[Other] Event handling for Gen IV roms

[Caimanlizard]

Rom hack newbie here. I have played some hacks, never made any, and I have some programming skills. My goal is to create a mini mod for Platinum.

My question is sort of general:

How are events handled in a gen iv game? (Is that a part of the 'scripts'?)
-Say if I want to reset the game progress back to a certain time, for example, defeat team galactic, reset back to before defeating, and defeat it again by battling all the grunts. Would that be possible?

Alternatively, is it possible to make changes to trainers and make them rechallengable? (Trainer editor?)

Thank you very much!

 

[Hajima]

To be honest, I think if you have no experience in Rom Hacking whatsoever, you should start with GBA Roms not NDS. Since it's easier and people provide more tools, tutorials and resources.

To start with Basic Rom Hacking, follow these tutorials :

Spoiler:

https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=164276 = Script Editing
https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=117279 = Advance Map Tutorial (For adding scripts, changing maps, etc.)

Good Luck! Cheers! :)

 

[Caimanlizard]

Hi @Hajima!

Thank you for the advice!

I'm fully aware that the current scripting tools are focused on gba games/BW. My question is more for a decision making: if "event stage resetting"/"trainer rechallenge" are not possible in gen 4 roms at all, then I wouldn't try to learn mod hacks but might go for other methods; if they are possible, I will get some practices with gba roms first.

Thanks! :)

 

[Salamence™]

I have been looking into the Platinum script files. But i cant find mysery gift scripts, i can give the script for the darkrai/shaymin event :)
Gen 3 and Gen 4 Scripting is also a bit different :)