Made with help from mudskipper, FosterProgramming, miriamlefey and Luuma
Essentially, the player is only able to save in towns, and specific areas in dungeons when granted ^^ Losing means getting kicked back to your last save point. Have not worked out what to do when losing against a trainer, but I have the design planned.
Recently there's been a lot of talk on this subreddit about the use of AI in romhacks. I hate to stir the pot still further, but I also want to share my own thoughts and efforts here in the hopes of reaching like-minded people.
Hi, I'm merrp/pokemerrp 👋 I'm not really known for making full-on hacks (though I do have one in the works, stay tuned), but moreso for my feature branches: if you've played a recent hack based on pokeemerald-expansion, you've likely used and enjoyed the following pokemon or day/night lighting systems I created. Before that, I was minorly known for my Emerald Any% ACE TAS, which was my entry into the scene.
Simply put, I don't think AI should have a place in romhacking at all. To me code is as prose is as art is as music, in that they're all creative exercises where something is lost in handing them off to a machine. Romhackers have done incredible work for years before LLMs, and can continue to do incredible work without them. Not to mention, every query that enters an LLM is one the community is starved of; AI use is the death of institutional knowledge, of communication more generally.
But what to do? Recently I found out that pokeemerald-expansion, the basis for a lot of hacks, has had a (small minority) of AI-assisted contributions. Any nonzero amount is still unacceptable to me for use in my project though, because I intend it to be a wholly human effort. I decided I would have to maintain a fork of expansion, cutting out anything AI assisted where I could.
Then I figured, I can't be alone in this sentiment, so why not try and build that in a way it can be shared? I can't be the only one who loves romhack development who wants to continue doing cool stuff without LLMs, no matter how good they become at generating code, etc.
The result is a GitHub org and a Discord:
https://github.com/friend-safari
My hope is to build a small community of like-minded hackers and maintain a codebase by and for humans, so that those who care can be confident in saying their hack is free of AI to the best of the community's knowledge. Whether you're a programmer, have experience moderating online spaces, maintaining open source software, or simply love pokemon, we'd love to see you there.
I'm also not trying to be an authority on expansion's direction in general. The devs at RHH continue to do incredible and deeply technical work on the project. None of this would be possible without them, and they've done the best they could considering the volume of contributions they receive and the general clamor of demands. Please do not bother or harass them. I am simply trying to provide a fork that the extremely AI-conscious devs like me can use without despairing or being stuck on outdated versions.
Hopefully this post reached you in some way; this will all be much easier if we don't have to do it alone. Thanks for reading.
Tl;Dr join friend-safari if you wanna build AI-free romhacks k thnx bye
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Saw the 3rd picture on twitter originally and wanted to these. I had the idea to do Thancred as Rakko but I got lazy. Speaking of lazy that's also the reason why Minfiikawa doesn't have her skirt and I didn't wanna make the proportions make sense
lastly the twins are naked because they are newly born so please be gentle with them.
>!i drew them first and thought the hair and colors were plenty identifiable for them but didn't feel the same about minfilia so i tried drawing her clothes too!<
Hello everyone :> It's your admin ruby here. I wanted to ask for people's thoughts about the subreddit, how it's been doing, and if there's any feedback you'd like to give regarding it. Thanks!
For about a day or two now, my mobile Discord just seems to not work properly and not load anything. I can't send messages, I can't see people's profile pictures, and things take their sweet time loading. I only see more recent messages (not the latest message) after reopening discord after a while
I've tried force stopping the app, clearing my cache, and reinstalling the app, all to no avail.
All I've seen these past couple of days are people dooming over what the ending of the story could be, reposting chuds from the other subs, and making of chuds from other subs
Listen, I do get it. I really do. I think it's fair to want to share in your complaining with other people about how others are acting, but I implore everyone at this point to just stick to the places that make you happy and curating your online experience better.
If something major shifts that we have to discuss, then fine, but constantly reposting and sharing other people talking us down isn't doing anyone any favors because we all know how bad it is already!!
I joined this sub because I just wanted to see other people enjoy Ralsei being trans, because I know I wasn't going to always get that in the other places I visit. I didn't join to wallow in whatever is happening now
I've been playing for a very short while (2 days of play time, playing for 9 days over all) but I've already found myself really falling for this game! And I wanted to share for anyone interested in listening.
I'm not a stranger to MMOs, but I've never stuck around for long. I've tried DDO, LOTRO, and Albion primarily. I've never found myself wanting to stick for a number of reasons: the graphics, the controls, the gameplay, and so on. Granted, I haven't retried any of them since I got my new PC, but I'm not really interested in them anymore. I've always wanted to try out XIV, but I didn't have the specs for it, and now I'm glad I do. It scratches a lot of itches that make me feel satisfied.
The biggest thing that I realized is that FFXIV also fills in dissatisfactions I had with the last live service RPG i played, which is Genshin Impact. Namely, it was the incredibly slow text speed that turned me off advancing quests, and the fact that you literally had to work so much for good gear for your characters it started feeling like a job.
Both of these are just non-existent in FFXIV. Text prints practically instantly, and I can dictate how fast I want to go. This helps when I read so fast, too lmao. As for gear, since I'm still in ARR I'm sure as I level up I'll be wanting for better gear as time goes on. But at least I can work for it and know I can get it and literally not have to gamble for it for an entire play session.
Enough about comparing XIV to games that left me wanting though. There's a lot in the game so far that I've come to love. I've been told the story is somewhat mediocre in ARR, but I do like it so far, still. I like a lot of the character the sidequests and job quests give too. The community in my DC has been nice and warm, and moreso when I joined the Novice Network and getting to meet others. I love playing as a Black Mage and making big explosions as a cute bunny girl.
That's all I have to say! I look forward to playing more of the game. I'm at the midpoint of the ARR MSQ (I think?) and I've been told it only gets better from here :D
Hi! I've started playing for a little over two weeks now and I love the game :D I have a question about what to expect when queuing for dungeons. I'm currently making my way through the Main Story Quest and while I am having fun, I do feel like I'm missing out a little bit not getting to queue up that much in dungeons I unlock and having to go through with NPCs. Is this something I should expect for the time being? How long should I expect it to be like this as I play?
For reference my Duty Finder settings are below:
I'm also currently playing in OCE; I've read a bit that the OCE data center isn't as populous as others. That's all, thank you!
EDIT: Thank you all for the responses! I've since joined my DC's NN and I got to queue in to a dungeon fairly quickly.
I've been DMing again for the past 6 months, and now have two campaigns I'm juggling. Lately, I've been struggling to put my thoughts and plans onto paper. Each time I open my notes I find myself kinda bumbling before I close it about 20 minutes later.
This also goes for my session prep. While I always know what direction next session takes, when it comes to writing it out to make it feel more full, I find myself in the same situation.
Does anyone have any advice how to be more productive with prep, and with DM notes in general? Thanks!
Hi there. Ive been dealing with sebderm for about as long as I can remember (im 25) so I decided on two fronts to:
i got 2% ketoconazole nizoral shampoo and after the first use my scalp currently feels really dry and has been flaking a lot. is this normal? thank you
edIt: i used the shampoo as instructed on the box (about 3-4 minutes before rinsing), and used it right after some regular head and shoulders.
Good day; I have a hopefully simple question. I'm trying create this menu option where the user selects a value from a dropdown box.
I have the current state of my branch here. At the moment, selecting a different option from the dropdown doesn't seem to change anything.
Any help would be appreciated; thanks!
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https://www.hackdex.app/hack/pokemon-global-league-conference
Hello, everyone! I'm very excited to share Alpha 3 of my romhack, the Pokémon Global League Conference is here!
This is an alpha featuring the Pokémon World Tournament from Gen 5, with the goal of expanding it to Gym Leaders and Champions all up until Generation 10!
Here's more information on the hack itself:
You've been cordially invited to be part of the Pokémon Global League Conference, where powerful trainers across the world test their mettle against each other! You'll face off against the venerable roster of nine different regions, fighting your way to become the undisputed Ultimate Champion!
Trainer Party Pools (Expansion Feature by Hedara90)
Each gym leader has a pool of 9 Pokémon which they make a team of 6 out of. A pool may also have static members, who are present in any permutation.
Techniques
The romhack boasts brand new moves for each Gym Leader, called Techniques. Powerful new moves that can change the way you play the game!
EV System
The EV system has been simplified and streamlined. The calculation for each stat is as follows:
HP:
(((2 * baseHP + hpIV) * level) / 100) + level + (10 + hpEV)
Other Stats:
(((2 * baseStat + iv) * level) / 100)+ (5 + ev)
As such, the caps for Max EVs have also been changed to 63 to mirror their vanilla values.
Pokémon EV and IV Editor by Archie (TeamAquasHideout)
Allows the player to easily edit a Pokémon's EVs and IVs.
SWSH User Interfaces by Montblanc
Looks pretty :)
Documentation
Our documentation can be found on the project's Github:
Team Credits
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Developer | Ruby |
| Gym Leader Team Designers | Ruby, Turtleye, Jordan, Kithri, Hedara, Noodle, Iriv |
| Gym Leader Technique Designers | Ruby, Turtleye, Jordan, Kithri, Hedara |
| Pokémon Movesets and Balancing | Ruby, Emma |
| Scripting and Mapping | Ruby |
| Tournament Logic | Ruby, Estellar |
Credits
| Credit | Feature |
|---|---|
| pokeemerald-expansion | RHH and all the Expansion Contributors |
| Mudskip | Pokemon GLC Logo |
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Hello!
I'm here to make a small announcement for Expansion LTS—a repository that users of pokeemerald-expansion can pull for their long-term projects should they not wish to update their repository to a new minor version.
The repository can be found here.
This is meant to help any developer currently working on Expansion as a base of their romhacks, who have made significant changes to the codebase and aren't interested in any new features that Expansion offers.
The scope of LTS can be found in the wiki. At the moment, it services Expansion 1.15.0. I deeply apologise for anyone running an earlier Expansion version; after some meditating and surveying some of the other community members, I came to the conclusion that it was best to start with 1.15.0.
I hope this helps :> Cheers
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