PMD Expanded Sky DUSK - EoS New Gen Starters Mod 2.0.1

Hello i just found this and finally got to playing it, im not far as im having trouble Saving the game. It gives me a Save Failed message in teh game. I'm playing this on MelonDS on my steamdeck but also tested it on the same emulator on desktop and i still get save Failed. is there something i can do to fix this? Im using the Midnight patch 

err am I the only one who has grovyle always facing south?
I'm on RetroArch on the steam deck

edit : ok, it was only until his identity got revealed, now that I think about it, his sprite was supposed to be darkened before the reveal, but it wasn't

On 3/30/2024 at 1:38 PM, GhostGarrus said:

Hello i just found this and finally got to playing it, im not far as im having trouble Saving the game. It gives me a Save Failed message in teh game. I'm playing this on MelonDS on my steamdeck but also tested it on the same emulator on desktop and i still get save Failed. is there something i can do to fix this? Im using the Midnight patch 

Hi, there should be! There should be two different versions of both midday and midnight included in the zip file - one set in a folder labelled for nogba and one for melon. There's an additional bugfix patch applied to the nogba version of the files that fixes a no saving issue in a different emulator, but it causes saving to fail on melon, so it's not applied on the alternate patch. Might be worth double checking you have the melon-compatible version of midnight installed!

On 4/1/2024 at 6:35 AM, fenrir ragnarok said:

err am I the only one who has grovyle always facing south?
I'm on RetroArch on the steam deck

edit : ok, it was only until his identity got revealed, now that I think about it, his sprite was supposed to be darkened before the reveal, but it wasn't

Oh that's interesting, that's the second time someone's mentioned that to me recently! I'll see if I can figure out if something's changed to cause it Thanks for letting me know!

On 4/2/2024 at 5:33 PM, xanam said:

Hi, there should be! There should be two different versions of both midday and midnight included in the zip file - one set in a folder labelled for nogba and one for melon. There's an additional bugfix patch applied to the nogba version of the files that fixes a no saving issue in a different emulator, but it causes saving to fail on melon, so it's not applied on the alternate patch. Might be worth double checking you have the melon-compatible version of midnight installed!

oh it seems i completely missed the Melon folder like an idiot and i instead took the gba patch instead, im gonna get the correct one and come back with my results. thank you for the response! Lets goooo! that did it i can save and i can finally get to play this game again with different pokemon! excited to get into it

Hi, i wanted to ask something, i was playing on the gba version and it never let me save the game, it always showed "save failed", now im having troubles because when you finish the game it saves and sends you to the main menu, so i cant load my game, i read in some of the reviews that you answered that you left a patch to fix that, but I cant seem to find it, could you help me find it please? I tried going from gba to melonds with the save files i have of the delta emulator which lets you save via emulator, but it still gave the same error

On 5/13/2024 at 9:27 PM, IvanBeifong said:

Hi, i wanted to ask something, i was playing on the gba version and it never let me save the game, it always showed "save failed", now im having troubles because when you finish the game it saves and sends you to the main menu, so i cant load my game, i read in some of the reviews that you answered that you left a patch to fix that, but I cant seem to find it, could you help me find it please? I tried going from gba to melonds with the save files i have of the delta emulator which lets you save via emulator, but it still gave the same error

Hello! Honestly I'm not too sure how the two versions of the patches interact - the versions of the xdelta files in the nogba folder should only be used for the no$gba emulator, while the ones in the melon folder should be used for any others (as well as hardware). All I can suggest is making sure you're using the one from the appropriate folder and keeping to it.

Hey, I just got to the point where Grovyle shows up a second time, and I'm still having the issue of him only seeming to face the screen has me a little concerned about some of the more impactful scenes, like with Dusknoir and the MC, is there any way we might be able to fix this, with Skytemple or anything else? and if I can fix it with Skytemple, how do I do that?

7 hours ago, Snowfox24 said:

Hey, I just got to the point where Grovyle shows up a second time, and I'm still having the issue of him only seeming to face the screen has me a little concerned about some of the more impactful scenes, like with Dusknoir and the MC, is there any way we might be able to fix this, with Skytemple or anything else? and if I can fix it with Skytemple, how do I do that?

Hi! I think I have a fix ready to go thanks to someone checking a few things for me in the last version, but the problem is that I'm not able to replicate the issue through skytemple's built-in emulator to verify that the problem really is solved. I can try uploading a new version tonight with the changes though - if you're able to check if it's resolved once version 1.3.1 is up I'd appreciate it!

On 4/1/2024 at 6:35 AM, fenrir ragnarok said:

err am I the only one who has grovyle always facing south?
I'm on RetroArch on the steam deck

edit : ok, it was only until his identity got revealed, now that I think about it, his sprite was supposed to be darkened before the reveal, but it wasn't

 Just thought I'd let you know I've released a new version today which should solve this issue! I'd reccommend updating even if you're a little further in now - seems like quite a few of Grovyle's sheets were scrambled somehow in the 1.3.0 update, should be dealt with now though.

On 4/2/2024 at 6:33 PM, xanam said:

Hi, there should be! There should be two different versions of both midday and midnight included in the zip file - one set in a folder labelled for nogba and one for melon. There's an additional bugfix patch applied to the nogba version of the files that fixes a no saving issue in a different emulator, but it causes saving to fail on melon, so it's not applied on the alternate patch. Might be worth double checking you have the melon-compatible version of midnight installed!

Hey, thanks for looking into that for me, I'll absolutely let you know, but a quick question, when Patching the update in, would I just patch it in over the already patched version? or should I patch a clean copy of the game? And would I maybe be able to keep my save? I can also Probably copy the patched rom to have another save file probably (Hopefully) So I can rush through to check the cutscene.

4 hours ago, Snowfox24 said:

Hey, thanks for looking into that for me, I'll absolutely let you know, but a quick question, when Patching the update in, would I just patch it in over the already patched version? or should I patch a clean copy of the game? And would I maybe be able to keep my save? I can also Probably copy the patched rom to have another save file probably (Hopefully) So I can rush through to check the cutscene.

Hi, no problem  I'd probably suggest using a clean copy again (though you're welcome to try either - if it doesn't throw up an error popup when patching with the previous version then it's worked fine), and if you want to maintain your save file, all you have to do is give your new patched version the exact same name and file location as the old one - there's no changes that'd be incompatible with the previous version so it'll still read the save file without any issues! If you wanted to have a second copy to check things from the beginning, just duplicate the nds file with a slightly different name - the save file and nds file need the same names to work together!

14 hours ago, xanam said:

Hi, no problem  I'd probably suggest using a clean copy again (though you're welcome to try either - if it doesn't throw up an error popup when patching with the previous version then it's worked fine), and if you want to maintain your save file, all you have to do is give your new patched version the exact same name and file location as the old one - there's no changes that'd be incompatible with the previous version so it'll still read the save file without any issues! If you wanted to have a second copy to check things from the beginning, just duplicate the nds file with a slightly different name - the save file and nds file need the same names to work together!

Ah Alright, Also I entirely forgot that another bug had been a lack of Quaxly's facial portraits showing up, the happy face portrait is absent. Also, Is it still going to show up on the title screen as 1.3.0 or should it show up as 1.3.1?

On 5/25/2024 at 1:03 AM, Snowfox24 said:

Ah Alright, Also I entirely forgot that another bug had been a lack of Quaxly's facial portraits showing up, the happy face portrait is absent. Also, Is it still going to show up on the title screen as 1.3.0 or should it show up as 1.3.1?

May still show up as 1.3.0 on the title screen - honestly forgot I added the version number there I'll be sure to update it in the next version.

The quaxly portraits aren't a bug however - not all expressions exist for all pokemon in the sprite repository yet and I can only use what's there, so if a portrait doesn't exist the game just doesn't show it at all. Occasionally when I do updates I go through all the portraits again just in case new ones have been added, but its not too frequent. Quaxly currently doesn't have any portraits except for the default expression, see here.

On 5/26/2024 at 10:39 AM, xanam said:

May still show up as 1.3.0 on the title screen - honestly forgot I added the version number there I'll be sure to update it in the next version.

The quaxly portraits aren't a bug however - not all expressions exist for all pokemon in the sprite repository yet and I can only use what's there, so if a portrait doesn't exist the game just doesn't show it at all. Occasionally when I do updates I go through all the portraits again just in case new ones have been added, but its not too frequent. Quaxly currently doesn't have any portraits except for the default expression, see here.

Ah alright. Also I did get to actually checking if the cutscenes are fixed, and at least on the Nosgba vers(The one I'd been using, works fine on Desmume) they are. I'd made a new save to test the patching, which works, and to be able to check the cutscene faster anyway. It's just that you did forget to update the vers number in the titlescreen, might wanna make a note of that so people know.

Thanks for responding and taking things into account though!
Also I've seen where you were considering a dusk version, maybe you could add a mix of starters/partners from the current versions in with any new ones? Also, Might I suggest some hisuian forms if you do make a dusk version? I know they have Hisuian Zorua, and Sneasel and sneasler would be p cool too. Maybe Dusk could also just be primarily regional forms even? And a dawn edition could be either an assortment of shinies, or other mons entirely, who knows though. Could be other starters entirely. Either way I'm looking forward to it.

Hey... I been miserable for days trying to work it, and listen to the instructions saying on the note, but with no luck... you got a video example how it should be done... I'm not as smart as I thought I was and I'm tired of having mental breakdowns...

On 7/23/2024 at 6:14 AM, lonely pokemon said:

Hey... I been miserable for days trying to work it, and listen to the instructions saying on the note, but with no luck... you got a video example how it should be done... I'm not as smart as I thought I was and I'm tired of having mental breakdowns...

Hi, I might be able to help with a little more info! If you could let me know either through this comments section or through dms what device/program you're trying to do this with and where you're having trouble and I should be able to talk you through it

Hiiii,

I may have made an account just to post. I love this mod, but I've recently become obsessed with Meowscarada.

I see that in the current version, Sprigatito cannot evolve, and I was curious if there was ever going to be an update for Floragato and Meowscarada.

I would love to play this game again with myself as the Meowscarada line and my best friend as the Delphox line (her 2nd fave, after Mawile lol).

I understand this hasn't been updated for a year and is a long shot, though.

On 5/21/2025 at 12:45 PM, Willow_Witch said:

Hiiii,

I may have made an account just to post. I love this mod, but I've recently become obsessed with Meowscarada.

I see that in the current version, Sprigatito cannot evolve, and I was curious if there was ever going to be an update for Floragato and Meowscarada.

I would love to play this game again with myself as the Meowscarada line and my best friend as the Delphox line (her 2nd fave, after Mawile lol).

I understand this hasn't been updated for a year and is a long shot, though.

Hi, I'm really glad you like it this mod isn't abandoned - I have a major update in the works to add a few extra starters and expand the size of the starter pool itself further and a combination of how tedious adding fresh stats is and general life busyness is making it take a little longer than I thought it's definitely happening though! 

The reason that sprigatito can't evolve in the current version was just due to sprites for its evolutions not being in the sprite repository yet - seems they're both there now though and I believe I've got both of them ready to go in the update I'm working on already, so they'll both be there in the next major release I'm hoping I can find time to get the last remaining stats added in the next few months, fingers crossed!

Hey made an account to ask are you alright with content like Youtube videos of this mod? I recently saw a small creator's video on the mod and wanted to try it out myself

On 5/25/2025 at 7:12 PM, xanam said:

Hi, I'm really glad you like it this mod isn't abandoned - I have a major update in the works to add a few extra starters and expand the size of the starter pool itself further and a combination of how tedious adding fresh stats is and general life busyness is making it take a little longer than I thought it's definitely happening though! 

The reason that sprigatito can't evolve in the current version was just due to sprites for its evolutions not being in the sprite repository yet - seems they're both there now though and I believe I've got both of them ready to go in the update I'm working on already, so they'll both be there in the next major release I'm hoping I can find time to get the last remaining stats added in the next few months, fingers crossed!

I, too, made an account just to post. Glad to hear it's still active, I'm looking forward to the next update, I've had the page bookmarked and check it every few weeks. Hope lifes treating you well, take your time.

On 5/31/2025 at 5:40 AM, RealRockPikmin said:

Hey made an account to ask are you alright with content like Youtube videos of this mod? I recently saw a small creator's video on the mod and wanted to try it out myself

Hi, yeah that's absolutely fine with me, I'd be honoured!

On 5/21/2025 at 12:45 PM, Willow_Witch said:

Hiiii,

I may have made an account just to post. I love this mod, but I've recently become obsessed with Meowscarada.

I see that in the current version, Sprigatito cannot evolve, and I was curious if there was ever going to be an update for Floragato and Meowscarada.

I would love to play this game again with myself as the Meowscarada line and my best friend as the Delphox line (her 2nd fave, after Mawile lol).

I understand this hasn't been updated for a year and is a long shot, though.

Just thought I should give you a quick status update since you called out sprigatito specifically - new version just went up, and the full sprigatito line is now implemented!

On 8/26/2025 at 1:14 AM, xanam said:

Just thought I should give you a quick status update since you called out sprigatito specifically - new version just went up, and the full sprigatito line is now implemented!

Omg... my hero.