Report of Possible Bug

[Decrypt]

Hello, I got a Pokemon Ruby (gen 3) save file (.sa1) that had Pokemon with Pokerus that I got in-game without using PKHeX. But, when I opened my save file with PKHeX, the box for ( Infected) is left unchecked. I think it might be a bug.

[theSLAYER]

Just now, Decrypt said:

Hello, I got a Pokemon Ruby (gen 3) save file (.sa1) that had Pokemon with Pokerus that I got in-game without using PKHeX. But, when I opened my save file with PKHeX, the box for ( Infected) is left unchecked. I think it might be a bug.

are you sure you loaded the correct save into PKHeX?

[Decrypt]

Just now, theSLAYER said:

are you sure you loaded the correct save into PKHeX?

Hello Pokemon Chief. Yes, I loaded the correct save. 

[theSLAYER]

Just now, Decrypt said:

Hello Pokemon Chief. Yes, I loaded the correct save. 

I assume you're using an emulator. Would that be VBA?

[Decrypt]

2 minutes ago, theSLAYER said:

I assume you're using an emulator. Would that be VBA?

Yes. I am using VBALink 1.7 LAN edition.

[theSLAYER]

3 minutes ago, Decrypt said:

Yes. I am using VBALink 1.7 LAN edition.

Save the game in-game twice, then export your save, then send it to me here.

or

(options may differ due to emulator version, but it's effectively something like that)

[Decrypt]

9 minutes ago, theSLAYER said:

Save the game in-game twice, then export your save, then send it to me here.

or

(options may differ due to emulator version, but it's effectively something like that)

Here's the save file. Thank you for the helpful instructions.

Pokemon - Ruby Version (USA, Europe) (Rev 2).SAV

[theSLAYER]

4 minutes ago, Decrypt said:

Here's the save file. Thank you for the helpful instructions.

Pokemon - Ruby Version (USA, Europe) (Rev 2).SAV 128 kB · 0 downloads

Hey quick question, which mon is supposed to be infected with pkrus?
edit: nvm, supposed to be all of them it seems.

[Decrypt]

Just now, theSLAYER said:

Hey quick question, which mon is supposed to be infected with pkrus?

It's Combusken. But the all of the other Pokemon in my party and in the PC also got infected with it. So, you can also check using the other Pokemon. 

 

 

[theSLAYER]

I've since checked in-game, and it appears all of them should have it.

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@Kaphotics just bring this to your attention :3

 

[Kaphotics]

Looks like invalid pkrs values.

https://github.com/pret/pokeemerald/blob/5d7c438efcd341c777c866a7eb3f8401f8548dc5/src/pokemon.c#L6036-L6058

The byte at 0x44 has "01", which decomposes to "strain 0, days 1". Can't get strain 0, and when it's cured (days elapsed), it will never remember it had pkrs.

 

I simulated the numbers to generate a list of possible PKRS values:

https://github.com/pret/pokeemerald/blob/5d7c438efcd341c777c866a7eb3f8401f8548dc5/src/pokemon.c#L5940-L5978

var list = new List<int>();
for (int i = 0; i <= 255; i++)
{
	var val = i;
	if ((val & 0x7) == 0)
		continue;
	if ((val & 0xF0) != 0)
		val &= 7;
		
	val |= (val << 4);
	val &= 0xF3;
	val++;
	$"{i:000}: {val:X2}".Dump();
	list.Add(val);
}

list.OrderBy(z => z).Select(z => $"{z:X2}").Distinct().Dump();

And here is the list of initial values:

12 
23 
34 
41 
52 
63 
74 
92 
A3 
B4 
C1 
D2 
E3 
F4

Note how strain 0 and strain 8 are not generatable.

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Did you hack in PKRS with a cheat?

[Decrypt]

16 hours ago, Kaphotics said:

Looks like invalid pkrs values.

https://github.com/pret/pokeemerald/blob/5d7c438efcd341c777c866a7eb3f8401f8548dc5/src/pokemon.c#L6036-L6058

The byte at 0x44 has "01", which decomposes to "strain 0, days 1". Can't get strain 0, and when it's cured (days elapsed), it will never remember it had pkrs.

 

I simulated the numbers to generate a list of possible PKRS values:

https://github.com/pret/pokeemerald/blob/5d7c438efcd341c777c866a7eb3f8401f8548dc5/src/pokemon.c#L5940-L5978

var list = new List<int>();
for (int i = 0; i <= 255; i++)
{
	var val = i;
	if ((val & 0x7) == 0)
		continue;
	if ((val & 0xF0) != 0)
		val &= 7;
		
	val |= (val << 4);
	val &= 0xF3;
	val++;
	$"{i:000}: {val:X2}".Dump();
	list.Add(val);
}

list.OrderBy(z => z).Select(z => $"{z:X2}").Distinct().Dump();

And here is the list of initial values:

12 
23 
34 
41 
52 
63 
74 
92 
A3 
B4 
C1 
D2 
E3 
F4

Note how strain 0 and strain 8 are not generatable.

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Did you hack in PKRS with a cheat?

Hello Kaphotics. Thanks for the feedback. Sorry for the late response, I had cheats disabled in the emulator.

Edit: It seems like according to Bulbapedia, having a Pokemon with a Pokerus of 0 is not legitimate. I guess I may have unknowingly cheated in the game.

Edited April 1, 2021 by Decrypt
Did some research

[Kaphotics]

Upon (a much later) investigation, Ruby/Sapphire has a "bug" (that was not fixed in 1.1, but was fixed in Emerald) that didn't do the &7 loop for picking a valid strain.

Future commits/releases will be adjusted to allow strain 0/8.