Released Pokémon Sol Version (Beta/Demo v0.1.7 Update! Full Main Game Story!)

Ilusindarim · Jul 7, 2025

Hey, I have been enjoying this game so far but I have found a run ending bug. After fighting the first trainer in the Atomos Gym, my character is unable to move at all. I tried a reset but my character is locked in place. Hate to have to stop there but I will be checking back for new updates.

Zinkatron · Jul 7, 2025

how rare are innate abilities? My starter has 2 abilities, but only 1 of the mons I caught on Route 1 has 2 abilities.

Also, is there a way later on to get 2 abilities on mon that currently only has 1?

Bguy7 · Jul 7, 2025

Ilusindarim said:
Hey, I have been enjoying this game so far but I have found a run ending bug. After fighting the first trainer in the Atomos Gym, my character is unable to move at all. I tried a reset but my character is locked in place. Hate to have to stop there but I will be checking back for new updates.

Thanks for the report. I'll see if I can replicate it and look into getting fixed. An update should be coming soon.

Zinkatron said:
how rare are innate abilities? My starter has 2 abilities, but only 1 of the mons I caught on Route 1 has 2 abilities.

Also, is there a way later on to get 2 abilities on mon that currently only has 1?

Pokémon with two abilities is a near universal feature, and Pokémon should typically have two abilities when captured. The only exception is a handful of Pokémon that only have one ability total in their ability pool. Which Pokémon did you catch with only one ability?

Zinkatron · Jul 7, 2025

Bguy7 said:
Pokémon with two abilities is a near universal feature, and Pokémon should typically have two abilities when captured. The only exception is a handful of Pokémon that only have one ability total in their ability pool. Which Pokémon did you catch with only one ability?

Apprentichick and Chipmunch. I have a Chipmunch that has 2 (Run Away and Pickup), but all the other Chipmunch and Apprentichicks I caught on route 1 had "no innate" and then another ability. I have yet to catch an Apprentichick with 2 abilities, in fact.

All the others on the early routes I've caught have had 2 abilities, like Zubat, Cleffa, Geodude, Kittainer, etc.

Bguy7 · Jul 7, 2025

Zinkatron said:
Apprentichick and Chipmunch. I have a Chipmunch that has 2 (Run Away and Pickup), but all the other Chipmunch and Apprentichicks I caught on route 1 had "no innate" and then another ability. I have yet to catch an Apprentichick with 2 abilities, in fact.

All the others on the early routes I've caught have had 2 abilities, like Zubat, Cleffa, Geodude, Kittainer, etc.

Huh. That definitely shouldn't be happening. Even a Pokémon saying "no innate" shouldn't be possible, because that's leftover from the plugin I use to enable two abilities, but I don't use the term "innate" in my game. I'll have to see if the same thing happens to me and work from there. Thanks for reporting.

Zinkatron · Jul 7, 2025

hmm, so I just reloaded and now it isn't happening anymore. Just caught an Apprentichick with two abilities, and another Chipmunch with 2 as well. Just an oddity in game compiling maybe that a close and reopened fixed? No clue honestly, but I guess to those that read this, if you save and close and re-open, it doesn't happen anymore it would seem.

Bguy7 · Jul 8, 2025

Version 0.1.1 Update

Sol Version is receiving it's first (non-hotfix) minor update. Players over the past few days have been extremely helpful in submitting bug reports for me to fix, and now I've implemented fixes for all of them. Generally speaking, I don't plan on putting out updates this fast, but since this is the release period and a lot of more common issues are being reported, it seemed right to correct them as soon as possible. Here's a look at what changed.

Version 0.1.1 Changelog

Fixed a crash upon returning to a Pokémon Center after losing a battle.
Fixed a crash when completing Mom's "Souvenir Shopping" side quest.
Fixed a crash that occurred when advancing Hal's "Server Maintenance" side quest to stage 2, if the player had a full team when first receiving the previous stage's reward.
Fixed a crash that occurred when saying "No thanks" to buying an item with coins at the Game Corner after viewing the available items or TMs.
Fixed a crash when speaking to the bottom Atmos and Celes Cities PokéMart employee.
Fixed a bug that caused double battles including certain species of Pokémon to result in an unending flow of error messages.
Fixed a soft-lock that would occur if stepping on a certain tile in the Atmos Gym. Anyone who was soft-locked there should now be free to move again.
Corrected a typo on the name of a Wepear Berry plant on Route 6, which caused an error when picking it.
Fixed a visual bug that caused Turcell and Apprentichick to jump to a different position on the screen after playing their entry animation.
Fixed a glitch that caused the story event at Pine's Lab to start over if the player loses a battle during it.
Repaired a spot in Kanaveral City that allowed the player to walk past the intended boarders of the map.
Removed a minor oversight that turned the player invisible when they read the sign outside the Horizoport Gym.
Removed the sound of rapid footsteps while flying or diving with the wingsuit in the Atmos Gym.
Added a new background theme to the Mt. Corona summit area, to give it a different music from the cave area.

On top of all that, I've got good news for players using JoiPlay! Up until now, an incompatibility has prevented players using JoiPlay from being able to skip the opening movie. While this project does not officially support JoiPlay, and I cannot promise I'll fix every JoiPlay issue that comes up, I have created a workaround for this one. Any players on JoiPlay should go into the "Pokémon Sol Version" folder and locate the folder inside named "Movies." They can then either delete or rename this folder. I've made a change to the video player that will cause the video to skip if there's no "Movies" folder, rather than crash. It's not an actual solution, but it is a serviceable workaround. Do note that JoiPlay players will have to repeat this step every update, as the updated version will always come with the "Movies" folder.

If you want these issues fixed in your copy of Sol Version, updating is easy. All you have to do is delete your current, outdated "Pokémon Sol Version" folder, and then repeat the initial downloading process from the link in the original post. Your save data will remain intact and be automatically applied to this new version.

I'd like to take a moment to thank everyone who's been reporting glitches and other errors. I realize at times it can feel like there's a lot of them in Sol Version, but that's the entire point of running a beta test. Only with your help from these reports can I track down and remove these issues. If you ever encounter any kind of issue, even a minor one, don't hesitate to report it. I may never know it exists if you don't.

Ironman55555 · Jul 8, 2025

Bguy7 said:
IMPORTANT UPDATE: I just found a massive and game-breaking error in v0.1.1 that I accidently left in. The download links have been removed until this is fixed. As it is very late in the night for me, this will have to wait until tomorrow. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Version 0.1.1 Update

Sol Version is receiving it's first (non-hotfix) minor update. Players over the past few days have been extremely helpful in submitting bug reports for me to fix, and now I've implemented fixes for all of them. Generally speaking, I don't plan on putting out updates this fast, but since this is the release period and a lot of more common issues are being reported, it seemed right to correct them as soon as possible. Here's a look at what changed.

Version 0.1.1 Changelog

Fixed a crash upon returning to a Pokémon Center after losing a battle.

Fixed a crash when completing Mom's "Souvenir Shopping" side quest.

Fixed a crash that occurred when advancing Hal's "Server Maintenance" side quest to stage 2, if the player had a full team when first receiving the previous stage's reward.

Fixed a crash that occurred when saying "No thanks" to buying an item with coins at the Game Corner after viewing the available items or TMs.

Fixed a crash when speaking to the bottom Atmos and Celes Cities PokéMart employee.

Fixed a bug that caused double battles including certain species of Pokémon to result in an unending flow of error messages.

Fixed a soft-lock that would occur if stepping on a certain tile in the Atmos Gym. Anyone who was soft-locked there should now be free to move again.

Corrected a typo on the name of a Wepear Berry plant on Route 6, which caused an error when picking it.

Fixed a visual bug that caused Turcell and Apprentichick to jump to a different position on the screen after playing their entry animation.

Fixed a glitch that caused the story event at Pine's Lab to start over if the player loses a battle during it.

Repaired a spot in Kanaveral City that allowed the player to walk past the intended boarders of the map.

Removed a minor oversight that turned the player invisible when they read the sign outside the Horizoport Gym.

Removed the sound of rapid footsteps while flying or diving with the wingsuit in the Atmos Gym.

Added a new background theme to the Mt. Corona summit area, to give it a different music from the cave area.

On top of all that, I've got good news for players using JoiPlay! Up until now, an incompatibility has prevented players using JoiPlay from being able to skip the opening movie. While this project does not officially support JoiPlay, and I cannot promise I'll fix every JoiPlay issue that comes up, I have created a workaround for this one. Any players on JoiPlay should go into the "Pokémon Sol Version" folder and locate the folder inside named "Movies." They can then either delete or rename this folder. I've made a change to the video player that will cause the video to skip if there's no "Movies" folder, rather than crash. It's not an actual solution, but it is a serviceable workaround. Do note that JoiPlay players will have to repeat this step every update, as the updated version will always come with the "Movies" folder.

If you want these issues fixed in your copy of Sol Version, updating is easy. All you have to do is delete your current, outdated "Pokémon Sol Version" folder, and then repeat the initial downloading process from the link in the original post. Your save data will remain intact and be automatically applied to this new version.

I'd like to take a moment to thank everyone who's been reporting glitches and other errors. I realize at times it can feel like there's a lot of them in Sol Version, but that's the entire point of running a beta test. Only with your help from these reports can I track down and remove these issues. If you ever encounter any kind of issue, even a minor one, don't hesitate to report it. I may never know it exists if you don't.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: I just found a massive and game-breaking error in v0.1.1 that I accidently left in. The download links have been removed until this is fixed. As it is very late in the night for me, this will have to wait until tomorrow. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Huh. Good luck with fixing it, pal. Also, I wanna ask: is there any way to rematch trainers we've previously fought? Like, a VS Seeker or something? Cuz unless there isn't, that'd be a great way to grind experience and money. If not, might as well pick a god and pray that grinding will be successful (currently fighting lvl 13 Dashilisks, since they give about 350 exp)

Bguy7 · Jul 8, 2025

We're back from emergency maintenance. I decided to stick it out and stay up to get everything up and running again. The download link for v0.1.1 is once again available. If you somehow managed to snag a download before I took down link, I suggest you redownload now for the current version. As I had to redo the update process anyways, I also fixed a rather annoying issue I discovered just after updating with footstep sounds being made in places they shouldn't, such as while surfing or sliding on ice.

Fun Fact: Fixing the game took less than 10 minutes. The rest of process (compiling the game, zipping the game, and uploading the game) all took about 2 hours.

If you're just coming in now, be sure to take a look at my previous post for information on the v0.1.1 update to Sol Version.

Ironman55555 said:
Huh. Good luck with fixing it, pal. Also, I wanna ask: is there any way to rematch trainers we've previously fought? Like, a VS Seeker or something? Cuz unless there isn't, that'd be a great way to grind experience and money. If not, might as well pick a god and pray that grinding will be successful (currently fighting lvl 13 Dashilisks, since they give about 350 exp)

Currently there is no way to rematch trainers, but it is a feature I'm considering for a future update.

gohstar95 · Jul 8, 2025

Can I check if we can get a lucky egg in this game? To help with grinding so to make leveling up faster

Zinkatron · Jul 8, 2025

Not to dogpile, but would agree that the xp is stingy in this game. It makes it tough to try out all the new cool mons you created! Not to mention all these creative ability combos to be had, it just feels limiting. Like you need to plan stuff out so you aren't wasting tons of time grinding mons that will not be useful long term, or start grinding mons you know will be terrible until you get the stone or to level 60ish (e.g., Larvesta). It is kinda forcing you to pick 2-3 mons early and stick with that core until you get XP share.

Not trying to force you a certain way or stick fingers in your creative process, thankful that there are so many cool people that share their projects with this community in general of course. I am sure this will open up a bit later on, but the early game does feel like that meme with the miner that quits before getting to the gold.

Bguy7 · Jul 8, 2025

gohstar95 said:
Can I check if we can get a lucky egg in this game? To help with grinding so to make leveling up faster

The Lucky Egg is also available through the the Meteoric Hunt quest. The theme of the rewards for that quest is training-based items.

Zinkatron said:
Not to dogpile, but would agree that the xp is stingy in this game. It makes it tough to try out all the new cool mons you created! Not to mention all these creative ability combos to be had, it just feels limiting. Like you need to plan stuff out so you aren't wasting tons of time grinding mons that will not be useful long term, or start grinding mons you know will be terrible until you get the stone or to level 60ish (e.g., Larvesta). It is kinda forcing you to pick 2-3 mons early and stick with that core until you get XP share.

Not trying to force you a certain way or stick fingers in your creative process, thankful that there are so many cool people that share their projects with this community in general of course. I am sure this will open up a bit later on, but the early game does feel like that meme with the miner that quits before getting to the gold.

No worries. I can understand why some may not like the way I have things set up. For whatever it's worth, the way I look at this is if you always arrive at the next gym or challenging battle at or over their level, then you're always going to have an easy time beating it. By having some training required, it encourages the player to try to beat challenging battles at the lowest level possible, which makes the battle difficult and adds an aspect to the battle that encourages the player to come up with more creative solutions. Personally, while I was doing my test playthrough, there were only a two or three times in the entire game that I honestly felt I had to grind against random wild Pokémon. The rest of the time I was always somewhat under-leveled, but not so much so that I couldn't win battles.

Regardless, I am taking this feedback into consideration, and will try to think of compromises that don't go too much against my vision.

Bguy7 · Jul 8, 2025

Guess I can't catch a break. I've just been made aware of another game-breaking bug that prevents story progression past the Planetary Research Station in Versal City. I'll be putting out another hotfix as soon as I can.

Ironman55555 · Jul 8, 2025

Bguy7 said:
Guess I can't catch a break. I've just been made aware of another game-breaking bug that prevents story progression past the Planetary Research Station in Versal City. I'll be putting out another hotfix as soon as I can.

That's making a game for ya. Bugs are really like the Hydra: you get rid of one bug, more show up to ruin your mood

Bguy7 · Jul 9, 2025

Okay, hotfix is out. Here's what changed:

Fixed a crash introduced in v0.1.1 that occurs whenever battling a Team Planetary Mecha Suit, preventing story progress in multiple places
Fixed the game crashing when encountering a Pokémon in the Park Zone.
Repaired the "Send Me a Ring" side quest at the Rest Stop so that it can be completed after finding the lost ring.

If you've updated or downloaded your game in the past 12 hours, I suggest you update again. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Also, given all the feedback I've gotten about the amount of grinding in this game, I've started making plans on how I might find a compromise solution for the issue. I should have something for the next update that will help in that department.

Ironman55555 · Jul 9, 2025

Where's the Soothe Bell at? I'm assuming Pine gives it to you as a reward for the Meteoric Shards? If not, where else? Having it would make grinding friendship evos significantly easier

gohstar95 · Jul 9, 2025

Is there a bug in the opti gym puzzle? They asked me to memorize the movement but I see nothing appearing in the monitor

Bguy7 · Jul 9, 2025

Ironman55555 said:
Where's the Soothe Bell at? I'm assuming Pine gives it to you as a reward for the Meteoric Shards? If not, where else? Having it would make grinding friendship evos significantly easier

For once, no, you get it somewhere else. In Versal City there's the Pokémon Fan Club. There you'll find the side quest "My Best Friend," where someone want you to show them a Pokémon you've reached max friendship with. The reward is the Soothe Bell.

gohstar95 said:
Is there a bug in the opti gym puzzle? They asked me to memorize the movement but I see nothing appearing in the monitor

Yup, I've found the issue. Guess we'll be getting another hotfix today. However, I have an idea I want to test out to make the process easier for me.

Bguy7 · Jul 10, 2025

New Hotfix and Hotfix Update System

It's time for day three of hotfixes. But this time, things should be a little easier to update, as I'm experimenting with a new update method. Instead of having to delete and redownload the entire game every time, I now have one file for you to download. All you have to do is download the new hotfix file here. As this is just one single file, the download will be much faster and easier. Once you've downloaded the file, titled "Game.rgssad," drag and drop the file into the "Pokémon Sol Version" folder. You will be warned that there's already an existing file with that name. Just replace the old one with the new one, and your game will be up to date with all the current glitch fixes. Hopefully this makes the update process much more tolerable for both me and you. So long as there doesn't prove to be issues with this method of updating the game, all future hotfixes will use it, and a download link for the most recent hotfix will be located below the primary download link in the original post. This does mean that people downloading the game for the first time will have to download the most recent hotfix separately.

Changelog

Fixed an issue where the graphics for the Opti City Gym puzzle weren't displaying properly, effectively making it impossible to complete.
Fixed (for a second time) an issue that caused the story event in Pine Labs to repeat from the beginning if the player loss either battle during the event. Apparently some weirdness with the compiler added the issue back after I fixed it last time.
Fixed a crash on the "Surprise Inside" side quest when trying to show a Minior to the girl.
Fixed a crash on the "I Want Candy" side quest when trying to give the girl a Rage Candy Bar.
Fixed the display of Starter Pokéballs on Professor Pine's table, which wouldn't be removed in some situations.
Added a sky background to the hot air balloon cutscene when traveling to and from Atmos City.

If all these updates are getting a little annoying, I do apologize. It was never my intention to update this frequently. The problem is that I keep getting reports of various issues that stop progress through the story, and I can't just let issues like that stick around. Fingers crossed that this time we can go a little longer without a big problem. (Which is not to say that you shouldn't report such an issue if you find one.)

Also, there's something I meant to point out earlier, but completely forgot. While this game is meant to be as authentic of a Pokémon game as possible, there is one aspect of real Pokémon games that can't ever be duplicated; Interactions between players, including trading. And that means that certain Pokémon that evolve through trading would be impossible to evolve. In order to circumvent that issue, Sol Version contains a special evolution item that can evolve Pokémon that evolve only through trade. The way to get it is to talk to the woman who would normally let you into the Union Room on the second floor of any Pokémon Center. If you have a Pokémon on your team that evolves through trading when you talk to her, she'll give you one of these items.

Azurleangey · Jul 10, 2025

How's the leveling/exp in this game? Honestly I don't know why some developers are still holding onto the exp share, at this point exp all pairs better and even helps with accessability. Even when I was a kid I didn't enjoy the round robin of getting each pokemon levelled up and usually ended up with two or three mains and that's all the way back to Pokemon yellow. As an adult I want to enjoy the story, challenging battles/etc but I just don't have the time to be grinding/scrounging around for exp. Then to possibly see another Pokemon id be interested in to pick up but have to now train, pair that with ADHD it's just hard to want to bother. Il even take the audino trainers. I mean plenty of fan games/rom hacks have used different methods to ease the grind, I enjoy Tectonic for example. But to have Exp all at the end(near) of the game? What's the point? And honestly if the quest takes up throughout the whole map and exp.all seems like a sub reward.

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