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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

4 Days Ago by Upsurge

Binary Hack Tools, Tutorials & Resources

Resource HGSS Summary Screen + How to...

8 Hours Ago by Jon875

Decomp & Disassembly Tutorials & Resources

Pokeemerald Unique surfing overworlds

5 Hours Ago by wally-217

Decomp & Disassembly Help

How to use default...

2 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

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

Script

Scripting a Warp - query

kalarie, Jan 22: @DaleH771 Aah yes, the seagallop special has its own warp table. Glad the issue is fixed;)

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Started by DaleH771

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.

2 60

Started by uishtiaq

Map

Problem with spawning in new map

Asith, Jan 21: Hmm... If you can definitely access the map when you spawn the normal way, I think the first thing to do would be to make sure you entered the right map header numbers into Intro Manager. If that doesn't work, then it might also be worth noting...

1 66

Started by Jaykopp

pokemon XY 0XP gain :)

BluRose, Jan 21: you could perchance use a cheat to get the same effect (it'll probably give your pokemon 1 exp after battle) 0053EDA0 E1D002B2 0053EDA4 E92D4002 0053EDA8 E3A010XX <- set XX = 00 for no exp 0053EDAC E0000190 0053EDB0 E8BD8002 00175FB0 EB0F237A

1 84

Started by circlestick

New to ROM Hacking (FR) : few questions

Smalki, Jan 21: I've investigated a bit and I have new elements that may help understanding : I changed the level of Pokemons in the safari from 5 to 5-100 and I met level 0, level 2, level 76, level 99 pokemons (not very random that's always the same numbers). ...

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Started by Smalki

How to change trainer pokemon's evs in ppre

TheInfiniteGyre, Jan 21: Thank You so much!

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Started by TheInfiniteGyre

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....

0 56

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!

1,350 398,953

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.

6 149

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.

2 104

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...

1 137

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...

0 65

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...

4 160

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 ;-)

3 820

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?

2 85

Started by razord

ASM & Hex

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

Mkol103, Jan 19: I would recommend decomp. That will make it a lot easier for a translation. Sorry if this is a useless reply, but it'll probably be way harder to translate by binary hacking.

1 119

Started by ultron90

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

4 623

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...

1 179

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.

2 107

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.

2 129

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?

2 1,011

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

5 167

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 ...

10 220

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?

2 102

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

ASM & Hex

How do I get rid of this mechanic, I want it gone.

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 15: This.

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Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

Advance Trainer using a bunch of random items in battle

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 15: Is it that the trainer's pokemon don't have held items, or the trainer them self that doesn't have any battle items to use?

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Started by ortz3

ASM & Hex

How do I add icons for a new type (coordinate counting)

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 15: Ok so check this out, when you're adding a new type you need to add some dummy space to fill in for the 5 non-type icons, you can use this script courtesy of haven (creator of Hex maniac Advance) to fill in the space and add your new type....

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Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

Universal Pokemon Randomizer Error (Fire Red)

B4Gr1m, Jan 15: This error shows up when I try and save the rom Randomizer Version: 1720 ROM: Fire Red (U) 1.0 (ROM Hack) Code: BPRE Reported Support Level: No Static Pokemon java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 65535 at...

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Started by B4Gr1m

How do I find and work with Tables within the code.

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 15: I kinda got that part, but thanks. if you've got any indepth tips , or things I should avoid doing I'd appreciate that though. What I want to do is mess around with abilities, and other mechanics like status or evs.

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Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

Other

A little big trouble with PGE... Please, help! D:

Newo RGBY, Jan 14: DUDE, THANKS I confused it with another Cries editor that only works for inserting cries, thanks for the info!

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Started by Newo RGBY

Other

tutorial writebytetooffset (WBTO) for FR

Upsurge, Jan 14: I mean, yes? It can be used in any ROM for that matter. For example, try this (this will put black bars on the bottom and top, like a movie trailer): writebytetooffset 0x80 0x4000044 writebytetooffset 0x20 0x4000045 To clear it:...

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Started by nachoius

How to make rom hack on android

Newo RGBY, Jan 14: Don't expect so much here... Even in Mac or Linux there aren't some much resources for Hack (But, having some handful editors like for Decomp, in case of using Pokemerald) But hey, theres some things: - There are Patchers like Lucky Patcher...

3 119

Started by Green playz

Script

Should I edit existing scripts?

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 13: Ok know its been a while but right as I was about to give up all together, inspiration, so I finally figured out what flag the trainers were using, its the same one in the trainerbattle script, but just up 500 in hex. ex. trainer battle 0x0 0x6e ...

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Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

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Pokemon Gold/Silver - Prize Money after battle

Scripting a Warp - query

Wrong Palletes and Missing Colors

Problem with spawning in new map

pokemon XY 0XP gain :)

New to ROM Hacking (FR) : few questions

How to change trainer pokemon's evs in ppre

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

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

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

How do I get rid of this mechanic, I want it gone.

Advance Trainer using a bunch of random items in battle

How do I add icons for a new type (coordinate counting)

Universal Pokemon Randomizer Error (Fire Red)

How do I find and work with Tables within the code.

A little big trouble with PGE... Please, help! D:

tutorial writebytetooffset (WBTO) for FR

How to make rom hack on android

Should I edit existing scripts?