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Binary Hack Tutorials

Various tools and resources to help you develop your legacy hacks can be found here.

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

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Featured Tool: Pokémon DS Map Studio

Thread created January 14th, 2020

157

Promoted

Featured: Ultimate ROM Base (using the CFRU)

Thread created June 9th, 2018

506

Promoted

Featured Tool: Hex Maniac Advance

Thread created December 20th, 2019

111

Promoted

[Video Tutorials] Pokémon Generation III ROM Hacking

Thread created May 28th, 2016

129

Pokémon Generation III ROM Hacking Tutorials [Video Series]

(6 pages)

chethan, Dec 7: can you post a tutorial on how to add gen 4 -gen 8 pokemon

129 111,364

Started by Anthroyd

Rules

Binary Hack Tools, Tutorials & Resources Forum Rules

Christos, May 2014: *Binary Hack Tools, Tutorials & Resources Forum Rules* Forum Rules This forum is bound by rules set in the global Pokécommunity Rules To make sure that things remain civil, and to make sure that everyone has an enjoyable time, we ask that, along...

0 36,366

Started by Christos

Sierra's MEGA-HUGE XSE Scripting Tutorial

(50 pages)

ChrisPlayGame, Aug 7: When I use this script on a script tile in Advance map, It freezes my game and the music continues playing: #dynamic 0x482166 #org @start lock msgbox @1 0x6 applymovement 1 @3s waitmovement 1 pause 0x20

1,232 756,514

Started by Sierraffinity

[Fire Red]: Extending The Number Of Safe Flags And Variables

(4 pages)

DjTarma, Aug 7: Flags starting 0x900 to 0x92F have the same effect of starting vanilla values: Cut, and Rock Smash flags used on maps. If I make a event, such as legendary pokémon, etc, the event dont disappear and returns to map if I step far to the event.

78 49,440

Started by Jambo51

Adding New Types into Emerald

(4 pages)

Silverdisk, Jul 30: I am currently trying to do the first part on this tutorial (editing the image) and I am having trouble finding the old image to replace within unlz and I was wondering if anyone knew the unlz number of the old type list image.

81 64,317

Started by MrDollSteak

[HGSS] common instruments and their midi value in the ROM

SIlverstanfan04, Jul 23: This is my first ever time posting a thread on this site so please bare with my lack of experience. introduction to instrument values Anyone who has hacked music in a ROM before will be familiar with the general midi format and instrument...

0 125

Started by SIlverstanfan04

Astrophel's Complete FireRed Upgrade Guidebook

(2 pages)

Axcellerator, Jul 21: So let's say I wanna add only Dexnav to my hack from all these.How do I do that?

37 28,417

Started by Astrophel

Raid Battles through the Complete Fire Red Upgrade.

DarkMadman_69, Jul 14: This is great, thanks for posting! I've been tryin to get raid battles working correctly for a while. I had my own take on it but it's basic for sure.

2 1,490

Started by Greenphx

How to expand Map Headers in FireRed to use names 0xC5-0xFC

DarkMadman_69, Jul 13: I have fixed the error, I missed two offsets with two simple byte changes. I'm gonna update the tutorial tonight. Credits to Star_Dust for helping me fix this. Wouldn't have been able to do it without their help 😁

2 1,759

Started by DarkMadman_69

[HG] - Adding a New Type to Heart Gold - Using Fairy as an Example

Zywin, Jul 8: Hello, is it possible to add newer abilities up to Gen VII to Heartgold?

22 10,482

Started by BluRose

Add Snow Warning Ability and Update Sturdy to Fire Red.

Slark123456789, Jun 28: I need a LykO's tool pls. I can't see the page.

3 3,754

Started by Chain

Tutorial - Nature Info+

OPPAIDAISUKI, Jun 23: how about the patch only sir?...that is the only thing i wanted to add on my regular emerald...

3 325

Started by Li Yun

In depth Advance Map tutorial

(24 pages)

giradialkia, Jun 20: The maker of the hack either a) edited the ROM header so it couldn’t be recognised by Advance Map (or most other tools), or b) used the decompilation project to create their hack, which also leads to a lack of compatibility with most tools. Tools...

584 448,489

Started by link12552

PPRE (Project Pokemon's ROM Editor) Tutorial & FAQ

(2 pages)

BluRose, Jun 12: please do not use PPRE unless you don't mind countless hours of debugging and issues if you actually end up using it, check out this discord server: https://discord.gg/zAtqJDW2jC and specifically DS Pokemon ROM Editor for a better tool to do...

36 98,919

Started by Oxnite

Adding New Moves and Creating New Move Effects

(12 pages)

BonzaM8, Jun 9: I feel like I've followed this tutorial properly and I'm up to editing the moves in PGE, but when I go to the Attack Editor the new move spaces aren't there. It still only shows 354 moves to edit when there should be 511 slots available for me to...

276 156,349

Started by itman

Starting out with Rom Hacking? Click here

(2 pages)

openkaart, May 29: Thank you for making this. I would like to make my own game since none of the games have the elements I would like to see in an game. Are the following things doable? 1. Can you rig the battle system so for each battle you can choose with...

29 151,744

Started by Danny0317

Gen 6 style Exp. Share using the CFRU

Bad_Eggy, May 9: men, i follow your steps and when used the exp share resets the game, i dont know exactly where is the mistake, maybe adding 1?

12 8,284

Started by Dark Gyarados

Basics of Scripting

(2 pages)

DarkDreamer404, May 9: ive tried following what you said exactly and my game keeps crash ing when i interact with the NPC

34 21,217

Started by destinedjagold

[BDSP] Modifying the game's wild encounter tables on PC (Yuzu)

Lunos, May 6: Hi. I had to learn to mod Pokémon BD/SP for reasons. As it's normal for me, I decided to write the process that I followed in order to accomplish this task in simple steps. Method 1 Shorter and faster Method 2 The first method I learned....

0 663

Started by Lunos

[XSE] Scripting Tutorial

(3 pages)

Jscothy, Apr 26: please could someone help my? im trying to get this script to work so that you get to choose a pokemon but if you have 6 pokemon in your party it says you have to many pokemon in your party. however the script works perfectly except if you do...

71 75,191

Started by Avara

Mugshots via ASM

(2 pages)

Derlo, Apr 18: Here the original Loadind.asm file: Download

32 18,708

Started by Kyoko1

CFRU Tutorial: Raid Battle Basics

Greenphx, Apr 8: Sorry, didn't see you asked questions when you responded. If you have discord, add me: Greenphx#5428 and I'll try and help you If not just post the images of errors here.

4 1,866

Started by DarkMadman_69

GBA ASM Programming

(3 pages)

Bnthomason, Apr 1: Where do I find the Asm code? It's not on the page? Trying to understand asm as painless and easy as possible, but I can't find the asm code needed for this project... anyone have a backup?

72 90,709

Started by Shiny Quagsire

tajaros Xtreme Scripting Tutorial

(4 pages)

Technoxen100, Mar 31: Great guide for anyone new to scripting (like me) , so... i see that this thread covered almost anything scripting related, but i can't find any way to attach a script to a custom item. Sothe thing is, i just added new items in my FR rom and i was...

85 94,738

Started by tajaros

Editing graphics in Pokémon Black and Pokémon White with Crystal Tile 2

gicavac8, Mar 21: Thanks for sharing this info.

12 28,181

Started by Platinum Lucario

D/P/Pt/HG/SS: Remove the Framerate Limiter

Lunos, Mar 15: It's been a while. I decided to check this thread and give an update to the main post. I should have done it way back when Buffel taught me how you could just modify the ROMs directly really, but hey, better late than never. The video is...

5 58,609

Started by Lunos

Hacking the Emerald Title Screen - Tutorial by KhaosKnight

(3 pages)

Guzeinbuick, Mar 12: Great tutorial. Very concise and helpful. One problem: https://i.postimg.cc/LssDg1Pk/dfgh.png Bottom 90% is glitched out. I assume it's because the game loads the background to the "2005 Gamefreak" with its own palette, or something. Anyone...

68 56,763

Started by KhaosKnight

Fire Red - Easily Edit the Title Screen with HMA!

darthbr, Mar 6: thank you, but i got some problems, if i export and save, the title became glitch, im using the original one

1 2,931

Started by Greenphx

Pokemon Fire Red: Editing The Town Map

ScripNewbie, Feb 18: This is really great tutorial!

1 2,710

Started by kalarie

Pokemon DS Rom Hacking Tutorial Videos

(2 pages)

MasterYesevil, Feb 5: Added videos on new Text editing, Trainer editing, and now Wild Pokemon editing!

26 11,804

Started by MasterYesevil

Adding New Evolution Stones the easy way

lojobambam, Jan 15: I follow the steps completely but for some reason when I go to evolve the Pokemon using the stone it allows me to use the item and it says “Huh?” and I press A but then nothing happens.

4 4,508

Started by BCTElite

Adding new types into Fire Red without replacing

(10 pages)

Gashnaw, Jan 14: Without the images it is extremely hard to follow.

237 87,070

Started by ShyRayq

[Tutorial] Create a basic BDSP mod (altering item prices)

WietPot, Jan 7: In this tutorial, you will learn the very basics of modding BDSP: extracting NCA files from original NSP files (base game AND title update), extract romfs and exefs folders from the NCAs, disassemble those folders in a readable JSON format, edit the...

0 2,596

Started by WietPot

16-Character Move Names Using the CFRU

Greenphx, Jan 4: Late reply, but here's a list of moves that need to be updated. There's probably more: Clang Scales Dark Lariat Dragon Rise Water Star Double Iron EerieImpulse Mystic Fire Power-Up Hit

4 3,777

Started by Z-nogyroP

Adding new evolution methods [FR]

(10 pages)

feight0, Jan 2: Would it be possible to make a pokemon evolve after reproduction? For example if we had a pre-evolution for kangaskhan that would evolve after reproducing instead of giving an egg. You could then consider kangaskhan as an egg in your party where...

228 73,631

Started by kearnseyboy6

G3HS extended Pokemon in the wild

shabyfrost, Dec 17: How do you do this with items?

22 29,630

Started by Danny0317

Resizing and editing the Font in Fire Red

LibertyTwins, Nov 25: I'm making a thread about editing and resizing the font in Fire Red, since it's a topic that's almost entirely overlooked, outside of the font width tables found in HMA. So in this thread I will explain how to edit and resize the fonts in Fire...

0 1,771

Started by LibertyTwins

Physical/Special Split w/ Images Tutorial (No ASM)

(2 pages)

bauaser-kun, Nov 19: Same here, there are no images and the selecting move red lines stuck

29 24,174

Started by metapod23

FR Complete Title Screen Editing

Ansh¹⁹⁸⁸, Nov 5: I successfully inserted the image and raw and the pallete also but even after inserting pallete it's showing messy colours.And it's showing yellow all over but there is no yellow in pallete I replaced. Please help

11 13,608

Started by Joexv

[FR/EM]Show item image when it added to the bag

(2 pages)

Luke111, Oct 25: can u insert for me

25 10,159

Started by ~Andrea

Hex Editing the Intro of Fire Red

(2 pages)

Ludology Laboratories, Oct 21: Can you update the file? I can't access it.

30 18,724

Started by BlitŻ

HGSS Summary Screen + How to Make a Summary Screen

clairepop, Oct 13 rom-hacking, binary

12 7,817

Started by Z-nogyroP

[TOOL RELEASE] Pokemon Gen 3 Egglocke Generator

gerben2e, Oct 8: Hello, If you want to play to have near endless replayability of your favorite gen 3 rom hacks, look no further! This tool is able to add tons of eggs to your save file, in order to let you experience a new egglocke every time! What is an...

0 4,802

Started by gerben2e

Adding Items for CFRU compatibility

Luke111, Sep 30: Pls make a patch for it

3 5,595

Started by __fred__40

FireRed: Fixing the trainer's facing

OPPAIDAISUKI, Sep 26: Hi sir can please post the code for USA/English Pokemon Fire Red,,,,because the download link is not working anywore...thanks sir in advance!!!

20 11,088

Started by NarutoActor

[FireRed] Expand Max # of Trainers

Zeta Sukuna, Sep 26: Does that flag solution actually work for Emerald? I've been trying to implement it, and all I've gotten was trainers simply looping after battles, and the trainer flags not being repointed. I've used Sierraffinity's port of JPAN's Save Block...

13 7,056

Started by esipode

POKEMON CENTER COST MONEY TO HEAL YOUR TEAM Script

Splinxsh, Sep 11: When you whiteout, you enter a completely different script and offset, so I suppose you could have it where if you wipeout they will do it for free as a good gesture but any other time you want to heal you are charged for it?

2 1,890

Started by elaf

Change the Bag of Berries

Mason Shu, Sep 10: In his screenshot, nlz was loaded with firered

2 2,389

Started by Juaquin472

Complete FireRed Upgrade: Creating Custom Moves

Dark Gyarados, Sep 2: Note: I won't include making Move Animations in this tutorial. If you want to get familiar with Move Animations, check out this thread: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=385321 Okay! Now, I've been using the CFRU for about half a...

0 2,140

Started by Dark Gyarados

How to Create New Evolutionary Stones: Step by Step

(2 pages)

Gabu Samagima, Aug 26: Should the new stone index differ from the real stone index?. Or should they be same?

47 30,667

Started by karatekid552

[Abandoned][Delete]

Mahian23, Aug 25: Delete

0 1,543

Started by Mahian23

Making new Evolution Stones using Hex Maniac Advance by replacing Unused Item slots

Drake Baku, Aug 18: Certainly going to use this, thanks

1 2,393

Started by DevidraGaming

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Featured Tool: Pokémon DS Map Studio

Featured: Ultimate ROM Base (using the CFRU)

Featured Tool: Hex Maniac Advance

[Video Tutorials] Pokémon Generation III ROM Hacking

Pokémon Generation III ROM Hacking Tutorials [Video Series]

Binary Hack Tools, Tutorials & Resources Forum Rules

Sierra's MEGA-HUGE XSE Scripting Tutorial

[Fire Red]: Extending The Number Of Safe Flags And Variables

Adding New Types into Emerald

[HGSS] common instruments and their midi value in the ROM

Astrophel's Complete FireRed Upgrade Guidebook

Raid Battles through the Complete Fire Red Upgrade.

How to expand Map Headers in FireRed to use names 0xC5-0xFC

[HG] - Adding a New Type to Heart Gold - Using Fairy as an Example

Add Snow Warning Ability and Update Sturdy to Fire Red.

Tutorial - Nature Info+

In depth Advance Map tutorial

PPRE (Project Pokemon's ROM Editor) Tutorial & FAQ

Adding New Moves and Creating New Move Effects

Starting out with Rom Hacking? Click here

Gen 6 style Exp. Share using the CFRU

Basics of Scripting

[BDSP] Modifying the game's wild encounter tables on PC (Yuzu)

[XSE] Scripting Tutorial

Mugshots via ASM

CFRU Tutorial: Raid Battle Basics

GBA ASM Programming

tajaros Xtreme Scripting Tutorial

Editing graphics in Pokémon Black and Pokémon White with Crystal Tile 2

D/P/Pt/HG/SS: Remove the Framerate Limiter

Hacking the Emerald Title Screen - Tutorial by KhaosKnight

Fire Red - Easily Edit the Title Screen with HMA!

Pokemon Fire Red: Editing The Town Map

Pokemon DS Rom Hacking Tutorial Videos

Adding New Evolution Stones the easy way

Adding new types into Fire Red without replacing

[Tutorial] Create a basic BDSP mod (altering item prices)

16-Character Move Names Using the CFRU

Adding new evolution methods [FR]

G3HS extended Pokemon in the wild

Resizing and editing the Font in Fire Red

Physical/Special Split w/ Images Tutorial (No ASM)

FR Complete Title Screen Editing

[FR/EM]Show item image when it added to the bag

Hex Editing the Intro of Fire Red

HGSS Summary Screen + How to Make a Summary Screen

[TOOL RELEASE] Pokemon Gen 3 Egglocke Generator

Adding Items for CFRU compatibility

FireRed: Fixing the trainer's facing

[FireRed] Expand Max # of Trainers

POKEMON CENTER COST MONEY TO HEAL YOUR TEAM Script

Change the Bag of Berries

Complete FireRed Upgrade: Creating Custom Moves

How to Create New Evolutionary Stones: Step by Step

[Abandoned][Delete]

Making new Evolution Stones using Hex Maniac Advance by replacing Unused Item slots