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Hey... so I'm back from my 3-4 year slumber to put out another contribution to the ProjectPokemon community, and this one I think a small group of BDSP gamers would appreciate: I did it! I FINALLY figured out how to remove the BDSP Banlist, and it took a *very long time*. (At least, I THINK I removed it. I am just incredibly excited bc I believe this is the mod that does it). Here's a visual/proof that this method works, and then I'll share what I did. As you can see, Jirachi and Dialga are legal in my Battle Team. (I almost had a panic attack when I saw this because I actually could not believe I figured it out). OKAY, now that that's out of the way, here's the process: I used a program called "Imposter's Ordeal". Now, IDK what is allowed on this forum and what isn't. I know sharing certain things like rom's or how to hack your switch/emulation might not be allowed, so I'm going to refrain from talking about those particular things. And I'm not even sure if Imposter's Ordeal is something that is allowed here, so if it isn't, then please let me know and we can figure out another solution. I only say this because Imposter's Ordeal seems like an incredible resource that I'm surprised nobody has ever talked about on PP lol. But anyway, you're going to want to open that program and use it on your BDSP game. Open "Global Metadata Editor" and the first thing you're going to see is "Assembly-CSharp.dll", "<PrivateImplementationDetails>", and then a bunch of random letters and numbers in the third column. Scroll all the way down until you see the line of code that reads "4DBCB2BACE8C9D7E1BA528261F46...". Under the fourth column, you're going to see a bunch of binary/hex editor data. Turn all of those into "00 00 00..." while making sure you don't alter the size of the code/amount of binary data. (If you're wondering how I figured out it was this specific line of code, the answer is 'yes' lol). Close out of that window once you're done, hit "Export and Exit", and wah lah! You've created a mod that you can load onto your game and find that (at the very least) Jirachi and Dialga will show up as in the above image. Hope this information helps! I'm just so excited that I actually figured this out, I wanted to share it with the rest of the team, and hopefully this enhances your play experience, and for anyone out there who wants to create your own romhack of BDSP (as I know people like to do such of that), I hope this gives you a nice little added feature). I'm sure this line of code can be edited to fit your needs, for example if you wanted to ban other pokemon. Not sure why you'd want to do that. Last but not least, I want to give credit where credit is due. Want to thank @ABZB for helping out with the start of this project. Want to thank @Robie777 for contributing the post-game save file that I used (which also is the save that you see in the image above). That save can be found here: Want to thank Nifyr on github for hosting the Imposter's Ordeal randomizer that really helped organize the structure of the data in a way that PowerGREP or HxD couldn't. Want to thank the mods/big names out there (theSlayer, Kaphotics, etc.) who have made this rom/save editing community fantastic. After all, I'm going to look forward to using PKHeX to make some OP mon's on BDSP for funsies now lol. Want to thank Nintendo/ILCA/The Pokemon Company and the Unity engine for making possible what is probably one of my top 5 Pokemon games now. And finally, I want to thank all those who supported me during my long hiatus. Like I said, I left social media/content creation because of that toxic cyberbully from another gaming community (seems that person is now banished from multiple other groups, so I feel a lot more safe now). Will I ever come back? Idk yet, but I definitely enjoyed being part of ProjectPokemon. Anyway, let me know if you have any questions, or if there are any issues with the game. Please be aware that as I went through some of the metadata, it is VERY possible that the wrong modification could ruin your save (you have been warned). So if you're going to continue playing w/ Imposter's Ordeal and/or venture further into the binary data of BDSP, I would recommend backing up your save file and if things go wrong, just remove/undo the mod and restore your save. Cheers! -IS2L *UPDATE 1/11*: Please note that this does NOT affect the item or species clause. Those will still be in effect. After discussions in our PP discord, it's very likely that these rules can also be lifted, but I actually don't care too much about the item/species clause. It would be nice to be able to have both Deoxys A and D on your team, but it's not too big a deal. Anyone else feel free to dive into this project as I'll probably be very busy in the coming weeks/months