Homebrew DexterDS

[benjifs]

I finally was able to compile it successfully. One thing that is still a problem is the pokedex entries which I dont have and might take a while unless I can find a list of just all of them without having to go to a website copying one by one.. I have temporary test entries that i got from http://www.upokecenter.com however I'm not sure whether to use those since they were written specifically for their own project. If anyone can help me out with a list of the descriptions I would be very thankful. Otherwise I'll have to push the release date a couple of weeks further since I'm back to class on monday.

 

[saviorkross]

I've been working on a similar project off and on for a while now, and I must admit...finding the information sometimes takes longer than implementing it, lol. Probably my favorite resource is Veekun. The admin over there has a public database of all the information they use, and it's unbelievably helpful.

Here.

Scroll down to "pokemon_flavor_text.csv" and hit "blob" to view them all, or "raw" to download them all in one file. I highly recommend a program such as OpenOffice to view the file in a spreadsheet format. Any text reader should be able to open it though.

Also, here's the HG and SS entries. Heart Gold Soul Silver

Hope it helps. =)

 

[Ace]

Damnation, those are some damn fine entries! I really hopes this speeds things up! Nice find, saviorkross.

 

[benjifs]

WOW!!!! You just saved me so much work. And actually it works pretty well at this point. Only problem is that the sprites are making the thing crash after loading a number of sprites so once I fix that it'll be up.. not long now..

EDIT: by the way the final file came out to be 4.4MB.. Thats with all the sprites and data in it already.

 

[Ace]

So there aren't any Pokémon cries implemented yet?

 

[Deleted-236924]

Why bother putting Dex entries anyway?
That's like the least useful information we'd need.

 

[_Chaz_]

Why bother putting Dex entries anyway?
That's like the least useful information we'd need.

I love reading them.

They prepare me for my real Pokemon adventure...

 

[Ace]

With the current AP on HGSS, I think at least some people would like a complete Pokédex without having the game freeze on them every 2 mins. Just my 2 cents.
ACEDIT: Damn you beat me to it, Chaz ;D

FAEDIT: Some possible implementations, perhaps after this completed HGSS build is finished:
An IV Calculator - Extremely useful for anyone who wants to properly train their pokémon
Pokémon Location Map to see where in Johto/kanto the Pokémon is. Should be easy, considering most of 493 cannot be found in either

 

[benjifs]

Why bother putting Dex entries anyway?
That's like the least useful information we'd need.

I love reading them.

They prepare me for my real Pokemon adventure...

EXACTLY!!

The whole idea on why I started developing this pokedex was because I never caught all pokemons in any version of the game and there were always limitations on what pokemons you could get. I figured with this I'd have all the data I wanted.
As for future things added I'd say the IV calculator can definitely be added but I have to say that I will probably never add the cries just because, as I've mentioned before, I hate them. However if it gets to a point where I have time and enough people want it then I could take a look at doing that part.
The problem with adding cries would be that the size of the file would increase more than I'd want it to. I think 4.4MB is pretty good and wouldnt want it to get so much bigger than that.

 

[Ace]

I'm actually pretty amazed you were able to compress it down to 4.4 MB. IIRC, it used to be 7.6MB with only 152 sprites (yes, MISSINGNO is a Pokémon).

A link to the sound files can be found here, and it's basically made to be for the DS, since it's at 11025 Hz. MONO, 32-bit float and 96 kbps., and they all fall at anywhere between 3-22 kB per file, which is more than optimum for the amount of soundfiles there is. If you want to add them, that is alright, but it's up to you.

 

[benjifs]

Ok quick update. There seems to be some technical difficulties but basically the program crashes after loading a certain number of sprites. I'm currently working on a fix for this but technically everything is done. Just gotta figure out this issue. It might take some time though since I also have projects due for my classes.

 

[Ace]

Nice to see it's still alive. Will you be making a new thread when the next version is released? What features will it have?

EDIT: You may have seen the other Pokédex homebrew that saviorkross has released, called GeneriDéx. Even though it has the 493 Pokémon and their base stats, it only has GenI and GenII descriptions, and if you've tried it out, it's NOT visually appealing.
Point of this edit being: What do you think of this homebrew that's evolving (lolpun) alongside yours?

 

[benjifs]

Yea the new thread will be posted as soon as I get this sprite issue fixed. As for features its pretty much the same as its been before. Search, pkmn descriptions of latest game, base stats, evolution chain, types, height, weight, species. Once its fixed I'll post it and probably keep adding more to it.

As for GeneriDex I checked it out and its actually pretty nice. It includes alot more stuff than mine does including the minigames. The layout is a little messy for my taste though but its still very nice looking. Im thinking people are going to go more for that one than mine but I still want to finish it just so I can have that as something I did for myself.

 

[Azlan Uchiha]

Is The Maker Of This Homebrew Online?

 

[benjifs]

yeess?

 

[Wabsta]

Do you properly delete the sprites when loading new ones?
Or do you just load too much sprites at once?
And for sprites and sound files, have you been thinking about FAT loading?
Would significantly decrease the file size.

Good to see that this project is still worked on, unlike mine

 

[benjifs]

Do you properly delete the sprites when loading new ones?
Or do you just load too much sprites at once?
And for sprites and sound files, have you been thinking about FAT loading?
Would significantly decrease the file size.

Good to see that this project is still worked on, unlike mine

The sprite issue is fixed. I was loading from FAT and everything but it just became really messy and took a long time to load. The way i have it now it looks pretty nice. At this point I'm just finishing up the code to get the proper evolution chains to show up for each pokemon since there are several special cases. I'll probably put some work on it today and tomorrow. Can't really commit too much time since I have some programs to write for a couple of classes.

Oh and the filesize reduced again. 3.8MB no sounds.

 

[Demonbart]

Do you properly delete the sprites when loading new ones?
Or do you just load too much sprites at once?
And for sprites and sound files, have you been thinking about FAT loading?
Would significantly decrease the file size.

Good to see that this project is still worked on, unlike mine

The sprite issue is fixed. I was loading from FAT and everything but it just became really messy and took a long time to load. The way i have it now it looks pretty nice. At this point I'm just finishing up the code to get the proper evolution chains to show up for each pokemon since there are several special cases. I'll probably put some work on it today and tomorrow. Can't really commit too much time since I have some programs to write for a couple of classes.

Oh and the filesize reduced again. 3.8MB no sounds.

Oh that's great! Please update the first post of this thread with a link to the release thread when you get it done, ok? That'll make it a bit easier to find, since GBAtemp's search function doesn't work too well.

 

[Ace]

Oh that's great! Please update the first post of this thread with a link to the release thread when you get it done, ok? That'll make it a bit easier to find, since GBAtemp's search function doesn't work too well.

It'd probably be a good idea to just start a new thread with the proper title, then just have benjifs self-report it to have it locked.
Other than that, nice to hear you working on something like this on your free time. You should have a DrunkenCoders blog

 

[benjifs]

I actually did start a blog before but never really updated much to it. I'm thinking of actually starting one to keep updates and all for this and whatever other projects I might have. cant figure out a name though..
by the way.. close to being done at this point..