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Features List

Technical Changes​

caution

ONLY COMPATIBLE WITH BRILLIANT DIAMOND VERSION 1.3.0

  • Technically compatible with save files from previous Luminescent version.
    • We would still suggest starting a new game for 2.0, as this is essentially a whole new mod.
  • Continuing to adjust textures to match Platinum feel (in conjunction with Team Sigma Platinum!).
  • Both Galactic HQ outside models restored to Platinum glory!
  • 60FPS and 1.15x speedup.
    • May cause some NPCs to run in place.
  • 1/512 shiny odds.
  • Includes other popular mods:
    • True size + battle camera fix.
    • New animations for many Pokémon.
      • Includes many continually-flying Pokémon to give them a chance to rest.
    • Actions in battle will play before the text box dismisses entirely for faster fights.
    • HG/SS-style following Pokémon: they no longer lag behind you and constantly teleport back to you every few seconds.
    • Depth of Field (DoF) effect is removed.
  • Pokémon Centers skip their healing animation and automatically face you toward the exit.
  • In vanilla BDSP, the shiny charm only affected eggs. In Luminescent Platinum, it now effects all encounters when generated, on top of our 1/512 rates.
  • All trade evolutions can now be achieved via level-up or using trade items as evolution stones.
  • IV Hyper Training is now available outside Jubilife Trainer School as long as you have Bottle Caps or Golden Bottle Caps. No longer level-capped.
  • Honey trees are instant.
  • Hidden Power now displays its type in menus and battle.
    • It will only show as "Normal" until after the Pokémon has learned it.
  • During wild battles, Thief/Covet now move stolen items directly to the bag whether or not the user is holding anything.
    • Remains unchanged in trainer battles.
  • Capture chances are no longer reduced when the level of the wild Pokémon is higher than your own.
  • New "Everlasting Candy" item available in Jubilife Trainer School.
    • Everlasting Candy is a rare candy that obeys the level cap and will never run out. No more grind for you!
  • Move Relearner functionality available from party menu.
    • Pokémon needs to be high enough level to have more than 4 moves learnable.
  • Nickname your pokémon from the party menu anywhere.
  • Clothing can be changed at any PC.
    • Both male/female costumes are selectable, while retaining Rowan's Assistant as Dawn or Lucas.
  • EXP Share can be toggled on/off at a PC (default off).
  • Affection can be toggled on/off at a PC (default off).
    • Affection does not affect happiness evolutions or friendship mechanics like Return or Frustration.
  • Level Caps can be toggled on/off at a PC (default off).
    • Only go as high as the next gym's "ace" level!

      Level Caps list
      Roark: 16 / Mars: 19 / Gardenia: 26 / Fantina: 33 / Maylene: 39
      Wake: 44 / Rival: 49 / Byron: 53 / Candice: 56 / Spear Pillar: 60 / Volkner: 62
      Cynthia: 78 / Stark Mountain: 85 / Postgame: 100

Pokémon Changes​

BST and Type Changes​

Learnset Expansions​

  • Matches RP, but with many extra changes.
    • This includes egg moves, TM learnsets, level up learnsets, and evolution learnsets.
    • Some moves were removed in Generation 8. We are in the process of restoring as many as we can, but not all of them are feasible (or worth) restoring.
      • The animations of restored moves are all set to "Tackle" right now.
  • Free Move Tutors have been added to the house west of Pastoria in Route 212.
  • Free Move Tutors have been added to every Pokémon Center, with their list of moves expanding for every badge you earn.

Abilities​

  • Updated to match Renegade Platinum, with additional changes from our balancing team.
    • Renegade Platinum had 2 ability slots. We have 3 slots, so almost every Pokémon has a new ability, with many opening up whole new playstyles.
  • Frisk has gained the overworld effect of Super Luck: if a Pokémon with Frisk is in the front slot, increase the chance of wild Pokémon holding items. Happy farming.
  • New pickup table for better progression and reason to use Pickup 'mons. We recommend using Pokétch App 5 (Pokémon List) to see when a new item is obtained.

Grass Encounters​

  • Matches Renegade Platinum where possible.
    • This includes honey trees.
  • Wild held items match Renegade Platinum.
  • Swarms are not possible to change without causing crashes on hardware.
    • Please let us know if this causes any Pokémon to be unobtainable.
  • Kecleon has been moved to simply be a grass encounter, since you can't use PokéRadar within extra-tall grass in BDSP.

Gift, Static, and Legendary Pokémon​

  • All Renegade Platinum Gift Pokémon have been included.
    • Lumi has some new gifts for players, too!
    • Togepi egg has been adjusted into a randomized egg with a smaller pool.
    • You can save before receiving every starter for shiny hunting.
  • All Renegade Platinum static encounters have been included.
    • We have added a few of our own, as well!
  • All Renegade Platinum Legendary events are now included.
    • These will be updated in a future update to be more exciting, with one particular event already being updated.
  • All static encounters and legendaries can be repeated until caught.
    • This means if you faint them or run away, they will remain in place.
    • This allows for fast shiny hunting as well.
  • There is an NPC in the Pokémon League who will allow you to release a legendary/special Pokémon to return them to their spawn point. This allows you to earn the Shiny Charm before going back to hunt them again later.

Extra notes​

  • All egg hatch cycles have been reduced to their minimum.
    • This means that all eggs will hatch within a couple steps.
  • Riolu evolution method changed: level up while knowing Aura Sphere.
  • All trade evolutions can now be achieved via level-up or using trade items as evolution stones.
  • Spiritomb NPC requirement is removed.
  • Mesprit and Cresselia are no longer roamers.
  • All in-game trades have been updated to match Renegade Platinum.
  • Mew and Jirachi gifts in Floaroma have been completely disabled.
  • Salable items have been added to certain Pokémon to farm money more easily.
    • Clamperl now holds pearl/big pearl, Kantonian Meowths hold nuggets, and Poliwhirls hold pearl strings.
  • During wild battles, Thief/Covet now move stolen items directly to the bag whether or not the user is holding anything.
    • Remains unchanged in trainer battles.
  • Capture chances are no longer reduced when the level of the wild Pokémon is higher than your own.

Trainer Changes​

  • Almost every battle has been updated from its Renegade Platinum counterpart.
  • All Gym Guide hint dialogue has been changed to now talk about any new gimmicks introduced.
  • Trainer placement adjusted to match RP counterparts, allowing for more potential double-battles!
  • Boss fights (Barry, Gym Leaders, Cyrus in the Distortion Room, and Elite Four) now pick between one of four teams randomly.
  • All trainer teams have 25 IVs and neutral natures.
  • After the Cyrus fight in Celestic, all important battles (Ace Trainers, Gym Trainers, Gym Leaders, Galactic Commanders, Cyrus, Rival, E4 and Cynthia fights) have 31 IVs and complimentary natures and EV spreads.
  • An experience trainer has been added to Eterna City before the Jupiter Fight if you do not wish to use the new Everlasting Candy.
  • EXP/EV Trainer in Solaceon Nursery.
    • Level sets are based on story flags, and will unlock progressively higher leveled teams of Blissey the farther you progress in the storyline.
  • A fight with Bertha has been added to Veilstone Department store to receive Earthquake's TM.

Item Changes​

  • All field items match RP placements and contained goodies.
    • Shards have been replaced with items that actually have purposes.
  • Hidden items being adjusted to match RP placements.
    • There is now an Adamant Mint, Modest Mint, Ability Capsule and an Ability Patch hidden in the field before Gardenia.
      • More can be bought later in Pastoria.
    • Please notify us of any field items that give "none" items, are providing the wrong items, or are completely missing.
  • Ability Patches now swap from HA back to A1, rather than only ever moving from A1/A2 into HA and locking it in.
  • TMs are now infinite use.
  • TMs have been changed to be obtained where they are in Renegade Platinum.
    • Explosion is now sold by a shady salesman in Veilstone.
    • This is a work in progress, please let us know if any TMs are missing.
  • TMs are no longer purchasable due to being obtained through the course of the game.
  • An NPC in the Pokémon League will reward you with any missed TMs when you reach them.
  • Veilstone 3F now sells evolution stones, Hard Stones, Everstones, and specialty Poké Balls.
  • Non-stone evolution items purchasable in Snowpoint, at Mindy's old house.
  • An Item Fanatic in Floaroma awards items that boost a specific Pokémon upon seeing that Pokémon.
    • Show him a Pikachu and receive a Light Ball, etc.
  • Rare berry trader in R208, west of Hearthome.
  • The Name-Rater is now a Mint-Giver.
    • In Eterna City, bring the man an Abra with any boosting nature to receive access to an unlimited amount of the matching-color mints.
      • E.g., showing an Adamant Abra will unlock all Atk+ mints.
  • New "Everlasting Candy" item available in Jubilife Trainer School.
    • Everlasting Candy is a rare candy that obeys the level cap and will never run out. No more grind for you!
  • Salable items have been added to certain Pokémon to farm money more easily.
    • Clamperl (Old Rod R219) now holds pearl/big pearl, Kantonian Meowths (R209) hold nuggets, and Poliwhirls (Super Rod Twinleaf) hold big pearls.
  • EV-Reducing berry seller in the Solaceon Nursery.
  • Heart Scale move tutor in Pastoria now sells Pokémon Training items instead.
    • These items include: Ability Capsules (A1/A2), Ability Patches (HA), Bottle Caps, Golden Bottle Caps, individual Exp. Shares, and Mints.
  • All outfits are unlocked by default.
  • Poké Radar rates have been restored to DPPt rates, improving chances of getting longer chains.
    • Higher IVs on longer chains are now cumulative instead of only triggering once every ten chains.
  • New Incense Burner key item.
    • Allows for additional route encounters, like the dual slot system from DDPt (two 10% slots are overwritten, or one 30% slot for surfing).

Story & Underground Changes​

Story​

  • Renegade Platinum story reproduced all the way up to the post-game legendaries.
    • This does not include the Distortion World due to technical limitations of the engine.
    • The battle frontier is also not (yet?) included due to the small team size for exefs modders and the relative infancy of mapping.
  • Intro sequence has been completely overhauled.
    • You will now receive the running shoes immediately, and the bike, National Dex, PokéRadar, following Pokémon, IV Judge, DS Sounds, and every Pokétch app before Roark.
  • Gift items match Renegade Platinum (Roark gives an evolution stone, Bike Man gives a Dawn Stone, etc.).
  • This bears mentioning again the story matches Renegade Platinum: Fantina is the third gym, and Gardenia is on Route 216.
    • Please stop reporting this as a bug/typo.
  • Eterna Gym restored to full original Platinum glory.
    • We know about the left-most fountain. It's stubborn.
  • Giratina cannot be captured upon first meeting. Find it in Turnback Cave after becoming Champion.
  • Most cut trees, strength boulders and rock smash rocks have been removed.

Underground​

  • All Grand Underground encounters available from the start.
  • No more Underground Hiker traders, as an unfortunate consequence of hijacking their store for the Heart Scale Trader.
  • Bike works in the Underground.
    • Wait for Diglett/Dugtrio to disappear, as they are not able to be passed through.
    • Increased Diglett/Dugtrio odds.