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ROM hack of: Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon (3DS)



Pokémon Supernova Sun and Penumbra Moon are mods for Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. Like my Rutile Ruby & Star Sapphire hacks and my Nova Sun & Umbra Moon hacks, their main purpose is to provide a more challenging game experience while not artificially limiting the player. The premier feature of Supernova Sun and Penumbra Moon is the ground-up redesign of Pokémon Trainers in the world to increase the game's challenge. Every trainer in the game has been edited, and the level curve expects use of the Experience Share, which means that the player levels up very quickly. Every Pokémon in Trainers' teams has a a proper moveset and many are holding items. The Elite Four and Champion are Level 100, and the player doesn't need to grind to equal that!

Supernova Sun and Penumbra Moon's secondary focus is inspired by Super Smash Bros. Melee's "20XX Hack Pack" which is designed to improve competitive players' ability to practice and grind. In Supernova Sun and Penumbra Moon's Legit Build, everything obtainable is 100% legal and legitimate for real online battles or trades. In all Builds, some features are designed to make preparing competitive teams much less of a hassle. Competitive hold items are much more available, a 6IV Ditto is available through an in-game trade (holding a Destiny Knot), Eggs hatch in one cycle, and Level 100 Memento Blissey battles are available in the Battle Buffet once the main story has been beaten.​

Information about this project has been moved to my WordPress.​

 

[Dio Vento]

So from my understanding it uses the same save file. So if I wanted to go and play online ladder matches (Gamesync) I could just disable the patch and launch the game normally and all my teams/pokemon will be the same? Then just turn the patch on again once I'm finished?

Yes! If you're paranoid, you could also use JKSM or Checkpoint to keep two save files, or have Ultra Sun be your Vanilla game and install Penumbra Moon into your Ultra Moon.

 

[Civori]

Yes! If you're paranoid, you could also use JKSM or Checkpoint to keep two save files, or have Ultra Sun be your Vanilla game and install Penumbra Moon into your Ultra Moon.

Awesome! Can't wait to try it =D

 

[Lucky_Seven]

@Dio Vento I was asking if being on a lower version of luma would conflict with anything. But, I don't believe it would. Anyway, thank you for your good work on this hack!

 

[jpmasterflex]

Awesome...one idea i had was to make some of the hold items restore more hp than usual

 

[Sliter]

well done!

 

[broccolol9]

How would I tell if a pokemon is able to have its HA in the wild? For example I'm hunting a slowpoke right now but am not sure if I can find one with its HA.

 

[Dio Vento]

How would I tell if a pokemon is able to have its HA in the wild? For example I'm hunting a slowpoke right now but am not sure if I can find one with its HA.

Hidden Abilities can be found during SOS chains greater than 10 calls. https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/SOS_Battle
In Ultra SM (and Supernova/Penumbra), there will never be more than one SOS call in a battle unless you use an Adrenaline Orb. Also, you can't get SOS calls until after you've beaten the Normal-Type trial.

 

[CrimsonMaple]

Fuck. Now I wanna add Layered FS to my loader fork. Thanks for the dope rom hack, and congrats on release!

 

[Marxman]

I've tried patching my decrypted .3ds ROM following the exact instructions, but the All_In_One.bat patch is giving me an error "Couldn't read ROM. What exactly are you doing?". It then seemingly goes about it's business and says it's successfully patched the file, creates the Extracted_ROM folder, and says "Rebuild as .3DS complete!"... except it never creates the "Modified_ROM.3ds" file in the Extra_Files folder. What exactly am I doing wrong here? I've attached the full command prompt log.

Edit: I've also tried patching with the individual .bat files afterwards and had the same result. Says it worked, but the Modified_ROM.3ds file was never created. Extract_ROM.bat seems to be giving the error "The given source is neither a file nor a directory." and "The extraction process displayed errors."

 

[Chrisssj2]

What about some legendary and event pokemon how are we supposed to get those?

 

[Prof. Eibe]

What about some legendary and event pokemon how are we supposed to get those?

Like in the normal game??

 

[Chrisssj2]

Like in the normal game??

No some are unobtainable or very very hard to get.
I don't get why this mod has 98% of the pokemon, but hen decided to leave some out?

 

[Prof. Eibe]

No some are unobtainable or very very hard to get.
I don't get why this mod has 98% of the pokemon, but hen decided to leave some out?

Yeah, like in the normal game.
There are no additional legendaries. And in OP it is clearly described why there are no extra.

 

[Chrisssj2]

Yeah, like in the normal game.
There are no additional legendaries. And in OP it is clearly described why there are no extra.

Well cool and all, but not for people who want the 100% pokedex. Since Sumocheat doesnt have this cheat yet either.. unfortunately.
Which is why? Must have missed that in the text wall.

 

[Prof. Eibe]

Well cool and all, but not for people who want the 100% pokedex. Since Sumocheat doesnt have this cheat yet either.. unfortunately.
Which is why? Must have missed that in the text wall.

He can´t add additional events and he doesn´t want to add them in the high grass.

 

[Chrisssj2]

He can´t add additional events and he doesn´t want to add them in the high grass.

Additional events? it's just a modifier of wild pokemon encounter ? if he was able to do it for 98% of all the pokemon then why not for the ultra rare legendaries and event pokemon?
not hating, just really want these pokemon.

 

[Fello]

@Dio Vento First of all, thanks for your awesome work. To me, your ROM Hacks are a lot more enjoyable than the original games.

But with this hack I've encountered a problem: Everytime I try to buy something the game freezes and I have to hard reset my 3ds. This happens when I click the "Buy" option. The "Sell" option works just fine. I've tested this for the first two Poké Centers (Hau'oli Outskirts and Hau'oli City Shopping District). I play the Ultra Moon version Expanded Build and I used the Drag & Drop Installation.

Do you have any idea what causes this? I hope you can help me since shops are quite essential in your hacks.

EDIT: Ok, updating Ultra Moon to version 1.1 solved the problem

 

[Prof. Eibe]

Additional events? it's just a modifier of wild pokemon encounter ? if he was able to do it for 98% of all the pokemon then why not for the ultra rare legendaries and event pokemon?
not hating, just really want these pokemon.

I´m sry he explained it in his Sun/Moon Hack, but I believe it´s the same reason

"WHICH BUILD HAS LEGENDARIES!?"​

• This ROM hack does not add Legendary Pokémon to the wild. This is a design choice made for the following reasons:
• 3DS ROM hackers currently (and for the foreseeable future) can't alter the game script to add events, so adding Legendary Pokémon would just be sticking them in random grass patches as low-percentage encounters. That's ugly, feels hacky, and removes the reason Legendary Pokémon are cool in the first place.
• Nova Sun and Umbra Moon are not balanced around the player using 650+ BST monstrosities. If I added Legendary Pokémon to the grass, they'd turn the supposedly challenging game into a cakewalk. If I balanced the game *around* Legendary Pokémon, you'd basically be required to either use them or grind and overlevel your team.
• Hacked Legendary Pokémon cannot be converted to legitimate Pokémon by altering their data to make them "hatched from an egg". This means using Legendary Pokémon as a post-game reward is absolutely and completely pointless.
• And finally: I personally believe the game is more fun without them, and I want to present the most fun (in my opinion) way to play Pokémon in my ROM hacks.

 

[Chrisssj2]

Hidden Abilities can be found during SOS chains greater than 10 calls. https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/SOS_Battle
In Ultra SM (and Supernova/Penumbra), there will never be more than one SOS call in a battle unless you use an Adrenaline Orb. Also, you can't get SOS calls until after you've beaten the Normal-Type trial.

I´m sry he explained it in his Sun/Moon Hack, but I believe it´s the same reason

Thats Lame... The point is not using them but being ABLE to use them.. For online or whatever... if you do desire less challenge.
Should be up for a players own choice.???

Which means its possible but just intentionally made not so.

Since we already have a number of version of penumbra and supernova.
Couldn't we just make a new version with 100% pokemon included?

 

[Dio Vento]

Thats Lame... The point is not using them but being ABLE to use them.. For online or whatever... if you do desire less challenge.
Should be up for a players own choice.???

Which means its possible but just intentionally made not so.

Since we already have a number of version of penumbra and supernova.
Couldn't we just make a new version with 100% pokemon included?

If you want to use legendaries (besides the million ones that Ultra SM already offer in the late game) on your team, go play someone else's hack. I consider it game-breaking and immersion-breaking, and I value that over people wanting to use legendaries on their team.
Wild Legendaries in the grass are in the same boat as BST changes, retyping, and Ability changes: Not going to happen in my main design philosophy for ROM hacks.