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Binary ROM Hacking

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

Section Staff: Bloodless, 8-bit Zeta, Hiroshi Sotomura, Astrophel

Binary Hack Research & Development

Code ASM Resource Thread

2 Days Ago by DjTarma

Binary Hack Tutorials

Add Snow Warning Ability and...

1 Week Ago by Slark123456789

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Broken Map Issue

ElleMingo, Jun 23: I have experience on other hacks and I have never seen this before The connections don't work as they should ---- (Ususally like the attached image) I have tried repointing the map, events, bank, and removing events. I have also tried adding a...

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Started by ElleMingo

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Town Map Editing Help

SIlverstanfan04, May 7: You can edit where on the map routes/cities appear, once you've edited the locations select redraw and save to properly update the map. If you would like to edit it's graphics I'd recommend hex maniac advance which you can get on github with a quick...

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Started by LateGamer260

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Map connections change through event??

Captain W'Kos, May 1: Use AdvanceMap 1.92 instead of 1.95, bcause that "latest" version is bugged and it has fewer features than 1.92. With 1.95 I have broken my hackROM two times.

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Started by Bradman551

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Tileset Help

LateGamer260, Apr 22: I need help adding Tilesets to my hack. I use AdvanceMap, but whenever I try to import a Tileset it says: Missing pallet file. Cannot find "tileset.pal" I need help making a pallet file, more specifically, because I am quite early in my days...

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Started by LateGamer260

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Route 111

Huplabombasnow, Mar 7: So I'm trying to edit Route 111 in an English rom of Pokemon Emerald (BPEE). But for some odd reason, sometimes the map will revert to it's original state for seemingly no reason. Is there some kind of flag causing this?

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Started by Huplabombasnow

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Loamy soil not responding for berry planting

ogmylez, Mar 7: Is there a fix to enable berry planting on my Emerald hack development? I copied the script from the routes then when I am making my own berry farm on main town, the loamy soil didn't respond at all.

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Started by ogmylez

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Importing map in unzl causes evolution to break

ElleMingo, Mar 2: I have no Idea why It's happening and It's the only thing that is keeping me from finishing my rom hack other than that it's done. This is my second rom hack so I'm honestly confused on what is different this time This may be important In unzl...

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Started by ElleMingo

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Movement Permissions amongst some other questions

Ace Trainer Slash, Feb 25: Hello all, I have a very simple question in regards to movement permissions. Below I've posted a route that I've been making and the movement permissions I've applied to it. The ROM is Fire Red 1.0. However, when I attempt to cross the movement...

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Started by Ace Trainer Slash

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pokemon fire red overworld tileset help

kalarie, Feb 13: @MrShtok There are barely any remotely complete tileset patches around. To change the palettes of the overworld tilesets, just check the block editor in AdvanceMap for the map/tileset you like.

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Started by MrShtok

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How to warp to Custom Maps?

Sleet827, Jan 29: So idk if this is the right place but I need help. I am hacking Fire Red, and selected Pallet Town the did Map > New Map (In Advance Map) So I made a new map called OLD PALLET (for something related to the past time of Pallet Town.) So Pallet...

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Started by Sleet827

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Help with Map Connections

Anon822, Dec 28: Connecting a map can take slightly less space but it can introduce other problems and like Asith said, the amount of space taken by maps is completely insignificant and you should not care about that.

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Started by Ace Trainer Slash

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advance map doesnt recognize new pokemon

PokemonRomsboi, Dec 27: Where is ini folder

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Started by bennybessa

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

GlitchyTSP, Dec 23: Hey um. I'm almost 2 years late to say this but... I should've specified, I was editing Gen 1. Not 3. My Appologies.

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Started by GlitchyTSP

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Modifying Fishing Encounters in PPRE

ScripNewbie, Dec 16: I didn't get what are you trying to say but If you want to add all pokemon in Diamond & Pearl in your Hack, better expand the table of pokemon data, name, pokedex flag etc. for something big like this i recommend using BPRE 1.0 as there is many...

1 540

Started by Finchwidget

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Importing the entire Emerald map into FireRed?

Keyacom, Dec 14: Well, there was even an "official" trial to import some RS maps into FRLG, but since the tilesets were changed, these maps look like masses of garbage data. The maps include the following: Safari Zone: Areas 1, 2, 4 Battle Tower exterior ...

2 1,115

Started by Moistnar

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HeartGold rom freezes immediately in desmume after making edits in Spiky's, help salvaging this project?

Yave Yu, Dec 9: Try other emulator such as melonDS?

2 904

Started by Tigeri102

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Fire Red - Character can´t move properly

ahagon, Nov 18: So, i was messing with Advanced Map trying to put more flowers here and there, changing the layout of some maps for fun. (I´m planning to make a simple hack rom for me and my friends). I also used Gen 3 tools and changed the accuracy and power of...

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Started by ahagon

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Can't walk between my new map and Littleroot

TaraMystic, Oct 28: Hi, I'm new to ROM hacking, and I'm trying to figure out some basic mapping stuff. I looked around the forum but couldn't find answers to this exact issue, so I'd appreciate any help. :) This issue: Using Advance Map on Pokémon Emerald, I...

0 532

Started by TaraMystic

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Unlink Maps? Is that what you'd call it?

heyo, Oct 27: This did the trick... Thanks!

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Started by heyo

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New and need basic help with AdvanceMap

AnimeVapeGod, Oct 26: Top left in the program, third icon of the house with a sun near it https://www.pokecommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=99111&stc=1&d=1635296904 Thats how i do it at least

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Started by Tadpole_

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Spawning at Wrong Location When Losing E4

Pokeeng, Sep 27: Was hoping someone might be able to help me. I'm making a FireRed hack and when I lose at the E4, it sends me back to a different Pokecenter instead of the E4 lobby. Does anyone know why this might happen?

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Started by Pokeeng

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Help with Map event tiles (Pokémon Ruby)

Mahian23, Sep 15: You have to copy the offset shown in the A-Map after pressing the player event (In your case,Select Birch sprite in the event option in A-Map) then copy the Script Offset,Open your rom in XSE and Paste the offset then edit the positions to your...

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Started by Swordsguy

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Crashes

Percy_Sky, Sep 15: up

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Started by Percy_Sky

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NPCs Switch places or appear at random spots

kalarie, Sep 15: @Zarro 1: Map event data is partly saved in your savedata. So after making changes, always re-enter the map after loading a savefile that was saved in the old situation. 2: Check the level scripts of the map itself and surrounding maps to...

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Started by Zarro

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Maps in Advance Map

kalarie, Sep 8: @BenBurrito07 It doesn't really matter. If you're not going to use the existing maps of Fire Red it's probably better to use those to save space.

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Started by BenBurrito07

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Is there any way to increase the number of palettes for custom tiles in Firered?

kalarie, Sep 1: @Ling888 From what I understood, no. The palettes are connected to one particular tileset. If you use the same first tileset on every outside map (which is often the case), you only have to change palette 0-6 once in one occastion....

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Started by Ling888

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Day/Night Wild Data

MartinTheHuman, Aug 17: Hey there everyone, I am experimenting with Leon's Ultimate ROMbase (I highly recommend it), and in the included compatible toolsis a program we are all very familiar with - AdvanceMap. The issue I am having is that AdvanceMap is compatible with the...

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Started by MartinTheHuman

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custom pokemon encounters on grass

PixelParas, Aug 16: Hey so I'm pretty new to rom-hacking so sorry for the not so great code in advance So I'm making a rom-hack and have added all the 18 alola pokemon's but I don't know how to make them randomly encounter on grass as I can't find them in the...

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Started by PixelParas

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Warps not working and drivig me crazy

Asith, Aug 3: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?p=10328002#post10328002

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Started by rocore

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Help with banks in amap

ihatethis324?!, Aug 1: So I'm trying to make a new bank in advance map(new folder) for a different city and keep the old ones but every time when I insert a map and chose new bank it creates a new bank number but not a new folder it just goes to whatever the first folder...

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Started by ihatethis324?!

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(Advancemap + Firered ROM) Custom Tiles appearing as invisible/not appearing in game

EmoMickey49, Jul 25: So I'm trying to create a ROM Hack in Pokemon Firered (version 1.0 so I could use the dynamic palette patch) and I'm currently trying to replace the vanilla gen 3 tiles in advancemap with my own custom ones I got from several sources. I changed the...

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Started by EmoMickey49

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Spawn Point after Pokemon League

kalarie, Jul 15: @Pokeeng I'm not completely sure, but it's probably connected to that flight spot in Pallet Town.

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Started by Pokeeng

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[GEN2] How to properly edit/add maps?

TheForgotten1, Jul 2021: Hi there, hope you're well. The title of my thread might not really explain what I'm looking help for. I'm currently editing a decomp of Crystal. I know there are memory limitations in regards to the game, am I able to just add however maps I...

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Started by TheForgotten1

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Pls help, Por favor ayuda!

kokoelrey, Jun 2021: Ante todo hola, soy primerizo en esto de hacer fan games de pokemon, y quisiera saber como hacer que el mapa regional acepte imagenes en formato .gif con movimiento , se modifica en los scripts? para que acepte el formato?, cuando trato de poner...

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Started by kokoelrey

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Always facing down once entering a door or a cave..

Astrophel, Jun 2021: @Kalarie I see what you mean, ahah.

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Started by James Emerald

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Hidesprites upon entering never work..

kalarie, Jun 2021: @James Emerald You don't hide sprites permanently with the hidesprite command. You only use that command if you want to hide a sprite during script execution. Instead, you need to use flags and variables. You should probably check out Anthroyd's...

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Started by James Emerald

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How do I organize Maps/Folders in Advanced map?

Forever Alone, Jun 2021: Say I want to move the Pokémon center map rooms from one route to another instead of having to spend time looking for that specific route that contains the Pokécenter sub maps in it. How would I do that for convenient sake, It's hard trying to...

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Started by Forever Alone

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Changing the FR bike route to make the player zoom UP instead of down

Forever Alone, Jun 2021: Thanks! I was afraid it wasn't going to be simple, I wont be adding a new type because I'll just not use the bikedown, just replacing, so that could be easier, but ledge hopping I want all 4 directions. I have only recently got back into hacking and...

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Started by Forever Alone

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Messed up tiles after insertion

WistyFish, May 2021: Hi! I'm new to this, but I think maybe you misunderstood @Scripter8957 I believe that when your player walks onto the route next to the town, the game can no longer load the tiles from tileset 1, since the route is not using tileset 1, it can't...

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Started by boclator

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pokemon essentials v19 can't move on custom map

Tacobell24, May 2021: Just FYI, Pokémon Essentials has nothing to do with ROM hacks

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Started by ZappzCloud

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Setting up a Warp

Asith, Apr 2021: Well I would say it's a slightly more advanced script set up for a beginner, so you should probably hold off on stuff like this until you get the basics of scripting down, including how to get xse to "save". (Try to learn what compiling and...

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Started by Vitrac

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what causes ow texures to act funny?

Anon822, Apr 2021: Here is the code that loads tileset 2 when entering a map connection. You can modify it to load the primary tileset or you could try loading the tileset from a script as you suggested if you only need it on a few maps.

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Started by Hexx17

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Warp Tiles Issue

SpicyNinja, Apr 2021: Hey thanks! That helped a lot, I appreciate the help!

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Started by SpicyNinja

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Transferring blocks from one tileset to another

Jablinx, Mar 2021: I am making a hack that revolves around the Sevii Islands and because of that, instead of having every town relegated to the same tileset (61), I was hoping to take the tilesets of the kanto towns and just paste 61 over them and then I would be able...

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Started by Jablinx

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Help with Tilesets

Scorchlevant, Jan 2021: Hello! I am really new to this and want to try creating a HGSS ROM Hack that is basically recreating Pokémon Emerald in gen 4. I downloaded Pokémon DS Map Studio and looked for tilesets online but none of them seem to work. Is it because it doesn't...

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Started by Scorchlevant

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how to make a new map?

Hexx17, Jan 2021: ok, i got the berry tree to work properly. thanks for the help. now i just have to find offsets for the messages for each type of berry >.>

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