The runtime expanded Ruby and Sapphire's {EVIL_TEAM}, {GOOD_LEADER},
{VERSION}, {RIVAL} and {KUN} (and the other version-dependent names)
from text/placeholders.lua, the values the extractor reads from the US
cart, so a translation never reached them: the team leaders stayed MAXIE
and ARCHIE, the rival MAY or BRENDAN, the version RUBY or SAPPHIRE, and
the Japanese honorific empty. Each value is a cart string the script
cache also holds under its pokeruby label (gExpandedPlaceholder_Maxie,
_May, _Ruby, _Kun...); the placeholders now read it from there, with the
extract's value as the fallback, the way Emerald's do.
The labels are defined once, in text_placeholders_extract.lua
(rsSymbols, the evil and good teams swapped by edition), and both the
Ruby/Sapphire import and the message box read them from there.
Several screens looked their cart strings up in the script cache on every draw, every frame or every read. Each now resolves them once:
- the Battle Arena's judgment titles, when the window opens;
- the Battle Dome's tourney title, when the tree opens, and a match card's win and match-number texts, when the card is built;
- the Frontier Pass map's landmark names and descriptions, when the map opens;
- the Pokédex search screen's option texts, when the cursor moves instead of on every frame of the option list;
- the party menu's action labels, once per action list;
- the Battle Pyramid bag's "Return to" place, when the bag opens;
- the expanded placeholders, when their table is built for the current script cache.
The runtime expanded {RIVAL} and {KUN} from text/placeholders.lua, the values the extractor reads from the US cart, so a translation never reached them: the rival stayed MAY or BRENDAN and the Japanese honorific stayed empty. Each value is a cart string the script cache also holds under its pret label (gText_ExpandedPlaceholder_May, _Brendan, _Kun, _Chan...); the placeholders now read it from there, with the extract's value as the fallback.
Ruby and Sapphire 1.0/1.1/1.2 import, play, save, convert and link. Gen 3 shaders, braille, weather and reflection parity, link room players, RS custom carts and launcher support, Gen 3 link fixes for Emerald and FireRed/LeafGreen.
- Align CacheContract firered overrides with pure ROM extraction
- Fix door animation extraction tile sizes, palettes, and strides
- Update storage chrome, pokedex, summary, and battle chrome extractors
- Ensure 100% self-contained ROM extraction without external dependencies
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