Hi, I am starting a large project, and I am happy to read and research a lot to learn things, but I would like some general advice to save me some trial-and-error. Or really any information people may think would be useful, had someone told it to you when you started.
Firstly, I have expanded the Emerald ROM which I intend to use, with the expand ROM function in XSE. Now, I am under the impression I can just use all that free space it added for all the extra things I want to add into the game. Is there anything about this expansion process I may have missed? Anything I should be aware of to avoid problems? I make lots of backups, but I want to make sure all the time I spend on this will not be wasted by errors I could have avoided at these early stages. There is nothing about having the ROM size expanded which could harm playability of the ROM?
Is it okay to just create new maps and insert them into the free space, and create new events, essentially just creating my own game in this new free space? The only stuff I really want to use from the Emerald game is the pokédex and battle system, the menu, etc. So would it be fine to delete or overwrite the old maps too? (Basically, I want to make a big game with several regions).
Next, is there a good resource for seeing where all the scripts are, and what they do? Other than me just spending lots of time looking through maps in AdvanceMap to find offsets of scripts. Is there a better way for me to find scripts, and study them, to understand more about making my own? Or to put it another way, a list of scripts that exist in the game and where they are located?
I have a lot of questions about things, but I think I am getting the hang of many of the things I need to learn like inserting new sprites and palettes to use. If there is any other good information you think would be useful, I would appreciate it.
Firstly, I have expanded the Emerald ROM which I intend to use, with the expand ROM function in XSE. Now, I am under the impression I can just use all that free space it added for all the extra things I want to add into the game. Is there anything about this expansion process I may have missed? Anything I should be aware of to avoid problems? I make lots of backups, but I want to make sure all the time I spend on this will not be wasted by errors I could have avoided at these early stages. There is nothing about having the ROM size expanded which could harm playability of the ROM?
Is it okay to just create new maps and insert them into the free space, and create new events, essentially just creating my own game in this new free space? The only stuff I really want to use from the Emerald game is the pokédex and battle system, the menu, etc. So would it be fine to delete or overwrite the old maps too? (Basically, I want to make a big game with several regions).
Next, is there a good resource for seeing where all the scripts are, and what they do? Other than me just spending lots of time looking through maps in AdvanceMap to find offsets of scripts. Is there a better way for me to find scripts, and study them, to understand more about making my own? Or to put it another way, a list of scripts that exist in the game and where they are located?
I have a lot of questions about things, but I think I am getting the hang of many of the things I need to learn like inserting new sprites and palettes to use. If there is any other good information you think would be useful, I would appreciate it.
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