Spiky's DS Map Editor

[Spiky-Eared Pichu]

Spiky's DS Map Editor
by Spiky-Eared Pichu

The next step after Pokémon Gen IV Map Converter is here! Including all the features from the original tool, SDSME opens the way to matrix and header hacking. It also includes 3D viewers for maps and buildings, and visual editors as well. Everything can be done with only a few clicks!

Supported games

• Pokémon Diamond and Pearl (All languages)
• Pokémon Platinum (All languages)
• Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver (All languages)
• Pokémon Black and White (All languages)
• Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (All languages)

Features available in the current version

• Header editing
• Map editing (includes section import/export and permission and building editors, as well as tilesets)
• Matrix editing
• Text editing
• Script and event editing
• Wild Pokémon editing
• Trainer editing

Translators

• Italian: Pichu2000 and xAlien95
• French: Link_971
• German: Dragonflye
• Chinese: Pokewiz000

Screenshots

Spoiler:

Download

v1.8.0 (18/6/2013): http://www.mediafire.com/?kq77b55j47mr18l

Note: .NET Framework 4 or a newer version is required to run the tool

[tajaros]

Woah, I'm surprised no one's posted yet!

Finally a DS Map Editor I'm gonna download this now!

Good job Spiky-Eared Pichu!

[JackHack96]

Wow! This is awesome! Thank you Spiky-Eared Pichu! Now I can do without 3D Material Editor and the other plugins!

[Hacker Bisharp]

This is awesome! Spiky you are the future for the hacking ds

[pichu2000]

Good work, really!
I think this tool may be a good NPRE's partner!

[Spiky-Eared Pichu]

Thank you all. Remember to report bugs if you find any, it'll really help

Originally Posted by JackHack96

Wow! This is awesome! Thank you Spiky-Eared Pichu! Now I can do without 3D Material Editor and the other plugins!

You will continue to need the 3D Material Editor and the plugins. The tool has a nsbmd importer/exporter, which means you have to create the nsbmd yourself. Also, remember that the nsbmd you import must be texture-free; the btx files are linked to maps using the tileset value in that map's header.

[tajaros]

Originally Posted by Spiky-Eared Pichu

Thank you all. Remember to report bugs if you find any, it'll really help



You will continue to need the 3D Material Editor and the plugins. The tool has a nsbmd importer/exporter, which means you have to create the nsbmd yourself. Also, remember that the nsbmd you import must be texture-free; the btx files are linked to maps using the tileset value in that map's header.

Umm... I got a question is .NET Framework 4.5 the latest .NET Framework version?

[JackHack96]

Originally Posted by tajaros

Umm... I got a question is .NET Framework 4.5 the latest .NET Framework version?

Yes, it is. But I've got .NET Framework 4, and I'm able to use this tool. I've disassembled it, and it's programmed with .NET Framework 4.

You can download it from Microsoft website, google it

[Sark]

Wow.

WOWOWOWOWOW.

Any tutorial on how to easily use this? For a real beginner.

[Spiky-Eared Pichu]

Originally Posted by Sark

Wow.

WOWOWOWOWOW.

Any tutorial on how to easily use this? For a real beginner.

I'll make a tutorial soon, because the tool is pretty powerful and I don't want people to get lost in that ocean of bytes and buttons (specially in the header editor). In the meantime, I'd suggest to mess around a bit with everything. Find out what everything does, and try things. With this version you can fully edit maps or even move maps around Sinnoh. Thanks for supporting the tool!

[Team Fail]

I'm looking forward to the matrix editor and the model editors the most. I have to congratulate you for doing something nobody else wanted to.

[tajaros]

I don't know what's wrong with my computer The program opens but it can't open the ROM, I got a fresh DIAMOND rom and it says that it Could not find a part of the path, I got .NET Framework 4 Installed but when I try to install 4.5 it says that it's not compatible with my computer...

I'm using Xp...

Guys, help?

[Spiky-Eared Pichu]

Originally Posted by tajaros

I don't know what's wrong with my computer The program opens but it can't open the ROM, I got a fresh DIAMOND rom and it says that it Could not find a part of the path, I got .NET Framework 4 Installed but when I try to install 4.5 it says that it's not compatible with my computer...

I'm using Xp...

Guys, help?

When does the error happen? Is it before the game is detected? Before the headers are loaded?

I can understand why it happens, though, and it'll be fixed in the next release.

[Dr.Razor]

This gets me back into romhacking ! Let the R/S/E remake begin =)

[Jayme Moore]

I'm not sure if this is a bug but when I tried to open a Soul Silver ROM I got the following message: Unsupported ROM file.

Is the ROM meant to have a certain file extension?

By the way, this looks awesome.

EDIT: Nevermind, I just re-read your post and noticed that HGSS isn't supported yet. Wow, I'm dumb.

[Tan and Teal]

Woah... You really meant huge. So you can do all of it? Texture, Models, Buildings, and even moving maps around Sinnoh (which is like everything for me) etc. ? ...That's actually not too hard to believe, considering how much you've already done. So we've finally reached this point. That's great. Amazing work, Spiky-Eared Pichu. :D

[tajaros]

Originally Posted by Spiky-Eared Pichu

When does the error happen? Is it before the game is detected? Before the headers are loaded?

I can understand why it happens, though, and it'll be fixed in the next release.

After the ROM has been loaded... Once you open the program all seems to be fine but, when you load the ROM it says that it could not find a part of the path...

[PokémonShinySilver]

Oh wow, brilliant! I'm glad we have another map editor for the 4th generation... but not just a map editor... but a matrix editor as well!

So I was really excited and immediately downloaded this tool and gave it a try with Pokémon Platinum.

It unpacked and then I looked into the map matrixes, I was amazed how the different map matrixes and how each one was different for indoor and cave areas. Just as I thought there was something very different about the map matrix with indoor areas and stuff. The main area where all the towns, routes and cities are situated on Matrix 0 as we know already.

But then I decided to take a look at the BMD0 model of the map data on Twinleaf Town. But when that happened, I chose Texture 0 for it's textures, and while it was loading in the Debug menu of nsbmd.exe, it crashed at where it said this:

convert matid = 8
	tex 'nsand': 16-Color [16,16] texsize = 00000080
	pal 'sandset': pixelnum = 256, repeat = 03

Obviously it doesn't seem to like loading certain textures, or maybe there's more textures in the BTX0 file than what nsbmd.exe is limited to.

[Team Fail]

Originally Posted by PokémonShinySilver

Oh wow, brilliant! I'm glad we have another map editor for the 4th generation... but not just a map editor... but a matrix editor as well!

So I was really excited and immediately downloaded this tool and gave it a try with Pokémon Platinum.

It unpacked and then I looked into the map matrixes, I was amazed how the different map matrixes and how each one was different for indoor and cave areas. Just as I thought there was something very different about the map matrix with indoor areas and stuff. The main area where all the towns, routes and cities are situated on Matrix 0 as we know already.

But then I decided to take a look at the BMD0 model of the map data on Twinleaf Town. But when that happened, I chose Texture 0 for it's textures, and while it was loading in the Debug menu of nsbmd.exe, it crashed at where it said this:

convert matid = 8
	tex 'nsand': 16-Color [16,16] texsize = 00000080
	pal 'sandset': pixelnum = 256, repeat = 03

Obviously it doesn't seem to like loading certain textures, or maybe there's more textures in the BTX0 file than what nsbmd.exe is limited to.

I've noticed that texture0 is a debug texture set that was seen in some really early screenshots of the game from Japan. There's some textures that it's missing. You can render it in-game through some manipulation tricks, but it seems some programs don't render it properly because it's missing some.

If the source of that NSBMD program was released, it'd be awesome because we can fix that bug.

[PokémonShinySilver]

Originally Posted by Team Fail

I've noticed that texture0 is a debug texture set that was seen in some really early screenshots of the game from Japan. There's some textures that it's missing. You can render it in-game through some manipulation tricks, but it seems some programs don't render it properly because it's missing some.

If the source of that NSBMD program was released, it'd be awesome because we can fix that bug.

Ah I see, well if we knew assembly. I'm sure we would've disassembled the .exe by now. I wonder who actually made NSBMD?

[Team Fail]

Anyways, is anyone else able to edit the matrix? I get errors when it tries to save. It errors with "Could not find a part of the path {filepath}. However, the path exists.

[PokémonShinySilver]

Originally Posted by Team Fail

Anyways, is anyone else able to edit the matrix? I get errors when it tries to save. It errors with "Could not find a part of the path {filepath}. However, the path exists.

Oh my, I haven't tried editing the matrix as of yet. I'll have to check it out and see what happens. And do a bit of messing around with it to see how many bugs I can find in this tool.

[Team Fail]

Originally Posted by PokémonShinySilver

Oh my, I haven't tried editing the matrix as of yet. I'll have to check it out and see what happens. And do a bit of messing around with it to see how many bugs I can find in this tool.

The only real bugs I'm having are with the matrix editors. I can't seem to save them, although I think it'd be nice to add a save button to the Movement Permissions editor, instead of having it autosave at intervals because when I'm editing them, I can only do a few things before I have to wait a minute because the program quits responding for a moment while it saves the permissions.

Edit: Minor heads up: If you want the most efficient use of the program, I recommend you NOT run it from a flash drive or SD card unless you wanna get brownie points for being patient. It opens a rom very slowly, I think the rate of transfer is bottlenecking the program from running efficiently.

[PEDRO12]

ERMAHGERD!
Like, ermahgerd O,O
I love you, so much right now.
Like, FINALLY! This is just the step we needed in hacking right now, er mah gerd!
Great job, really. This opens the horizon for so much more, I'm gonna cry :)

[Spiky-Eared Pichu]

I have taken all your suggestions and bug reports into account and I'm working on a new version. The features it will include are:

• Faster matrix editor (now it loads instantly).
• New saving method for move permissions. There will be a "Save Current" button instead of an automatic save feature (some people complained it was slow).
• Event and flag editors.
• Partial HeartGold and SoulSilver support.
• Fixed read/write operations (shouldn't give an error at startup anymore).

I hope you'll like it when it is released. Thanks for your support!