Seen July 16th, 2011
Posted July 15th, 2009
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This tutorial will show you how to add your own Pokemon Sprites into Platinum!

For this tutorial I will use a Shadow Lugia sprite I made, and inserting it into Platinum. You can use any sprite, as long as it fits in the 160x80 range.
First, the tools:

NDS Top System: gbatemp.net/index.php?download=225

Pokemon DS/Pic Platinum: megaupload.com/?d=YRTSK6HS

Adobe Photoshop (Sorry, cant give a link)

A Pokemon Platinum rom (Can't give you this either.)


Okay lets begin!
First, open up your rom with NDS Top System. Then load your Rom.

Then, go to the browse section, and open the poketool folder. (Look at image Tut-01 in attached.)

Go into the pokegra folder, and right click on pl_pokegra. Click extract and save it somewhere. (Look at images Tut-02 and Tut-03 in Attached.)

Open pl_pokegra in Poke DS/Pic Platinum. Head down to number 1495, and click the SavePng option. Save it in the a folder with any name. Do this with 1497, and 1499 as well (Save them in same folder!) (Look at images Tut-04, Tut-05 and Tut-06 in attached.)

Open them all in Adobe Photoshop. Look at the FRONT sprite. Click on Image, then Mode, and finally on Color Table. (Look at images Tut-07, and Tut-08 in attached.)

Edit the colors as you wish, but only from the COLOR TABLE. In this case, I recolored Lugia into Shadow Lugia. Here is his sprite:



While still in the Color Table menu, click the Save button, and name it something. Look at the back sprite. Click Image, Mode, and finally Color Table. (Look at images Tut-09 and Tut-10 in attached)

Click load, and find your previously saved table. (Last step) Your image SHOULD look the same as this:

i19.photobucket.com/albums/b152/ShadowFireMario/back.png

If it only looks slightly different, then it shouldnt be a big deal. When I say small, I mean like the eye color is different. Just replace it with the real color thats in the COLOR TABLE ONLY. If it really looks different (aka the purple is orange) then your not using the same palette.

Save both images, doesnt matter if it's interlaced or not (I dont think it does...). Open Pokemon DS/Pic Platinum (In case you closed it) and go to #1495. Replace this image and the next one with the Shadow Lugia back sprite. Replace #'s 1497, 1498, 1499, and 1500 with Shadow Lugia's Front sprite. (Look at images Tut-11, and Tut-12, in attached.)

If done correctly, no palette errors should occur. If there is (Such as a corrupted image or colors arent right, etc.) See the FAQ. Open NDS Top System, go to the Poketool folder, then the pokegra folder. Right click on pl_pokegra.narc, and click import. Find your edited pl_pokegra.narc, and import it in. Load up your game and see if it worked!

FAQ:

1Q. My Image is corrupted when I write my image in Pokemon DS/Pic Platinum. Why is this?

1A. This is because your background color NEEDS to be the first color in the palette, otherwise the above happens.

2Q. Why are there different colors on my back/front sprite than my front/back sprite?

2A. Sorry for the wording, but this means both of your sprites are using different palettes. You must use the same palette, otherwise the above happens.

Seen July 16th, 2011
Posted July 15th, 2009
19 posts
15.1 Years
@Kahroo: The edited Pokemon Sprite must follow these guidelines:

1. The image must be 160x80 in dimensions or else the image goes corrupt
2. Since the sprites are indexed, they have a color table. The color table must have only 16 colors, or else the sprite goes corrupt.
3. The background color has to be the FIRST color in the index, or else the sprite goes corrupt.

@vaxidd: Here you go, a link for Filefront:http://www.filefront.com/14048781/Pokemon%20DS%20Pic%20Platinum.rar
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Seen August 7th, 2009
Posted August 3rd, 2009
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Hi this is probably a stupid qestion and I probably did something i shouldnt have, but I edited the pictures like you said, and then i opened them each where they should go, but when i went back to check, they had reverted to the originals, how do I save the edited images in pokemon ds/pic without them reverting?

Never mind the above, I got it. Thanks for the wonderful tutorial

Now a second point is could I use this method to say replace a picture of chimchar with a picture of a watch or something, if so how?

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Posted May 27th, 2017
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maybe by...
making a picture of a watch
copying it
indexing it to color table of sprite
pasting it again
set the bg color
insert it?
just a guess....

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and push it,
until my luck is over.
Seen October 11th, 2009
Posted October 11th, 2009
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13.6 Years
Woah this is a great tutorial for people inspiring to hack pokemon platinum but will this also work for DP?
Anyways I think this is real helpful and I will probaly try this out as soon as I get photoshop ^^
I hope other members would love to share their great photos and memories this site.
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Posted April 27th, 2011
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Hi this is probably a stupid qestion and I probably did something i shouldnt have, but I edited the pictures like you said, and then i opened them each where they should go, but when i went back to check, they had reverted to the originals, how do I save the edited images in pokemon ds/pic without them reverting?

Never mind the above, I got it. Thanks for the wonderful tutorial

Now a second point is could I use this method to say replace a picture of chimchar with a picture of a watch or something, if so how?
im having the same problem, can you help me out?

Never mind i realised i had to replace all of the sprites not just the back and the first front sprite.

thanks for the tutorial, i now have a toxicroak that looks like saturns one :D
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Is it possible to edit pallets?