Caz

July 12

5 hours ago, Gentleman Jaggi said:

Question for Caz

So I remember back in Ep4 Rock Smash had 75BP and Mightyena got a bunch of Ghost moves by level up because of certain reasons. Neither of which is the cas ein Ep5.

Did these things get axed intentionally or did you just forget about them?

Yes I done goofed.

7 hours ago, Daniel Prithvi said:

hey there I have a question for the whole dev team.

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What was you favorite moment in the game?

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Actual game-wise - it's got to be the scene with the confrontation being Baron and Shiv. I put a lot into making this scene the way it is, and I'm pleased with how it turned out.

Development-wise - the scene where we first see Tristan again in Odis Village - of the many renditions of E5 that I made, this scene represented the first point where I was 100% sure of how I wanted the Episode to play out. Completing this first scene was a huge moment for me because it really meant that I was back.

July 11

40 minutes ago, Kristian said:

Im at the point in the game where i have to find 2 books for the librarien in dreamlands or whatever its called. Ive found every book and read them but snorlax is still there and i cant progress through the game. I have used the debug mod to get a team i wanted so im sorry if thats what caused this problem. Can anyone fix it?

Hi. I've just checked out your save - there's actually no issues. Here's how you can progress:

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Head to the east Wildlands, and look for a shiny object in the ground.

In the future, please add a spoiler tag to E5 content.

July 11

3 hours ago, Mytic27 said:

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Will determinant characters still have a huge impact on the story or just additional dialogues

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Determinant characters will have an impact on the story. This is something I really want to make sure that I nail (even though it will take a long time to sort out particular branches) as I'm aware of the tendency for games to forget about determinant characters.

July 11

Hey guys, I just wanted to drop in and say cheers for all the great work that has gone into the shinies so far! The quality is so high, and I'm really excited to have them included in Episode 6! Thanks again o7

July 11

17 minutes ago, BaratheonStag said:

Since you say you have changed your mind on a lot of things, does this mean the seeming retcon involving Kuiki (1st boss and Shiv's brother and sole sibling to just some random kids who looked up to Shiv and was replaced by Aurora storywise) is due to this? Or was he always meant to be unimportant? Will he have a bigger role to play?

I haven't just removed existing elements or anything like that - I just meant that I had changed future plans with the game. I won't speculate on Kuiki's future specifically, but yeah I'm aware of his current position in the game.

July 9

6 minutes ago, nepeta100 said:

So then, you might be asking yourself, what the heck is the point of reputation then? Sigh. The answer is simple, romance. After a long, long time of thinking, I decided that if I am careful enough (~~very careful~~), romance could indeed help deliver the message of Desolation. This means that yes, in the future, some characters WILL be able to be romanced. Im a little confused about this quote from one of the previous desolation forums is this different from the romance you were referring to in the reply or did did you backtrack and decide to not have it in the end.

I made this post at least three years ago. Unsurprisingly, a lot has changed since then. I changed many ideas surrounding Desolation's direction, this being one of them.

July 9

PM your save, and I'll fix it. It's likely due to the Tristan bug being activated.

July 8

53 minutes ago, CaptainMetal said:

Does this occur when you use the Rage Powder on the Vileplume? Cause that's what happens to me

EDIT: Tried it with both .exe and get the black screen

EDIT2: Tried 5.0.5 and 5.1.0 with both .exe and different screen sizes, still black screen after the Vileplume cutscene

PM me your save, and I'll look into it.

July 8

20 hours ago, Mytic27 said:

Hey! I have a question in mind

1. Will the MC have romance option? (i'm sorry for asking such a cringy question because quarantine is driving me mad and i can't meet with any of my friends and i've done all entertainment things that i'm losing my mind so now i need something to keep me from driving into madness!)

We are not currently considering romance as a mechanic for the MC in Desolation, and have made no plans for it.

16 hours ago, Ravuri1 said:

I know this is too soon to ask. I see that you are planning to implement gen 8 mons and mechanices I guess, in future episodes. Since gen 8 does not have all the mons from previous generations, how will you adjust the Level up, TM/TR, breeding mechanics for pokemon which are not yet there in gen 8?

Magic (in other words, we'll keep you posted).

July 8

1 hour ago, Mytic27 said:

You can make your own debug mode by downloading gemini editor then open scripts.rxdata. Then find PokemonParty and PokemonPauseMenu then click ctrl+f to open find tab then type in $DEBUG. Change those into !$DEBUG. It will be successful if there are debug option when opening the menu

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July 7

omg y is there an Articuno in the game

July 7

To keep you guys updated in the clearest way possible, I thought I should make this a thing. I'll throw a big thank you to the GOAT devs Jan and Ame for this groundbreaking graphic.

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Pokemon Desolation Episode 6 Development Progress

Old Content

#################### | Map Updates (20%)

#################### | Script Updates (10%)

#################### | Misc (5%)

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#################### | Total (8%)

New Content:

#################### | Story (5%)

#################### | Mapping (20%)

#################### | Scripting (5%)

#################### | Sidequests (5%)

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#################### | Total (?? math hard%)

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Yeah, there's a lot of grey, but we'll get there ~~one day~~

This thread will be locked (in order for all of my posts to be easily accessible), but don't worry, I will provide updates when I have things to report, that is, a few days after posting to Patreon. Development of Episode 6 should be a great time, especially now that Ruby, Posty and I have really got the gears turning in terms of efficiency. I'm excited to see what we will bring to the table, and I'm excited at the prospect of really stepping things up, especially with the feedback that I have received. I'm honestly stoked to see how well Desolation was received by the community, despite it's multi-year absence.

We'll be in touch!

Caz

July 7

Hi everyone!

!! IMPORTANT UPDATE INCOMING !!

I just posted the CHONK 5.1 patch for Desolation, which fixes most of the issues in the game. This will likely be the final update for Episode 5, so please update!. While there is a link available for a smaller patch, I would recommend that you get the full version anyway. Mostly, the patch just fixes a load of bugs, as follows:

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- Getting stuck in Blackview during the siege.

- Blackview Siege Amelia not disappearing.

- Pickup ability.

- Soft lock in Odis Village.

- Soft lock in Bountilia Island.

- Trapinch crash.

- Loads of tiling and typo issues.

- Other technical stuff that I can't remember off the top of my head (sorry, I've got to go out shortly :/)

There were also adjustments to the Credit price of some items, as well as some improvements to balancing. I have also added a mechanism to access the EV training area in E5, which was previously unavailable. A handful of other useful threads will begin to make an appearance from here, so there's that to look forward to!

Finally, I have attached the PBS files to the original post as well. Please use this an opportunity to have fun, but to also help people with their save (in the save troubleshooting section), as this would really help take some pressure off myself and Posty.

Thanks again for the crazy support!

July 7

3 hours ago, Star Arcana said:

Hi there,

I didn't know where to post this, or if it deserved its own thread, so I apologize if this isn't the place to post this.

As it relates to the end of ep. 5, I will place the information in a spoiler tag

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Alright, so I got the bad ending, when I refused Darkrai and didn't have the willpower to resist. I really don't want to join him, but I can't seem to go back to a point before I'm forced into an interaction with him. I thought I could use an Escape Rope, but nope. I saved right before the confrontation with him, and nothing happens after the bad ending screen.

I tried going into the previous saves, but it hasn't been backing anything up since v4. (even though I enabled that setting, they are nowhere to be found)

I'm honestly on the verge of tears as I've pooled hours into episode 5 and don't want to lose it.

Any help would be hugely appreciated!

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If you have not gathered enough willpower from the dream (but completing various tasks within the Dreamscape, AND Nova has not been saved, you will not be able to resist Darkrai without avtivating the 'bad end'. The only way you can proceed is to accept Darkrai's hand.

July 7

2 hours ago, VonMangoldt said:

Hi !

I don't know if I'm in the correct section but here I go :

I decided to start a new run a few days ago (because hey, it's been a long time since I first played the game !) so I downloaded version 5.0.4.

Earlier today, I encountered the Tristan bug (when going back to Aurora's mansion, Tristan would start his event and crash the game). I realized a patch had been released to fix that, so I patched the game.

Tristan was still here, I triggered his event while on my way back to Aurora's and this time, the game didn't crash. So far so good. But then, it looks like the game wants me to redo the quest with Booker. The issue is that I've already completed it. So I can't move on with the story.

I wanted to load an earlier save to prevent that, but in the file with all the .rxdata, I can only find those from my first run and not those from the second one that I'm playing.

Any idea of what can be done ?

Send me a DM with your save attached, thanks.

July 5

10 minutes ago, HippoSheep said:

Pretty sure you have to evolve it in the generator room in the powerplant. You need a key for that, though I don't remember where you get that key. I evolved mine to magnezone back in E4 xD.

It no longer evolves in this room, instead it evolves

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Inside the Old Factory in Cellia North.

July 5

5 hours ago, Death lord said:

hey 2 questions

1: how to get dusk lycanrock

2: what is the shiny chance

1) Evolves at level 25 at night. 2) 1%.

5 hours ago, maxdrell said:

So.....with the rewrite of earlier plot, is this mostly just quality of life improvements, or are there any significant changes to the plot/characters we should be aware of and thus should replay? Are there any new reputation opportunities/penalties that have been introduced in the rewrite that weren't there in Ep 4 that will affect people who continue on the old save file from ep 4? Just want to know so I can decide whether to continue with my current save or not (luckily I only just started playing Desolation within the last month so all plot as of Ep4 is still fresh). Also I heard hints of romance being possibly added to the game (Aya's rather interesting line when she meets you in the manor for example), are these dependant on self-assigned gender at start?

As said in the FAQ, E1-4 has undergone many quality of life improvements (particularly to battles, characters and artwork) with some story rewrites. There are no new reputation opportunities in E1-E4. If you just completed E4 within the last month or so, there is no problem in continuing to E5 without restarting the entire game. Character romancing is not being considered currently.

1 hour ago, Bluemoon_45 said:

I don't know where exactly to post this but I'm having problems starting the game. When I try to start from game-z, an error message shows up saying "Unable to switch into gameFolder." and nothing happens when I try to open from game.exe. I'd greatly appreciate it if someone can help me out here. Also I'm on windows.

Try re-extracting the game, and running it as administrator.

July 4

2 hours ago, Posty said:

4. Well considering the currently branches in the story...//shot ~~sorry caz dont kill me please~~

July 3

1 hour ago, Help said:

I can't evolve my Magneton to a Magnezone in the Generator Room.

As of E5, Magnezone no longer evolves in this area.

July 3

It's unfortunate that Desolation launched with such a significant number of game-breaking bugs. Usually, I would wait a long period of time before releasing patches, but here we are. I have updated Desolation to Episode 5.0.5.

You can either download the patch as a Data folder, which can be implemented by extracting its contents into Desolation's root directory (the one with game.exe), replacing its contents.

If you have difficulty with this, I have also updated the full download links for the game.

Thanks again for the ongoing support.

July 2

I have no artistic talent but I'll definitely make some MS paint submissions one day <33

July 2

I have removed Pokesnax from the Pickup table for the next patch. Unfortunately I'm still a bit rusty on actual Pokemon content itself (like Pickup even being a thing), so having Pokesnax still obtainable was an oversight.

July 2

Let me know if the issue persists. Sorry for the delay!

Game.rxdata

July 1

10 minutes ago, dirtlord said:

Is it possible to do a patch that just contains the changed files?

While this fix came out very quickly, unfortunately there were large changes to audio, and graphics, and not just data (which I would otherwise release on its own). If it puts you at ease, 5.0.4 will be the final release of Episode 5 for a long while.

July 1

Did you switch off the computer, or just the modem? You have to switch off two different items within the house.

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