TODO.md

Todo List

This list is not necessarily a guarantee, but it contains a list of features and updates I plan to add. Things may be added to this list as I think of them, and removed if they are added or I change my mind.

Engine updates and New Features

• Full color, by merging in pokered-gbc
• Crystal's audio engine, by merging in the crysaudio branch
• Real-Time Clock, with Day and Night
• Expand Pokédex beyond 255
• Allow for more than one proper region, so Johto can happen
• Proper capitalization for names
• Individual menu sprites for all Pokémon
• Pokégear/Pokénav equivalent
• Rematches with Trainers and Gym Leaders, no annoying phone calls
• Bag has multiple pockets and more storage space
• Held items
• Special split into two stats
• New available move pool, with a lot more thought put into it this time
• Weather effects in-battle
• Abilities (can enable or disable during intro)
• Natures (can enable or disable during intro)
• Infinite-Use TMs
• New Pokéball types
• Dive areas
• Battle Tower
• Battle Factory
• Battle Tent
• Pokémon World Tournement
• Player customization options
• Rewritten Trainer AI
• Secret Bases
• Surfing Pikachu minigame
• Ruins of Alph puzzles
• Bug Catching Contest
• More songs added
• More detailed tilesets, taking advantage of GBC mode
• Possibly add Forms
• Use IVs and EVs instead of DVs, old DVs become a mini Personality ID
• Gain EXP on catching a Pokémon

Bugfixes from Vanilla RB

• Leech Seed/Toxic shared damage counter
• Toxic becomes normal poison if you swap
• OHKO moves based on speed
• Crits ignore stat-ups from both Pokémon
• Agility negates speed-loss before boosting
• Using Counter on moves used against your Substitute
• Using Counter against OHKO moves to instakill
• Trapping moves prevent opponent doing anything
• Whirlwind and Roar do not work in trainer battles
• Rest does not undo stat changes from status afflictions you had, such as Burn
• Super Effective/Not Very Effective text issues
• Killing yourself if you use Substitute with exactly 25% HP
• Rage issues
• Mimic and Disable choosing moves at random
• Bide damage issues
• Recovery moves failing on certain HP values
• Multi-hit moves deal same damage for each blow
• Dig/Fly status not properly reset if fully paralyzed or hurt yourself due to confusion that turn
• Make Pokéball break with zero shakes instead of "You missed the Pokémon!"
• Stat-up too high making your stat roll over to ultra low values
• Substitute not protecting against status

Unsorted Notes

• Pokégear/Pokénav would replace Town Map, have a VS Seeker option, a radio, and possibly allow PC access
• Possibly move Wonder Trade into the Pokégear/Pokénav menu
• Several things in WRAM could stand to be optimized, such as event flags and map script bytes
• Hide/Show routine needs work. Probably better to redo it based on normal flags somehow, like Gen 2
• IndexToPokedex and PokedexToIndex are pointless now, and can be removed
• Remove the weird TM Name Generation routine, TM Case will work differently.
• Add even more trainer classes and cameo trainers
• Faraway Island needs the Abandoned Ship music
• Johto needs songs from Crystal, of course
• Johto should include areas that were in Polished Crystal/Christmas
• Battle Tower will be in Johto
• Pokémon World Tournement will be where Pokéathalon was in HGSS
• Battle Tent will be in Celadon
• Battle Factory will be in Johto with the Battle Tower
• Instead of CheckForHex and CheckForElectroBall, there should be one routine to calculate variable BP moves
• Once Held Items are a thing, Acrobatics needs to be variable BP, too
• Any checks for hard-coded map IDs need to also check wCurRegion when the time comes
• New trainer AI will be more modular, and AI_BASIC will be at least be generically intelligent
• Pull Swimmer F data out of Beauty class list
• Consolidate Leader classes and Elite Four classes
• Maybe change Trainer DVs back to checking AI Number, instead of Trainer Class, once those are consolidated
• Go ahead and declare constants for all 721 Pokémon + Fossils, use Gen 3 Missingno Sprite as placeholder
• If Natures are disabled in intro, do not display on status screens, and use a neutral nature always
• If Abilities are disabled in intro, do not display on status screens, and use a blank ability for everyone
• EXP on catch is annoying, since a lot of variables are reused during the EXP Gain process. Will require a lot of testing.