XSE Scripting Tutorial

ZodiacDaGreat · Jun 6, 2008

There are a lot of very in-depth tutorials on ASM. It's just up to you to gain a decent enough understanding to apply it to roms. The Dark Alliance is a good place to learn basic ASM, and more complicated...Most people who know ASM well, apply their knowkledge in diffrent areas so yeh. Also Cheat engine and it's tutorial are a good place to start. Cheat engine is a memory scanner, that uses ASM. (Some AV's scan it as a trojan -_-. The site warns you).
It's just up to you to learn the basics, then apply em in roms. Btw ASM is not reccomended for a first language :)

he means ASM as per ROM hacking for pokemon.

mattattack · Jun 7, 2008

excuse me but does anyone know how to get wild pokemon sprites to fight you (meaning when you fight Mewtwo you have to talk to the sprite)

ZodiacDaGreat · Jun 7, 2008

excuse me but does anyone know how to get wild pokemon sprites to fight you (meaning when you fight Mewtwo you have to talk to the sprite)
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I think you're referring to this:

wildbattle 0xSpecies 0xLv 0xItem 0xStyle

Charliezard · Jun 7, 2008

ZodiacDaGreat said:
he means ASM as per ROM hacking for pokemon.

I know that...lol. but how exactly does he plan to hack a rom with ASM if he doesn't know ASM and there are no tuts showing him step by step how to use to hack a pokemon rom?

That would be hard...very hard :/ I was just suggesting that instead of asking for tutorials on how to apply knowledge, he should be looking for tutorials on the basics first. Then once he understands the basics, move on to applying knowledge.

Btw, with scripting, how do you tell how many bytes are needed for a script? Mainly the script I posted before that I'm having problems with :P Where you talk to her and she gives you a pikachu then asks how the pikachu is going...Does each command take up a certain amount of bytes? Or does it vary depending on say how you use the command?

mattattack · Jun 7, 2008

hey you try to work on a hack with nobody else to help you

ZodiacDaGreat · Jun 7, 2008

Btw, with scripting, how do you tell how many bytes are needed for a script? Mainly the script I posted before that I'm having problems with :P Where you talk to her and she gives you a pikachu then asks how the pikachu is going...Does each command take up a certain amount of bytes? Or does it vary depending on say how you use the command?

Different commands have different parameters, each bit of a parameter takes up a byte, text data also take up bytes - one character per byte.

GiantGroudon · Jun 7, 2008

I took the open source script (credits to cheesePeow) and copied it in XSE, changed the $ into @, but when i want to compile it, it says something like :no dynamic startoffset was chosen (this sentence was translated. I'm using german version) That's the script:

Code:

#org @begin
lock
faceplayer
message @flightchooser
@flightchooser 1 = Hello, welcome to Heartrow Airport.\nYou can choose where you\nare to fly to.\pHere we go.
boxset 6
message @Izuki
@kanto 1 = Would you like to fly to Izuki?
boxset 5
compare LASTRESULT 1
if 1 goto @flytokanto

release
end

#org @flytokanto
message $enjoyflightkanto
@enjoyflightkanto 1 = Enjoy your flight to Izuki!
boxset 6
warp 0x0 0x0
release
end

And i need to know where to input the mapbankExample: 3.10 and warp number 0. if anyone could posta reply, please insert this stuff where it belongs and correct the script if there are any mistakes.

~Teh Panda~ · Jun 7, 2008

GiantGroudon said:
I took the open source script (credits to cheesePeow) and copied it in XSE, changed the $ into @, but when i want to compile it, it says something like :no dynamic startoffset was chosen (this sentence was translated. I'm using german version) That's the script:

And i need to know where to input the mapbankExample: 3.10 and warp number 0. if anyone could posta reply, please insert this stuff where it belongs and correct the script if there are any mistakes.

Code:

#dynamic 0x?????? '<----offset you want replaces ??????

#org @begin
lock
faceplayer
message @flightchooser
boxset 6
message @Izuki
boxset 5
compare LASTRESULT 1
if 1 goto @flytokanto
release
end

#org @izuki
= Would you like to fly to Izuki?

#org @flightchooser
= Hello, welcome to Heartrow Airport.\nYou can choose where you\nare to fly to.\pHere we go.

#org @enjoyflightkanto 
= Enjoy your flight to Izuki!

#org @flytokanto
message @enjoyflightkanto
boxset 6
warp 0x3 0x19 0xFF 0x5 0x5   '<------ 1st int means bank, 2 no., 3. seperator, 4 x coord, 5 y, what I have would be route 1 at 5x/5y
release
end

GiantGroudon · Jun 7, 2008

Thanks dude. Now it works.

~Teh Panda~ · Jun 7, 2008

GiantGroudon said:
Thanks dude. Now it works.

No problem, if you need command help press F1 in XSE it brings up a popup with all its commands listed so enjoy! I you still need help post here and I will see what I can do about it ;)

GiantGroudon · Jun 7, 2008

How much bytes do I need for this script?

Code:

#dynamic 0x?????? 

#org @begin
lock
faceplayer
message @flightchooser
boxset 6
#define message @Izuki
boxset 5
compare LASTRESULT 1
if 1 goto @flytokanto
release
end

#org @izuki
= Would you like to fly to Izuki?

#org @flightchooser
= Hello, welcome to Heartrow Airport.\nYou can choose where you\nare to fly to.\pHere we go.

#org @enjoyflightkanto 
= Enjoy your flight to Izuki!

#org @flytokanto
#define message @enjoyflightkanto
boxset 6
warp 0x3 0x19 0xFF 0x5 0x5   '<------ 1st int means bank, 2 no., 3. seperator, 4 x coord, 5 y, what I have would be route 1 at 5x/5y
release
end

~Teh Panda~ · Jun 7, 2008

GiantGroudon said:

How much bytes do I need for this script?

Code:

#dynamic 0x?????? 

#org @begin
lock
faceplayer
message @flightchooser
boxset 6
#define message @Izuki
boxset 5
compare LASTRESULT 1
if 1 goto @flytokanto
release
end

#org @izuki
= Would you like to fly to Izuki?

#org @flightchooser
= Hello, welcome to Heartrow Airport.\nYou can choose where you\nare to fly to.\pHere we go.

#org @enjoyflightkanto 
= Enjoy your flight to Izuki!

#org @flytokanto
#define message @enjoyflightkanto
boxset 6
warp 0x3 0x19 0xFF 0x5 0x5   '<------ 1st int means bank, 2 no., 3. seperator, 4 x coord, 5 y, what I have would be route 1 at 5x/5y
release
end

Just enter your dynamic offset where the ?'s are and it comes up with a window once you press compile. It already selected the needed offset so press the copy button then in Adv Map go to you event you want to apply it to and paste your offset in the Event's offset box!

Hardy Har Har · Jun 14, 2008

CheesePeow said:
Hockeypanda:

You'll need to convert it to hex if you put 0x infront of it.
17 should be 0x11. I think Advance Map has is in decimal, if not, im wrong. Try it anyways though.

Psyduck007:

Why did you add a nop? It doesnt mean anything.
Also, there must be something wrong with your command if it says that.
Try this:

Code:

startwildbattle 0x82 0x1E 0x0

Instead of wildbattle, remember XSE has some differences to other scripting programs.

i added nop to make it shiny

master morty · Jun 18, 2008

I am good with almost everything but flags how do I use them!?!

Master_Track · Jun 18, 2008

using flags is something really simple. They are just marks that a script has been activated before.
for example:

Code:

#dynamic 0x800000

#org @begin
checkflag 0x200
if B_true goto @other
lock
faceplayer
message @talk
boxset 0x6
setflag 0x200
release
end

#org @talk
= Hi, nice to meet you!

#org @other
lock
faceplayer
message @met
boxset 0x6
release
end

#org @met
= We met before, right?

you first check, if flag 0x200 has been activated. if it was, you give a pointer to another part of the script.
So the first time the script activates, flag 0x200 is activated. The second time, the script will recognize that flag 0x200 has been activated, and jump to another part of the script.
hope that helps ^^

@psyduck: nop to make a wild pokemon shiny? O.o
nop is simply a buffer, it doesn't do ANYTHING. It's useless ^^( at least in XSE, afaik. In pokescript it's sometimes necessary)
To make a wild pokemon shiny u need to use MM_X's shiny hack and the command "callasm".

ℜªℳ · Jun 18, 2008

Onvoloper said:
I know that...lol. but how exactly does he plan to hack a rom with ASM if he doesn't know ASM and there are no tuts showing him step by step how to use to hack a pokemon rom?

That would be hard...very hard :/ I was just suggesting that instead of asking for tutorials on how to apply knowledge, he should be looking for tutorials on the basics first. Then once he understands the basics, move on to applying knowledge.

That's what I was talking about. I know its a little on topic and 'll stop doing this after this post but where can I get the basic knowledge and advance. I hear people talking but I've never seen anyone around here actually apply it in a pokemon game or try it. There has to be a group or something here that can help me with the basics, is there?

コリンク · Jun 19, 2008

I hate to be a bother, but how can you script the Pokeballs at the beginning of the game? I keep trying but I get this -

" Error 13 'Type Mismatch' on line 23.
Missing #define or parameter."

Master_Track · Jun 19, 2008

er...if this message comes up, you've written a command wrong.
XSE should automatically go to the line where the error is (in this case line 23).
so there is the mistake, you need to copy this line and post it here so we know what command it was and what's wrong with the way you wrote it ;)

HackMew · Jun 19, 2008

hockeypanda32 said:
In a hex editor totally clean up the hex manually then if you want to overwrite it! Close XSE after and reopen, then compile

Sorry but that's wrong. First of all you wouldn't need to close and reopen XSE. Second, XSE features some cleaning up directives. One of them is called #erase. It will overwrite any number of bytes with FFs, starting from a specified offset.

Example:

Code:

#erase 0x800000 0xA

That would erase 10 bytes (0xA) starting from offset 0x800000.

Eventually you can use the #eraserange directive. It's quite the same except you input the starting and the ending offset as parameters.

コリンク · Jun 19, 2008

Master_Track said:
er...if this message comes up, you've written a command wrong.
XSE should automatically go to the line where the error is (in this case line 23).
so there is the mistake, you need to copy this line and post it here so we know what command it was and what's wrong with the way you wrote it ;)

It was: givepokemon 0x247 0x05 0x00

I'm aware I've done something wrong, seeing as I'm a noob like that..

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