Lithium

Sorry for the long wait, everyone. To keep a long story short, I haven't really had much passion for Pokemon as of late, and little motivation to even go in and fix bugs. So until that changes, updates from here on will be rare, if they happen at all. Just to clarify though, I COULD just come back and start making major updates again if I feel the motivation for it. With the way I am, that could happen out of nowhere. Until then though, yeah, don't expect much. r1.0.5 Long time no see! Implemented any fixes I did but forgot to write about since last update Fixed Corsola incorrectly having its original first ability, Hustle, instead of Solid Rock Fixed Cranidos/Rampardos learning Screech instead of Dragon Dance at 30/31, as was intended

Hoothoot-S should be a good choice, yeah. As for where/when to find it, it's on Route 201 or 202 at night, and in the honey trees on 205 and 209 at all times. This is all in the documentation, which you should be referring to first before asking questions like this on the thread.

Released a minor patch fixing this and another minor issue. Sorry for the delay, I've just been busy with other things. r1.0.4 Fixed an error where Mars's Magnezone has an incorrect moveset during the Lake Verity battle. Fixed both Galactic Grunts on Mt. Coronet 6F having a Forretress when only one was intended to. Now the one with the Ariados has the Forretress, and the one with the Golbat has a Yanmega.

I can't answer that question for you. It depends on how you want to use them, like with every Pokemon. You should definitely figure that out for yourself- if you can't, Altered Platinum is probably too difficult for you.

Nope, there's no Discord. I don't have the skills or the patience to manage one, frankly. As for your other two questions, that depends a lot on what you're looking for. Torterra is tough, but it makes a good Rock Polish/Double Team sweeper and can put out a lot of damage. Empoleon is a tank too, but it has decent Attack, so it can work as a Swords Dance user, mixed attacker or dedicated Special heavy hitter. Infernape is still Infernape. Great mixed attacking stats, great speed, lots of options, it's definitely the most offensively-minded of the three. But it can't take a hit like the other two can. As for the Eeveelutions, all of them can do offensive things, even Umbreon. Umbreon now has a decent Attack stat and Vampire Fangs, a powerful physical Dark-type move with HP drain. Plus, both it and Espeon get Magic Guard now, so they can use a Life Orb without taking any damage. It also depends on what you want. I'd personally build a team of five first, then pick whichever Eeveelution fits in type-wise. It's a great wild card, especially if you haven't decided on your sixth slot yet and you want to play with your team a bit before deciding.

Yes, you can find it in certain rooms in Mt. Coronet, and in Maniac Tunnel. Your download included documentation though, you should check that for details.

Released update r1.0.3! Sorry for the long wait. A lack of motivation can do that to you. But this should fix at least a few of the remaining issues. Edit- Oh yeah, I kinda forgot to comment on the setup move changes. This change was made a while ago. With setup as it was, you could easily win almost any battle by spamming setup, since the AI won't usually switch. To compensate at least a little bit, most setup moves now only have 1 PP. Considering how the lack of EVs nerfs defensive Pokemon already, I think this is a fair trade. It also prevents the AI from stupidly just spamming setup moves and not actually attacking, making AI setup sweepers potentially more dangerous, and definitely more consistent. Moves with 1 PP also can't have their PP raised with items, so they're stuck at 1. Double Team now also acts as a copy of Agility instead of raising evasion, making it more useful and less cheesy. The one downside is that since PP isn't refunded after battles, you'll have to continually refill the PP of setup moves in the field. But since setup isn't generally necessary for wild Pokemon and normal trainers, and since PP-restoring items are more accessible thanks to the Veilstone Dept. Store, I think it shouldn't be too much of an issue.

I'm pretty sure it is gen 4, since Renegade Platinum didn't update it either, as far as I know. Critical hits also deal more damage in this generation though, so it might not be quite as bad as it seems.

I haven't modified crit rate, at least not intentionally. You might just be horribly unlucky.

Sorry for the lack of updates. Life has been crazy for a while, and on top of that I still don't have motivation to work on it more. But once I do, you can expect to see some fixes, at the very least. It's supposed to be a bit harder than Renegade Platinum. For the most part, ordinary trainers are the same, but boss trainers (like Galactic Admins, Gym Leaders, etc.) are significantly harder. Gym Leaders are no longer limited to a specific type- now they use a central strategy, like a rain team or hyper offense. However, breeding and EV training are entirely unnecessary. In the case of EV training, it's actually impossible, since you can no longer gain EVs. This was changed because NPC trainers can't use EVs, so they provide a huge advantage to the player. IVs are still random, unfortunately, but they're not really a huge deal, especially not compared to EVs. If you like, you can edit your Pokemon with a save editor to max out their IVs. I wouldn't consider that cheating, since I'd add bottle caps if I could. You do, however, have easy access to competitive items in the Veilstone Department Store, and a wide variety of viable Pokemon to choose from, so team building is much easier, and you can win with your favorites, since the vast majority of underpowered Pokemon have been majorly buffed. So it's kind of tough to say if it would be too hard for you or not. The tedious, grinding aspect of the harder Pokemon hacks is absent, however the enemy trainers use better team compositions, items and movesets, so you have to know that aspect of the game decently well to succeed. I recommend having the documentation handy, and checking it often while playing. That is... a Delta Patcher issue. I can't really help you, since this tells me nothing.

Just released a minor update, r1.0.2, because I noticed a bit of an oversight relating to Huge Power/Pure Power and how EVs work. Basically, these Abilities are around 25% worse without EVs, so I modified a few Pokemon's base stats to ensure they're not lagging behind because of this. Changelog:

Updated to r1.0.1. Some big additions here, including four new moves, a Wormadam overhaul, a few minor buffs to Gyarados, and a partial reversion of Sinnohan Togekiss. Three new moves from Pokemon Legends Arceus have been added: Wave Crash, Headlong Rush, and Esper Wing. As well, Meteor Dive's animation was tweaked to use the second turn of Sky Attack instead of being a copy of Brave Bird. As for Togekiss, to make a long story short, I wasn't satisfied with Sinnohan Togekiss's type change to Grass/Water, and reverted it to Grass/Dragon- but with a few changes. It now has Sekai Slam, a signature physical Dragon-type move with 90 Base Power and a 50% chance to raise Defense. Additionally, its Special Defense got buffed a little bit, and its Abilities are now Thick Fat and Serene Grace. Full changelog:

You have to update, earlier versions were bugged. Updating shouldn't break anything though- they only break stuff when certain scripts are changed.

- Tyrogue: Now evolves if leveled up while holding an item. Choice Band for Hitmonlee, Life Orb for Hitmonchan, and Choice Scarf for Hitmontop. Please look at the documents included with the download before asking questions like this.

Finally decided to make this newest version r1.0.0, since I feel like it's feature-complete at this point. Highlights include the introduction of a proper Sinnohan Scizor (Steel/Ice type), and the addition of Dual Wingbeat and Triple Axel! Note: If you have a regular Scizor, updating will turn it into its Sinnohan Form. If it has Swarm as its second ability though, it will keep it. Feel free to use a save editor to change it! Full changelog:

That's kind of a difficult question to answer. Among the Eeveelutions, I'd say Flareon, Jolteon, Espeon, Leafeon and Glaceon are the offensively-focused ones, but exactly which one is 'strongest' is going to be hard to determine, because they're all supposed to be about as good as each other. Which one you should choose, I would say, depends on what else you want to use on your team. Eevee is a useful 'wildcard' mon, because if you can pick five other Pokemon to use on your team and you're not sure what goes in the last slot, chances are there's an Eeveelution that will fit. I will note that Leafeon and Glaceon have been significantly altered. Leafeon is supposed to be able to work as a nice revenge killer, hence its access to Extreme Speed and Sucker Punch. Natural Cure also helps it survive for longer when switched out, which gels nicely with revenge killing, and especially U-turn. Glaceon is now much faster as well, and with its stats it could work sort of like an Ice-type Gardevoir, using Calm Mind to set up and sweep, or Nasty Plot for pure offense. Espeon also gets Gem Flash, which is extremely strong with Technician since it's basically a Rock-type version of Charge Beam.

That's very odd. I tested this out myself on the latest version of the hack and evolved it successfully without issue. Check the options menu. What version are you playing on?

Released b1.5.4, where I fix this and a couple other issues. Full changelog: b1.5.4 Fixed Volkner having the wrong Rotom forms in both battles where he uses one. Fixed the Galactic Grunt in the Team Galactic Eterna Building having a Glameow instead of a Swablu. Fixed Probopass having Lightningrod instead of Volt Absorb.

Released b1.5.3, which simply fixes Electivire's second ability not being Iron Fist as intended, and fixes the version shown in the pause menu not being updated, which I forgot to change in the last version.

Budew evolves if it levels up knowing Detect, and Roselia evolves if it levels up knowing Aura Sphere. It's right there in SinnohanForms.txt, in the documentation that comes with the hack...

I went into the game files and discovered that a few shinies had not been changed. I'm not sure why, but it should be fixed now.

Glad you're enjoying it! Sinnohan Sandslash is actually sort of based on a Glyphid Slasher. Rock and Stone, miner!

Here's a more detailed explanation: You need a specific type of rom- there are two versions of Platinum, and this one requires Revision 1, or else the first rival battle will crash. You can identify a Revision 1 rom if it's marked Rev 1, or if the number at the start of the file name is either 4997 or 4998. If the number is 3541, the rom is the wrong version. Once you're sure you have the right version, make a backup of the rom file, just in case. You can copy+paste it into the same folder, which will just save a duplicate of the file. Rename it to mark it as the backup if you like. Extract AlteredPlatinum-b151.xdelta from the download, and DeltaPatcherLite.exe as well, into a folder with the rom. I recommend using 7-Zip for this; this is a free program you can download which will open .zip files. Link: https://www.7-zip.org/ (For most modern computers running Windows, you'll want the "64-bit x64" version.) Run DeltaPatcherLite.exe. Click the yellow folder icon next to the "Original file:" box, navigate to where your rom is, and double-click it. Then click the folder icon for the "XDelta patch:" box, and find AlteredPlatinum-b151.xdelta, double-click that. Once you've done this, click "Apply Patch", and wait for a window to pop up saying "Patch successfully applied!". That means the rom file you selected has been patched, and it's now a copy of Altered Platinum! You should probably rename the file to something like "Pokemon Altered Platinum" at this point. Then you just have to open the file in your emulator of choice, and play! Personally, I use DeSmuME.

Yes, Renegade Platinum made the change to allow all special encounters (like legendaries) to spawn as shiny, so you can get a shiny version of any Pokemon.

Added a preview for all shiny Sinnohan Forms to the OP, directly underneath the main Sinnohan Form preview spoiler.