Best ROM to use?

onstar102 said:

So I started making an Emerald Hack, because I heard it has the most features and whatnot, but I've also heard that it can get unstable very quickly.
So which (Advance Gen) ROM is the best for a n00b's first hack?

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I agree. I tried hacking Emerald but it glitched when you press A on the pokeball in your rival's bedroom (the rival goes up to you but doesn't say anything so you're stuck there). I'm gonna try hacking Ruby now since everyone's recomending it.

generally I seem to fins ruby easier to edit. I can edit any pallete and it won't look stupid. F/R seems to be harder for me it's just im not used to it.

My choice: FireRed (BPRE)

Advantages:
- Comparing to R/S/E, it has much better graphics,
- Comparing to R/S, it has improved music and very nice tracks on Sevii Islands,
- Comparing to E, it is more stable,
- Comparing to R/S/E, it has nice text colors both for male and female sprites,
- Comparing to R/S/E, the intro can be done very well if you know how to make advanced scripts (because not everyone likes saving Prof. Birch)
- Comparing to R/S (and partly E), it has nicer font.

Disadvantages:
- Comparing to R/S/E, it lacks Realtime Clock (which can be useful if you want Day/Night to be implemented)
- Comparing to R/S, it is a little bit less supported by some tools (although it's not completely true)
- Comparing to R/S/E, it's harder to edit hero backsprites and edit intro sprites (which aren't present in R/S/E, there are battle sprites used instead. Only exception is Prof. Birch),
- Comparing to R/S/E, it lacks a good trainer device like PokéNAV,
- Comparing to R/S/E, it's harder to edit the world map

I would still recommend it, even if it has disadvantages, because if you use it as a base, you can produce really high quality hacks, rijonAdventures is perfect example. Or ShinyGold.

EDIT: Hope we didn't bump the thread.

It all depends on the hack. If you want something FULL of features, pick R/S. If you want to do... I dunno, a premake of Diamond/Pearl, pick E. If you want anything else, pick Firered. Leafgreen is pretty hard to hack since there isn't much tools out there for it...

spenceroone3 said:

It all depends on the hack. If you want something FULL of features, pick R/S. If you want to do... I dunno, a premake of Diamond/Pearl, pick E. If you want anything else, pick Firered. Leafgreen is pretty hard to hack since there isn't much tools out there for it...

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But, It's simple to put FR tiles into Ruby so theres lots of features and FR tiles.
Everyone does it.

ok.. a lot of people are saying firered/leafgreen but in their reasons for alot of them they say its because of the graphics or music.. that kind of comment isn't even relevant when talking about hacking since the better hacks feature the creators own graphics and a few people have successfully put in their own tunes as well..

I'd say Emerald because of the battle animations, easier intro scene editing, updated abilities, and Volt Tackle Pichu..

If you are fluent in hex editing (its easier to learn than you think) than Emerald is great for you.. if not stick with ruby or firered since most of the tools work with them..

I think that fire red is the best rom to use beacuse it has better graphics than R/S, eve though you have to work harder because FR/LG are harder to hack