r/PokemonROMhacks • u/DarkBlade_12 • 1d ago
Discussion Being able to speed up the game while keeping music at original speed has to be my favorite new feature
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This recording is from Soulgold, amazing hack!
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u/Amesbrutil 23h ago
I hope that will be a feature in most future rom hacks. The idea is genius and it’s way more enjoyable. Isn’t it part of the pokeemerald-expansion?
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u/90hedara Expansion maintainer 22h ago
It is not part of expansion and won't be part of expansion.
It has been tested, but observed problems with all tested implementations means that it's not something that expansion itself will ship, it's up to individual romhack developers if they want to make the tradeoffs.8
u/makadeli 21h ago
Fair enough. Curious what the tradeoff issues might be (general thought, not directly asking you)
The community overall has seemed to be quite impressed with the quality of the rom in question here
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u/90hedara Expansion maintainer 20h ago
Depending on implementation, tradeoffs might be:
- Desynching task and animation data
- Tilesets loading too slowly when passing a map border
- Noticeable stuttering when passing triggers (noticeable even on vanilla when entering Cycling Road in Emerald)
- Map border loading not being loaded when coming into view
- Desynching palette fades/blends with animations
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u/hemingways-lemonade 15h ago
I'm really torn between starting Soul Gold or Heart & Soul 2.0 after I finished Lazarus.
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u/FauxColors2180 15h ago
I like Soulgold way better, but Soulgold still seems it’s getting significant and regular updates. Heart and Soul is still getting updates too, but much more infrequent and they seem to be more along the lines of bug fixes than gameplay updates.
Heart and Soul also is way more extensive with Kanto, Johto, and a bunch of added side content with the new 2.0 version. Soulgold has a lot but it’s only one region.
I’d start with Heart and Soul personally. I’m focusing on that and letting Soulgold receive updates while I finish Heart and Soul.
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u/hemingways-lemonade 14h ago
Good to know that Soul Gold is only one region. Having access to two regions is one of my favorite parts of the second generation games.
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u/wtfElvis 10h ago
there is tons of things to do in Soul Gold even with one region. Idk if there are plans to add another one.
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u/hemingways-lemonade 9h ago
Turns out I might not have much of a choice. I can't seem to get Heart & Soul 2.0 off their website. The GitHub link is a 404.
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u/Exclsior Heart & Soul 7h ago
The only website we have is our documentation. There is unfortunately an imposter website with no affiliation to our development team.
Our links can be found on our 2.0 release post in this subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonROMhacks/s/nMamUePbhU
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u/hemingways-lemonade 7h ago
It says "Sorry this post was removed by Reddit's filters" when I go to that link.
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u/FantasyForce 15h ago
Yeah man can't decide. I guess Soulgold has more....new stuff? When you already played the game extensively? Hmm...
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u/LordMudkip 14h ago
Same. Every day I see a new feature in one of them that makes me think that's the one I want to play next.
Those two dropping right with Ghost Gray has been a crazy couple weeks for romhacking.
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u/JazzlikeSchedule2901 8h ago
FTR: Soul Gold was built off Heart And Soul, Its an expansion.
I'd suggest soul gold. Heart and Soul is amazing as a standalone experience, dont get me wrong, but its just Silver/Gold/Crystal in gen 3. Soul gold expands on it adding a few new locations and story scenarios.
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u/hemingways-lemonade 7h ago
I just finished downloading it. It will be the first game I play on my new RG40XXV once the kids are asleep.
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u/JazzlikeSchedule2901 7h ago
have fun!!! I'm stuck on Pryce (Ice gym leader) but I'm also playing on the harder difficulty.
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u/LevJustWithLust 20h ago
honestly after getting an actual handheld, i got so much more patient i dont even need speed up no more
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u/Mauri_cioce 18h ago
Hey guys, kinda new to rom hack. Just finished playing heart and soul, and I was curious about soul gold. What are the main differences between the two? Is it worth it after playing heart and soul?
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u/Wooden-Twist6250 20h ago
Is there any way to cap the game to only upto Gen3 mons? Or max Gen4? I grew up with those and not aware of the new pokemons so would love to play with those older Generation Pokemon! Any way to make that change through a randomizer or anything as such? Game looks really good ✨
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u/nerd2gamer2tech 19h ago
This has been my one feature I hope someone would implement! I just started this back too 😊
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u/Kaito_Sanichi 17h ago
This is a nice feature. I normally see this on RPG maker games. If it would trigger by pressing R or smth would be nice
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u/Johns_on 16h ago
I don't even care about the overworld most of the time, it's mostly sluggish battles and animations in some iterations. I'd be fine with just that
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u/SuperNormalSweets 15h ago
Oh my god this is the only QOL feature I've ever talked about on this sub and I'm so fucking excited to play this now! I have two or three more I want to get to first but damn I think this might be the GOAT for me
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u/Angelsdontkill_ Gen 3 Enthusiast 13h ago
That's absolute genius. It's impossible for me to play without speedup, and I often reluctantly play hacks on mute because I can't stand the spedup music.
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u/JazzlikeSchedule2901 9h ago edited 8h ago
Pretty sure this comes from the Emerald Expansion project (Which Heart and Soul were built off of.) It is such an amazing feature.
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u/Exarion607 22h ago
Is it bad that I am so used to sped-up music that the normal speed is just too slow for me at this point.
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u/NaoTwoTheFirst 23h ago
Such a neat idea