCs breaking graphics after losing.
- Fixed double FLY option in Nuzlocke and other challenge modes.
- Fixed fainted Pokémon with an item having ????? while in the PC, in Nuzlocke.
- Changed Title Screen RTC reset combo (Now uses R instead or L, to improve usage with L=A option).
- Fixed Hydro Cannon being unreacheable by the Elemental Tutor.
- Fixed new Egg moves added being wrongly added to the Original Egg movepool.
- Fixed "PC doesn't heal" option healing for some reason while moving Pokémon.
- Fixed random music not being truly random (it is now).
- Fixed back Pokémon sprites disappearing when using HGSS sounds after catching a Pokémon and levelling up.
- Fixed Normal type being not effective at all to other Normal type Pokémon with Modern Typings.
- Fixed Faster Nurse Joy option being ignored if set before starting a game.
- Preventively "fixed" trainer AI by removing all AI changes made in Modern Emerald. Now AI is Gen 3 default.
- Removed chain fishing as it messed up with Synchronize.
- Fixed Nuzlocke/Onetype checks for certain Legendary Pokémon wild battles.
- Fixed Steven's rematch with only 1 Pokémon (in that situation, it now forces a Single Battle).