Version 1.8.4

Downloads: https://download.skytemple.org/skytemple/1.8.4

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New Patches

• ExpandPortraitStructs by @irdkwia. This patch allows importing even portraits that don't compress well:

  Expands portraits structure by 8 bytes, which is enough to cover all cases.

• TeamStatsPain by @Chesyon and @Adex-8x:

  If available, change a team member's portrait in the Team Stats menu to pain when in critical condition.

Improvements

• SkyTemple's code now supports Python 3.13 and dropped support for Python 3.9. All dependencies of SkyTemple were updated.
• Localizations have been updated. Thank you to all our contributors.
• Russian can now be selected from the locale settings.
• The import of character WAN files (Pokémon sprites) has been optimized to reduce file sizes (thanks to @irdkwia)
• More patch descriptions have been localized (thanks in parts to @Adex-8x).
• The "PushAllies" patch has been updated so items are now picked by the leader after switching places (thanks to @irdkwia).
• The "FixNo$GbaSaves" patch now no longer breaks saving on MelonDS and hardware (thanks to @Chesyon and @Frostbyte0x70)

Bugfixes

• Fixed dungeon tiles in DTEF files being misaligned since SkyTemple 1.5.5. This breaks compatibility with all DTEF files exported between SkyTemple 1.5.6 and 1.8.3, please import these with an older SkyTemple version.
• Fixed wrong colors being animated for map backgrounds in the map background editor
• Fixed line breaks when importing text strings (thanks to @Chesyon)
• ExpandPokeList has been fixed to use the correct stings (thanks to @irdkwia)
• If the banner or version check takes too long it now times out instead of preventing SkyTemple from starting.
• Fixed the text string category boundary for "Chimecho Assembly Strings" and "Luminous Spring Strings" being off by one (thanks to @Jawshoeuh).
• Fixed the internal definition of animations for Grovyle (thanks to @audinowho).

Internal improvements and new features

These features have been implemented in SkyTemple's low-level libraries but are NOT available through the SkyTemple UI yet. Contributions welcome!

• Added read and export support for processing SMA files (effect icon animations; by @audinowho) in SkyTemple/skytemple-files#548
• Added read and export support for processing effect WAN files (various VFX; by @audinowho) in SkyTemple/skytemple-files#549
• Added read and export support for processing screen effect files (by @audinowho) in SkyTemple/skytemple-files#551
• Added the ability to delete animations from chacter WAN files (by @audinowho) in SkyTemple/skytemple-files#562