NEW ROMHACK RELEASED - DO NOT USE SACRED SWORD/KING'S SHIELD

BETA RELEASE V. 1, By Kobazco & Phives, with help from Drayano
Works for both Sword & Shield
NO POST GAME
YES, YOU NEED A MODDED SWITCH
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THIS ROMHACK IS CURRENTLY BEING ENTIRELY REWORKED. AS SUCH, THIS CURRENT VERSION/ROMHACK IS NOT SUPPORTED PAST SWORD/SHIELD 1.0, AND NO UPDATES WILL MADE. I AM USING THIS THREAD TO SHOWCASE UPDATES ON THE REWORK, WHICH WILL BE A MUCH MUCH MORE INDEPTH EXPERIENCE. PLEASE BE PATIENT UNTIL THE REWORK COMES OUT.

NOTICE: I likely will not be updating this mod to work with new patches until all of (or maybe just one of) the DLC is out. When the DLC releases, we will have a LOT more Pokemon to work for in terms of team building and editing wild Pokemon. With that in mind, I hope everyone looks forward to the DLC. Until then if you want to use this mod, please make sure you are on the base version of the game.
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Context time! I made popular (But not too indepth) romhacks for SM & USUM, most notably Rising Sun & Waxing Moon. However, this time, things are different! This time I bring to you all a fully featured difficulty hack. Hundreds of Pokemon have had their Hidden Abilities made easily obtainable, stats buffed, abilities buffed, and enhanced movesets! For all of these changes & more, see the gdrive folder with the download and all documentation.

Changes:

• All important trainers have 6 Pokemon and and are much more difficult. (Hop begins to have 6 after the 1st gym)
• Important trainers also have manually changed movesets, abilities, natures, and even IVs and EVs assigned. They also have the smartest AI assigned to them.
• Level curve expected to naturally provide you with high level Pokemon. Trainers will have Pokemon around and usually slightly higher leveled than that of your own. (GROSSLY SUBJECT TO CHANGE, PLEASE RELAY TO ME WHAT THE LEVEL CURVE IS LIKE IN YOUR EXPERIENCE. THIS SHOULD NOT REQUIRE AN INSANE AMOUNT OF GRINDING)
• Hundreds of Pokemon have had their stats buffed, hidden abilities made available, and enhanced movesets. Some even have type changes, or completely new abilities available.
• Evolution methods changed for trade Pokemon. See documentation.

Spoiler: Screenshots

Videos:

Disclaimer & Important Information

• The post game is currently unedited.
• The wild Pokemon are currently unedited in terms of level and where they appear.
• This has been made in mind with the exp share enabled and usage of Max Raid battles to gain exp candies. If you are falling behind in levels, go to the wild area and grind on raids. The no EXP share patch is completely optional and this hack was not made with it in mind.
• This is a first beta release, please give any and all feedback, especially on the existing level curve.
• I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY BANNED CONSOLES. OBVIOUSLY DO NOT PLAY ONLINE WHILE USING THIS ROMHACK.

Instructions:

• Download the Pokemon Sacred Sword & Kings Shield.rar in the gdrive folder.
• Rename the folder in the .zip file to the proper titleid if needed. Sword: 0100abf008968000 Shield: 01008db008c2c000
• Place this titleid folder in atmosphere\titles or sxos\titles depending on what cfw you use.
• Launch the game with CFW active!
• If you want only the trainer edits, go into the romfs folder and delete the folder titled "pml"

Credits:

• Kurt & SciresM for creating & updating pkNX
• Phives for doing the majority of the work on the implemented Pokemon changes.
• Drayano for allowing us to use this Renegade Platinum changes and provide guidance when asked.

Download & Documentation​

 

[bhart118275]

Which files do I keep if I only want the evolution changes? Thanks

Based on other mods of this I've seen, you should only need the Title/romfs/bin/pml/evolution folders, but I haven't tested this yet. I was wondering the same thing myself, actually.

 

[Legend Of Kay]

Based on other mods of this I've seen, you should only need the Title/romfs/bin/pml/evolution folders, but I haven't tested this yet. I was wondering the same thing myself, actually.

Yep works. Been using just those files at the moment and no problems.

 

[bhart118275]

Yep works. Been using just those files at the moment and no problems.

Thanks!

 

[Jeeksoi]

Gym leader's dynamax should be set to the last pokemon they use. That's the purpose of the music change. It's pretty lame when Milo dynamaxes his 2nd pokemon and then when the music change happens it's just a regular fight.

 

[Kobazco]

Gym leader's dynamax should be set to the last pokemon they use. That's the purpose of the music change. It's pretty lame when Milo dynamaxes his 2nd pokemon and then when the music change happens it's just a regular fight.

Hi this is due to an issue I Was having with editing the Pokemon that messed up the first three Gym Leader's order/what Pokemon they dynamax'd so I had to temporarily make their ace their 2nd etc. I have found a way to fix it since and will do so with the next major version.

 

[Jeeksoi]

Hi this is due to an issue I Was having with editing the Pokemon that messed up the first three Gym Leader's order/what Pokemon they dynamax'd so I had to temporarily make their ace their 2nd etc. I have found a way to fix it since and will do so with the next major version.

That's great news!

 

[JoshDevious]

So how do the AI values actually work, is it the higher the number the smarter the AI gets? OR the lower..and if so what is the threshold for the maximum. It would be great to have a mod that simply maxes out the AI on every trainer in the game at least.

 

[McN1ppleTheGr8t]

Any ETA on next update? Will it contain wild encounter changes?

 

[Phives]

Any ETA on next update? Will it contain wild encounter changes?

The next update will come out when the next major stable PKNX update drops that allows us to more easily do such things as edit overworld encounters and fix some minor glitches with our first release.

 

[AngryCinnabon]

Amazing job! I'll personally be waiting for postgame edits but bravo regardless!

 

[Popopo]

Hello,i have a question ! Then,i choose Grookey as starter and i wan't Grass Maker,i can reset for obtain a Grookey with Overgrow or it's impossible ? @Kobazco

 

[Kobazco]

Hello,i have a question ! Then,i choose Grookey as starter and i wan't Grass Maker,i can reset for obtain a Grookey with Overgrow or it's impossible ? @Kobazco

Yes you can reset for one, it can have either ability.

 

[VariablePwn]

I have to say, thank you so much for this. I played the romhack with only the trainer/gym changes.

I'm sure anyone who has played competitively would know that once you begin to learn mechanics, games get significantly easier.
The Generation of kids who grew up with pokemon are no longer the prime market, and so the newer games become cakewalks and no longer as exciting.
Watching my friends play this and sweep through in a pitiful amount of hours was disheartening.
With this romhack, I finally got to play this game with a fair chunk of difficulty, and having to think about the team I brought and movesets meant I enjoyed the game much more than I would have otherwise.
Especially regarding the memes about the "unbeatable" Champion. Having such a strong, high leveled 6-pokemon team actually makes sense as to why he was Champion, which "IRL" would have been very difficult to manage. It made the story feel a little more believable and less "meme-y".

Grinding for xp candies happened a little more often than I expected, though, it wasn't too much of a chore. Mostly before each gym as necessary, and very necessary when switching up my team. I enjoyed the surprise movesets some pokemon had, though I always felt like I was being outsped. EV manipulation was almost a necessity by the end game, which brought about a little bit of teething pain having to collect so many berries.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this romhack, and I don't think I would have enjoyed the game nearly as much as if I played it like it was designed.
I eagerly await the post-game modifications! (Hop's level 60s are no match for my team haha!)

 

[Iggles]

Hi, love the hack but having trouble.

It works fine with my downloaded (legit) version of Sword, but when trying to load it on my legit cart version of Shield the game simply crashes. I've renamed the file to the correct titleID but the game just refuses to start. If I try and load into a new game it just crashes immediately, if I try and load into a saved game I can get to the title (which is the new shield icon) but when it loads into the game there are blue dots all over the screen and my game crashes. Any help getting this to work would be appreciated. x

EDIT: Nevermind! Fixed! It was because I had Edizon activating cheats by default it seems.

 

[potchy]

Thank you for this, looks great!

 

[Juanny]

Everything has changed except for trainer changes , any ideas how to fix this?

 

[elunesgrace]

Please do update this as the game was updated.

 

[Kobazco]

Hi everyone, I am unsure about the new update/haven't looked into it at all yet. Currently waiting on support for the new update to be added to pknx and learn more information about it. I can't do anything instantly obviously, it's a lot of work.

And yes, there will be Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra support likely 2 months after each DLC (as to give me time to play it and plan it out)

 

[elunesgrace]

Hi everyone, I am unsure about the new update/haven't looked into it at all yet. Currently waiting on support for the new update to be added to pknx and learn more information about it. I can't do anything instantly obviously, it's a lot of work.

And yes, there will be Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra support likely 2 months after each DLC (as to give me time to play it and plan it out)

Thank you for your fantastic work. You made the game very enjoyable for me, where otherwise it would have been boring with trainers being so low level.

The trainers shouldn't be affected by the update I presume?

 

[elunesgrace]

FYI one of the trainers on route 10 has a pokemon that is the wrong level (40ish instead of 70ish)