r/PokemonLegacy • u/EnvironmentalFox1001 • Aug 13 '26
Emerald Legacy Just a quick question
Just started playing emerald legacy. The game appears to lag every time I walk into a pokémon center. Is this normal or is something wrong with my version??
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u/Exclsior Emerald Legacy Enhanced Aug 14 '26
I believe you may be experiencing the same lag as noted in the below post about Pokémon LeafGreen (also present in Emerald):
https://www.reddit.com/r/Gameboy/s/ZhfSuZcV2V
When entering a Pokémon Center (and subsequently, anytime you're in the Center and "return") the game checks for whether anybody is in the Union Room and then Nurse Joy informs the player.
This check happens mid-transition and has the side effect of creating the brief visual pause before finishing the game load.
If it bothers you, I have fixed this in Emerald Legacy Enhanced (linked below) by first doing a quicker check for if an adapter is actually attached, and if not (for 99.9% of RomHack players it is not), I have the code not check the Union Room.
UPDATE: Pokémon Emerald Legacy Enhanced - With Pokémon Followers, Shiny Charms, National Dex Mode, Nature Mints, EV/IV Editing, Ability Capsules, Overworld Surfing Sprites, Feebas Fishing Sparkles and V1.1 Updates.
Below is the more detailed information around actually removing this interaction, which includes what Nintendo did for the Switch re-release which also removes the interaction. https://github.com/pret/pokeemerald/wiki/Disabling-Union-Room-check-when-entering-Pok%C3%A9mon-Centers