Hardest rom hacking skill Page 2

Started by pokefreak2 December 22nd, 2009 2:12 PM
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What the hardest skill is depends on your talents. Since I'm graphically challenged, I'd say graphics would be the hardest part, considered a skill. Otherwise, it's all pretty easy for me, so I really can't say.
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The hardest part for me is probably ASM. Though I've never tried it, I probably never will. And I don't really care.
Scripting, I don't find too bad. That's probably because there's loads of comprehensive tutorials about it, and you can literally just use one as a guideline as you script. Not too hard at all. I find Mapping and Spriting the easiest, but getting maps to look "right" can be rather difficult sometimes.

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Hahahaha! OW Spriting is hard? It's easy! (At least for me, lol.)

Well, I consider ASM as the hardest, but not scripting, I'm going to get the hang of it soon.
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Whatever it is, it isn't mapping. It may be tedious but it isn't hard. I'd have to say ASM scripting would be the "hardest" for me personally. But I would suspect a skilled ASM scripter like HackMew would disagree.
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I do not agree.

It's like game development.
A group is responsible for the graphics, the other by the sound, and another for the development itself.

Another example is the creation of websites.
Uses PHP, ASP, HTML, and imagens (flash, fireworks, photoshop, etc.).

If you do not draw any tile, will not be able to insert it.
If you managed to insert some, it was because someone designed it.

Why do you think many people ask for help to "Tilers" and "Spriters"?

Well, that's my opinion.
Well, Here it goes again.
It's a problem of what we call it.
As long as we call it hacking, I'd assume we're talking about hacking.
And there the spriting isn't importent. Spriting is not hacking at all. but neither would I say scripting is.
Sure grapic and scripting is importent if you'd like tó make a game. But that's modding, not hacking. Please start calling it modding, if you want those to be counted in.


yea asm is pretty hard the only reason i cant do it is because i cant find the offset in hex editor O_O i need it so i can get asm to work :(
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for an actual skill, it would be for me, mapping/asm
but this doesn't really count but for me also is making someone would enjoy playing through for the hours to get through a beta or demo, then play it again after the next release
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Well, Here it goes again.
It's a problem of what we call it.
As long as we call it hacking, I'd assume we're talking about hacking.
And there the spriting isn't importent. Spriting is not hacking at all. but neither would I say scripting is.
Sure grapic and scripting is importent if you'd like tó make a game. But that's modding, not hacking. Please start calling it modding, if you want those to be counted in.
I do not agree whatsoever . . . .
Spriting, Tiling, and Scripting are some of the essentials in making a hack. Take the real Pokemon games themselves (I know these are not hacks, but), Nintendo creates new tilesets, sprites, and scripts for every generation of games (Gen I had it's own tileset and sprites, Gen II had their own, etc.). In my opinion these are some of the most important (but maybe not the hardest) skills.
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I do not agree whatsoever . . . .
Spriting, Tiling, and Scripting are some of the essentials in making a hack. Take the real Pokemon games themselves (I know these are not hacks, but), Nintendo creates new tilesets, sprites, and scripts for every generation of games (Gen I had it's own tileset and sprites, Gen II had their own, etc.). In my opinion these are some of the most important (but maybe not the hardest) skills.
But dear sweety<3

Please, I'm not saying that you don't need new sprites and maps in a new hack. That is not what were discussing right now.
I'm talking about hacking... HACKING IS THE DAMN RESEARCH YOU'RE ALL ARE IGNORING WHEN YOU THINK YOU'RE MAKING A HACK....<3
But my beloved sweety, just because they're importent in a mode, doesn't make spriting hacking....
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for me it's tile inserting/asm, everything else is simpler.
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Spriting shouldn't be classed as hacking, at all. The insertion is classed as hacking, sure, as you are editing the game, but the sprites themselves are artwork, and as you make them BEFORE inserting, are not technically part of hacking, but the implementation of the said sprites into the ROM, and making the game read them is hacking the game. Making the sprite in Paint is art, and not editing the ROM, or hacking it in any way. (But it is hard to sprite)

ASM looks very complicated. I might learn scripting, as that is my fear, but after looking at ASM, I am inspired to move up hacking-wise.


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ASM Hacking really isn't hard, it's just so time consuming and tedious that people don't bother with it. However, seeing how most people just copy/paste everything from a tutorial and try and work it in their hacks, I can see why most people would think ASM Hacking is difficult.

The truth is, most people who find ASM hard are those who want to sit down in front of a computer and throw together a generic storyline and try to make a hack in thirty minutes. It's not gonna happen. If you want to have a fun and challenging time while "hacking" a game, try scripting through hex rather than using a scripting program. Many hacks created this way are better than those someone slapped together (in my opinion).

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Well since ASM "is" the hardest skill in hacking an few people master it let alone use it, I'm going to say my hardest would be in the graphics area as I have scripting completely mastered.
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