Hacking Gone Wrong

[MysticFlames]

A thread for funny screenshots of any scripting, mapping or whatever screw ups in your time working on a hack. Everyone makes mistakes, of course, and they often could go very wrong and thus be very entertaining mistakes.

To start it off, here's a few.

I can't say I've ever seen the ? sprite just show up out of nowhere.

I don't even know what's happening here. You can't see it in a still picture, but everything was twitching, as well.

 

[NarutoActor]

One time I was messing with asm, and testing routines. I tried running my routine which would load different pallets to the overworld sprite depending on set vars. I did something wrong, and the main character just randomly continuously changed pallets. It was quite funny, It looked like he was high. I made a video but I lost it, it was a while ago. XD

 

[MysticFlames]

@Team Fail: I didn't think I still had the script, but apparently I do.

#org $CrazyNurse
lock
faceplayer
message $CrazyMessage
$CrazyMessage 1 = NURSE: Would you like me to\nheal your POKéMON for [p]200?
#raw 0x93 0x00 0x00 0x00
boxset 5
compare 0x800D 0x0001
if 0x01 goto $CrazyMessage
#raw 0x94 0x00 0x00
message $NoMessage
$NoMessage 1 = I guess my needle is not going\nto get any use today.
boxset 6
release
end

#org $Yes
#raw 0x92 0xC8 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
compare 0x800D 0x1
if 0x0 goto $EnoughMoney
message $TurnDown
$TurnDown 1 = I never like to have to turn\nsomeone away.
boxset 6
release
end

#org $EnoughMoney
message $HoldStill
#raw 0x91 0xC8 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00
#0x95 0x00 0x00 0x00
pause 0x10
$HoldStill 1 = Nurse: Now, honey, hold\nstill.\l\v\h01 went unconscious.
boxset 6
fadescreen 1
#raw 0x94 0x00 0x00
special 0
fanfare 0x100
waitfanfare
fadescreen 0x00
message $Regained
$Regained 1 = \v\h01 regained\nconsciousness.
boxset 6
release
end

The problem is, though, I've tried it again, and I can't seem to replicate that screenshot. XD I do know that it was caused by this script, though.

 

[Shiny Quagsire]

I've messed with a few RAM offsets before. I got this really funny result. :)

Don't fart on budew! XD

Pokemon: The Eggs Strike Back

These were only temporary though. It was pretty darn funny when it happened though!

 

[Sawakita]

Few months ago, while re-programming pokemon blue's engine to load uncompressed images...

btw, now it works fine.

 

[NInjaboyX]

was that old lady trying to offer to heal your pokemon?

 

[sab]

Few months ago, while re-programming pokemon blue's engine to load uncompressed images...

btw, now it works fine.

That's a lotad if I'm not mistaken.
I don't really have much I can post, but once I managed to glitch things up so that the tileset for a map was the thing were it showed all your pokemon after beating the elite four.

 

[Logan]

I managed to get the Textbox to move once... I'll try and dig up a screenshot:

 

[altariaking]

The result of me trying to hack the battle background just two minutes ago:

srslywtfidek

 

[Flowerchild]

I managed to get the Textbox to move once... I'll try and dig up a screenshot:

I'm actually impressed by this, it's really cool, as long as you move it off Oak's face.

 

[Poster]

I managed the impossible. I am awesome. DERRY DON'T YOU DARE SPEAK ;;

[...]

Okay, seriously now, since for the graphical part I'm mostly messing with overworlds, I happened to witness a few terrible glitches that kept making my ROM restart.

Also, I always wondered why you glitch when you end up healing your pokemon at home, in any rom where you apply 'JPAN's hacked engine' patch to.

 

[U.Flame]

I'm typing on my PSP so I can't post a screenshot but my original rom was SO screwed up, battles wouldn't work at all. It would freeze! Also while screwing around with script offsets, I created a way to clone! A glitchy accidently found method but still a way to clone in Sapphire!

 

[MysticFlames]

Here's a few more screenshots:

Messing with scripts ended up making the player get sent to Blaine's gym upon fainting. XD I had one lvl 7 Psyduck, so it got murdered by his Growlithe... and then I got sent there again from fainting. Infinite loop. XD

I guess this is what happens when you warp to a map... with no warp. XD

 

[adhdguitar]

Here's a few more screenshots:

Messing with scripts ended up making the player get sent to Blaine's gym upon fainting. XD I had one lvl 7 Psyduck, so it got murdered by his Growlithe... and then I got sent there again from fainting. Infinite loop. XD

Lol, that happened to me too. I think that's where you go if there is no healing spot set.

 

[pkmntrainerpaul]

I think this says enough:

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Best of all, it's a fatal error, I can't fix it xD

 

[Shiny Quagsire]

I managed to get the Textbox to move once... I'll try and dig up a screenshot:

I figured out how to make that happen. :)

Tee Hee! I Figured it out on fire red, and I'll try and find it on ruby.

The textbox data is stored at 0x020204b4. The amounts all relate to the amount of 8x8 squares. It goes in this format:

byte: Unknown
byte: Text X position. Textbox follows
byte: Text Y position. Textbox follows
byte: Text X amount. Textbox follows.
byte: Text Y amount. Textbox becomes cut open. Never modify.
byte: Text properties (I have yet to figure this out, but it changes font, background, ect.
6 bytes: unknown, and havn't found any functions relating to them.

Try opening VBA's memory viewer and fiddling with the values. Your text box will be at your command :)

I'll have to find the place in the ROM where it's loaded from....

 

[goldie666]

www-youtube-com/watch?v=Govn0_Wudx8

(change "-" to "." - soz, but i dont have 15 posts so it doesnt let me :S)

Screwed up some code..lol and Prof. Birch is acting weird :C



Well, btw, can anyone tell me how to change this poochyena at the beggining ? I wanted change it to Treecko :S

 

[angel★]

That pokemon center warp glitch was funny.

LOL, nurse joy can't pay the rent for a pokemon center, so she has to use a cave instead.

 

[Cheesepie9621]

@Pkmntrainerpaul i lold no screenshots but i have been adding maps to pokemon emerald without removing or editing other maps and i hit a glitch on a direct connection where it lets you into an area but wont let you out. :(

 

[Pokepal17]

Two problems from my n00b days. :3
(Ah, bad times <:)