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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.

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

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

Making SGB palettes display on the GBC

sporh23, Feb 23: It has been a while! I didn't post that I tried your updated ScrollCreditsMonLeft code before your edit and it actually seemed to solve the issue for me! And thanks for looking into the water tile thing too. I never got around to troubleshooting it...

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Started by jojobear13

Other

Function Help

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 21: Ok got it, works now, so the problem was nesting functions makes the inside one rely on the first being true beforehand, or it gets skipped over. And that OR functions work different when ! not is involved. The first argument is much more...

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Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

Script

Is there a way to change where bytes for specific things are put?

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 20: gotcha.

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Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

Graphics

[pokeemerald] Problem with World Map (512 tiles)

Doctor Juanjo, Feb 20: Thanks a lot, now it works!!! Is sad that now I can't do affine functions (for example, the zoom in Pokenav) but it is something https://i.imgur.com/U1ldM4r.png

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Started by Doctor Juanjo

Other

Anyone break down the process for adding abilities?

Anon822, Feb 20: pokeemerald's wiki has a guide for adding new abilities

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Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

Other

Error help & C Syntax Tutorial

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 19: I found a nice site to help people new to C understand syntax errors, and other warnings they may get in the process of compiling or debugging. So I wanted to share this in the hope it helps someone else as well. ...

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Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

Other

Repo Clone Error: "Chmod on X failed: Operation not permitted, fatal: could not set ..."

Lunos, Feb 19: That's not how you clone anything. git remote allows you to track other people's repositories so you can pull commits from the branches in them. Considering you're having filesystem permission issues, I'd suggest you to try out these commands....

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Started by Le pug

Day/Night Cycle in Pokeemerald

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 18: This is from CFRU but if you can emulate it, it may help you.

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Started by spacemountaincarlo

Battle

How to Add a New Move to Pokeemerald

WiserVisor, Feb 18: I figured it out! I did some messing around with some other actions, specifically using the "Creep Closer" action that is used in the Safari Zone, as well as checking to see if the player's Pokemon is being "sky dropped" at the moment. If the...

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Started by WiserVisor

How to do scripting for fire red

Lunos, Feb 17: Considering you made this thread here, in the Decomp & Disassembly Help Section, I'll assume you're talking about Pokefirered. Scripting is no different in Pokefirered than it is in Pokeruby or Pokeemerald. They all use the same system based on...

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Started by Green playz

Other

Problem with pulling from other repositories

Lunos, Feb 12: The commits you pulled were merged into your branch successfully, and now Git is making you store everything in a commit symbolizing the merge. What you're seeing is Nano, a command line based text editor. In it, you can modify the commit title if...

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Started by FrontierBrainVitalo

Script

Unable to access gAbilityNames in field_specials.c

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Feb 9: Thanks, I set it on blaze so I could test it at game start. but it works and I'm gonna do some craazy stuff with shedinja, now that I've got that working. :) I'm still a noob so I'll need a lot more research before I can tackle my next task but...

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Started by Mkol103

Map

[Pokeemerald]Deleting maps

Martyk, Feb 4: Okay, thanks i'll look into that. Yeah i will probably change some levels in vanilla to new maps, so i wont have to delete them but just change them. Thanks for your help!

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Started by Martyk

Script

[pokecrystal] Move relearner

McPaul, Feb 3: Hello! Thanks for the answer! I looked at Polished Crystal github and the game has become so far from original Crystal that it has almost nothing to do with it anynore (it asks for Heart Scales and displays Physical/Special/Status split for...

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Started by McPaul

Battle

Changing Battle Speed

Mkol103, Feb 2: I have a solution to this. Here is the link to the mod. https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?p=10266925#post10266925

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Started by Mkol103

Other

I can't build agbcc

Diego Mertens, Jan 31: Even after reinstalling EVERYTHING again, the error still shows. This didnt use to happen before, i have no idea why this started happening... I already reinstalled Git, devkitPro and updated cygwin, but this STILL appears. I honestly have NO idea...

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Started by Diego Mertens

Help with modifying Level cap, EXP, Types, balls, and pokemon.

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 27: Were you able to change experience gain, I'm trying to do that too?

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Started by Zettai

Script

[pokecrystal] How do I use Unown text?

Morfeo, Jan 26: Good afternoon I request your support because I want to implement a part in my project to visualize the Unown text used in the UnownDex but I don't know if it is possible to do it in a "normal" way or how to do it if it is the case. I...

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Started by Morfeo

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

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

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] 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

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

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

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

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Decomp & Disassembly Help Forum Rules

General Information

Making SGB palettes display on the GBC

Function Help

Is there a way to change where bytes for specific things are put?

[pokeemerald] Problem with World Map (512 tiles)

Anyone break down the process for adding abilities?

Error help & C Syntax Tutorial

Repo Clone Error: "Chmod on X failed: Operation not permitted, fatal: could not set ..."

Day/Night Cycle in Pokeemerald

How to Add a New Move to Pokeemerald

How to do scripting for fire red

Problem with pulling from other repositories

Unable to access gAbilityNames in field_specials.c

[Pokeemerald]Deleting maps

[pokecrystal] Move relearner

Changing Battle Speed

I can't build agbcc

Help with modifying Level cap, EXP, Types, balls, and pokemon.

[pokecrystal] How do I use Unown text?

How to use default player/rival names (Pokered)

Compiling Multiple Upgrades Simultaneously

How to add scrollbar to options menu?

Trainer sending out incorrect second Pokemon

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

Help with new Switching AI

[pokered] Glitched sprites?

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] 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?

[pokecrystal] Getting rid of the dark of a cave

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

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