Help Thread: Quick Questions & Answers

Squeetz · Nov 26, 2015

themegamankingdom said:
Does anyone know why there are 12 person events in Brendan and May's rooms with picture ID's 240-251 (and why they aren't visible)? I want to know if they have any special purpose and if it's fine to remove them.

They are decorations iirc. I haven't tested what would happen if you were to remove them and then try to decorate your room by using the PC, but it probably wouldn't be very pretty.

Spherical Ice · Nov 26, 2015

Tokenslot said:
How do I edit the amount of wild Pokemon in a single map and edit their encounter rate so that one pokemon doesn't have less encounter rate than others? Thanks in advance :)

The order of the list is in descending rarity, so the Pokémon at the top will be the most common, and the two at the bottom will only have a 1% chance of appearing. The exact percentages are listed in Advance Map 1.9.5, but I'd avoid using that.

Avara · Nov 26, 2015

Andrewjessica said:
I am making my own hack. Need as much help as possible. I am wondering how do i replace the old pokemon sprites with newer ones. Tutorials dont help as the pictures do not show.

First you have to index your sprite to use 16 colors only, then you can use NSE to insert your sprite. In NSE load your ROM, under "Edit Sprites" select Pokemon. Navigate to the sprite you'd like to replace and then under File > Import > Import Sprite Data and select your new sprite. Under Edit>Palette, hit "Save Palette To Rom". Then click File>Save. If it asks you to repoint something, say yes. Hope this helps!

Exodrake · Nov 27, 2015

Where are the rest of the egg sprites (the ones in the process of cracking) located in FireRed?

Spherical Ice · Nov 27, 2015

Exodrake said:
Where are the rest of the egg sprites (the ones in the process of cracking) located in FireRed?

http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?p=8856865#post8856865

DraconianWing · Nov 27, 2015

How are Yes/No boxes accessed and modified (ie. decapitalization)?

Aethestode · Nov 28, 2015

Is it possible to increase the bag size?
Kinda getting sick that the bag always get full.

Telinc1 · Nov 28, 2015

Aethestode said:
Is it possible to increase the bag size?
Kinda getting sick that the bag always get full.

~~There's no method for all pockets I know of, though~~ this post may be helpful. It's about increasing the amount of Poké Balls and TMs you can hold. With a bit research, there's a chance it could be used for the item and key item pockets too. Note that the method above requires free RAM (preferably, free RAM which gets written to the save file, so JPAN's save block recycling routine is essential) and also restarting all save files.
Edit: See post down below. Apparently this can be used for the other pockets too.

azurile13 · Nov 28, 2015

Aethestode said:
Is it possible to increase the bag size?
Kinda getting sick that the bag always get full.

Telinc1 said:
There's no method for all pockets I know of, though this post may be helpful. It's about increasing the amount of Poké Balls and TMs you can hold. With a bit research, there's a chance it could be used for the item and key item pockets too. Note that the method above requires free RAM (preferably, free RAM which gets written to the save file, so JPAN's save block recycling routine is essential) and also restarting all save files.

That IS the method. It doesn't require more research; the post just happens to be specific to Pokeballs. Every item pocket is handled by the routine where the hook is coming for, structured by a word of the number of items and a word of the offset at which the pocket content begins. I personally sent (expanded) TMs to be saved in a completely different area of RAM and it gave me a good amount of space to expand every other pocket.

King Elizabello · Nov 28, 2015

Need help

Hello dear pokecommunity friends i want to ask how is this called? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k63nrEycXbQ. Is it called a rom hack or something? I would like someone to help me make a similar one (i mean in different pokemon version) please but i need a lot of help how to start. If someone has time and wishes to help me please tell me. All the best :)

King Elizabello

Aethestode · Nov 28, 2015

azurile13 said:
That IS the method. It doesn't require more research; the post just happens to be specific to Pokeballs. Every item pocket is handled by the routine where the hook is coming for, structured by a word of the number of items and a word of the offset at which the pocket content begins. I personally sent (expanded) TMs to be saved in a completely different area of RAM and it gave me a good amount of space to expand every other pocket.

Okay, so how do I do it when I want to expand the key item and normal item pocket size? I don't know the pointers for them.

PokemonBen · Nov 29, 2015

1. A-trainer will not extract. It gives me an error that it can only compress after being closed by the application using it. There was no application using it but winrar, which I need to extract it.

2. I am having trouble following these instructions, as I am not good with HEX. http://pastebin.com/13djBRnT

3. G3HS PNL is not defined.

takeKopter · Nov 29, 2015

is there any tutorial about how to build block (Advance Map) in hex editor? Pretty sure i saw one here, but can't find it now. Thank you.

Vendily · Nov 29, 2015

takeKopter said:
is there any tutorial about how to build block (Advance Map) in hex editor? Pretty sure i saw one here, but can't find it now. Thank you.

Do you mean this? It's the closest to a tutorial I could find.
Happy Hacking!

Urnighter · Nov 29, 2015

Is there a tool for altering the regional dex in pokemon black/white? I know there are tools for changing which pokemon spawn where, but it'd be nice to be able to change the pokedex too.

azurile13 · Nov 29, 2015

Aethestode said:
Okay, so how do I do it when I want to expand the key item and normal item pocket size? I don't know the pointers for them.

Alright. For FireRed, first, save data structure from here: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showpost.php?p=8777743&postcount=1

Code:

00000298 Item_PC_storage Item_entry 30 dup(?)    ; Only set of items that is not encrypted
00000310 General_items   Item_entry 40 dup(?)    ; Items are encrypted with the other block 0xf20 key
000003B0 key_Item        Item_entry 32 dup(?)
00000430 pokeBalls       Item_entry 13 dup(?)
00000464 TMs             Item_entry 58 dup(?)
0000054C Berries         Item_entry 43 dup(?)

Each item entry is four bytes long, with an item index and an item quantity that is obfuscated, each being a halfword. Note that the "offsets" there aren't addresses; they're offsets from what JPAN is calling "block 8" for simplicity. The distinction is important. See the original post for details. Also, I think JPAN made a typo in that section; you'll see why. For the routine referenced in kearnseyboy's post, what you need to understand that the purpose of the routine is storage of the the beginning offset of the pocket and the maximum number of items that can be held in the pocket, a word at a time, for each item pocket. At the end routine, the following offsets should contain the important offsets/quantities:

Code:

0x203988C: offset of general items
0x2039890: maximum number of held items
0x2039894: offset of key items
0x2039898: maximum number of key items
0x203989C: offset of pokeballs
0x20398A0: maximum number of pokeballs
0x20398A4: offset of TMs/HMs
0x20398A8: maximum number of TMs/HMs
0x20398AC: offset of berries
0x20398B0: maximum number of berries

Now, the heavily commented routine:

Code:

ROM:08099E44
ROM:08099E44 @ =============== S U B R O U T I N E =======================================
ROM:08099E44
ROM:08099E44
ROM:08099E44 sub_8099E44:                            @ CODE XREF: saveblock_randomize_position+24p
ROM:08099E44                 LDR     R1, =0x203988C
ROM:08099E46                 LDR     R0, =0x3005008 	@saveblock eight pointer
ROM:08099E48                 LDR     R2, [R0]		@address of saveblock eight
ROM:08099E4A                 MOVS    R3, #0x310		@0x310, offset of general items (within saveblock eight)
ROM:08099E4E                 ADDS    R0, R2, R3		@address of general items
ROM:08099E50                 STR     R0, [R1]		@store address of general items at 0x203988C
ROM:08099E52                 MOVS    R0, #0x2A @ '*'	@#42 (see why I think there was a typo in JPAN's post?)
ROM:08099E54                 STRB    R0, [R1,#4]	@store #42 at 0x2039890; maximum quantity of general items
ROM:08099E56                 ADDS    R3, #0xA8 @ '¿'	@0x3B8; offset of key items (within saveblock eight)
ROM:08099E58                 ADDS    R0, R2, R3		@address of key items
ROM:08099E5A                 STR     R0, [R1,#8]	@store address of key items at 0x2039894
ROM:08099E5C                 MOVS    R0, #0x1E		@#30 (typo again?)
ROM:08099E5E                 STRB    R0, [R1,#0xC]	@store #30 at 0x2039898; maximum quantity of key items
ROM:08099E60                 ADDS    R3, #0x78 @ 'x'	@0x430; offset of pokeballs (within saveblock eight)
ROM:08099E62                 ADDS    R0, R2, R3		@address of pokeballs
ROM:08099E64                 STR     R0, [R1,#0x10]	@store address of pokeballs at 0x203989C
ROM:08099E66                 MOVS    R0, #0xD		@#13
ROM:08099E68                 STRB    R0, [R1,#0x14]	@store #13 at 0x20398A0; maximum quantity of pokeballs
ROM:08099E6A                 ADDS    R3, #0x34 @ '4'	@0x464; offset of TMs/HMs (within saveblock eight)
ROM:08099E6C                 ADDS    R0, R2, R3		@address of TMs/HMs
ROM:08099E6E                 STR     R0, [R1,#0x18]	@store address of TMs/HMs at 0x20398A4
ROM:08099E70                 MOVS    R0, #0x3A @ ':'	@#58
ROM:08099E72                 STRB    R0, [R1,#0x1C]	@store #58 at 0x20398A8; maximum quantity of TMs/HMs
ROM:08099E74                 LDR     R0, =0x54C		@0x54C, offset of berries (within saveblock eight)
ROM:08099E76                 ADDS    R2, R2, R0		@address of berries
ROM:08099E78                 STR     R2, [R1,#0x20]	@store address of berries at 0x20398AC
ROM:08099E7A                 ADDS    R1, #0x24 @ '$'	@r1= 0x20398B0
ROM:08099E7C                 MOVS    R0, #0x2B @ '+'	@#43
ROM:08099E7E                 STRB    R0, [R1]		@store #43 at 0x20398B0; maximum quantity of berries
ROM:08099E80                 BX      LR
ROM:08099E80 @ End of function sub_8099E44
ROM:08099E80
ROM:08099E80 @ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ROM:08099E82                 .align 4
ROM:08099E84 dword_8099E84:  .long 0x203988C         @ DATA XREF: sub_8099E44r
ROM:08099E88 dword_8099E88:  .long 0x3005008         @ DATA XREF: sub_8099E44+2r
ROM:08099E8C dword_8099E8C:  .long 0x54C             @ DATA XREF: sub_8099E44+30r

Obviously, to expand pockets without reducing other pockets, they need to be stored elsewhere. I think that should be enough to get started on rewriting the routine, but if it isn't, feel free to ask!

sdw7sm · Nov 29, 2015

Is it possible to inflict Attract/infatuation status without using command 97?

If not, is there any way to edit those commands?

Lance32497 · Nov 30, 2015

Hello, I'm just having a problem with the OW, how to make sprite of Female OW on the top of Male OW, it looks like the Male OW has Levitate ability.

takeKopter · Nov 30, 2015

Vendily said:
Do you mean this? It's the closest to a tutorial I could find.
Happy Hacking!

Yes, I know I read that somewhere, that's one of posts I've been looking for, thank you!

However, I believe I read somewhere that each block has more bytes than just "first layer" and "second layer", which control the x/y flip, block behavior, etc (or my mind played tricks on me), is there any guide about it? Thank you

Aethestode · Nov 30, 2015

How safe is it to expand a FireRed (not a clean/vanilla) rom from 16mb to 32mb using XSE?

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