Emerald hack: Pokémon Scorched Silver v1.3 [Complete]

[Sloo]

Caution - Use cheat codes at your own risk!
Since this is a decomp, the game data gets shifted whenever it's compiled. Pokémon Emerald cheats will not work, and cheats tailored to Scorched Silver will probably be version specific (v1.0, v1.1, etc.)

Both polls closed, see the new Johto mega evolutions in the spoiler below:

Spoiler:

Stats and abilities:

Spoiler: Mega Typhlosion

HP: 78
Attack: 94
Defense: 88
Sp Attack: 159
Sp Defense: 105
Speed: 110

Ability: Drought

Spoiler: Mega Meganium

HP: 100
Attack: 100
Defense: 120
Sp Attack: 103
Sp Defense: 122
Speed: 80

Ability: Pixilate

Spoiler: Mega Feraligatr

HP: 100
Attack: 145
Defense: 110
Sp Attack: 79
Sp Defense: 103
Speed: 97

Ability: Tough Claws

Spoiler: Mega Hisuian Typhlosion

HP: 83
Attack: 84
Defense: 98
Sp Attack: 159
Sp Defense: 105
Speed: 105

Ability: Contrary

Intro
Hey, it's been a while. I'm sure nobody expected to see me again.
In my typical fashion, I've kept the development of this game well hidden. Nevertheless, this is a complete game with 8 badges, and plenty of post game content. This is not a remake of Gold and Silver, but a sequel with an entirely new story.
Fair warning – The gym leaders use items and some setup moves making this game moderately difficult, but not impossible. If you defeat all available trainers before each gym, and use a little strategy, you should be fine.
"The difficulty level is higher than Snoop Dogg man..." - Giannis_Sugar

Hope you all enjoy it!

Synopsis
Travel back to the majestic lands of Johto through the perspective of a young boy or girl from Cherrygrove City on their way to becoming a great Pokémon Master!
Set 20 years after the events of Gold and Silver, you will meet many old and new characters along your journey, as well as unravel more secrets of the region. Discover a wide variety of pokémon and a brand new storyline, as your path becomes intertwined with a mysterious group calling themselves Team Phoenix, who seem hell-bent on capturing Celebi for some nefarious scheme.

Features
- Built from the Pokeemerald Expansion (includes PSS, fairy type, Gen 8 pokémon, Gen 7 movepools)
- Run indoors
- Use HM moves outside of battle without the pokémon knowing the move (just has to be able to learn it)
- Black/White repel system
- Poison survival outside of battle with 1 HP
- Some TM moves have been changed to newer moves
- 750+ pokémon available
- Mega evolution (post-game)
- Nature changer NPC (old woman on the park bench in Violet City)
- Battle nurse in most PCs for leveling up
- New, original story

Screenshots

Teaser Trailer

FAQ
Q: What are each Gym Leader and Elite Four member's highest levels?
A: In spoiler below:

Spoiler:

1st Gym: 14
2nd Gym: 20
3rd Gym: 28
4th Gym: 36
5th Gym: 42
6th Gym: 47
7th Gym: 52
8th Gym: 62
Elite Four 1: 68
Elite Four 2: 69
Elite Four 3: 70
Elite Four 4: 71
Champion: 72

Q: How to get all of the Legendary Pokémon?
A: In spoiler below:

Spoiler:

Mew: On Faraway Island, available after second E4 win, speak to the bald man on Apricotta Beach
Mewtwo: Bring Celebi to the shrine on Faraway Island and it will take you to Cerulean Cave
Articuno/Zapdos/Moltres: All in the Whirl Islands up waterfalls in their respective areas
Celebi: After being freed from Team Phoenix, you can encounter Celebi at the shrine in either Ilex Forest or Kizu Forest
Lugia: Up the waterfall you find it in front of earlier in the Whirl Islands
Ho-oh: In a new area inside Mt. Mortar
Raikou: Begins roaming after your second encounter
Entei: Hatches from egg given by Silver
Suicune: Hatches from egg given by Gold
Rayquaza: At the peak of Mt. Silver
Groudon: Terra Cave which appears on Route 32 after catching or defeating Rayquaza
Kyogre: Marine Cave which appears underwater on the Goldenvine Sea after catching or defeating Rayquaza
Jirachi: Appears at the peak of Mt. Tempest after being freed from Team Phoenix
Deoxys: Birth Island, available after first E4 win, speak to the bald man on Apricotta Beach
Dialga: Ruins of Alph, take Ho-oh to the first braille puzzle
Palkia: Ruins of Alph, take Raikou to the second braille puzzle
Giratina: Ruins of Alph, take Entei to the second braille puzzle
Arceus: Ruins of Alph, take Suicune to the third braille puzzle

Q: Where can I find a certain pokémon?
A: See attached zipped Excel spreadsheet for pokémon locations

Q: Where can I find a certain item?
A: See attached zipped Excel spreadsheet for item locations

Q: Where do you get HM waterfall?
A: From an old man in a house in Blackthorn. It's the one with the old woman outside. You need to defeat the 8th gym leader, and he will give you waterfall

Q: Where do you find Lugia and TM Earthquake in the Whirl Islands?
A: Go through the dive spot at the center of the islands and go straight North. You should emerge next to the top right island.
Once inside, follow the image in the spoiler below. The red path leads to Earthquake, and the blue path leads to Lugia.

Spoiler:

Q: Is there an EV or IV checker?
A: No EV checker, but there's an IV checker NPC in Cherrygrove City

Q: Can you change a pokémon's nature?
A: Yes, now in v1.3! Speak with the old woman on the park bench in Violet City.

Q: Do I have a discord?
A: Nope

Resources and Tutorials
pokeemerald - DizzyEgg
pokeemerald expansion - rh-hideout
HGSS music - CyanSMP64
Use HMs without knowing - devolov
Black/White repel system - ExpoSeed
Poison survival outside battle - Lunos
Scrolling Multichoice boxes - DizzyEgg
Hidden power type shown - Jirachii
Rotom form change in overworld - Buffel Saft
Items sent to PC when bag is full - devolov
Start menu clock (v1.3) - Pawkkie
Youtube tutorial series - Team Aqua's Hideout
Original Emerald game - Nintendo, Game Freak

Bugs
- Game freezes after falling down with Oliver in the Ruins of Alph: Fixed in v1.1 patch
- Hisuian Zorua and Hisuian Voltorb currently don't evolve. Fixed in v1.1 patch
- Galarian Weezing (maybe others too?) seems to break double battles a little (the sprites will flip around some, not game breaking, but looks funny)
- Mega evolution symbol will stay on screen after the mega pokémon has fainted sometimes. Goes away after battle, or if you view your other pokémon
- In the multi double battles, if all of your teammate's pokémon faint, it may not let you switch
- Galarian Yamask can't currently evolve to Runerigus. Fixed and re-uploaded v1.2 patch 7/3/24 (Galarian Yamask just needs to sustain 49+ damage in battle, uses max HP - current HP formula).
- Game freezes when talking to mom after first Shane battle sometimes, seems rare. Should be fixed in v1.3

Download
Current version attached below as a zipped UPS patch. Apply to a clean Pokémon Emerald rom, Emerald (U) (TrashMan) using NUPS patcher preferably.

Will not be able to keep your old save file when switching to the 1.3 patch unfortunately.

v1.3 patch
- Fix pokéflute
- Mime Jr. evolves to Galarian Mr. Mime with Ice Stone
- More tile fixes
- Reusable TMs and deletable HMs
- Some egg moves added to the Move Relearner for all pokémon
- Nature change NPC (old woman on the park bench in Violet City)
- Start menu clock
- Battle nurse in most Pokécenters for Exp.
- New mega forms for the Johto starters
- Bag expanded to 120 items (will not be able to keep old save due to this)

v1.2 patch
- Raises wild pokémon levels for easier grinding and team building
- Nerfed 2nd gym leader some
- Add macho brace
- Fix bike shop glitch (if you don't have enough money)
- Makes first Lazulan cutscene unskippable
- More tile fixes

v1.1 patch
- Fixes Oliver battle glitch
- Gives Hisuian Voltorb and Zorua evolutions
- Makes fossils key items
- A couple of tile fixes.

 

[Delta_Ethan]

Hi! just saw your game and it looks awesome. What version of Emerald should i use? Is it the trashman version? Or the original Emerald? Thank you!

 

[Inner Rhymes]

Oh my! Welcome back, Sloo! This has got me so excited to play! I love it when ROM Hacks add new lore to an existing region!

 

[Sloo]

Hi! just saw your game and it looks awesome. What version of Emerald should i use? Is it the trashman version? Or the original Emerald? Thank you!

Thanks!
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like the trashman version is just a clean copy of emerald without any intros added, etc.
I would say it's a safe bet to use, but I'll test it myself and get back to you later tonight. I have to go to work soon.

 

[Sloo]

Oh my! Welcome back, Sloo! This has got me so excited to play! I love it when ROM Hacks add new lore to an existing region!

Thanks! Hope you enjoy it!

 

[Inner Rhymes]

I've managed to get my first badge so far, and I'm having a ton of fun, however, I might want to make a suggestion: Try to decrease the rarity of extremely rare Pokemon. I've been hunting for a Turtwig and I'm yet to even encounter one despite investing two hours.

 

[xhero66]

I'm really enjoying the game i just beat the Elite Four . Can't wait to play the post game.

 

[giradialkia]

I see Johto, I am immediately interested. Looking forward to seeing how you've progressed the region! The graphic style is great and so far the dialogue is good and engaging.

One small issue I spotted in my first few minutes; see the gif attached. Seems if I approach this gatehouse's rear entrance from either side, I can phase through. Some block shenanigans afoot!

Hi! just saw your game and it looks awesome. What version of Emerald should i use? Is it the trashman version? Or the original Emerald? Thank you!

I'm using the Trashman version and it works fine for me!

 

[Voidlings]

I'm loving playing this ROM, but i'm just the beginning. Anyhow i've noticed there seem not to be any "Egg" image ingame, is that intentional?
Neither having a Pokemon-Egg in the party menu nor selecting it to the more info panel shows the usual Egg-Icon

 

[Inner Rhymes]

Sounds like you didn't patch over a clean Emerald ROM file. I suggest you use the Trashman one.

 

[Voidlings]

I'm using the online patcher i always use, and the same clean Emerald rom i always use. It says it have the correct CRC checksum

Edit: I'll try to look for and get the "Trashman" and see if anything changes
Edit: Tried patching on Trashman and using the old savegame and i stil can't see the Egg-Icon. Maybe i need to start a new game with the new rom?

 

[looneyman1]

we need more hacks and fangames designed as sequels

 

[looneyman1]

I'm using the online patcher i always use, and the same clean Emerald rom i always use. It says it have the correct CRC checksum
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Edit: I'll try to look for and get the "Trashman" and see if anything changes

Use the NUPS patcher, thats what the thing calls for.

 

[Sloo]

I see Johto, I am immediately interested. Looking forward to seeing how you've progressed the region! The graphic style is great and so far the dialogue is good and engaging.

One small issue I spotted in my first few minutes; see the gif attached. Seems if I approach this gatehouse's rear entrance from either side, I can phase through. Some block shenanigans afoot!


I'm using the Trashman version and it works fine for me!

Thanks! Glad you like it so far.
Haha, don't know how I missed that one. I guess it works if you walk straight down, which I usually do.
I'll release a v1.1 at some point with that fixed.

*Edit: I set it up that way originally for the first few routes before I made the gatehouse indoor maps. I guess I forgot make them impassible when I made the indoor map.

 

[looneyman1]

Do we have nature mints and a means to boost IVs in this? If not its ok I wanted to check so I dont work myself into a corner.

 

[blitz_2k]

Is it a full game with full post game? Does it has a way to perfect EVs and IVs and/or change natures?

 

[Sloo]

I've managed to get my first badge so far, and I'm having a ton of fun, however, I might want to make a suggestion: Try to decrease the rarity of extremely rare Pokemon. I've been hunting for a Turtwig and I'm yet to even encounter one despite investing two hours.

Wow, sorry about that. Maybe I'm just lucky, but I can usually find the gen 4 starters within a few minutes while using the speed up button. The gen 3 starters are a little more rare, but they appear in swarms later on in the game.
I understand your frustration, but I want the wild starters to be very rare. It's my opinion that you get one for free, so any extras should require a bit of effort.

I'm really enjoying the game i just beat the Elite Four . Can't wait to play the post game.

Thanks! I hope you enjoy the post game as well!
I also used togekiss in my first run. It's a beast!

I'm loving playing this ROM, but i'm just the beginning. Anyhow i've noticed there seem not to be any "Egg" image ingame, is that intentional?
Neither having a Pokemon-Egg in the party menu nor selecting it to the more info panel shows the usual Egg-Icon

As others have stated, I assume it's some sort of patching error.
I did use NUPS to create the patch, so that's probably your best bet.
Glad you're loving it so far though!

 

[Sloo]

Do we have nature mints and a means to boost IVs in this? If not its ok I wanted to check so I dont work myself into a corner.

No, sorry. I looked into adding nature mints, but it seemed like a huge pain.
The only thing you can change are the abilities though an ability capsule or patch.

Is it a full game with full post game? Does it has a way to perfect EVs and IVs and/or change natures?

It is indeed a full game with a full post game. See above regarding natures and EVs/IVs

 

[blitz_2k]

What about adding NPCs that can change Natures and make perfect IVs for money like in "Altered Emerald"?

 

[Sloo]

What about adding NPCs that can change Natures and make perfect IVs for money like in "Altered Emerald"?

I'll look into it.