swsh-mods-exl

Configurable exlaunch-based mods for Pokemon Sword and Shield

v.1.3.2 (latest version) only !

Installation

1. Download the latest release for your game version
2. Unzip the release to your sd card (or the sdmc directory of your emulator)
3. Edit sd:/config/swsh-mods-exl/config.toml to your liking

Mods

Overworld Shiny Indicatiors [overworld_shiny]

Mod that makes shiny pokemon visible in the overworld with a sound indicator & particle effect

Example

overworld_shiny.mp4

Config

• active
  • Controls whether or not the mod is activated
  • boolean (true, false)
• sound
  • Controls the "command" that is run upon shiny spawns
  • Leave empty ("") for no command
  • Sound effects are commands and that is the intended use of this setting
  • string ("", "Play_Camp_Cooking_Explosion", etc.)
• shiny_ptcl
  • Controls the particle effect that is played around a shiny
  • Leave empty ("") for no particle
  • Any .ptcl in romfs or custom layeredfs should work but needs to be configured to repeat
  • string ("", "bin/field/effect/particle/particle/ef_poke_symbol_aura.ptcl", etc.)
• show_aura_for_brilliants
  • Controls whether or not regular brilliant spawns show their aura
  • boolean (true, false)
• include_battle_sounds
  • Controls whether or not to load the battle sound bank in the overworld (needed for battle shiny sound)
  • boolean (true, false)
• play_sound_for_following
  • Controls whether or not to play the shiny sound when the following pokemon respawns
  • boolean (true, false)
• show_ptcl_for_following
  • Controls whether or not to show the shiny particle for the following pokemon
  • boolean (true, false)
• boosted_percentage
  • Controls the percentage for the modified overworld shiny odds
  • Set to 0 for regular shiny odds
  • This setting is intended to be used to ensure shiny models are functioning properly, not as a standalone shiny odds boost cheat
  • integer [0, 100]

Notes

• Hooks the check that determines whether or not a PokemonModel should display shininess to always return true (normally only true for following pokemon)
  • If the PokemonModel is shiny -> call SendCommand to trigger the sound effect
• Hooks the functions responsible for adding & playing the particle effects to supply a custom .ptcl path
• Hooks the brilliant aura check (only for displaying the effect) for both EncountObjects and FishingPoints to check the shiny flag or the brilliant flag
  • FishingPoints do not use PokemonModels so the sound effect for them is triggered here
• Hooks the instruction that sets the shiny flag to call an external PRNG to determine shininess based on percentage (randU64() % 100 < boosted_rate)

Underworld [underworld]

Mod that makes symbol encounters pull from the encounter tables of hidden encounters, allowing "underworld"-exclusive pokemon to spawn and be visible in the overworld

This is a reimplementation of norainthefuture's mod which accomplishes the swapping via exefs patching rather than manually swapping the data tables. The idea is entirely by her!

Example

underworld.mp4

Config

• active
  • Controls whether or not the mod is activated
  • boolean (true, false)

Notes

• Hooks function responsible for generating SymbolEncounts to write the proper hidden table to the encounter table parameter
  • In the vanilla game, each EncountSpawner is assigned a hash and the symbol encounter table is stored within the spawner object upon initialization
  • The hook needs to actively pull the proper encounter table based on player location every new symbol spawn (hidden encounts naturally do this)

Live Randomizer [randomizer]

Mod that live randomizes the species and form of all overworld spawns rather than statically randomizing the encounter tables they pull from

Example

2023112001001501-B8FAEF4816CAC2B76D11869B05CA7601.1.mp4

Config

• active
  • Controls whether or not the mod is activated
  • boolean (true, false)

Notes

• Hooks the functions responsible for setting species & form for symbol, hidden, and gimmick encounters to overwrite the chosen species and form
  • A random species (randU64() % 898 + 1) and form (randU64() % form_count) are generated until one is found that exists in game

Camera Tweaks [camera_tweaks]

Mod that overwrites the default camera constants to allow tweaking of camera speed, pitch range, and field of view

Idea & recommendations by norainthefuture

Example

camera_tweaks.mp4

Config

• active
  • Controls whether or not the mod is activated
  • boolean (true, false)
• adjustment_speed
  • Controls the speed of the camera
  • Value is in degrees per time unit
  • float [0.0, 360.0)
• min_pitch
  • Controls the minimum pitch of the camera
  • Value is in degrees
  • float [-180.0, 180.0)
• max_pitch
  • Controls the maximum pitch of the camera
  • Value is in degrees
  • float [-180.0, 180.0)
• min_distance
  • Controls the distance of the camera when zoomed in
  • float [0.0, ...)
• max_distance
  • Controls the distance of the camera when zoomed out
  • float [0.0, ...)

Notes

• Hooks the camera constructor to overwrite the applicable constants

Level Cap Removal [uncap_level]

Mod that removes the level cap-based shiny lock & (optionally) catch lock

Example

2023112003283301-B8FAEF4816CAC2B76D11869B05CA7601.mp4

Config

• active
  • Controls whether or not the mod is activated
  • boolean (true, false)
• fully
  • Controls whether or not all level caps are removed
  • Must be set to true for level capped pokemon to be catchable
  • boolean (true, false)

Notes

• Hooks the functions that set level cap based on badge count
  • if fully is set to true: always return 100, otherwise: only return 100 when shiny locking

Freecam [freecam]

Mod that allows detaching the camera from the player and moving it on its own

Example

2024042106123501-B8FAEF4816CAC2B76D11869B05CA7601.mp4

Config

• active
  • Controls whether or not the mod is activated
  • boolean (true, false)
• disable_terrain_culling
  • Controls whether or not the game's automatic culling of far away terrain is disabled
  • boolean (true, false)
• always_use_extended_camera
  • Controls whether or not the extended camera (the wild area camera that you can adjust) is enabled by default in all areas
  • boolean (true, false)

Notes

• Manual camera angle adjustment only possible on "Wide Roads" (wild area/ioa/ct) unless always_use_extended_camera is set
• Inputs only register from "Npad" controllers (only tested on pro controller)

Controls

• R+A to detach/reattach the camera from the player
• In detached state:
  • D-Pad to move camera
  • L/R to decrease/increase movement speed
  • ZL/ZR to decrease/increase height

Glimwood w/ Overworld Spawns [glimwood_overworld]

Mod that overwrites the maximum symbol encounter spawn count for spawners in glimwood tangle

Example

2024043003535501-B8FAEF4816CAC2B76D11869B05CA7601.mp4

Config

• active
  • Controls whether or not the mod is activated
  • boolean (true, false)
• maximum_spawns
  • Maximum symbol count per spawner
  • int

Notes

• Overwrites the maximum symbol count field on any new EncountSpawner with a hash within the hard-coded glimwood list

Synchro Mode [synchro_mode]

Mod that allows you to pilot your following pokemon

Idea & recommendations by norainthefuture

Example

Config

• active
  • Controls whether or not the mod is activated
  • boolean (true, false)

Notes

• Inputs only register from "Npad" controllers (only tested on pro controller)
• Movement can be buggy at times
• If the following pokemon gets forcefully despawned you may teleport to (0,0)

Controls

• L+R to toggle in and out of the state

Extended Following [extended_following]

Mod that allows following pokemon in the galar mainland wild area

Example

Config

• active
  • Controls whether or not the mod is activated
  • boolean (true, false)