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https://github.com/fuyukai/reborn-rebalance

Pokémon Reborn rebalance mod
https://github.com/fuyukai/reborn-rebalance

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Pokémon Reborn rebalance mod

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Reborn Rebalance

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*This mod is built on top of and REQUIRES the All Gens Patch, v6.5.0a.*



This project is two parts:



- A rebalance mod for Pokémon Reborn...

- ... implemented via a transpiler from TOML data into Essentials PBS (2010 ver) and Ruby code.



This project is fully documented; you can find the

`documentation online `_.



Currently Rebalanced

--------------------



- Pokémon species, based on several data sources:



  * The base source for rebalances is Pokémon Blaze Black 2 Redux (v1.4.0) by Drayano and AphexCubed.

    This is used for the Generation 1-5 Pokémon.

  * Then, Pokémon Photonic Sun by Buffel Salt is used for the Generation 6-7 Pokémon.

  * Finally, my own tweaks are used on top of the base tweaks.



- A small number of moves. See the list above.



- Most gym teams and other major boss teams, excluding most post-game teams.



- A small amount of encounter table tweaks.



Why?

----



dragon/fairy altaria. also i gave staraptor 120 spe >:)



Pre-Built Usage

---------------



Pre-built versions are available from the Releases tab of the repository.



1. Download the latest version of the *legacy* Pokémon Reborn, ***not the 19.5 version**.



   ***IF YOU DOWNLOAD THE NON-LEGACY VERSION, THINGS WILL BREAK. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE NON-LEGACY

   VERSION.***



2. Download the `All-Gen`_ patch, and extract it over Pokémon Reborn. (The pre-patched version will

   work fine).



   This was built on top of version 8.0.0a. **Versions must match!** Otherwise, you will get cryptic

   errors or silent crashes due to trainer teams not matching.



3. Download the `E19 Music Pack`_ and install it over the All-Gen patch. Don't bother with

   ``trainertypes.dat``, it's going to be overwritten in a minute. Don't get the compatibility

   patch with All-Gen either, as once again, it's going to be overwritten in a minute.



   Alternatively, you can rebuild the ``trainer_types.toml`` file yourself so that it references

   Vanilla music.



3. Add any other mods you might want on top, provided that they are compatible with All-Gen Patch.

4. Download a pre-built release, and extract it over your patched Pokémon Reborn.



Customised Usage

----------------



After seeing my balance tweaks, do you want me to kill myself? That's fine, you can customise this

mod easily. Edit the files in ``data`` as appropriate, then do the following:



.. highlight:: fish



1. Clone the repository::



    git clone https://github.com/Fuyukai/Reborn-Rebalance.git



2. Install with PDM::



    cd Reborn-Rebalance; pdm install



3. Transpile the data into Reborn's format::



    pdm run into-pbs ./data ./build



4. Copy everything inside ``./build`` to your Reborn directory::



    cp -rv ./build/* ~/Games/Reborn  # or whatever



5. (Optional) Generate the web documentation::



    pdm run build-web \

        --crop-regular-sprites --crop-form-sprites --render-maps \  # first time only

        --game-dir  \

        ./data ./templates ./website



6. Load the game into Debug mode and run "Compile All Data".



Rebuilding Data

---------------



You may wish to import a different set of data into the system; for example, if you're developing

another major content mod you can use my web view system in order to get a nice documentation 

website.



.. code-block:: fish



    pdm run into-toml  



This can successfully parse the data from a clean Reborn 19.17 installation, as well as all All-Gen

installations up to version 8.0. Other mods are not guarenteed to work or import correctly; if

the PBS files are successfully ingested by the game, please open an issue and I'll adjust the

parsing code.



You'll need to import the forms manually or copy ``data/forms/`` into your data directory. (Make 

sure to remove the ``data/forms/megas/custom`` directory too to remove the All-Gen custom forms;

there's a handful scattered around the other files as well. Sorry.). 



If you have your own forms, you need to write them out manually; a lot of this is automated, 

but you'll need to explicitly write out the differences between the forms and the base Pokémon 

yourself. 



Future Plans

------------



- More boss tweaks, especially post-game.



- Try and make most of the movesets legal... (they're mostly not even legal in the vanilla game).



- Add more events for freshly rebalanced Pokémon.



- Add the ability to directly compile into the game formats, instead of requiring the game to

  recompile it.



  * The Essentials """compiler""" works in one of two ways: either generating a bunch of Ruby

    code, exec()ing it, and marshalling the generated classes; or by creating some lists/dicts

    and marshalling those.



    For either way, writing direct code generation probably isn't too hard and is a future

    priority.



  * Yeah, turns out I'll have to do this eventually...



- Add the ability to splice events into the game code without needing to use the RPG Maker editor.



- Add support for Rejuvenation and Desolation.



  * I haven't actually *played* through either of these games so I don't know how to even

    rebalance them (or, hell, how internally unbalanced they are anyway). On the other hand,

    I've played through Reborn ~~three~~ FIVE times, so I know what I'm doing here.



Licence

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Most of the project is licenced under the GPL, version 3.0 or later.



The overwritten maps are licenced under the "it's complicated" licence. I won't get mad at you,

but the original authors might.



Technical Notes

---------------



- ``rtoml`` is used for reading, ``tomli-w`` is used for writing. Writing is done far less often so

  doesn't need to be fast, and produces better output.



Credits

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The Reborn devs - for making this game that I love to hate



Reborn forum user Haru,, - for making the `modding guide`_ that I referenced for parts of the transpiler



Reborn forum user Fervis - for the `All-Gen`_ patch this is based off of



GitHub user Solistra - for `rvpacker`_, which I stole the definition of ``Table`` from when writing the map renderer



.. _relatively open permissions: https://www.rebornevo.com/pr/gamefaq/#borrow

.. _dev blog: https://www.rebornevo.com/pr/development/records/hey-whats-going-on-r103/

.. _All-Gen: https://www.rebornevo.com/forums/topic/62201-all-gen-eevee-reborn-custom-megas/

.. _E19 Music Pack: https://www.rebornevo.com/forums/topic/61681-reborn-e19-battle-music-pack/

.. _modding guide: https://www.rebornevo.com/forums/topic/65080-modding-tutorial-reborn-e19/

.. _rvpacker: https://github.com/Solistra/rvpacker