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Decomp & Disassembly Help icon

Decomp & Disassembly Help

Get the help you you need to develop your decompilation or disassembly-based hack here.

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Rules

Decomp & Disassembly Help Forum Rules

Avara, Aug 29: *Decomp & Disassembly Help 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 with the global...

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Started by Avara

Help Thread

General Information

Avara, Jan 2019: What's the difference between binary hacking and using a decompilation/disassembly? "Binary hacking" in a nutshell can be defined as using various tools to edit a .gba or .gbc file to get the results you want. If you use a decomp/disasm, the...

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Started by Avara

How to use default player/rival names (Pokered)

Avara, Jan 20: Hi, I've moved this over to Decomp & Disassembly Help as you've noted you're using Pokered.

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Started by Raichu

Compiling Multiple Upgrades Simultaneously

Lunos, Jan 18: There is a tutorial you can follow in the Decomp & Disassembly Tutorials and Resources Section. https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=432321 You start by cloning the repository indicated there, jumping to the battle_engine branch and...

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Started by joeygmurf

How to add scrollbar to options menu?

Mashanny, Jan 18: So I've adjusted the autorun made by ghoulslash, so that it doesn't replace the button mode but adds to the option menu. Problem is I now have the autorun options at the bottom, replacing the Cancel at the bottom (it's now invisible at the bottom...

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Started by Mashanny

Battle

Changing Battle Speed

Mkol103, Jan 18: Yes, kinda. Essentially, in the battle scripts (data/battle_scripts_1), there are "pause" and "waitmessage" commands that give the game its pacing. In my game, I changed the inputs to all these functions to 1, the smallest value that isn't 0...

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Started by Mkol103

Trainer sending out incorrect second Pokemon

pokemonmasteraaron, Jan 16: Figured it out! For any other n00bs, you have to edit PartyFlags in trainers.h. It is a bit mask, you can just look at other trainers that do this and copy what they do. Very simple.

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Started by pokemonmasteraaron

Emerald: Wild encounter changes not reflected in pokeemerald.gba build

pokemonmasteraaron, Jan 13: Hi! Yes, I am modifying src/data/wild_encounters.json. Though I got nowhere with that, I was finally able to get a change to go through by modifying the header directly. Now, as you know with C, headers aren't recompiled if nothing which includes...

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Started by pokemonmasteraaron

Battle

Help with new Switching AI

Mkol103, Jan 13: I recently saw Petuh 2.0's post on a new type of switching AI, but I found that it was far too manual for my tastes. Therefore, I tried to implement it myself. This script is copied off of the already existing Wonder Guard check script: u8...

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Started by Mkol103

Graphics

[pokered] Glitched sprites?

HarleyRayquaza, Jan 12: I’m trying to add new Pokémon into Pokered, and for the most part it’s going alright. Palettes, cries, movesets and stats are working perfectly, but the sprites themselves aren’t loading correctly. They show up as MissingNo-like blocks of colour. ...

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Started by HarleyRayquaza

Script

Unable to access gAbilityNames in field_specials.c

Mkol103, Jan 12: Just a head's up, I found out the display doesn't work correctly with Pokemon not in Gens I-III. I'll try to come up with a fix, but for now, keep in mind that this code isn't 100% working. EDIT: It was because Species was saved as an 8-bit...

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Started by Mkol103

Other

[Fire Red] How to add new items and define their use.

kalarie, Jan 7: Just want to say that binary hacking and the decompilation projects are two completely different approaches of ROM hacking. You choose one of the two and don't use them interchangably. Also, scripting is a part of binary hacking or using the...

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Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

Pokefirered Summary Screen coordinate editing

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 7: How did you get in to find these things, did you have to make a linux partition, and build the repository like it said on git?

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Started by orznick14

Other

Continuing my binary hack in disassembly

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 7: it's still the same rom base, so works the same and still has hex. If the data was rearranged all you should need to do is reapply your scripts to a different offset in the freespace. and they'd work just as they always did, if rearranging data...

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Started by STikER

Implimenting the Physical Special Split with Icons

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 6: Sorry to be a bother, but would you mind sharing how you came to the solution, for anyone else that may try the same later? I know I will probably need it down the road.

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Started by LunatoneandSolorockarebest

Other

[Crystal] How to implement the "different attributes in different blocks" tutorial?

Morfeo, Jan 6: Hello Excuse me, I don't speak English I'm trying to apply this tutorial: https://github.com/pret/pokecrystal/wiki/Allow-tiles-to-have-different-attributes-in-different-blocks-(including-X-and-Y-flip) and I can now correctly view the maps in...

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Started by Morfeo

Script

[EM] Adding a msg to a battle script

Lunos, Jan 3: For whatever it's worth, I have a working example of printing text strings in battle script functions via PrepareStringBattle, in case you want to take a look at it....

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Started by opakedragon

Adding new Pokémon into Pokered disassembly?

HarleyRayquaza, Jan 1: Hi! I’m interested in creating a hack for Pokémon Red that adds in some beta Pokémon from the SpaceWorld ‘97 demo, but I don’t really have a clue on how I would add new Pokémon in. I’ve looked all over for guides, but every one I’ve seen seems...

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Started by HarleyRayquaza

Battle

[PokeEmerald] Fast Intro for Entire Trainer Battle

Mkol103, Dec 31: Hi, this one's pretty niche, but I thought I'd ask anyway. There's no such thing as a stupid question and so on. Anyway, in the Battle Engine Upgrade, there's a toggle that makes it so when an opponent sends out a Pokemon or you encounter a wild...

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Started by Mkol103

(Pokeemerald)Help needed with Birch's introduction

Mkol103, Dec 31: You haven't really given much information besides "I messed around with it," so I'm not entirely sure of what I can do to help, but the only thing I can recommend looking into is checking that the "fill in white to text box" function here knows that...

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Started by Martyk

Script

[pokeemerald]Egg Moves at the move relearner

Mkol103, Dec 30: I spoke to Petuh, and they said their scripts were just collateral damage from when they deleted their account. Once they find the script, they'll send it to me and I have their permission to release it on the Simple Modifications Directory.

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Started by Mkol103

Script

[Help!] Trade between regions

Lunos, Dec 28: Or maybe no one knew the answer to your question. Fyi, the Gen. 1 and 2 games do not have decompilation projects. Pokered, Pokeyellow, Pokegold and Pokecrystal are pure disassemblies. Also, this section of the forum (Decomp & Disassembly Help)...

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Started by Maxel512

pokecrystal For Dummies

(2 pages)

Lunos, Dec 26: Well, the error is telling you that your sprite's file size it too big, so the first thing you'll want to do is to make sure that it has a max. of 4 colors and that its dimensions are 56x56 px.

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Started by PiaCRT

Error inserting sprites

TomyCh, Dec 26: Hi, I'm new in this thing of Disassembly, I was editing a sprite, and I put in the "Trainers" folder. But cygwin says this error :"Section 'Pics 15' grew too big (max size = 0x4000 bytes, reached 0x401A). make: *** Error 1" Anyone knows how to fix...

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Started by TomyCh

Script

[pokecrystal] Move relearner

McPaul, Dec 26: Hello! In my Pokémon Crystal ROM hack I want to make a Move Relearner. I know some people made one but I'm completely clueless about how to do it. Maybe someone can help me? Thanks a lot in advance!

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Started by McPaul

Script

[pokecrystal] Expand the move tutor with scrolling menu

McPaul, Dec 26: Hello! In my Pokémon Crystal ROM hack I want to raise the number of move the Move Tutor can teach, and to do this I need him to show a scrolling menu. How to do this? Thanks for your answers!

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Started by McPaul

Script

[pokecrystal] Change Fly's sprite

McPaul, Dec 26: Hello! I'm making a Pokéon Crystal ROM hack where HMs are replaced by items. It's going really well, but I have an issue. When using ZARDFLY, the FLY item, I want the sprite used to be the BigmonIcon one. I know I must edit the field_moves.asm...

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Started by McPaul

Help with adding TMs 50-100 to Item Expansion

(2 pages)

Tervaxx, Dec 25: Thanks to your previous posts I've managed to get it working without having to convert the learnsets into integers, which was a bit chaotic to be honest xD.What I've done is the following: 1. Changes in src\data\pokemon\tmhm_learnsets.h 2....

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Started by RadicalRadish

(pokeemerald) How to add items in the game

Lunos, Dec 23: PoryMap is a map editor. It doesn't let you modify anything that is not directly related to maps or the game's region map. If you want to add entirely new items to the game. 1) Define the item include/constants/items.h 2) Add its data in...

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Started by LunatoneandSolorockarebest

Graphics

[pokeemerald] Adding a new pokemon?

JorgeFishkin, Dec 23: Hello, I'm new to decomp, and recently I've run into a very confounding error with my pokeemerald expansion project (it contains the battle engine, pokemon expansion, and item expansion). I added a new pokemon (named Smeltling) according to the...

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Started by JorgeFishkin

Making SGB palettes display on the GBC

jojobear13, Dec 21: Wanted to follow up on this as I believe I have found and fixed the problem. It all comes down to the way the credit sequence itself is coded. Specifically, it's the way the pokemon silhouettes are scrolled to the left. This function here in...

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Started by jojobear13

Map

[pokecrystal] Getting rid of the dark of a cave

McPaul, Dec 20: Hello! After trying pokeemerald I'm now looking at pokecrystal. I'm using Polished Map and I haven't found how to disable the need of using Flash in a cave, how do you do that? Thanks in advance.

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Started by McPaul

Eon Flute Soaring

Mkol103, Dec 18: Yeah, that's what I thought to do, but the non instrument lines of code weirded me out. For example voice_keysplit voicegroup009, KeySplitTable5 What does this do? Is it necessary? How do I know which lines to include and which to omit? I'm...

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Started by paccy

Other

[pokeemerald] Completely remade how stats work but I still have an issue

McPaul, Dec 16: Hello! Thanks for your answers! I wanted to make a system similar to GSC where stats grow a more balanced way, until every stat is maxed out. But not too early (even if Pokémon give only one EV in each stat your Pokémon will have max stats...

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Started by McPaul

Day/Night Cycle in Pokeemerald

spacemountaincarlo, Dec 16: Hey everyone. I'm sure it's been done before, but I was maybe hoping for some tips on implementing a graphical Day/Night cycle in Pokeemerald. I'm guessing it has something to do with custom palettes or something. Maybe it can be done with a filter?...

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Started by spacemountaincarlo

Script

Set a Pokemon's nature via special/macro

Mkol103, Dec 16: I ended up just using Ghoulslash's hack. There's a minor bug if I try to make nature-colors work alongside it, so I'll just not do that.

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Started by Mkol103

Moves particles

JapaBijou, Dec 14: Hi I'm making a rom using the decomp of pokemon fire red and I want to add moves from others generations. Is there some free resource pack wich contains moves particles for gba? I would obviusly put the creator on credits when I'll finish...

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Started by JapaBijou

Map

Glitched tiles (Pokeemerald)

KirbyStar64, Dec 13: Im relatively new to hacking and am having some trouble with tiles loading wrong. As soon as I cross over to the other route, pic related happens. Is there any way to fix this without just merging the tilesets? https://imgur.com/MiVV4sK (incase...

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Started by KirbyStar64

Other

Help! I just followed 2 tutorials and the TWO didn't work...

Lunos, Dec 11: I already explained concepts like "commits" in the tutorial I linked in one of my previous posts here. The gist of it is that they're backup points that contain your repository in the state it was in when the commit in question was created. And...

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Started by McPaul

Script

Changing Wallys Tutorial Name [Pokeemerald]

KirbyStar64, Dec 11: worked like a charm, thank you!

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Started by KirbyStar64

Debug Menu for Cutscene, Map warping, and Pokemon

Sonikku A, Dec 9: So, how I be able to edit this to allow me to view all mon (front mon animations mainly), warp across maps, and see the entire Rayquaza cutscene in Sootopolis?

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Started by Sonikku A

Graphics

How to move Option menu's fields?

McPaul, Dec 9: I actually found it after some hours of tries! I changed all the default text speed part! So I'm sharing it with you guys! First I changed the default text speed of the game located in src\new_game.c which is gSaveBlock2Ptr->optionsTextSpeed =...

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Started by McPaul

Battle

Battle Arena Crashes [FIXED]

Mkol103, Dec 8: Hi! I'm just checking to see if anybody's run into this issue before and has any idea how to fix it. In my romhack, I've found that the Battle Arena is prone to random crashes. At first, I thought it was because the new moves added by the Emerald...

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Started by Mkol103

Graphics

[pokeemerald] How to disable all Pokémon animations?

McPaul, Dec 6: How strange!

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Started by McPaul

[Pokemon Red] Adding a trainer

ezwi, Dec 5: Ok thank you :)

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Started by ezwi

Other

Making items is hardcore damn!

McPaul, Dec 5: Ok I see! Thank you!

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Started by McPaul

Script

Making a Gamemode screen.

rens1999, Dec 4: sorry for my bad english. i can read and understeand english but my grammer isnt that good :/

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Started by rens1999

Use new vars

Lunos, Dec 4: Yeah, I think that's pretty much all there is to it. You just add in new vars after 0x40FF following the lead of the previous ones, and adjust VARS_END accordingly. Before adding in new vars, you should make use of all the unused vars the game...

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Started by JapaBijou

Repel emerald

Lunos, Dec 4: It is, yes. This area of the forum called "Decomp and Disassembly Help" where you posted this thread is explicitly and unsurprisingly used for decomp based projects. Go ask a moderator to move it to ROM Hacking Help instead. That's where binary...

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Started by darthbr

Pokeemerald: Feebas

spacemountaincarlo, Dec 2: Hey everyone, Does anyone know where the weird Feebas encounter stuff is scripted in? I've tried looking in the most likely places but I haven't found anything. Edit: I found it, wild_encounter.c

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Started by spacemountaincarlo

Audio

Randomized cry?

WiserVisor, Nov 30: No prob! Glad to help.

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Started by Sonikku A

Tool

NotToDisturb Decomp Trainer Editor: Errors when compiling

McPaul, Nov 29: No prob doc' tools are useful you gain a lot of time! Thanks a lot!

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Started by McPaul

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Decomp & Disassembly Help Forum Rules

General Information

How to use default player/rival names (Pokered)

Compiling Multiple Upgrades Simultaneously

How to add scrollbar to options menu?

Changing Battle Speed

Trainer sending out incorrect second Pokemon

Emerald: Wild encounter changes not reflected in pokeemerald.gba build

Help with new Switching AI

[pokered] Glitched sprites?

Unable to access gAbilityNames in field_specials.c

[Fire Red] How to add new items and define their use.

Pokefirered Summary Screen coordinate editing

Continuing my binary hack in disassembly

Implimenting the Physical Special Split with Icons

[Crystal] How to implement the "different attributes in different blocks" tutorial?

[EM] Adding a msg to a battle script

Adding new Pokémon into Pokered disassembly?

[PokeEmerald] Fast Intro for Entire Trainer Battle

(Pokeemerald)Help needed with Birch's introduction

[pokeemerald]Egg Moves at the move relearner

[Help!] Trade between regions

pokecrystal For Dummies

Error inserting sprites

[pokecrystal] Move relearner

[pokecrystal] Expand the move tutor with scrolling menu

[pokecrystal] Change Fly's sprite

Help with adding TMs 50-100 to Item Expansion

(pokeemerald) How to add items in the game

[pokeemerald] Adding a new pokemon?

Making SGB palettes display on the GBC

[pokecrystal] Getting rid of the dark of a cave

Eon Flute Soaring

[pokeemerald] Completely remade how stats work but I still have an issue

Day/Night Cycle in Pokeemerald

Set a Pokemon's nature via special/macro

Moves particles

Glitched tiles (Pokeemerald)

Help! I just followed 2 tutorials and the TWO didn't work...

Changing Wallys Tutorial Name [Pokeemerald]

Debug Menu for Cutscene, Map warping, and Pokemon

How to move Option menu's fields?

Battle Arena Crashes [FIXED]

[pokeemerald] How to disable all Pokémon animations?

[Pokemon Red] Adding a trainer

Making items is hardcore damn!

Making a Gamemode screen.

Use new vars

Repel emerald

Pokeemerald: Feebas

Randomized cry?

NotToDisturb Decomp Trainer Editor: Errors when compiling