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[vanillagfx]

Using smart map chooser advance, If I made a custom map instead of editing over another one for my main town you start in. How would I go about doing this? I currently have the map I want under map files in Advance map. Pokemon firered.

[droomph]

Look for the bank.map. Find the coordinates that you want to put the player in, then enter all that info into SMCA. It's that simple really.

[kronus09]

Guys, how do we add new pokemon without replacing old ones? Why does when I change the sprite of the pokemon some of its colors turns white? How do i solve this problem? Thank you for answering.

[CliveKoopa]

Originally Posted by droomph

Use a scripting program that can look for text and then just look for the phrase "Sorry to keep you waiting!" and then on a text decompiler decompile that offset and change it.

How do I search in XSE? I can't find a search button on any of the tabs.

Anyway I found a direct download of AdvanceText.exe, which hadn't been zipped.

[Mallowigi]

Since I got no answer, I might take my chance here:

I want to do a script that imitates the Waking Up scene in Chrono Trigger (that is, the game starts with Crono's mom asking for Crono to wake up in a black screen, then wake him up by pulling out the curtains).

I didn't find a way to imitate the black screen feature, so instead I used a fadescreen with a movesprite to move my character in the bed, however, once the script ends (the mom going out off the screen), my character is like 'translated' to the bed place, and therefore I cannot go downstairs since my character bumps on an invisible wall.

Is there a way to "fix the camera" to recenter the player? And also if someone has an idea for the black screen, something happening like when you lost against a trainer, I didn't find an answer yet.

Sankyu

[droomph]

Originally Posted by CliveKoopa

How do I search in XSE? I can't find a search button on any of the tabs.

Anyway I found a direct download of AdvanceText.exe, which hadn't been zipped.

Yeah, use that instead. Usually the intro will already be there.

[Mallowigi]

Found the answer: using a fadeout then moving back the sprite to the center of the screen correct the issue.

[Tanveer]

I cant find Scizz's Advance Point(offset to pointer and the other way around) anywhere!

I am kinda confused about pointers to offeset, so I would really appriciate if there is any guide or if anyone has that tool.

[droomph]

Originally Posted by Tanveer

I cant find Scizz's Advance Point(offset to pointer and the other way around) anywhere!

I am kinda confused about pointers to offeset, so I would really appriciate if there is any guide or if anyone has that tool.

How...sigh

You take the pointer, say, ww xx yy zz, and then arrange it backwards, zz yy xx ww. E.g. 0x827F4BC into BC F4 27 08.

[Tanveer]

Originally Posted by droomph

How...sigh

You take the pointer, say, ww xx yy zz, and then arrange it backwards, zz yy xx ww. E.g. 0x827F4BC into BC F4 27 08.

LOL got back into hacking after years. Back in the days I used to use Scizz pointer.
Where did the 08 come from? lol

00402260 convert that into pointer?
Or more examples

i am being thick headed.. i know :/

[Spherical Ice]

If your offset is 123456, this is how you convert it into a pointer:

123456
[12] [34] [56]

You then reverse these:

[56] [34] [12]

To tell the ROM that it's a pointer, you need to add [08]

So our pointer is:

[56] [34] [12] + [08]

56341208

^ That's it! :D

[vanillagfx]

Originally Posted by droomph

Look for the bank.map. Find the coordinates that you want to put the player in, then enter all that info into SMCA. It's that simple really.

Well I figured as much but I can't find where the map says what it's bank.map is, where do I find that at? Should I just write over a previous map then?

[droomph]

Originally Posted by vanillagfx

Well I figured as much but I can't find where the map says what it's bank.map is, where do I find that at? Should I just write over a previous map then?

In AMap right next to the map title is two numbers xx.yy. The first number tells which bank it's (kinda like a folder of maps) and then the second number is the actual map number. So bank.map, xx.yy, whatever, that's where you find the (basic) map number.

[Mallowigi]

For those who SMCA doesnt work (like me), you can do the stuff manually, simply open an Hex Editor and change the value at 0x0054A08 (x axis) to your liking.

Haven't found the Y value though.

[Kaith]

So I'm using Advance Map editing a FireRed rom. I'm currently creating a cave and was wondering how to get the black hole, the one that's sometimes on the floor and you can drop through, to connect with the floor underneath.
(For reference, I have the top floor as Map 3.20 and bottom Floor as Map 3.46)

[Mallowigi]

Guys, I have a question:

A lot of times I bumped here in people discouraging using A-Text. To my grief, they were right, that A-Text bastard screwed up my scripts, even though I said him to use space from A00000 to avoid part rewriting, however it didn't give a damn and still use the first free offset when repointing.

Then goes my question: how to do it without A-Text using say, XSE for instance? It seems that people use that, but how? XSE is for scripts, not for text editing, isn't it? How would I change the start menu names, for instance?

Thanks

[Spherical Ice]

You need to use Translhextion and a Table file. If you're using FireRed, then this is the table file you should use.

Load your ROM in Translhextion, then in the Script menu select Open Thingy table and select the .tbl file you downloaded. A notice will pop up, press Ok and then in the new window that appears check the "Thingy View Active" bar.

You can now search for text using Alt+F and replace it with Alt+H.

[Mallowigi]

Yeah but the text should have the same length isn't it? I've tried to edit it but it obviously torn up my rom.

[Spherical Ice]

Yes, it has to be the same length. If not, search the ROM for a pointer to the text and repoint it. This is quite hard to explain, but say the text you want to change is located at 0x145c00.

Make a script in XSE with your new text, regardless of length, like this:

#dynamic 0x800000

#org @1
= Hello this is a string of text\nand it may or may not be longer\lthen the original part of text.

Compile that to your ROM in XSE, save the offset in Notepad, and then load your ROM in Translhextion (or whatever hex editor you want).

Now, remember the original offset was 0x145c00? Well, we need to turn that into an offset. We do this like so:

[14] [5c] [00]

Reversed:

[00] [5c] [14]

Add [08]:

[00] [5c] [14] [08]

So now we search the ROM for 005c1408. We then replace that with the pointer to our new script.

Say we compiled that text to 0x800000, we then need to make that into a pointer:

[80] [00] [00]

Reversed:

[00] [00] [80]

Add [08]:

[00] [00] [80] [08]

So we replace 005c1408 with 00008008.

That should work, though I'm not 100% sure. Back up your ROM and test it out, then get back to me if there are any problems.

[Mallowigi]

As I understand, it does the same as A-Text, except that I have more control over it. All I need to do is to create a big jumbo script for all the strings, then locate each one of them with A-Text.

Goddamn it's a lot of work... Gotta delegate this to someone.

Thanks though

[CliveKoopa]

I know this has probably been asked many times before and I think I may have a long time ago but where can I find the inis for after Route 101 in A-Text?

Also in Advance Map, the city/town names, etc under "From INI" are in German. Is there anyway I can turn this into English? The map headers, however are in English.

[TempixTL]

My problem is that in my Pokemon Ruby hack, the name of the map doesn't show up when you enter it. For any map.

Under the "Header" tab in AdvanceMap, I have Show Name On Entering set to Show Name [01], and the type is set to City [02] for one particular map. Any ideas?

[Mallowigi]

Originally Posted by CliveKoopa

I know this has probably been asked many times before and I think I may have a long time ago but where can I find the inis for after Route 101 in A-Text?

Also in Advance Map, the city/town names, etc under "From INI" are in German. Is there anyway I can turn this into English? The map headers, however are in English.

You don't really need them, just use the Search function inside and search for the beginning of your text, then click Write To Ini to put in there.

There's a lot of work, but I really suggest you to not change the dialogs from this tool but from XSE directly.

[droomph]

Originally Posted by TempixTL

My problem is that in my Pokemon Ruby hack, the name of the map doesn't show up when you enter it. For any map.

Under the "Header" tab in AdvanceMap, I have Show Name On Entering set to Show Name [01], and the type is set to City [02] for one particular map. Any ideas?

There is an array of names, and there can be only so much in one game. If you want you'll have to remove one of the preexisting cities and then make your new city/area on top. If you want new towns however may I recommend using Emerald instead?

[CliveKoopa]

How do I find certain text in XSE? There's no text search button there.