ROM Hack Pokémon Sacred Gold & Storm Silver

[Doomsday]

Can anyone give me a hand? My friend and I are stoked to play this romhack, yet we get some weird problem with the patcher. I pick up the patch and the rom and I click 'apply patch' (there's not much room for error is there?) and... absolutely nothing happens. no new rom gets created, no rom gets patched, just emptiness. I have checked the CRC and I know my rom is clean. I even got it from the site Dray recommended on the readme file. What is going on?

Maybe you downloaded the version thats prepatched?

in the readme file it says:

The anti-piracy fix is included with the patch so you will need the clean ROM. The CRCs should be as follows (viewable when opened in a RAR):

Heart Gold: FFD28F00
Soul Silver: EBB387E7

I checked my Soul Silver rom and there it was, EBB387E7. It's a clean rom, at least according to the document

 

[Takren7]

@ItsAaronLand: Well, that would be why I couldn't find it. It's spelled "Giratina" in the document. Thank you very much!

 

[Shadowlurker]

Can anyone give me a hand? My friend and I are stoked to play this romhack, yet we get some weird problem with the patcher. I pick up the patch and the rom and I click 'apply patch' (there's not much room for error is there?) and... absolutely nothing happens. no new rom gets created, no rom gets patched, just emptiness. I have checked the CRC and I know my rom is clean. I even got it from the site Dray recommended on the readme file. What is going on?

Maybe you downloaded the version thats prepatched?

in the readme file it says:

The anti-piracy fix is included with the patch so you will need the clean ROM. The CRCs should be as follows (viewable when opened in a RAR):

Heart Gold: FFD28F00
Soul Silver: EBB387E7

I checked my Soul Silver rom and there it was, EBB387E7. It's a clean rom, at least according to the document

The patched version appears in a different folder, Usually 2 upwards from the one you are in. If you cannot find it just search for it.

 

[Doomsday]

Hahahaha damn that was simple as hell. Thank you. I have found it.

 

[ItsAaronLad]

While im here, anyone got tips on making desmume run at the regular speed consistently for a laptop? :/

 

[ZeroSoulEX]

I just created an account to let you know that starting a save file on an emulator and moving it to your Cyclo DS DOES NOT work. I just tested it... it doesn't even read the save file from the Emulator. Tried renaming both the rom and the save file twice but no dice...

 

[raynesylvan]

I just created an account to let you know that starting a save file on an emulator and moving it to your Cyclo DS DOES NOT work. I just tested it... it doesn't even read the save file from the Emulator. Tried renaming both the rom and the save file twice but no dice...

If you are using no$gba, you should be aware that it is notorious for doing weird things to the .sav, making it unreadable by anything else. There are instructions out there for fixing this, but I don't remember where.

 

[kidisnice87]

I just created an account to let you know that starting a save file on an emulator and moving it to your Cyclo DS DOES NOT work. I just tested it... it doesn't even read the save file from the Emulator. Tried renaming both the rom and the save file twice but no dice...

You need to convert the sav

http://shunyweb.info/convert.php

 

[Black-Ice]

This hack is moving like iphone
As soon as i get one version, another comes D:
So imma wait until its perfect

 

[Mason11987]

I'm using No$GBA w/ NoZoomer and I'm getting freezes all the time. Is there something I need to do with the game IDs? I'm also using all the cheats listed in the action replay doc.

I got the HG rom from emuparadise. I'm also having issues where saves won't stick unless I shut down nogba after saving and then restart. It makes it really difficult to play.

Does anyone have any good comprehensive instructions on playing this on no$gba? I have had to replay parts of the game 10-20 times so far and I haven't even reached the first gym. I appreciate any help that's out there. I know I can use desume but I'd prefer not to simply due to the speed I get from no$gba.

 

[Scott-105]

I really wanna try this hack, but I have no flashcart curretnyl trying to buy a new one. I could play on pc, but I'm not particularly fond of that.

 

[hitme]

I assume we skip the Safari Zone event to prevent any freezing? Game freezes for me when I try to change Pokemon before a Rocket tag battle.

 

[Kelebek]

You can't skip it. You just need to zone out and in, or save and restart to make sure the map updates properly.

 

[ZeroSoulEX]

I just created an account to let you know that starting a save file on an emulator and moving it to your Cyclo DS DOES NOT work. I just tested it... it doesn't even read the save file from the Emulator. Tried renaming both the rom and the save file twice but no dice...

If you are using no$gba, you should be aware that it is notorious for doing weird things to the .sav, making it unreadable by anything else. There are instructions out there for fixing this, but I don't remember where.

I just created an account to let you know that starting a save file on an emulator and moving it to your Cyclo DS DOES NOT work. I just tested it... it doesn't even read the save file from the Emulator. Tried renaming both the rom and the save file twice but no dice...

You need to convert the sav

http://shunyweb.info/convert.php

Yeah, I tried using your method. It still didn't work...

Edit: I correctly converted the save file through the method, I did it wrong the first time. I opened the newly accessible save file to find nothing but a black screen. Cyclo DS needs a completely different fix.

 

[Kelebek]

Another bug I've run into: After getting back to the Kanto region and doing all the power plant stuff, Steven comes to talk to you after you exit the Pokemon Fan Club in Vermilion. But, he just stands there. He's standing just outside the door, doens't move and I can't talk to him. I'm not sure if this talk is required for story progress, but it is for getting Latias/Latios.

 

[Drayano]

Weird bug, but Repels don't work at all.

You do know it only chases away lower leveled Pokemon right? If the level is above your lead Pokemon then repels won't work..that's not a bug that's been in the game since Gen 1

Exactly

Question: Was the graphic glitch that freezes your game if you go into a different room fixed in one of the updates?

It's not something I'm able to fix, so unless it just stopped happening on 0.9.8 then nope.

Also, I have a recommendation for a moveset change: Make gastly learn hypnosis later, maybe around 13. The reason for this is that currently impossible to catch a gastly that knows it at Sprout Tower. Considering that hypnosis was really the only reason to even bother using a gastly in the early game, it really needs to be available shortly after you catch it. Either that or have the gastly in that area be low enough level to where it still has it.

Sounds like a good suggestion. I'll see about doing it.

Dray I recommend you put in your first post to upgrade to the latest emulator as it seems people are fixing some problems from doing that.

Will do, it does seem to be happening o-o

@ItsAaronLand: Well, that would be why I couldn't find it. It's spelled "Giratina" in the document. Thank you very much!

That's because Giratina is the correct spelling! =p

Yeah, I tried using your method. It still didn't work...

Edit: I correctly converted the save file through the method, I did it wrong the first time. I opened the newly accessible save file to find nothing but a black screen. Cyclo DS needs a completely different fix.

That's... really annoying. Thing is, if I get people to apply the anti piracy patch separately then the patcher might not work with one of the patched or unpatched version, and making a separate non AP version would necessitate me having to upload a grand total of 8 files each and every time, which is just too much. I don't know what to do e-e

Another bug I've run into: After getting back to the Kanto region and doing all the power plant stuff, Steven comes to talk to you after you exit the Pokemon Fan Club in Vermilion. But, he just stands there. He's standing just outside the door, doens't move and I can't talk to him. I'm not sure if this talk is required for story progress, but it is for getting Latias/Latios.

...I might have left something in there by accident. So, it didn't freeze? Did you happen to talk to the woman who was standing by the fan club president? It might be something to do with that, I accidentally forgot to remove a script I put in there to test stuff. I better remove that...

Still, though, I would have expected it to work regardless after collecting the Poké Doll. Unless you didn't... then maybe that's why it's not working. I dunno, really. Still, congrats on getting so far!

 

[Kelebek]

Yeah, I did speak to everyone in there including the pokemon. And heh, I haven't been playing very much. I crashed at the Olivine Gym on 1.00 and then waited a day while you fixed it. Also jsut crashed again and lost a bunch more progress, pain in the arse to re-do things, but I'll try to get to the end.

Walkthroughs say the Saffron guards should let you through, at least after beating Surge, but I'm being turned away at all of them after doing Brock, Misty and Surge as well as fixing the power plant. So, I'm having to do things backwards, go backwards through Rock Tunnel to get to Lavender Town, and hopefully then to Saffron, or something there enables the guards to let me through. Is this something you changed?

 

[Mason11987]

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Dray, do you have any suggestions regarding freezing issues using nogba and nozoomer? I mentioned my problem about a page back. I appreciate any experience you have around this. Thanks for the hack!

Here was my post:

I'm using No$GBA w/ NoZoomer and I'm getting freezes all the time. Is there something I need to do with the game IDs? I'm also using all the cheats listed in the action replay doc.

I got the HG rom from emuparadise. I'm also having issues where saves won't stick unless I shut down nogba after saving and then restart. It makes it really difficult to play.

Does anyone have any good comprehensive instructions on playing this on no$gba? I have had to replay parts of the game 10-20 times so far and I haven't even reached the first gym. I appreciate any help that's out there. I know I can use desume but I'd prefer not to simply due to the speed I get from no$gba.

 

[Drayano]

Yeah, I did speak to everyone in there including the pokemon. And heh, I haven't been playing very much. I crashed at the Olivine Gym on 1.00 and then waited a day while you fixed it. Also jsut crashed again and lost a bunch more progress, pain in the arse to re-do things, but I'll try to get to the end.

However, around this time too, after finishing the pwoer plant stuff. Walkthroughs say the guards should let up, after the power plant and beating the first 3 gyms you have access to (Surge, Misty and Brock), you should be able to walk up into Saffron City, but the guard still turns me away there. So, I'm having to do things backwards, go backwards through Rock Tunnel to get to Lavender Town, and hope something there enables the guards to let me through. Is this something you changed?

I see, that might explain something... also, where was that second crash? Could be important. D: And yeah, I changed that. The guards don't do anything in the main game but I linearised Kanto to give it a different level curve. Basically it means you can't get into Saffron for a while, so you kind of have to go the same way you do in RB.

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Dray, do you have any suggestions regarding freezing issues using nogba and nozoomer? I mentioned my problem about a page back. I appreciate any experience you have around this. Thanks for the hack!

Here was my post:

I'm using No$GBA w/ NoZoomer and I'm getting freezes all the time. Is there something I need to do with the game IDs? I'm also using all the cheats listed in the action replay doc.

I got the HG rom from emuparadise. I'm also having issues where saves won't stick unless I shut down nogba after saving and then restart. It makes it really difficult to play.

Does anyone have any good comprehensive instructions on playing this on no$gba? I have had to replay parts of the game 10-20 times so far and I haven't even reached the first gym. I appreciate any help that's out there. I know I can use desume but I'd prefer not to simply due to the speed I get from no$gba.

I'm getting really confused tbh, some people aren't crashing, some are, despite using the exact same emulator. I wish I knew a perfect fix to this ;_;

One thing I can suggest, when you save go to File --> Save Battery File. That'll save it properly without you having to reopen no$ each time, which might make it a bit easier for you.

 

[Drayano]

I wish I could say that but to be honest I haven't used no$ once with SG/SS, my computer is strong enough to handle DeSmuME so I've just been using that.

It could be settings related, but to be honest I kind of doubt it.