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ROM Hacking Help

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Launchpad

Idea Randommons

16 Hours Ago by Petuuuhhh

Research & Development

Research & Development

Development Complete FireRed Upgrade

6 Hours Ago by constibetta

Tools, Tutorials & Resources

Tools, Tutorials & Resources

Tutorial Lunos' Wonder Trade

1 Day Ago by Dr. POP

Decomp & Disassembly

Decomp & Disassembly

Changing the way starters are...

6 Hours Ago by Broskinator97

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All versions of PGE are giving me this error

MazdoTechno, Nov 30: Im not very computer savvy either, just trying to learn as I go along. I gave rom hacking up for a year and am now back at it and making more progress than I had before. It definitely requires decent amounts of free time though.

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some problems on PokeDSPic

xxyzx, Nov 29: I'm trying to hack Platinum with PokeDSPic. When I imput a new Pokemon Sprite into narc,only image can be imputed.Where can imput the palette of these image? (I'm not English speaker,so maybe there are some grammatical errors in my expression,I'm...

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I need some help nerfing the exp-share on Pokemon Ultra Moon using Pk3ds

Ariamisake, Nov 14: Hello all. I'm currently working on a rom hack for Pokemon Ultra Moon. (My first rom hack.) But I wish to nerf the EXP-Share cause it makes the game far to easy. However when I open the Item Stats tab on Pk3ds I have no idea which option I need...

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Overworld Sprite Editor

Lance Koijer 2.0, Nov 2: I found it already and you were right about the release. However, when I open my hacked ROM and a clean Fire Red ROM into it.. nothing happened. I tried opening it using "Open and Analyze" but the tool begins not responding. What am I doing wrong?

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How do I get a .narc file from Pokemon HeartGold?

Amethystio, Oct 21: Hi, I was trying to ROM Hack Pokemon HeartGold, but it said I need a .narc file. How do I get (and what is) a narc file? I have an idea for a hack, but I have no idea how to hack stuff. If it is any help, I'm using the tools "DS Pokemon Editor" and...

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RomHackin' in Android

jensmoking, Oct 8: Yep, romhacking is possible in Android, by the way, is harder than in Windows. If you're in romhacking, and for any reason you cannot use a PC, I'll show you some tools for android. Those will help in the process, and it's possible to make a full...

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How do I fix PokemonGameEditor?

TrainerX493, Oct 4: First try Advanced Offset here: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=347441 If it's a problem with a specific Pokemon, I recommend using Gen3Tools (G3T) for said Pokemon.

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Transfer Overworld Sprites from Emerald to FireRed

kalarie, Sep 19: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_XYSOQruq8&t=323s

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I need help to set up jpan's hacked engine

ShinypikachuX, Aug 18: Hi can some one help me set up jpan hacked engine as I want to utilize his multuchoice box function . Every single help is appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance for any help. 😀

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PGE and other tools

Ptyler317, Aug 14: I’m having this same issue, but with PGE. For some reason, my advance map recognizes gen 1-6, but my PGE only recognizes gen 1-3. I don’t know how this happened exactly, but it makes it difficult to edit the game sometimes.

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PGE on Mac

RattataDude, Aug 5: Not only PGE, but other tools as well.

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Getting Started with G3HS and already I have errors when inserting a ROM

Pikachu37, Aug 3: G3HS is a little buggy and I don't know much about it. You could try PGE(Pokemon Game Editor) right here. It's a sweet program with LOTS of features. Or you could continue using Gen III HS and get help from here. ...

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gba intro manager broke my game...

Pikachu37, Aug 3: Hmm... weird. When I used it, it was great! But I cant tell you a solution... Maybe try hex editing? That's what I do now....

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Pókemon Game Editor

EderLopes13, Jul 26: Thank you! I'm gonna try it

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Free Space Finder freeze

Child Amnesiac, Jul 25: Hi, there's a strange bug with FSF I've encountered. When I search for the max amount of bytes around the offsets 710000 and 720000 (and presumably other offsets around there) the program freezes. This is only a problem on the ROM I'm working on,...

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g3t Help

shbshb906, Jul 20: Sorry about so many threads guys. So I inserted a pokemon icon sprite using G3S, and I suddenly the icons look a bit buggy. So here's a picture: imgur.com/a/aQdnDN6 So the left is what i am getting and the right is what it's supposed...

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Need help with The Hopeless Trainer Editor

Zhang Jiafu, Jul 15: You need to check the Custom Held Items and Custom Movesets first, obviously.

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Evolution Item Issues

concusstimized, Jul 7: I had completely glossed over that more usage button, and sure enough, that checkbox wasn't marked. You're a lifesaver.

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PGE Learnset editing

Alghisius, Jun 21: If you need to add some moves to the learnset or create a learnset for a new pokemon the best thing to do is to open your rom in both PGE and HexEditor. After that you need to go to Pokémon Editor and click the section learnable attacks. In this...

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Attention Gen III hacking suite users

Jakob99, Jun 18: I got it to work using the squirrles rom. Also, if you have multiple roms in your ini, get a new one if you aren't using those roms anymore. That could cause issues when loading a fresh rom.

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I need some help with OverWorld manager..

Zhang Jiafu, May 31: I am not familiar with Emerald, but i think that i have the solution for your problem. i think that the only solution is to use Overworld Editor RE and sacrifice one of the existing overworld. I think there are exist but unused overworld like...

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I can't find JPAN's Clear Patch and Hacked Engine anywhere

Zankew, May 28: Good Morning/afternoon/evening/night/midnight. So i went to download JPAN's Hacked Engine and Clear Patch for my Fire Red 1.0 from his thread. But when i click on the link it says,"Attachment Not Available". It's just not the case with this one, I...

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There was an unknown exception | BSP

Lance Koijer 2.0, May 26: Hello guys! Have any of you encountered this error while using this tool: https://imgur.com/n60kVDB.png I checked all the pointers and it's all prefectly fine. It pops out every time I click decompile. How do I fix this?

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Crystal Tiles 2

FullMetalMaster, May 13: hypothetical question with Crystal Tiles 2 is it possible to move randomize trainers from a regular ROM into another rom. if so what files do i need to import/export. (might be able to randomize trainers in gen 4 rom hacks this way cough cough) ...

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Devkitpro on Linux

mgriffin, May 10: Ah sorry, I was under the impression that you'd successfully installed things, but I guess that's not the case if you're still trying to get the package manager working. Out of interest what path did you add? If it really contains...

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[Emerald] YAPE - Expand learnsets

McPaul, Apr 27: Thank you! I gave up PokéEmerald when I saw it wasn't a .exe a d didn't know how to use it. I'll try again maybe.

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Problems using mixed Tools

STADIUM_TOKEN, Apr 17: Hey guys, I'm having some problems around the tools I use. I'm using Advance Map, Generation3 Hacking Suite, PGE, Complete Item Editor I already know that I have to use almost every Rom editor like Pge or g3hs BEFORE I use Advance map because...

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Editing trainers issue

DemICE, Apr 13: So i've been editing a hack for my own hobby, and all was good, until i reached a certain area, where editing trainers became hell. They were using wrong pokemon and not the ones i was setting for them, under certain circumstances. As shown in...

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AdvanceMap is disobedient when opening

BirdstarCat13, Apr 10: I've tried about ten different fixes for forcing the application to open on the right area, but it doesn't matter what I do, the damn thing opens on the far right side of my right screen, which is set as my main display. Basically, it's acting like...

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Can't compile pokeruby

PokemonXO, Apr 5: dragi@DESKTOP-B0BQQ9V ~ $ git clone https://github.com/pret/pokeruby bash: git: command not found I'm using Cygwin inside of Devkitpro

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IconED Error

BladeFlame5308, Mar 30: I downloaded IconED recently, and, after fixing the error with comdlg32.ocx, and "Runtime error 380", I was excited to start using the program. Then, as I open my rom, this pops up: Here's my .ini: How do I deal with this? NOTE: The same...

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PGE Text Error and Sprite Corruption

Sakakii, Mar 13: "Sprite corruption" is likely because the sprites in the chart are mis-aligned. A sprite chart is made up of four 64x64 boxes right? Normal front/back sprites need to be in the same position as their shiny versions. If their even one pixel off...

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(Pokemon Crystal) Help Changing an image!

Monstarules, Feb 14: You haven't specified which image that you wish to change, and what you wish to change it with, so I don't know exactly what you are looking to change. In a GBC game, the image is broken up into tiles, and assembled on the screen, so just purely...

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Error with Pokemon Game Editor

GorroV3, Feb 1: Yo tengo el mismo problema, entonces, ¿Me puedes explicar cómo lo soluciono? XD

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G3HS and PGE problem

Zhang Jiafu, Jan 12: I am only familiar with problem #2 When you expand Evolution number in G3HS, it will ask you to where you want the evolution offset be repoint to. If your ROM is clean, usually it will suggest 0x740000 After you have expanded the evolution...

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Any tools where you can add the fairy type?

MarioPikachu358, Dec 30: Thanks for the tip!

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Nameless Sprite Editor issue

Tuthur1, Dec 28: I tried what AyanamiRei0 suggests but I can't open the "3cb31bbe-f6ff-48e2-833d-303f9ee07499" file (it's not shown as a file on my computer).

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Any good tools for Gold and Silver?

StarlitSunset, Dec 19: Made an account so I could reply to this specifically. The tools you've requested can be so easily replaced simply by using the assembly, trust me. I will even help you learn it a bit if you want. I've found that using tools to do it instead of...

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Is there a Rom hacker For Pokemon Jade/Telefang?

Shiny Ebottian Eevee, Dec 2018: I really want to make a rom hack of these games,or randomize them,but there are problems 1. I can't find an editor for them 2. Denjuu Editor doesnt work for me 3. Sanqui only randomized the japanese un-bootleged game. Even with the english...

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Tile Animation Editor

kalarie, Nov 2018: I assume you wanted to post an image, but I can't see it...

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How do I change forms in FireRed?

PKMNTrainerGui, Nov 2018: You could try adding the Pokémon and putting the sprites in another offset. That is, create the same Pokémon and add the Alola Form. I hope you have helped and sorry for English.

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3 quick questions from a beginner

Matz77, Nov 2018: Like OP I'm just starting in the world of Pokémon hacking and I wanted to ask a question. I'm looking to build a hack with 3.5 regions and it seems FR is not big enough. Does Emerlad have enough space? We're talking about Kanto, Johto, Orange...

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PGE not opening

remer, Nov 2018: Oh,ok

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What operating system is necessary to use these tools?

Delta231, Nov 2018: Use Wine (Wine is not an emulator).

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Loading a raw file(tilemap) on NTME

Rendan, Nov 2018: overlord kaktus: I can't tell, I just dumped the raw of the kanto map in unlz, but I guess it's 240*160 (size of the gba screen)... you're probably right anyway, the problem is the size. But I just don't know what size NTME expects. Does it need...

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How to index shinys with normal sprites ?

BirdstarCat13, Nov 2018: I would say just use G3HS to implement sprites. No need to index.

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PGE is broken? Need a Dex data editor

DrFuji, Nov 2018: Yeah, this thread has no more value and should have been locked a while ago :/ I'd also like to remind everybody to keep discussions clean/ on topic and to try to not get aggressive over a hobby.

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Sprite Editor for NDs Shadows of Almia

Mikachu, Oct 2018: I was wondering if there was a sprite editor/insertion program that works to modify the main character sprites in Pokemon Ranger Shadows of Almia. Thank you! :)

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Best front/back sprite editor for Pokemon Gold/Silver?

Ultra Necom 72, Oct 2018: so no one ever made a advance series gbc edition? then again the animation part would be difficult to program. there are SO many frames. even more then gen 3!

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Mass Compatibility Editor

Buffel Saft, Oct 2018: I've tried (though I didn't try very hard), but unfortunately MCE relies on a certain function that limits the number of TMs it can handle to 64. It's a pretty clever implementation, but to make it work with expanded TMs/tutors you'd almost have to...

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