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ROM Hacking Help

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Section Staff: Avara, Bloodless, Dr. Seuss, Upsurge

Binary Hack Research & Development

Development Complete FireRed Upgrade

7 Hours Ago by Jayesh_15

Binary Hack Tools, Tutorials & Resources

Tutorial Pokémon Generation III ROM...

6 Hours Ago by Sakura4736251

Decomp & Disassembly Tutorials & Resources

Simple Modifications Directory

2 Hours Ago by Mkol103

Decomp & Disassembly Help

How to use default...

6 Days Ago by Avara

Guide

Beginners' Directory

Avara, Dec 2017: lightbulb-o ROM Hacking: Where do I start? Mapping: The process of creating areas for the player to explore; you could create your very own region if you wanted. You can also add custom tiles to give your hack a new look! Scripting: How you create...

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Started by Avara

Rules

ROM Hacking Help Forum Rules

Logan, Oct 2016: *ROM Hacking Help Forum Rules* An Introduction The ROM Hacking Help forum is for asking ROM hacking related questions, and answering them of course! Any idea or team related threads are to be homed in the Recruitment forum. * Forum Rules ...

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Started by Logan

Script

How to correct an error

Naglu, Jan 26: i....i think i understood the first 2 sentences xD what i did was only open the program, write a text like "hello, i'm Naglu and this is a ROM" and saved i did no modifications on codes or with hex programs (that i don't know what are) to...

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Started by Naglu

Map

how to make a new map?

MrMuggles, Jan 26: The #dynamic in XSE scripts should be pointed to free space, which you can find blocks of by opening the ROM in a hex editor. You don't necessarily want to point it to the offset in the script you listed, because who knows where the free space would...

10 514

Started by Hexx17

Tool

DPE CFRU broke evolution

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 26: I got it now, I needed to clean the repository before I built after changing files. python scripts//clean.py all

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Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

Script

Help with Gender-Dependent Script

juanorangetree, Jan 26: That worked!! Thank you so much trying to figure that out was killing me yesterday!

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Started by juanorangetree

Other

Inquiries

thedarkdragon11, Jan 26: Just some questions out of curiosity... All about both Binary and Decomp hacking on GBA... Is Partner Power already implementable? How do modders usually deal with Inkay, Meltan and Milcery evolutions? How do modders deal with a game which...

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Started by thedarkdragon11

Script

Address finding for XSE

Anon822, Jan 26: You could try to make your hack by modifying the pokeemerald decompilation. Here is a tutorial on installing pokeemerald. After you've installed it, just follow this tutorial to remove badge boosts. And you can modify the exp gain formula here...

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Started by Holalimole

Script

PokeMart Script Issues in Fire Red

MrMuggles, Jan 26: Oh it needs to have #raw word 0x0 at the end? The tutorial did not mention this... If that's what that does then that would certainly explain some of the issues I had ahaha With regards to the stditems.rbh file, funnily enough I had that open to...

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Started by MrMuggles

pokemon UP LV reduce EXP

qq1120872485, Jan 26: Is there a patch for this or a similar version

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Started by qq1120872485

Map

Problem with spawning in new map

Upsurge, Jan 25: Oh, I see. The values won't work then, since they're for FR. Good luck, though.

6 126

Started by Jaykopp

How to change trainer pokemon's evs in ppre

Buffel Saft, Jan 25: Yeah, but you'd have to change how the trainers work to do it, which would require an ASM hack. Meromero did it in his HGSS hack Mind Crystal, but I haven't seen it done in any other hacks since then.

4 158

Started by TheInfiniteGyre

pokemon XY 0XP gain :)

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 25: Asm for 0 exp.

2 110

Started by circlestick

New to ROM Hacking (FR) : few questions

__fred__40, Jan 25: what I would do is: make a map script that activates only when you have 1 species caught, smth like:

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Started by Smalki

Graphics

Edit weather effects

__fred__40, Jan 25: yeah there's isn't really a solution for this, the 2nd layer tiles will always be not fogged this is, I believe, because OW sprite are on the same level as 2nd layer tiles my advice would be to try to use as few as possible 2nd layer tiles on the...

1 65

Started by Explosion100

ASM & Hex

Pokemon Emerald Gender Choice Box, Battle Level Text, & Pokedex Layout

Mkol103, Jan 24: Decomp is already decompiled. Essentially, you take the decompiled source code, edit it, then compile it. The compiled version is just a .gba file. Here is a tutorial to help you get everything set up. From there, you can start editing text and...

3 165

Started by ultron90

Script

Scripting a Warp - query

mcferaligatr, Jan 23: The setvar 0x8006 does change the map the player is warped to, but var 0x8004 never seemed to change the direction of the sailing boat in the cutscene. I figured out that the animation was linked to each map, like ship sailing left when going to...

7 151

Started by DaleH771

Battle

Pokemon Gold/Silver - Prize Money after battle

SpeedyW, Jan 22: Is there any way to change how much money a player receives after winning a battle? I wanted to make it so Silver gives the player no money after losing since he is stubborn :)

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Started by SpeedyW

Graphics

Wrong Palletes and Missing Colors

uishtiaq, Jan 22: You're right, I was doing it out of order and it stopped deleting colors. Thanks so much for the quick reply.

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Started by uishtiaq

Script

Casino prize

crackerwood, Jan 21: Hello, I wanted to do a pokemon HGSS french hack rom but I get stuck in one place. I would like to know how to change the casino prices of Goldenrod and Celadon City with PPRE or even in hex or other. If anyone could help me that would be too nice....

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Started by crackerwood

Help Thread

Patching & Emulation

(55 pages)

Projekt_Steam, Jan 20: Hello! Im trying to play Pokemon Cloud White that has .UPS But when i put it in my gameboy Emulator (Visual Boy Advanced) It is just a white Screen and the percentage at the top keeps jumping around! If you can help thank you!

1,350 399,144

Started by Logan

ASM & Hex

Teleport Item

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 20: No prob buddy, :). you helped me out first, so of course I had to try the same.

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Started by Asith

ASM & Hex

What does it mean to compile/decompile. & how to use XSE

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 19: Yes that has been my experience, so if xse is indeed for ony event scripts, then I guess people work with battle scripts and all the other types, via just asm and disassembly only then. Thanks for confirming.

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Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

Other

making a pokemon gane

6IVMagikarp, Jan 19: I think it would be helpful to mention what skills or experience you have with rom hacking too such as scripting, map editing, etc. It's been awhile since I've edit roms but back then when I messed with my own hack, I did not see a lot of the newer...

1 165

Started by zxrace1

Pokered music error

Raichu, Jan 19: Hello. I was replacing the music in my Pokered hack with other files, but when I replaced Cities1 with something else it gives me these errors. $ make rgblink -p 0x00 -d -m pokered.map -n pokered.sym -l layout.link -o pokered.gbc audio_red.o...

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Started by Raichu

Script

Does anyone know how to add a cutscene right after Oak's intro?

kalarie, Jan 19: @Meister_anon~Master_o f_None Being around here on the forum for some time, I think it's pretty clear what @SadOldMan meant. Especially considering these two passages and . Either way, you're bringing in a lot of different terms you admit you...

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Started by SadOldMan

ASM & Hex

Find functions for held item effects

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 19: I'm trying to find the effects of certain held items. I've found the arguments for use items, but I can't seem to find where the code is for held items.

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Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

Script

Pokemon Fire Red - Move Reminder Script need help

darkyy92, Jan 19: Great work! You just saved me some hours ;-)

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Started by STADIUM_TOKEN

Wild pokemon AI?

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 19: not that badly, just a gap in our knowledge and perspective, I'm still mostly working with binary, so I don't know the disassembly tips and tricks yet. thanks, it'll take some time for me to get there but I'll look into that.

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Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

Script

need help starting terrain via item

Mkol103, Jan 19: For future reference, could you please post your solution in case other people have this problem?

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Started by razord

ASM & Hex

How to change mart costs

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 19: Awesome, that sounds like it may solve the other thing I was going to ask too. many thanks. :)

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Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

Script

FR PokeMart Questionnaire

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 19: nvm my other post, I was looking for something else and I think I found it. check offset. 1A7702

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Started by __fred__40

HGSS Pokemart item editing

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 19: Just found this myself, if HG SS has a decomp that is, if there's a complete decompilation of the source code(most likely on github), you can find a listing of all the items in the game by their codes, that's what I used in firered. the file for...

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Started by theernestrain

Other

Fire Red level soft caps?

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 18: In the mean time, I'll leave this here, if you already know what you're doing with asm, you can probably edit it to make it work for you.

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Started by ckalp67

Script

Text box text alignment question

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 18: There isn't exactly a set way, but I recommend checking out this video, this guy is pretty experienced and he talks about his method for deciding when to line break.

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Started by Tacobell24

Script

Does anyone know the animation pointer for Skull Bash in Emerald?

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 18: Well making this a one turn move wasn't really the point of the thread, it was to find the right animation he wanted to use. For doom desire if it doesn't show a second animation in the tab if its a two turn move, I can only assume it only uses...

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Started by Indigo_Thief

Script

My event keeps re-triggering after I Save&Quit

Indigo_Thief, Jan 18: @Mkol103 @Avara Thanks guys! @Mkol103 Alright. I'll try and keep to the "state of " vars. The one for Dewford works perfectly fine and solved my problem :) @Avara Thanks for the link! The list certainly helps a lot :)

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Started by Indigo_Thief

Other

Error when opening Overworld Changer 4.0.1

Litten0212, Jan 18: I have a problem too, when i double click the overworld changer it wont open it, do you know how to fix that?

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Started by jiangzhengwenjzw

ASM & Hex

Anyone know where the move limiter offest is for firered

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 17: Found it here. https://github.com/haven1433/HexManiacAdvance/wiki/Move-Expansion-Explained

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Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

Map

Advanced Map Problem

Jakob99, Jan 17: Alright, I got this problem solved, at least in POKéMON Emerald. So here's what I was doing. When I was creating the map to connect to another map that I had made, I would save it to the same "folder" as that one. For example, the existing map is...

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Started by Jakob99

Graphics

Do I need to separate the Gen III sprite sheets for Fire Red? If so how?

Tacobell24, Jan 17: Ah I see. Then yeah, you'll need the front sprite with the regular palette and the back sprite with the shiny palette for the DPE. GIMP will probably be the best program to index the colours, since you can easily rearrange the order

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Started by AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB

ASM & Hex

Changing the offset where a patch is applied

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 17: gotcha and yeah what I was using was an ips patch. I was applying phy special split, with an ips patch and that created a log file when it was done. That may be the only one I've seen do that, but I haven't used many anyway and just can't ...

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Started by castlemurphy

Other

How do I add gen 3+ abilities and moves in rom hacks?

Upsurge, Jan 17: https://www.dropbox.com/s/q7henr9o8yacvo4/Optional%20Changes%20In%20DPE.rar?dl=0

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Started by Shashu-Greninja

Plain text paste of all legendaries and mythical. I could not find one

blaca, Jan 16: Articuno Zapdos Moltres galarian zapdos galarian articuno galarian moltres Raikou Entei Suicune Regirock

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Started by blaca

Tool

Dynamic Overworld Palette compiling issue.

ckalp67, Jan 16: hmm well I got the script to compile and apply, but it appears to break any ROM I patch it to, even a fresh one. After insertion the game just loads to a black screen. If I use the IPS patch, it works fine, but the github version seems to break...

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Started by ckalp67

Tool

Problem with Advance Map v1.95

Upsurge, Jan 16: Goto (Ctrl+G) 77DD5, not find for 0x77DD5. See the mistakes?

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Started by Shashu-Greninja

Tool

Facing problem with wild encounters after installing DPE

Upsurge, Jan 16: DPE* (since it handles all PKMN data).

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Started by Shashu-Greninja

Graphics

(Please Help!!!!!) Summary Screen

M̷̗̟̥̏a̶̰͐̐̇s̸͙̈͗̊o̵̡̩͐̑̒n̷̗̗̈, Jan 16: Try to resprite it using paint, then download the hg ss summary screen and follow the offset guide to insert it

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Started by Juaquin472

Other

Anyone experience this bug on Ash Grey 4.3.5?

Spennycatchem, Jan 16: I haven’t used any cheats and only recently discovered there were bad eggs in my storage lol... was curious about what those were for, but left them alone. Let me check my version... I may not have 4.5.3 (it’s what I meant in the original... not...

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Started by Spennycatchem

Other

Is it possible to make players able to choose the Hidden Power's type in HGSS?

Hexx17, Jan 16: what i would do (probably the easiest way) is just make a hidden power for every type as mkol said, then add a tutor npc for it somewhere.

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Started by Palossand25

Other

How do I add sprites and learn sets to an existing ROM hack?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB, Jan 16: I will try with that tool later but I think I somewhat figured it out. As far as the sprites are concerned they come in 256x64 sheets. I know they are meant to be split into 4 64x64 sprites (front, back, shiny, and icon) in order to be used with DPE...

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Started by AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAB

Noob Scripter here, wanting to start a ROMhack

BlueBird, Jan 16: Good luck and i'm glad you found the help you need, unfortunately the projects more or less cancelled at least for now. I don't think this is my speed with how complex it is. If I ever do a ROM hack it'll likely be without CFRU.

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Started by BlueBird

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How to correct an error

how to make a new map?

DPE CFRU broke evolution

Help with Gender-Dependent Script

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Address finding for XSE

PokeMart Script Issues in Fire Red

pokemon UP LV reduce EXP

Problem with spawning in new map

How to change trainer pokemon's evs in ppre

pokemon XY 0XP gain :)

New to ROM Hacking (FR) : few questions

Edit weather effects

Pokemon Emerald Gender Choice Box, Battle Level Text, & Pokedex Layout

Scripting a Warp - query

Pokemon Gold/Silver - Prize Money after battle

Wrong Palletes and Missing Colors

Casino prize

Patching & Emulation

Teleport Item

What does it mean to compile/decompile. & how to use XSE

making a pokemon gane

Pokered music error

Does anyone know how to add a cutscene right after Oak's intro?

Find functions for held item effects

Pokemon Fire Red - Move Reminder Script need help

Wild pokemon AI?

need help starting terrain via item

How to change mart costs

FR PokeMart Questionnaire

HGSS Pokemart item editing

Fire Red level soft caps?

Text box text alignment question

Does anyone know the animation pointer for Skull Bash in Emerald?

My event keeps re-triggering after I Save&Quit

Error when opening Overworld Changer 4.0.1

Anyone know where the move limiter offest is for firered

Advanced Map Problem

Do I need to separate the Gen III sprite sheets for Fire Red? If so how?

Changing the offset where a patch is applied

How do I add gen 3+ abilities and moves in rom hacks?

Plain text paste of all legendaries and mythical. I could not find one

Dynamic Overworld Palette compiling issue.

Problem with Advance Map v1.95

Facing problem with wild encounters after installing DPE

(Please Help!!!!!) Summary Screen

Anyone experience this bug on Ash Grey 4.3.5?

Is it possible to make players able to choose the Hidden Power's type in HGSS?

How do I add sprites and learn sets to an existing ROM hack?

Noob Scripter here, wanting to start a ROMhack