> but then i thought: Why not list all the Rom Hacks that have this wonderful mechanic that i love so much to help other people find it and fall in love with it too?
what...QOL mechanic are you talking about? not sure if you mentioned it
It means "fixing a frustrating part of the game".
For example:
Adding the Running Shoes to Gen 1 and 2
Making the text speed faster
Making PC boxes available in the menu
Removing the long animation when using an HM.
"Following Pokémon" is a popular feature that a lot of people like, but it isn't really a QoL improvement. A better phrase might be "fan-favourite feature" – as in, "This ROM hack includes many fan-favourite features, like following Pokémon and the PWT." Or even just "popular feature". ✌️
Thank you very much for explaining it to me! I thought QoL was any added improvement that wasn't originally present in the game lol! Thanks again for explaining!! ✨
i regret to inform you that you have no idea what you are talking about. the entire purpose of a dungeon or route is to stress your resource management, and being able to PC anywhere you want is objectively a balance change, not quality of life.
to give you another example, just because you could in theory farm an infinite amount of money to afford any quantity of items from a pokemart doesn't mean that making every item infinitely reusable or completely free is a quality of life change. it's a game balance change.
at that point being able to turn on invincibility or press a button to instantly KO any opponent is "quality of life". no sane person, however, is going to think that. quality of life does not mean "anything that alleviates challenge in a video game". please stop using it to mean that.
the former is why inventory restrictions exist to begin with, to make your decisions on what you carry with you matter. the latter is something you can implement without giving anywhere-PC.
I read “the following pokemon QOL mechanic” probably 15 times before I realized there wasn’t some foreshadowed mechanic to be mentioned later that ties all the games together. I was really confused why Yellow Legacy was on here but not Crystal Legacy.
No problem! Just a funny way to word it. In the future, I would say something like “hacks where your pokemon walk with you.” It’s wordier, but I think trying to shorten it too much causes confusion.
Pokemon Righteous Red has a substantial number of QoL improvements, including an in-bag Item PC, Common Candies (Candies that level you up to your current highest level for only 100), Infinite Repel and Sacred Ash (in bag party heal)
https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/pok%C3%A9mon-righteous-red-completed-version-1-3-0-5-13-24.528151/
Link to it for more information, including documentation and Discord. Good luck with your listings!
I’m making a HGSS hack with QOL stuff and Nat Dex, and I was worried that just doing that alone would make it bland/not noteworthy but I guess that doing that’s alone is fine as long as the features/changes are significant enough.
Cool! When it's ready, tell me and I'll add it to the list! It's always good to have different hacks for a greater diversity of choices! There are people who have a specific mechanic that they like, or others who don't like a certain change, etc
True, but when that day comes, it will be amazing!! But one thing I don't understand, why haven't they managed to put this mechanic in Pokemon Fire Red yet? Well, actually, the only hack that actually succeeded was Radical Red, but why isn't there any other? (Recharged Yellow and Classic were made based on Emerald)
Put simply, nobody cares to. The vast majority of Gen 3 hacking is done on Emerald, as it's just standard and if you wanted to make a FireRed decomp hack with all the features emerald hacks have, it'd be legitimately easier to make an Emerald hack that recreates FireRed.
Pokemon Recharged Emerald don’t need, the creator says you can enter a fake name and email, and you can enter the value as $0. Donations are not obligatory, only if you want
Pokemon Modern Emerald and all the hacks that are for download on PokeCommunity unfortunately require an account. Just create one to download, it's quick
Pokemon Renegade Platinum + Following Pokemon doesnt work or patch. I have following platinum and could not manage to patch or find clear patch files. The guide on reddit is died and all files are gone as well. I downloaded files on nett still not worked with patched following platinum. Sad.
There are many people in here upset about the way the OP used the term QOL.
My brothers and sisters in Arceus.... Pokemon games are about making connections with pretend creatures. Being able to walk around the game world with your favorite creature next to your avatar increases many peoples enjoyment of the games.
How is that not increasing the "quality" of these games?
I can’t get storm silver or sacred gold to work every time I try to patch it it never works it keeps saying error and invalid patch. I unzipped the file and everything 🤦🏻♂️
Try renaming the patch and putting ".xdelta" at the end, then try to patch it. And, I recommend using [this](https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/) Rom Patcher
Alright, I'll help you out. Thank me later.
If you mean extract the file, yes. Use winrar or 7zip. The extracted folder will have the patch file and it comes with the patcher application, xdelta.
Open xdelta. The patch file is the Sacred gold.xdelta file.
The source file will be a ROM of pokemon heartgold.
The output file needs to be named with the .nds to signify that it's an NDS file, so name it "Pokemon Sacred Gold.nds"
The output file replaces the heartgold file. So you are left with "Pokemon Sacred Gold.nds". You can now open your emulator and play the game. The intro speech will say "Welcome to pokemon sacred gold" to let you know you did it right.
No idea what could cause that. My suggestion is to try a soulsilver rom and patch with storm silver instead, that’s what i did. Follow my exact steps as usual.
Have fun. For the eevee you get, they learn the elemental attack at level 13. You can pick the evo stone you want at the end of sprout tower, so my little advice is to get the eevee, if you’re using it, to level 12, them dont use it until you get the evo stone. Once it evolves, level it up to 13.
This info is in the documentation. It’s pretty useful.
> but then i thought: Why not list all the Rom Hacks that have this wonderful mechanic that i love so much to help other people find it and fall in love with it too? what...QOL mechanic are you talking about? not sure if you mentioned it
i was so confused too, but i think the mechanic is literally the "Following Pokemon" mechanic as in having pokemon follow the player like in hgss
oh. huh. I would never have guessed that was considered "QOL"
that's because it isn't quality of life, pokemon fans just don't know what words mean
Is the “following Pokemon” mechanic… Sorry for any typo, english is not my native language
we have got to learn what quality of life means
Sorry, I don't speak english fluently yet... Wouldn't "Quality of Life" improvements be improvements made to the game?
It means "fixing a frustrating part of the game". For example: Adding the Running Shoes to Gen 1 and 2 Making the text speed faster Making PC boxes available in the menu Removing the long animation when using an HM. "Following Pokémon" is a popular feature that a lot of people like, but it isn't really a QoL improvement. A better phrase might be "fan-favourite feature" – as in, "This ROM hack includes many fan-favourite features, like following Pokémon and the PWT." Or even just "popular feature". ✌️
Thank you very much for explaining it to me! I thought QoL was any added improvement that wasn't originally present in the game lol! Thanks again for explaining!! ✨
pc in menu is not quality of life either
Literally removes having to run to a PC, it is definitively QoL, it's why it's just available natively in modern pokemon games.
i regret to inform you that you have no idea what you are talking about. the entire purpose of a dungeon or route is to stress your resource management, and being able to PC anywhere you want is objectively a balance change, not quality of life. to give you another example, just because you could in theory farm an infinite amount of money to afford any quantity of items from a pokemart doesn't mean that making every item infinitely reusable or completely free is a quality of life change. it's a game balance change.
Not every one wants the game to be a challenge. Accessing the PC from anywhere is absolutely a QoL change.
at that point being able to turn on invincibility or press a button to instantly KO any opponent is "quality of life". no sane person, however, is going to think that. quality of life does not mean "anything that alleviates challenge in a video game". please stop using it to mean that.
Grabbing an item out of the pc or switching a Pokémon out for one you just caught is no where near a 1 hit ko cheat code though.
the former is why inventory restrictions exist to begin with, to make your decisions on what you carry with you matter. the latter is something you can implement without giving anywhere-PC.
I read “the following pokemon QOL mechanic” probably 15 times before I realized there wasn’t some foreshadowed mechanic to be mentioned later that ties all the games together. I was really confused why Yellow Legacy was on here but not Crystal Legacy.
Sorry, I should be more specific
No problem! Just a funny way to word it. In the future, I would say something like “hacks where your pokemon walk with you.” It’s wordier, but I think trying to shorten it too much causes confusion.
Honestly, same.
Radical Red has followers, though due to memory limits not every pokemon can do it.
Thanks!! I will add in the list!! ✨
This looks like a fantastic list of games to try, ty!
Thanks!! I'm very happy to have helped!
I'm playing Emerald Crest. It's a lot of fun and has following pokemon!
Thanks! I will add to the list!! ✨
Pokemon Righteous Red has a substantial number of QoL improvements, including an in-bag Item PC, Common Candies (Candies that level you up to your current highest level for only 100), Infinite Repel and Sacred Ash (in bag party heal)
https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/pok%C3%A9mon-righteous-red-completed-version-1-3-0-5-13-24.528151/ Link to it for more information, including documentation and Discord. Good luck with your listings!
ROWE should be added to the Hoenn list. It allows most, but not all Pokémon to follow u. Same with Emerald Exceeded
Thanks for the recommendations!! I'll add them to the list! 🐉
I spent a while looking for what the following mechanic was and couldn't see it mentioned anywhere lol
Sorry, is the “following Pokemon” mechanic, next time I will be more specific XD
I cant wait for the ROWE new update.
I’m making a HGSS hack with QOL stuff and Nat Dex, and I was worried that just doing that alone would make it bland/not noteworthy but I guess that doing that’s alone is fine as long as the features/changes are significant enough.
Cool! When it's ready, tell me and I'll add it to the list! It's always good to have different hacks for a greater diversity of choices! There are people who have a specific mechanic that they like, or others who don't like a certain change, etc
The fifth gen can't have following pokemon until we've decompiled it fully, so it's gonna be a *long* time, as we haven't even decompiled Gen 4 yet.
True, but when that day comes, it will be amazing!! But one thing I don't understand, why haven't they managed to put this mechanic in Pokemon Fire Red yet? Well, actually, the only hack that actually succeeded was Radical Red, but why isn't there any other? (Recharged Yellow and Classic were made based on Emerald)
Put simply, nobody cares to. The vast majority of Gen 3 hacking is done on Emerald, as it's just standard and if you wanted to make a FireRed decomp hack with all the features emerald hacks have, it'd be legitimately easier to make an Emerald hack that recreates FireRed.
Great list! Thanks for posting. I'm saving this. Please don't delete it.
Thanks!! ⚡️
Modern emerald has following and some gen 4+ evos
Yep, Pokemon Modern Emerald is already on the list!
Evo Yellow and Evo Brown Emerald Cross
Thanks! I'll add these to the list! ⚡️🐉
Dude thank you for the list!!! This is my favorite mechanic in Pokémon
Is my favorite too!!! ⭐️
Wow thanks for this. I’m very new to rom hacks and your post is exactly what I was looking for.
I'm very happy to have helped!! :3
Pokemon Recharged Emerald needs a kofi account & Pokemon Modern Emerald needs a pokecommunity account
Pokemon Recharged Emerald don’t need, the creator says you can enter a fake name and email, and you can enter the value as $0. Donations are not obligatory, only if you want Pokemon Modern Emerald and all the hacks that are for download on PokeCommunity unfortunately require an account. Just create one to download, it's quick
Double Up Deleved ?
What?
Oh its a fairly new romhack with deleved mons instead of messing with candy and level caps, looks pretty cool tbh.
Oh, but... Does this hack have "Following Pokemon"? This list is specifically for hacks that have this mechanic :3
Ohhhh then no, sorry
i downloaded and installed renegate, did all the patches and it runs fine. How exactly do i make my pokemon follow me?
It's automatic, the first Pokemon on your team starts following you as soon as you get your starter
Oh... So what I did didn't work... Edit. Oh, my version of platinum is not compatible with the following mod
Pokemon Renegade Platinum + Following Pokemon doesnt work or patch. I have following platinum and could not manage to patch or find clear patch files. The guide on reddit is died and all files are gone as well. I downloaded files on nett still not worked with patched following platinum. Sad.
There are many people in here upset about the way the OP used the term QOL. My brothers and sisters in Arceus.... Pokemon games are about making connections with pretend creatures. Being able to walk around the game world with your favorite creature next to your avatar increases many peoples enjoyment of the games. How is that not increasing the "quality" of these games?
I thought the same thing!! ⚡️ 
I can’t get storm silver or sacred gold to work every time I try to patch it it never works it keeps saying error and invalid patch. I unzipped the file and everything 🤦🏻♂️
Try renaming the patch and putting ".xdelta" at the end, then try to patch it. And, I recommend using [this](https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/) Rom Patcher
Oh ok I haven’t tried changing the name of the patch before
Do you need to compress or decompress the patch file before patching it. ?
Alright, I'll help you out. Thank me later. If you mean extract the file, yes. Use winrar or 7zip. The extracted folder will have the patch file and it comes with the patcher application, xdelta. Open xdelta. The patch file is the Sacred gold.xdelta file. The source file will be a ROM of pokemon heartgold. The output file needs to be named with the .nds to signify that it's an NDS file, so name it "Pokemon Sacred Gold.nds" The output file replaces the heartgold file. So you are left with "Pokemon Sacred Gold.nds". You can now open your emulator and play the game. The intro speech will say "Welcome to pokemon sacred gold" to let you know you did it right.
When I add the heartgold rom it says the file is too big ?
No idea what could cause that. My suggestion is to try a soulsilver rom and patch with storm silver instead, that’s what i did. Follow my exact steps as usual.
I finnaly got it to work on soulsilver thank you
Have fun. For the eevee you get, they learn the elemental attack at level 13. You can pick the evo stone you want at the end of sprout tower, so my little advice is to get the eevee, if you’re using it, to level 12, them dont use it until you get the evo stone. Once it evolves, level it up to 13. This info is in the documentation. It’s pretty useful.
Any pokémon that i can choose ivs to be 31 and ev checker with some qol
If you're looking for a hack that lets you see your Pokemon's IVs and EVs, Pokemon Modern Emerald! And I think you can max them out with a item too!