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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.

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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.
 
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hello, im trying to download the .rar folder but theres no .rar file in the google drive. was it removed?
 
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@Kobazco hello, I’m new here and trying to download the .rar file. But on the drive there’s no .rar file. Did it get removed? I really wanted to try this

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@Kobazco hello, I’m new here. And I’m looking for the .rar file on the google drive but I don’t see it. Did it get removed? I really want to try it. Thanks!
 
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Jcard said:
@Kobazco hello, I’m new here and trying to download the .rar file. But on the drive there’s no .rar file. Did it get removed? I really wanted to try this

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@Kobazco hello, I’m new here. And I’m looking for the .rar file on the google drive but I don’t see it. Did it get removed? I really want to try it. Thanks!
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This mod had effectively stopped working due to game updates.
 
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As was just said, we don't plan on updating this mod in its current state.

Our plan is to wait for Crown Tundra to release, play it and then go from there. We more likely than not will be starting over from the start, and trying to do a better job fleshing out the difficulty of our romhack. We also wanna put in as many features as possible, such as edited wild encounters with the new DLC Pokemon.

Because we wish to effectively start over and make a new romhack though, it will likely take a while, even after the release of Crown Tundra. We wanna do a better job than we did originally, as such I won't be rushing it out this time.
 
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Kobazco said:
As was just said, we don't plan on updating this mod in its current state.

Our plan is to wait for Crown Tundra to release, play it and then go from there. We more likely than not will be starting over from the start, and trying to do a better job fleshing out the difficulty of our romhack. We also wanna put in as many features as possible, such as edited wild encounters with the new DLC Pokemon.

Because we wish to effectively start over and make a new romhack though, it will likely take a while, even after the release of Crown Tundra. We wanna do a better job than we did originally, as such I won't be rushing it out this time.
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So, I've been playing this mod on Yuzu (Sword V.1.0.0, No DLC)
And It works fine except that some trainers just don't have any pokemon.
They just send out a copy of my first pokemon and then instantly lose when I choose a move.
Is this an issue with Yuzu or am I doing something wrong?
 
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This is really amazing what you've done. I can't wait to see the future releases including the DLC. Thanks for making such an amazing romhack.
 
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If I want the mod but without the changes to Pokemon moves and stats, do I simply delete the "personal" and "waza_oboe" folders or do I have to do something else?
 
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sanderdsz said:
I keep an eye on your twitter account everyday for updates.
That's awesome.

Nice Luigi Mansion 3 speedrun btw.
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Sorry, which Twitter account?
The only one I've been able to find is the one linked on the Youtube Channel which Twitter tells me doesn't actually exist.
 
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@Kobazco you were able to extract bin files?
trying to find:
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On romfs, but nxdumptool is not working for me for some reason in Sw, if you were able to edit it and disable character outline...?
 
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cucholix said:
@Kobazco you were able to extract bin files?
trying to find:
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On romfs, but nxdumptool is not working for me for some reason in Sw, if you were able to edit it and disable character outline...?
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I had no issues dumping the rom with the latest version of NX dump tool, make sure you redumped your title keys after the update and try again.
 
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I had no issues dumping the rom with the latest version of NX dump tool, make sure you redumped your title keys after the update and try again.
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No dice, redumped my keys, and it throws me this error:
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I have the cart version of Pokemon Sword with both dlc if that matter... Strange enough I can dump exefs files...
But since you have the .bin, could you look into disabling outline in the game?
 
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No dice, redumped my keys, and it throws me this error:View attachment 232928
I have the cart version of Pokemon Sword with both dlc if that matter... Strange enough I can dump exefs files...
But since you have the .bin, could you look into disabling outline in the game?
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That's super odd, maybe your SD card doesn't have enough space? Although I guess that would be a different error all together. The only thing I see different between your NXdumptool settins is that I didn't dump to CFW directory, if you have something there already could it mess it up as well?

And I don't have my dump of SwSh on the computer im on currently, nor would I be able to disable outlines even if I did, sorry. I hope you find out what your issue is and fix it.
 

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