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Binary Hack Tools, Tutorials & Resources icon

Binary Hack Tools, Tutorials & Resources

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

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

Promoted

Featured Tool: Pokémon DS Map Studio

Thread created January 14th, 2020

146

Promoted

Featured: Ultimate ROM Base (using the CFRU)

Thread created June 9th, 2018

413

Promoted

Featured Tool: Hex Maniac Advance

Thread created December 20th, 2019

Promoted

[Video Tutorials] Pokémon Generation III ROM Hacking

Thread created May 28th, 2016

124

Tutorial

Pokémon Generation III ROM Hacking Tutorials [Video Series]

(5 pages)

Low End Gaming, Nov 7: I didn't knew about ctrl+f till this time lol

124 86,754

Started by Anthroyd

Resource

Quick Resource Thread

(5 pages)

partys over, Nov 4: posted in the wrong thread cus im stupid Hey, so when working on a hack project of mine, I noticed there weren't many sprites of Galarian Forms that were animated in gen 3 style, with animations. So I made some. I'm not a spriter but I wanted...

110 130,491

Started by Logan

Resource

NDS/3DS Tool Dump

Logan, Jan 2017: Yeah let's give this a sticky for a bit and see how it goes.

1 23,268

Started by Hiro TDK

Rules

Tools, Tutorials & Resources Forum Rules

Christos, May 2014: *Tools, Tutorials and 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 with the...

0 31,611

Started by Christos

Tool

[v1.2] FastScriptEditor (MUCH more efficient way to create XSE scripts)!

darkyy92, Jan 17: Thank you so much for your work! I'm just digging into FSE now.

6 2,266

Started by ps4star

Tool

ModExe

(5 pages)

darkyy92, Jan 17: Any chance on including an NPC which changes the nature? As written here by AkameTheBulbasaur: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showpost.php?p=10174606&postcount=1509 It's an ASM routine and a script. I would need the one with color changing...

118 31,434

Started by LykO

Tool

Beater Suite Of Tools [For Gen V]

LucasThePlatinumMaster, Jan 16: Thank you!

2 126

Started by LucasThePlatinumMaster

Resource

HGSS Summary Screen + How to Make a Summary Screen

kalarie, Jan 16: @Juaquin472 This is not a request thread. Also, these graphics will definitely not fit within GBA limitations.

8 1,058

Started by Z-nogyroP

Tool

Advanced Series (GBA toolbox)

(11 pages)

lml247, Jan 15: O. Hello nearly 10 years after this comment was made. Still have that file handy? I'm in a pickle xD

269 291,289

Started by Wichu

Tutorial

The "Complete FireRed Upgrade" Tutorial

fireredlugia, Jan 15: Do not ever edit a ROM which has the CFRU inserted in it. My question is in your red highlight, so I normally edit my rom, Pokemon Fire Red (U) (Squirrels) in this base, Map, Sprites Trainer, Scripts, to insert the CFRU in the end. But how am I...

6 1,495

Started by Upsurge

Resource

Fancy FireRed Rom Base

M̷̗̟̥̏a̶̰͐̐̇s̸͙̈͗̊o̵̡̩͐̑̒n̷̗̗̈, Jan 15: Tileset Patches can be found at https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=344986 https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=327679

3 255

Started by BluVortex

Resource

Pokémon Patch Firered 807pokes + All Megas Completed And MOre Updated

(21 pages)

M̷̗̟̥̏a̶̰͐̐̇s̸͙̈͗̊o̵̡̩͐̑̒n̷̗̗̈, Jan 15: You can use wayback machine to get the url, then copy the contents after the url.

510 274,303

Started by kristianangel89

Tutorial

Adding new types into Fire Red without replacing

(10 pages)

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 14: Ok for anyone trying to follow this guide, follow my guide instead to fill in the blanks. The things aren't really in proper order for this guide. Several important parts are missing or in the wrong section. Specifically the issue is how to...

236 76,208

Started by ShyRayq

Tool

HexManiacAdvance: A New Hex Editor for Gen 3 Hacking

(4 pages)

M̷̗̟̥̏a̶̰͐̐̇s̸͙̈͗̊o̵̡̩͐̑̒n̷̗̗̈, Jan 14: In PGE, I don't think you need to type the offset in the ini. Create a new line in txt/PGETypeList

77 13,194

Started by haven1433

Tutorial

PKSV Extra Scripting Tutorials

(2 pages)

kalarie, Jan 14: @Pokémaster Farhan Use XSE (Gamer 2020's Unofficial version). It's the standard being used for binary hacking. I'd recommend to look up Avara's scripting tutorial for binary hacking;)

44 25,858

Started by The Void

Resource

Emerald ROMBase

(2 pages)

Guard192, Jan 14: Help! Can't get PGE to load the pokemon data / attack editor for the .ini provided...

49 32,335

Started by mamamama

Tutorial

[RUBY] Gen 6 Exp.Share

darthbr, Jan 12: for emerald maybe? someone?

7 5,437

Started by ~Andrea

Resource

No Music Patches for Emerald & FireRed

Jaetaro, Jan 12: This is great! I needed this for my streams so I could play music in it 😀

4 5,006

Started by Sidrk

Resource

[EM] Dizzy's Hacked Engine

(6 pages)

M̷̗̟̥̏a̶̰͐̐̇s̸͙̈͗̊o̵̡̩͐̑̒n̷̗̗̈, Jan 11: Follow the installation instructions

140 42,365

Started by Chacha Dinosaur

Resource

Ultimate 807 Base (updated version coming soon)

(2 pages)

LiveWire-093, Jan 11: Is there a way to use gender specific sprites? The main reason I ask is because I want to use Alolan Meowth/Persian as a female alternative and the Kantonian ones as a male alternative in my custom rom hack.

25 8,246

Started by YoY-X

Tutorial

How to add new evolution stones in Pokemon Emerald

darthbr, Jan 10: Whatsup guys?! This tutorial is for ppl that want to add new evolution stones in emerald, but in a safe way, without corrupting the backpack and other issues... i searched in world to make it work, many tutorials out there are wrong of too...

0 51

Started by darthbr

Resource

Pokemon Fire Red Patch 1020/1460 Rombases UPDATE 6/23/16 Beta 1.1 Released

(32 pages)

kalarie, Jan 10: @LiveWire-93 This ROM base is pretty old and uses another (buggy) ROM base as a base (brilliant). Therefore I don't recommend using this. Use the DPE in combination with the CFRU instead. Or alternatively the latest version of Leon's and...

781 122,417

Started by pokefreak890

Tutorial

Basics of Hex Editing

cutexiaobear, Jan 9: I'm currently working on a rom hack with Pokemon Crystal. How do I find the offset addresses to edit the trainers' DVs?

13 59,109

Started by miksy91

Resource

[FR] Squeetz' Music ROM base

Upsurge, Jan 9: Ah, I didn't think of that. My apologies. Glad you got it working.

17 9,320

Started by Squeetz

Resource

The HP Bar/HP Box/Whatever You Call It Patches

Krinalle11, Jan 9: You can teach me how to do this, I am new to the world and I did some things but this detail of disappearing with the LV number would be great

21 10,245

Started by YoY-X

Resource

Mc Paul's Emerald base ROM thread!

Bearded SOPMOD, Jan 9: These are some really neat little patches, especially love the HMs as items. Could the color restoration patch extend to also change the various tilesets that were changed in Emerald back to those from Ruby/Sapphire? I feel like it's kinda missing...

15 1,812

Started by McPaul

Tool

Type Effectiveness Editor

(3 pages)

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 8: Hi Esperance, I'm using the 3.0 version and I was attempting to add a new type, not replacing the "???" typing, I did it set my strengths & weaknesses, then saved and took note of the new pointer locations. And I decided to try hex maniac advance...

67 32,784

Started by esperance

Tool

G3T - Gen 3 Tools

(17 pages)

WonszSpaapSowy, Jan 8: Hello Kurapika or anyone reading this. I ran into a problem while editing a ROM. Essentially everything works fine except one thing, the Item Editor. As a tool it works perfectly fine but the main issue is some TM descriptions got corrupted and are...

408 232,697

Started by Kurapika

Tutorial

Quick Advance map tips for 3rd gen editing.

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 8: I've recently started working with scipts to edit my games and after having a lot of trouble with advanced map, I've decided to create a quick guide to keep others from having the same issue. This is using advane Map 1.95 the current latest...

0 131

Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

Tutorial

Starting out with Rom Hacking? Click here

Nitetales, Jan 5: I'm not entirely new to hacking, but I'm not inexperienced The trouble I'm having right now is getting to a point where I can download and hack a ROM. I understand that can't be done by link, but I am not sure where to go so I can hack. Also,...

21 101,807

Started by Danny0317

Tool

YAPE (Yet Another Pokemon Editor)

(21 pages)

Sicio Powa, Jan 5: I used YAPE on a Fire Red Rom for a while, but then after I tried opening the same Rom I get the message "Error Reading Learned Moves". Can anyone help me fix it?

505 343,909

Started by silver314

Tutorial

Sierra's MEGA-HUGE XSE Scripting Tutorial

(50 pages)

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 3: If the pokemon you have is the charmander it gave you, then that's how the script is supposed to work, to not give you repeat pokemon. If you want it to give you unlimited charmanders you'd have to remove the flag check and flag set, but that's...

1,226 688,768

Started by Sierraffinity

Resource

[FireRed] Levels Above 100

(2 pages)

Upsurge, Jan 2: This is really just following pointers to specific offsets and editing the bytes. ROM's cannot be shared on PokéCommunity, and can result in a ban. Please refrain from doing so.

38 13,598

Started by esipode

Resource

Leon's DPE + CFRU Base and Ultimate Rom Base

(17 pages)

Upsurge, Jan 2: You probably messed something up when editing the item files, which, I believe, Leon has in the base. Just edit the item files again; correctly.

413 134,826

Started by Prof. Leon Dias

Tutorial

In depth Advance Map tutorial

(23 pages)

A random trainer, Jan 2: Okay so I created a new map which will be blue's room upstairs from where Daisy is sitting in pallet town I want to create a warp with the stairs but I don't know the map bank of my new map where do I find it?

574 369,798

Started by link12552

Resource

[DPPtHGSS] Unlimited TM's Patches

ClaireStarsword, Dec 31: I did the hex edition and every item became unlimited, not only TMs, is that supposed to happen?

8 2,570

Started by TheShadyRelapse

Tutorial

Pokemon Fire Red: Physical/Special Split Patch and More!

Kertra, Dec 29: People are complaining that in my hack the PSS breakdown is not working. Everything is added properly, could it be the fault of a bad emulator?

15 23,045

Started by chainfire57

Resource

[EM] Items, TMs, Tutor Moves Expansion

(3 pages)

deidara9216, Dec 28: Could you help me with this problem? https://ibb.co/ygYv8DZ

62 21,762

Started by Chacha Dinosaur

Tool

ddrox13's Regional Pokedex Type Balance Tool (and examples!)

Snowka85, Dec 27: I get an error when I add Talonflame to my regional dex entry list ("Invalid: Input cannot contain 'Talonflame'"), and I think custom species break the type percentage page. I haven't changed anything about the type percentage page so I'm not sure...

8 4,344

Started by ddrox13

Tool

[PMD2] SkyTemple ROM Editor (Maps, Scripts, Debugger, ...)

Xero3, Dec 27: Wow amazing work!!! I might get into making a small Mystery Dungeon ROM-Hack at some point and make some cutscenes with this tool.

3 1,251

Started by Parakoopa

Tool

Pokemon DS Map Studio: Create Pokemon DS maps in 5 min [2.1 VERSION]

(6 pages)

DeathByPants, Dec 18: First off this map editor is really darn cool. I just discovered it and have been playing around with it for a few hours now. I'm having some slight trouble with the tall grass though. After watching the "Creating a Map in Heartgold" video a few...

146 50,140

Started by TrifindoRH

Tool

[Release] AdvanceMap 1.95 Open Beta

(16 pages)

Momoro, Dec 16: Pretty sure it has to be in .gba format, at least to my knowledge- it's only ever worked for me in that format.

398 299,686

Started by LU-HO

PMDe - A Mystery Dungeon editor

Superleaf03, Dec 15: I apologise for double post, but I have some updated details related to my issues with dungeon Pokémon editing in Red Rescue Team. I recently tested, if Substitute, Follow Me, Decoy Orb and Allure Seed were affected after editing Decoy’s entry....

13 5,801

Started by SunakazeKun

Resource

The Offset Reference - please contribute!

Gavoca, Dec 13: Use HMA

15 10,398

Started by Christos

Tutorial

Beginner's guide to using devkitPro to install upgrades and resources

dearman4, Dec 12: Sorry I'm just now seeing this, they automatically search for free space

21 11,267

Started by dearman4

Tool

G3T for Android

(3 pages)

Pokémaster Farhan, Dec 11: Finally I have been able to download it by vpn. When will be the next version released ?

67 30,164

Started by Kurapika

Resource

MrDollSteak's Decap. and Attack Rombase

(37 pages)

Milkcookie24, Dec 9: Having the same problem, do let me know if you find a fix.

917 300,428

Started by MrDollSteak

Resource

Item images

Upsurge, Dec 7: Try this: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showpost.php?p=10167287&postcount=105

14 2,818

Started by __fred__40

Tutorial

Adding New Moves and Creating New Move Effects

(11 pages)

Seamitar-X, Dec 7: I've continually tried adding new effects. The game is repointing to the new location of the table just fine, but whenever I try to make a new effect in slot 214, it automatically uses Camouflage's. I've tried fixing it and redoing it multiple...

267 134,006

Started by itman

Resource

Invidiually-Unique Pokémon Colors (+ Improved Shiny Colors) for Pokémon Platinum/HeartGold

TheGag96, Dec 7: Ah, I wasn't sure where to put it exactly lol. Thanks!

2 523

Started by TheGag96

Resource

Fire Red Overworld Sprite Resource

(2 pages)

Mob, Dec 4: I will just update the zip file so don't need to worry ;)

40 21,775

Started by kalarie

Tutorial

Expanding Move Tutor in Fire Red [VIP]

M̷̗̟̥̏a̶̰͐̐̇s̸͙̈͗̊o̵̡̩͐̑̒n̷̗̗̈, Dec 3: Very good tut.

4 2,931

Started by DjTarma

Tutorial

Easy Dynamic Showpokepic in Fire Red

Fantaseed, Dec 2: DYNAMIC SHOWPOKEPIC POKEMON(LIKE IN HGSS) THE EASY WAY in FIRE RED: https://i.imgur.com/Co5aPB0_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium Want to show a certain pokemon's image in your first slot dynamically in Fire Red like in HGSS?...

0 556

Started by Fantaseed

Tutorial

Adding New Evolution Stones the easy way

darthbr, Dec 1: The problem is, when i create the 6th stone, up to SUN STONE, the bag became glitch in emerald.. someone knows why? the others stones are ok.

3 2,624

Started by BCTElite

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[Video Tutorials] Pokémon Generation III ROM Hacking

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Quick Resource Thread

NDS/3DS Tool Dump

Tools, Tutorials & Resources Forum Rules

[v1.2] FastScriptEditor (MUCH more efficient way to create XSE scripts)!

ModExe

Beater Suite Of Tools [For Gen V]

HGSS Summary Screen + How to Make a Summary Screen

Advanced Series (GBA toolbox)

The "Complete FireRed Upgrade" Tutorial

Fancy FireRed Rom Base

Pokémon Patch Firered 807pokes + All Megas Completed And MOre Updated

Adding new types into Fire Red without replacing

HexManiacAdvance: A New Hex Editor for Gen 3 Hacking

PKSV Extra Scripting Tutorials

Emerald ROMBase

[RUBY] Gen 6 Exp.Share

No Music Patches for Emerald & FireRed

[EM] Dizzy's Hacked Engine

Ultimate 807 Base (updated version coming soon)

How to add new evolution stones in Pokemon Emerald

Pokemon Fire Red Patch 1020/1460 Rombases UPDATE 6/23/16 Beta 1.1 Released

Basics of Hex Editing

[FR] Squeetz' Music ROM base

The HP Bar/HP Box/Whatever You Call It Patches

Mc Paul's Emerald base ROM thread!

Type Effectiveness Editor

G3T - Gen 3 Tools

Quick Advance map tips for 3rd gen editing.

Starting out with Rom Hacking? Click here

YAPE (Yet Another Pokemon Editor)

Sierra's MEGA-HUGE XSE Scripting Tutorial

[FireRed] Levels Above 100

Leon's DPE + CFRU Base and Ultimate Rom Base

In depth Advance Map tutorial

[DPPtHGSS] Unlimited TM's Patches

Pokemon Fire Red: Physical/Special Split Patch and More!

[EM] Items, TMs, Tutor Moves Expansion

ddrox13's Regional Pokedex Type Balance Tool (and examples!)

[PMD2] SkyTemple ROM Editor (Maps, Scripts, Debugger, ...)

Pokemon DS Map Studio: Create Pokemon DS maps in 5 min [2.1 VERSION]

[Release] AdvanceMap 1.95 Open Beta

PMDe - A Mystery Dungeon editor

The Offset Reference - please contribute!

Beginner's guide to using devkitPro to install upgrades and resources

G3T for Android

MrDollSteak's Decap. and Attack Rombase

Item images

Adding New Moves and Creating New Move Effects

Invidiually-Unique Pokémon Colors (+ Improved Shiny Colors) for Pokémon Platinum/HeartGold

Fire Red Overworld Sprite Resource

Expanding Move Tutor in Fire Red [VIP]

Easy Dynamic Showpokepic in Fire Red

Adding New Evolution Stones the easy way