FireRed hack: Pokémon Fire Red Definitive Edition (alpha4)

Pokémon Fire Red Definitive Edition (alpha4)

Download:

Downloads can be found in this post's attachments. They include the BPS patch (since IPS doesn't support over 16 MB roms, sadly) and the ReadMe.txt file.

Originally posted: 30th June 2020
Updated attachments, added useful links and checksums to post: 25th August 2022
(Mod is discontinued for now but I tried to upload a better version of the BPS patch)

Overview/goals:

This hack rom replaces the default "you can assign an item in your bag to the select button" message script with all-new multichoice boxes menus for a fully customized and new experience in a classic game. It can be played normally if you don't press the select button at all while no item is registered to it. Please keep in mind that binding an item to the select key will temporarily override and thus disable these menus. But releasing the select button in your key items will restore normal functionality.

Features:

- Default settings: fast text speed, stereo sound, frame type 3. Settings can still be changed manually.
- That annoying help system that triggers whenever you press the L or R buttons has been completely disabled.
- Illegal Mew and Deoxys will obey normally as anti hack measures in the original rom have been patched out.
- Net Center has the default Pokémon Center music now. This is because custom music was added for the ranked system, replacing the original track.
- Trainer Tower has the default Gym music now for the same reason as above.
- Mewtwo's battle has the normal legendary battle music instead of its own for the same reason again.
- (An item can still be registered to the select button regardless of this hacks' add-ons, however doing this will make the custom menus temporarily
unaccesible)
- Because of Thief Mode, the VS Seeker and the NPC that gave it to you have been removed.

A full list of features can be found via the "Show Help" option.

Credits:

This hack rom is based on JPAN's hacked engine, and has otherwise been made by me and solely by me, fireYtail3DYTFB.

Version history:

Alpha: first release. Thief Mode not implemented yet.
Alpha2: fixed ASM to not be able to run away nor capture Pokémon in random battles not working.
Alpha3: fixed not being able to run away nor capture Pokémon after losing in random battles.
Alpha4: added Thief Mode up to Lavender town (inclusive)

Bugs/glitches:

- After using the IV and/or EV shops, you need to place your Pokémon in a box in the PC or the stats won't be recalculated by the game engine. They should be recalculated as well after a level up.

- Some events disable your ability to run away from and/or capture wild Pokémon. To fix this simply enter any Pokémon center or your house in Pallet Town. Please avoid entering the Pokémon Tower without a Silph Scope or you'll eventually find yourself trapped in the battles against ghost.

Useful links (From other authors):

beat, BPS patch making and applying software:
https://www.romhacking.net/utilities/893/

HashCheck Shell Extension, to have checksums listed in files properties in Windows XP or later, works on Windows 10:
https://code.kliu.org/hashcheck/

Checksums:

Pokémon Fire Red US version 1.0 - ROM file to be patched
CRC-32: dd88761c
MD4: a41b7c4de59b703c81c7256599c991c7
MD5: e26ee0d44e809351c8ce2d73c7400cdd
SHA-1: 41cb23d8dccc8ebd7c649cd8fbb58eeace6e2fdc

Pokémon Fire Red Definitive Edition (Alpha4).bps - Patch file to apply
CRC-32: 2144df1c
MD4: 6550006810d7e16920f58142852e347e
MD5: 25a2aa25551bc2e3bf8dd9ecda4cdf0c
SHA-1: 7490ae758d4e63eec9d34e9ba23e72e657544b9a

Pokémon Fire Red Definitive Edition (Alpha4).gba - Resulting ROM file
CRC-32: 9c0eb6b8
MD4: 25e90fd730f33ab11b47c4a135c5a816
MD5: a0e35c5a072229ba42601b03deaae51e
SHA-1: e80d2f944c3170afbd639ba1f58288e61fcf5b06

Screenshots:

Will you add the PSS split to this?

nemesish said:

Will you add the PSS split to this?

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Thank you for your interest. I'm not planning to do that for now, but you can use this IPS patch on Pokémon Fire Red US version 1.0 (and hopefully it'll work on my hack rom too without breaking anything) If it breaks I can try to fix it too.

Seems good but i tried patching the bps file to a clean Fire Red 1.0 ROM and it didn't work. How to patch this?

Where can i find all the codes for all cheats?

Five-Gate Omega said:

Seems good but i tried patching the bps file to a clean Fire Red 1.0 ROM and it didn't work. How to patch this?

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what GBA emulator are you using?

it worked fine on VBA-M stable and latest mGBA versions on my PC

for some reason none of my emulators lets me play the game

Five-Gate Omega said:

Seems good but i tried patching the bps file to a clean Fire Red 1.0 ROM and it didn't work. How to patch this?

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I'm sorry for the late reply but please check the updates to the OP (useful links, checksums and better BPS file attached)

Marcko067 said:

Where can i find all the codes for all cheats?

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If you're asking for cheat codes, I can't really help you with that. If you mean scripts and ASM added via the patch, I'm afraid I don't keep any of those files with me anymore.

DracoMeep12 said:

for some reason none of my emulators lets me play the game

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Are you referring to the original unpatched game or only after patching? Please try using the patching software now linked in the OP and look at checksums. Working fine for me on Windows 10 21H2 using new BPS file and VisualBoyAdvance-M version 2.1.4

But any other emu including Android ones should do the job too.