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Binary ROM Hacking

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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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HMA Question about editing specific trainers

Petuh 2.0, Jul 1: I use pokearth to find trainers: https://www.serebii.net/pokearth/

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Started by HarveySlayer

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HELP i want to make "Trainer's Shinys " but idk any tool.

sylingga, May 27: Hello, i'm tryng using shinyzer for my rom hack. But, it make my game crash. I used free space 800990, then add 1 become 800991. this is the script before (trainer on Route 3) i add callasm 0x800991

6 1,181

Started by leiko123

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PGE Learnset editing

MazdoTechno, May 14: This is the closest thread, at least one I found with a quick Google search about a question I have. If you OP have this already figured out that would be great. I expanded the Pokédex in FR, going through and adding Pokémon and such. My...

5 5,538

Started by Hellfax4387

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M1 Mac ROM hacking tools

LateGamer260, Apr 22: Yes, I do hate that so many people make tools for Windows.

3 448

Started by Pt Gio

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Issues with Complete Item Editor

Swadloonazard, Apr 3: I've solved this. For anyone who may come across this in the future, I used HexManiacAdvance instead.

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Started by Swadloonazard

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Trainer Editors help

Tacobell24, Mar 22: Maybe try from HackROMtools. Although I seem to recall that may be a bit virusy of late

3 401

Started by zioy

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About system

rrondom, Feb 24: I have complaining about exp system after 5th gen. Could anyone know how to change exp formula in pokemon bw2 in binary? I want to change exp formula to like before 4th gen.

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Started by rrondom

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Gen 3 Tools (G3T) Table.ini error: "Length cannot be less than zero. Parameter name: length"

Luisilly6, Feb 15: I've been getting into generation 3 romhacking, however I've hit a bit of a snag right at the beginning. The G3T tool, which I got from the Beginners' Directory page, always comes up with the same error "Error reading 'table.ini' file. Length...

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Started by Luisilly6

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Help With Hacking Ultra Sun

typhoonexplosion, Jan 4: I am attempting to create a ROMhack of Ultra Sun that rebalances the gameplay from a competitive standpoint, and I had a few questions regarding the abilities of available tools. One thing I'd like to do is change whether certain Pokemon can learn...

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Started by typhoonexplosion

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How do I pick which Shellos form appears as the wild Pokemon?

Lord Pent, Jan 3: Hey folks, I noticed a small bug while testing my Platinum hack. Whenever I edit an area that has east Shellos (blue) in it, it swaps to west (pink) and I don't know what to do about it. My two encounter editors, PPRE and SDSME, have no way around...

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Started by Lord Pent

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PGE trainer editor problem

Greenphx, Jan 2: Other tools do work, you have to change the ini for them to read the updated Pokemon. HMA (HexManiacAdvance) (should) do that automatically.

1 787

Started by Autem

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Gen 4 Hacking Tools

Anon822, Dec 27: The gen 4 decomps are still very unfinished but the source code for DP/Pt was leaked some time ago so you could edit the original source code if you wanted to. But since none of the things you mentioned require editing code it might be easier to...

1 663

Started by Nick5741

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help on Adding new pokemon to emerald without the use of an another tool other than the original tool folder!

memberthatneedshelp, Nov 29: Hello i have been using (Gen 3 Hacking Suite) to modify pokemon for pokemon - emerald But i had the idea to add my own pokemon, Is there a tools used to add pokeom to the game without other tools (only the original tool.zip folder needed) If the...

0 432

Started by memberthatneedshelp

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Pokemon Won't Evolve After Using DPE and CFRU

testtheteam4, Nov 17: In the src/config.h file of CFRU, there is a section called EVOS_PER_MON = 5. Change 5 to 16 to fix this so that it matches with DPE's. If you read the FAQ in the original thread though, you would know this.

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Started by raisehavok2

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Struggling with configuring HTE, following a DPE insertion

TripleExp, Nov 11: Update: I was able to get around this by using Hex Maniac Advance, and expanding it by following the steps in this thread: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=444937 Hope this helps anyone that comes across this.

1 700

Started by TripleExp

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Pokemon DPP editing moves

sekomi, Nov 5: How to Add Gen 1-8 Pokemon In trainer battle by Advance Trainer

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Started by Ｂａｓｈｆｕｌｂｕｎｋｒ

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Beginner struggling with CFRU. Any recommendations for alternative tools to suit my goals?

Battlethespire, Nov 5: Thanks for the suggestion. I've decided to try the Emerald ROM Base here instead and I'm finding it much easier to work with so far.

2 1,255

Started by Battlethespire

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(Tutorial) How to open most of gba rom hack tools in android

CRIJK, Nov 2: How do I create my own Rom?

1 1,184

Started by Pawan1007

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Hopeless Trainer Editor (HTE) not working!!

kalarie, Oct 27: @AnimeVapeGod Fire Red 1.0 is the standard that is used within the community. That goes for pretty much any tool/resource you'll find around here for binary ROM Hacking;)

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Started by AnimeVapeGod

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PKSV failing to load

OriginWizard, Oct 23: I've recently run into a problem. My PKSV has worked fine up until today where for some reason every time I try to load the program I get an error message saying that the "Scintilla.dll" could not load. I've tried downloading a fresh copy of PKSV...

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Started by OriginWizard

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Trouble using PPRE to change Pokémon in certain routes in Diamond.

ChubbyBubby, Oct 7: Hi, I've been working on a sort of remixed version of Pokemon Diamond, and I seem to have trouble editing pokemon on routes that have multiple parts (Ex 214 east and 214 west). PPRE has only one part of the Route listed and the other is just a copy...

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Started by ChubbyBubby

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Gain 0 ev from wild pokemon and trainers

ItsRippleZ, Sep 13: Hello i would like to know if there is a tool like G3T or a rom editor to remove evs from heartgold or soulsilver , if someone know it would be really nice :)

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Started by ItsRippleZ

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Pokemon Editor for gen 1 and 2?

GamerXYZ, Sep 2: I'm looking to modify stuff like base stats and experience group. It's pretty easy to find editors for Pokemon gen 3+, such as PGE for gen 3. But are there any such editors for gens 1 and 2? I already know about the Pokemon rom disassembly...

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Started by GamerXYZ

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How to change graphics in a BW Rom with Tinke?

DeepBlue PacificWaves, Aug 26: Hey there, how's it going? I don't know this is the right place to ask, but here it goes... Lately, I've been playing around with RomHacking, mostly to make a Brazilian Portuguese Translation of B&W, which I've discovered that it didn't...

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Started by DeepBlue PacificWaves

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XSE development

hjk321, Aug 21: Oh, this ought to be interesting.

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Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

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Error Status 0xc000012f “Bad Image”

hjk321, Aug 16: Fairly certain that means your baserom is invalid. (It failed checksum) Try getting a clean download of firered and try again

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Started by BenBurrito07

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Patching help

kalarie, Aug 10: @BenBurrito07 Never heard of that patch. But from your info I'd say: don't use it at all. If you want to expand the amount of Pokemon in Fire Red, use the Dynamic Pokemon Expansion by Skeli.

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Started by BenBurrito07

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Advance map download help

Momoro, Aug 4: https://www.hackromtools.info/hack-tools-gba/ The first tool on that page is Advance Map. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page, (Advance Map's tool page) the download works fine, just make sure you have a program installed that can unzip...

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Started by Fire red 1996

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NSE with Emerald trainer sprite bookmarks?? Or an alternative way to replace trainer sprites that isn't convoluted and tedious??

KitKatterson, Jul 31: I'll look into it, thank youuu

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Started by KitKatterson

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NSE 2.X Not working

Lucie59850, Jun 2021: Share the solution please

2 1,126

Started by ChocolateDream

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PK3DS item changes

Astrophel, Jun 2021: Didn't notice the PK3DS in title. I'm sorry. :'(

3 1,220

Started by avividrose

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Help Me Senpai!!

Momoro, May 2021: 😅 For ROM hacking, you don't need too high-level hardware. See, I'm using my Intel I5-3550 PC to ROM hack, and it's seamless (on the PC's part at least 😞) "" just means it's no longer supported, and/or not updated anymore- but you can still use...

3 1,424

Started by DarkDragonMeister

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[Pokemon Emerald] Adding New Pokemon Problems

Blaargonaut, May 2021: Hello all! I couldn't find a thread with this exact problem so I wanted to make a post about it. I have been toying around with Pokemon Emerald and I've been using the Gen III Hacking Suite program (it seems to basically do anything and...

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Started by Blaargonaut

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A new hacker needs help hehe

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, May 2021: If you're not planning to do decomp, use firered instead because its better. install DPE & Install CFRU, as it already does about 90 percent of the things in your list. Use adavnce map 1.9.5 and Hex Maniac Advance. I think you can make...

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Started by Abbeydey

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A decent, easy ROM base

ZeoYT, May 2021: You can use this patch for Pokemon Gens 1-7, but you'd still have to do some work to get Advance Map to recognize the new mons. https://www.pokecommunity.com/showpost.php?p=9156598&postcount=1

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Started by DaleH771

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How do I extract .gba's into folders?

Momoro, Apr 2021: afaik, you can't with any conventional file-decompressing apps, e.g. 7zip, WinRAR, Windows' File Explorer won't work- like Anon822 said, download one of the de-compilation projects and work from there.

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Started by Beepbot5000

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Where Pokemon JPAN Engine?

ScripNewbie, Apr 2021: Tnx for respond i finally add new sprites

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Started by ScripNewbie

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NSE classic Problem

Dr. Seuss, Apr 2021: It would be better if you can provide more details about this error. What are you trying to change? Did you made a change prior this error message? Is there a screenshot of this error?

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Started by ScripNewbie

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Need a Text editor

Asith, Mar 2021: Just use a script editor like xse. You only need to learn the bare minimum of scripting (messageboxes, repointing offsets) if all you're doing is changing text

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Started by Neon_Hackz

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PK3DS and forme changes

Buffel Saft, Mar 2021: Should be possible, you might just have to hex edit the evolution garc instead of using pk3DS. There's a simple method for doing changes like this: Make a backup copy of the evo garc. Use pk3DS to change Darmanitan to evolve into anything; try...

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Started by avividrose

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Game Glitches When Adding Habitat for Expanded Pokemon

TaviTurnip, Mar 2021: I had a bit of a headache doing this and ended up manually adding all of the expanded Pokémon through the HEX itself and not any hacking tools. It wasn't tough if you already know how to HEX edit stuff, but it was a bit of busywork (if you're into...

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Started by Pokeeng

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Text and Pokémon type editing tools needed

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Mar 2021: Hex Maniac Advance presently the best gen 3 binary editing tool, does about everything but edit maps.

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Started by Neon_Hackz

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Need Help with Editing Pokemon Names

ShinyTillDawn, Mar 2021: There's a folder in the Gen 3 Tools folder that has a bunch of .ini text documents. Pick whichever involves your ROM (either BPRE or BPEE) and edit NumberOfPokemon (or NumberOfMons, idk the exact name) to however many Pokémon you will incorporate.

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Started by Pokeeng

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Trouble with YAPE, G3HS, and ini files in general.

Damdinistan, Mar 2021: I have a rom that I have been working on using advance map and other programs, and I know that in order to get G3HS to work you need to mess with the ini file, but I can't seem to be able to figure out what I am doing wrong. I would really...

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Started by Damdinistan

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Gen 3 hacking suite sprite issues

Tacobell24, Mar 2021: You know, MS Paint is fine for this sort of thing? No fandangled programs required. You don't even need to index the colours if you're using G3HS. PS: The issue is likely that you have a different sprite for the shiny and non-shiny. Battle...

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Started by deeop

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RomHackin' in Android

kalarie, Mar 2021: @PowerMantis Apart from making some very basic changes with the mentioned tools, ROM Hacking on Android is not really a serious option.

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Started by jensmoking

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HTE not working on a ROM with added dialogue?

quinn_today, Mar 2021: I was working on a FireRed rom that had some new scripts, some dialogue replaced with new dialogue written with XSE and inserted via Advance Map, and also some maps had been lightly edited with Advance Map, but no trainers had been changed. All the...

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Started by quinn_today

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Looking to remove EV yields from all Pokemon in Black2/White2, what program would I need?

Sea-Jay, Feb 2021: I've never tried it but it looks like Project Pokemon Rom editor could work https://projectpokemon.org/home/files/file/2072-project-pokemon-rom-editor/ When you open it click file new project and insert the rom. Then click edit and click pokemon...

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Started by Dolando

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Changes won't appear in my game

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 2021: are you opening a new game to check these things, because if you're just continuing from an existing save, nothing already saved will change? as at that point its in the ram.

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Started by BurningIgglybuff

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I want to edit stats of pokemons in an existing rom hack (Radical Red)

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 2021: Try opening it with hex maniac advance, should work no problem as long as it isn't a really complex decomp hack. (and most aren't) Then just ctrl g and search for the pokemon's name.

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Started by Devenery

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HMA Question about editing specific trainers

HELP i want to make "Trainer's Shinys " but idk any tool.

PGE Learnset editing

M1 Mac ROM hacking tools

Issues with Complete Item Editor

Trainer Editors help

About system

Gen 3 Tools (G3T) Table.ini error: "Length cannot be less than zero. Parameter name: length"

Help With Hacking Ultra Sun

How do I pick which Shellos form appears as the wild Pokemon?

PGE trainer editor problem

Gen 4 Hacking Tools

help on Adding new pokemon to emerald without the use of an another tool other than the original tool folder!

Pokemon Won't Evolve After Using DPE and CFRU

Struggling with configuring HTE, following a DPE insertion

Pokemon DPP editing moves

Beginner struggling with CFRU. Any recommendations for alternative tools to suit my goals?

(Tutorial) How to open most of gba rom hack tools in android

Hopeless Trainer Editor (HTE) not working!!

PKSV failing to load

Trouble using PPRE to change Pokémon in certain routes in Diamond.

Gain 0 ev from wild pokemon and trainers

Pokemon Editor for gen 1 and 2?

How to change graphics in a BW Rom with Tinke?

XSE development

Error Status 0xc000012f “Bad Image”

Patching help

Advance map download help

NSE with Emerald trainer sprite bookmarks?? Or an alternative way to replace trainer sprites that isn't convoluted and tedious??

NSE 2.X Not working

PK3DS item changes

Help Me Senpai!!

[Pokemon Emerald] Adding New Pokemon Problems

A new hacker needs help hehe

A decent, easy ROM base

How do I extract .gba's into folders?

Where Pokemon JPAN Engine?

NSE classic Problem

Need a Text editor

PK3DS and forme changes

Game Glitches When Adding Habitat for Expanded Pokemon

Text and Pokémon type editing tools needed

Need Help with Editing Pokemon Names

Trouble with YAPE, G3HS, and ini files in general.

Gen 3 hacking suite sprite issues

RomHackin' in Android

HTE not working on a ROM with added dialogue?

Looking to remove EV yields from all Pokemon in Black2/White2, what program would I need?

Changes won't appear in my game

I want to edit stats of pokemons in an existing rom hack (Radical Red)