The latest and greatest pathways 9.0 update is out for you to enjoy. Thank you for being apart of the community and to all of you wishing me a happy birthday. I love you guys!
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8/27/2024 | Alpha 9.0.0 | Back to School Update
Features:
- Affinity characters are all fully functioning.
- Addition of 14 new Mega-Evolutions: Goodra, Kommo-o, Baxcalibur, Glimmora, H-Typhlosion, H-Decidueye, Shedinja, Froslass, Swanna, Tropius, Vikavolt, Electrode, Mismagius, Krookodile.
- Addition of 2 new insanity room fights, Arlo Fyor and Vastus Spatium, with unique rewards.
- Addition of 24 new move tutors for a total of 38 moves to teach.
- Addition of 3 Floor Fields: Withered Woods, Sunset Shore and Jurassic Jungle.
- Addition of 4 new Roles: Druid, Scientist, Geneticist, and Saint.
- Addition of an IV Vitamin exchange system in the Classroom Tower's Lobby.
- Addition of Axel, a brand new affinity character, and rewriting of Eros.
- Addition of custom items: Frost Orb, Curious Bat and Golden Truffle.
- Addition of random events determined when you go to bed.
- Addition of the adoption system, an alternative to the Black Market.
- Addition of type matchup quiz in class.
- Adjustment of Aura move damage formula and addition of a calculator on the tutor.
- Alcremie decoration is now possible at all times in the Class Cafeteria.
- All affinity characters were completed.
- Appropriate scaling of fistfights throughout the game.
- Battle, bag and Pokémon interfaces revamped.
- Berries can be grown faster.
- Bisharp now evolves upon using a Leader's Crest and Galarian-Yamask evolves by level up.
- Blissey trainer quality of life improvement.
- Changes regarding Pokémon and item distribution in Floor Fields.
- Furfrou trimming is now possible in the Girls' Dorms in the morning.
- Gen 9 move sanity. If a Pokémon could learn a move in past generations, it can learn it now.
- Implementation of brand new soundtracks and remixes made for Pathways.
- Implementation of several items: Fairy Feather, Clear Amulet, Covert Cloak, Punching Glove, Loaded Dice, Metal Alloy, Syrupy Apple, and Leader's Crest.
- Implementation of sprites for all Role Instructors.
- Implementation of story elements up to A-rank.
- Indigo Disk Pokémon, moves and abilities were added to the game.
- IV Vitamins give 50% more IVs.
- Renovation of the Game Corner.
- Renovation of the New Dawn interior.
- Several changes on pre-existing roles, including an overhaul of Adventurer and Gambler.
- The AI has been tweaked to be less stupid towards the end of the game.
- The Aura Boost is now tied to the possession of a held item called Aura Crystal. You need to give it to a Pokémon that matches your Aura (Light = Shiny, Dark = Shadow, Neutral = Regular or Shiny-Shadow) to boost the Pokémon's damage based on how good, evil or neutral you are.
- The following items can now be used outside of battle: Flame Orb, Toxic Orb, Frost Orb, Life Orb, and Sticky Barbs.
- The Theater Club was added as a means to increase charm.
- Time-based evolutions are now linked to in-game time, not computer time.
- Update of Little Maw, the starting town.
- Weaker perks have received additional effects and Berry Handy is not a joke anymore.
- You must defeat a Legendary Pokémon in a boss battle before proceeding with a wild battle.
Bugs Fixed:
- Air Lock, Cloud Nine and Solar Grace fail to block very harsh weathers.
- Applin and Dipplin walk backwards in the overworld.
- Barb Barrage burns instead of poisoning.
- Booster Energy can be used infinitely.
- Chilly Reception fails to start snow.
- Comforting Rebel Biker Striker in Fight Cave during the Blake side quest will not trigger the event in which he thanks you with a Bicycle.
- Dipplin's Supersweet Syrup was replaced with Keen Eye, and Spectreon cannot learn Shivering Wisp.
- Dragon Gnaw and Psychic Chains do not have a trapping message.
- Fixed Dragon Darts crashing when used by a transformed Pokémon.
- Fixed Frozen Tundra whittling down the HP of all Pokémon except Ice types.
- Fishious Rend and Bolt Beak are not considered biting moves.
- Frostbite thaws out like freeze.
- Good as Gold negates all moves with a side-effect.
- Ice Heal and Aspear Berries fail to heal Frostbite.
- If you politely ask for the Team Magma girl's badge after losing to Team Magma once, your Light Aura aura will be set to 2 exactly.
- Knock Off works on Mega Stones.
- Lunar Blessing does not specify curing frostbite.
- Mighty Cleave and Hyper Dril failed to bypass special Protect moves like King's Shield.
- Mirror Armor interacts incorrectly with several moves abilities.
- Pokémon can spawn in unreachable areas like inside a wall or in decorations.
- Raging Bull is considered a dance move and Aqua Step is not.
- Regional forms caught in Dynamax Adventures learn moves from their regular counterparts.
- Sparkly Swirl, Air Slash, Aeroblast, Leaf Tornado, Silver Wind, and Ominous Wind are not considered wind moves.
- Sparkly Swirl, Spinout and Nefarious Spin are considered punching moves while Surging Strikes, Wicked Blow and Rage Fist are not.
- Synchronize may cause error messages in triple battles.
- Teaming up with Tony in the library will result in him having an old man sprite.
- The ability Venomize does nothing.
- The Check option can sometimes crash in trainer battles when seeking details.
- The following moves are bounced back by Magic Bounce: Cold Therapy, Buzzy Buzz, Sappy Seed, and Lumina Crash.
- Toxic Debris works on contact instead of Physical moves.
- Trop Kick is not considered a kicking move.
- Unnerve fails to block damage-reducing berries.
- Very harsh sandstorm and snowstorm could get overriden by regular weathers.
- Vital Shot is a Physical move.
- Volbeat and Illumise are missing from the Academy Pokédex.
- Wild Pokémon item drop several instances of the same item.
- You can go over the level cap by going to the Day Care.
- You can reach blocked off areas of Mt Grassland by walking on bone tiles.
- You can walk on top of statues in Aqua Cave.
- The partner is invisible and cannot be interacted with after blacking out while partnered.
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