PMD Expanded Sky DUSK - EoS New Gen Starters Mod 2.0.1

Hi, I'm really glad you like it, thank you! Yes, all older versions should be fully compatible with the update, as long as you keep the same file name as your old .nds file any existing saves should work perfectly fine

Thank you very much, really glad you enjoyed it!

Hisuian Zorua is definitely towards the top of the list for Pokémon I'm considering for a third version, glad to see it getting more interest expressed because it's definitely assuring me it's a good idea. Hisuian Sneasel could be fun too and I'll definitely be adding it to the list, though it's unlikely I'll be adding any pokemon from gens earlier than gen 5 (regional forms being an exception ofc), since they're technically in the game already.

If you WOULD like to play expanded sky with pokemon like buneary though, I have a tutorial here that'll let you quickly swap out heroes/partners for personal use in a few small clicks

Hello! All the starter slots the game can take are filled for MIDDAY and MIDNIGHT, but as said at the bottom of the description I'm considering adding a potential extra version (DUSK version) into the mix sometime later this year to squeeze in a bunch more. Yamper was already on my list of potential candidates so it's great to know there's an interest, and I'll jot Togedamaru down too! I'll probably do a survey later this year to collect people's most desired bonus starter ideas across gens 5-9 so keep an eye out for that too

Other starters I already have noted down as potentials are Espurr, Mimikyu, Charcadet and Pawmi.

Hello! I'm not sure about iOS, but I've been informed that unipatcher (downloadable on google play) works well on android to apply the patch to the rom. The instructions for patching in the 'read-me-first.txt' should still loosely apply there. If you're on an ios device I'm not sure which one has best results there, but the app store should hopefully have something similar! Alternatively you could apply the patch on your pc and bring the file over to your phone if that's an easier method for you

Hello! The zip file in the download should contain a file called 'read-me-first.txt', full instructions for patching your game and setting this up are included there if you're still having trouble getting it to work, feel free to send me a dm and I'll see what i can do to help!

Hello! Have you double-checked that you're using a US version of explorers of sky? The hash won't match up with european copies, causing it to fail. I've also seen (not in unipatcher personally but it'll still apply) that if it's not a fully clean copy of eos, that can also cause problems, such as if it has any additional quality of life patches or other mods patched onto it. If it's still not working, I'd recommend getting another fresh copy and trying again.

Hi there! The point you evolve hasn't been modified and is post-game, same as vanilla eos.

Hello! I'd recommend checking which folder in the zip file you grabbed them from - melon or nogba. The no$gba emulator has a glitch that usually prevents saving in eos and so for the versions inside this folder, there's a patch that fixes this added on top. It's known to CAUSE saving errors in melonds and a few other emulators, though, so there's another version of the mod in the melon folder that doesn't add this fix on top. Make sure you're grabbing it from the correct folder for your emulator (if you're not sure or playing on physical hardware I'd recommend just using the one in the melon folder ) let me know if this helps, and I'm glad you're having fun!

Hi! I've made it a branch evolution - Pikachu still evolves into regular Raichu with a thunderstone. For Alolan Raichu you need to evolve Pikachu with a gold gummi!

¡muchas gracias!

Hi - thank you, glad you like it

Hmm, that's not something I'd thought about now you mention it! I might look into updating this to add them to some post-game dungeons, or possibly make them recruitable via mission rewards... I think it may currently be possible to hatch them from eggs you get as mission rewards since I enabled the flag for it with all of them, but I've not tested that out!

EDIT: As of 1.1.0. all base forms of new 'mon will appear in Oran Forest and should be recruitable in the post-game

Thanks again for pointing the moonblast issue out to me - fixing that was the final push I needed to get dusk out of the door! The lack of portraits/sprites for gen 9 Pokémon at the time was just due to those assets not yet being created/published in the sprite repository since I'm hopeless at spriting then myself, but in the more than a year since the last update before dusk, plenty more were added and they should all be up to date with the sprite repo again! For now, at least.

Yes! As long as it's a clean, untampered with copy of the US version of explorers of sky, it'll work the 'read me first' file included with the install explains how to apply the patch to your rom if you need any further help!

I will! There's a major update in the works for this mod rn with several extra starters that will also gender-unlock them all, so that'll probably be the next time this mod updates (though no guarantee on how long that'll take, since I've been pretty busy elsewhere recently!)

I tend to try to add in whatever new sprites have been added to the repository every time I do an update, as well as finish off any incomplete evolutionary lines that were lacking the needed sprites before, and I'm aware of a few already that'll be getting that treatment once it's ready

Hi, did you read through the instructional txt file included with the download? Assuming you've applied the patch to a clean US copy of eos that you already have successfully, make sure the patch you applied matches up with the emulator you're using to minimise issues - most emulators will run the melon version of the patch without issue

If this isn't the case and you've not worked with patches like this before, the files included in the download don't include the game itself and won't work directly with an emulator - you need to apply one of the patches included in the download to the .nds file (not included). The included xdelta program should help and full instructions on how to do this are in the aforementioned read-me-first.txt file!

Hello, glad you like it! Currently cubone is only available as a partner, but will be getting a spot on the hero roster in the next update (dusk version)! I'm still in the process of adding stat data for the other Pokémon being added as part of this and I've been busy lately with other stuff so no guarantees on when that'll be, but stay tuned!

Thank you, I appreciate it! Yeah, hopefully dusk version should gender unlock all the starters again once it's done, female Pikachu included All of those potential new starters were already in my list of ones I was hoping to add so I'm glad to see there's an interest in them!

Hello, really glad you're enjoying the hack!

The sprites used in this mod are courtesy of the PMD Sprite Repository, so I implement Pokémon based on what exists in there and what assets are available for me to use. At the time of the last update that added sprites from the repo, the rest of the grookey line and Torracat had no sprites available for modders to use and I'm no spriter myself, so it's just been a case of waiting. If you do any spritework yourself and are interested I'd recommend checking out the skytemple discord server, the portraits and sprites submitted and approved over there end up used in a huge range of pmd rom hacks, it's really cool!

That being said I just had a look though, and it seems like torracat has had sprites added since the last time I checked, so I'll try to get something in for that soon!

Hi, this should now be fixed! I reccommend downloading the latest version (1.3.1 at the time of writing this), this should hopefully sort things out

Hi, thanks for telling me! Don't think the website will allow further replies than this in reviews, but I think you should be able to send me a dm/message. There's also a comments tab on this page as well iirc which allows longer chains. Is it always the same floor or does it vary, and is it happening before, during or after the black screen with the floor number? Depending on the answer there I MIGHT know a solution, but I'm not sure what could be causing the Chimecho issue. Could also be good to know which emulator or physical hardware you're running it on in case it's something relating to that.

If you're on version 1.3.0 (the latest version as of March) and not playing as one of the pokemon the patch notes says were added in this version, it could also be worth going to the drop-down next to the version number on this page and (after backing up your current version somewhere) checking if trying to play with the previous version still yields the same results. I'd definitely be interested in knowing! There's been more bugs reported than usual after the latest update for some reason, so it could definitely help me figure out how to diagnose it.