Help Thread: ASM & Disassembly

[Blah]

.thumb
start:
 push {r0-r7, lr}
 ldr r0, =(0x20370D0) @x800D, holds the berry number
 ldrh r1, [r0] @r1 now holds the number held in x800D
 ldr r0, =(0x3005541) @may change later because I don't know if this is free
 add r0, r0, r1 @gets the address of the table
 mov r2, r0
 mov r1, r0
 add r2, #0x3
 add r1, #0x2 @r0 is the year pointer, r1 is the month, and r2 is the day
 ldrh r0, r3
 ldrb r1, r4
 ldrb r2, r5
 ldr r6, =(0x300553C)
 ldrh r7, [r6]
 cmp r3, r7
 blo x800D_1
 ldr r6, =(0x300553F)
 ldrb r7, [r6]
 blo x800D_1
 ldr r6, =(0x3005540)
 ldrb r7, [r6]
 blo x800D_1
 ldr r0, =(0x20370D0)
 mov r1, #0x0
 strh r0, [r1] 
 pop {r0-r7}
x800D_1:
 ldr r6, =(0x300553C)
 ldrh r7, [r6]
 strh r7, [r0]
 ldr r6, =(0x300553C)
 ldrb r7, [r6]
 strb r7, [r1]
 ldr r6, =(0x300553C)
 ldrb r7, [r6]
 strb r7, [r2]
 ldr r0, =(0x20370D0)
 mov r1, #0x1
 strh r0, [r1]
 pop {r0-r7, pc}

When I try to assemble this(it's a code of my own design), I get an error from the assembler. It tells me that lines 13, 14, and 15 are messed up. The exact error I get is 'invalid offset, value too big (0xFFFFFFFC)', which doesn't make any sense to me.

You don't have square brackets.

ldrh r0, [r3]
ldrb r1, [r4]
ldrb r2, [r5]

Also, for the love of god, please format your routine. That's so painful to read X_X

Oh my gosh. FBI actually responded to my question. I'm at awe. O.O Thank you for the first parts! ^U^

As for the last part of your reply, I'd guess it was JPAN's source code you wanted me to pastebin right? Well, here it is. https://pastebin.com/dxpEFdWb

EDIT: Oh. I forgot to ask. In the Frontier Opponent Party Generation Routine, how do I make it so that it generates constant number of Pokemon (let's say, I want it to generate 3 Pokemon the whole time), should I remove the "genAmount" section? And if so, what would I replace it with?

P.S. The Pokemon can't be generated with random level each right? (Or did I guess wrong?)

You can make it generate a static amount, yes. Change:

	ldr r4, =(0x8044EC8 +1)@gen random number
	bl linker
	lsl r0, r0, #0x10
	lsr r0, r0, #0x10
	mov r1, #0x6
	ldr r4, =(0x81E4684 +1)
	bl linker
	add r0, r0, #0x1
	mov r5, r0

to

mov r5, #0xAmount you want

As for generating random levels, change:

	mov r0, #0x64
	mul r0, r0, r7
	add r0, r0, r6 @free memory
	mov r2, #0x32 @level
	mov r3, #0x20 @cnst
	ldr r4, =(0x803DA54 +1)
	bl linker
	add r7, r7, #0x1
	b genLoop

to:

	mov r0, #0x64
	mul r0, r0, r7
	add r0, r0, r6 @free memory
	push {r0-r3}
	ldr r4, =(0x8044EC8 +1)@gen random number
	bl linker
	mov r1, #0x64
	ldr r4, =(0x81E4684 +1)
	bl linker
	mov r4, r0
	pop {r0-r3}
	mov r2, r4
	mov r3, #0x20 @cnst
	ldr r4, =(0x803DA54 +1)
	bl linker
	add r7, r7, #0x1
	b genLoop

note that this is untested.


For Jpan's thing. He explains right here:

/*This code is meant to create a small box, based on the multichoice
box code, that can be used to input numeric values in-game.

This box will receive as input the largest possible number in variable
0x8008 and 0x8009 as a 32 bit number, and returns 0x8008 and 0x8009 as
the 32 bit input number, and 0x800D as either the digit A was pressed on
or 0x7f if B was pressed to cancel the box input.*/

setvar 0x8008 and 0x8009 to 0x0 before doing callasm.

 

[robinjea]

You can make it generate a static amount, yes. Change:

    ldr r4, =(0x8044EC8 +1)@gen random number
    bl linker
    lsl r0, r0, #0x10
    lsr r0, r0, #0x10
    mov r1, #0x6
    ldr r4, =(0x81E4684 +1)
    bl linker
    add r0, r0, #0x1
    mov r5, r0

to

mov r5, #0xAmount you want

As for generating random levels, change:

    mov r0, #0x64
    mul r0, r0, r7
    add r0, r0, r6 @free memory
    mov r2, #0x32 @level
    mov r3, #0x20 @cnst
    ldr r4, =(0x803DA54 +1)
    bl linker
    add r7, r7, #0x1
    b genLoop

to:

    mov r0, #0x64
    mul r0, r0, r7
    add r0, r0, r6 @free memory
    push {r0-r3}
    ldr r4, =(0x8044EC8 +1)@gen random number
    bl linker
    mov r1, #0x64
    ldr r4, =(0x81E4684 +1)
    bl linker
    mov r4, r0
    pop {r0-r3}
    mov r2, r4
    mov r3, #0x20 @cnst
    ldr r4, =(0x803DA54 +1)
    bl linker
    add r7, r7, #0x1
    b genLoop

note that this is untested.


For Jpan's thing. He explains right here:

setvar 0x8008 and 0x8009 to 0x0 before doing callasm.

Oops. Sorry I didn't read through his routine. ._. Thanks FBI! As always, you're the best! ^U^ Still don't know why the HP Modification Per Step Routines doesn't work though. I have tried everything (applied it to a very very fresh BPRE ROM, started a new game without cheats or anything, checked everything) still freezes. TT^TT Am I the only one?

 

[Blah]

Oops. Sorry I didn't read through his routine. ._. Thanks FBI! As always, you're the best! ^U^ Still don't know why the HP Modification Per Step Routines doesn't work though. I have tried everything (applied it to a very very fresh BPRE ROM, started a new game without cheats or anything, checked everything) still freezes. TT^TT Am I the only one?

I don't know, it might be broken. Can you link the post? I guess I could take a quick peek.

 

[robinjea]

I don't know, it might be broken. Can you link the post? I guess I could take a quick peek.

Here it is. :)

And next the HP Modifications per step routines.

Spoiler:

HP Regeneration per Step
HP Removal per Step
(Well, since the removal routine was based on the regeneration routine, the problem I have is just probably the same.)
Okay, so the problem with these two routines is whenever I have a very healthy party, there's ain't a problem (no increase or decrease in HP) but whenever I have a party Pokemon that is not so healthy (1HP or more damage), the very next step I take, the game freezes. Am I the only one? And if so, what's wrong? O.O

 

[Pokemon_XY]

I don't know, it might be broken. Can you link the post? I guess I could take a quick peek.

I have a question.
I'm here in this thread to get some information about how to get the battle type in Firered version before loading the mugshots (see Jambo51's thread to get what is pre-battle mugshot)
As we all know, 0x02022B4C keeps a word indicating the battle type. However, it gets the value after the pre-battle mugshot animation absolutely, which means that I can't use that to judge the type of battle.
What I'm working on is to add the pre-battle mugshot to every battle, including wild pokemon battle (Jambo51 has done the trainer part)
The core modification is here:

0x7F650 - 0C 20

Then every wild pokemon and trainer will have the mugshot of Agatha.
I want to get the battle type so I can write the routine accordingly. As you can see, if I know that, I can decide whether to get pointer from the trainer sprites table or pokemon sprites table. Then everything goes right.

Thanks if you or anyone can solve the problem :)

 

[Blah]

I have a question.
I'm here in this thread to get some information about how to get the battle type in Firered version before loading the mugshots (see Jambo51's thread to get what is pre-battle mugshot)
As we all know, 0x02022B4C keeps a word indicating the battle type. However, it gets the value after the pre-battle mugshot animation absolutely, which means that I can't use that to judge the type of battle.
What I'm working on is to add the pre-battle mugshot to every battle, including wild pokemon battle (Jambo51 has done the trainer part)
The core modification is here:

0x7F650 - 0C 20

Then every wild pokemon and trainer will have the mugshot of Agatha.
I want to get the battle type so I can write the routine accordingly. As you can see, if I know that, I can decide whether to get pointer from the trainer sprites table or pokemon sprites table. Then everything goes right.

Thanks if you or anyone can solve the problem :)

The Mugshots are determined by trainer class. If the class is elite four or champion, a mugshot is displayed. Jambo51 uses this fact to display mugshots by tricking the game into thinking it is loading a champion or rival battle. I researched this some time ago, and the value is confirmed twice per battle, you'll find the locations once you set bpr points at the trainer table's class byte. I'm unsure if wild battles also break at the routine, I haven't tried that before.

From there you can load your own mugshot. For wild battles, if it doesn't break, you should just write your own or redirect it (which might mess up other things).

 

[Pokemon_XY]

The Mugshots are determined by trainer class. If the class is elite four or champion, a mugshot is displayed. Jambo51 uses this fact to display mugshots by tricking the game into thinking it is loading a champion or rival battle. I researched this some time ago, and the value is confirmed twice per battle, you'll find the locations once you set bpr points at the trainer table's class byte. I'm unsure if wild battles also break at the routine, I haven't tried that before.

From there you can load your own mugshot. For wild battles, if it doesn't break, you should just write your own or redirect it (which might mess up other things).

There seems to exist an "animation function", which is located at 0x080D08B8. It takes one parameter in r0 and if it's 0xC or 0xD or other similar values the routine will think it's champion or member of elite four and run the "mugshot animation", otherwise it will run the normal animation.
So I get the byte changes (0C 20 for mov r0, #0xC) to make the function always load the "mugshot animation".
But IDK how to judge if it's a wildbattle or a trainerbattle lol
Because that will decide which sprite table and palette table to read...
The trainer class check and trainer id check are before the routine and if they passed (for example, is Agatha), then 0xC is written to the task argument space and then load into r0 before the "animation function" is called.

 

[Blah]

There seems to exist an "animation function", which is located at 0x080D08B8. It takes one parameter in r0 and if it's 0xC or 0xD or other similar values the routine will think it's champion or member of elite four and run the "mugshot animation", otherwise it will run the normal animation.
So I get the byte changes (0C 20 for mov r0, #0xC) to make the function always load the "mugshot animation".
But IDK how to judge if it's a wildbattle or a trainerbattle lol
Because that will decide which sprite table and palette table to read...
The trainer class check and trainer id check are before the routine and if they passed (for example, is Agatha), then 0xC is written to the task argument space and then load into r0 before the "animation function" is called.

So do some research. The game needs to know when to call that function at some point, work backwards until you can find a point where the battle functions diverge.

 

[Pokemon_XY]

Could anyone solve the problem?
https://www.pokecommunity.com/showpost.php?p=8942634&postcount=739

 

[AkameTheBulbasaur]

Hi! Is it possible for me to be able to combine the Reset Chain routine and the HP Regeneration routine? As they are, it's only possible to have one at a time since they branch off of the same routine.

For that I would need some sort of mediator but how should I do that?


Thanks in advance. :D

 

[Blah]

Hi! Is it possible for me to be able to combine the Reset Chain routine and the HP Regeneration routine? As they are, it's only possible to have one at a time since they branch off of the same routine.

For that I would need some sort of mediator but how should I do that?


Thanks in advance. :D

Could you quote both routines for the lazy please :3

 

[DraconianWing]

(Not sure if this goes in here or the Quick Questions and Answers thread. Mods please move this post if needed)

I'm finally working towards inserting ASM routines into Sigma Emerald, so I have a bunch of questions.

-When writing a pointer in thumb mode, do you + 1 to the offset before or after you shuffle it?
ie. Let's take 0x345678 as an example. Does it become 34 56 79 -> 79 56 34? Or would it be 78 56 35?

- When writing pointers into x offset, can I just go into a hex editor and write the changes directly to the bytes?
ie. just going in there and straight up typing your pointer digits.

-HackMew stated in his knowledge thread that 0x800000 is the optimal offset for inserting ASM routines into? From what I've heard, Emerald has no freespace there. Where should I insert routines after compiling them with the thumb assembler?

-I've been trying to find a solution for the incorrect mugshots in my E4 rematch teams in Sigma Emerald; since Jambo's mugshot hack has been ported to BPEE, would it work to insert only the second ASM routine (the one that changes the loaded mugshot to that of the trainer sprite) because I'm only trying to fix the Elite Four mugshots?

 

[Blah]

(Not sure if this goes in here or the Quick Questions and Answers thread. Mods please move this post if needed)

I'm finally working towards inserting ASM routines into Sigma Emerald, so I have a bunch of questions.

-When writing a pointer in thumb mode, do you + 1 to the offset before or after you shuffle it?
ie. Let's take 0x345678 as an example. Does it become 34 56 79 -> 79 56 34? Or would it be 78 56 35?

- When writing pointers into x offset, can I just go into a hex editor and write the changes directly to the bytes?
ie. just going in there and straight up typing your pointer digits.

-HackMew stated in his knowledge thread that 0x800000 is the optimal offset for inserting ASM routines into? From what I've heard, Emerald has no freespace there. Where should I insert routines after compiling them with the thumb assembler?

-I've been trying to find a solution for the incorrect mugshots in my E4 rematch teams in Sigma Emerald; since Jambo's mugshot hack has been ported to BPEE, would it work to insert only the second ASM routine (the one that changes the loaded mugshot to that of the trainer sprite) because I'm only trying to fix the Elite Four mugshots?

- Add one before shuffling: 34 56 79 -> 79 56 34

- No, his knowledge of the games are very very outdated. This is the same guy who thought 00s were the free space bytes in Emerald. I suggest you open a hex editor, find a good chunk of free space then just insert them there. There's plenty of room, and you can expand the ROM too.

How are they incorrect? Are you using a different set of Elite Fours then the first match? Or are you mugshots becoming mixed up (as in swapped around). If that is the case, use the game's original Trainer IDs for the Elite Fours. I don't recall 100% but there is a 4 way switch between the four of them and the default being the rival.

 

[DraconianWing]

How are they incorrect? Are you using a different set of Elite Fours then the first match? Or are you mugshots becoming mixed up (as in swapped around). If that is the case, use the game's original Trainer IDs for the Elite Fours. I don't recall 100% but there is a 4 way switch between the four of them and the default being the rival.

My thread pretty much sums it up: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?p=8927124#post8927124

I assigned the upgraded teams to new trainer IDs, so they all show Wallace's mugshots on the second run. The first matches are fine though. Basically I tried re-creating the rematch system present in the newer games where they have better teams once you challenge them as the Champion. Everything worked out except for the vs. screens.

 

[Blah]

My thread pretty much sums it up: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?p=8927124#post8927124

I assigned the upgraded teams to new trainer IDs, so they all show Wallace's mugshots on the second run. The first matches are fine though. Basically I tried re-creating the rematch system present in the newer games where they have better teams once you challenge them as the Champion. Everything worked out except for the vs. screens.

Open a clean EM ROM, and check the trainer IDs for the elite four rematches, and just overwrite those ones with your second battle.

 

[DraconianWing]

Open a clean EM ROM, and check the trainer IDs for the elite four rematches, and just overwrite those ones with your second battle.

But the thing is that vanilla Emerald doesn't have Elite Four rematches, hence why created one in the first place. If you open up a trainer editor, you'll see that the Gym Leader rematches have separate IDs for each of their rematch teams. On the other hand, the Elite Four make use of flags that are cleared either after defeating the Champion or the player loses the challenge; their teams remain at the same level with the same Pokemon when you go back to battle them again.

What I did was dissect the original E4 script, replicate it, then add a flag that checks if the player has become the Champion, along with the new trainerbattles with the IDs. (and dialogue) I needed the new IDs so that the first run is still the original Emerald E4, then have new higher-level teams upon re-running the League.

 

[AkameTheBulbasaur]

Could you quote both routines for the lazy please :3

Reset Chain:

Spoiler:

.text
.align 2
.thumb
.thumb_func

main:
push {r0-r1}
ldr r0, =(0x20370BC)
mov r1, #0x0
strb r1,[r0]
pop {r0-r1}

end:
lsl r0, r0, #0x18
lsr r0, r0, #0x18
cmp r0, #0x1
beq linker
mov r0, r5
ldr r1, =(0x806D600 +1)
bx r1

linker:
ldr r0, =(0x806D650 +1)
bx r0


.align 2

HP Regeneration:

Spoiler:

.text
.align 2
.thumb
.thumb_func

main:
push {r0-r7}
ldr r0, =(0x2024284)
mov r6, #0x0
ldr r7, =(0x2024029)
ldrb r7, [r7]


loop:
cmp r6, r7
beq end
mov r1, #0x64
mul r1, r1, r6
add r0, r0, r1
mov r5, r0
mov r1, #0x39
ldr r3, =(0x803FBE8 +1)
bl linker
mov r4, r0
cmp r4, #0x0
beq next
mov r0, r5
mov r1, #0x3A
ldr r3, =(0x803FBE8 +1)
bl linker
add r6, r6, #0x1
cmp r4, r0
beq loop

addOn:
add r4, r4, #0x1
cmp r4, r0
ble cont
mov r4, r0

cont:
mov r0, r5
mov r1, #0x39
ldr r2, =(0x20370D0)
strh r4, [r2]
ldr r3, =(0x804037C)
bl linker
b loop

next:
add r6, r6, #0x1
b loop

end:
pop {r0-r7}
lsl r0, r0, #0x18
lsr r0, r0, #0x18
cmp r0, #0x1
beq brancher
mov r0, r5
ldr r1, =(0x806D600 +1)
bx r1

brancher:
ldr r0, =(0x806D650 +1)
bx r0

linker:
bx r3

.align 2

 

[Blah]

Replace the hook with a hook to this routine. Feel free to delete the other two.

Spoiler:

.text
.align 2
.thumb
.thumb_func

main:
push {r0-r7}
ldr r0, =(0x20370BC)
mov r1, #0x0
strb r1,[r0]
ldr r0, =(0x2024284)
mov r6, #0x0
ldr r7, =(0x2024029)
ldrb r7, [r7]


loop:
cmp r6, r7
beq end
mov r1, #0x64
mul r1, r1, r6
add r0, r0, r1
mov r5, r0
mov r1, #0x39
ldr r3, =(0x803FBE8 +1)
bl linker
mov r4, r0
cmp r4, #0x0
beq next
mov r0, r5
mov r1, #0x3A
ldr r3, =(0x803FBE8 +1)
bl linker
add r6, r6, #0x1
cmp r4, r0
beq loop

addOn:
add r4, r4, #0x1
cmp r4, r0
ble cont
mov r4, r0

cont:
mov r0, r5
mov r1, #0x39
ldr r2, =(0x20370D0)
strh r4, [r2]
ldr r3, =(0x804037C)
bl linker
b loop

next:
add r6, r6, #0x1
b loop

end:
pop {r0-r7}
lsl r0, r0, #0x18
lsr r0, r0, #0x18
cmp r0, #0x1
beq brancher
mov r0, r5
ldr r1, =(0x806D600 +1)
bx r1

brancher:
ldr r0, =(0x806D650 +1)
bx r0

linker:
bx r3

.align 2

 

[NewDenverCity]

Does anyone know the location of FR's wild Pokémon generator? I don't mean the special, I want to know how background byte 1 works.

 

[Blah]

Does anyone know the location of FR's wild Pokémon generator? I don't mean the special, I want to know how background byte 1 works.

Wild Pokemon generator? There is no such thing. All Pokemon in the game are generated using the same function, ROM:0803DA54.