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ROM Hacking Help

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Section Staff: Avara, Bloodless, Dr. Seuss

Binary Hack Research & Development

Development Complete FireRed Upgrade

20 Hours Ago by DoctorKoolMan

Binary Hack Tools, Tutorials & Resources

Tool ModExe - Emerald

6 Hours Ago by Li Yun

Decomp & Disassembly Tutorials & Resources

Pokeemerald Tutorial : How to implement...

23 Hours Ago by Phlayne

Decomp & Disassembly Help

Other Continuing my binary hack in...

3 Days Ago by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

Help Thread

Patching & Emulation

(55 pages)

MrMuggles, Feb 3: There's a program called Free Space Finder, it helps you find offsets with enough space to fit what you're trying to put into it. The only thing I can't help you is with the amount of bytes to search for, seeing as I don't use DPE or its counterpart...

1,351 401,085

Started by Logan

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...

0 25,988

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 ...

0 10,081

Started by Logan

RBY Wild pokemon Editor not opening my ROM

iopasd, Mar 4: Title says it all. RBY Wild Pokemon Editor is not opening my ROM. Neither is Trainer Editor, but PokeMap and other tools are. I read somewhere that I have to remove write-protection from the rom, but it is not write protected. I need to edit the...

0 24

Started by iopasd

Script

Script Tile keeps activating randomly

AJaxs, Mar 4: Hello guys and girls. My Problem is that i wrote a Script Tile but it does't activate correctly. One can step on it multiple times and nothing happens or it through sheer luck it activates. Also even if it was activated and the var set to 1 it...

0 23

Started by AJaxs

Script

NPCs are invisible until player moves after script

kalarie, Mar 3: @wcbvei234 A type 03 level script loads once on entering the map and not when returning to the overworld from the pokedex or the pokemon menu. A type 05 level script loads everytime when returning to the overworld.

9 159

Started by wcbvei234

ASM & Hex

Change the location of a sethealingplace variable

Mr. Jupiter, Mar 3: Hello! I'm really going out on a limb here hoping someone will reply, seeing as this post is years old, but I've recently gotten into ROM hacking myself and I attempted this, however it has broken my game now. The mom script worked like a charm, but...

5 1,616

Started by Scarlet D.

Other

I'm trying to make a patch for Platinum but don't know how to start.

Vagabond+, Mar 3: Nevermind, I figured it out. Really simple.

1 64

Started by Vagabond+

how do i make x special defense in em/ fr?

Hexx17, Mar 3: i thought itd be as easy as copy, paste and change the effect but all the x items use <0FE821> for field effect and <0FE4B9> for battle effect, and battle usage 2 whatever that is.

0 48

Started by Hexx17

ASM & Hex

[FireRed] Trying to change the roamer, but confused a little

TrainerRobo, Mar 2: Hey. Just trying to change the roaming pokemon in Fire Red, using this post as a guide, but i'm sort of confused. I'm no coder and I especially don't know hex very well, so this may seem like a baby question, but I wanted to change the roamer to...

0 61

Started by TrainerRobo

Script

I need a scripting team for a great hack of Team Rocket Version.

Saiprajapati30, Mar 2: Basically my idea is that after then end of pokemon rocket edition... I now want to create one more rom... In which the team rocket which was destroyed by lance and all shall be bring back to power back by the player of rocket edition... (Name is...

0 72

Started by Saiprajapati30

Is there any way to use a trainer editor on a ROM that has new scripting in place?

quinn_today, Mar 2: Hmm... That does sound plausible. Can you think of any way to get around that? So far I've written all my scripts past the 0x800000 range. It would be kind of a pain, but if there's important data located there, I could imagine rewriting all my...

2 57

Started by quinn_today

HELP

Asith, Mar 2: Yep!

3 87

Started by DaimyoHermit

Help with Pedometer / Step-Counter Script

Xero3C, Mar 2: Hi, I checked the Deoxys Puzzle, but I don't understand how this script works (I suppose it's the Lv.5-Script). special2 LASTRESULT 0xB4 (Does that mean The Step-Counter is set to 180 steps?), then compare LASTRESULT 0x7 (why 7?), then if 0x5...

6 277

Started by Xero3C

Graphics

How do you implement move animations into Pokémon Emerald [Binary Hacking]?

ShinyTillDawn, Mar 1: Side note: I don't need to (for my ROM hack) change the number of moves in the game. The move I want to implement will replace an existing move in the game. There is a well−developed tutorial for FireRed, but I'm assuming that it's way different...

0 60

Started by ShinyTillDawn

Script

Help on Pokemon Emerald Intro

ShinyTillDawn, Mar 1: I found the solution for Pokémon Emerald: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/200749908368687104/815994204056191036/unknown.png You have to go to address 0x2c897b in Hex Maniac Advance and then you can edit the text. My question is, how can you...

1 436

Started by ground_cloud

Glitchy/Corrupted menu textbox

ShinyTillDawn, Feb 28: This happens when you repoint trainer data into the 0x400000 range, as people said before. So you'll have to point custom data to your ROM's free space.

5 132

Started by TrainerRobo

Graphics

Status on HUD issue

Tacobell24, Feb 28: Just binary, using NSE. Got it sussed now. 👍

2 163

Started by Tacobell24

How to make the sound on Sappy work correctly? [FR]

zacku457, Feb 28: Alguien de habla hispana ?

4 111

Started by JayPescuma95

Script

Elite Four Doorways

Anon822, Feb 28: The door closing is done with setmaptile commands in a type 2 map script

1 65

Started by newscripter

ASM & Hex

Code illiterate newbie looking to increase the damage of Type-enhancing items (Platinum)

Anon822, Feb 28: The tutorial you're using is listing the offsets for diamond/pearl, not for platinum.

4 1,347

Started by PopcornBunni

Please help! Pokedex Issue!

Kyogreblue21, Feb 28: I have an issue on my fire red rom hack, where the Pokedex does not register caught Pokémon correctly, it shows the registered entry at first in the pokedex, but it disappears when I move to a new area, wild Pokémon within that unregisterable range...

0 89

Started by Kyogreblue21

Script

Porting PokeYellow's Pikachu starter event to Pokered?

NitroHedgehog, Feb 28: Hi! I am working on a full color PokeRed hack, and I was wondering this; is it possible to port Pokémon Yellow's starter events to Pokémon Red? What I mean is this; - Oak catches a Pokémon in Pallet Town - Only one ball is on the lab's table -...

0 56

Started by NitroHedgehog

Help with Trainer Editing in Radical Red

Tacobell24, Feb 27: It would be arduous, but to change the sprites you could try with a combination of VisualBoy Advance's Palette Viewer to locate hex values of the palette's colours A Hex Editor to find the palette's offset and any pointers to it NSE 2.X to...

3 1,436

Started by PROjectZ3R0

Other

How to edit when the player is defeated on a battle without messing up the entire rom

DaimyoHermit, Feb 27: I want to edit the text and where the player is transferred when he ran out of usable pokemon

2 144

Started by DaimyoHermit

Tool

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

Sea-Jay, Feb 26: 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...

8 284

Started by Dolando

Help with saving progress in Prime Dialga's DNS Tool

Xero3C, Feb 26: Hi, I want to use Prime Dialga's DNS Tool (v2.0) to add RTC functionality, but I want to remove the Day-Time Palettes (so that is always day palette-wise for Story-Reasons). My Question now is how I save the changes from unchecking of the...

0 109

Started by Xero3C

Messed with OW pallets, now name selection screen is messed up

mcferaligatr, Feb 25: Change the palette to the way it was before ( revert the palette ID/slot to match previous values, and if you forgot, you can use an unmodified rom to check the values.) and see if that fixes anything (revert the character back to the way it looked...

1 103

Started by TheTinkerer

Script

Can someone make a battle script tutorial

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 25: A little update, with the resources I've gathered I can read a little battlescript. Attached is an example battle script to compare. So using that, an ability table, for my rom, plus the chart of bs commands courtesy of HMA. I was able to draw...

3 220

Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

Different Type Effectiveness in Hacks

Hexx17, Feb 25: my personal hacks have an altered type chart. mainly for balance purposes, and also based on what i think makes sense. but its definately the biggest reason i havent shared any of them yet. tbh i dont mind playing a hack with an altered chart,...

10 8,905

Started by Rezzo

Script

Animation Color Change

Bdemp99, Feb 24: First post on the forums 😃 I'll do my best to explain exactly what I'm aiming to accomplish ~ I have multiple tilesets which are copies, but in different hues/colors. I would like to make the rustling grass animation for each colored tileset...

0 82

Started by Bdemp99

Item won't show up.

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 23: If its not that then maybe, you're just not closing your emulator between changes, you'd need to completely close and reopen the emulator for new changes to appear. and maybe leave the map and come back.

5 177

Started by acetrainereddie

Script

How to add items on Platinum maps

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 23: try DS Map studio. items in overworld are usuallt as simple as an npc with the pokeball sprite, and a flag in the person id. the script should just be an additem script with a special ending sound/message. I only know the values for gen 3, so...

1 90

Started by ClaireStarsword

ASM & Hex

(Concept) Changing the cap on EVs and IVs.

Snowka85, Feb 22: What would the offsets for these be in Emerald? Also, how would I remove the 510 cap in that game?

13 2,078

Started by BirdstarCat13

Script

New Game Problem

kalarie, Feb 21: Pokemon Essentials ≠ ROM Hacking

1 103

Started by ekimb23

How to edit incomplete roms? it's possible?

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 20: depends on if it was made with decomp or binary, if its binary its simple and you should have no issue opening them in advance map. you didn't try to open the patch file with advance map by chance did you? You need to apply the patch to a rom...

4 302

Started by zerodown

Tool

Changes won't appear in my game

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 20: 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.

3 169

Started by BurningIgglybuff

Script

I'm having issues with Dynamic Pokemon Expansion

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 20: read this. https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=443233

3 211

Started by lhw02

Tool

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

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 20: 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.

2 207

Started by Devenery

Script

[Emerald] A trainer battle is occurring twice when there's no clear indication in the script of a repeated battle.

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 20: Sounds interesting, maybe I can use that as a simple way to make battles repeatable, without having to edit every script.

4 151

Started by ShinyTillDawn

Graphics

Keep running into an error with sprites

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 20: I get what its saying but not why its happening, my recommendation would be to use a different program. Try hex maniac advance instead. Once you get used to it, you'll be able to use it for that , and much much more. I know it has some ways of...

1 145

Started by Crona

Need an npc to stop the player from moving

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 20: Ok here's the thing, stopping a player is as simple as using the lock command. its the same command no matter how its triggered, If you stop when talking to a person, if you look at their person event script in xse you will see that the first...

5 186

Started by Naglu

Change OAK's movement firered

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 20: I don't know why an option would be greyed out but all you should need to do is change the position of his hidden sprite in advance map, see where it says look up, change it to face the direction of the new town entrance, in your case look right. ...

1 120

Started by Nick Saandehand

ASM & Hex

[Leon's ROM Base] Shedinja Evolution

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 20: Instead of looking in vanilla, look in the files for leon base and see if it changes the evo method.

2 527

Started by Blackforest

Script

Issue with Tiles scripting

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 20: Did you remember to set talking level of the script to height 2 in advance map.

1 121

Started by Naglu

ASM & Hex

Gen 6 Exp All/Share In Platinum - Help please!

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 20: Don't know how to change how the items work, without using decomp, but for a quick fix you could change the script that gives the exp share, to give players 6 of them instead of just 1. That's the solution some hacks like drayano's blaze black &...

1 159

Started by YokoSays

I want to create a Pokemon NDS Rom Hack of my hometown and I need some help as a beginner

ClaireStarsword, Feb 20: To my knowledge it's impossible so far to add more Pokémon to DS games, only replace them. If there's a way I'd love to know it too. If you're a beginner to DS hacking I recommend Jay-San's tutorials:...

1 181

Started by GreeFoss

Is there a hack which can restore the original lighting effects from Red/Green to RBY?

Blasting Off, Feb 20: Just been reading that the original Red & Green games released in Japan had high speed lighting effects, usually when a Pokemon used moves like Hyperbeam, electrical attacks, ect. But after the Porygon incident in 97 they toned the strobing right...

0 33

Started by Blasting Off

Audio

Glitchy Music Insertion

MewWhoMakesStuff, Feb 20: @kalarie Thank you so much. I was finally able to get it to work!

5 150

Started by MewWhoMakesStuff

ASM & Hex

[Yellow] Reclaiming ROM0 space

BenJuan26, Feb 19: I'm using pokeyellow and trying to add the A-button HM shortcuts from Gen2 onward. I've started by testing whether I can detect a CUT-able tree in front of the player and showing some text if successful. The problem is that overworld.asm is in ROM0,...

0 78

Started by BenJuan26

Other

Pokemon Emerald Level Scaling By Badge

megatyler30, Feb 19: Could you share this ASM please?

2 503

Started by MagallanesX

Pokemon Paradox

kalarie, Feb 18: @ltlvixen This thread has been dead for over 12 years, I think it's safe to assume it's not in progress anymore. Also, please don't revive these ancient threads.

10 7,735

Started by twi1ight

Other

Pokemon Game Editor- Emerald Pokemon Expansion Cry Issues

kalarie, Feb 18: @PorousMist326 Still, I don't recommend to use PGE to edit anything related to Pokemon data. It would probably a better idea to use Esperance's Cry Editor and edit the ini to work with expanded pokemon.

3 132

Started by PorousMist326

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RBY Wild pokemon Editor not opening my ROM

Script Tile keeps activating randomly

NPCs are invisible until player moves after script

Change the location of a sethealingplace variable

I'm trying to make a patch for Platinum but don't know how to start.

how do i make x special defense in em/ fr?

[FireRed] Trying to change the roamer, but confused a little

I need a scripting team for a great hack of Team Rocket Version.

Is there any way to use a trainer editor on a ROM that has new scripting in place?

HELP

Help with Pedometer / Step-Counter Script

How do you implement move animations into Pokémon Emerald [Binary Hacking]?

Help on Pokemon Emerald Intro

Glitchy/Corrupted menu textbox

Status on HUD issue

How to make the sound on Sappy work correctly? [FR]

Elite Four Doorways

Code illiterate newbie looking to increase the damage of Type-enhancing items (Platinum)

Please help! Pokedex Issue!

Porting PokeYellow's Pikachu starter event to Pokered?

Help with Trainer Editing in Radical Red

How to edit when the player is defeated on a battle without messing up the entire rom

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

Help with saving progress in Prime Dialga's DNS Tool

Messed with OW pallets, now name selection screen is messed up

Can someone make a battle script tutorial

Different Type Effectiveness in Hacks

Animation Color Change

Item won't show up.

How to add items on Platinum maps

(Concept) Changing the cap on EVs and IVs.

New Game Problem

How to edit incomplete roms? it's possible?

Changes won't appear in my game

I'm having issues with Dynamic Pokemon Expansion

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

[Emerald] A trainer battle is occurring twice when there's no clear indication in the script of a repeated battle.

Keep running into an error with sprites

Need an npc to stop the player from moving

Change OAK's movement firered

[Leon's ROM Base] Shedinja Evolution

Issue with Tiles scripting

Gen 6 Exp All/Share In Platinum - Help please!

I want to create a Pokemon NDS Rom Hack of my hometown and I need some help as a beginner

Is there a hack which can restore the original lighting effects from Red/Green to RBY?

Glitchy Music Insertion

[Yellow] Reclaiming ROM0 space

Pokemon Emerald Level Scaling By Badge

Pokemon Paradox

Pokemon Game Editor- Emerald Pokemon Expansion Cry Issues