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Binary ROM Hacking

Need a helping hand or just want to talk about binary ROM hacks? Get comments and answers to any ROM Hacking-related problems, questions or thoughts you have here.

Section Staff: ShinyDragonHunter, Hiroshi Sotomura, Pyxal

Binary Hack Research & Development

Code Ability Resource Thread

3 Weeks Ago by Noivsonar

Binary Hack Tutorials

[CRYSTAL] Adding new...

2 Weeks Ago by darths

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[Emerald] Static legendary encounter help

PokeNaj, Sep 2: I accidently Eresed this from my hack and it would make the game unplayable so thanks you

4 1,335

Started by dearman4

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[FR] Needing help with Gender Evolutions.

antiGuide, Sep 1: I'm currently looking for thumb code or a .hma file for making gendered evolutions a thing in Fire Red like for example: -Vespiquen or -Burmy evolving into Mothim or Wormadam. I just couldn't find anything about this anywhere so i decided to ask...

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Started by antiGuide

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EV-IV screen display emerald

MistaFish, Aug 22: Make sure that your ROM is expanded to 32mb before running modexe

5 2,047

Started by MarcoShinyEmerald

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Battle help

garethk92, Aug 22: Hello I was wondering if there was a script where you have a battle and if you lose the game still carries on you don't have to fight that person again to progress. So say you come to a trainer battle and you lose but you don't blackout you just...

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Started by garethk92

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Can I make an item like Thick Club or Lucky Punch that provides a bonus when a specific Pokémon holds it?

aegishield, Aug 21: I haven't found a clear way to do it with any item editors, and I'm very new to hex editing, so I'm wondering if there's a known way to accomplish it.

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Started by aegishield

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Cfru item with script

Volpe92, Aug 16: Hi everyone. does anyone know of a way to get items to work via npc? example do I talk to an npc and he heals my first pokemon with a potion or item of my choice?

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Started by Volpe92

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[HGSS] How Do It Edit the Starter/Gift Pokemon Script?

BusterBeachside, Aug 6: UPDATE: I actually managed to make it work on my own! For those looking for this in the future: - I used PPRE beta 0.14 - The map is "New Bark Town R1-01" - The script is Script 3 - There is a command in the script called "ChooseStarter" which...

1 150

Started by BusterBeachside

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Duplicate Dynamic Label Problem

henryvinst, Aug 2: Of course!! i knew something like this was hapenning! once again my dumb scripting lol! I'll try to change the dynamic labels and see if it works! Nice to know that HMA has a script editor, will sure try it! Thank you for helping!

2 161

Started by henryvinst

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Move an NPC to another town in GSC

BigPapaCurly, Aug 2: Cant you just copy and paste his trainer id/script # onto a blank npc ? No need to rewrite anything. Assuming you dont intend to have two npcs doing the same thing.

1 130

Started by BastyFCP

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Battle Music

C1pher, Jul 19: Can anyone tell me how to change trainer battle music? Using gen3tools and advance trainer, there is an option called battle music but all the music is the same. So can anyone tell me how I can change my battle music to a different one which exists...

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Started by C1pher

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FIRE RED - NPC won't repeat the trading item script after the first time

JayPescuma95, Jul 17: It worked! Thanks a bunch man!

2 124

Started by JayPescuma95

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Need help changing the first battle script [Fire Red]

Mr_shentori, Jun 28: I think you can use Advance-Text but I'm Not sure

1 401

Started by Quendem

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Need help scripting

Mr_shentori, Jun 28: A good tutorial for gen3 rom hacking is anthroyd's tutorial series, its very easy to understand and it will teach you all the basics of gen3 rom hacking but just remember if there is a topic he didn't do just ask in his discord server.

2 360

Started by Larix

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Complete pokedex opens door scripting help

garethk92, Jun 4: Thank you so much for your reply and help I will try this out Thank you

2 218

Started by garethk92

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[EM] Help with Rival Battle Script

dimpleasthat, May 20: I'm trying to put the Route 119 rival battle from Emerald in Route 120 with AdvanceMap and XSE and I'm running into a weird issue The way the script for this rival battle works is that it shows two rival sprites in the overworld: the one where...

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Started by dimpleasthat

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Pokémon RBY Script editing via HEX - insert scripts from English dissasembly to their French versions?

NitroHedgehog, May 9: Hello! It's been a while. I did a few changes to the English versions of R/B/Y using the dissassembly, like fixing the palettes (making Rattata purple instead of GREY, for example) and now, I wish to apply such changes to the French versions of...

0 209

Started by NitroHedgehog

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NPC not disappearing.

AJaxs, May 4: Thank you very much. I changed it and now it's working. I am thankful for your help.😄

2 223

Started by AJaxs

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Getting stuck trying to hack FireRed to catch trainer Pokémon

Lardoization, May 2: I tried it and it works! Thanks a bunch!

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Started by Lardoization

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Gen3 Deleting a Pokemon

badb1994, Apr 5: The Compiler doesnt have any functions to actually delete a Pokemon. I need a function that cleanes my party to a no pokemon state. Im working on a Pokemon Stadium hack for GBA so this should be self explanatory. In my research i came up with...

0 242

Started by badb1994

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Pokemon emerald How make sprite disappear!

Asith, Mar 14: You would use flags on each object to accomplish that. This is a fundamental so I strongly suggest reading a full overworld scripting tutorial: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showpost.php?p=9810740&postcount=26

1 439

Started by LeiTo21

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[ORAS] Give national dex instead of regional dex ?

Gabano_, Mar 10: As I've been tinkering with multiple tools for my custom 3ds hack, I've been wondering if it is possible to give the player the national dex at first. I guess enabling the national dex flag is necessary (with the OWSE section of pk3ds ?), but I'm...

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Started by Gabano_

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Anti Exp/Level 100+ Pokemon

Asith, Mar 6: Keeping track of a 3rd party xp value and then using a rare candy seems way more complicated than just changing the limiter in TryIncrementMonLevel and SetMonExpWithMaxLevelCheck and then expanding the xp numerical chart, even if you're doing it in...

1 315

Started by Hoothoothyypio

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Town Map causing game crash

Earthquake101, Mar 4: every time I use the town map in the rom hack i've been making, the emulator I'm using (VBA) either crashes or restarts as shown in the video. I assume something went wrong with the map but I really don't have any idea. I haven't directly edited the...

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Started by Earthquake101

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Can someone make a battle script tutorial

CodeHades, Feb 6: ADRESS: X goto <2D8A00> in the HMA with this code it does Hit + effect, this was what I discovered texting I hope it helps and there is more update on this topic ( "ADRESS" is the address where the code is engraved) WHERE X : setbyte...

5 2,256

Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

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How to hide NPC's until they are needed

Pyxal, Jan 5: Set a flag corresponding to the person event in A-Map in a previous script (preferably a level script). Or just use Oak's flag (0x2C). Here's is a detailed list of flags: https://github.com/pret/pokefirered/blob/master/include/constants/flags.h

2 249

Started by Scotian

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Help with Move Tutor Script

MetalButcher96, Nov 19: Hi guys, i'm a little in trouble with a script. I wanted to expand the number of Tutor Moves, and now i've got 121 (i've repointed the Moves Table, Compatibility Table and the two list of the two Old Ladies at the Battle Frontier, through HMA)....

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Started by MetalButcher96

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How can I change the starter pokemon script? (Fire Red)

Quendem, Nov 4: Thanks so much! I was really worried about this since it was a school project. I really appreciate you helping me with this 😊

5 686

Started by Quendem

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Can someone help me with scripting

Bojan_Gaming, Oct 24: So I have no clue of scripting so I am not sure how to do that. Basically, it's for the roaming legendary and roadblocks for certain areas. Either something that removes the roaming legendary (in Fire Red) or having scripts that let's you battle...

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Started by Bojan_Gaming

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Is there a way for XSE to tell what map the player is on?

Anon822, Oct 22: You can find a complete list of scripting commands here (and a complete list of specials here). As far as I know, none of them tell you what map you're on. It would be trivial to add a custom command or special that does that, especially if you...

2 418

Started by dearman4

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enemy trainer using a team identical to the player's

Raflo75, Oct 19: I opened the Liquid Crystal ROM; the offset is BBA1CA: I assume that this part of the script is the Mirror Battle:

2 412

Started by Cherubi420

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Help with changing text boxes and batch compiling into ROM with XSE

SIlverstanfan04, Oct 11: use Hex maniac advance, you can search and edit the text strings there with ease.

1 476

Started by doihavetobenormal

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Can I edit the existing script in a GBA game?

redtrtule, Oct 6: where i can dowlond it

4 2,863

Started by tokayseye

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Checking if player is inside or outside for fly (Firered)

Anon822, Sep 2022: SetUpFieldMove_Fly is the function the game uses to determine if you can fly. You could call it from your ASM or C code. The scripting engine itself doesn't have a convenient way to check whether you can fly, other than reading gMapHeader with one...

1 596

Started by psyduckTAS

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Having trouble figuring out how to lower the max level

Anon822, Sep 2022: The max level appears in several locations in the rom. You would have to find and change all instances of it. Luckily in the decomp MAX_LEVEL is defined as a constant. If you build your hack by editing the decomp instead of binary hacking you...

1 504

Started by Darzaire

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Pokemon FireRed - How to edit catch rate of pokeballs

robertussan, Sep 2022: Hey all, I'm trying to make an optional patch for my ROM hack where the catch rate of safari balls is 100%. I figured I'd just go into HMA and make the safari ball share the master ball's effect, but it's not looking so straightforward. Rather than...

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Started by robertussan

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Hidesprite not working Please help!

Streakking, Aug 2022: Thankyou for this , I forgot to designate the flags in advancemaps.

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Started by Streakking

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Emerald - checktrainerflag?

SIlverstanfan04, Aug 2022: Glad to hear, you're welcome :)

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Started by Arkayide

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Emerald - Creating an egg move tutor

Axcellerator, Aug 2022: Did you manage to find a solution to this?

1 1,875

Started by McPaul

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Reversing Shiny Odds?

Anon822, Aug 2022: Couldn't you just challenge yourself to catch 6 shinies in the vanilla game? Anyways it should be pretty easy to reverse the shiny odds if you use the decomp. You just need to change the value of the SHINY_ODDS constant. Changing it to: #define...

1 646

Started by Tryunt

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Frozen NPC (Help wanted - XSE script - FireRed)

cartoon-face, Jul 2022: Im so stupid haha, I thought the they was on about within the applymovement ... or waitmovement ... Now I see, because of your comment, that I need to add #raw 0xFE to the movement values. Thank you for helping me see this. EDIT: Can confirm,...

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Started by cartoon-face

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FireRed (CFRU) freezes when attempting to run script after walking one step

The_Fatnaz, Jul 2022: I'm trying to run a script after a certain number of steps. I followed the CFRU documentation for the "Walking Specials" part. However, the game always freezes when I try to use Loadpointer and Special 0x81 to run a script every step taken....

0 531

Started by The_Fatnaz

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Script for setting starter pokemon based on Flags

lazarose, Jul 2022: Hello! I've been stuck on this issue for a few hours now and have been unnable to find something that can point me in the right direction. the default ingame script that is used for setting the starter pokemon when interacting with the...

0 675

Started by lazarose

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[Sapphire] Game crashes when battling static encounter

OriginWizard, Jul 2022: I used PKSV to make a battle script which should be a Raikou battle at level 50. This is the script: I also tried using what Rayquaza's battle looks like in the game but all that does is play the cry when I swap it to Raikou: I've set...

0 556

Started by OriginWizard

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Remove faded palette effect from the move transform?

Anon822, Jun 2022: I would of course recommend making your hack with the decomp since it's a lot easier and faster to just edit the code file with a text editor. For binary hacking you might locate the code by making a slight change in the decomp that doesn't add...

3 672

Started by MattCatDad

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Is it not possible to use getplayerpos variables for setmaptile?

SIlverstanfan04, Jun 2022: getplaypos should be getplayerpos, my apologies for not picking that up sooner! I have used this method myself and can confirm this method works.

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Started by ElleMingo

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Need help with starter changes HGSS

huginn1, Jun 2022: Hello, i'm new in rom hacking. I change Pokemon stats, attacks, abilities and trainer from HG, but now i want more. I change the starter: Chikorita -> Shinx Cyndaquil -> Tranpinch (optimised) Totodile -> Spheal (optimised) The problem: I...

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Started by huginn1

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Scrolling Multichoice Script Help

DarkMadman_69, Jun 2022: I'm having an issue with a scrolling multichoice script I was testing. It's using special 0x158 from CFRU and everything is configured correctly in the source files for scrolling multichoice. I realize that my script only has three choices but it...

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Started by DarkMadman_69

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[HMA] Pokeball Vanish and buffer pokemon starter [FR]

sylingga, Jun 2022: Hello, I need help for editing choosing starter script in FireRed. I want Rival take two pokeball. using HMA, i already figure the offset position. For movement script with this, rival will move twice, once to first pokeball, then down...

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Started by sylingga

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[FIRERED] S.S. ANNE DIDNT GO AFTER GET HM CUT

sylingga, Jun 2022: Hello, As far as I know, the ship ss.anne will leave after we get HM Cut / Rubbing the Captain. But in my hacked rom, ship ss. anne don't go Where can I check for bugs? This is my rom hack thread...

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Started by sylingga

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Pause Menu Glitch

Catmoon7, Jun 2022: Appreciate the help

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Started by Catmoon7

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EV-IV screen display emerald

Battle help

Can I make an item like Thick Club or Lucky Punch that provides a bonus when a specific Pokémon holds it?

Cfru item with script

[HGSS] How Do It Edit the Starter/Gift Pokemon Script?

Duplicate Dynamic Label Problem

Move an NPC to another town in GSC

Battle Music

FIRE RED - NPC won't repeat the trading item script after the first time

Need help changing the first battle script [Fire Red]

Need help scripting

Complete pokedex opens door scripting help

[EM] Help with Rival Battle Script

Pokémon RBY Script editing via HEX - insert scripts from English dissasembly to their French versions?

NPC not disappearing.

Getting stuck trying to hack FireRed to catch trainer Pokémon

Gen3 Deleting a Pokemon

Pokemon emerald How make sprite disappear!

[ORAS] Give national dex instead of regional dex ?

Anti Exp/Level 100+ Pokemon

Town Map causing game crash

Can someone make a battle script tutorial

How to hide NPC's until they are needed

Help with Move Tutor Script

How can I change the starter pokemon script? (Fire Red)

Can someone help me with scripting

Is there a way for XSE to tell what map the player is on?

enemy trainer using a team identical to the player's

Help with changing text boxes and batch compiling into ROM with XSE

Can I edit the existing script in a GBA game?

Checking if player is inside or outside for fly (Firered)

Having trouble figuring out how to lower the max level

Pokemon FireRed - How to edit catch rate of pokeballs

Hidesprite not working Please help!

Emerald - checktrainerflag?

Emerald - Creating an egg move tutor

Reversing Shiny Odds?

Frozen NPC (Help wanted - XSE script - FireRed)

FireRed (CFRU) freezes when attempting to run script after walking one step

Script for setting starter pokemon based on Flags

[Sapphire] Game crashes when battling static encounter

Remove faded palette effect from the move transform?

Is it not possible to use getplayerpos variables for setmaptile?

Need help with starter changes HGSS

Scrolling Multichoice Script Help

[HMA] Pokeball Vanish and buffer pokemon starter [FR]

[FIRERED] S.S. ANNE DIDNT GO AFTER GET HM CUT

Pause Menu Glitch