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# Pokémon Emerald
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This is a fork of the [matching decompilation ](https://github.com/pret/pokeemerald ) at [PRET ](https://github.com/pret ).
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This fork tries to maintain vanilla compatibility whenever possible. It doesn't increase the size of any save data structure or the object event structure.
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There are several branches, each with one main feature (and sometimes some extra stuff):
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**followers** branch:
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* [HGSS-style pokémon followers ](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Walking_Pok%C3%A9mon#Pok.C3.A9mon_HeartGold_and_SoulSilver ) for all 386 pokémon, including emotes, the 28 Unown forms and a majority of follower messages.
* Dynamic overworld palettes & reflections compatible with vanilla berry trees.
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* PID (but not legitimacy) preserving Pokémon nature-changing function
* Function to detect modern emulators/GBA hardware.
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**icons** branch:
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* Everything from the **followers** branch.
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* All pokemon icons updated to Gen 6, based on [this repo ](https://github.com/msikma/pokesprite/tree/master/icons/pokemon/regular )
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* This includes compatibility with the PC, trade, contests, mail, Battle Dome. Examples:
* Icons share palettes with front sprites, meaning that shiny pokemon will also have shiny icons!
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**lighting** branch:
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* Everything from the **followers** branch.
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* Day/night shading compatible with weather.
* GSC-style window lights.
* WIP interframe-blended lamp lights at night, i.e in Rustboro.
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* HGSS-style alpha-blended shadows for object events.
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**just-lighting** branch:
* `lighting-expanded-id` but with following pokémon code & assets completely removed. (This allows for more than 255 OW graphics)
* Saves with following pokémon can safely be loaded.
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Additional branches to mention:
* `followers-expanded-id` - like `followers` , but includes backwards-compatible 16-bit graphics IDs for object events.
* `lighting-expanded-id` - like the above but for `lighting` .
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To set up the repository, see [INSTALL.md ](INSTALL.md ).
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## See also
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For contacts and other pret projects, see [pret.github.io ](https://pret.github.io/ ).
