Tool: GBA Intro Manager

Sierraffinity · Dec 25, 2016

LordOfMinecraft said:
Could you make a mac version?

I'm probably going to fold all of its features into Awesome Map Editor (as a plugin at the very least), and that will definitely be Mac compatible. As of right now you might have some luck getting it to work with Mono, I've heard.

EddyHg80 · Apr 28, 2017

I found all the offsets for BPEI and added it in the .ini in the [BPEI][/BPEI] section, but the tool says the rom is still not supported. If I put the offsets in the [BPEE][/BPEE] and edit the rom at 0xAC offset and I put BPEE the tool loads the rom with no problems.

Ryuukimaru · May 10, 2017

Hello!

I'm a greenhorn in this hacking stuff.

I'm currently looking for a solution for my version of Emerald.

I would like to use the Intro Manager to select the gender and name automatically, to "GIRL" and "MAY", respectively.

I'm using Emerald, BTW. Anyone there could fill me in the details of how to?

Narwhal · May 10, 2017

Ryuukimaru said:
Hello!

I'm a greenhorn in this hacking stuff.

I'm currently looking for a solution for my version of Emerald.

I would like to use the Intro Manager to select the gender and name automatically, to "GIRL" and "MAY", respectively.

I'm using Emerald, BTW. Anyone there could fill me in the details of how to?

From what I know this program can't do that. Not really sure because i havent used it enough. There are tutorials on here to do what you want specifically though.

Ryuukimaru · May 11, 2017

NarwhalGaming said:
From what I know this program can't do that. Not really sure because i havent used it enough. There are tutorials on here to do what you want specifically though.

Ah, I see.

I will surely look deeper.

This soul thanks you.

Sierraffinity · May 12, 2017

EddyHg80 said:
I found all the offsets for BPEI and added it in the .ini in the [BPEI][/BPEI] section, but the tool says the rom is still not supported. If I put the offsets in the [BPEE][/BPEE] and edit the rom at 0xAC offset and I put BPEE the tool loads the rom with no problems.

Wow my bad, apparently when I wrote this I didn't realize anyone would go through the effort of adding more versions to it, so I hardcoded checks for the English versions. I've since switched it to check through the INI and load anything that it finds in there, so you should redownload it from the first post. Could you send me the complete entry you added to the INI so I could add it to the global one as well?

Ryuukimaru said:
Hello!

I'm a greenhorn in this hacking stuff.

I'm currently looking for a solution for my version of Emerald.

I would like to use the Intro Manager to select the gender and name automatically, to "GIRL" and "MAY", respectively.

I'm using Emerald, BTW. Anyone there could fill me in the details of how to?

This program can skip gender selection and force you to be male, but not female. Thankfully, gender is cosmetic here so you can just put all your assets on the male character instead. I don't have anything in place to skip your own naming though.

EddyHg80 · May 12, 2017

Diegoisawesome said:
Wow my bad, apparently when I wrote this I didn't realize anyone would go through the effort of adding more versions to it, so I hardcoded checks for the English versions. I've since switched it to check through the INI and load anything that it finds in there, so you should redownload it from the first post. Could you send me the complete entry you added to the INI so I could add it to the global one as well?

You're welcome ;)

Code:

[BPEI]
GameName=Pok?mon Smeraldo
GameType=E
ItemData=0x58000C
NumberOfItems=376
PokemonNames=0x317F8C
NumberOfPokemon=411
StartingPosition=0x84468
IntroPokemonNumber1=0x31928
IntroPokemonNumber2=0x30B10
IntroPokemonPicture=0x130BB0
StartingPCItem=0x5DCA48
StartingMoney=0x845D0
TitlescreenMusic=0xAAAFC
ProfessorMusic=0x30876
SkipGender1=0x30DC8
SkipGenderTester=0x30FD9
SkipGenderOriginal=0x30DCD
SkipGender2=0x31220
SkipGender3=0x12FACE
SkipGender4=0x12FBBA
TruckRemovedAddr=0x86011
TruckRemovedTester=0xFB14C
UnlockedTester=0x8447F
[/BPEI]

Ryuukimaru · May 12, 2017

Diegoisawesome said:
Wow my bad, apparently when I wrote this I didn't realize anyone would go through the effort of adding more versions to it, so I hardcoded checks for the English versions. I've since switched it to check through the INI and load anything that it finds in there, so you should redownload it from the first post. Could you send me the complete entry you added to the INI so I could add it to the global one as well?

This program can skip gender selection and force you to be male, but not female. Thankfully, gender is cosmetic here so you can just put all your assets on the male character instead. I don't have anything in place to skip your own naming though.

Ah, I see.

I would like to inform, though, that I found a very weird way to make it force you to play as female. Turns out that, in case you have a previously saved file with the female chosen, then you use the program to "Skip the Gender Choice", the game will force you to use female instead of male (if you go for New Game again, that is).
This is, however, not enough for me, as effective it may seem... BRENDAN's sprite is still shown when he asks if you're a boy or a girl, which is not acceptable.

Regarding the cosmetic part, I think it's an interesting option. But seeing that, to some extent, the Intro Manager can help, I might try to go deeper into what it can do.

This soul thanks you.

Sierraffinity · May 12, 2017

EddyHg80 said:

You're welcome ;)

Code:

[BPEI]
GameName=Pok?mon Smeraldo
GameType=E
ItemData=0x58000C
NumberOfItems=376
PokemonNames=0x317F8C
NumberOfPokemon=411
StartingPosition=0x84468
IntroPokemonNumber1=0x31928
IntroPokemonNumber2=0x30B10
IntroPokemonPicture=0x130BB0
StartingPCItem=0x5DCA48
StartingMoney=0x845D0
TitlescreenMusic=0xAAAFC
ProfessorMusic=0x30876
SkipGender1=0x30DC8
SkipGenderTester=0x30FD9
SkipGenderOriginal=0x30DCD
SkipGender2=0x31220
SkipGender3=0x12FACE
SkipGender4=0x12FBBA
TruckRemovedAddr=0x86011
TruckRemovedTester=0xFB14C
UnlockedTester=0x8447F
[/BPEI]

Thanks, but I'm actually not going to add it into the INI file, simply because I just realized I can't confirm my program won't break foreign ROMs (yeah, it's not programmed well, sorry).

Ryuukimaru said:
Ah, I see.

I would like to inform, though, that I found a very weird way to make it force you to play as female. Turns out that, in case you have a previously saved file with the female chosen, then you use the program to "Skip the Gender Choice", the game will force you to use female instead of male (if you go for New Game again, that is).
This is, however, not enough for me, as effective it may seem... BRENDAN's sprite is still shown when he asks if you're a boy or a girl, which is not acceptable.

Regarding the cosmetic part, I think it's an interesting option. But seeing that, to some extent, the Intro Manager can help, I might try to go deeper into what it can do.

This soul thanks you.

That would be because instead of writing male or female as the gender, it simply leaves the value as whatever it was before. Usually, this is zero (male) by default, but if you have a save file saved as female already, then it'll stay female. I'll fix that sometime in the future.

EddyHg80 · May 13, 2017

Diegoisawesome said:
Thanks, but I'm actually not going to add it into the INI file, simply because I just realized I can't confirm my program won't break foreign ROMs (yeah, it's not programmed well, sorry).

Not a problem, I already posted those offset on an italian forum, so if anybody needs them, they are here and there.

Go work on AME! :P

Peterluul · Jun 10, 2017

When i use thi Programm my game starts to completly glitch out.
The settings are completly wierd when i try to open any ROM.
Like Titlescreen Pokemon Cry is always "AERODACT"
and Professor Intro Pokemon is always "MURKROW"
Secs on Title is set to "31326434"
And all the other settings are wierd too.
The selection Tabs are also really wierd, only wierd Letters.
When i save a ROM after that, and i want to go to the Titlescreen it sets the game back to the Intro all the time.
Does someone know what is wrong there?
Or is there another programm i can use?

LuigiHatKid · Jul 11, 2017

Yo I just started experiencing this too.

I've been reading through the thread and it seems the version 1695 of the Fire Red ROM doesn't work with this, which mine is. Check yours, this could be the issue.

I'm not really sure what to do about it though because I really don't want to go back and do everything else I've done all over again.

defaultportal · Aug 5, 2017

How exactly do you open this program?

hjk321 · Sep 6, 2017

After a clean restart and no programs open:

"Could not open the ROM. Check to see if it is open in another program.

The process cannot access the file 'Y:\Files\ROMs\thetower.gba' because it is being used by another process."

I'm boggled because besides parallels (i'm on a mac) this is the only program open. Any help please?

EDIT: nvm, i had advanceedit open the whole time. i was just smoking the marajawanaz too much XD

DOUBLE EDIT: any tool to edit the text or view the script? the rom base i used basically turned it into an advertisement for its website

dannyboy941 · Sep 27, 2017

I have an ask how i find the right Headers out of SkipGender and RemovingRivalNaming on Firered German version or others? I find somee but it breaks the game it reset the game before GenderChoose comes up but i didnt check the checkbox of SkipGender while i change the ProfOakIntroMusic whatever on other lang of firered instead English/Usa version.

tr1dent · Jan 29, 2018

hey,
i have a problem.
I am quite new at hacking and i cant load any of my gen3 roms. It always says:
Unsupported ROM loaded. Please load a 3rd generation pokemon game with an existing file in the INI entry.
can anyone leave a link to such a rom or a kind of tutorial? please? .c

Ultra Necom 72 · Oct 7, 2018

Thanks, man.[or woman... or... umm... biman? whatever!] And thanks for the whole no gender switch to male thing. Now I can make an actual remake of pokemon red. Or just make Leaf an unplayable rival which I pretty much did both. Now all I need is a WORKING text editor [advance text "can't work" because I "Don't have the comctl or cpmdlg files" which I DO HAVE right next to the exe file to open it

Zankew · May 14, 2019

Hey dude after using this tool my game is not opening. By that I mean that after that intro fight, the game is just restarting the fight and its just going on like a loop. I do have a backup but the real copy had a few more things, but thats offtopic. just exactly what to do right now?

Momoro · Mar 18, 2021

Sierra, bless you for writing it in C#.. ☺️ C#'s my jam! I'm looking over the source code RIGHT NOW..

Thank you for this tool 😄

LiveWire-093 · May 23, 2021

Does anyone know of a tool that makes it possible to edit the entire intro where the professor asks for the trainers gender and name?
What I mean exactly, is changing the professor's sprite and editing the text dialog.

Tool: GBA Intro Manager

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Sierraffinity

Desperately trying to retire from ROM hacking

EddyHg80

Ryuukimaru

Narwhal

Meme Lord

Ryuukimaru

Sierraffinity

Desperately trying to retire from ROM hacking

EddyHg80

Ryuukimaru

Sierraffinity

Desperately trying to retire from ROM hacking

EddyHg80

Peterluul

LuigiHatKid

What's the title for someone who just kinda wings

defaultportal

Guest

hjk321

dannyboy941

tr1dent

Ultra Necom 72

Zankew

(▀̿Ĺ̯▀̿ ̿)

Momoro

I'm gonna put some dirt in your eye..

LiveWire-093