Hello, forum goers. My name is Anna and today I would like to tell you about my developing

fangame, Pokemon Moonlight. In this game, you are playing as a new, young, and aspiring

Pokemon Coordinator named Amira. She, her cousin, Markus, and her best friend and powerful ally,

journey across the various regions to fulfill their dreams. However, a dark presence watches

Amira from the shadows, wishing to gain her power. Will she be able to fight

this darkness, or will she be consumed by it, with even her friends unable to pull her

back out?

Features

Characters

New Megas

More info will be added as time goes on.

Setup

Before you can start working on adding loop points, there is some setup work to be done.

1. Download Audacity and ffmpeg. Both are free, open-source software available for all desktop operating systems.

2. Add ffmpeg to your environment variables. On Windows, you can do this by searching for environment variables, opening Edit the system environment variables, clicking on Environment Variables..., scrolling to Path on the top or bottom table (top is for just your user account, bottom for all), double-clicking path, clicking New in the newly opened window and writing down the path to the folder in which you put ffmpeg. Specify the location of the folder containing ffmpeg, i.e. don't include ffmpeg.exe in your input. A restart is required for this change to take effect. If you need further help, there should be other online resources regarding adding programs to Path.

3. Open Audacity. On the bottom of the window, you should see two boxes labelled with Selection. Click on the arrow on the right-hand side of both boxes and select samples for both. Additionally, click on Edit > Preferences. On Audio Settings > Quality set Default Sample Rate: to 44100Hz.

4. If your project is not using mkxp-z: You need to add RGSS FmodEx extension to your project. Paste the downloaded files into the root of your project as described.

Making It Loop

Now comes the actual hard part: Finding and setting the right loop points. Generally, this is done by adding two metadata fields to the audio file: LOOPSTART and LOOPLENGTH. Note that the capitalisation is important.

1. Open the audio file you want to set loop points for in Audacity.

2. Listen to the audio and see if there is already a point where it loops. This is usually the case, though there may or may not be minor differences on the second loop, if one is baked into the audio file.

If there is:

3a. Zoom in at the end of the loop and find a visually distinct point. You can usually find these right at the start of a drum kit sound. Zoom in until the wave changes into individual points (samples). Set the playback position at a sample that is as close to 0 amplitude (the middle) on one (or both) channels (channels being left or right ear, left is the upper one) as possible. Be careful to not accidentally edit the sample by clicking directly on it. Press CTRL+B to place a marker. You can name it however you want.

4a. Find the same spot at the beginning of the loop. Note that the wave/ samples are unlikely to be a 100% match due to compression and other factors but if you chose a sufficiently visually distinct point you should still be able to find it. Once again, make sure it is as close to 0 amplitude on the same channel as possible and place a marker.

If there is not:

3b. Determine two parts for the beginning and end of your loop that you think are closest together in sound. Remove the audio past the end of your desired loop. Copy the beginning of that part to right after the end of the loop.

4b. Select a desired region for crossfading. You may need to experiment. To apply the crossfading, click Effect > Fading > Crossfade Clips.

5. You can test your selection by selecting the region of the loop and enabling looping (button next to the record button). Make sure you made a looping region selection (indicated by black triangles at the start and end of your selection) rather than a "regular" selection.

6. Make a selection from the first to the second marker. Audacity should snap your selection as long as you are close to the markers.

7. Note the sample count of the start and length of your selection. You can optionally save the Audacity project.

If you cut the remainder of the audio file to save file size: Your selection may sometimes extend one sample beyond the end of the track. If this happens and you use that length, the track will not loop. Decreasing the LOOPLENGTH value by one should fix that.

8.

If your original audio file was a .ogg file:

In a CLI (such as Command Prompt on Windows), type:

ffmpeg -i "name of input file.ogg" -metadata LOOPSTART="beginning of your selection" -metadata LOOPLENGTH="length of your selection" -codec copy "name of output file.ogg"

Note that the output file name needs to be distinct from the input file name.

If your original audio file was not a .ogg file:

Since the file needs to be re-encoded anyway to be in .ogg format, there is no need to use ffmpeg to keep the encoding. In this case you can click on Edit > Metadata in Audacity and add two metadata fields named LOOPSTART and LOOPLENGTH with the corresponding sample counts. Then click on File > Export Audio and select Ogg Vorbis Files as the Format. Make sure the Sample Rate is set to 44100Hz.

9. Replace the input file with the output file. Depending on your project setup, you may or may not need to change occurrences of the audio file in your project to the new file extension if the file extension changed.

10. Done!

I’ve translated Pokémon Reborn into German using Google Translator. It’s not perfect, but it’s still pretty good and fully playable.

If anyone wants to improve it, feel free to update the file, fix errors, or polish the translation – contributions are welcome!

german.zip

Ever made a cave map or something alike? And ever had to place waaaaay too many cliff tiles?

And ever wondered if that could be done easier? Well it should, and therefore it could!

That's why I made this:

It's a semi-automatic cliff placer!

As you may have guessed by now, this is more meant for developers than for players.

A few things to note about what you just saw.

 - The screen was bigger than normal. That's because I changed the default screensize in the scripts.

Sadly, I don't know off the top of my head how to add this to the mod, so just change that yourself

in the settings of your own script

 - There are more options. I just did the most basic action because that's the most impressive in a short

time. In the download there's a follow-along which goes through pretty much every function.

 - A few spots weren't filled in. This is because the situation that came up is one where the map maker has to

decide themselves what to do. Only happens when dealing with one-tile gaps though.

 - The way I opened up the menu was with the F8 key.

 - What about at which layer stuff is placed at? For the speedrun option I used the tiles need to be placed

on the bottom layer, and the cliffs get placed on the middle layer. However, the other options allow more

control for layer control.

 - Other smalls thing are done in the background, like: a backup of the map is saved, DEBUG is turned on, you

can always walk through all blocks. This is just so walking around isn't a complete bother.

 - Anymore info can be found in the pdf included in the download. Please do read that!

Download:https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Zf1xQmD-3lNB-dv6q_6dMW-h1AE_JSiz?usp=sharing

How to use? Just drop the mods map in your data folder! But if that doesn't work, then there's also

a raw txt file of the code included! Just copy that to right before the last part of your script, which is main!

You should still drop the mods map in data, since it also contains some graphics the code needs.

If you got questions feel free to ask. I'll be honest in that it is not the most straightforward to use.

Hope this can alleviate some of the pains of Cliff Hell

-Toothpastefairy

So I just watched the art piece get robbed and walked outside the museum and the dude said he was going to the black market. I looked around the area, but can't find him. Anyone know where to go? 

I wouldn't assume so, since it's something that I could just as easily type out, but I just want to make sure.

- Maybe make the hair of that sprite a bit brighter? It seems rather dull compared to the rest of the sprite.

Bad Responses:
- Your map sucks. Just stop mapping.
- Why don't you use Gen 5 tiles instead of those Gen 3 tiles? They're so much better! - (If a map is made in Gen 3 tiles, the game is most likely using Gen 3 tiles for all of its maps.)
- Can I copy this for my game?

Some stuff you should watch out for:
- Tile Errors (i.e. tops of trees missing)
- Usually mixing different Generation tiles, but in certain cases, mixing tiles can actually be fairly decent.
- Maps that are too big and too empty.
- Maps that are too full and detailed.
- Maps with rivers/paths that are too block-ish.
- Screenshots with something that is not very visible.
- Being able to see the void from where you are standing on a map. - (Make sure there's six tiles of decor, I believe.)

- Cartoon-ish sprites.

Some Tips!

Better Trees:

Spriting Help:

Click here.

So, start sharing and rating! Warning: Some people may not criticize your map/screenshot/sprite due to it not needing any criticism or too many people posting maps/screenshots/sprites at once (it may get lost in all the posts!).

Hello! So... Basically, this is just a public statement that I'm a very slow learner and not very good with technology, but yet I want to do this.

Why? Well... Maybe I can, I don't know, become good at something. Anyways...

Trying to be as objective as possible, I just need to ask some questions.

I want to bring my project to life, and I'm almost finished with the planning phase. The plot is already almost all put down to paper, about 90% of the soundtrack has already been chosen, I have names / teams for all of the important characters, I have already decided all of the metagame changes that I want involved and I even have already started some minor in-game things in advance, like the Town Map. I know its still a lot of work there is to come, but for the moment at least, I think I can handle stuff alone, as the major part of it will be imported from external sources.

... And there is where my doubts begin.

Coding: I'm feeling a bit confident about the custom pixel art for characters and alternative Pokémon forms, but it is going to be my very first time at coding. Meanwhile, I saw on some posts from Reborn's Dev Blog that Cassie is (was?) working on an optmized version of Essentials, that hopefully makes things easier to understand and also makes the game perform better. So I got excited and started looking forward to touch this crafting part that I was more afraid of with it... An Essentials made by the Reborn team sounds wounderful because it might already come with the Field Effects and the more complex AI, plus the overworld-affecting mechanics, all of that good stuff, right? Please correct me if I'm wrong, and tell me what I should do to import this kind of metagame data into my project. Of course, I'll be crediting the original developers. Being a little overboard, I was looking forward to some kind of template for new Field Effects in it (I created Field Notes App pages for 3 custom ones up to the moment), wich I know may sound awesome but it is very hard to make... So I understand if something like that is not possible. So some introduction on how to create a Field Effect would also be nice.

Talking about metadata...: I personally dislike the canon games decision to remove some of the moves from battles, so in my project I was thinking of having all of the Pokémon get their Gen 8 movepools in addition to their Gen 7 ones. I know there are already some Gen 8 mods available, but I don't know if this is how they work... As far as I understand, if that is not the case, it all means a lot of editing on the data files, right? Merging both generations moves in the list as level-up, TM, tutor or Egg moves. If someone could show me how to do that for a few times, I even feel like tackling it before any mapping.

Another point of metadata that concerns me is the addition of TMs. They vary between generations, so I was just thinking of merging Gen 7 and 8 for this part again (including the ones from LGPE; my intention is stimulation of good strategizing even in the early game with the sillier ones). All TMs I want are already listed by number, wich made it 175 of them, and a small extra list of about 10 of them for TMXs. I'm also looking for advice on how to make those functional.

If I were to make all in short, I'm just looking for a new friend, that maybe can sit with me on Discord for a while and explain things. I have a lot of free time so I can dedicate myself to it, and eventually, once I get a grasp of everything I can keep on the project without bothering too much.

If you made it this far... Thank you. Have a nice day.

I'm getting a bit frustrated cause idk what I'm doing wrong or if I'm forgetting something (it's probably that). So, could someone tell me what the password is or at least give me a hint, please?

There were things I had to consider with this idea. Such as, If guns exist, why use pokemon? The Solution that I came up with was to buff pokemon so that even pokemon as weak as Ralts could react and deflect or reflect bullets, meaning Pokemon would almost always be a better combat option.

So if Pokemon outclass guns in every way, why use guns? Well, guns have other uses other than Open Combat, such as picking off an enemy stealthily (Use a darn suppressor). Or it could be a last attempt for defense. Therefore, a pokemon, while usually able to defend themselves, have blind spots. But how would a human be able to exploit those blind spots? My solution is that over time, Humans evolved from Pokemon (or more specifically, Humans and Pokemon share common ancestors. This is still a rather sensitive subject). Since Pokemon are faster and stronger than real world animals, by that logic, humans should as well? Just slightly weaker? I would imagine that this logic applies even in Reborn, where we see Amaria survive an attack from a Tyranitar of all things, which should at least have the ability to bust mountains and change landscapes.

When I was twelve, I thought that this was a pretty cool Idea. Now, I'm not so sure.

Aren't their pokemon in Smash Bros, and Bayonetta is also in Smash Bros, and a Greninja main like me has had to fight a constant stream of Bayonetta players on For Glory. Bayonetta uses a lot of guns. 

I know that Saphira and Titania kill people in Pokemon Reborn, but does that justify having a tool that's mainly used for killing others in a game like this?

When I was young, I just wanted a Pokemon game where the trainer could fight too. Except my ideas strayed far away from realism and into the realm where Sword combat was viable due to humans being able to react and deflect bullets, like this was Afro Samurai or Metal Gear. This actually originated from reading the Pokemon Adventures manga, where Giovanni stated that Pokemon weren't merely meant to be sent out and commanded, and that the trainer's own speed, and skill also mattered, such as where you placed the pokeball, or how fast you reacted to an incoming attack. It was most notable when Bruno and Red had their fights in Volumes 6 (Flashback) and 7, but It also mattered in a lot of other battles. Exaggerate those abilities, to the point where their reactions surpass the speed of Sound, and you pretty much have an Anime. And that was the problem. My thinking was way too Anime.

Then, I thought; What's the point if It doesn't serve a purpose in the gameplay? This is a video game, after all.

If I were to do it, It would probably be a pretty horrid stylistic choice. Therefore, please don't do it, unless you're ultra-sure that it won't mess with the tone of your game. Or if you can't have it contribute to the gameplay in a meaningful way.

A quick fix would be, that every stat can gain 252 EV at once but i want to try it proper. I dont know where to start, so help would be appreciated.

Is there ANY way I can beat her without any money to spare ingame? I've already lost to her a good 10 or so times, with only one strat working (which involved potions, which I now have none of.)

I don't have very many pokemon to experiment with either, and the fight is an absolute nightmare, even on easy mode.

What does that code look like?  I was hoping to extend it to some other trainers.

Do you know any freeware program which can be used to spiriting in Pokemon and Pokemon-like games? I'd appreciate especially those which are friendlt for complete amateurs like myself. For all options I'm thankful! 

So an idea popped into my head. Even though this account is rather new, I've been a big lurker on this community, and this site has helped me out quite a bit. So I decided that it would be more fun to let people from this community submit in their Pokemon characters to be included in the game! This thread is asking you to send in your Pokemon characters~

And yes, they don't have to be a human. They can be a Pokemon as well. Just something that fits in within the universe.

Under the spoiler is information behind the fangame itself, so if you're making a character you'll have a better idea of what to do ^^. You don't really have to follow all of these, but if your character doesn't fit within the game's universe I'll end up changing their backstory or role to fit them in more.

And here's stuff that I'm looking for in your character ^^

While I'm at it, there are some characters I'm looking for in particular--disciples, people who own legendaries. This is because they're kind of the main focus of the game. But please feel free to submit any of your beloved characters~

Have fun ^^! If you have any questions, please PM me them. I'll try and answer as soon as I can!

Archives:

1. Contrapasso, Sieges, Eternity Kingdom, and Demure

 So, my question is: in my sprite I added some type of psychic shield on which my character is standing/surfing. For the overworld sprite, I thought if would be nice to copy the surfboard from Rejuvenation's character Kieran. However, I'm not sure whether it'd have the same effect since I don't know whether Rejuvenation's creators added something in the code to make Kieran move like he does (I dont' know how any of this works under the hood). If it'd require modifying the code, I'm not going to go through with adding the psychic shield into the overworld sprite, because I would definitely break the game meddling with the code. If, however, I can get my character to move like Kieran just by editing the images, I'd love to do that. Could anyone help me figure this out?

I also cannot find the files of Kieran moving sideways (left and right), only up and down (Characters folder, trchar_125_1), so if anyone knows where they are - if, that is, they exist in the first place (I haven't found any footage in which he travels sideways, hope it's a coincidence) - please let me know. 

The Debug mode don't let me choose this particular weather, and the only clue i have is in Game_Screen, but i don't find anything that let me set Strong Winds to X maps.

Anyone know how to do it?