Recent content by mkac

There isn't, and probably never will be. Because each ability is hard programmed in the ASM with little-to-no regard for structure, it's simply unlikely that a program that powerful will ever come about. There are, however, tutorials on how to modify abilities via ASM.

Without pulling up the scripts to confirm, I'm 80% certain that the game already has a flag for who your starter is. If you check the rival battle script, it routes through at least one flag check. You can cross reference that against the trainer data (you'll need a trainer editor, obviously) to...

Insofar as I know, if you limited it to megaevolving at certain locations, then you could make a multiple choice script for it (such as a lab tech at his Mega Evo-Tron). Naturally, that would preclude using it mid-battle. As for using scripts to evolve pokemon, I don't know if that possible...

You'd need to create a new evolutionary stone(s), insert the new megapokemon (mega'mon? Megamon X?) into the ROM, then create an associate evolution from one to the other. Here's a tutorial for step one: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=296729 For step two, there are plenty of...

Does anyone know how to remove HM status from a single move (so it can be forgotten without a move deleter)? I'd like to recycle Dive into something useful.

I had a similar problem (minor graphical errors) with the physical/special icons after modifying a bunch of attacks. I think I solved it by making a patch and then applying it to a clean ROM.

I don't see it requiring ASM. There are a handful of trainer editor tools out there. Unnamed Trainer Editor is a good one (sorry, I don't have a link handy). I think the most straight-forward way would be to create new entries for the rival to account for all the new starters and use a whole...

The short answer is: Yes, you can script that. The long answer is: Yes, you can script that, but it's going to take some work (and studious scripting). And getting the rival to always take your chosen type's weakness will probably require some mucking about in the trainer data, but there are...

As a precaution, don't save (and especially don't save state) while in the map you're working on. Changing the map while you're saved in it can cause all the events (even warps) to stop working, so always save at least one map away. If you do mess up accidentally, changing everything back to...

PKSV has a script generator that can do both of those with minimal effort.

Yes, encounters only occur on certain tiles. The tile has to have it's background behavior set for encounters (A-Map has a block editor that can do this). If I recall, grass has to have 01 01 background behavior and water uses 00 22. You can open a clean ROM and check the values for grass/surf...

Well, what do you want to do? Whatever you want of the hack, you're almost guaranteed to need Advance Map and a scripter (Most people seem to use XSE, but I favor PKSV). Everything else comes down to what you're trying to achieve.

Use an item editor to set the item's price to 0 and shops won't buy the item. I don't know a way to prevent discarding it though.

Does anyone know how Triple Kick's base power scales? Normally it goes 10, 20, 30. But if I change its base power to 20 will it scale a) 20, 30, 40 b) 20, 20, 30 or c) 20, 40, 60?

Technically, that's all you would need. It depends on how complicated you want to get. PKSV has a generator for trainer battles. If you want to edit the trainers, try A-Trainer or Unnamed Trainer Editor. YAPE is good for editing the 'mons themselves. Pokemon Game Editor has a lot of neat stuff...