[Release] AdvanceMap 1.95 Open Beta

[LU-HO]

Hi everybody

It's finally here, AdvanceMap 1.95 (Open Beta).

It's now about 3 Years since last release.
I'm not longer a student, so i haven't as much time as for last versions.

As I say multiple times since last release, I don't simply update AdvanceMap with new functions, I rewrite the whole Program.
AdvanceMap is not longer based on "Delphi 6" it's now based on "Lazarus (0.9.29)".

Attention: AdvanceMap 1.95 is currently only a BETA-Release, and there are not all functions in, that should be there.
So be careful and make regular Backups!!!

But now the the Facts.

New important features:
- 7digit / Extended Rom Support
- Connection window with preview & move Connection in preview
- Insert new Tilesets
- All text fields as "HexEdit", you can change between Hex and Dez view with the $ sign.
- The "ConnectionList" will shown in MapList.

All adjustments:
New functions:
- 7digit / Extended Rom Support
- All text fields as "HexEdit", you can change between Hex and Dez view with the $ sign.
- Connection window with preview & move Connection in preview
- Connection window: Map Names as tool tips over the arrow Buttons.
- The "ConnectionList" will shown in MapList.
- Mapfiles with MapHeader, MapScripts and Connections.
- Insert Map with MapHeader, MapScripts and Connections.
- Insert new Tilesets
- Toolbars for special edit functions, without using Shortcuts
- Multi select for Events
- copy Events (on same Map)
- People view in correct direction
- Expert Header, Original Header as HEX-Editor-View
- Emerald PattlePyramid problem fix (manual fix not longer needed)
- The Option "Create Backup on opening" now automatically create a dated Backup each 14 days.
- inserted Season System from prime (Preview of Season, and Change functionality) -> The DNS-Program from prime you can get there: http://www.memoryresources.de/DNS.php
- preview D&N colors.
- Open Rom by dragging a file on AdvanceMap.
- GreatBlock without size limit

Other adjustments:
- Blockeditor small redesign
- All ini files as UTF-8
- Write an ErrorLogs on each error

Changed behavior:
- don't save changes any time, only save changes on special action / situations
-- On Press den Save Button in Toolbar / Menü
-- On change Map
-- On close Blockeditors

not yet build in:
- The Worldmap Editor is not yet compatible with new AdvanceMap, I have to do major changes on it until it's compatible again.
- "Pic color" in PaletteEditor. I haven't found out yet how this work in Lazarus.

no more build in:
- The comboboxen view, is not available any more.
- The "Header" functions under Tools->change MapBank aren't there anymore. They aren't often used, so I don't do this work again for new version.
- "Change palette definition of block data" in Blockeditor.

Download AM 1.95
http://amneu.no-ip.info

As like on all Versions, it is NOT allowed to upload AdvanceMap on any Webspace or FileHoster (Fileuplaod/Megadownload....).
Please use the Link http://amneu.no-ip.info on your websites.


Using AM 1.95 together with AM 1.92:
Attention: if u use extended/32Mb sized Roms, you shouldn't use AdvanceMap 1.92 anymore.
AdvanceMap 1.92 create Errors if you try to save data in extended ROM area (from Offset 1234567 it make 234567).
If you use AdvanceMap 1.95 and want to change Worldmap with AM 1.92, be very careful so you don't damage your Rom...

Using ConnectionList:
The "ConnectionList" is a list where all Maps are listen in a simple list. ^^
There are only linked the MapFooters in this list. So there are no Evnts, MapSettings, Map Scripts, Connections...
In the MapHeaders from MapBankHeader there is an Index to this List, so I could linked most entry with Bank.Map.
The unknown entrys will be used to "change" the Map by SetMapFooter- Script command.
ATTENTION: in this list there are also many rubbish / Buggy Maps / invalid entrys (from Nintendo). These ones shouldn't be "deleted", because this could perhaps create error in ROM.
AdvanceMap insert automatically a new Entry in this List, all time you insert a new Map into the ROM (already since version 1.50).


Thanks:
The Lazarus Development Team, for this genial OpenSource Development Environment.
Kairyon for extensions on FR/LG Music list.
prime for his SeasonSystem.
Dragonflye, Aeonos, haefele, prime, Tutti, skyfall, pokemontutorialTV for the Beta tests on AM 1.95.


Translations:
All new Texts only exists in German and English.
I would be happy, if there are someone who translate the new texts.
-> Send me the new/changed Languagefiles -> [email protected]

Greetings, LU-HO



Not working links:
if the download links doesn't work, you can open my webpage with mirror links also on:
http://luho.lvps83-169-42-20.dedicated.hosteurope.de/

[Team Fail]

Yay! 1.95 is almost here! I'll let you know if there is anything wrong.

I can say Islands 4-5 is the Azalea Town theme. Also, the Magnifying Glass for finding Free space reads "World Map Editor" and opens the Free Space finder. The arrows for the connection editor (I LOVE THIS) has the "Find Free Space" tag. And, the player head says "Map Connections", and the Open previous map button says "Show Sprites".

[ggctuk]

Well, we're one step or two away from 1.95! I'm looking forward to this! I won't participate in the beta though because others have keener eyes on program flaws and errors than I do.

[sab]

A-map lives! I'm testing it right now, and everything looks good!

[xx_Celeb_xx]

OMG FINALLY :) Thanks going to be epic.

[Spherical Ice]

Some of the new features on this are completely amazing. I'm really glad that the overworlds face the right direction, and the map connections editor is so much better now - no more tedious testing for me 8D.

It's pretty cool that you can resize the block tileset sidebar thing, though I'm too well-adjusted to it being eight blocks wide so I wont be using it. BigBlock is a helpful tool, as is the multiselect event thing. Most of the features are awesome - I look forward to the bugtested version.

As a sidenote, the select tool - the eyedropper icon looks out of place in comparison to the rest of the icons. Another issue I noticed I think is down to translation - the message when you move to another map without saving your current one's title is "Frage", which I think is German or something. It's definitely not English though, aha.

Anyway, this will certainly make mapping an easier job. It's a great update from 1.92, and, athough I won't be using it on my main ROM for now to avoid any bugs screwing up my ROM, I'm sure I'll use the bugfixed version. Thanks Lu-Ho, you're a great asset to PC's hacking community. :D

edit: Another bug: The sidebar where the map lists are - if you scroll up on the scroll wheel, the list moves down, and if you scroll down on the scroll wheel, the list moves up. While I'm on the subject of the map lists, the ConnectionList is quite a nice addition though it seems really messy to me with all those uneeded maps etc., so I'mma stick with the Header list. :D

e2: Also, the fact that the save/don't save message prompts you every time regardless of whether or not you've made a change to the map is very annoying, I'd change that too.

[TheUnknowen]

It looks really cool! =D
But maybe you could do a Undo Button^^ ? =)

[link12552]

This is really cool.
The paint bucket tool and similar additions you've made are great. :D

I did find one bug:
The block editor "blocks" tile set is one pixel to wide,
resulting in a horizontal scroll bar and some blurring.

Great work so far, can't wait for the final version.

[diegoisawesome]

Found a few bugs:

Sometimes when using the connection editor and going to an adjacent map, the new map looks the same as the one that was just left. Unchecking and rechecking "Show preview" fixes it.

You can't right click on the AdvanceMap icon in the taskbar (on Windows 7) to pin it or quick-load a file.
That was always handy in 1.92.

Also: AdvanceMap is back in production! Sweet!
Will you release the code for compilation on Mac? Or at all?

[Darthatron]

Awesome, now all we need is animations to play. xD

Some bugs:
The "Open previous map" button is labeled "Show sprites".
The "Show sprites" button is labeled "Map connections".
The "Map connections" button is labeled "Find free space".
The "World map editor" button is labeled "About".
The "Find free space" button is labeled "World map editor".
The "About" button is labeled "Open previous map".

[Team Fail]

Awesome, now all we need is animations to play. xD

Some bugs:
The "Open previous map" button is labeled "Show sprites".
The "Show sprites" button is labeled "Map connections".
The "Map connections" button is labeled "Find free space".
The "World map editor" button is labeled "About".
The "Find free space" button is labeled "World map editor".
The "About" button is labeled "Open previous map".

I found some of those. It kinda confused me for a minute. I'd say that it is purely cosmetic and could be corrected easily with the language INI file.

[machomuu]

Alright, A-Map's back! Time to break out ol' XSE and see what I can cook up :).

[diegoisawesome]

New bug:
Sometimes when I open (or close) a ROM, it says something about a write error to AdvanceMap.ini.

[aperso]

when you click movement permissions all the letters/numbers are muddled up

[LU-HO]

Yay! 1.95 is almost here! I'll let you know if there is anything wrong.

I can say Islands 4-5 is the Azalea Town theme. Also, the Magnifying Glass for finding Free space reads "World Map Editor" and opens the Free Space finder. The arrows for the connection editor (I LOVE THIS) has the "Find Free Space" tag. And, the player head says "Map Connections", and the Open previous map button says "Show Sprites".
@"I can say Islands 4-5 is the Azalea Town theme."
what do you mean with this, is this not in the musik list, or is that a error in musik list? ???
@Toolbar: I changed the Entrynumber of Languagefile it use to show, but English was the only Language I forget to fix this in the file... (Synchronice Languagefile is not as easy...) fixed


Some of the new features on this are completely amazing. I'm really glad that the overworlds face the right direction, and the map connections editor is so much better now - no more tedious testing for me 8D.

It's pretty cool that you can resize the block tileset sidebar thing, though I'm too well-adjusted to it being eight blocks wide so I wont be using it. BigBlock is a helpful tool, as is the multiselect event thing. Most of the features are awesome - I look forward to the bugtested version.

As a sidenote, the select tool - the eyedropper icon looks out of place in comparison to the rest of the icons. Another issue I noticed I think is down to translation - the message when you move to another map without saving your current one's title is "Frage", which I think is German or something. It's definitely not English though, aha.

Anyway, this will certainly make mapping an easier job. It's a great update from 1.92, and, athough I won't be using it on my main ROM for now to avoid any bugs screwing up my ROM, I'm sure I'll use the bugfixed version. Thanks Lu-Ho, you're a great asset to PC's hacking community. :D

edit: Another bug: The sidebar where the map lists are - if you scroll up on the scroll wheel, the list moves down, and if you scroll down on the scroll wheel, the list moves up. While I'm on the subject of the map lists, the ConnectionList is quite a nice addition though it seems really messy to me with all those uneeded maps etc., so I'mma stick with the Header list. :D

e2: Also, the fact that the save/don't save message prompts you every time regardless of whether or not you've made a change to the map is very annoying, I'd change that too.
@eyedropper: it's a symbol I made my own, I moved 1 pixel to right. fixed
oh sh** I forgot credits to famfamfam... fixed
@Frage: Yes it's German, my native language. I forgot to read it from languagefile (all Info/Error/Question) fixed
@MapList-Scrollbar: This is the same in Explorer, scrolling down No Error
@ConnectionList: yes, Nintendo had to have my tool on creating there Games, than there wouldn't be as much error in it (also at Event Positioning[Warps], and Movement Permission data are many errors of them...)
The only idea of this list is to find the Maps used with setmapfooter command. (was recommended from different users... No Error
@save message prompts: it only pops up if you change some thing. Also moving Events (and than moving back to previous position) is a change.
if you think you really don't change some thing, say what you do, and I try to fix it. ;-) No Error


It looks really cool! =D
But maybe you could do a Undo Button^^ ? =)
@undo: an undo & redo function is planed in on of the next versions. todo


This is really cool.
The paint bucket tool and similar additions you've made are great. :D

I did find one bug:
The block editor "blocks" tile set is one pixel to wide,
resulting in a horizontal scroll bar and some blurring.

Great work so far, can't wait for the final version.
@blockeditor width: hm... not for me, seams because of Windows style, I made it 2 pixels wider anyways fixed


Found a few bugs:

Sometimes when using the connection editor and going to an adjacent map, the new map looks the same as the one that was just left. Unchecking and rechecking "Show preview" fixes it.

You can't right click on the AdvanceMap icon in the taskbar (on Windows 7) to pin it or quick-load a file.
That was always handy in 1.92.

Also: AdvanceMap is back in production! Sweet!
Will you release the code for compilation on Mac? Or at all?
@connection editor: are you sure? You will always see the connection to the map you was before. the Picture with the current map is the on with red borders not confirmed
@Windows 7: I don't use win7, and there (have it at business) I don't use the "quick-load" option. But I try to found out what I have to do, so this will work. todo
@Mac: I will Releas a Mac-Binary (now with lazarus, this is not as complicated as with Delphi) todo


Awesome, now all we need is animations to play. xD

Some bugs:
The "Open previous map" button is labeled "Show sprites".
The "Show sprites" button is labeled "Map connections".
The "Map connections" button is labeled "Find free space".
The "World map editor" button is labeled "About".
The "Find free space" button is labeled "World map editor".
The "About" button is labeled "Open previous map".
already reported and fixed


I found some of those. It kinda confused me for a minute. I'd say that it is purely cosmetic and could be corrected easily with the language INI file.
yes, it's an error in Laugauge file and is fixed
correct is:
[Toolbar]
10=Open ROM
11=Save
12=Create new map
13=Insert map
14=Open previous map
15=Show sprites
16=Block editor
17=Map connections
18=World map editor
19=Find free space
20=About
...


New bug:
Sometimes when I open (or close) a ROM, it says something about a write error to AdvanceMap.ini.
@AdvanceMap.ini write error: Always you open a Rom, it write last open file to the Ini to "quick load" it in the File-Menü.
Is there a special thing you do? I don't have this problem...
do you open AdvanceMap multiple times? not confirmed


when you click movement permissions all the letters/numbers are muddled up
what do you mean with this, I don't understand it. ???

[Full Metal]

Awesome, I just opened up FR ROM with it. This update is nice, and the GUI layout alone is so much better. Also, is it just me or has their been a *major* speed increase?

[Complans]

Yay, it's here! :)

The problem for me is, when I open it, there is no languages in the drop-down box..

[Team Fail]

@"I can say Islands 4-5 is the Azalea Town theme."
what do you mean with this, is this not in the musik list, or is that a error in musik list? ???
What I mean is the song "0150 Islands 4-5 Music No. $0150" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm7HjS747mM) is the Azalea Town theme from GSC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLOrX_Bi2ms&feature=watch_response).

Just something to add. Also, in the English version, it still has "Wahle Datei-> Laden... um das Rom zu Laden" on the bottom.

[LU-HO]

Awesome, I just opened up FR ROM with it. This update is nice, and the GUI layout alone is so much better. Also, is it just me or has their been a *major* speed increase?
I hope so, that was also a reason for rewriting it, I do speed increase at all position i have a idea for.^^

Yay, it's here! :)

The problem for me is, when I open it, there is no languages in the drop-down box..
@no language: Than you haven't exctract the zip files correct!
the ini files have to be in the ini directory, language files in subdirectory ini/sprachen. No Error

What I mean is the song "0150 Islands 4-5 Music No. $0150" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm7HjS747mM) is the Azalea Town theme from GSC (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLOrX_Bi2ms&feature=watch_response).

Just something to add. Also, in the English version, it still has "Wahle Datei-> Laden... um das Rom zu Laden" on the bottom.
@sounds: information added fixed
@"Wähle Datei" fixed

[diegoisawesome]

@connection editor: are you sure? You will always see the connection to the map you was before. the Picture with the current map is the on with red borders not confirmed
@Windows 7: I don't use win7, and there (have it at business) I don't use the "quick-load" option. But I try to found out what I have to do, so this will work. todo
@Mac: I will Releas a Mac-Binary (now with lazarus, this is not as complicated as with Delphi) todo
Well, one time I went from one map to another and for some reason, the old map was duplicated as the 'current' map. I refreshed it and it appeared normally.

Also, will you be releasing the source code for A-Map publicly, in case somebody wants to contribute/make their own build with other features? Or f you stop making A-Map and somebody else wants to continue it?
@AdvanceMap.ini write error: Always you open a Rom, it write last open file to the Ini to "quick load" it in the File-Menü.
Is there a special thing you do? I don't have this problem...
do you open AdvanceMap multiple times? not confirmed
It was probably because I had it open in Notepad to apply my hack for the extended Emerald primary tileset. Not a bug.

By the way, the Islands 6-7 theme is also the Violet City theme, like the person above said about Azalea.
Also, could you perhaps add support for the displaying/adding of the tri-layered blocks hack that colcolstyles and I made (although separately)?
If you'd like, I'll give you a PM with info on this new addition.

[LU-HO]

@Musik Theme:
"Violet City" is already in the musik_en.ini file:
0151=Islands 6-7 (AKA Violet City Theme from GSC)
already in

@Source code:
No I will NOT Release the code (as I say all who ask this before).
If I decide to don't do Romhacking anymore, I will perhaps make it opensource under a licence of my desire.

@tri-layered blocks
A "Alpha"-tester also ask me this question.
so, I say this to all:

@All:
If you have created a new Function (ASM-Fixes), and share this with the whole World.
I would also add special Change function for it in AdvanceMap.

BUT: you should make it usable for All Rom Version, or in minimum for all Language off the same Version.


Also if you want to share this funktion (and also the "extended Worldmap") i would add special functions for it in AdvanceMap.
You have to say me, how I found out the system is build in, and how I have to save the data, so it works together. wait for details


greetz LU-HO

[Thrasher24]

new update uisnt letting me insert my maps. I insert and save, but it doesnt save than deletes map completely. Now i have 2do everything from scratch, again! thnx dude. send me 1.92 plz, thnx.

[Complans]

new update uisnt letting me insert my maps. I insert and save, but it doesnt save than deletes map completely. Now i have 2do everything from scratch, again! thnx dude. send me 1.92 plz, thnx.

Attention: AdvanceMap 1.95 is currently only a BETA-Release, and there are not all functions in, that should be there.
So be careful and make regular Backups!!!

There is your answer. And going to his site automaticly downloads 1.95, I don't think you will be able to get 1.92 unless LU-HO sends it to you.

[Team Fail]

new update uisnt letting me insert my maps. I insert and save, but it doesnt save than deletes map completely. Now i have 2do everything from scratch, again! thnx dude. send me 1.92 plz, thnx.

Did you not see that this is still beta? And to make regular backups?
Edit: Ninja'd.

[Lyzak]

Is it possible to use more than 2 tile pallets per map?

Actually, come to think of it... is that possible in version 1.92? I know you can have two pallets open at once, but does changing a pallet while both pallets are in use cause errors?

[Complans]

Is it possible to use more than 2 tile pallets per map?

Actually, come to think of it... is that possible in version 1.92? I know you can have two pallets open at once, but does changing a pallet while both pallets are in use cause errors?

You can only have 2 pallets in a map at once.

If you change a pallet, your map will might go messy.

[NarutoActor]

Question, if you apply the DAS will you be able change both the day, and night wild pokemon data. (If you apply a different pokemon, at different times)

[Complans]

Question, if you apply the DAS will you be able change both the day, and night wild pokemon data. (If you apply a different pokemon, at different times)

Hm? I'm pretty sure Gen III didn't have that feature.. it was Gen II and it's remakes..

[NarutoActor]

Sorry here is some clarification, *If you apply asm to your hack.

[Darthatron]

new update uisnt letting me insert my maps. I insert and save, but it doesnt save than deletes map completely. Now i have 2do everything from scratch, again! thnx dude. send me 1.92 plz, thnx.

http://ampage.no-ip.info/index.php?seite=advancemap

Download it there.

[LU-HO]

@Thrasher24: you can download all old versions on my Page/version history of AM: http://ampage.no-ip.info
And AdvanceMap made a backup "*.bak" and also a Dated Backup of your rom "*_20110320_180000.bak" (or something like this [date_time]) of your rom (see your rom's folder), so you can use them, and haven't do begin from scratch!
AM don't every time make dated Backups (only all 14 days) so do it manually (file->create backup) if you have done important changes to your rom...

@NarutoActor: Such a function "is already in" the 1.95 beta, but is deactivted.
The Problem is, the ASM function for it is not finished, so it wouldn't work on playing the game...

[NarutoActor]

Oh so you are making your own asm function, for advance map?

[Thrasher24]

Alright, thnx guys. imma still stick with 1.92 until beta is Fully fixed.

[Crimson Stardust]

i got a problem when trying the 1.95,
the problem is whenever i finish changing the pallete, and close the block editor, the program will hang, i cannot pressed anything at all, since its a beta i might as well tell you this..xD

[Thrasher24]

How do i test a custom map w.o going through the game? (do it in editor, or through editor (AM 1.92))

[Complans]

How do i test a custom map w.o going through the game? (do it in editor, or through editor (AM 1.92))

I think other people do it another way, but what I do is walk through walls cheat + fast forward to the map you want.

[sky_queen3]

Ooo, an update, nice. :D I'll go check this out. :)

Guys! Is it just me or has this version of advance map shown more beta maps? There looks like there's a few more Sevii Island maps. Under Connections List Unknown Map (CL:261) there's one of the ones I’m talking about, I don’t recall having seen a similar map like it.

[liuyanghejerry]

Amazing...the great Map Editor just dressed up with brand new cloths^^

[Thrasher24]

I think other people do it another way, but what I do is walk through walls cheat + fast forward to the map you want.

oh, well im trying to edit the Trainer Tower map and trying to connect it to a custom map.

[Complans]

oh, well im trying to edit the Trainer Tower map and trying to connect it to a custom map.

Hmm, well in the starting town maybe add a temporary door somewhere that warps to the place you want to test, you could change it every time you want to test something different.

[Spherical Ice]

Okay I think this is a bug with AMap, as everytime I go into this one map, it gives me an error saying that $FFFFFFFF is not an existing pointer, or something along those lines. If I try to leave the map, it prompts me to save my wild Pokémon data despite me not touching it at all. So when I go and check the wild Pokémon data, I remove one which had no data in it (it was Water), go onto another map, return, and it gives me the error again and the wild Pokémon data hasn't changed, despite me saving the map AND saying yes when it prompted me to save the wild Pokémon data when leaving the map. In game, the map works fine.

[Bela]

Ooo, an update, nice. :D I'll go check this out. :)

Guys! Is it just me or has this version of advance map shown more beta maps? There looks like there's a few more Sevii Island maps. Under Connections List Unknown Map (CL:261) there's one of the ones I’m talking about, I don’t recall having seen a similar map like it.


yeah I noticed this as well. There's about five or six maps that seem to resemble the beta Sevii Isle maps. How many were they intending to include? Viewable also is what looked like map footer data for Seafoam Islands/Three Island Path.

Anyway I like how the overworlds now face in different directions and the map connections preview is also a very nice addition! =)

[Team Fail]

yeah I noticed this as well. There's about five or six maps that seem to resemble the beta Sevii Isle maps. How many were they intending to include? Viewable also is what looked like map footer data for Seafoam Islands/Three Island Path.

Anyway I like how the overworlds now face in different directions and the map connections preview is also a very nice addition! =)

I love the map connections addition. Now, I'm not afraid to try them. And that means no more gatehouses to link all my maps. :D

[sky_queen3]

yeah I noticed this as well. There's about five or six maps that seem to resemble the beta Sevii Isle maps. How many were they intending to include? Viewable also is what looked like map footer data for Seafoam Islands/Three Island Path.

Anyway I like how the overworlds now face in different directions and the map connections preview is also a very nice addition! =)

I've heard of some labeled 23 and 24 but not sure they'd really have 24 islands. Just a shame there seems to be no way to make them work. :(

[war rock exe]

hahah sweet a new advance map


what do you mean by insert new tilesets?

[agentgeo]

hahah sweet a new advance map


what do you mean by insert new tilesets?
Exactly what it says. Instead of just new blocks, you can insert a whole new tileset.

[Pink Typholsion]

I like, the Connection feature is way better :D I love how you can move so it matches up w/o doing the offset then check with VBA, and repeat. ♥ can't wait til 1.95 is released :)

[Thrasher24]

how do i make it that i can add other rare pokemon in game?
(setup like moltres, zapdos, ect)

[LU-HO]

I've heard of some labeled 23 and 24 but not sure they'd really have 24 islands. Just a shame there seems to be no way to make them work. :(
you can simply open it form the Connection List and than insert it as an New Map by pressing the "Insert Map" button.
But of cores it is only the map view no scripts or some thing like this, because there are none of them inserted in the Rom (I think).

how do i make it that i can add other rare pokemon in game?
(setup like moltres, zapdos, ect)
This isn't a AdvanceMap Topic.
New "Rare Pokemons" are WildBattle-Scripts.
This question has ask also hundred oft times, please go to the Script-Help thread with this issue.

[sky_queen3]

you can simply open it form the Connection List and than insert it as an New Map by pressing the "Insert Map" button.
But of cores it is only the map view no scripts or some thing like this, because there are none of them inserted in the Rom (I think).

I just tried that, I got an error saying that $71A854 is not a pointer and to please contact you, what'd I do wrong? (That was when I tried to create a new space for it.)

[MikeMatt15]

I can't load the beta version. When I start it up it tells me to select a language, but there isn't a language on the list to select, so I end up closing the window and the program stops loading... I was reading through the comments, and well I guess I'm the only one this happened to?

[Complans]

I can't load the beta version. When I start it up it tells me to select a language, but there isn't a language on the list to select, so I end up closing the window and the program stops loading... I was reading through the comments, and well I guess I'm the only one this happened to?

Try opening the program while it is in the .zip

Wait till it fully loads up, then close it. It should tell you that new files have been added/extracted etc, do you wish to save them? Select yes.

Then extract the files, it should work normally.

[war rock exe]

Exactly what it says. Instead of just new blocks, you can insert a whole new tileset.


would we still have to do the whole tile inserting thing?

[Spherical Ice]

Of course. Though if you had a tileset ready you could just import it straight from there.

[r0bert]

Of course. Though if you had a tileset ready you could just import it straight from there.

so you can have a tileset with more than 16 colours,and then it'll automatically put it in different palletes?

[agentgeo]

so you can have a tileset with more than 16 colours,and then it'll automatically put it in different palletes?
No, because if you do try to load something like that, it will reject it because it doesn't have a palette file for one, and two is that it won't do what you suggested anyways. What you do is first, set up the paletes, export the new, blank tileset, then add the tiles just like any other with just the 16 of colors of whatever palette was exported.

[war rock exe]

Of course. Though if you had a tileset ready you could just import it straight from there.

i see, at least it's a tad bit easier... Though i wish there wasn't the tile inserting process... i suck at that lol

[RHIOne]

Good job Lu-Ho, the program does run more swiftly however I do miss the more organized sidebar in AM 1.92, nothing is perfect though and I can live without the more organized sidebar. Thank you Lu-Ho once again, and keep up the good work!

[Shiny Zoroark]

this is great but it is gonna take me some time to get used to the new layout of everything.

[Complans]

I would suggest an undo/redo feature, sometimes when I finish using the greatblock feature I forget to select the normal mode and I right click (pipette) spot and the greatblock appears on it.

[Quilava's Master]

Oddly enough I cannot run this anymore. I downloaded it on the first day and it worked fine. I accidentally erased it and redownloaded it today and now my Norton pops up with a Suspicious.Cloud.2 warning and immediately removes the .exe file. Does anyone have the same problem or a solution? I still have 1.92 so it isn't too much of a big deal, just wondering if I'm alone on this one?

Edit: I'm still not sure why this program set off my Norton but I've got it running now. For everyone who still has A-Map 1.92 it's a good idea to keep it around. 1.95 is awesome but in the last few days I've encountered quite a few bugs (mainly related to pointers) that are easily remedied using A-Map 1.92. I'm currently using 1.95 in conjunction with 1.92 in order to fix whatever problems I run into.

[LU-HO]

Good job Lu-Ho, the program does run more swiftly however I do miss the more organized sidebar in AM 1.92, nothing is perfect though and I can live without the more organized sidebar. Thank you Lu-Ho once again, and keep up the good work!

You mean becouse there is no "from ini" anymore?
I deactivate this function, so you will start to use the "header sort" option.
The "Combobox in the Toolbar", there you can change the sort / group of the "from Header".
If you select "Mix Mapname + Tileset" you will get EXACTLY what you have bevore under "From ini".
An more, this view will also been updated, if you insert new maps.
The "From Ini" was static...

Oddly enough I cannot run this anymore. I downloaded it on the first day and it worked fine. I accidentally erased it and redownloaded it today and now my Norton pops up with a Suspicious.Cloud.2 warning and immediately removes the .exe file. Does anyone have the same problem or a solution? I still have 1.92 so it isn't too much of a big deal, just wondering if I'm alone on this one?

Edit: I'm still not sure why this program set off my Norton but I've got it running now. For everyone who still has A-Map 1.92 it's a good idea to keep it around. 1.95 is awesome but in the last few days I've encountered quite a few bugs (mainly related to pointers) that are easily remedied using A-Map 1.92. I'm currently using 1.95 in conjunction with 1.92 in order to fix whatever problems I run into.

It would be nice if you report me the errors you get. and best way also with the Error logs form the ErrorLogs directory, so I can Analyse what exactly happen.

If every one say, there was errors in it, but don't say what the error was exactly I cannot fix them. -_-

PS: I had verified right now, the file on download page is the same now, as I uploaded it bevore. So the "Virus Alert" must be a "False Positive".

[Quilava's Master]

You mean becouse there is no "from ini" anymore?
I deactivate this function, so you will start to use the "header sort" option.
The "Combobox in the Toolbar", there you can change the sort / group of the "from Header".
If you select "Mix Mapname + Tileset" you will get EXACTLY what you have bevore under "From ini".
An more, this view will also been updated, if you insert new maps.
The "From Ini" was static...



It would be nice if you report me the errors you get. and best way also with the Error logs form the ErrorLogs directory, so I can Analyse what exactly happen.

If every one say, there was errors in it, but don't say what the error was exactly I cannot fix them. -_-

PS: I had verified right now, the file on download page is the same now, as I uploaded it bevore. So the "Virus Alert" must be a "False Positive".

The error i got first was similar to Spherical Ice's. When you try to remove Pokemon data on a map it looks as if it's done and continually prompts you to save the wild Pokemon dataa, even if you haven't changed it. Then I get an error stating that there is an invalid pointer and doesn't allow me to change anything on the map. Another error I got what is when you try to import maps and insert them. A-map acts as if your map has been inserted but when you try to enter said map in the program you get an invalid footer message. Also I inserted a map using A-Map 1.92 and when I try to add connections the connections don't stick in-game. This may be an isolated incident as it's only happened with one of the two maps I inserted.

Edit: Also everytime I open the program I get the error "error created while creating backup, backup not created" or something to that effect.

[Skara]

Nice work. I only have one issue with this though.
How come it lets you view the seasons and times of day, but doesn't let you make things different?
For instance, if I go to Winter and try to make the weather snow, it'll be snow for all seasons, and if I try to make Dustox appear only at night, it'll appear all times in the day.
What's the actual purpose of viewing time/seasons? seriously...

[isael-21]

Very good job! this is the best program to edit tiles and scripts, or make an entire hack xD

If it isn't much problem, I'd like to make a suggestion... would you PLEASE change the amount of Overworlds than the Advance Map accepts?? I beg you, if you can, please, that would make it even better, I mean, the best tool of all the times (although it is xD),

So, think about it, I'll be waiting for your answer =)

Yalah!

[~Poke~]

I can't load the beta version. When I start it up it tells me to select a language, but there isn't a language on the list to select, so I end up closing the window and the program stops loading... I was reading through the comments, and well I guess I'm the only one this happened to?

I got this error because I had it in a folder called "Pokéhacks". When I renamed it to "Pokehacks" it worked.


EDIT:

Also, not so much a bug as a complaint, but when I set things to double view size they get smoothed or blurry. Could you change this to crisp, sharp pixel lines?
Screenie:
http://www.iaza.com/work/110408C/iaza19174449393100.png
I'd like all the tiles to look how they do in the big block selection, otherwise I feel like I need glasses :/

[NurseBarbra]

Nice work. I only have one issue with this though.
How come it lets you view the seasons and times of day, but doesn't let you make things different?
For instance, if I go to Winter and try to make the weather snow, it'll be snow for all seasons, and if I try to make Dustox appear only at night, it'll appear all times in the day.
What's the actual purpose of viewing time/seasons? seriously...
Have you inserted a RTC into firered?
If you haven't, Try this: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=246089

[Ray Laé Àlfori]

This is a wonderful tool ^^ Really, thank you very much for it. What would we do without Advance Map? xD

I like the improvements of the new version. I only had a disappointment, though: I expected you to implement the tile animation editor in the block editor, so it'd be easier and faster to use. But well... no problem.

What annoys me the most about A-Map 1.95, however, is the lack of transparency =/ When you edit the maps, you can only see the "top layer" of the tiles (and that's annoying, because you don't see if the tiles look alright together or not), and the same with the overworlds in the events editor. I suppose that you don't know yet how to do the transparencies in the new programming system you're using, or something. I hope you fix it in the definitive version =)

Nice work. I only have one issue with this though.
How come it lets you view the seasons and times of day, but doesn't let you make things different?
For instance, if I go to Winter and try to make the weather snow, it'll be snow for all seasons, and if I try to make Dustox appear only at night, it'll appear all times in the day.
What's the actual purpose of viewing time/seasons? seriously...

That's exactly what I thought =/ Maybe we need to do something else in order to be able to use the season system?

We'll, those are all the issues I had with this new version (apart from the bugs, but it's a beta, so I won't complain). Keep working on it! ^_^

Good luck.

Ray Laé Àlfori (Rayku Rayquaza)

Edit: ignore my problems with the season system xD I've just discobered how to do it: Tools menu-> Season editor.

[LU-HO]

@Ray Laé Àlfori:
I do the transparency correct, and it do also work on many other Testers.
What kind of System do you have?
WinXP / Vista / 7, or older/other one?

[vexslasher]

This is great, I still have been using the older version, but this one looks more user friendly with all the little thumbnails and stuff, I was wondering if you plan on making a version to work with the pokemon black and white versions?

[ゲンガー]

Wow, 1.95. I always thought it would never come. I can't wait to try it out.

[Fireworks]

What happened to the colour selecter in the palette viewer? Doesn't seem to be there.

Some bugs with the season editor (I'm using Ruby):
http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx242/altariaking/DarkGreyV2_08.png
This happened when I exited a house. If I run around it fixes though.

http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx242/altariaking/DarkGreyV2_07.png
And this happened when I entered a new map. The palette 1 reverts back to the Summer Palette.

[Meta Paradox]

Nice work. I only have one issue with this though.
How come it lets you view the seasons and times of day, but doesn't let you make things different?
For instance, if I go to Winter and try to make the weather snow, it'll be snow for all seasons, and if I try to make Dustox appear only at night, it'll appear all times in the day.
What's the actual purpose of viewing time/seasons? seriously...

That's right. I updated my Day, Night and Seasons app (by prime-dialga) and installed the RTC, Seasons, and DAN in my FireRed ROM. I opened Advance Map 1.95, went to Route 1 [Day] and changed the wild Pokémon. When I scrolled to the Night time period, I checked the wild Pokémon and there were the same changes I had made in Day! How come? I don't get it.

[Darkerm]

I thought 1.92 is the last one but I am really surprised to see new and improve 1.95 a-Map.
Thanks for a Great tool.

[POKE'WIN]

Do you think you can make the big block feature like RPG maker where you can
Use more then one tile at once.
http://www.place77.com/pictures-big-700/rpg-maker-xp-3.jpg

[Fireworks]

Do you think you can make the big block feature like RPG maker where you can
Use more then one tile at once.
http://www.place77.com/pictures-big-700/rpg-maker-xp-3.jpg

Grosser Block. That's been there for ages.
Just click Ctr and right click the tiles you want, and drag it, and you will select more than one tile.

[PEDRO12]

YAY !! Its here is it, well i'm not gonna dowbnload it untill the full version without probs and with the worldmap editor are done, but this is an excelent job Lu Ho very very cool !!

[.Fasd.]

The link for the download doesn' t work.

[Ray Laé Àlfori]

@Ray Laé Àlfori:
I do the transparency correct, and it do also work on many other Testers.
What kind of System do you have?
WinXP / Vista / 7, or older/other one?

Sorry I didn't anwer sooner, I don't visit Pokecommunity very often ^^U

Mmm... I use Windows XP Professional and I didn't have any problems with A-Map 1.92. But with 1.95 it happens exactly what I told you: I can only see the top layer of the tiles.

I have another information that may interest you: I have tried to emulate 1.95 in Ubuntu Linux using Wine (a Windows emulator). I could emulate 1.92 perfectly well, but with 1.95 the strangest thing happened: the icons were all upside-down! xD See it for yourself:

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e51/RaykuRayquaza/scan.png

And not only that, but the tiles with transparency are also messed-up. Not in the same way as in my Windows XP, but, as you can see, with Wine they aren't displayed correctly either =/

I hope this helps you to improve the program ^^ Good luck and thanks.

Ray Laé Àlfori (Rayku Rayquaza)

PD: Wine version: 1.2.2

[gamesharkhacker]

A really good feature would be where you can see how connected maps join together eg. how they one map aligns with another map. if you know what I mean.

That'd be a really sick feature. Thanks, GSH.

[PokémonShinySilver]

Horray! It's about time my friend that you've released a new version of AdvanceMap! ^^ This is great, this is excellent! I'm gonna give it a whirl and start reporting all the bugs I can find with the new beta. And I will report every bug that I find in the program itself and send the screenshots to you, Luho. ;)

At least you took your time and did what you could to bring in the new features that many asked for, I'm sure it would've been alot of work for me as well if I ever knew about how to create programs using Visual Studio.

I think I'm just a little overally excited after I returned to PC and found a new version of AM after 3 years. ^^' xD

[ggctuk]

A really good feature would be where you can see how connected maps join together eg. how they one map aligns with another map. if you know what I mean.

That'd be a really sick feature. Thanks, GSH.

You mean, like, we'd be able to see the first few tiles of the next maps over so we can properly align them without having to save, play the game, exit then tweak? That would be a very handy feature.

[Banjora Marxvile]

A really good feature would be where you can see how connected maps join together eg. how they one map aligns with another map. if you know what I mean.

That'd be a really sick feature. Thanks, GSH.

That's already in this beta, if you look at the connections tool, I think. It shows a preview of the connected map in the tool already.

[PokémonShinySilver]

I just noticed a spelling mistake when it says "ERROR: (ENotAPointer) AdvanceMapError(5): The value at $5A1478 is not a Pointer! Please contakt [email protected]".

Also... is it just me, or doesn't AdvanceMap allow changing the names of maps anymore? I'm guessing this is a little bug in the program, which obviously means you might have a missing command script on the change map name area. Allow me to show you! ;)
http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/3889/advancemapbug1.png
And there ya go, now you see what I mean about that.

Edit: Oh yeah, and I have also noticed some oddities with Route 118 in R/S/E. When I looked at the music in the map options part, it's value was $7FFFF. And if you play the game normally, the Route Theme 2 changes to Route Theme 6 by the time you surf across to the other side of the ocean. So there must be some line between the sides on Route 118, further research needs to be done on this matter, because this might also have something to do with the world map as well.

Edit 2: And I'm also looking forward to seeing the tile and door animation editor in AdvanceMap as well. I did find a bug in the beta version of the tile animation editor, it wouldn't accept the changes when I removed an animation and clicked Apply changes, it just came back again as soon as I clicked Load Animations, even when I clicked Save Animations, it did not apply the changes, it was just almost as if nothing happened. If I removed all the animations in the tileset, it just greyed out most of the buttons except for Load Rom and Load Animations. So I cannot be able to save it if all the animations are removed on the tileset or if there isn't any. And that is one problem that needs to be fixed in the Tile Animation Editor.

Edit 3: Another bug report in AdvanceMap 1.95! Pokémon LeafGreen [BPG] has the SuchBeginn at $6B00000 instead of $6B0000 in the AdvanceMap.ini file. It should have 4 zeros instead of 5. xD

[Nintendork15]

Woah!
I've only opened it and I'm dying of Shock!!
Good Work Lu-Ho Good Work ;)

[GlaceonX]

Yaaaay, A-Map 1.95 ^^ I'll be sure to test thoroughly so I can report some buuugz /squish :DD Thanks Lu-Ho this is beast! A month too late tho x3

[gamesharkhacker]

That's already in this beta, if you look at the connections tool, I think. It shows a preview of the connected map in the tool already.

Oh yeah, i downloaded and i see. he he :)

But it doesn't show the second or third etc. map that is joined as well. It only shows one connceted map.

[Quilava's Master]

Oh yeah, i downloaded and i see. he he :)

But it doesn't show the second or third etc. map that is joined as well. It only shows one connceted map.

Change the direction of the connection. It only show's one at a time [presumably to avoid overloading if the map is connected to 4 other large maps.]

[gamesharkhacker]

Change the direction of the connection. It only show's one at a time [presumably to avoid overloading if the map is connected to 4 other large maps.]

Yeah, i know but i need to be able to connect two maps at once on one side, like, versions before 1.95 could do it. he he, maybe this may be integrated later.

[PembrokeWelshCorgi]

I searched this problem extensively before I posted, and I'm also new to mapping, so excuse me if there's a simple solution to the problem that doesn't relate to the new 1.95 beta.

Whenever I create a new map and give it its own name, the name changes to the default Pallet Town, or whatever map I copied from. But I want to create a new map, with a new name and no connections to any other map. This problem persists no matter where I am when I create the map.

[deoxys121]

How do you make the World Map Editor button active, or is that something you haven't fully programmed yet? Or does it not work with Ruby?

[camo221]

How does the Insert new Tilesets featurew work. Also if I want to export the tile from one game and add it into another game how do I do that?

[givemeyourlemmings]

^What they said. Also, whenever I open a ROM it says backup failed. Not a big problem, but pointing it out.


PLEEEEASE add an undo and/or redo button!

[camo221]

Also the free space finder doesn't work. It keep saying that the offset size is too small (NOTE: I use XSE). PLEASE FIX ASAP!

[NurseBarbra]

Nurse Barbra to the rescue~ http://www.prguitarman.com/icon/poptartFINALTINY.gif

Also the free space finder doesn't work. It keep saying that the offset size is too small (NOTE: I use XSE). PLEASE FIX ASAP!
Could you please Elaborate on this problem, If its an actual problem with XSE, you should go complain to hackmew, If its A-maps FSF, then use Hackmews, Instead of demanding for a fix from just one source, try looking to alternatives, could save the world some day.

^What they said. Also, whenever I open a ROM it says backup failed. Not a big problem, but pointing it out.


PLEEEEASE add an undo and/or redo button!
The backup failing is a common problem, Just simply save the save the rom in an alternate folder or under a different name after saving in the main, this is the same as A-Map creating a backup. Also, An undo/redo button would just be pointless, As if you make a mistake, while it may be PAINSTAKING, it isn't the end of the world (unless you mess up the space taken up in the rom and SEVERLY break something, But this is what backups are for~)

How does the Insert new Tilesets featurew work. Also if I want to export the tile from one game and add it into another game how do I do that?
The Tutorials on Tile insertion are your best friend:
http://www.pokecommunity.com/forumdisplay.php?f=58

How do you make the World Map Editor button active, or is that something you haven't fully programmed yet? Or does it not work with Ruby?
Lu-oh has already stated that the entire World map editor needs to be rewritten from scratch. From the first post:
not yet build in:
- The Worldmap Editor is not yet compatible with new AdvanceMap, I have to do major changes on it until it's compatible again.

Yeah, i know but i need to be able to connect two maps at once on one side, like, versions before 1.95 could do it. he he, maybe this may be integrated later.
You can already, All you need to do is to change the first connection (0) to the left and set it. Then set your second connection (1) to the left and set it. Easy! ...Right?

[Link2999]

No mac support yet :( I hate going into Bootcamp just to use this. Other than that, it's looking good. Keep up the good work ^_^

[Frozen2Dream]

I don't know if this was intended for some reason or if its one of the bugs from AM being unfinished, but..

I can't see warps, script, or Signpost positions to move them.

The Red Circle is where the warp is, but I cant click it or move it around. I must select it with the right menu. I assume I can move it by changing the position values, but it would be a tad bit easier if I could just click and drag like I used to.
Like I said, scripts and signposts act the same as well.

Im on Windows7 if it matters.

Edit: I am apparently not allowed to post URLs..
The image is here:
img849.imageshack.us/img849/6093/warpbug.png

[deoxys121]

I don't know if this was intended for some reason or if its one of the bugs from AM being unfinished, but..

I can't see warps, script, or Signpost positions to move them.

The Red Circle is where the warp is, but I cant click it or move it around. I must select it with the right menu. I assume I can move it by changing the position values, but it would be a tad bit easier if I could just click and drag like I used to.
Like I said, scripts and signposts act the same as well.

Im on Windows7 if it matters.

Edit: I am apparently not allowed to post URLs..
The image is here:
img849.imageshack.us/img849/6093/warpbug.png

That's because you must have it set up to show sprites. Click the picture of the Emerald hero to turn show sprites off. Then you'll see the other events.

[pokemon996]

hi im new here i have used advance map just for a muck around but im wondering dose this now support ds games such as dimond?

[Banjora Marxvile]

hi im new here i have used advance map just for a muck around but im wondering dose this now support ds games such as dimond?

It's called Advance Map for a reason - only works for the GBA games such as Firered, Leafgreen, Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. This tool will never be for Diamond.

[NurseBarbra]

That's because you must have it set up to show sprites. Click the picture of the Emerald hero to turn show sprites off. Then you'll see the other events.

Or You can also go to "Settings" -> "Events" and make sure "Hide other events" is off so you see all the events including the actual sprites and the warps~

[Frozen2Dream]

Or You can also go to "Settings" -> "Events" and make sure "Hide other events" is off so you see all the events including the actual sprites and the warps~

That works perfectly. Thanks.
Odd that it is on by default.

[moudinho]

Hello,im sorry but im clueless in adding new tilesets.There is indeed a new function to add tilesets,Ive read a tutorial for the previous version 1.92,but im still clueless.Some help would do fine.=D

[beary605]

Is there a way to turn the automatically made backups into .rom files?

[ggctuk]

Yes: edit the file name and change .bak into .gba. It's the same format.

[Konekodemon]

How do I open up palettes in Advanced Map? I know, I'm a noob at this. But I don't know how to do this.

[astigz_23]

Can't wait for the final release! I don't want to try the beta because it will just destroy my rom, so I'm waiting for the release!!!

[Zeikaro]

first of all let me congratulate you for a wonderful tool without my hack would be nothing, really have not had time to test the new beta enough to talk about mistakes, I would like to propose you the idea of enlarging the space for 8x8 das tiles fit as it is too fatidioso go into small blocks so you can map tiles faster and be equally fit faster, save time and better distribution.

sorry about the grammar used the google translator

[bcrobert]

I'm scared to try the beta, since Emerald's tricky enough already, but I am REALLY looking forward to the final release. The 7-digit support alone makes my mouth water with anticipation!

[LU-HO]

If you make often backups, there should nothing "happen". (or you use the backup if so)

[diegoisawesome]

I'm getting random EFCreateErrors a lot, including some which prohibit me from even starting AdvanceMap and from making backups as well. It's annoying and I wish you could fix those problems.

[ruup20]

Maybe you could make it compatable with GIMP or Infranview palettes?

[ggctuk]

It'd be good if we could increase the size of a blockset and to add more palettes, but I do not know if this is possible to do. Aside from that, so far so good, and I look forward to the final release.

[LU-HO]

I'm getting random EFCreateErrors a lot, including some which prohibit me from even starting AdvanceMap and from making backups as well. It's annoying and I wish you could fix those problems.
Can you send me some of the errorStack files in the ErrorLog-Directory, so i can find out where the error occurs.

Maybe you could make it compatable with GIMP or Infranview palettes?
Can you send me the Description / Structure of the Palettefiles? Than I will try to implement them.

It'd be good if we could increase the size of a blockset and to add more palettes, but I do not know if this is possible to do. Aside from that, so far so good, and I look forward to the final release.
The amount of Blocks each Tileset, and palettes each Tileset can not be changed, they are limited in the data structure/Byte size of the corresponding elements.

But you can insert complete new Tilesets with new Tileset numbers (->new Tileset option in BlockEditor)

[AlexMason]

Not sure if this is a bug but its frusterating:

ROM: FIRERED(Clean no hacks)
PROBLEM:
When you go to change a maps name in the header while the "Sort by map name" sorting is used. When you click change name it changes all the maps within the same folder to that name regardless of map bank and number. For example:

Before:
-+From Header
--+PALLET TOWN
---+PALLET TOWN (3.0)
---+PALLET TOWN (4.0)
---+PALLET TOWN (4.1)
---+PALLET TOWN (4.2)
---+PALLET TOWN (4.3)
---+PALLET TOWN (43.0) (The one im going to change)

After:
-+From Header
--+RHOADWAG TOWN
---+RHOADWAG TOWN (3.0)
---+RHOADWAG TOWN (4.0)
---+RHOADWAG TOWN (4.1)
---+RHOADWAG TOWN (4.2)
---+RHOADWAG TOWN (4.3)
---+RHOADWAG TOWN (43.0) (The only one i changed)

[Meta Paradox]

Not sure if this is a bug but its frusterating:

ROM: FIRERED(Clean no hacks)
PROBLEM:
When you go to change a maps name in the header while the "Sort by map name" sorting is used. When you click change name it changes all the maps within the same folder to that name regardless of map bank and number. For example:

Before:
-+From Header
--+PALLET TOWN
---+PALLET TOWN (3.0)
---+PALLET TOWN (4.0)
---+PALLET TOWN (4.1)
---+PALLET TOWN (4.2)
---+PALLET TOWN (4.3)
---+PALLET TOWN (43.0) (The one im going to change)

After:
-+From Header
--+RHOADWAG TOWN
---+RHOADWAG TOWN (3.0)
---+RHOADWAG TOWN (4.0)
---+RHOADWAG TOWN (4.1)
---+RHOADWAG TOWN (4.2)
---+RHOADWAG TOWN (4.3)
---+RHOADWAG TOWN (43.0) (The only one i changed)

It goes that way because it's in the same group. If you want to create a RHOADWAG TOWN, you might wanna change one of the map groups you ARE NOT going to use. Try messing with SEVII ISLEs 6 to 9. 6 and 7 don't have map data but 8 and 9 do. Edit them maps and create your town. Hope I helped. :D

[AlexMason]

It goes that way because it's in the same group. If you want to create a RHOADWAG TOWN, you might wanna change one of the map groups you ARE NOT going to use. Try messing with SEVII ISLEs 6 to 9. 6 and 7 don't have map data but 8 and 9 do. Edit them maps and create your town. Hope I helped. :D
Ok thanks, maybe a future version will have a context menu like create map group, or something.

[ruup20]

I mean that if i import an infranview .PAL file, the colors go very dark. And did you mean i just send a .Pal file?

[bcrobert]

Lu-Ho, I almost forgot about something that you may want to address in this update (if you haven't already).

A-Map starts free space searches at 6B0000, right? Emerald's true free space, according to an R&D thread on the site, should start around E3CF64. This can be mostly solved by changing the "suchbyte" and "suchbeginn" settings in the .ini file, but it seems that A-Map still uses its default search values when creating new map banks. This could potentially cause sound corruption.

In 1.95 you could either change the search values or make it so that A-Map is unable to use its default settings once the user has set new settings in the .ini. Whichever is easiest. Again, this is really only a problem for Emerald hackers. But since it should be easy to fix, I thought you might want to look into it if you haven't yet.

Click here to see the thread about sound corruption in Pokemon Emerald. (http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=217054)

[DarkRedXIII]

Just wanted to stop off and say what a wonderful Tool you have here. I haven't been around the block long, nor have I used any other program's, but yours by reputation seems to be the best, and so far I like.

If it hasn't already been discussed though, personally I think an easier way to Swap Tile sets would be a nice new thing. As well, deleting map's completely, i.e. my Rom Hack doesn't need Viridian Forest in FR, and while I know I can re-purpose that map / header, It'd be nice if I could just delete it all together instead of having to go through connections and events.

Just thought I'd voice my opinion is all. It still is a great program though, thank you.


Edit:
In 1.95 you could either change the search values or make it so that A-Map is unable to use its default settings once the user has set new settings in the .ini. Whichever is easiest. Again, this is really only a problem for Emerald hackers. But since it should be easy to fix, I thought you might want to look into it if you haven't yet.

Personally a way I could see to combat this problem is have it auto detect which Pokemon game you are hacking / modding, and change a list of options that are different from each version OR when it load's up, have it ask you to make a selection of what Pokemon game you are going to be modding / hacking. It might be a simplistic point of view, and I am not a programmer, but I have seen user made programs do the same job for two different games. The program was for mass mod loading, but it's essentially the same thing, switching between game's to meet each ones differences.

[PokémonShinySilver]

How's the progress going with the new AdvanceMap, Lu-Ho? I'm sure am looking forward to the newer bug-fixed version of AdvanceMap. ^^

The longer the better, I guess. xD

However, the problem with the map names not being able to be changed on an Emerald ROM really does need to be fixed, otherwise no one will be able to change the name of a map.

[Skara]

Lu-Ho, I need to know some stuff about 1.95.

1. Will it be easier to edit events?
2. Can you change all aspects of a map in each time and season?
3. PLEASE can you add the option for more Wild Pokemon types?

[Paupir]

It would be nice if you could see the Up/Down block data without opening the Block Editor. For example, you might put it next to the Border block above the actual tileset.

[Tranitar]

Okay I fell like a noob for asking this but...
For clicking the "Open Script" Button in events, and it says "No script editor defined" how do I connect Advanced Map with some script editor so that I wont be confuzzed anymore?

[agentgeo]

Okay I fell like a noob for asking this but...
For clicking the "Open Script" Button in events, and it says "No script editor defined" how do I connect Advanced Map with some script editor so that I wont be confuzzed anymore?

On the menu, go to Settings>Choose script editor. When you've chosen it, it will ask a yes or no question. XSE can be either, PKSV is no.

[demondismon]

i like the map connections its great..... however i dont like how many buttons are on this i like a-map 1.92 better however if a-map1.92 had the same connection setup i would be in love with it :D and by to many buttons im talking about theese http://i56.tinypic.com/2u5wcb8.png i dont like those...plus it wont load any rom on my comp

[xcan]

i want to make a chinese language files..

Sprache=Chinese will be better than Sprache=简体中文
or we can not use the language(WIN7 32bit)

[Tranitar]

On the menu, go to Settings>Choose script editor. When you've chosen it, it will ask a yes or no question. XSE can be either, PKSV is no.
Okay yes I got that but now it tells me to save it as an .rbc file... where do i save it at and as what?

[demondismon]

Okay yes I got that but now it tells me to save it as an .rbc file... where do i save it at and as what?

dude you save it as whatever wherever it don't matter after you click the screwdriver making an x with the wrench.. and its in the game.if it goes back to the oirigin text then you messed up the script somewhere

[diegoisawesome]

I finally found the reason for the EFCreateErrors I was having!
It's all because I added "1.95" to the folder name. Removed it, and it works fine now!

EDIT: Never mind, it still is temperamental..
Perhaps it's because there's a space in the folder path?

[SoulBeat]

is the website/downloadlink down?

[Team Fail]

is the website/downloadlink down?

According to downforeveryoneorjustme.com, it is down.

[jvpski3]

I need help, please! Can you please put this on Megaupload? Please? Cause whenever I do http://amneu.no-ip.info it says ... 404 Error at Treeki DaTa base. Can you help me?

[PokémonShinySilver]

is the website/downloadlink down?



According to downforeveryoneorjustme.com, it is down.

I need help, please! Can you please put this on Megaupload? Please? Cause whenever I do http://amneu.no-ip.info it says ... 404 Error at Treeki DaTa base. Can you help me?

For everyone that seems to be having a problem with the website, I too... am unable to enter the website. It comes up saying that it's not available, and that is more than likely to be due to the fact that the website's server is down wherever the website is hosted on. So I'm sure the website will come back up when Lu-Ho is aware of it. ;)

Yet... still looking forward to the new Advance Map, even though it still is in beta, I'm sure the actual version will be released much later. Not meaning to make everyone feel impatient but it's always best to let anyone take their time in developing their tools. ^^

[LU-HO]

Hello together

The page and dodnload is up again.

I forgot to confirm the no-ip.info links (i have to do each 60 days)

greetz LU-HO

@jvpski3:
No they mustn't, it is not allowed to upload it anywhere (this is Part of end user Agreement of AdvanceMap)

PS: My Page is also awaylable under(with Mirror Downloadlinks):
http://luho.lvps83-169-42-20.dedicated.hosteurope.de/

[demondismon]

hey lu-oh i know this is off topic.. but can you show me how to make a programm like a-map?...back on topic can you please get ride of those buttons.. please

[Andrew McKenzie]

To everyone complaining about the buttons, Lu-Ho is never going to remove them unless you actually provide some reasonable expanations as to why they needed to be removed.

Not liking them isn't exactly a valid reason.

[MattII]

I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, but whenever I try to create a map for Emerald it always calls itself LITTLEROOT TOWN, and links its header stuff to Littleroot, which is kind of annoying since it means I'm stuck with tilesets 0 and 1.

[LU-HO]

It is not possible to create new names.
so therefore each map is set to the first NameEntry.
you can choose the name (from the name list) you want in the header tab.

[WrathOfArceus]

You should make it where you can insert new music to the maps.If it's possible

[nimbo343]

Okay, I'm pretty new to this whole ROM-editing, but on the older versions of Advancemap the script had six-ciphered offsets, whereas this has eight-ciphered and it's causing the ROM to crash ;/ I'm using PokeScript, so I don't know if that's where the problem is. Other than that, I love the new AM, and I haven't encountered other problems - awesome job :)

[ruup20]

Maybe you could make something to flip the bigger blocks in the block editor

[DavidJCobb]

Some small GUI improvements to the "GreatBlock Pipette" would be nice.

I often find that once you've selected an area to copy, it's hard to line that up with existing terrain when pasting. (That is -- since the upper-left corner of the copy is anchored to the cursor, it's a bit hard to line up the right or bottom edges of the copied terrain with any existing terrain.)

A simple improvement would be to simply display a dashed-line border on the map, showing exactly where the copied terrain will be inserted if the user clicks. This would make it easier to line things up.

Aside from that and a few bugs (which I reported via e-mail), it's a great tool and I look forward to the next release.

[ThisIsNotJared]

Thanks for giving us Advance Map! Your hard work allows us all to make great games with ease! Though one problem is that the offsets created by BufRite are two digits too short for the offsets needed for events in the newest version. It was perfect in 1.9.

[Bananani]

Can anyone help me?
When I open my AdvanceMap there is it tells me to choose language but there is none.

[DavidJCobb]

Bug report: Wild Pokemon corruption on delete

Deleting wild Pokemon encounter lists will corrupt them, making it impossible to edit wild data for that map. Easiest solution, I think, would be to remove the ability to delete these lists, instead requiring the user to set the encounter ratio to 0.

Bug report: Map Connections are randomly corrupted

Also, AM will randomly and unpredictably corrupt maps' Map Connections data. The corruption ranges from mild to major and can usually be repaired in a hex editor if one can find the problem. The corruption happens to random maps (not just the ones that have actually been edited). In some cases, it gets ridiculous; for example, I just finished removing 140MB of null data that AdvanceMap tacked onto the end of a ROM when it tried to edit a map's connections.

Feature request: Error messages that are actually useful

On a related note, improvements could be made in how AdvanceMap handles corrupted data in maps. Currently, you have to jump through hoops in order to find out what in a map was corrupted. It would be nice to see a useful error message when loading the map ("Map connections for ROUTE 21 are corrupt!") instead of a message that reveals almost nothing about what actually went wrong ("ERROR: (ENotAPointer) AdvanceMapError(5): The value at $352C84 is not a Pointer!").

* * * * * * * * * *


If anyone else is having problems with AdvanceMap corrupting data, then here's how to figure out where the damage happened. Note, you'll still need to find and repair/repoint the data with a hex editor to actually fix it:


Open AM. Load your ROM. Don't open any maps.
Open Map A.
If you see an error message, and if most of the tabs (i.e. "Wild Pokemon") don't do anything when clicked, then Map A is corrupted.
Open Map B, a non-corrupted map.
Open Map A again.
Check Map A's Wild Pokemon. If you see Map B's Wild Pokemon instead, then this is what got corrupted in Map A.
Check Map A's Map Connections. If you see Map B's Map Connections instead, then this is what got corrupted in Map A.
And so on and so forth for all other map data.

[Emcitement]

Been using 1.92. Works smoothly.

The issue is if I change a spot in front of an entrance in a house or something then I can't leave the map even if I put the original tile back.

How do I fix this?

[SharpAceX]

Bug report: Wild Pokemon corruption on delete

I can confirm this. I broke a couple maps in my hack doing this without knowing. Anyways, I won't need to repoint/repair anything. I keep dozens of backs up so I'll just need to find the most recent without any wild Pokemon data changes, then re-do the changes on it. :)

[Emcitement]

When I try to select "save map as" absolutely nothing happens.

How can I save my map..? It's pretty frustrating.

[Terrac]

I know this is a really noob question (i'm a real noob with hacking and tools) but how do you turn off the annoying lines in advancemap? i'm sorry if this is in the wrong place too, like i said, i'm new to hacking and to pokecommunity as well.

[Hackmon]

map connections are glitchy when I add a new map on to the left of pallet town and go right into the town then down to route 20 and when i go to route 1 suddenly im on the s.s.anne

Also can you add a feature in world map editor to not only change the data but the picture too.

[ShadowDevolpment]

i need some advice.. i just downloaded the up-to-date version of Advance map, But the rom i have will not load up, and when looking closer it keeps asking for GBA roms,

Can i not use NDS roms such as pokemon plat???

if not is there a way i can get Tilesets i can use in AM as well as making my own Rom ????

any help and i will be grateful

[Nintendork15]

map connections are glitchy when I add a new map on to the left of pallet town and go right into the town then down to route 20 and when i go to route 1 suddenly im on the s.s.anne

Also can you add a feature in world map editor to not only change the data but the picture too.

Your suppose to edit the connections on both maps y'know

and This is a Map editor, not a everything in one thingo.
There's other programs for such things like World Map editing.
And it's not just a simple upload the picture and It never will be.

[DavidJCobb]

i need some advice.. i just downloaded the up-to-date version of Advance map, But the rom i have will not load up, and when looking closer it keeps asking for GBA roms,

Can i not use NDS roms such as pokemon plat???
i just downloaded Advance map, But the rom i have will not load up

Can i not use NDS roms such as pokemon plat???
Advance map

Can i use NDS roms?Wat.

(That should answer your question.)

[ShadowDevolpment]

ok thanks for the replies,

[Masterninja515]

you should know this when you select Do not show name the name still does in the rom
and any way around this?

[ShadowDevolpment]

im sorry to ask this here, but i have spent the best part of 6-7 hours(2days in a row now) searching these forums, is there any program out there what so ever that can edit maps for pokemon DS games?

Also how can i Add tilesets to AM to use? atm im practicing on emerald but want to make the game bigger and i want to use some different tilesets can someone help me with both questions please??

[Full Metal]

Um....look up "PPRE" -- I think that has a basic, map editor. I haven't looked at it. Plus there is one in our toolbox thread. Geez. Have you heard of the 'search' function? IT'S FRIGGIN EPIC
And again with the search function -- only this time look in the 'documents and tutorials' section. c:

[ShadowDevolpment]

did i mention that i spent 2 days looking in that search function, not my first time in a forum u knowi could of asked this 2 days ago but i searched to try and find myself, i havnt had any luck thats why i asked

sorry if it came across as i couldnt be bothered but believe me 7 hours searching for something can make u go insane

thanks anyways

[DavidJCobb]

you should know this when you select Do not show name the name still does in the rom
and any way around this?
I believe that it actually varies between ROMs. A value that does something in FireRed may do something else in Emerald. Try different values until you find the one you need.

[avengeraziel]

how do i get the time of day and season drop down menus to work with the actual seasons and time of day? i go to a season or time of day, then start editing the wild pokemon that appear in the area, and when i save, it saves them for all seasons and all times of day. how do i differentiate? do i need to redo my dns patch, or is this feature not fully integrated into advance map properly?

[leews24]

I'm having a problem running this...
When I first boot AM, all it says is, please select your language, and thats it,
can't do anything.

I'm using Vista, and I heard many tools werent compatible with vista....

[DavidJCobb]

I'm having a problem running this...
When I first boot AM, all it says is, please select your language, and thats it,
can't do anything.

I'm using Vista, and I heard many tools werent compatible with vista....
I don't think Vista's your issue. AMap 1.95 works fine on my 7.

What's the folder path you installed it to? I remember someone earlier in the thread saying they got errors because of the foldername they used or something.

[pokemon996]

hi i download advance map beata 9.5 last night and i tryed opening the programme to use it but once i double click it says loading and then says that for a little bit more but never opens. i do not know why this is i have used advance map before on my computer but this one just dosent seem to like it or whant to open. thanks in advance for any help

[Orinjmate]

One thing I noticed is that when you hover the mouse over the tool buttons at the top they have the wrong captions in the little box next to the mouse.

Also, I'm sure this must have been said many times before, but the ability to insert/view/change animated tiles within advance map would be a brilliant addition.

[DavidJCobb]

One thing I noticed is that when you hover the mouse over the tool buttons at the top they have the wrong captions in the little box next to the mouse.
A similar mismatch exists when hovering over events on a map. The status bar is supposed to show you "[Type] [Number on map]" for the event you hover over... But Person events are shown in the status bar as "Warp0" (no space), and Warps as "Person event0". Signposts and Scripts work normally (though also with no space between the type and the digit).

[SK3]

I'm unable to preview how my maps look during a certain time of the day. I installed the DNS, and the little drop down menu is there but it is not changing the palettes.

[PokémonShinySilver]

I'm unable to preview how my maps look during a certain time of the day. I installed the DNS, and the little drop down menu is there but it is not changing the palettes.

Did you try setting the time to a time close enough for the palettes to change? If you haven't, maybe that's why you can't see it. Also make sure you use a script that can set the date and month, try that and see if it works. ;)

[avengeraziel]

Did you try setting the time to a time close enough for the palettes to change? If you haven't, maybe that's why you can't see it. Also make sure you use a script that can set the date and month, try that and see if it works. ;)

huh? he's talking about inside of advance map, not in-game.

and that what dns IS, a script that sets the date and month.
if you use it, there are new menus in advance map specifically for previewing the palates as well as changing the seasonal pokemon.

i have had the same exact problem, and it is not user error, it is advance map not working properly, period.

[SK3]

Basically what avengeraziel said..I'm not worried about how it looks in game at the moment, I just want to preview the times of the day in AdvanceMap, and I'm not able to do that :/

[leews24]

I don't think Vista's your issue. AMap 1.95 works fine on my 7.

What's the folder path you installed it to? I remember someone earlier in the thread saying they got errors because of the foldername they used or something.

Simply on a folder on my backup drive... I'll try it on C, maybe thats whats wrong.

[xcv2007]

It's cool, but to be honest I use the Header tool, so I might have to keep two different versions.

[barkalar]

I like the changes. Lol, I have to get used to it though.

[demondismon]

i like the connection set up... however.. dont like those new/extra buttons... w.e.

download link is not working anymore please fix... please :'(.. thanks

[Leeroy Jenkins]

i like the connection set up... however.. dont like those new/extra buttons... w.e.

download link is not working anymore please fix... please :'(.. thanks

Yeah. I'd be really appreciative if someone could fix the download link. :)

[DemonParia]

Yeah. I'd be really appreciative if someone could fix the download link. :)

Yeah, if the link doesn't get fixed could someone upload the current version?

[LU-HO]

Link is fixed.

Greetz LU-HO

[DemonParia]

I'm not sure if this is a bug, but when you do connections sometimes there's a massive space in the preview window between the maps you want to connect.

[HackingIsFun]

The program works now :) Before when I tried opening it, It would get to the language selection box, but there'll be no languages so it wouldn't load. But now I've started making my first hack, Pokémon and the Legendary Black Emerald. I'm trying to put in the first four regions (Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh), although I may leave out Sinnoh as you can only have 3 generations of Pokémon in the game before you use up all the space.

[Josh 443]

My senses tell me that something is wrong. It could be that I'm using WINE to run it. Does anyone know if this works on the windows 8 dev preview, because I will be installing that soon.

[SK3]

I'm unable to preview how my maps look during a certain time of the day. I installed the DNS, and the little drop down menu is there but it is not changing the palettes.

Reposting my problem, hopefully I can get an answer :)

[Cathar]

Is it just me or is the link broken again?

[honorum646]

Just you.

I have my own question, when I try to select the tilesets, 12 and 0 together to make an interior of a building, whenever I attempt to place a tile, a multitude of tiles nearby it get edited as well.

[markis]

Hi, this is great tool, but can you make something like this tool for androids? I wan't to make some maps then i am at school. :)

[DavidJCobb]

Just you.

I have my own question, when I try to select the tilesets, 12 and 0 together to make an interior of a building, whenever I attempt to place a tile, a multitude of tiles nearby it get edited as well.Above the map, there is a toolbar with a row of icons. Each icon changes what happens when you click on a tile. One of them acts like a "Fill Tile" icon -- click on a chunk of blocks that use the same tile, and they all change. Make sure this isn't the one you have selected.

[Josh 443]

I got 1.92 to work, but 1.95 doesn't work with linux. I think that for now I'm stuck using 1.92. I hope you can still offer support for 1.92...

[ShadowGrey]

what would we do without advance map? it really is the basis for all hacks, and is often the program hackers first get into.

[slowbro42]

I have been looking for a solution to this but nobody has answer to this: the DNS fails to save the edited date in AM1.95 for a selected time of the day (ie. saving wild pokemon data for night-time). All it does is save the data to the entire day, not the specific time of the day. Any ideas? Please help

[Jambo51]

I have been looking for a solution to this but nobody has answer to this: the DNS fails to save the edited date in AM1.95 for a selected time of the day (ie. saving wild pokemon data for night-time). All it does is save the data to the entire day, not the specific time of the day. Any ideas? Please help

I'm fairly certain that's because A-Map doesn't currently support Day and Night Split Pokémon, although I could be wrong. I posted routines in the R&D section (if I remember right) and a short guide on how to actually use the DNS to have differing Pokémon at different times.

Anyway, I had a little suggestion to make to Lu-Ho for the full release of 1.95. I'm hoping he'll at least take it into consideration. As you may have noticed, I recently released a patch which adds the new Pokémon from generations 4 and 5 into a FireRed rom. However, A-Map is not compatible with the patch for editing wild Pokémon because the number of Pokémon in the ROM is set somewhere inside A-Map's coding, and not read from the ROM itself.

What I propose you could do is to read the length of the Pokédex from the ROM instead, rather than having a fixed length in the coding. I did a little research and found a possible INI point for BPR and BPG:

00 04 01 0C A1 42 04 D8 48 00 C0 18 00 88 90 42 F5 D1 XX 48 81 42 08 D0 48 1C 00 04 00 0C 05 E0

(The XX is 04 in all ROMs I have checked, but may differ in other languages)

This string appears twice in BPR and BPG, both of which are right after each other (more or less) and both of which have the same limiter basically right after it. The limiter appears in the second 4-byte aligned set of bytes after this string. It is the number of "legit" Pokémon in the ROM (so not including missingno). Simply add 1 to this number, and you can easily get the number of Pokémon in the ROM using an INI.

This is for BPR and BPG (all languages as far as I can tell). The same string of hex commands also appears in BPE and AXV, so it's a fairly safe assumption that it's also in AXP.

Hopefully you'll at least consider this idea. It will probably be much more work than I'm giving it credit for, but it would be a good idea in terms of future proofing A-Map for when it becomes more common for hacks to have added Pokémon.

[Chaos Rush]

post
Or he could just let us edit the amount of Pokemon that show up in the ini file, like you can with Wichu's Sprite Editor and Pokemon Game Editor.

[swiftgallade46]

I have two questions: one -when editing wild pokemon, how do you differentiate between what Rod they are found with through fishing?
two -I'm confused as to how to edit their rarities. What does "Encounter Ratio" specifically mean? also what does the expand button do?

[slowbro42]

@swiftgallade46
1) Doesn't it clearly show you the rod type's encounter ratio? I mean the first two pokemon slots under Fishing rod pokemon show Old rod as 70% (1stpokemon) and 30% (2ndpokemon)
2)you cant edit them. And the encounter ratio is just how often the pokemon appear percentage wise

[swiftgallade46]

@swiftgallade46
1) Doesn't it clearly show you the rod type's encounter ratio? I mean the first two pokemon slots under Fishing rod pokemon show Old rod as 70% (1stpokemon) and 30% (2ndpokemon)
2)you cant edit them. And the encounter ratio is just how often the pokemon appear percentage wise
I dont have that.... maybe I don't have the latest version. I have 1.90
*EDIT* Yup I downloaded 1.95. Thanks a lot!

[boys]

I love Advance Map... except every thing is upside down.
Other than that its been really helpful.
My maps will not stay together, but I'm probably the blame for that.
Keep up the good work though, nice beta nonetheless.
Do you have a scripting tool I could use?

[Full Metal]

I love Advance Map... except every thing is upside down.
Other than that its been really helpful.
My maps will not stay together, but I'm probably the blame for that.
Keep up the good work though, nice beta nonetheless.
Do you have a scripting tool I could use?

It's upside down? I think this bug was reported way long ago, and a fix was achieved, maybe.

Also-- in the toolbox is XSE, and PKSV. I would not recommend unleashing the Hell known as Pokescript. :)

[dragon456]

I love Advance Map... except every thing is upside down.
Other than that its been really helpful.
My maps will not stay together, but I'm probably the blame for that.
Keep up the good work though, nice beta nonetheless.
Do you have a scripting tool I could use?

Actually, I know the reason of this:
You're using a Mac. A-map works best on Windows. Try using it on Windows or something instead.

[Jambo51]

Or he could just let us edit the amount of Pokemon that show up in the ini file, like you can with Wichu's Sprite Editor and Pokemon Game Editor.

That would undoubtedly be easier XD. I was only suggestion the above because it's in keeping with Lu-Ho's general philosophy of keeping the programme working with all ROMs at all times, because A-Map would automatically work out how many Pokémon it would need to cater for as soon as the ROM was opened.

[swiftgallade46]

I keep getting an error that says " ERROR: (ENOTAPointer)AdvanceMap Error(5): value $810A05 is not a Pointer! " (the offset shown is different everytime I see the error) can someone tell me what this means and how to fix it? :S

[Xenon54]

I have two issues.

First one is with adding new maps. In Pokemon Emerald, I added new maps in 0.57, 0.58, 0.59, 0.60, 0.61, 0.62, 0.63, 0.64, 0.65, 0.66, 0.67, 0.68, 0.69, and 0.70. The problem is when I load these maps in-game, map 0.57 is always displayed, no matter if I warp into 0.70. I looked into the professional header, and noticed that these two highlighted values are always the same in these inserted maps. All the other maps have unique values, with the exception of PokeMarts, PokeCenters, and a few repeated buildings.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v690/NobleXenon54/AdvanceMap195.png

The second issue is with saving and loading blocks for TileSet 2. It seems as if it saves only the first TileSet Blocks, even if you tell the program to save TileSet 2 Blocks exclusively. This in turn makes me unable to import TileSet 2 blocks, so I have to make the blocks manually. Not a big problem like the first one, but just a minor annoyance.

Anyways, keep up the good work.

[The Fanciful Cerberus]

I'm sorry if someone has asked this already, but I'm having some problems saving with advancemap. I'll save my changes to my map, but when I load the rom they won't be changed and upon reopening the rom in advance map the changes will still show up. What's baffling is that it used to save them perfectly fine, but suddenly started being defiant. Even saving the whole of the rom in another location leaves me with the same results. The edited map opens in advancemap, but not in the rom. The only thing I can think of that I changed is that I had to switch how VisualBoyAdvance saves because it refused to allow me to save my data in-game, but I can't imagine that would have any effect and changing it back did nothing. If anyone knows how to fix this, it would be most appreciated.

[cosmifox]

My senses tell me that something is wrong. It could be that I'm using WINE to run it. Does anyone know if this works on the windows 8 dev preview, because I will be installing that soon.
i used to run it on my MAC with wine but that only happened in the movement permissions i didnit bother with that because i got my PC(i mean the computer) working again so you should find a better version of wine or get a PC (i like MACs and my MAC and PC are connected to the same hard drive:)

[liladeel11]

Thank you so much LU-HO you have made making connections 100 times easier.
But what do you mean when you say you can "insert tiles". I thought you can do that in the old advanced maps also?

[Kroso]

Thank you so much LU-HO you have made making connections 100 times easier.
But what do you mean when you say you can "insert tiles". I thought you can do that in the old advanced maps also?

What he means is that you're able to create a entirely new fresh blank tileset instead of inserting it manually and wasting space the down part about 1.95 is that you can't insert tiles any other way then using paint.

[NDS95]

Oh no, the link is broken! I can't download the new version :'(

[Vapper3]

I noticed that too...
I hope it'll be up again soon, none of the advancemap pages seem to be working.

[Struedelmuffin]

I'm so confused. All download links take me to this "no-ip" thing and it's basically just a worthless search engine style advertisement fest. I never have this problem with any other downloads for programs either.

[Magic0loc0]

Advance Map 1.95, .rar format.

Downloaded, unzipped and when I've got to choose a language (you have to do that the first time you open AM) there's no language displayed and I'm stuck at that part.

[SilverX7]

I tried the link...some problems;
Mcafee tried to block it, so I turned Mcafee off.
When I went there, it redirected me to a scammy-looking web browser overloaded with ads, so I closed it all down.
^I'll try the .rar file download.

EDIT: Worked just fine for me~ YAY

Thanks so much, I love this program~ ^^

[aSeRo141414]

Just saying, please fix the link, I think the site is down. Got this error
Server not found

Firefox can't find the server at ampage.no-ip.info.

Check the address for typing errors such as
ww.example.com instead of
www.example.com (http://www.example.com)
If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.
If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

[Skara]

Download link broken. When's this thing finished?
And also, if there's a Day/Night thing, can you edit the maps and Pokemon to be different in each time of day?

[Lhorath]

Alright so Apparently LuHos Page is down and Now There Is No Advance Map Linkss could someone send me the working link

[mat1554]

I dont know if is he normally but when I choice French in language he appear a error ?

[Skara]

Seriously? Someone posts a link and it's taken down? PATHETIC.
I want a working link. NOW.

[diegoisawesome]

Seriously? Someone posts a link and it's taken down? PATHETIC.
I want a working link. NOW.
Well, you're in luck. The link on the first post appears to be working again.

[LU-HO]

sorry for not working links for 2-3 Weeks, there was an error with the no-ip links i make as shurtcuts...

if it don't work the next time, you can also enter my site, and the download mirrorlinks on
http://luho.lvps83-169-42-20.dedicated.hosteurope.de/

[Theofilaktos]

My friend, LU-HO, i sent you a message regarding a bug i am experiencing,
i get no wild pokemon data and file could not be saved (when creating backup) errors.

also i get some unknown maps. please check your inbox i sent you a video so you can visually see what is going on!

Thanks!

[-AshMan-]

and the link is down again..

[Reygok]

I have a small problem here. It seems the offsets are two digits longer now, but that sucks, because in XSE, clicking 'Copy' only takes 6 digits, like 8000D8 for example. If I paste this in A-Map, it adds '80', so the offset box looks like this: '$8000D880'
Is that normal ?

[Skara]

When will this thing be finished btw?

[PokémonShinySilver]

As we can pretty much tell, the link is once again down. If anyone wants to download the latest version, you just need to click the mirror link that he has on his homepage. You just need to click version history and then click where it says "AdvanceMap 9.5 (Mirror)". I'm looking forward to seeing the full version of AdvanceMap with it's bugfixes and new things implemented.

[Rumille]

So, couldnt find it in the search function, but what's the deal with the glichy tilesets? Sometimes they work fine, other times it's just a lot of bright colors and no sprites. Is this a known bug? Is it possible to fix it/avoid it?

[gear2]

I love the new tools for map design!!

[SwiftSign]

At first this was working fine however I experienced several errors with Connections not working properly, and since then all my maps have been error-ing.

[gkoftikian]

As we can pretty much tell, the link is once again down. If anyone wants to download the latest version, you just need to click the mirror link that he has on his homepage. You just need to click version history and then click where it says "AdvanceMap 9.5 (Mirror)". I'm looking forward to seeing the full version of AdvanceMap with it's bugfixes and new things implemented.

For some unknown reason i can not even get to his homepage.It is fustrating

[onelifeleft]

Hey! When I make a warp in Advance Map from a town to a cave, I just get to a black screen. I am 100% sure that I am warping to the right bank and map, and I just can't understand what's wrong. Could this be a bug in Advancemap 1.95?

A picture of if in the attachments.

[Tanveer]

I am guessing, this is the best available map editor for Advance generation?

[tobias98]

I am guessing, this is the best available map editor for Advance generation?

I say yes but i only know 2 advancemap and elitemap. i can't do anything with elitemap (but thats maby just me) but i love advancemap it's so good.
Sorry for my bad enlish

[pokemaniaco]

Hi everybody!
I'm sorry but I'm a noob here and I don't know where to post this question:

I'm using Advancemap and pksv as script editor.
I've made so far 3 talking scripts (using script generator of pksv) on the same map, and they work perfectly.
But when I create a 4th talking script on the same map, the person with that script only says the 2nd or 3rd script.
What it's happening and how should I correct this?
Thank you so much in advance for your answer.
Best regards,
Pokemaniaco :P

[0shawott]

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but I've been looking around for a while and cannot find how to change the language! Does anyone know how to do this? I've tried clicking on Sprache but nothing happens...

[Cool Monkey]

So what game system is this for if u tell me I can help u out Oshawott

[Hackrex]

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but I've been looking around for a while and cannot find how to change the language! Does anyone know how to do this? I've tried clicking on Sprache but nothing happens...

okay, it´s right that you can change the language when you click Sprache. Sprache means language.
So you don´t have the opportunity to change the language? Have you deleted some language files?

[0shawott]

okay, it´s right that you can change the language when you click Sprache. Sprache means language.
So you don´t have the opportunity to change the language? Have you deleted some language files?
Do I need to delete all of the language files except English in Ini/Sprachen?

[looper]

You shouldn't delete any file ;)
No menu appears if you mouse over the entry "Sprachen"?

[0shawott]

You shouldn't delete any file ;)
No menu appears if you mouse over the entry "Sprachen"?
No, nothing happens when I hover over it or click on it: http://d.pr/Mqk1
If you don't know it's fine, I can still understand most of the program (I can speak some German) and can still use it. :)

[looper]

You should try to insert the following in the "Sprachen.ini" in the Ini-folder:

[Sprachen]
1=Deutsch
2=English
3=Polish
4=French
5=Netherlands
6=Español
7=Suomi
8=Portuguese
9=Italian
10=Brazilian_Portuguese
11=Afrikaans
12=Japanese
13=Greek
15=Dansk
16=Slovak
17=Chinese
18=Korean

But if you're fine with german^^

[michaelthestrange]

I am having problems finding the event where Birch gives you the National Dex after you beat the Elite 4. I plan to activate the National Dex right from the start so I want to edit the later part where he would actually give it to you. However, in the Littleroot Town Map the event does not seem to exist. Any ideas?

I should that I am a newbie to hacking/scripting so this might be a stupid question ;)

[0shawott]

Okay, this is pretty weird! I had the folder AdvanceMap along with its contents in another folder, called Pokémon. Replacing the é in Pokémon with a regular e, for some reason, changes the language to English and allows me to change it again. Strange, but it fixed my problem so I can't complain!

[Hacks0rus]

I am having problems finding the event where Birch gives you the National Dex after you beat the Elite 4. I plan to activate the National Dex right from the start so I want to edit the later part where he would actually give it to you. However, in the Littleroot Town Map the event does not seem to exist. Any ideas?

I should that I am a newbie to hacking/scripting so this might be a stupid question ;)

Just put this special in your script when giving the pokedex:
special 0x1F3

special 0x1F3 activates the national dex in emerald.

[michaelthestrange]

Just put this special in your script when giving the pokedex:
special 0x1F3

special 0x1F3 activates the national dex in emerald.

Thanks, but I know that and I am sorry if my question was inarticulate. I already have this in my script - what I want to to is to edit the later part of the game where Birch would actually give you the national dex to make the story logical again. It might be purely aesthetical but the conversation would not make sense as you already have received the national dex at the beginning of the game, so I do not want Birch to give it to the player once again. The actual problem is that I cannot seem to find the mentioned script.

[looper]

Okay, this is pretty weird! I had the folder AdvanceMap along with its contents in another folder, called Pokémon. Replacing the é in Pokémon with a regular e, for some reason, changes the language to English and allows me to change it again. Strange, but it fixed my problem so I can't complain!

This version of AM can't work with special chars like 'é', 'è', 'ä', 'ö', 'ü'... If there are these chars in the filepaths, it won't work ;)

[Hacks0rus]

Thanks, but I know that and I am sorry if my question was inarticulate. I already have this in my script - what I want to to is to edit the later part of the game where Birch would actually give you the national dex to make the story logical again. It might be purely aesthetical but the conversation would not make sense as you already have received the national dex at the beginning of the game, so I do not want Birch to give it to the player once again. The actual problem is that I cannot seem to find the mentioned script.

Well I cant help you then, as I hack FR and not Emerald :) you could just forget about the birch script entirely, and script in the birch meeting place from scratch in the place you want it to be. If you then come across the birch script while making the game you can then delete it from the game entirely. ;)

[SkyStar]

I'm probably just stupid or something xD, but I can't figure out where Advance Map puts the maps after I make them. Where does it put them?

Edit: nevermind figured it out, is there a way to have 10 10% appearance chance pokemon?

[pikaskus]

it won't load my pokmon fire red :(

[kiren]

I've downloaded every version that I could find, but none will open. I've tried troubleshooting the problem, but it says that the programme is 'Not compatible'.
I have Windows 7, so it should work.
Any suggestions?

[looper]

Try opening a clean ROM. AM checks the rom-code, wether it's a Pokémon-ROM, so if the header is modified, AM won't open your ROM.

[Zilvereyes]

I am having problems finding the event where Birch gives you the National Dex after you beat the Elite 4. I plan to activate the National Dex right from the start so I want to edit the later part where he would actually give it to you. However, in the Littleroot Town Map the event does not seem to exist. Any ideas?

I should that I am a newbie to hacking/scripting so this might be a stupid question ;)

Here is a fellow hacking noob, with the answer, check spoiler:

'---------------
#org 0x1F9F11
special 0x1F3
msgbox 0x81FB466 MSG_KEEPOPEN '"PROF. BIRCH: But listen.\nYou've b..."
closeonkeypress
setflag 0x31B
setflag 0x31A
setvar 0x40D3 0x2
setvar 0x40F5 0x0
setflag 0x72
releaseall
end


'---------
' Strings
'---------
#org 0x1FB466
= PROF. BIRCH: But listen.\nYou've become the CHAMPION,\lbut your POKéMON journey isn't over.\pThere is no end to the road\nthat is POKéMON.\pSomewhere, there is a grassy patch\nthat's waiting for you!


Hope that helps you out ;-)

[snipereighteen]

Hello, I've tried the AM 1.95 mirror links to download AM which work. However, when I extract AM, a message appears and says that it's the wrong format or somewhat broken?
I've tried many links and downloads but none seem to work?

[looper]

Which tool do you use to extract the file? However, try this Mirrorlink(because the shortlinks to LuHo's Page are offine again)

http://luho.lvps83-169-42-20.dedicated.hosteurope.de/downloads/invisible.php?user=1&site=11

[nekotina]

hello, I was just wondering if it was normal that I couldn't access the Map Bank Header?

[Zilvereyes]

hello, I was just wondering if it was normal that I couldn't access the Map Bank Header?

Yes, and no, depends on what you want to do, if you go into advanced header view I believe you can edit the header & footer,
but if you mean the map name header then NO, but you could take a look here:
New map names in FR (http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=212492) especially post #23 (http://www.pokecommunity.com/showpost.php?p=6471680&postcount=23) & post #27 (http://www.pokecommunity.com/showpost.php?p=7119627&postcount=27) (Guide is Unfinished, but will be completed once I have time to do it)
Anyway have a good read of the entire thread for better understanding of the concept and what you are doing.