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Research: [GENERAL THREAD] Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver Hacking

D-Trogh

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    The general Pokémon Heart Gold & Soul Silver hacking thread..
    Share your findings about the game with the community right here!

    All findings will be 'indexed' in the next post.
    MEH.. I can't double post (auto-merge), so I guess I'll index everything in the first post.

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    Personal findings:
    - Totally different file structure, which sucks! It's using unnamed folders/files..
    - The pokegra.narc in the pbr folder uses the D/P encryption
    - Actual Pokémon Sprites (The NEW ones) are stored in a/0/0/4; 4 being a NARC archive and it uses the Platinum encryption.
    - Other Pokémon Sprites: a/1/1/4; 4 being a NARC archive and it uses the Platinum encryption.
    - Item Sprites: a/0/1/8 (Works with PokeDSPicPLATItemIcons)
    - Attack Animations: Sprites: a/0/2/2 | Palettes: a/0/2/3 | Something: a/0/2/4 | AnimationData: a/0/2/5
    - Intro sprites: a/1/2/0
    - Area Images: a/1/5/0
    - Pokémon Menu Icons: a/2/2/8
    - Intro'movie': a/2/6/2
    - ...

    Findings:
    - PokéTEX list: Click
     
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    You've got all the sprites?! I'd love to see them, that is a step forward at least, being able to hack out all the sprites in a matter of hours! Very well done, D-Trogh!
     
    Alice. said:
    You've got all the sprites?! I'd love to see them, that is a step forward at least, being able to hack out all the sprites in a matter of hours! Very well done, D-Trogh!
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    Erm, well.. I can dump them all if you want, but I think HackMew is doing that right now.
    And well, I just had to find the right NARC, no big deal.

    Lame: Version logos ripped from the ROM
    [PokeCommunity.com] [GENERAL THREAD] Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver Hacking
    [PokeCommunity.com] [GENERAL THREAD] Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver Hacking


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    [PokeCommunity.com] [GENERAL THREAD] Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver Hacking


    I'm not going to add every archive that contains images in the first post XD
    At least; not right now..!
     
    D-Trogh said:
    Erm, well.. I can dump them all if you want, but I think HackMew is doing that right now.
    And well, I just had to find the right NARC, no big deal.

    Lame: Version logos ripped from the ROM
    [PokeCommunity.com] [GENERAL THREAD] Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver Hacking
    [PokeCommunity.com] [GENERAL THREAD] Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver Hacking


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    [PokeCommunity.com] [GENERAL THREAD] Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver Hacking


    I'm not going to add every archive that contains images in the first post XD
    At least; not right now..!
    Click to expand...

    Is it possible to save 'em as .PNG? Or does it not work like that when ripping?
     
    Hey guys I made a list of the Overworlds so you can edit them in poketex.
    (You can also edit the pokemon overworlds)
    Spoiler:

    I hope this was helpful.
     
    What tools are you guys using right now anyway? All the narc stuff I've tried have failed on these files, are you just loading them up in a tile viewer/hex editor?

    /me awaits trainer sprites
     
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    D-Trogh said:
    What the hell are you talking about? =/
    As far as I know the only important thing we can't do in the other DS games is mapping..
    It'll be the same for HG/SS.
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    mapping and scripting are the most inportant part in a hack if the maps loks the same who whould want to play the hack same with the scripts
     
    narutoactor said:
    mapping and scripting are the most inportant part in a hack if the maps loks the same who whould want to play the hack same with the scripts
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    Actually, scripting is. you can have the same region, but make it SO new, that it doesn't really matter. So, even if a Map Editor doesn't get developed, as long as scripts are changed, it is a new game.

    Anyway, I would contriute, but I think I'll wait for the US release, as... Well, I prefer it to the Japanese, as more people may use it, and there could be different offsets for the stuff.
     
    Oh wow, you guys are already cracking down hard on this. Awesome!

    I think I might try and rip some of the graphics from this in a little bit. What I've seen playing through so far is jaw-dropping.
    The GUI is so smooth and even the tiny little footsteps on the floor made me chuckle a little.

    Can't wait to see those sprites.
     
    Apparently you get to double battle with lance. A guy named Veekun has extracted the trainers from HG/SS and there is a backsprite for Lance. :)

    Lt. Serge also looks like Krauser from Resident Evil if he took his sun glasses off ROFL.

    Unfortunately I don't think I'm allowed to link to his extract.
    Has anybody else extracted them yet? :<
     
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    If someone does, please post your methods. His sheet is incomplete at least, seems like it's random frames of animations picked out instead of all of them, etc. Some of them don't even look like real ones to me, but I could say the same about some D/P sprites so...
     
    The only sprite that looks a bit iffy to me is the chick+butler (can't remember their names) from the battle frontier in platinum.
    I'm assuming it's safe to link to his trainer sheet since it's not another forum and every other site I found through google is linking to it.
    https://stuff.veekun.com/hgss-trainers.png
    Extraction and public sharing to like 50 other sites found through google courtesy of Veekun.


    EDIT: A new thread with sprite extractions was posted, better if I just linked to that. xD
    https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=194262
     
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    I found the script file!!
    Is relocated into A/0/1/2

    And event 0/3/2

    And map 0/6/5
     
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    Only mod I'm waiting for right now before the English version is just a Item/Pokemon/Attacks translation, if such a thing is possible with a DS rom.
     
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