The Legality Question/Check Thread

[Kaphotics]

1 hour ago, MicoMicoco said:

I’m not using a save file though, and I never have before. That’s why I’m confused as to why this started happening

Then it needs to be handled by the currently loaded Save File (probably is PKHeX). Don't disable the setting that automatically updates the handler data when you set it to a slot.

Try setting it to a slot in the save file, and check again.

[MicoMicoco]

14 minutes ago, Kaphotics said:

Then it needs to be handled by the currently loaded Save File (probably is PKHeX). Don't disable the setting that automatically updates the handler data when you set it to a slot.

Try setting it to a slot in the save file, and check again.

I haven’t touched any settings, so that should still be on. By setting it to a slot I assume you mean the box locations to the right-hand side of pkhex? I have fairly limited knowledge on pkhex for anything other than making pk8 and pk9 files to use with a trade bot

[Macromind101]

I just wanted to make sure I "devolved" this Pokémon correctly. It's the Cyndaquil that was given as a MG in Home that has GV's in all stats.

The things I am unsure about:

• I left the height and weight values untouched and checked auto (when I didn't have it on auto, it didn't pass the legality check). That's what I had to do, right? Also, do the Home MG starters have fixed height/weight values?
• I noticed that rather than having 10 GV's in all stats, it had a set of high (but not 10) values and highlighted in green (like when hyper training). Is it supposed to be like that? I would think the starters would just have all 10 GV values but were they handled differently?

0156 - Quilava - 85806BC7410F.pa8 0155 - Cyndaquil - FEE56BC7410F.pa8

[SurfShackTito]

Pokemon FireRed generating a Shiny Starter

So I was able to create a Shiny Nidoran just fine using PkHex and PokeFinder, yet for the life of me my Charmeleon to be shiny. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. (And yes I know he has invalid moves). I am using the first result from PokeFinder.

The Errors I get are:
Invalid: Invalid Met Level, expected 0.
Invalid: PID - correlation does not match what was expected
for the Encounter's type.

 

0005 ★ - CHARMELEON - 8BE9466BC925.pk3

Edited February 9 by SurfShackTito

[ERNESTO JG]

On 2/9/2025 at 10:28 AM, SurfShackTito said:

Pokemon FireRed generating a Shiny Starter

So I was able to create a Shiny Nidoran just fine using PkHex and PokeFinder, yet for the life of me my Charmeleon to be shiny. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. (And yes I know he has invalid moves). I am using the first result from PokeFinder.

The Errors I get are:
Invalid: Invalid Met Level, expected 0.
Invalid: PID - correlation does not match what was expected
for the Encounter's type.

 

0005 ★ - CHARMELEON - 8BE9466BC925.pk3 100 B · 4 downloads

It is NOT a PKHeX or PokeFinder error

 

[SurfShackTito]

2 hours ago, ERNESTO JG said:

It is NOT a PKHeX or PokeFinder error

 

Thank you so much for that. Wasn't sure why it was throwing the other errors for an invalid move

[narpooper]

hey all,

so I'm under assumption that the flying gem (and other gems of the same caliber) are supposed to be marked as legal and available, due to availability in the dirtclouds in the gen 5 games. my gliscor is being labeled as having an unreleased item, which is weird considering the flying gem is verifiably released

some extra information is that I transferred these from gen 5 BW to gen 6 ORAS and the flying gem was not marked as illegal in gen 5

0472 ★ - Gliscor - D2A909EEAF8E.pk6

 

forgot to mention but I'm on ver 20250518

[Kaphotics]

18 minutes ago, narpooper said:

hey all,

so I'm under assumption that the flying gem (and other gems of the same caliber) are supposed to be marked as legal and available, due to availability in the dirtclouds in the gen 5 games. my gliscor is being labeled as having an unreleased item, which is weird considering the flying gem is verifiably released

some extra information is that I transferred these from gen 5 BW to gen 6 ORAS and the flying gem was not marked as illegal in gen 5

0472 ★ - Gliscor - D2A909EEAF8E.pk6 260 B · 0 downloads

Items don't transfer between Gen5 and Gen6.

[narpooper]

thanks 

[cylpol1]

Hi there are these two event pokemon that were previously legal in older version or a few months ago. The only difference between before is that the origin is pearl. Once I change to diamond it is legal. I had used the database to make these two pokemon and it was legal when it was made with pearl as the orign game was wondering if this is corrct thanks

0490 - マナフィ - 6B239041F646.pk5 0493 - アルセウス - 9D755C914962.pk5

Edited July 5 by cylpol1

[Kaphotics]

4 hours ago, cylpol1 said:

Hi there are these two event pokemon that were previously legal in older version or a few months ago. The only difference between before is that the origin is pearl. Once I change to diamond it is legal. I had used the database to make these two pokemon and it was legal when it was made with pearl as the orign game was wondering if this is corrct thanks

0490 - マナフィ - 6B239041F646.pk5 220 B · 2 downloads 0493 - アルセウス - 9D755C914962.pk5 220 B · 2 downloads

Don't change the Version. Gen4 event gifts are distributed with a fixed Version value, not taking your save file's version.

[cylpol1]

Thank you for your help is there a reason why it was legal a few months ago and now it no

[Kaphotics]

2 hours ago, cylpol1 said:

Thank you for your help is there a reason why it was legal a few months ago and now it no

It's been flagged for more than just the past few months.

The program improves over time, as more things get added to check for / bugs fixed.

[Elementall]

Hello,

I am trying to generate white 1 version exclusives for my casual playthrough of Black 1, and I ran into a small yet noticeable snag. 
Caught pokemon show as "met at lv. x" in the summary page, and traded pokemon (including the in game trades) all show as "apparently received at lv. x". 
When I create a pokemon that would otherwise be legal, with a different OT and a legit encounter for white 1, the in game the summary page shows as "apparently met at lv. x". This is an extremely minor thing but it bugs me to no end, and I don't know how to fix it.
There is no section for "handler" or anything similar that I can see in version 20250609. Is there any way to change this or am I just going to have to live with it?

0642 - Thundurus - EE7E6D038D85.pk5

Edited September 8 by Elementall
Added file