Pokemon DS Rom Hacking Tutorial Videos

Hello everyone! I just uploaded a series of Pokemon DS rom hacking tutorial vids and wanted to post them here in case they help anyone out. They are definitely not high level stuff, mostly a showcase of how to use tools like Tinke, Kiwi, PokeDS/Pic, DS Text Editor, and PPRE for trainer team editing. So more of a "rom hacking for dummies" kind of guide.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGCcOtmjUPU&list=PLKTW2ZuQjbEEVYHhxRZF9N8v_9AUneJq1&index=1

Topics Discussed:

Intro: Things to Know Before You Begin
Pt 1: Overworld Sprites (including the elusive HM summon sprite)
Pt 2: Trainer Front/Back sprites and VS faces before a gym battle
Pt 2.5: Easier Editing w/ RECN Files (Aka: NCER)
Pt 3: Pokemon Sprites
Pt 3.5: Advance Pokemon Edits
Pt 3.75: Gen IV Sprite Editor
Pt 4: Text Editing w/ DSPRE
Pt 5: Opening, Intro, Ending locations
Pt 6: Trainer Editing w/ DSPRE
Pt 7: Pokemon Icons
Pt 7.5: Pokemon Icon Pallets
Pt 8: How to use Photoshop and Graphic Gale
Pt 9: Diamond/Pearl Battle Sprites
Pt 10: Trainer Cards (Both Gen 4 and 5)
Pt 11: HG SS Pokemon Follow Overworld Sprites
Pt 12: 3D BMD0 Overworld Cutscene Trainer Sprites
Pt 13: Pokemon Cries to Pretty Much Anything
Pt 14: Quick Color Changes with Console Tool
Pt 15: Wild Pokemon Editing w/ Advance DSPRE Tips

Map Editing series:

Pt 1: Make Your First Map with PDSMS
Pt 1.5: Making maps with PDSMS 2.2
Pt 2: How to Import Custom Maps
Pt 2.5: Reshaping a World (Matrix Editing)
Pt 3: Adding Buildings to Maps with PDSMS
Pt 4: How to Make Warps

Scripting series:

Pt 1: Walking you through my first script!
Pt 1.5: Updating My Example Script for Any DSPRE Version

If you have any questions, leaving a youtube comment would be a much faster way to reach me.

Hmm sounds interesting, especially because the tutorials are focused on Pokemon D/P.
I will watch them today, they look very detailed.

Hey thanks! Hope they can be of some use.

Just added part 4-6! Hope they help!

Added part 7!

I want to see how to edit script or event

I'm not planning on hacking gen 4 at all any time soon, but I will say, I appreciate what you're doing for those who are interested in dipping their feet in gen 4.
Nice work : )

Disturbed said:

I'm not planning on hacking gen 4 at all any time soon, but I will say, I appreciate what you're doing for those who are interested in dipping their feet in gen 4.
Nice work : )

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T.T That's so nice...thank you! I am just glad they are being of use!

HuK said:

I want to see how to edit script or event

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Well part 3 will show how to edit text in general. as far as i can tell all the text of the game should be in the file msg narc i showed

Even though I'm not interested in rom hacking gen 4 right now these are pretty helpful and informative, thanks for making them.

If you would make a gen 5 BW2 tutorial you would be my hero.

nitro ex said:

Even though I'm not interested in rom hacking gen 4 right now these are pretty helpful and informative, thanks for making them.

If you would make a gen 5 BW2 tutorial you would be my hero.

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Thanks! I do only have experience with Platiunim and a little bit of HG SS, but from what i understand these techniques should be similar to Black and White. The main headache is just figuring out where all the files are located

If this helps, someone left this link on part 1 that lists important file locations for Black/White 2

https://projectpokemon.org/docs/gen-5/b2w2-file-system-r8/

I posted something on this some months back… Is finally happening! Sir, you have made my day.

Added part 8 and 9!

added part 4.5 and 7.5!

added part 10!

added part 3.5 and 11. Also uploaded new version of part 7.5

Added part 12 and 13!

Thanks for such a great tut-series!

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It would be appreciated if you add tutorial videos for using these tools too.
Thanks.
(Can't post links)

Added part 3.75!