Add New Pokemon In 15 Easy Steps!

[tpravetz]

All right. This is my first tutorial, for all those who don't know me (all of you), I'm Tom. I have been trying to figure out how to add Pokemon, so I read every tutorial out there, but none seemed to work. So I took it upon myself and started to experiment. This tutorial works for me, I hope it works for you! I already wrote this, but my computer deleted it all, so here we go again.

NOTE ON EMERALD:

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FOR EMERALD, THE PALETTE CANNOT BE CHANGED. FOR INSERTING POKEMON IN EMERALD, USE RS BALL TO GET THE PALETTE OF A SIMILARLY COLOURED POKEMON. OPEN THE PICTURE OF THIS POKEMON PROVIDED IN ELITE MAP. COPY THE COLOURS AND RECOLOUR YOU NEW POKEMON. USE THE PALETTE CODE PROVIDED IN RS BALL FOR THE PALETTE IN POKE EDIT PRO.

What you'll need!

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MS Paint (You should have it...)
InfranView (https://download.cnet.com/IrfanView/3000-2192-10021962.html?part=dl-IrfanView&subj=dl&tag=button)
FSF(https://www.andreasartori.net/hackmew/downloads.php?dir=&file=FSF.zip)
unLZ-GBA (https://www.andreasartori.net/hackmew/downloads.php?dir=&file=HackedunLZ.zip)
Poke Edit Pro (https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=123882)
A ROM (ROM linking is against the rules... Sorry folks. Just Google "Pokemon ROM")
MAKE A BACKUP ROM! DO IT OR REGRET NOT!

STEP 1:

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Make your sprite. It's size should be 64x64. Make the background a colour not used in the sprite. Save it as a .PNG file.(I am using a trainer as a Pokemon. Why? I just like to mix things up. You, use your Pokemon when you see my swimmer.)

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STEP 2:

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Open your Pokemon with InfranView.

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STEP 3:

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Click on the "Image" tab and select "Decrease Colour Depth".

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STEP 4:

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Select "16 Colours (4BPP). Click "OK"

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STEP 5:

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Click the "Image" tab again. Go to the bottom where it says "Palette" and click "Edit palette..."

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STEP 6:

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Click the first colour and copy down its RGB code. Then do the same with your background colour. (For me, the first colour is usually black with 4,2,4, and the background is the eighth colour.)

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Switch 'em. Double click on the first colour, click "Define Custom Colours" and where it says "RGB" Type in your code. (The first number goes next to the "R", the second next to the "G" and the third next to the "B". Repeat for you background colour. It will look messed up, that's OK. Save it as a different PNG file.

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STEP 8:

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Open both sprites in two different MS Paint applications.

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STEP 9:

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Click "Ctrl" and "A" on the old sprite, and then "Ctrl" and "C". Go to the new sprite, and click "Ctrl" and "V". Save it as a PNG.

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STEP 10:

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Go to where you saved it. Right click on the new picture and hit "Properties". Where it says "Size" look at the number in parentheses. (## bytes) Add ten to it and write it down.

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STEP 11:

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Open up FSF. Open your ROM with it. Where it says "Needed bytes" type in the number you got in the last step. Select "Search from the beginning of the ROM" and hit "Search". Copy down that result. Then change the needed bytes to 64. Search and copy down that result.

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Open up unLZ-GBA. Open your ROM and go to a random sprite. (Mine start at 668.) Click "Import" find your picture.

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Hit "Write to ROM". Select all the boxes. Where it says "Image offset", type in your first FSF result. Where it says "Palette offset", type in your second. Click "OK"

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STEP 14:

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Open up Poke Edit Pro. Go either to a Pokemon you want to replace, or to one of the "???????" after Celebi. Where it says "Sprite offset", type in your first FSF result, and where it says "Norm. Palette", type in your second result.

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STEP 15:

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Click "Save ROM". And test.

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Other Things You Can Do!

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To edit stats and the name, use Poke Edit Pro.
To add a backsprite, repeat these steps.
And more as I get questions!

Thank you!

 

[Biminis]

Thanks dude.This tutorial helped me a lot.But i don't get one thing:
661+10=671
From where you get those 10?

 

[onyx79]

thanks man! hope this will help me eith the sprites inserting....

 

[ΡλЯλđΘЖ]

Rom linking is against the rules, tpravetz...
Reported.

 

[tpravetz]

Thanks dude.This tutorial helped me a lot.But i don't get one thing:
661+10=671
From where you get those 10?

The ten are just a little extra to be safe. I don't think it's necessary, but I like to have it there...

Rom linking is against the rules, tpravetz...
Reported.

Aw, I forgot. Drat. I wasn't thinking of that when I posted them. I'll remove the link.

 

[runawayfromthevoices]

DUDEs.. my bacsprite gets all messed up. either its the pallet or it just goes haywire, either way it gets screwed..HELP

 

[tpravetz]

DUDEs.. my bacsprite gets all messed up. either its the pallet or it just goes haywire, either way it gets screwed..HELP

Hmmm... The colours are messed up? Make sure your back sprite has all the same colours as the the front sprite... If they are and it still doesn' t work, would you send me or post a screenshot?

 

[Chimchar 9]

Hmm... good Tutorial.
It looks helpful, by looking at the infomation and screenshots.
Good work!:)

 

[Suhaib10]

Hey nice tutorial helped me out a lot

 

[mattattack]

wow thank you for the changing pokemon. Also you may have found a way for fire red hackers to insert pokemon in those 25 empty spaces.

 

[tpravetz]

Hmm... good Tutorial.
It looks helpful, by looking at the infomation and screenshots.
Good work!:)

Why thank you! As I said before, this is my first tutorial, and it very nice to get such compliments. :)

Hey nice tutorial helped me out a lot

I'm glad, and the same thing I said to Munchlax.

wow thank you for the changing pokemon. Also you may have found a way for fire red hackers to insert pokemon in those 25 empty spaces.

Was that not known before? I think it was. But it wasn't really me. I just read a ton of tutorials on the web, but none seemed to work for me, so I just sort of mixed them all together...

 

[-DarK-]

What you posted is already known. What's not known is how to repoint the pokedex entries so the pokemon can be encountered in the wild without the game freezing.

Weird... After I inserted the sprite 'n stuff, I tested if the sprite was inserted good... So, I set the Munchlax I inserted as one of the possible wildpkmn encounters, and the game didn't freeze when I encountered him.

 

[-DarK-]

Was it a pokemon in one of the ???????? spots or not?

Depends on how you see it. You know, right before Bulbasaur (in Poke Edit Pro that is) there's a "?????????" spot, which I presume is the Missingno. from the 3rd gen games. And after celebi, we have 25 "?" slots. I used the first "?" slot, right after celebi, and it worked fine for me. The only thing I still need to do, is import the backsprite, the shiny sprites, the icon sprite and the change the cry (it's still the cry of the Unown)

 

[tpravetz]

I usually just avoid the first "???????" spot. I just assume that it serves as and importance there... Hmmm. Tell me what happens -DarK-.

 

[-DarK-]

I meant one of the slots after celebi. Also, it's don't thinks it's Missingo that's before bulbasaur. Why would they purposely import a glitch like that? I don't know what it's supposed to be though. Maybe just a placeholder for the ? graphic? According to https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ten_question_marks, it has a pokedex entry also; I'm not really sure what it's use is. Call is Missongno if you want, but it's not the same and I'd argue that it'd be a misnomer.

Tell me, what happens when you try to view the pokedex entry for the pokemon you inserted then?

I usually just avoid the first "???????" spot. I just assume that it serves as and importance there... Hmmm. Tell me what happens -DarK-.

Well, there's no Pokedex entry (the entry that got "used" [wasn't actually used, there was no info on it] is the pokemon which is currently the last one in your pokedex, which my case was a rattata), but the pokemon/game itself doesn't gets glitched up. I managed to insert it correctly (sprite, backsprite, shiny, icon, etc), but there's only one thing I'm having problems with: the cry. The cry is still the same as the Unown, and honestly, I have no idea how to change it without glitching the game. I tried using PokeCryGUI (included with Elite Map) but it glitched up my game's music and sounds.

 

[Link_971]

The cry is still the same as the Unown, and honestly, I have no idea how to change it without glitching the game. I tried using PokeCryGUI (included with Elite Map) but it glitched up my game's music and sounds.

Yes, the cry is the same as Unown, but this data isn't same.
PokeCry in Elitemap is blocked between the numbers 252 - 276.
I'll make new version of PokeCry with no "protection".

 

[-DarK-]

Yes, the cry is the same as Unown, but this data isn't same.
PokeCry in Elitemap is blocked between the numbers 252 - 276.
I'll make new version of PokeCry with no "protection".

Will you? Great! That will be so awesome! The only thing that's left to do then is a Pokedex editor, to make sure that you get those entries can be added as well. Then adding pokemon to advance games would be as good as complete. ^^

 

[-DarK-]

I'm still very surprised you didn't get any of the errors described as in: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=154220

I should've clarified what I said before. One usually can encounter it in the wild fine, but trying to capture it causes the game freeze. Are you trying to capture it in the wild?

Also, you're using English FireRed right?

Yes, I'm using an English FR ROM. And yes, I have captured it, and had no problems with it except for the Pokedex entry, which was, as I said, the last pokemon you had in your pokedex list (which in my case was a rattata, so that entry got used. But, no data got added, as the game still treats it like a diffirent pokemon.)

 

[Link_971]

Will you? Great!

Yes and No.
We can add cry in 252 - 276, but the pointer for these pokemon is the same as Unown.
If we can change pointer of the cry, we can use cry.

(Exemple, if you add sprite in 252 - 276, you must change the pointer of image or palette in RS Ball, for the cry is the same thing).


RUBY AXVE offsets

Table : 452590


251 Celebi : 5AF4F4
252 : 5B036C
253 : 5B0BCC
254 : 5B168C
255 : 5B1FD8
256 : 5B2C34
257 : 5B413C
258 : 5B4BD4
259 : 5B5804
260 : 5B65E4
261 : 5B7184
262 : 5B8890
263 : 5B9220
264 : 5B9C88
265 : 5BA220
266 : 5BAD3C
267 : 5BB690
268 : 5BBC90
269 : 5BC594
270 : 5BD744
271 : 5BE3B0
272 : 5BED58
273 : 5C0A2C
274 : 5C29AC
275 : 5C3554
276 : 579C4C
277 Treecko : 5C29AC

 

[-DarK-]

Yes and No.
We can add cry in 252 - 276, but the pointer for these pokemon is the same as Unown.
If we can change pointer of the cry, we can use cry.

(Exemple, if you add sprite in 252 - 276, you must change the pointer of image or palette in RS Ball, for the cry is the same thing).


RUBY AXVE offsets

Table : 452590


251 Celebi : 5AF4F4
252 : 5B036C
253 : 5B0BCC
254 : 5B168C
255 : 5B1FD8
256 : 5B2C34
257 : 5B413C
258 : 5B4BD4
259 : 5B5804
260 : 5B65E4
261 : 5B7184
262 : 5B8890
263 : 5B9220
264 : 5B9C88
265 : 5BA220
266 : 5BAD3C
267 : 5BB690
268 : 5BBC90
269 : 5BC594
270 : 5BD744
271 : 5BE3B0
272 : 5BED58
273 : 5C0A2C
274 : 5C29AC
275 : 5C3554
276 : 579C4C
277 Treecko : 5C29AC

Well, if the pointers for the sprites can be changed, so should the pointers for the cries, I guess. Or not?