Several hand-ported scripts carry pokered dialogue as inline English
literals instead of reading game.data.text, because the real ROM
label was never reachable from data/generated/text.lua:
ViridianCityYoungster2OkThenText/CaterpieAndWeedleDescriptionText,
TMNotebookText, the SS Anne kitchen cook's three dish lines, and the
Viridian fisher's pre-gift line (data/scripts/story5.lua's gift()
already read t[label] here, just had a stale comment and a missing
fallback).
Traced the actual cause carefully -- there are two independent,
differently-behaved label scanners in this codebase:
- tools/extract/text.py's parse_text_file() requires a label to
start with "_" to be collected. This is a real bug (confirmed
against a real pret/pokered checkout), but this function has no
callers anywhere in the tree and no __main__ entry point -- it
looks like dead code left over from an earlier version of the
pipeline.
- The function that actually produces the shipped label list is
text_metadata() in tools/make_rom_manifest.py, which feeds
manifest["text"]["labels"], which build_rom_data.py's
extract_text() iterates to decode each label straight from the
ROM. text_metadata() already uses the permissive regex (no "_"
requirement) since commit 0f581e2f.
So the actual blocker is that the committed tools/rom_manifest.json
was stale relative to text_metadata()'s current code, not a source
bug. Verified by rebuilding pret/pokered from source with RGBDS
(reproducible -- the resulting pokered.gbc/pokeblue.gbc hash to the
same canonical SHA-1s gen1recomp already pins, so no cartridge dump
was involved anywhere here) and running the real, unmodified
make_rom_manifest.py against it: 2595 labels against the committed
manifest's 2585, a clean superset containing everything these
scripts need. SilphCo2FSilphWorkerFPleaseTakeThisText is the one
exception already in the manifest -- confirmed by commit 0f581e2f
("so many bugs i cannot even breathe") that it was hand-patched in
exactly this same targeted way, for issue #393.
Fix:
- tools/extract/text.py: relaxed parse_text_file()'s regex to match
text_metadata()'s, for consistency (no effect on what ships, since
nothing calls this function, but no reason to leave a legacy copy
of the same scanner out of sync).
- Four scripts read the real label first (t[label] or fallback, the
established pattern): celadon_eevee.lua, ss_anne_kitchen.lua,
viridian_city.lua, story5.lua (comment/fallback only, lookup was
already correct).
- tools/rom_manifest.json and tools/rom_manifest_blue.json:
regenerated for real -- both files are the direct, unedited output
of running make_rom_manifest.py/make_blue_manifest.py against a
real pret/pokered checkout at POKERED_REVISION, not hand-assembled
or reverse-engineered to match. Only safe because of the two fixes
below, which exist specifically so a real run doesn't regress
anything the previously-committed files had. Diffing a real
make_rom_manifest.py run against that previous file (1143 lines
out of 45253) found exactly what a naive "just regenerate against
whatever pokered HEAD is handy" would have silently broken:
- pret/pokered commit 079d1cc92fc3b0ec82bc1418c2b4045bfca84620
(PR #596, 2026-08-06) renamed
_SilphCo10FGiovanniILostAgainText/_SilphCo10FPorygonText to
_SilphCo11F... (they live in text/SilphCo11F.asm, Giovanni's
floor). data/scripts/victories.lua:183 still hardcodes the old
name, and extracting under pokered's new name would silently
blank Giovanni's "I lost again!?" rematch line. Fix is the pin
below: POKERED_REVISION is pinned to the last commit before this
rename, so today's generator output matches victories.lua
natively, no engine code touched, no generator-side workaround
either. Advancing the pin past this commit is a real, welcome
future upgrade -- it just needs victories.lua's labels (and
anything else's) fixed up in the same change.
- trainerPartyOverrides.OPP_CHIEF (Giovanni's Celadon gym team)
wasn't produced by any code under tools/ at all. Traced why:
pret/pokered's data/trainers/parties.asm has "ChiefData: ; none"
-- the Celadon Chief's battle is unused/cut content in the
original game, and RomExtractor.lua's own comment confirms
gen1recomp reimplements it as a real fight using a hand-authored
party for exactly that reason -- no pokered commit, old or new,
will ever produce this data. Added a TRAINER_PARTY_OVERRIDES
constant to make_rom_manifest.py so this survives every future
regeneration automatically; verified it reproduces the committed
value byte-for-byte and flows through to Blue/Yellow for free
via their existing derive-from-Red path.
- trainerHeaders.MtMoonB2F's Super Nerd slot is pre-existing
fabricated data, not pokered drift: his event name,
EVENT_BEAT_MT_MOON_3_SUPER_NERD, has never existed in pokered at
any point in its history (the real name,
EVENT_BEAT_MT_MOON_EXIT_SUPER_NERD, has been stable since 2015),
nor in gen1recomp's own event_flags.lua; trainerDefeated()
checks defeatedTrainers[npc.id] first, the same pattern already
used for the Fighting Dojo's Karate Master, so this entry is
very likely already inert. field.seafoam also differs from a
fresh regeneration (two showObject boulder-toggle IDs in the B3F
puzzle, a live gameplay system nobody has verified either value
against), and field.tradeArt is new content a fresh extraction
produces that was never shipped. None of those three are this
PR's problem to fix, but a real generator run has to do
something with them regardless -- so make_rom_manifest.py gets a
new apply_known_nonreproducible_overrides(), called right after
text_metadata()/field_metadata(), that pins MtMoonB2F and
seafoam back to what was already shipped and drops tradeArt,
each with a comment explaining why and what the real fix looks
like (MtMoonB2F needs a Data:seedMtMoonB2FSuperNerd()-style
engine seed, not manifest data). Verified this override function
was complete and correct -- diffed a real run against the
previously-committed file first, empty -- before trusting it to
write tools/rom_manifest.json/_blue.json directly; both are now
literally that generator's output, not hand-assembled.
tools/rom_manifest_yellow.json isn't touched by this PR at all:
it already had all ten labels, and make_yellow_manifest.py has
no matching override yet for its own field.oldManBattle outlier,
so regenerating it for real isn't safe the same way yet.
- tools/make_rom_manifest.py: added a POKERED_REVISION pin --
cf621a76d4941c93c078eb38e0880fe8db48ef40, the last pret/pokered
commit before the Silph Co rename above, chosen deliberately
rather than current HEAD -- and a check_pokered_revision() guard
main() calls before generating: fails loudly if --pokered isn't
at that commit instead of silently absorbing whatever upstream
renames or restructures since, with an explicit
--allow-revision-mismatch escape hatch for a deliberate pin bump.
That's the intended way this pin moves forward: diff a fresh run
against the committed manifest, fix up whatever engine code
depends on by exact name, and bump POKERED_REVISION in the same
change -- a conscious, reviewable decision instead of a silent
contributor default. Wired the same guard into
make_blue_manifest.py and make_yellow_manifest.py for their own
--pokered/--pokeyellow checkouts; make_yellow_manifest.py gets its
own POKEYELLOW_REVISION (e6ba56989b0f2694f393e6924820be11dcc1fbb8,
verified here). The pin and its guard live entirely in the
generator source, not also embedded as a field in the shipped
manifests -- that would be redundant with the .py constant next to
it in the same commit, for no protection the guard doesn't already
give.
- tools/make_rom_manifest.py, make_blue_manifest.py,
make_yellow_manifest.py: switched json.dump(..., ensure_ascii=
False, ...) to ensure_ascii=True to match how the committed
manifests were actually encoded (escaped \uXXXX rather than
literal UTF-8). Purely cosmetic -- json.load parses both
identically -- but needed so that a fresh make_rom_manifest.py run
at POKERED_REVISION now produces tools/rom_manifest.json
byte-for-byte (plain diff empty), not just content-equal. One
small, pre-existing cosmetic mismatch remains and wasn't chased: a
single nested dict, field.cardKeyDoors.doors, has its
SILPH_CO_10F/11F keys in natural floor order in the committed file
instead of the sort_keys=True lexicographic order everything else
in the file uses -- same content either way.
- tests/rom_manifest_generator_test.py: new ROM-free unit tests (same
style as the existing tests/build_rom_data_cli_test.py, wired into
scripts/test.sh as a T0 tier) for check_pokered_revision() and
apply_known_nonreproducible_overrides() -- matching/mismatched/
bypassed/unresolvable-checkout revision cases, and that the
MtMoonB2F/seafoam/tradeArt overrides land correctly (including
alongside a populated map entry, and without erroring when
tradeArt is already absent). Doesn't replace the manual real-ROM
verification above, which needs an actual pokered/RGBDS toolchain
-- but a future typo or logic slip in either function now fails
immediately instead of only surfacing next time someone happens to
redo that manual check.
- Left data/scripts/flavor/silph_co_9f.lua's nurse dialogue (labels
also added to both manifests here) untouched code-wise: static
command table, not a function, needs its
face_player/heal_party/fade state machine restructured to use
t[label] safely, and show_text's un-resolved-label fallback prints
the label name literally rather than English -- not safe without
interactive testing.
Checked Yellow's equivalent case (Melanie's House) since it looked
like the same shape: it isn't actually broken.
tools/make_yellow_manifest.py's YELLOW_EXTRA_TEXT_LABELS already
force-includes those eight labels, and a real built
dialogue_yellow.lua already has correct French translations for
them. tools/rom_manifest_yellow.json also already carries all ten
labels this PR adds to Red/Blue. No label changes needed there.
Tested: patched parse_text_file() against a real pret/pokered
checkout (+11 labels, 0 removed, all clearly dialogue-shaped);
rebuilt pokered.gbc/pokeblue.gbc with RGBDS at current pret/pokered
HEAD (confirmed hashes to gen1recomp's own canonical SHA-1s) and
diffed a fresh make_rom_manifest.py run there against the committed
manifest to map out what a full regen at HEAD would need; re-checked
out the same pokered checkout at cf621a76 (POKERED_REVISION),
rebuilt both ROMs again (same canonical hashes); with
apply_known_nonreproducible_overrides() and the ensure_ascii fix in
place, ran both generators to a scratch path first and diffed
against the then-committed manifests -- empty -- before running them
again writing tools/rom_manifest.json/_blue.json directly, so both
files are now the generator's literal, unedited output (git diff on
that final write: 18 lines moved in rom_manifest.json, exactly the
pre-existing SILPH_CO_10F/11F ordering quirk; zero lines changed in
rom_manifest_blue.json); rebuilt pokeyellow.gbc the same way, confirmed its
canonical hash, and confirmed make_yellow_manifest.py's symbols/
text/trainerHeaders/trainerPartyOverrides also come out byte-for-
byte identical to the committed tools/rom_manifest_yellow.json; ran
the real build_rom_data.py --only text against all three rebuilt
ROMs and confirmed every added label decodes from real ROM bytes
matching the English fallback literals exactly; verified
check_pokered_revision() actually raises on a deliberate mismatch
before relying on it to gate the runs above; python3
tests/rom_manifest_generator_test.py: 9/9 pass; luajit
tests/run_engine.lua: 250/250 suites pass.
story2.lua pushed the demo battle straight onto the stack, skipping
the flash + wipe that every other wild battle gets.
InitWildBattle calls DoBattleTransitionAndInitBattleVariables
unconditionally (core.asm:6699) -- there is no BATTLE_TYPE_OLD_MAN or
BATTLE_TYPE_PIKACHU special case -- so the old-man tutorial and Oak's
Pikachu catch get the wipe like any other wild battle, same as every
scripted trainer. Commands.old_man_demo already routed the Viridian
old man's tutorial catch through OverworldState:pushBattle for
exactly this reason; the fallback it used for a pushBattle-less
overworld (ctx.overworld and ctx.overworld.pushBattle then ... else
game.stack:push(battle)) was duplicated verbatim in Commands
.start_battle and would have been a third copy in story2.lua, so it's
pulled into one Commands.pushBattle(ctx, battle) helper instead, used
by all three call sites; the fallback branch now logs a warning
rather than silently dropping the transition and battle-theme start.
oak.facing was set and the battle pushed in the same synchronous
callback, so the overworld never rendered a frame of Oak already
turned toward the grass before the screen cut to battle.
Traced home/overworld.asm: PalletTownOakGreetsPlayerScript (the turn)
and PalletTownPikachuBattleScript (arming wCurOpponent) are separate
script ticks, one main-loop iteration apart. OverworldLoopLessDelay
burns two DelayFrame calls per iteration, calls RunMapScript (via
JoypadOverworld) first, and only then checks wCurOpponent to jump
into the battle -- so the turn from iteration A is on screen for the
two DelayFrame calls that open iteration B, before that same
iteration's RunMapScript arms wCurOpponent and falls straight into
the battle check. hold(2, ...) restores exactly that beat.
Yellow's Pallet Town intro (professor catches the wild Pikachu, then
walks the player to the lab) played the map's default Pallet Town
theme the whole time instead of the dedicated escort cue. Per
pokeyellow's actual scripts: PlayDefaultMusicFadeOutCurrent (run on
every battle exit) legitimately restores Pallet Town's theme after
the Pikachu demo battle for the Whew.../Come with me lines; the
escort cue (MUSIC_MUSEUM_GUY, the same "led by an NPC" theme Pewter's
museum guide uses) only starts in PalletMovementScript_OakMoveLeft,
the first function of the escort script -- but only in pokeyellow's
copy. pokered's copy of that same shared Red/Yellow function only
sets BIT_NO_MAP_MUSIC and leaves whatever was already playing
(MUSIC_MEET_PROF_OAK) running uninterrupted into the lab.
Start Music_MuseumGuy at the top of escortToLab, gated on Yellow so
Red/Blue keeps its unchanged behavior, and fix the Oak-escort warp's
keepMusic comment to say which song rides the warp in each version.
The originals run GiveItem before printing the received texts, and when
the bag can't hold the TM they print a make-room line instead and leave
EVENT_GOT_TM* unset, so talking to the leader again retries the give.
The victory reward path added the TM straight into the inventory, so a
full bag went to 21/20.
Route the gym TM give through Bag.add, split the TM lines out of the
victory dialogue table into tmPre/tmDialogue/noRoom, and port the
beaten-leader middle branch that re-runs the ReceiveTM script. Saves
that already hold the TM without the flag count as received so they
don't collect a second copy.
Refs #797
The Elite Four champion script showed the rival's intro text and then
jumped straight into the battle; the wipe-time playBattle('final')
started Music_FinalBattle only when the battle began. The original
(ChampionsRoomRivalReadyToBattleScript) plays MUSIC_FINAL_BATTLE right
after the dialogue ends, before the battle.
Add a play_music Music_FinalBattle row between the intro text and the
battle, and bump the two past-the-end jump targets 25 -> 26 for the new
row count. pushBattle's wipe-time playBattle('final') no-ops on the
already-playing song, so the theme stays continuous into the fight.
Fixes#706
Issue #695: Pressing B in PC submenus (BoxMenu, PlayerPC) was exiting
the entire PC session instead of returning to the main PC menu. The
three main-menu items (Bill's PC, player's PC, Prof. Oak's PC) were
missing keepOpen=true, so selecting one popped the main menu off the
stack. Added keepOpen to all three, matching the pattern already used
by BoxMenu and PlayerPC's own rows.
Issue #694: Falling through boulder holes in Seafoam Islands, Victory
Road, and Pokemon Mansion played no sound effect. Added Faint_Fall sfx
before every hole warp -- the scripted onStep holes in seafoam.lua,
story.lua, and story6.lua, plus the warp-tile-based hole detection in
OverworldController takeWarp. Faint_Fall is the companion to Faint_Thud
(already played when boulders fall into holes).
Fixes#695Fixes#694
The parcel scene in Oak's Lab plays Music_MeetRival on both the rival's
arrival and departure (lines 144-146 in oaks_lab.lua), but the post-battle
onStep exit sequence only played the fanfare when the rival approached
(fixed in #596). It was missing when the rival walks out after the battle.
Add stop_music + play_music Music_MeetRival before the rival's exit
walk-out in both oaks_lab.lua and oaks_lab_yellow.lua, matching the
parcel scene's double-fanfare pattern from the original ROM.
Fixes#683
The starter balls' scripts showed the received-mon text but never played
the sound_get_key_item fanfare that the text carries in the original
(scripts/OaksLab.asm OaksLabReceivedMonText / OaksLabRivalReceivedMonText).
Add play_sound Get_Key_Item before each received text, mirroring the
Yellow starter port.
WardensHouseWardenText prints Gibberish1, calls YesNoChoice, and answers
with Gibberish2 on yes / Gibberish3 on no (scripts/WardensHouse.asm). The
port printed the question and ended the script. Both reply strings were
already extracted and unused, so this is script wiring only.
The branch targets become labels: they were hand-numbered absolute rows,
already mis-pointed once (#535), and any insert meant renumbering jumps
that had no way to announce they were stale.
Also fixes the parity suite's show_text instrumentation, which stopped
forwarding arguments at `subs` and so dropped the extraOpts carrying
Commands.ask's choice callback -- silently turning every ask under test
back into a plain show_text.
The Yellow port (oaks_lab_yellow.lua) already swaps in Music_MeetRival
for the "Hey wait! Let's check out our Pokemon!" challenge and restores
Music_OaksLab once the rival walks out, but the Red/Blue script never
did, leaving the lab battle silent before and after the fight.
pokered-gbc's palettes.asm carries two species->palette tables gated on
GEN_2_GRAPHICS; data/palettes_gbc.lua had imported the per-species Gen 2
table, shaded for Gen 2 sprite art this port doesn't use, instead of Gen
1's own assignments. Bulbasaur wore PAL_BULBASAUR's red-orange, Squirtle
wore PAL_SQUIRTLE's shell brown on his head. Palette values are unchanged;
only which palette each species points at is corrected.
After the player picks a starter and the rival takes his, every ball on
the lab table fell through to 'Those are POKé BALLs' instead of the
leftover-mon line. Port the pokered OaksLabSelectedPokeBallScript ->
OaksLabLastMonScript beat: with EVENT_GOT_STARTER set, Oak turns to face
the player and reads 'That's PROF.OAK's last Pokémon!'. The ROM's
'#MON' ligature is spelled out as Pokémon.
The renumbering also drops the table's nine out-of-range 'jump 21'
rows (run-time 'end' idioms) for explicit "end" targets, so the
script now validates cleanly.
Tests: T2 suite drives the ball talk table through a ScriptRunner-
compatible executor (leftover text, pre-escort text, pre-pick offer)
plus a T3 driver that talks to the leftover ball in a real game.
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