Diamond & Pearl & Platinum hacking

[Hiidoran]

I was discussing some things we have found out about diamond and pearl's inner workings with another member when it hit me, we should have a thread dedicated to stuff we find we can already change in diamond and pearl (since the emulator works pretty well now).

I know that Blazichu has learned how to change the text "2006 Pokemon" at the beginning of the game, and I myself have found out a way to change the character's transformation to a overworld sprite. It seems we both used TLP (Tile-Layer Pro).

Anyway Like I was saying I think it would be a good idea if we post things we find, like graphics, text (yeah right, been down that road!), and other such things.

Here are some images of my transformation change...
http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/8420/tilelayerqq4.png
Tile Layer Pro change (put in GBA format)

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/6673/changekc1.png
IN-game screenshot

If you find anything that you think may be useful for hacking the future generation games...here is the place to put it!

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Let's get some attention from other members! If you want put this banner in your sig![
The code is below, just put it in your sigs. (Replace all "{}'s" with "[]'s")
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[Blazichu]

Already Started awhile back :P

http://www.freewebs.com/pkmngoldhacker/1.%20DS%20hacking%202.PNG

So Enjoy!

[Hiidoran]

Well, yes, The ___ in my post was ment to be for you, but I forgot your username. I changed it though. Also I think I may have found a string of text in the game to try and make a table file, but when you replace it, the rom image crashes...interesting.

[GreenZ]

Yep, I tried to change trainer's pokes and it works! I changed Lass on Route 202.

[Hiidoran]

Nice one GreenZ! This is a great one! Care to share how you did it???

[Irish Witch]

If people start finding out the bytecodes used to edit the commands in a script please PM or Mail them to meso we can construct a Diamond/Pearl Command Databas for Pokescript
(It's easy enough to do)

[SSJ4 Furatman]

I'm gonna try this and edit the heros when you pick them to look different

[Blazichu]

Also I have recently found the Pokemon Icons, so they can be changed and also I have found the intro where it says Gamefreak and their symbol in TLP.

[SSJ4 Furatman]

What's the offset for the hero's overoworlds

[Hiidoran]

When you find things please post pictures and explainations (if possible) so that other people can learn how to do these things. Oh and thank you for your contributions.

[Green Charizard]

GreenZ, thats pretty amazing. It'll be interesting to see when mapping is possible. I am aware of a DP overworld extractor, but it doesn't write yet and it's in japanese.

[Shiny_Latios]

can we import with the overworl extractor plus can i tak ePM's for how people did this

[Charizard_Ruler]

GreenZ, thats pretty amazing. It'll be interesting to see when mapping is possible. I am aware of a DP overworld extractor, but it doesn't write yet and it's in japanese.
Why would you hack D/P? Since it's a great game anyway, thus we have no mapping tools for the roms yet.

[Cartmic]

Why would you hack D/P? Since it's a great game anyway, thus we have no mapping tools for the roms yet.

I wouldnt be that hard to find the maps, all your doing it looking for repeating values, with a development version of a DS emulator I could probebly do it.

[Shiny_Latios]

well first of all we need to work out the table file whic i guess we shoudl just wait those few extra days for the US version of D/P to come out

[Cartmic]

well first of all we need to work out the table file whic i guess we shoudl just wait those few extra days for the US version of D/P to come out

Again not that hard, A 5 minute job, just do a relative search.

[Hiidoran]

Again not that hard, A 5 minute job, just do a relative search.
Not exactly... I've made many table files for GBA games, but the DS is a whole new ball-game! I thought that I found a perfect match, but when I changed it, the game crashed. So if you do get a good table file, congrats! That's tough, definetly not a 5 minute job, atleast...not for me

[ashandmisty]

My penpal (who is japanese) can already hack Pokemon: D/P to the full! I'll try and get the japanese websites he got his tools from and babelfish them!

[BlaXun]

My penpal (who is japanese) can already hack Pokemon: D/P to the full! I'll try and get the japanese websites he got his tools from and babelfish them!
Dude, That's awesome news, I can't wait to Change maps in D/P! =D

[DiamondDust]

I guess D/P is now open for hacking.

I'm waiting to change sprites and maps too!
And the English Version Of D/P is coming out April 22 (for you lucky Americans) so yeah!!!

[Scizz]

Shiny Latios, this is a Warning for you. If you would have read the community rules, you would have seen that linking to illegal material is not allowed here. This includes ROMs.

Also, Blazichu, please don't quote such posts. x.X

The specified posts have been deleted.

[Cartmic]

Not exactly... I've made many table files for GBA games, but the DS is a whole new ball-game! I thought that I found a perfect match, but when I changed it, the game crashed. So if you do get a good table file, congrats! That's tough, definetly not a 5 minute job, atleast...not for me

It might perhaps use some sort of compression maybe you overwrote some sort of vital instruction? Where exactly did your game crash?

[Hiidoran]

It might perhaps use some sort of compression maybe you overwrote some sort of vital instruction? Where exactly did your game crash?

Well, right before the game began one time, and another it crashed right after the intro ended. The compression for the DS is pretty hard stuff, it's hard not to over-write stuff!

My penpal (who is japanese) can already hack Pokemon: D/P to the full! I'll try and get the japanese websites he got his tools from and babelfish them!

Wow! That's quite a feat! Though to be completly honest with you I don't fully believe it... But if you prove me wrong I will openly state it here! Trust me I want it to be true!!!!!!

Remember all, this is for discussing DP hacking and I suppose theories on it, please don't just state that you can't wait and what you want to change...we all know how much we all want to hack Diamond and Pearl. :)

[Absolitude]

When we are finally able to change everything in d/p. We will be so much closer to game hacking bliss. This will be so awesome. Also i have seen a guy on a different forum that had all of the d/p sprites, and maps. But i don't remember it because i saw this is December. o_o;; Maybe i'll find it again.

[MissingNO. #1 Master]

I wish to edit the Pokemon on route 201 so I can catch glitches.

[RinniP]

When we are finally able to change everything in d/p. We will be so much closer to game hacking bliss. This will be so awesome. Also i have seen a guy on a different forum that had all of the d/p sprites, and maps. But i don't remember it because i saw this is December. o_o;; Maybe i'll find it again.

Change everything.... As I understand it we still cant do that in the GBA games and we were never able to do it in the old GB games.
Even with the latest advances in scripting there are still things we aparently don't know how to do. Like properly changing the truck script in ruby, or the scripts that get used inside the pokemon centre.

It would be nice to dream though :P

[Cartmic]

were never able to do it in the old GB games.

Minus the scripting, yes I can do almost anything in them.

[Missingno Baby]

Wow, I am very impressed with these findings. Great going!

[Hiidoran]

I wish to edit the Pokemon on route 201 so I can catch glitches.

Um...ok... What do you want us to do about it? This is a thread made for discussing things we CAN do, not what we WANT to do.

Also, has anyone tried anything on the English roms yet? Like making a table file??? It still seems too encrypted to me though :\

[BlaXun]

Guys, can I also post tools that I didn't make..?
'Cause I just found an AWESOME Pkmn Diamond/Pearl Tool! =D

[Kike-Scott]

Yes, i wanna know that too, because i have found about 4 tools for DP.

[D R E ™]

Please do because i wanna be a dp hacker 2, its just dat i cant find on the net...

[Missingno Baby]

Oh my, tools are out?

If it's allowed, please do elabourate.

[BlaXun]

Hmmm...I see that I will need permission from the Author, Guess I shall ask him! =3

[Cartmic]

bahh who needs tools, when you've got a hex editor :P

If there are people who have created tools and are not full off hot air they should release documentation on there findings.

[Hiidoran]

I half way agree with Cartmic, but it would be really great to see some of these tools! If you get the permission of the author and it does not contain illegal things (i.e. roms) then by all means post them here!

[D R E ™]

yeah please do so i really wanna start

[D-Trogh]

I'm sure some of you know this site and maybe it's allready posted here..
PokeAnalyze (http://www18.atwiki.jp/pokeanalyze/pages/8.html)
There is a jap table, some HEX meanings/offsets ...
You can translate the page through Babelfish or Google.. (Don't translate the table :s)

[Sammi-chan]

Hacking the Diamond and Pearl games would be great- But I'd like to find some tools first... I wonder if someone could post them? I don't wanna wait any longer to start working on my planned ROM hack! XP I'm talking English tools here... Now that Diamond and Pearl are out in North America, does that mean we could start? I've never hacked before- I've been reading around and I can't understand a thing... In the meanwhile, I'll write a description thingymabobber and plan it out. I've already gotten good plans. XP I'm just stuck right now.

Anyway, if tools in English could be posted, I'd be jumping away in glee! Tutorials would be nice to... <3 XP

[stephenophof]

Can somebody tell me how to change the titlescreen (that screen with the copyrights) in Diamond / Pearl ??

[Hiidoran]

I never did quite find it, but Blazichu might know the exact location of the text. If not just look it up in TLP in GBA format, you'll find it eventually.

[*Shinigami*]

I'm sure there was a way to change the text already, I thought I saw a site where somebody did, is it possible? (I mean on English P/D)

[ashandmisty]

English d/p tools are already in development. I've got a tool on my computer (not made by me) which allows you to change some overworlds sprites. Loads are missing so I won't post it.

[D-Trogh]

Well.. I know you guys gonna love -link removed-. (I think you have to register)
But.. when his tool comes out.. we can hack .nds ROMs supah easily..

[Scizz]

Next time, try not linking to a forum, D-Through, as it's not allowed.

Quoting the post would have been better.


http://deufeufeu.free.fr/pokehrth.jpg

If you don't understand what it has to do to with this part of the board rather than the testing area... You'll know soon enough ;)

P.S. : the first one to comment about the color of my DS will get his ass kicked, badly.

Apparently people don't get it. So this is the process around it. (After all, making this kind of hack directly is cheesecake). It was to present my incoming proggie I announced on this board.

I start things up by opening the nds romfile into my prog :
http://deufeufeu.free.fr/pkhrth/starting.png
Then I start looking a bit at files, and find some interesting filename here :
http://deufeufeu.free.fr/pkhrth/titlenarc.png
So a right click on the raw data and find some probable data structure :
http://deufeufeu.free.fr/pkhrth/chunkmenu.png
Some config pops up :
http://deufeufeu.free.fr/pkhrth/narcconfig.png
Oh! some rhac type image file here :
http://deufeufeu.free.fr/pkhrth/rahc.png
A little right-click and choose export data :
http://deufeufeu.free.fr/pkhrth/exportdatamenu.png
we name it bla.png, but we could choose any known file format here (handy lib)
http://deufeufeu.free.fr/pkhrth/exportdata.png
The image exported is here :
http://deufeufeu.free.fr/pkhrth/title_logo_pkmd.png
and we want to replace it with this one :
http://deufeufeu.free.fr/pkhrth/title_logo_pkmH.png
Then just import it (menu shown earlier) :
http://deufeufeu.free.fr/pkhrth/hrthintheplace.png
And we just click patch, that's it !
http://deufeufeu.free.fr/pkhrth/patch.png
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[BeatCrash]

where can I downloaden this program? I would try it gladly.

[Shiny_Latios]

this program hasn't been released if you read the post that scizz has quoted

[Hiidoran]

Wow that's a nice program! I do though have a hard time believing in it's authenticity, but who am I to say it doesn't exist...

[D R E ™]

ohh i didnt realize maybe i should read more? anyways cant wait till it comes out so i can finnaly start

[Shiny_Latios]

I have the table file but can't remeber how to but it in can someone help :D

[Blazichu]

I have the table file but can't remeber how to but it in can someone help :D

Well hopefully it is in english :P

Also I heard that the hex codes for D/P are alot more difficult to past games.

[DiamondDust]

It would be, espicially the new features of D/P.

[D-Trogh]

Well.. on this (http://pokeguide.filb.de/index.php) site there are some (?) tools.. ;)

[Shiny_Latios]

that is where i got the table file (You saw the post replying my comment XD) so we need to put it in (I can't remeber how) and see if it is the Japanese i think it is or not

[Hiidoran]

Wow! I'm gong to try this but it's late and I have to go to bed. But wow! A table file! This is a great break through! Momentous even!

[Red]

That table file is in japanese, and it doesn't find anything in my hex editor, it seems you need to go through a series of steps to view and edit the text...
PokeText
-----------------------
NOTE: This will only be interesting for tech-people. If you are a gamer get the script dump

So basicly these shources contain all the info you'll neet do dump and edit The texts in PokemonDP
The tool assumes you got the file msg.narc ans you split that in multiple bin files (000.bin ...)
using a narc tool (if you are unsure consult the narc folder sources) an put that in a folder
called enc.
After that the program will decrypt the files and put them in binary form to unenc
(you will need the utf16 formated table to edit it) and a html version to htm

After that (commented out is an example how you'd encrypt the files again.


I hope this is useful fou you guys.

loadingnow 2006-2007

[SSJ4 Furatman]

Okay so when I tried to open PokePicDS this is the message I got:
http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h176/Frankthesaiyan/Help.png

[Coolboyman]

Hey, I figured out how to hack the core Pokemon Status in Pokemon Diamond. (The values in Pearl are the exact same but in a different location, just cant be arsed to look them up right now.)

Each Pokemon's Data is x2C byes, and it is based in National Dex order for 1-251. After that, it is based on Hoenn-Dex Order (however Pokemon that are in National Dex 1-251 are skipped here) (For Example, after Bulbasaur's data comes Ivasaur's Data. After Chimeco's data comes Jirachi's Data.)

1C15A07-1C173FA Pokemon Stats (1-151)
1C173FB-1C1852A Pokemon Stats (152-251)
1C1852B-1C19C5E Pokemon Stats (252-386)
1C19C5F-1C1B006 Pokemon Stats (387-493)

00 = 00
01 = HP
02 = Attack
03 = Defense
04 = Speed
05 = Spl. Attack
06 = Spl. Defense
07 = Type 1
08 = Type 2
09 =
0A =
0B =
0C =
0D =
0E =
0F =
10 =
11 =
12 =
13 =
14 =
15 =
16 =
17 =
18 =
19 =
1A =
1B =
1C =
1D =
1E =
1F =
20 =
21 =
22 =
23 =
24 =
25 =
26 =
27 =
28 =
29 =
2A =
2B =
2C =

Types: (All Values are hex)
00 = Normal
01 = Fighting
02 = Flying
03 = Poison
04 = Ground
05 = Rock
06 = Bug
07 = Ghost
08 = Steel
09 = ???
0A = Fire
0B = Water
0C = Grass
0D = Electric
0E = Psychic
0F = Ice
10 = Dragon
11 = Dark

Feel free to fill in the blanks. The emulators being real laggy to me and crashing(And yes i followed all the directions exactly). I guess my computer at the time does not have enough RAM to run Diamond for long.

[Hiidoran]

Nice one Coolboy! I think I saw something similar to this on another website, but I didnt' bother to really look into it...

Sorry about that Furanki, I don't know what to say it happened to me too.

This is really good guys, keep the info coming, look how many things we have learned since the threads opening! Just think what It'll look like soon...

[ashandmisty]

' PokeTEX ' はその場所に取り組む唯一のものである(知る限りでは) 。
' DS 地図' は唯一の地図の編集者である。行きなさい[ pokecenter.tools.jp/dsmap ]

My penpal sent me this e-mail recently. Babelfish doesn't translate this one very good!

[Maxim]

There won't be any good DP Hacks.

Because it's impossible to change maps in DP because they're 3d-modelled not tiled.

[BlackRainbow*]

There won't be any good DP Hacks.

Because it's impossible to change maps in DP because they're 3d-modelled not tiled.

And you think that there will never be any program that could change D/P maps?

[Samson]

the 3d-modeling is a little different, however, if you haven't noticed. things change shape from distance, which is in itself 3D modeling, but if you notice, there are certain boundaries of distance for each form of each sprite/object. from about 0-4 steps/tiles away from an object, it is in its original form. from 5-10, the object has a different form (usually being smaller). think about how sinnoh underground works. you can place all sorts of objects in your base or w/e it is. certain tiles allow certain events/actions to be performed.

i just tend to pay attention to details like that, so i can make the assumption that hacking CAN be done. the elevation issue in D/P graphics is something that can't be modified, but maybe ground level maps can.

[Coolboyman]

There won't be any good DP Hacks.

Unless we can't edit the maps, you're probably right. -shrudders at the sight of countless bad hacks-

[Hiidoran]

You guys really don't think hacking will get better? Think how much hacking has changed since gold and silver! Eventually we will find ways to change 3D maps, it may be months or years, but I'm sure it will happen eventually...

[Drahc]

yeah this sounds cool.
might try it :)

[Shiny_Latios]

if you look at the limk D-trough there is a map app in the making

[Blazichu]

Mapping looks difficult, also nice findings CBM.

It could be possible to change the map in hex(maybe) if you found the right code, each square of the map. Hopefully it will be possible, maps would probably be the hardest part.

[driger369]

Where did you get the emulator and rom from? I would like to try my hand at hacking but my emulator runs so slowly it's not even worth having.

[ashandmisty]

The outside world map is just one big map. Try walking through walls and you will find that some mystery areas actully are just shedloads of trees not because there is no data there it's just that gamefreak didn't want a town/city/route there! The same applys inside buildings, if you walk to far in the 'shadows' you'll find other buildings.
The mapping issue is very simple. Because it's a ds, not a gameboy rom anymore, the values are a completely different format. Like making a 3d game there's models of houses and trees. things like mountsins and grass is just a terrain file which has an added heightmap. Then there is the data of blocking players off certain areas.
When entering a new town, a flag is set meaning the 'terrain set' (similar to tileset) changes and buildings appear. My penpal has indepthly told me this in weak english. Seeing as in Japan they call hacking 'Core programing' i'm sure he knows what he's talking about!

I've blabbed on abit so thank you for reading.

[Coolboyman]

Theres a difference between modeling and mapping. Modeling is basically making the graphics, mapping it putting the 3d models/ graphics in place. Mapping is entirly possible, however modeling is as well, although that will be tougher. Theres a Super Mario 64 editor in production, so if that is possible, so is the modeling.

[DrCoolSanta]

If you know 3D programming there is nothing difficult there, just polygons with images wrapped on them.
I know you'd think thats only for PC games but that implies to every actual 3d implimentation and even DS.
The only difference that would be between PC and DS is that how it is coded.
I hope you will be able to actually work it out.
Other than that the logic of 3d graphics is to do the type of mapping we currently do on polygons and planes.

[Zyph]

Hopefully someone will find a way to do a unLZ GBA type of thing were the models can be viewed then ripped, then opened and edited in 3DS or Maya. Although, you only really need to edit the textures to change the look of the buildings.

[Hiidoran]

True, I agree with Zyph. Though I have not personally delt with too many 3D aspects of anything, from my understanding, that would make sense.

Also, has anyone else played around with PokeTex? It's really good, the best Diamond and Pearl hacking tool out there at the moment. You can do some pretty neet things with the sprites using this tool, now if only the program was translated (Not that it's hard to navigate...)

[Cryomancer]

Map editing should be entirely possible. You'd just be moving around data already there. It would be similar to tilesets only instead of "piece 1 of building f goes to 12,15" it would be more like "build_a goes to 12,15,17". Just an extra height value, and using the whole model instead of tileset pieces. If the model format was studied you could eventually be able to edit the textures I'm sure, maybe even model your own stuff, if it was cracked enough and the game itself doesn't have filesize checks.

[pkmn-master]

once this map editing gets figured out, i'd like to se a remake of maybe emerald or gold... But this all takes time.

[11235]

Well, I played around with PokeTEX, and it indeed can change graphics. (in the Japanese version at least - haven't figured out how to get it to work on U.S. version).

Anyway, I've got a few screenshots of it, in which I changed a few graphics.

Enjoy!

P.S. Oh, by the way, the Ideas emulator now works perfectly (or close enough anyway) with Pokemon diamond. You don't need the (*illegal*) bios and firmware files for it, either. And, it has save states! :D Might just be passing up no$gba. It's fast, too!

Edit: Just realized .bmp files won't upload. So, I zipped them and am attaching them now...

Edit: Figured out how to make PokeTEX work with English roms, but it's a pain. Took me hours to get. I'll post how to later when I have time.

[theotherfreakyguy]

Hey, I've got an Action Replay, and though it doesn't sound like much the DS ones have no encryption and it replaces hex values. So you can look into the codes and this can help with hex modification.

[Hiidoran]

Well, I played around with PokeTEX, and it indeed can change graphics. (in the Japanese version at least - haven't figured out how to get it to work on U.S. version).

Anyway, I've got a few screenshots of it, in which I changed a few graphics.

Enjoy!

P.S. Oh, by the way, the Ideas emulator now works perfectly (or close enough anyway) with Pokemon diamond. You don't need the (*illegal*) bios and firmware files for it, either. And, it has save states! :D Might just be passing up no$gba. It's fast, too!

Edit: Just realized .bmp files won't upload. So, I zipped them and am attaching them now...

Edit: Figured out how to make PokeTEX work with English roms, but it's a pain. Took me hours to get. I'll post how to later when I have time.

I suppose no one has really posted about this program, though I suppose it is because most of us know it exists and works. Yes it's true, PokeHex is perhaps the best and only working program for Diamond/Pearl hacking. If done correctly you can even replace whole sprite sheets with others... http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/7287/screenshotcp0.png
*Oh and please do tell how you got it to work on English roms! As this is a much needed step in stairway toward DS hacking perfection.*

Hey, I've got an Action Replay, and though it doesn't sound like much the DS ones have no encryption and it replaces hex values. So you can look into the codes and this can help with hex modification.

I'm not really sure what you mean...I suppose we could in theory, look at one string of hex, modify if with an AR or the Pokesav program, upload it to a rom and look at it under a hex editor. Though this would be a lot of work, figuring out exactly which hex digits did what would be a pain in the ...well you know.
Anyways thanks for the updates, I was beginning to fear people had given up after that debate on graphics! Don't freat people! Where there is a will! There's a hacker!

[11235]

Well, after hours of work in cracking the rom, figuring out what PokeTEX does, etc., and a lot of entering in numbers, I came up with this attached file. All you have to do is replace the list.txt file with the one I'm providing here. (Note: it will no longer work on Japanese versions, so back up the list.txt file it came with if you ever want to hack Japanese roms)

Well everyone, I hope you enjoy the fruits of my labor!

P.S. The program Poke DsPic also works, but you need to fiddle around with some stuff to make it useful. I'll post a guide when I have time (probably next week). (You also need the programs NDSTS and NDSTool)
Site: pokeguide.filb.de/progs/PokeDsPic.zip (it won't let me post a link for some reason, so just copy it into the address bar and add).

[NekroBoi]

Well, i think the maps will be edited quite easily.
The maps, we look at the Tiles as X and Y.
Now, we need to give each of the tiles X, Y, and Z values, thus, making it 3D. Look at the Oreburg, and Eterna's Gym Maps. They are more into the Z axis than the other maps. The worst 3D effects i've seen in the game, are in the 8th gym. The rest look mad, and feel even better during game play!!

[11235]

Well, i think the maps will be edited quite easily.
The maps, we look at the Tiles as X and Y.
Now, we need to give each of the tiles X, Y, and Z values, thus, making it 3D. Look at the Oreburg, and Eterna's Gym Maps. They are more into the Z axis than the other maps. The worst 3D effects i've seen in the game, are in the 8th gym. The rest look mad, and feel even better during game play!!

Hmmm...

The map editing itself shouldn't be too hard, I think the main problem will be cracking whatever encryption they put on the map files.

Still, I'm sure we'll figure it out someday...

[whirpoolboy]

How work poketex and is it only in japans or the ??? language?

[11235]

PokeTEX works by reading the rom and changing the overworld sprites. Unfortunately, there is no English version, so you have to fiddle around with it to finally get it down. A few hints though:
The numbers with the $ before them are palette numbers. To read the palette, press the (I think) right button above them, and to write the palette, press the other button.
Also, if you press the button in the lower right corner, it pops up with a bunch of numbers. These numbers represent the color of each pixel in the picture, and can be edited.
Well, good luck figuring it out...

[whirpoolboy]

how to make .poke files for my pokemon overworld trainers

[Hiidoran]

Sorry I haven't commented with you guys yet, I was working...
Any who... Thanks a lot 11235, this is going to be great! As for your question whirpoolboy, I myself have worked on changing the program into English, no avail as of yet but I'm still working.

Oh and thank you all for your support, especially 11235 who even put it in his sig! Incase anyone else wanted to help draw awareness to the thread, I made a banner you can put in your sig!

http://img467.imageshack.us/img467/8706/bannertt7.gif (http://www.pkmncommunity.com/showthread.php?t=82080) The code is below, just put it in your sigs. (Replace all "{}'s" with "[]'s")

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[11235]

You make .poke files by opening the pic you want in PokeTEX, then hitting the 4th button from the left on the bottom.

Unfortunately, I know of no way to turn bitmaps directly into .poke files.

Well, hope this helped.

[Juan]

where it has the tools for D/P?

[11235]

Well, PokeTEX is found on www18.atwiki.jp. Hit Ctrl-F and search for PokeTEX... You'll find it soon enough. :)
As for other tools, just search around. One of my earlier posts had a link to a website where you can get Poke DSPic, another great program.

Also, on a side note, I'm working on translating PokeTEX. It's somewhat hard work, because I know hardly any kanji whatsoever. Nevertheless, I have managed to edit what one box says so far to English. (some are being somewhat stubborn)

Edit: by the way, if you find any good tools that haven't been posted about yet, be sure to post them here. Thanks.

Edit2: Found out how to edit trainers. I'll post it up here soon. (I don't have time right now. I'll try to do it tonight, but it might have to wait until next week)

[bsilva001]

Where can I get a Diamond table file. I tried making one but Search relative doesn't want to work for me(meaning its just a black screen).

[jerm]

hey is it hard to hack DP

[Hiidoran]

Found out how to edit trainers. I'll post it up here soon. (I don't have time right now. I'll try to do it tonight, but it might have to wait until next week)
Wow! I'm starting to feel usless in this thread! That will be more than great! Please post it asap!

Where can I get a Diamond table file. I tried making one but Search relative doesn't want to work for me(meaning its just a black screen).
Technically, there is no diamond table file. There was a file that could be applied to change the text using another program, but I couldn't ever get it to work, and no one else has really told me their success stories either, so I'm guessing it was fake.

hey is it hard to hack DP
Well it did just come out about ten months ago and it is on the DS, so YEAH! It would be incredibly tough to do any hard-core hacking as of this momment!

[GreenZ]

Hm, I changed Spiritomb on Route 209 ^^

[BlackRainbow*]

yay i have to look there:P i'm just trying to change paletts in Diamond. If i'll be able to i'll post a screen

[nrox653]

Heh, nothing much, but I think I found some references to textures and polygons for the map while messing around in a hex editor. As you can see in the screenshot I attached, those things labeled "polygon" and "dun_wall" most likely have something to do with the map. But, I don't think this will help much, since the maps are encrypted and we still haven't figured out how to crack it.

[D-Trogh]

Heh, nothing much, but I think I found some references to textures and polygons for the map while messing around in a hex editor. As you can see in the screenshot I attached, those things labeled "polygon" and "dun_wall" most likely have something to do with the map. But, I don't think this will help much, since the maps are encrypted and we still haven't figured out how to crack it.Err..
http://pokeguide.filb.de/model.png
I wish pika came to PC..!

[11235]

So far, I have cracked the code for basic trainers with one pokemon. It is made up of eight bytes:
the first two I don't know, the next is the pokemon lvl, the next I don't know, the next is the pokemon number with bytes reversed (i.e. ED 01 = 0x01ED = #493 = arseus). And then two bytes I don't know.

This info is contained within the trpoke.narc file, which can be extracted using ndstool.

The first trainer in the game was: 00 00 05 00 8C 01 00 00 (which comes out to lv. 5 Starly).

So, I replaced the first trainer in the game with:

00 00 64 00 ED 01 00 00

which gave the first trainer a level 100 Arseus.

I can't get movie attached, I'll keep trying.

By the way, there is a file to edit text, and it does work, but I haven't got it to work fully yet. (I'll post when I do)

Edit: I compressed the file, so it should upload now. However, you will need WinRAR or another such program to uncompress it. It turned out the file was 1 gigabyte, not 1 megabyte like I thought... By the way, the file is BIG, so don't uncompress it unless you have 1 gigabyte free on your computer, and probably delete it afterwards.

Edit2: Well, I compressed the file with DivX codec, which made it a lot smaller. Sound doesn't work anymore, but that doesn't matter much... If for some strange reason you want a 1 gigabyte file with sound, download the zip. Otherwise, I recommend downloading the .avi file. (Thanks to nrox653 for recommending using a codec- I have no idea how to edit video :))

[nrox653]

Err..

I wish pika came to PC..!

Oh yeah, forgot about that... :P Anyways, I'm also using ndstool and extracting data from random games (I dunno why, maybe because I'm bored). I guess I'll start using ndstool on Diamond now. Yay!

EDIT: Um, 11235, if the whole video file is one gigabyte, you should really use a codec to compress it, like Xvid, since you probably used Full Frames. -_-'

[11235]

Well, I got the text edited somewhat...

I edited the first trainer to say some incoherent nonsense:

You'r! I annoying little girl! (bunch of random stuff)

Well, it's getting somewhere, and it proves that PokeText, from pokeguide.filb.de, works. (sort of...)

[GreenZ]

Edit2: Found out how to edit trainers. I'll post it up here soon. (I don't have time right now. I'll try to do it tonight, but it might have to wait until next week)Erm, in fourth post in this thread I attached screen with changed trainer - nothing new...

[11235]

Erm, in fourth post in this thread I attached screen with changed trainer - nothing new...

Yes you did, but you didn't tell anyone how to do it...

And, all you posted were screenshots showing you fighting pokemon, without any proof that it was the lass you were fighting anyway.

I posted proof, and told people how to do it, so it is pretty new info.

[GreenZ]

Changing trainers in D/P is very similar to changing in 3rd gen games - so I thought, that some people could guess this [;

And I think that my English is too bad for writing longer tutorials :X

[ruinairas]

I have been thinking of what KIND of hacks we can do with pokemon diamond and pearl in the future...The most perfect remake it can get is Pokemon Yellow because it has following pokemon (In its scripts somewhere) and when found..all you need to do is remake maps and edit scripts and it will be full REMAKE and follow pikachu :)

not 100% sure if possible..but seems pretty possible

[11235]

I have been thinking of what KIND of hacks we can do with pokemon diamond and pearl in the future...The most perfect remake it can get is Pokemon Yellow because it has following pokemon (In its scripts somewhere) and when found..all you need to do is remake maps and edit scripts and it will be full REMAKE and follow pikachu :)

not 100% sure if possible..but seems pretty possible

ALL you have to do is remake maps and scripts? Why how easy, I wonder why no one has thought of that before?

Trust me, it would be far easier to make a following script than to do that task...

On the bright side, though, it would be entirely possible to make a yellow remake. Just really, really difficult.

[bsilva001]

Well, hacking of Diamond for me will be out for a while, though I was wondering, has anyone been able to edit the base stats of Pokemon and their types, if I could do that, I'll be happy.

[11235]

Well, hacking of Diamond for me will be out for a while, though I was wondering, has anyone been able to edit the base stats of Pokemon and their types, if I could do that, I'll be happy.

Please, bsilva001, read through the entire thread before asking questions. This was a post on an earlier page of the thread:

Hey, I figured out how to hack the core Pokemon Status in Pokemon Diamond. (The values in Pearl are the exact same but in a different location, just cant be arsed to look them up right now.)

Each Pokemon's Data is x2C byes, and it is based in National Dex order for 1-251. After that, it is based on Hoenn-Dex Order (however Pokemon that are in National Dex 1-251 are skipped here) (For Example, after Bulbasaur's data comes Ivasaur's Data. After Chimeco's data comes Jirachi's Data.)

1C15A07-1C173FA Pokemon Stats (1-151)
1C173FB-1C1852A Pokemon Stats (152-251)
1C1852B-1C19C5E Pokemon Stats (252-386)
1C19C5F-1C1B006 Pokemon Stats (387-493)

00 = 00
01 = HP
02 = Attack
03 = Defense
04 = Speed
05 = Spl. Attack
06 = Spl. Defense
07 = Type 1
08 = Type 2
09 =
0A =
0B =
0C =
0D =
0E =
0F =
10 =
11 =
12 =
13 =
14 =
15 =
16 =
17 =
18 =
19 =
1A =
1B =
1C =
1D =
1E =
1F =
20 =
21 =
22 =
23 =
24 =
25 =
26 =
27 =
28 =
29 =
2A =
2B =
2C =

Types: (All Values are hex)
00 = Normal
01 = Fighting
02 = Flying
03 = Poison
04 = Ground
05 = Rock
06 = Bug
07 = Ghost
08 = Steel
09 = ???
0A = Fire
0B = Water
0C = Grass
0D = Electric
0E = Psychic
0F = Ice
10 = Dragon
11 = Dark

Feel free to fill in the blanks. The emulators being real laggy to me and crashing(And yes i followed all the directions exactly). I guess my computer at the time does not have enough RAM to run Diamond for long.

[Callydude™]

Pokemon Heaven has a whole bunch of tools some are in english I think like one for changing sprites.

[11235]

Pokemon Heaven has a whole bunch of tools some are in english I think like one for changing sprites.

Can you put up a link by any chance?

There are a ton of sites that come up when you google it.

Thanks much.

[PocketPika]

hmmm well my cousin has a map editor for d/p. ill try and get the name of it

[11235]

hmmm well my cousin has a map editor for d/p. ill try and get the name of it

Wow, that would be awesome. Unfortunately, I have a hard time believing its true, but, trust me, I'd be happy to be proven wrong!:)

[Hiidoran]

Wow, that would be awesome. Unfortunately, I have a hard time believing its true, but, trust me, I'd be happy to be proven wrong!:)

Hmm...I said that about something earlier, that exact same message...
Anway I agree with 11235, if a map editor DID exist, I believe at least one of us would have known about it by now... Considering that map editing is a HUGE part of fan-hacking. But if you say it exists, who am I to argue? I'd just like to see some proof.

Also take a look at this...
http://pokeguide.filb.de/model.png
Model Viewer
Programa que muestra los modelos en 3D de los mapas de D/P

Bueno, esta herramienta esta mas avanzada segun Pika, es posible mostrar ya las texturas.
"Program that show 3D models of Diamond and Pearl Maps"
"Good, this tool is... it's capable of showing Diamond and Pearl textures"

I'm not all that great at Spanish, but from what I can understand this tool is a "Map Editor" of sorts, that can currently only show textures. This could be what PocketPika was talking about. I found this at a Spanish Forum that I usually go to quite often, but have stopped as of recently. I figured out it's from pokeguide. Hmm... Think it's real?

[11235]

Also take a look at this...
http://pokeguide.filb.de/model.png

"Program that show 3D models of Diamond and Pearl Maps"
"Good, this tool is... it's capable of showing Diamond and Pearl textures"

I'm not all that great at Spanish, but from what I can understand this tool is a "Map Editor" of sorts, that can currently only show textures. This could be what PocketPika was talking about. I found this at a Spanish Forum that I usually go to quite often, but have stopped as of recently. I figured out it's from pokeguide. Hmm... Think it's real?

Well, I would say it probably is real. I've been on the PokeGuide website, and there are several tools he has made. As far as I have seen, none of them are fake.

By the way, for any who don't know, the url is pokeguide.filb.de (http://pokeguide.filb.de)

Edit: oh, by the way... Your translation is a little off... It reads that it can "possibly" read textures, not that it can only read textures. Oh, and I don't think pika has released this tool yet... :(

[Hiidoran]

oh, by the way... Your translation is a little off... It reads that it can "possibly" read textures, not that it can only read textures. Oh, and I don't think pika has released this tool yet...
I didn't say that it could only read textures. I said it was "capable" which is basically the same. Also, no the program hasn't been released; it's such a shame!

[11235]

I didn't say that it could only read textures. I said it was "capable" which is basically the same.

I'm not all that great at Spanish, but from what I can understand this tool is a "Map Editor" of sorts, that can currently only show textures.

Actually, you did say it could only read textures...

No problem, though... Just getting that out there.

By the way, if you e-mail pika, you might be able to convince him to let you beta test it. You never know... :)

And if he does, please tell me...

[nrox653]

Yeah, it'd be great if pika were to privately release the map viewer for beta testing. Unfortunately, I don't think we'll be seeing a map editing program any time soon. :(

[EvilWii]

im new but i got some exp in hacking and i need help with poketex
i want to edit the trainers

[Shiny_Latios]

how do i insert overworlds with poketex as i cant work out how?

[Hiidoran]

Actually, you did say it could only read textures...

No problem, though... Just getting that out there.

By the way, if you e-mail pika, you might be able to convince him to let you beta test it. You never know...

And if he does, please tell me...
Oh that! That was my adaptation of the situation! Wow, that rhymed... No my translation was the one in quotes. But who cares, and I'm not E-mailing Pika, that seems a little childish to me. No, I'll wait patiently for the release.

im new but i got some exp in hacking and i need help with poketex
i want to edit the trainers
Well, just insert the new trainer sheet or edit it seperatly. It's actally an easy program once you memorize what all the buttons do.

how do i insert overworlds with poketex as i cant work out how?
Hmm, well I don't really want this to become a help thread, but JUST THIS ONE TIME I'll tell you. First open your rom by clicking the button closest on the right, to the drop-down list. Click your rom. Now select your sprite from the drop-down list. Now select the button that says "??ß" In the lower right-hand corner. This should expand the window the editing screen. Now to insert a sprite sheet, select the button to the far left, right above the editing window. Open the sprite sheet you want. Now click the button beside the far left one mention before. This should put the new sprie sheet over the old one. Now save it by hitting the lowest button in the window, in the bottom-right.
I hope this helps you and anyone else who needs direction.

[Corona]

D/P hacking wat a joyess occassion but how far do you think itll get i mean with Diamond and Pearl graphics it seems a little hard for kids to e doing

[11235]

D/P hacking wat a joyess occassion but how far do you think itll get i mean with Diamond and Pearl graphics it seems a little hard for kids to e doing

Graphics are hard for kids to be doing?

If you look through the thread, you'll find out that we can already hack *almost* all of the graphics.

In fact, most of the graphics editing in d/p is now far easier than scripting was in FR/LG or even R/S/E. There are some exceptions (for some reason we can hack the first two back pics of a trainer, but no one that I've seen has got the second two yet), but, comparatively, graphics editing is easy...

Secondly, I believe that it will someday get as far as R/S/E hacking has. All we need to figure out is mapping and scripting. Scripting will be very difficult to find out, but have no doubt, someone will figure it out at some point.

[Hiidoran]

Ah, yes...scripting. It's going to be a while before that is released. I predict that we will be able to do almost everything else by the time this ability rolls around. None-the-less, it will eventually published and eventually we will be seeing hack after hack after hack. Won't it be wonderful?

[11235]

Ah, yes...scripting. It's going to be a while before that is released. I predict that we will be able to do almost everything else by the time this ability rolls around. None-the-less, it will eventually published and eventually we will be seeing hack after hack after hack. Won't it be wonderful?

Well, of course, scripting will eventually come out...

Of course, this doesn't mean that it will come out while we're still interested in Pokemon (30 year-old with a job and Pokemon don't really mix...:)). So, hopefully, someone will come up with a way to edit scripts before that unhappy day...

[<~Flood~>]

So can anything in Diamond and Pearl be hacked at the moment?!

[LilKyle]

Hi im nooby and I ust watched this dude on youtube about D/P and his outfit was blu insted of red and it said in discript that he used pokeTEX and hex editor and so i searched pokeTEX and it lead hear and im nooby for asking but where do i get the DS emu for comp???


where do I get sprite hacks for diamond and hwere do i get diamond at to downlaod i have the no$gba thingy but no games for it :|


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[Hiidoran]

So can anything in Diamond and Pearl be hacked at the moment?!
Yes we can edit quite a few things now. Sprites (completly), Graphics (a few), text (near completly); just to name a few. But hey, Diamond and Pearl haven't been out for too long, give us time!

@LilKyle
Wow! You posted so many things against the rules it made my head spin! First, do not ask for illegal materials, ie. roms. Second, you cannot advertise other forums here. Now that we got that over with...
Yes the Program is called PokeTEX, and yes it does edit the sprites on Pokemon Diamond and Pearl. As for where to find the rom, I cannot tell you as it is against the rules. Google it if you have to.

[BlackRainbow*]

Um..what you guys thing. Its posible to do ASM hacking in Diamond and Pearl roms? If so this would be great.

[11235]

Um..what you guys thing. Its posible to do ASM hacking in Diamond and Pearl roms? If so this would be great.

Well, of course it's possible, but only if you are an expert hacker that knows how to ASM hack in the first place and can figure it out on the complicated Diamond and Pearl roms...

Good luck on that, by the way...

[bonaza]

You can just use GCC -- Devitkit ARM. People have already hacked this with new events and stuff with asm. If you use google you can find lots of stuff about hacking DP. Since links aren't alowed I won't post them here. Why are you people waiting for tools? You can find map data just by searching with a hex editor its not that hard. Although I bet most people here don't know any asm. I see a lot of people here don't even know how a tool does its job in hex. Its the sad truth about PC.

[Cartmic]

Well, of course it's possible, but only if you are an expert hacker that knows how to ASM hack in the first place and can figure it out on the complicated Diamond and Pearl roms...

Good luck on that, by the way...

ARM code isn't really that hard to learn if you got the time.

Though iv had the advantage of using an ARM based operating system most of my life, so if you need help just PM me.

I did post some tutorial links here: http://www.pkmncommunity.com/showthread.php?t=92586

[pkmn-master]

What are the chances of actually changing the map?

[11235]

Since links aren't alowed I won't post them here.

Ummm... Links are allowed, though, just so long as the information linked to is legal...

[bonaza]

Ok well here is the link to the DS arm coder and other stuff h ttp://ww w.thepernproject.com/ (take the spaces out.) Just click on the ds sign and there are documents and tuts along with the program I was talking about. Also some things for GBA, Snes, and some other consule. Have fun hacking Daimond.

[$_$]

Is there anything for mapping yet?

[Hiidoran]

Ok well here is the link to the DS arm coder and other stuff h ttp://ww w.thepernproject.com/ (take the spaces out.) Just click on the ds sign and there are documents and tuts along with the program I was talking about. Also some things for GBA, Snes, and some other consule. Have fun hacking Daimond.
Once you have gained 15 posts you will be allowed to post links without cheating the system :(. As for ASM hacking, that's a little out of most people's league. It's a whole other coding world than what we're used too. But if it is already prosperous in Diamond/Pearl hacking, please continue...

[PeacefulCheeta]

Hi im nooby and I ust watched this dude on youtube about D/P and his outfit was blu insted of red and it said in discript that he used pokeTEX and hex editor and so i searched pokeTEX and it lead hear and im nooby for asking but where do i get the DS emu for comp???


where do I get sprite hacks for diamond and hwere do i get diamond at to downlaod i have the no$gba thingy but no games for it :|


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Hey! That was me!:rambo:
If you've found the rom, I'd suggest you read the entire thread, as all you need to edit that is in this thread.

[nrox653]

this is so hard, I a, so bad at hex editing

Yes, of course it's hard, and please don't spam. This thread is for posting findings and questions about D/P hacking, not short and pointless opinions about hex editing. Thanks for listening and have a nice day :)

Hmm, I wonder how long it will be before we can start map editing. I'm still trying to find things related to mapping, with little to no success. :'(

[EvilWii]

how do i edit my trainer hero etc

[Swizz]

the NoSgba is soo slow :(
is there any other hack for D&P hack ?

[RR.]

Well, I recently got inside the site and discovered this:

http://www85.blibs.com/editor/working/11853535542963?8143619960

Maybe you could've met Misty in D/P!

[shadowboy166]

Going back to pokeTEX well i have no problems with it exept that I can't replace sprite sheets for some reason i followed Hiidoran instructions but nothing... oh well.
I'll just wait for a proper sprite editing program for it like overworld Editor.
Oh and another problem i can't read it :P
Can't wait for the translation!

[jerm]

Well, I recently got inside the site and discovered this:

http://www85.blibs.com/editor/working/11853535542963?8143619960

Maybe you could've met Misty in D/P!

...........DEAD Link.............

[johnlycett]

geeee i cant for the tools to come out because i wanna make a gsc remake with peral :P

[Hiidoran]

geeee i cant for the tools to come out because i wanna make a gsc remake with peral :P Tools have come out:

PokeTex
NDStool
PokeDSpic

Just to name a few...

[johnlycett]

hhmmmm yes i hers that the mapping tool is out but its in jap

[Medieval]

Does someone know if exists any text-editor for D/P?

[shadowboy166]

geeee i cant for the tools to come out because i wanna make a gsc remake with peral :P

Yeah you'll be able to make a whole remake exept for phone (i forgot what they call it)

[UltimateYoshiMaster]

Why is everyone using emulators to play hacks on?
I, for one, have been playing my hack, Pokémon Plutonium, on actual hardware.
I also was able to boot a version of Animal Crossing Wild World that I edited.
Am I the only one here with a SuperCard?

Does someone know if exists any text-editor for D/P?

It's called a hex editor in this case.
Most DS games simply use ASCII.
I know Animal Crossing does and even the DS firmware does too.

Where did you get the emulator and rom from? I would like to try my hand at hacking but my emulator runs so slowly it's not even worth having.

A simple solution.
1:Buy the game and dump it like I did
2:Run hack on actual hardware like I do

Tools have come out:

PokeTex
NDStool
PokeDSpic

Just to name a few...

I thought NDStool was not for just Pokémon.
I use it when I make homebrew for the ds

[Jeremy]

UltimateYoshiMaster, sweetie, please don't triple post, just use the edit button next time, thank you. =3

[Latieon]

im glad that the DS generation games can also be hacked now.
I really hope that a map editor like advancemap comes out for DS hacking.

[UltimateYoshiMaster]

im glad that the DS generation games can also be hacked now.
I really hope that a map editor like advancemap comes out for DS hacking.

DS games have already been able to be hacked.
I made a hacked version of Animal Crossing Wild World using just a hex editor and an Animal Crossing Wild World rom that I dumped by myself :-D

[Icedragons]

So, is there a program like advance map or atleast a programm that can be used to edit map layouts yet?

[Akuchiki Byakuya]

Well I don't know if you guys have figured it out or not but I am curently editing maps(ignore this if you already know how to do it)I haven't perfected it yet but I have turned the pond at the beginning into a black pit. If someone could tell me how to take screenshots with no$gba I would gladly show you.

[Gold Tom]

Just hit Print Screen,copy it into paint and crop.

[Akuchiki Byakuya]

When I hit print screen it doesn't go directly to my open file.

[wmoor0826]

Well I don't know if you guys have figured it out or not but I am curently editing maps(ignore this if you already know how to do it)I haven't perfected it yet but I have turned the pond at the beginning into a black pit. If someone could tell me how to take screenshots with no$gba I would gladly show you.

Its always a black pit when you play on the no$gba emulator...

[Akuchiki Byakuya]

Ok, well then I guess I'll go and create some more black pits while I figure out how to map. And sorry for thinking I was accomplishing something. :) But I did edit something in the game and I am going to find out what it was.(using hex workshop)

So has anyone had any success in mapping with hex editor(other than when I just turned the walls into floor tiles{actually I think I just got rid of the walls})?

[Medieval]

I'll wait that comes out a Text-Editor, so I can translate Diamond.

[~ The Womanizer ~]

Well if you think about don't you think that the ground uses tiles, and everything abouve the normal elevation is a 3-D object?

Because if you look at the game when you are playing it kinda looks as if the ground uses
tiles and the everything above normal elevation is a 3d object even mountains and buildings.

And if a map editor is every created my guess is that you put the ground tiles then place 3-d objects on top of the tiles.

I don't know if anybody will understand, but I think you all will.

[Akuchiki Byakuya]

Well, I have a little theory, I think that every step you take generates a new map. I mean, I don't think that they can actually make the game look like that, and it be 3-d. Wouldn't you be able to move in any direction if it was 3-d? That's just what I think so I don't know. It probably sounds stupid.

[Red]

I'm so glad iDeaS can emulate the rom better! It even has the right colors as compared to No$Gba which has a somewhat faded look to the colors(and it lags like crazy). Also, being able to run a non-patched rom to work with as well, since all the programs work with unpatched roms.(You have to use patched roms with no$gba)

[Hiidoran]

I'm so glad iDeaS can emulate the rom better! It even has the right colors as compared to No$Gba which has a somewhat faded look to the colors(and it lags like crazy). Also, being able to run a non-patched rom to work with as well, since all the programs work with unpatched roms.(You have to use patched roms with no$gba)
Hmm... I believe this belongs in Diamond and Pearl Emulation.
Here: http://www.pkmncommunity.com/showthread.php?t=80985

As for the translation comment, read a couple of pages ago; someone has already stated how to change text.

[Corona]

Hacking D/P has to be really hard. I mean you have to make it 3-d O.O which is hard.

[OMNIPOTENT]

as far as i know the game isn't 3d. it's all 2d as always except 3d-like objects. so as dpmasters said, ground tiles (and currispondent walkable/solid tiles) can be edited as always. in addition, a pseudo-3d-video software is installed so things like mountain and ponds are displayed as 3d objects, with some parts solid and some not (the higher one as always). if you disable the 3d part u can see a game as always, with a lot of grass/black ponds and nothing else. so they create 3d-displayed objects (dunno how it's codified and could be edited) and not as always tiles also for houses. to be clearer, a door-tile exists no more. the object "house" is an all 3d image, so it don't need regular tiles. the only tiles really existing in current game are mostly pavement's and indoor's ones, that as u can see, are as always. the 3d view part may be hard to hack, but not impossible. just i dunno how it's created, maybe it's smtg not too hard. a programmer may explain better (combination of various frames? smbd knows?)

i know is a bit confused, but understand this. in the middle of the screen u create a square of solid blocks. now, you can put there

-a 2d picture that u can see as 3d (the classic exagon)
..._________
/________/|
|.............||
|.............||
|.............||
|_______|/

and this is how it has always been done (in GB/GBC/GBA games)

-or a real 3d object, using a new graphic processor that can create "real" 3d. (ehe, can't paint this)

anyway, u have the pavement that's still a square of solid blocks that u can edit. but using 3d they've done a lot less number of tiles, coz the houses and mountains borders are 3d so don't need a 2d tile.

lol hope sbd will understand stg ^^''

[Red]

How come someone who has found a table file doesn't simply release it instead of telling us how to make one. Because I can't find any good relative searchers that will get the job done.

[11235]

How come someone who has found a table file doesn't simply release it instead of telling us how to make one. Because I can't find any good relative searchers that will get the job done.

Ok, if you haven't got this by now, there is no table file whatsoever that will work. The text in the game is encrypted, so no relative searches will ever work. And yes, that means they still won't work next week. Or even the next week. So please stop asking for table files. They don't exist!

If you want to know how to edit text, read this whole thread through, and go to http://pokeguide.filb.de!

[DEEhunter]

Hey everyone remember me DEEhunter? its been a while and alot has changed... well i tried hex editing the Rom and found out that apperently the game runs on its own file system and has files in its self that are in a .narc file and also i find some 3d geometry in it listing some scarce information about them :
....polygon0........polygon1........polygon2........polygon3........polygon4........polygon5........polygon6........polygon7........polygon8........polygon9........polygon10.......polygon11.......polygon12.......polygon13.......polygon14.......polygon15.......polygon16.......polygon17.......polygon18.......polygon19.......polygon20.......polygon21.......polygon22.......polygon23.......polygon24......................

This string was found at 02E8BED8 and the Long list of .narc files was found at 00108780 and above that at 00108684 theres is list of the punctuation and letters the game uses. Now you probably wount hear from me for a while again but ill check back here on my birthday on septenber 19th.

[D-Trogh]

Yeah, nothing new.. - -'
Almost every NDS ROM uses .narc encryption..
Anyway, if you want to hack D/P you need to use a tool like NDS TOP System, export the files (like the .narc files) and try to edit those with a HEX Editor..
Or, use NARCTool to (un)pack the narc archives in seperated files..

[DEEhunter]

i cant find ANY of thouse tools not even on google.

[♠εx]

I'd just like to mention it.
I found a patch of Pokemon D/P that editted the wild Pokemon.
All Pokemon can be found.
Swablus, Altarias and something else at the start.
Heracross, Pinsir and others after the third town.

I'll see if I can find it on my computer.

[Juan]

Somebody knows which necessary source to install to use the following program?
http :// i164.photobucket.com/albums/u17/quilava-shiny/evolvechanger.jpg

[psyduckmaniac]

i don't know, but, is that program for d/p ? and if so where did you find it?
oh and brane, don't think nobody cares about that patch for d/p. i really want it so keep looking!

nvm brane, i google searched it and found it, im gonna post it on here

[Knox]

Ok I was just thinking about it so I decieded to put it up...

Maybe we could take DP Hex numbers and then
convert them into binary codes, then use
ASM or whatever and insert that binary file into a
FR/LG ROM

This way we could view what that hex number contains

Perhaps you would have to decompile and then recompile
it into the FR/LG ROM

If someone has reason why this would not work please tell me

[SpongeFreak52]

I'm not really an expert in this topic, but that could work.

And what text have we been able to edit besides the intro copyright? What would one use the edit some of the conversations which take place in the game?

[CrazyLuigi]

i don't know, but, is that program for d/p ? and if so where did you find it?
oh and brane, don't think nobody cares about that patch for d/p. i really want it so keep looking!

nvm brane, i google searched it and found it, im gonna post it on here

tch I cant get this to work...any ideas? i keep getting a "!???!!!!" D:

[psyduckmaniac]

tch I cant get this to work...any ideas? i keep getting a "!???!!!!" D:

that means it was succesful ( lol )

[CrazyLuigi]

that means it was succesful ( lol )

odd way to put it <_<

I would usually associate "????!!?" with "good going, you ****'d it up" :x

[spenceroone3]

Hey guys, I found out how to edit the manaphy egg in TLP. It's offset is 02067C00. There is
also Pokeballs there as well.

[psyduckmaniac]

doesn't that stand for tile layer pro?

ok i got tlp but ive found multiple graphics myself open up the spoiler to see what i found so far!


02089288-smmochum face?
0208f688-!!!something that looks like bycicle overworld?
020c9288-something that looks like palkias shoulder!
020df888-OMG IM ABSOLUTELY SURE THIS IS PART OF WHATEVER BAGONS EVELOTION LOOKS LIKE SPRITE!!!!!!
020e3688-OMG ITS TURTWIG ICON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
020ED088-OMG AIPOMS FACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
020f2c88-something that looks like a muchlax head
020f5288-something like shinx head
020f9a88-looks like monferno head
020faa88-top of tentacool and part of poliwag!!!
020fc488-omg azelf face!
020fdc88-yet another legendary, something that looks like cresselia
020ae000-marill icon im sure of it!

[spenceroone3]

Yeah i went hack hunting again, and i changed the nds file into a gmk file and tried to run it in game maker 7. But it didn't work at all. EDIT: I found out how to edit the same thing hiidoran was at the start of this thread. It's offset is 03876C00. But i haven't edited it yet :).

EDIT2: OMG i found it! Remember what Blazichu did? well the offset to change this is located at 0388B600. Here is a picture:
[img=http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/9696/titlesrceenhackrv3.th.png] (http://img206.imageshack.us/my.php?image=titlesrceenhackrv3.png)

[psyduckmaniac]

Plx help. im desperate! when i run narctool a little command prompt pops up for about half a second and then dissapears and nothing happens? how do i unencrypt the narcs plz help!

[spenceroone3]

I am creating a hacking program for D/P... Dunno if it'll ever work...

[Hiidoran]

Thank you for clearing up where the location to that was, spenceroone3. Also, what kind of hacking tool are you making? I am very interested in knowing! By the way, good job everyone for making these finds! It's looking good already!

[spenceroone3]

Hmm, My next door neighbour said his friend has a English D/P mapping tool.
But somehow I don't believe him. I sent a PM today but he hasn't answered yet...

The hacking tool was supposed to change trainer pokemon... But all it did was turned the trainer's sprite to the pokemon they were going to send out first XD! But it sure was funny :)

[E-Bag]

what happened about those japanese programs? are there any links?

[Hiidoran]

Yes, the tools are still there.
All you have to do is search google with, "PokeTex", but because I'm nice I'll post the link.
http://www18.atwiki.jp/pokeanalyze/pages/8.html

[E-Bag]

thanks for the link. it also said something about "dsmap" i think, i tried searching for that and what i got was definently not a pokemon hacking tool <.<

[Hiidoran]

Where? I do not recall ever seeing that before... The only map creating utility ever spoken of that I remember was on pokefilb. But you never know... right?

[E-Bag]

' PokeTEX ' はその場所に取り組む唯一のものである(知る限りでは) 。
' DS 地図' は唯一の地図の編集者である。行きなさい[ pokecenter.tools.jp/dsmap ]

My penpal sent me this e-mail recently. Babelfish doesn't translate this one very good!

pokecenter.tools.jp/dsmap, the link didn't work for me, but it sounds like a mapping program

[Hiidoran]

Well that doesn't even seem to be a website... That's very strange, but if it's called DS map, maybe it is really just a decompressing tool for DS games. Still, that would be nice as well.

[spenceroone3]

I searched for DS map, and I didn't get anything useful... But I'm still graphic editing, And I actually edited the female hero's overworld! I couldn't post a pic, but i will soon :P

[Hiidoran]

Yes, Using PokeTex is great. It really does give us a feeling of change in the game, right? It's such a big change and it's very obvious so, that makes me feel better. As for the whole DPmap thing, my friends and I are currently doing an investigation on it.

[Ooka]

Well do they have an Emulator with a memory viewer on it that works on D/P, because if so I can hack it(I think). I have some ASM hacking skill so I think if it had a debugger I might be able to do some hacking on it.

[E-Bag]

I'd try searching for DS 地図, i did and i got to many results to look through. if we knew the kana/kanji for "pokemon rom hacking", it might be easier.

~Kazaam~: i think the only D/P emulator is no$gba, and i don't think it has a memory viewer.

[Hiidoran]

No, no$gba does not have a memory viewer, sadly. Although there is another emulator, iDeaS. I really haven't looked at it in a while, so I can't quite recall if it has a memory viewer. I've heard many prospherous things about ASM hacking on Diamond and Pearl. A couple of pages back we were discussing it, but sadly it is a little hard for most (including myself) to grasp without some sort of programming knowledge.

[E-Bag]

is there where that has a guide for PokeTex or a translation?

[Hiidoran]

I remember discussing this earlier, though I can't seem to find it. Weird, I remember vividly explaining how to use PokeTex... Anyway, It's not too hard, just play around with it for a while. If I can't find where I orginally posted it I will explain it again I suppose...

[E-Bag]

k, can PokeTex edit english roms, or just japanese?

[Hiidoran]

11235 released a file that let's you edit the sprites on an English rom. It's in this discussion so just use the search function.

[Ooka]

Well, it's actually kinda easy, you just have to know the actions of the bytes ABCDEFHLSPPC and what controls do what to them. for example

[LD A, B]-would store the byte B in the byte A.

So yeah, I will try to find a memory viewer and see if I can do anything with it.

[D-Trogh]

Well.. you guys could buy the No$GBA Debugger if you are really intrested.. :-\

[Ooka]

Well, I would rather just wait for them to come out with one, instead of paying money XD

[Hiidoran]

I'm sure an illegal version will float around soon, sadly. This will more than likely happen, if it already hasen't, before a free version is released. Me, I don't really know how to feel about that. On one hand, we get the debugger, but on the other it is going against people who have helped this whole conversation come to life. But back on topic, Yes ~Kazaam~ you should definetly see what you can do when the time comes.

[spenceroone3]

Okay, my friend's friend came over to my house today, and searched on google for something called "New Advance map". He claims to have it on his own computer. So, I am currently searching on google myself. I will edit my post if I find it. Otherwise I won't.

[E-Bag]

one way to figure out if it's real might be to ask him how you edit in it. since it's a 3d game it would probably be more similar to current 3d game mapping programs then the old advance map

[Hiidoran]

A new Advanced Map? I don't know, it doesn't seem like it could be real. But hey, I'm not here to point fingers, I want this to be true! It does seem kind of weird that he would search for it on your computer if it doesn't exist, so maybe it does... Hmm...
Well do they have an Emulator with a memory viewer on it that works on D/P, because if so I can hack it(I think). I have some ASM hacking skill so I think if it had a debugger I might be able to do some hacking on it.
I decided to test out iDeaS and guess what? It has a Debugger! So if you want to take a crack at it, try the emulator iDeaS!

[E-Bag]

iDeaS can play d/p? i thought i'd tried it.

[spenceroone3]

That is exactly what I thought! I might start a tutorial in the tutorial section on changing D/P basic graphics.
Anyway, I discovered that my friend's name who knows about this is Razor197. PM him about it, he might chuck up some answers.

[psyduckmaniac]

That is exactly what I thought! I might start a tutorial in the tutorial section on changing D/P basic graphics.
Anyway, I discovered that my friend's name who knows about this is Razor197. PM him about it, he might chuck up some answers.

ok but, why can't you just ask him to give it to you on a cd? or am i being to simple...

[E-Bag]

probably becuz theirs almost no chance that it exists <.<

[spenceroone3]

Could be... Nobody ever knows...

[E-Bag]

yeah, but someone on here would probably know about it by now. But if it does exist that'll be great.

[Ooka]

A new Advanced Map? I don't know, it doesn't seem like it could be real. But hey, I'm not here to point fingers, I want this to be true! It does seem kind of weird that he would search for it on your computer if it doesn't exist, so maybe it does... Hmm...

I decided to test out iDeaS and guess what? It has a Debugger! So if you want to take a crack at it, try the emulator iDeaS!

Awesome, I guess I'll go mess aroung with that a little and let you guys know what I come up with. Although don't expect miracles XD

[E-Bag]

I just tried iDeaS, and it didn't run diamond.

[Ooka]

I didn't know if you guys had seen this yet or not, but I can't really tell if it's real or not, due to the glow of light but here it is anyways.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SA0s_0wRwC0

While I was searching for map editing tools, I found this. I can't read that language, so I couldn't tell you what it said, I was hoping someone else could read it.

Forgot that I can't link to forums, well here is the quote from it

Pokedex 1.0
- Stats
- Moves
- Evolution
Http://pokemega.pokedex.googlepages.com/index.html
Cái trên tớ làm đủ 493 con không thiếu con nào cả, vì là version 1.0 nên chưa có phần mô tả Pokemon và có một số lỗi nhỏ.
Vào link trên, sau đó click vào cái ảnh để xem (Chỉ chạy với Flash Player 7.0), hoặc click vào Download để down về máy(Tự chạy không cần Flash Player). Xem rồi cho ý kiến.

Sinnoh Map
- Full Map
- Vị trí HM và Key Items
- Vị trí của các Pokemon Legends, Eggs
- Thông tin về Pokemon của các GYM Leaders và Elite Four
- Hướng dẫn để đi qua Victory Road, Solaceon Ruins, Iron Island

Và bây giờ là ........
Sinnoh Map 1.1
Cái này thì khỏi chê.Ngoại trừ các đặ điểm của 1.0 thì cái này có thêm các đặc điểm mới sau:
- Route
- Các Pokemon hoang dã tại các Route, Safari Zone
- Vị trí của các Sweet Honey Trees
- Phân biệt các City, Town, Lake... bằng các nút màu khác nhau nên dễ nhận biết
- Làm thêm cho nó sinh động hơn bằng hình tàu chạy từ Canalave City đến Ison Island... có bụi ở Stark Mountain hay tuyết ở Snowpoint city...
Http://pokemega.sinnohmap.googlepages.com/index.html

[E-Bag]

It DOES look like a real hack, tho it could also just be a photo shop.

[lavaza]

Hmmm...I DONT KNOW!
but maybe i can read it...not all but ill post it again later...
I just bookmark the page...the language got little words my language!

[E-Bag]

I don't think that Sinnoh Map, and Pokedex are hacking programs.

[lavaza]

I Dont know but i can try...
It had been easier if you had said what language it is =p
Im gonna ask someone for translation...
It seems like dutch or netherlands...but I Dont know...

[Prof. 9]

About that video, I think it's fake. If he really did hack D/P, he would show it off, don't you think? And the D/P animations don't work that way, they don't glow or anything like that.

About the text... It's definitely NOT Dutch (Dutch = Nederlands). I can tell, 'cuz I AM Dutch.

[HackMew]

Uhm, ~Kazaam~ what you found is something made with Flash but since I've tried I can tell you that is sure not a map editor of any kind.
If you don't believe me, just try it ;)

[E-Bag]

About that video, I think it's fake. If he really did hack D/P, he would show it off, don't you think? And the D/P animations don't work that way, they don't glow or anything like that.

About the text... It's definitely NOT Dutch (Dutch = Nederlands). I can tell, 'cuz I AM Dutch.

true, but the name name editing looked convincing, probably easy to photo shop it tho.

[lavaza]

Ok, prof 9
But i dont care about this language if its not a map editor...
like - HackMew -

EDIT: hello? is here people? LOL =p

[Hiidoran]

Wow, that was a lot to say while I was away... That rhymed! Anyway, I do believe that video is a total fake, and the Pokedex and Sinnoh map just seem to be guides. But thank you all for the contributions!

[D-Trogh]

That video is a fake, and an easy reason.. that picutre ('spirte') has much more then 16/24 (what's the amount for a sprite) colors..

[palkey1]

best of luck to all of you guys and gals you will need it

[E-Bag]

I used a program called "Pokemon Rom changer", it has a bunch of japanese rom editing programs in it, so i got abit done.

http://www1.freewebs.com/gabes-hacks/hack1.bmp
Ownage attack!
http://www1.freewebs.com/gabes-hacks/hack2.bmp
Piplup using Giratina's attack!
http://www1.freewebs.com/gabes-hacks/hack3.bmp

[spenceroone3]

No, SinnohMap is fake! I tried it and it worked! They aren't hacking programs.

[SpongeFreak52]

Hm, so from what I see now, there are supposedly several tools under construction. Guess only time will tell.

And earlier an offset for the intro scene text was mentioned. I can't seem to find that actually. I'm using XVI32 with a US Pearl. Any help?

[palkey1]

i hope there are some new one soon

[spenceroone3]

Gabe K, I would recommend deleting that link before a Mod notices it. It is against the rules...

Spongefreak, I mentioned it and I'll say that you will need TLP (Tile layer Pro) and put the offsets in there. XVI isn't a graphics editor, it is a Hex program...

[spenceroone3]

pokecenter.tools.jp/dsmap, the link didn't work for me, but it sounds like a mapping program

That says the following: ' As for PokeTEX ' with only ones which are tackled the place? ? The る (if you know, with). ' The DS map ' is the editor in the only map. Going? ? Occasion

Ooops, sorry I didn't mean to double post...

[psyduckmaniac]

is anybody still here? its been like a month. hate to see this die

[spenceroone3]

This site has been down for ages. That is where everyones been. We were all hanging out at the Diamondandpearlhacking forums LOL.

[E-Bag]

yup, but now that it's back i have something to post. i managed to hack your rival's sprite :D (not the overworld.)

[Lupe]

where did you guys get your ds emulator, sorry dunno if thi question was asked before

[Klingon]

I find it cool you can hack these games; but there really isn't any need.

[spenceroone3]

Yeah well, we can start making remakes of things like Pokemon Ruby, just like right now we can remake Pokemon Gold.

[E-Bag]

i think that they're making official remakes of gold and silver

Klingon: why not?

[*Poliwag*]

The ds remakes of gold and silver were confirmed to be fake on serebii forums (i can't post links, so just search for it on their forums) but seeing as they are fake, it gives us even more reason to develop d/p hacking so we can remake those two awesome games! Sorry but i'm a bit behind on d/p hacking- has a map editor been released yet?

[E-Bag]

well, someone said theres a site that has one, but it hasn't been confirmed

[Red]

Hm, it would be cool if there was hacking for Diamond/Pearl. I'm sure within a few years we'll be able to do lots of stuff with it, like we can do with Ruby/Sapphire now.
If it were possible, I would get back into hacking again!
Anyways, that YouTube movie is very obviously fake. They just recorded a normal game and then edited it. Editing the text isn't hard, you just rip the letters you need from the game and then put them in order over what is there. (In any image editing program.)
Anyways, I heard that hacking DS roms is practically impossible...
Some of the things we've seen so far could all be fakes as far as we know, because we haven't been shown any hands on experience with it.
Only thing I know of is PokeTEX.
Don't let this thread die. :D

[E-Bag]

actualy, we're making a lot of progress hacking diamond and pearl

[Hiidoran]

Gabe is right, we can actually do quite a lot now. There are plenty of valid references that can help you hack DP. I don't believe a full encompassing hack is possible yet, but many things can be hacked now.

[E-Bag]

yeah, the only big thing thats left is mapping i think.

[Red]

Can you tell us how to do those things?

[coin3]

Well all we can do is edit some graphics in TLP, Edit the wild pokemon in areas. and... Edit the people overworlds in a program called poketex.

[E-Bag]

and move power, and what moves pokemon learn, and i think there was a text editing thing discovered.

[krazedkat]

hello im looking for the japanese map editor on google.co.jp right now i will post a link soon and btw if u can search: pokemon ダイヤモンド 真珠 地図 編集者 ..... on google.co.jp :)

[E-Bag]

i'll try searching that, but i've had some bad experiences with searching for things of "qeustionable legality" on google.co.jp

[krazedkat]

k well tell me if you find it