diff --git a/docsrc/manual/settings-and-options.rst b/docsrc/manual/settings-and-options.rst
index 5a4968e3..a3e7d48e 100644
--- a/docsrc/manual/settings-and-options.rst
+++ b/docsrc/manual/settings-and-options.rst
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ determined by this file.
    ``enable_heal_location_respawn_data``, 1 if ``pokefirered``, project, yes, Adds ``Respawn Map`` and ``Respawn NPC`` to Heal Location events
    ``enable_object_event_in_connection``, 1 if ``pokefirered``, project, yes, Adds ``In Connection`` to Object events
    ``enable_floor_number``, 1 if ``pokefirered``, project, yes, Adds ``Floor Number`` to map headers
+   ``create_map_text_file``, 1 if not ``pokeemerald``, project, yes, A ``text.inc`` or ``text.pory`` file will be created for any new map
    ``enable_triple_layer_metatiles``, 0, project, yes, Enables triple-layer metatiles (See https://github.com/pret/pokeemerald/wiki/Triple-layer-metatiles)
    ``custom_scripts``, , project, yes, A list of script files to load into the scripting engine
 
diff --git a/include/config.h b/include/config.h
index f61d589e..a0841a53 100644
--- a/include/config.h
+++ b/include/config.h
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ public:
         this->enableHealLocationRespawnData = false;
         this->enableObjectEventInConnection = false;
         this->enableFloorNumber = false;
+        this->createMapTextFile = false;
         this->enableTripleLayerMetatiles = false;
         this->customScripts.clear();
         this->readKeys.clear();
@@ -172,6 +173,8 @@ public:
     bool getObjectEventInConnectionEnabled();
     void setFloorNumberEnabled(bool enable);
     bool getFloorNumberEnabled();
+    void setCreateMapTextFileEnabled(bool enable);
+    bool getCreateMapTextFileEnabled();
     void setTripleLayerMetatilesEnabled(bool enable);
     bool getTripleLayerMetatilesEnabled();
     void setCustomScripts(QList<QString> scripts);
@@ -196,6 +199,7 @@ private:
     bool enableHealLocationRespawnData;
     bool enableObjectEventInConnection;
     bool enableFloorNumber;
+    bool createMapTextFile;
     bool enableTripleLayerMetatiles;
     QList<QString> customScripts;
     QStringList readKeys;
diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index f34cdae6..1d0d55bf 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -503,6 +503,12 @@ void ProjectConfig::parseConfigKeyValue(QString key, QString value) {
         if (!ok) {
             logWarn(QString("Invalid config value for enable_floor_number: '%1'. Must be 0 or 1.").arg(value));
         }
+    } else if (key == "create_map_text_file") {
+        bool ok;
+        this->createMapTextFile = value.toInt(&ok);
+        if (!ok) {
+            logWarn(QString("Invalid config value for create_map_text_file: '%1'. Must be 0 or 1.").arg(value));
+        }
     } else if (key == "enable_triple_layer_metatiles") {
         bool ok;
         this->enableTripleLayerMetatiles = value.toInt(&ok);
@@ -535,6 +541,7 @@ void ProjectConfig::setUnreadKeys() {
     if (!readKeys.contains("enable_heal_location_respawn_data")) this->enableHealLocationRespawnData = isPokefirered;
     if (!readKeys.contains("enable_object_event_in_connection")) this->enableObjectEventInConnection = isPokefirered;
     if (!readKeys.contains("enable_floor_number")) this->enableFloorNumber = isPokefirered;
+    if (!readKeys.contains("create_map_text_file")) this->createMapTextFile = (this->baseGameVersion != BaseGameVersion::pokeemerald);
 }
 
 QMap<QString, QString> ProjectConfig::getKeyValueMap() {
@@ -551,6 +558,7 @@ QMap<QString, QString> ProjectConfig::getKeyValueMap() {
     map.insert("enable_heal_location_respawn_data", QString::number(this->enableHealLocationRespawnData));
     map.insert("enable_object_event_in_connection", QString::number(this->enableObjectEventInConnection));
     map.insert("enable_floor_number", QString::number(this->enableFloorNumber));
+    map.insert("create_map_text_file", QString::number(this->createMapTextFile));
     map.insert("enable_triple_layer_metatiles", QString::number(this->enableTripleLayerMetatiles));
     map.insert("custom_scripts", this->customScripts.join(","));
     return map;
@@ -591,6 +599,7 @@ void ProjectConfig::onNewConfigFileCreated() {
     this->enableHealLocationRespawnData = isPokefirered;
     this->enableObjectEventInConnection = isPokefirered;
     this->enableFloorNumber = isPokefirered;
+    this->createMapTextFile = (this->baseGameVersion != BaseGameVersion::pokeemerald);
     this->useEncounterJson = true;
     this->usePoryScript = false;
     this->enableTripleLayerMetatiles = false;
@@ -713,6 +722,15 @@ bool ProjectConfig::getFloorNumberEnabled() {
     return this->enableFloorNumber;
 }
 
+void ProjectConfig::setCreateMapTextFileEnabled(bool enable) {
+    this->createMapTextFile = enable;
+    this->save();
+}
+
+bool ProjectConfig::getCreateMapTextFileEnabled() {
+    return this->createMapTextFile;
+}
+
 void ProjectConfig::setTripleLayerMetatilesEnabled(bool enable) {
     this->enableTripleLayerMetatiles = enable;
     this->save();
diff --git a/src/project.cpp b/src/project.cpp
index 5f455f07..c57268de 100644
--- a/src/project.cpp
+++ b/src/project.cpp
@@ -1242,14 +1242,15 @@ void Project::saveMap(Map *map) {
         QString text = this->getScriptDefaultString(projectConfig.getUsePoryScript(), map->name);
         saveTextFile(root + "/data/maps/" + map->name + "/scripts" + this->getScriptFileExtension(projectConfig.getUsePoryScript()), text);
 
-        if (projectConfig.getBaseGameVersion() == BaseGameVersion::pokeruby || projectConfig.getBaseGameVersion() == BaseGameVersion::pokefirered) {
+        bool usesTextFile = projectConfig.getCreateMapTextFileEnabled();
+        if (usesTextFile) {
             // Create file data/maps/<map_name>/text.inc
             saveTextFile(root + "/data/maps/" + map->name + "/text" + this->getScriptFileExtension(projectConfig.getUsePoryScript()), "\n");
         }
 
         // Simply append to data/event_scripts.s.
         text = QString("\n\t.include \"data/maps/%1/scripts.inc\"\n").arg(map->name);
-        if (projectConfig.getBaseGameVersion() == BaseGameVersion::pokeruby || projectConfig.getBaseGameVersion() == BaseGameVersion::pokefirered) {
+        if (usesTextFile) {
             text += QString("\t.include \"data/maps/%1/text.inc\"\n").arg(map->name);
         }
         appendTextFile(root + "/data/event_scripts.s", text);