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ROM Hacking Help

Need a helping hand? You can get help on any ROM Hacking-related problems or questions you have here.

Section Staff: Avara, Pia Carrot, Bloodless

Launchpad

Idea Pokémon Northstar

1 Day Ago by bh02032002

Research & Development

Quick Research & Development...

2 Hours Ago by Spherical Ice

Tools, Tutorials & Resources

Tool [Release] AdvanceMap 1.95...

1 Day Ago by incneet

Decomp & Disassembly

Pokeemerald Map Previews

8 Minutes Ago by Jaizu

Map

trying to insert a tree

Transdrago, May 21: Hey ! I have a quick question, I'm new in rom hacking and I'm trying to insert a tree in my firered rom. But everytime I try to change the tileset 1 (with the correct palette) half of the tileset is messed up. Thanks for the help !

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Started by Transdrago

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[Fire Red] Difficulty Inserting Maps

PokeChu, May 7: I believe editing existing maps is better. Just change the map connections, make it not look like the Kanto Map, and you are good to go. Though you can insert new maps in A-Map by clicking the button with a house and arrow at the top, just fill...

3 272

Started by ElectricPenguin

Map

Making maps in Emerald

cozzilicious, May 5: Does anyone know how to make maps in emerald using RPG Maker XP? Specifically an Emerald Version of Pokemon Essentials. It would be cool if the scripting for events came along with it like in Pokemon Essentials since Idk how to script. I have...

0 216

Started by cozzilicious

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I have a problem with advance map

PokeChu, May 5: Oh, I see. Well, all I can say is that make a signpost script to give that item as I have no idea where the offset is.

6 266

Started by rax25xd

Map

Advance Map Block Editing

Lance Koijer 2.0, Apr 26: Hello everyone. Does anyone of you guys have figured out how to load bvd of second tileset in Advance Map correctly? Every time I edit a saved block on tileset 2, the tool only copies the first tileset of the map.

0 171

Started by Lance Koijer 2.0

Map

No Wild Encounters in Artisan Cave

STikER, Apr 20: Yeah, it was a behavior byte. I set it back to 08 and encounters were back. Huge thanks to you!

2 293

Started by STikER

Map

Custom Town Map Help (FR ROM Hack)

kalarie, Apr 19: Check this post on palette offsets for the town map.

1 305

Started by awesome2198

Map

Random NPC Shows up in city

acetrainereddie, Apr 18: As said above, a blank Red Npc shows up when i reload the map. I checked header scripts and see nothing. Anyone else having this issue, and does it have anything to do with my use of 2 advancemap versions (1.95 and 1.92)? Please help.

0 255

Started by acetrainereddie

Map

USUM Map Editor?

techmuse, Apr 12: So me and 2 others decided to start a USUM hack of a SM sequel. Where can we find map editors? Thanks in advance.

0 276

Started by techmuse

Map

Border block help- inside border blocks showing random tiles

PokeChu, Apr 11: To fix this, just go to another map, see which block is the border block, and use that block as your border block. Second, inserting and then making a new map is extremely boring and tiring. An alternative to this is that if you want to add more...

2 276

Started by beastnationred

Map

Advance Map can't import new tileset (DIB is invalid)

Dr. Seuss, Apr 8: Advance Map 1.92 exports tileset pictures in .dib format only. Use Advance Map 1.95 for this task since it supports .bmp pictures.

1 323

Started by BluezamX

Map

Error with Advance Map

ROMhacker254, Apr 7: So the map is in the game, and the first few times I tested it, it worked completely fine, as in, I could still warp back to the League Gate, but since I've changed the music for the area multiple times; (because even though its an English ROM, for...

5 353

Started by ROMhacker254

Map

Expanding the world map crashes the game

Marrinara_Sauce, Mar 30: Hi, I'm new around here, but I've been playing around with ROM hacking for a while. Recently, I had an idea for a hack for one of the Gen 4 games that involves a "taller" game world (north to south) than either than them have, but I've run into a...

0 367

Started by Marrinara_Sauce

Map

Floor numbers

Child Amnesiac, Mar 9: In Fire Red there are maps that have floor numbers/intro scenes when you enter the map. How would you change that, because from what I've seen it's connected to the maps themselves making me speculate that it has to do with the header. So, how...

0 472

Started by Child Amnesiac

Map

Is it possible to smush two regions into one World Map in Pokemon Firered?

Momoro, Mar 2: Also, Dr. Seuss, you said that there are functions to switch the maps easily - How would I call these functions in certain rooms? Thanks :)

4 490

Started by Momoro

Map

[Fire Red] I moved a trainer and now he doesn't see me anymore and I'm forced to talk to him to fight

Anthroyd, Feb 25: Person events with movement permission "No Movement" will fail to utilize their View Radius value. If this is the case, change to any other movement permission (preferably not "Look Down" due to an infamous soul-swapping glitch) and your battle...

5 471

Started by McPaul

Map

Issue with adding tiles

Dayhla, Feb 24: Thank you so much, Avara this helps a lot!

2 583

Started by Dayhla

Map

Map/Script Gen III - Allowing Running/Bike in Custom Maps

__fred__40, Feb 7: Happy to help,looking forward to play your hack

3 627

Started by Droark236

Map

Changing amount of block

__fred__40, Feb 4: Hey You know when you go on A-Map-Editor Block-Add block and then he ask you for a number,I have 2 questions 1)Should that number be in hex? 2)Does it relate to the amount of block of the Palette 1 or the Palette 2 or both? Fred

0 571

Started by __fred__40

Map

Advance Map Changes aren’t appearing in game

FairInHeight, Jan 11: I would like to add that if you are booting up a save game after map editing, it won't work due to the stored ram values being different on the save file than the rom values in the actual hack. If you start a new game or possibly save on a different...

3 1,809

Started by Ptyler317

Map

Needed help in editing fire red's world map

FairInHeight, Jan 9: Hey, any way I could get some help with adding a new map into a hack? Of course I will credit anyone who can help.

8 2,642

Started by Go! Squirtle

Map

How to change Player(Red,Ash,ETC.) house exit to house in Viridian City.

DoctorKoolMan, Jan 3: So this is fairly basic and can be done by reading the first portion of any AdvanceMap guide - or just looking at the warp function in AdvanceMap itself. It's as simple as changing the warp tiles warp point to an different warp tile. People...

1 1,072

Started by GlitchyTSP

Map

Can't run and use key items on a new map.

GalZoidberg, Jan 2: THANK YOU. That solved the problem

2 450

Started by GalZoidberg

Map

My map glitches when my charecter moves or goes to it

Aphrodittee, Dec 30: watch this video, i showed everything here. https://youtu.be/gWYqxw0QrQ0

5 477

Started by Aphrodittee

Map

Advance Map connection issues

kapparill, Dec 22: Try using AdvanceMap 1.92 first, but back up your ROM hack before doing so. 1.95 is buggy.

1 379

Started by Quads4Kek

Map

Pokemon saffron

Avara, Dec 13: You might have a better chance at getting an answer more quickly if you post in Saffron's thread :)

1 615

Started by ginanjarwh

Map

Setmaptile partially working

Wiserospray, Dec 9: Someone would have to see your code to know for sure, but it might be one of these issues. - Tile is set to a different elevation from where you enter - The flag 0x228 might be used somewhere else in your rom that toggles the even off - Certain...

3 940

Started by mcferaligatr

Map

Map looks dimmer/night/darker after connection

UltimaSoul, Dec 6: This dimming is caused by setting the weather to Cloudy perhaps.

2 1,095

Started by bulbabuddy

Map

Changing icon & text color for top layer locations on Firered's World Map

MonopolyRubix, Nov 25: I see. Thank you very much!

3 1,518

Started by MonopolyRubix

Map

Error with AdvanceMap & Pokemon Locations

ExamplePrime, Nov 10: Below I have 2 pictures I've been getting in AdvanceMap. https://imgur.com/a/f1IN9br I've been changing a lot of the Pokemon in the game and how many are at each location. I believe I might be 'overflowing' the Pokemon location info in some way...

0 663

Started by ExamplePrime

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FireRed Map Hover Selection

AquamarineVaporeon, Nov 2: Oh! Thank you so much! I can't believe I've been on 1.0.9 this whole time

2 870

Started by AquamarineVaporeon

Map

Max size to a map

Miniking 666, Oct 25: FR limit is...

0 712

Started by Miniking 666

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Map connections glitching (Advance map)

mcferaligatr, Oct 19: Nevermind, I managed to fix this. I didn't notice that the map offset on one map is different from the other, and this was causing the map to keep shifting down upon entering. So, the solution was to have one map with a positive offset and another...

2 680

Started by mcferaligatr

Map

Advance Map warps lead to black screen

mcferaligatr, Oct 18: Make sure to replace the map with itself. Open your map in advance map, go to "insert map" and lets say your map bank is 3 and map number is 1, then next to where the "replace" button is put 3 as map bank and 0 as map number.

1 1,273

Started by OwenSauce

Map

Sprite Appearing in Map Connection

concusstimized, Oct 8: That was absolutely the problem! A person event outside the borders on Route 2 was sitting there, and it cleared when I deleted it. Thanks!

4 679

Started by concusstimized

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how to modyfi the game.

白夜.Riolu, Oct 1: i think so.

1 778

Started by Zerakia

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How to re import maps after game corruption?

Forever Alone, Sep 27: My Pokédex somehow has been glitched out without me knowing and I have no way to find out what caused the problem. So i had to start fresh, I'm trying to import my maps back in but advanced map is being really stupid I put in 3.0(pallet town)...

0 698

Started by Forever Alone

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Problem Inserting Maps

Burtle, Sep 16: You're probably using A-Map 1.95. Use Advance Map 1.92, or MEH if you want day/night encounters.

1 794

Started by Pokeeng

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NPC Switching with player

vh724, Sep 14: I see...so it's technically an emerald bug, unrelated to anything I'm doing or Advance Map?

2 773

Started by vh724

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AdvanceMap Custom Tileset Insertion Wrong Format Error

Chachii, Aug 28: True, but I've tired the 320 and 192 for their respected tileset, and they still don't work. I do have the background color and such like I should too.

2 1,375

Started by Chachii

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Gen IV | Weird lighting

mikelan98, Aug 28: You'll not find any answer in the materials - because it is in the vertex normals! I still need more research, but I've managed to delete completely the weird shadows of my polygons by setting the same vertex normals' value in the whole IMD file.

2 904

Started by Wavee

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NPC Spawning error

dGxx, Aug 19: Glad i could help, i understand a little of why it happens but at first i was confused too...anything else u can let me know

3 1,747

Started by baiguer93

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Map Connection Issues (Advance Map 1.92)

concusstimized, Aug 8: Putting the pics up made me realize i accidentally wiped the connection to the upper map. All cleared.

0 836

Started by concusstimized

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IMPORTANT QUESTION

Child Amnesiac, Aug 4: Change the .bak extension to .gba

1 314

Started by KitsuV

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Updated RomBase 2.0 with AMap 1.95 & A-Starter: cant access Pokemon past Chimecho (also PokeDex editing?)

BaldursPawn, Jul 15: @DrFuji I tried using the tutorial, but whether I open the AMap .ini, or the the AMap.exe file in HxD, there is no correct code. In the ini there is nothing even remotely high enough, and in the exe there is only 0077DD0 (instead of 0x77DD5) and...

4 1,167

Started by BaldursPawn

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Where does new map data go?

Blackforest, Jun 16: Using A-Map. When you create a new map. It will ask you the size of your map and the graphics you want to use. At this time, your map is not inputted into your ROM yet, as it is only A-Map File. There should be MAP FILES directory at the very...

1 1,304

Started by MobAcc

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Bug after leaving the start menu

Rendan, Jun 14: Thank you Kalarie, this solved the problem ! I didn't know that it was from the movement.

2 827

Started by Rendan

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Redundant Warps

kalarie, Jun 13: Indeed, they do nothing at all as far as I know. If you want you could remove them, but they don't harm anything so don't worry about it too much;)

2 831

Started by hobbes33

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Tiles Displaying Improperly

MobAcc, Jun 8: Check the black border tile. Perhaps it's the wrong one? Try the black from both primary and secondary tilesets

1 971

Started by Yak Attack

Map

How can I change animated map blocks?

CQR, May 2019: Hello everyone. Today I have a search in hacking map blocks. I have known that there is some animated map blocks in the game (just like flowers on the street, grasses…… and so on) . I treid to change it by using the UNLZ. But I failed. Now I have...

0 896

Started by CQR

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