Golden Sun: Golden Sun QOL

Overview:

This mod implements the Quality-of-Life features used in Dawn of Djinn in a setting that better reflects the original game. For players who wish to experience the original world of Golden Sun with those features.

Adjustments to Overworld Abilities/Quality of Life Updates:

Retreat not only warps you to the start of a dungeon or town but now functions similarly to teleport when used on the world map. Using Retreat pulls up the map and you can select any town that you've previously visited to instantly return there. The linearity of Golden Sun doesn't make this as needed as other RPGs, but it does open up some options that would be unreasonable in the original game, such as Retreating back to Imil to restock on Hermes Water.

Avoid now behaves as a random encounter toggle rather than a wear off effect. Using it once turns off 100% of random encounters, using it again turns them back on.

Default Psynergy:

Building off the built in Psynergy the Randomizer provided. Many utility Psynergy like Growth, Whirlwind, and even Avoid are built right into party members so they have them, regardless of your class.
In addition, Psynergy not tied to battle no longer cost Psynergy to use. Though they have different names to distinguish from their battle equivalents. For example, Growth still cost Psynergy to use in battle, but outside of battle it is now “Sprout”, functioning like Growth but without the Psynergy cost.

Psynergy Items:

Certain Psynergy items can be dropped/sold to clear inventory. If needed later, they can be bought at any time, via the item shop's Artifact section.


Known Bugs/Issues:

-Occasional visual effects when using Retreat in the overworld.
-Avoid can be buggy with its new implementation. If one saves and quits the game while Avoid is still toggled on, they may have problems turning it back off once they reopen the game. Most consistent solution is to toggle it on and off, transition to a new area, toggle it on and off again. If done correctly, this will make it toggle like normal.
- Toggling Avoid off displays random text, but that doesn't affect the Psynergy's function.


FAQ:
How do I install and play?
See included Read-Me for full installation instructions.

What is the difference between the patches?

GSTBS_QoL_Prologue: Prologue and Djinn tutorial are left in the game.

GSTBS_QoL_NoPrologue: Starts the game off right as Isaac and Garet are leaving Vale. This also skips Flint's tutorial explaining Djinn. Intended for people already well familiar with Golden Sun and don't need to experience the full story.

Neither of these patches remove the dialogue, however this patch is compatible with the cutscene skip patch used in Golden Sun 1 speedruns. The two can be used in combination to skip the prologue and go through cutscenes as quickly as possible.

What do the Add-on Patches do?
AutoRun: Makes it so you run by default (holding down B makes you walk)
Cutscene Skip: Abridges cutscenes to not only skip the majority of dialogue but make them play out faster. Intended for people already well familiar with Golden Sun and don't need to experience the story.

Database match: Golden Sun (USA, Europe)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20210227-023848)
File/ROM SHA-1: 5C4695205413DF7DB52B9A184815A07783999971
File/ROM CRC32: E1FB68E8