Conversation Between GoldFlareon and Thrace
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  1. GoldFlareon
    October 24th, 2008 2:16 PM
    GoldFlareon
    Hi there again.
    Alright. I saved the backup files over the newest one (the one with my Fakemon inserted), and instead I have saved it in Zubat's place. But whenever I run into one, the sprite is the question mark thing, and it's name is: ??????????? and it is level one.
    I think that's a problem. ^^;;
  2. Thrace
    October 24th, 2008 3:49 AM
    Thrace
    Oh, lol. I forgot to put the link in it. Here it is:
    http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=123882

    And don't worry, everyone has trouble when the first start out. :)
  3. GoldFlareon
    October 24th, 2008 3:21 AM
    GoldFlareon
    Hm...so do you know what the program is?

    Uh, I feel like an idiot. It should be simple, but I always have to stuff it up. *Rolls eyes*
  4. Thrace
    October 24th, 2008 2:41 AM
    Thrace
    Did you make sure to check "Automatically fix pointers"?

    If you remember the offset you inserted the new sprite to then you can use this program to manually change the pointer. Just open up your rom, go to Rattata and under Other Data simply change the Sprite Offset to the new sprite's offset.
  5. GoldFlareon
    October 24th, 2008 1:42 AM
    GoldFlareon
    Uhh... This is why I wanted to overwrite one. It doesn't show up anywhere! I can't edit it with Yape. D:

    Help?
  6. GoldFlareon
    October 24th, 2008 12:43 AM
    GoldFlareon
    *Is trying it*

    I'll tell you what happens.
  7. Thrace
    October 24th, 2008 12:31 AM
    Thrace
    Oh, I really have no idea how to do it with IrfanView. I use Photoshop CS2.

    You can't overwrite the Rattata's image because the image size of the file you want to insert is bigger than the image file of the original Rattata. But don't worry, theres plenty of free space in the rom.

    The "Auto Abort if new data is bigger" doesn't apply here because you're inserting the image to a completely new place. It doesn't hurt to have it ticked though.

    Did it not work then?
  8. GoldFlareon
    October 24th, 2008 12:19 AM
    GoldFlareon
    I use Irfanview. (The tuts say so)

    Hmm, so that means I can't overwrite the Rattata then? Is there a reason for it? 'Cause I would rather overwrite it that add a new one. It told me to click all the boxes when I "write it to the ROM".
    *Sighs*
    Oh well. Thanks for your help; it's been great support!
  9. Thrace
    October 24th, 2008 12:07 AM
    Thrace
    Well, what program do you use for indexing it?

    It means that you need to insert the image to a place with empty space. Open up your rom with a hex editor and find a place that has a whole bunch of FF in it. A good place to start looking is at 800000 (thats in hexadecimal). Otherwise you can use a program called Free Space Finder made by HackMew to find free space. Make sure you allow for a lot of free space as it is an image. In the Write to Rom message box that shows up enter the offset with the free space in the image offset textbox. Before you hit OK make sure that Import Pallete, Import Image and Automatically Fix Pointers is checked.
  10. GoldFlareon
    October 23rd, 2008 11:28 PM
    GoldFlareon
    Oh my gosh! Thanks!
    It imports now! xD
    Well, I didn't know how to change the fist colour to be the transparent one. I tried switching the colours, but it just made the outlines blue. +_+

    And now there is another problem. It says: "Compressed size is: 2C8. Which is too big. Aborting." D:
    What does that mean?

    ~Flareon.
  11. Thrace
    October 23rd, 2008 11:19 PM
    Thrace
    Here you go:

    The problem was that one of your colours was transparent. UNLZ doesn't recognize transparency since its not supported by the GBA platform. You also have to make sure that the background colour is the first colour in the pallete. This is how transparency works in GBA roms.

    I think it looks wonderful actually. :3
    Its much better than what I could do anyway.

    Theres quite a few Australian hackers around here but I only know of one other person from NZ. :(
  12. GoldFlareon
    October 23rd, 2008 11:04 PM
    GoldFlareon
    Alrighty.

    I just realised, you're from New Zealand! I'm Australian. :D (Melbourne)

    By the way, the sprite isn't very good. I made it at the start of the year (or something), but have since edited its shading.
    *Waits* WHAT?! It won't upload to Photobucket... *Goes to Imageshack*
    http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bigmyspriteef3.png There you go. The Fakemon wasn't based off any animal as such, but just a random doodle.

    ~Flareon
  13. Thrace
    October 23rd, 2008 10:56 PM
    Thrace
    Thats good, its always a good idea to experiment for a bit before you start making a proper hack.

    Hm, thats strange if you want, send me the image and I'll see what the problem is.
  14. GoldFlareon
    October 23rd, 2008 10:45 PM
    GoldFlareon
    Pretty much just mucking around and experimenting, but me and a friend are going to make a proper hack. Although, before I can justify that, I need to know how to insert sprites. It's really annoying. >.>

    The sprite I wanna insert has 16 colours, it is 64x64 and it's PNG. And those are the things that I need to make it indexed. Although, when I click "Import" on the unLZ-GBA program, it says it's not indexed. And all the tutorials don't explain this problem. I am using Sapphire version...and it's a real problem.

    ~Flareon
  15. Thrace
    October 22nd, 2008 10:05 PM
    Thrace
    Ah right. Its strange how this is the only Pokemon forum that has a section for Rom Hacking discussion, the only other forums that have it are ones that are dedicated to hacking. :/

    So, are you working on a hack or are you just experimenting with hacking right now?