Adding New Moves and Creating New Move Effects

[SchokoInc]

Thanks for the amazing tutorial it worked perfectly for me :)
Still i have one major problem that prevents me from fully using and editing my moves :(
As the GameEditor doesn't work for me i use several other editors like YAPE (which also lets me fix the pointers and allowed me to add my new moves to my pokemon even if they are now just named Pound or Karate Chop) but i haven't found a move editor yet that let's me change the .ini to repoint the move table and makes it editable :(
When i opened up the .ini for A-tack the offsets shown for names/data are

[Nameoffset]
offset=2388129

[Dataoffset]
offset=2427908

which is quite confusing and changing them to my new offsets scrambles everything up :(
(YAPE had the correct offsets for moves in the .ini and changing went perfectly so there is nothing wrong with the rom itself)

EDIT: While not fixing the problem itself i solved the problem by overwriting the ORIGINAL move data instead of the newly created ones :)

 

[Jambo51]

EDIT: Where did the the offset 0x1D6947 come from for the flare blitz part?

It's part of the main Battle Script Attack Handler, all moves branch back to it at some stage. In this case, it's the relevant part needed to execute the remaining effects and faints and such.

Thanks for the amazing tutorial it worked perfectly for me :)
Still i have one major problem that prevents me from fully using and editing my moves :(
As the GameEditor doesn't work for me i use several other editors like YAPE (which also lets me fix the pointers and allowed me to add my new moves to my pokemon even if they are now just named Pound or Karate Chop) but i haven't found a move editor yet that let's me change the .ini to repoint the move table and makes it editable :(
When i opened up the .ini for A-tack the offsets shown for names/data are

[Nameoffset]
offset=2388129

[Dataoffset]
offset=2427908

which is quite confusing and changing them to my new offsets scrambles everything up :(
(YAPE had the correct offsets for moves in the .ini and changing went perfectly so there is nothing wrong with the rom itself)

EDIT: While not fixing the problem itself i solved the problem by overwriting the ORIGINAL move data instead of the newly created ones :)

You can't use any editor apart from PGE for the new moves or for applying them. No older editor supports them properly. YAPE especially, is a bad choice of editor for this new move stuff!

 

[Skystrike]

The tutorial works perfectly, I'm just having a problem with repointing animations on one of the new moves. I saw Chaos Rush's post on Roost, and I decided to put it in my game. For the animation pointer, I just copied FeatherDance's animation pointer. After I finish the introduction scene, and it sends me to the hero's room in Pallet Town, the game either:
1) VBA displays a BIOS error(?!)
2) It becomes completely silent and black. I can't continue in the game.

I think this has to do with the fact also that all the animation pointers are not 'normal' pointers...

 

[dreamengine]

I'm trying to make the effects for Thunder fang, ice fang, and fire fang, but when I do I feel like the effect rates are really low. The flinch works fine almost too much because it seems like it's every other move, but the paralyze, freeze, and burn almost never happen. I'm not quite sure what to do because there's no effect that make paralyze freeze and burn happen 100% of the time. Here is my code for thunder fang.

Thunder Fang

Spoiler:

01 5E 69 1D 08 00 00 02 03 04 05 06 07 09 0A 0E 5C 00 3A 0B 00 0C 00 0D 12 40 00 0F 12 40 00 2E 85 3E 02 02 08 15 2E 85 3E 02 02 05 15 28 47 69 1D 08

 

[PokemonMasters]

For some reason, whenever I apply the hacked engine before I do this, it doesnt work.

 

[Jambo51]

I'm trying to make the effects for Thunder fang, ice fang, and fire fang, but when I do I feel like the effect rates are really low. The flinch works fine almost too much because it seems like it's every other move, but the paralyze, freeze, and burn almost never happen. I'm not quite sure what to do because there's no effect that make paralyze freeze and burn happen 100% of the time. Here is my code for thunder fang.

Thunder Fang

Spoiler:

01 5E 69 1D 08 00 00 02 03 04 05 06 07 09 0A 0E 5C 00 3A 0B 00 0C 00 0D 12 40 00 0F 12 40 00 2E 85 3E 02 02 08 15 2E 85 3E 02 02 05 15 28 47 69 1D 08

Firstly, the fang moves don't have 100% chance to burn/freeze/paralyze, they have the same chance as the flinch.

Secondly, to make an effect have 100% chance of hitting the target, you need to change the 0x15 that's tagged onto the end of the effect to a 0x16 instead.

This makes it ignore the chance, and give the status, as long as the status can be given.

Hope this helps!

 

[dreamengine]

Firstly, the fang moves don't have 100% chance to burn/freeze/paralyze, they have the same chance as the flinch.

Secondly, to make an effect have 100% chance of hitting the target, you need to change the 0x15 that's tagged onto the end of the effect to a 0x16 instead.

This makes it ignore the chance, and give the status, as long as the status can be given.

Hope this helps!

It's been awhile since I made that so I don't even remember what I did. However I know that I was trying to make the effects 100% because I thought I could change that chance with PGE. Don't ask me why lol.

What was hard was I didn't know the hex value for flinch to be 10 nor did I know the paralysis or freeze value for 10%

 

[PokemonMasters]

Ok so Does this happen to anyone else?
When I update the roms .ini and it says the roms .ini has been updated it doesn't show the new moves.
But when it says unexpected error occured then it exits then I go back on, it shows the moves.

 

[dreamengine]

Ok so Does this happen to anyone else?
When I update the roms .ini and it says the roms .ini has been updated it doesn't show the new moves.
But when it says unexpected error occured then it exits then I go back on, it shows the moves.

Make sure you don't have your rom opened up in a hex editor

I hate to double post but I felt this is somewhat important. Here's my record of the all the effects between 00-C0. I unfortunately don't know how to figure out the the effect percentage, but if I figure it out I will edit :)

Spoiler:

01 - sleep target
02 - poison target
03 - paralyze target
04 - freeze target
05 - paralyze target
06 - poison target
07 - confuse target
08 - flinch target
09 - freeze - target
0a - N/A
0b - N/A
0c - N/A
0d - N/A
0e - recoil
0f - raise target's attack
10 - raise target's defense
11 - raise target's speed
12 - raise target's sp. attack
13 - raise target's sp. defense
14 - raise target's accuracy
15 - raise target's evasion
16 - lowers target's attack
17 - lowers target's defense
18 - lowers target's speed
19 - lowers target's sp. attack
1a - lowers target's sp. defense
1b - lowers target's accuracy
1c - lowers target's evasion (makes user miss)
1d - recharge
1e - N/A
1f - N/A
20 - N/A
21 - N/A
22 - raise all of users stats except accuracy and evasion
23 - N/A
24 - N/A
25 - N/A
26 - recoil
27 - sharply raise target's attack
28 - sharply raise target's defense
29 - sharply raise target's speed
2a - sharply raise target's sp. attack
2b - sharply raise target's sp. defense
2c - sharply raise target's accuracy
2d - sharply raise target's evasion
2e - sharply lower target's attack
2f - sharply lower target's defense
30 - sharply lower target's speed
31 - sharply lower target's sp. attack
32 - sharply lower target's sp. defense
33 - sharply lower target's accuracy
34 - sharply lower target's evasion
35 - confuses target
36 - N/A
37 - N/A
38 - N/A
39 - N/A
3a - N/A
3b - lowers user sp. attack
3c - N/A
3d - N/A
3e - N/A
3f - N/A
40 - N/A
41 - puts user to sleep (no animation)
43 - burns user (no animation)
44 - freezes user (no animation)
45 - paralyzes user (no animation)
46 - N/A
47 - confuses user (no animation)
48 - N/A
49 - burns/freezes/paralyzes target
4a - uproar's effect
4b - pay day's effect
4c - N/A
4d - N/A
4e - recoil
4f - raise user's attack
50 - raise user's defense
51 - raise user's speed
52 - raise user's sp. attack
53 - raise user's sp. defense
54 - raise user's accuracy
55 - raise user's evasion
56 - lowers user's attack
57 - lowers user's defense
58 - lowers user's speed
59 - lowers user's sp. attack
5a - lowers user's sp. defense
5b - lowers user's accuracy
5c - lowers user's evasion
5d - recharge
5e - N/A
5f - N/A
60 - N/A
61 - N/A
62 - raises all of user's stats but accuracy and evasion
63 - N/A
64 - N/A
65 - lowers user's attack and defense
66 - recoil
67 - sharply raises user's attack
68 - sharply raise user's defense
69 - sharply raise user's speed
6a - sharply raise user's sp. attack
6b - sharply raise user's sp. defense
6c - sharply raise user's accuracy
6d - sharply raise user's evasion
6e - sharply lower user's attack
6f - sharply lower user's defense
70 - sharply lower user's speed
71 - sharply lower user's sp. attack
72 - sharply lower user's sp. defense
73 - sharply lower user's accuracy
74 - sharply lower user's evasion
75 - N/A
76 - N/A
77 - N/A
78 - N/A
79 - N/A
7a - N/A
7b - harshly lowers user's sp attack (only happens 3 times)
81 - puts target to sleep
82 - poisons target
83 - burns target
84 - freezes target
85 - paralyzes target
86 - poisons target
87 - confuses target
88 - target flinches
89 - burn/paralyze/freeze target
8a - N/A
8b - N/A
8c - N/A
8d - N/A
8e - recoil
8f - raise target's attack
90 - raise target's defense
91 - raise target's speed
92 - raise target's sp. attack
93 - raise target's sp. defense
94 - raise target's accuracy
95 - raise target's evasion
96 - lowers target's attack
97 - lowers target's defense
98 - lowers target's speed
99 - lowers target's sp. attack
9a - lowers target's sp. defense
9b - lowers target's accuracy
9c - lowers target's evasion
9d - recharge
9e - N/A
9f - N/A
a0 - N/A
a1 - N/A
a2 - raises all stats but accuracy and evasion
a3 - N/A
a4 - N/A
a5 - lowers user's attack and defense
a6 - recoil
a7 - raise target's attack
a8 - raise target's defense
a9 - raise target's speed
aa - raise target's sp. attack
ab - raise target's sp. defense
ac - raise target's accuracy
ad - raise target's evasion
ae - lowers target's attack
af - lowers target's defense
b0 - lowers target's speed
b1 - lowers target's sp. attack
b2 - lowers target's sp. defense
b3 - lowers target's accuracy
b4 - lowers target's evasion
b5 - confuse target
b6 - N/A
b7 - N/A
b8 - N/A
b9 - N/A
ba - N/A
bb - sharply lowers user's sp. attack
bc - N/A
bd - N/A
be - N/A
bf - N/A

 

[Pedroizt]

Well, I managed to create one move called "Iced Shell" based in Gray magic in Fairy Tail, but have a little problem: each effect (Freeze + Selfdestruct) causes a little damage in opponent. If anyone knows how to fix, i would be grateful.

Spoiler:

00 01 5E 69 1D 08 00 00 02 03 04 05 06 07 09 0A 0E 5C 00 3A 0B 00 0C 00 0D 12 40 00 0F 12 40 00 2E 85 3E 02 02 84 15 00 02 03 78 79 3A 29 05 CC 3D 02 02 01 91 6A 1D 08 41 E7 6A 1D 08 28 93 6A 1D 08 09 0A 25 04 05 06 07 01 CC 6A 1D 08 00 00 0E 5C 00 3A 0B 00 0C 00 0D 12 40 00 0F 12 40 00 19 00 00 00 00 00 00 2E D8 3F 02 02 00 49 02 10 7A 93 6A 1D 08 19 01 00 00 00 00 00 3D 0E 0F 12 40 00 2E D8 3F 02 02 00 49 02 10 7A 93 6A 1D 08 19 01 00 00 00 00 00 3D 36 CC 3D 02 02 01 09 0A 33 CC 3D 02 02 01 3C 15 28 4E 69 1D 08

 

[pawell6]

Is there any easy way to change descriptions of new attacks in PGE? I know I can change description pointers to old ones, but i don't know how to make a new description.

 

[Garuga17]

Is it possible to create a move with 3 stats-upper? Like quiver-dance, or coil?

 

[pawell6]

I don't know if this is something new, but I figured out code for quiver dance:

Spoiler:

00 02 03 1D 00 00 00 00 01 F2 7D 1D 08 1C 00 07 00 00 00 B0 69 1D 08 84 CC 69 1D 08 1C 00 FF 00 00 00 F2 7D 1D 08 01 F2 7D 1D 08 00 00 1F 00 20 00 39 8B 1D 08 09 0A 2E 85 3E 02 02 52 15 2E 85 3E 02 02 53 15 2E 85 3E 02 02 51 15 28 47 69 1D 08

 

[Garuga17]

I don't know if this is something new, but I figured out code for quiver dance:

Spoiler:

00 02 03 1D 00 00 00 00 01 F2 7D 1D 08 1C 00 07 00 00 00 B0 69 1D 08 84 CC 69 1D 08 1C 00 FF 00 00 00 F2 7D 1D 08 01 F2 7D 1D 08 00 00 1F 00 20 00 39 8B 1D 08 09 0A 2E 85 3E 02 02 52 15 2E 85 3E 02 02 53 15 2E 85 3E 02 02 51 15 28 47 69 1D 08

Wow! dude is this really works? just exactly what i need! thx a lot :D

EDIT: Oh wait, it didnt work, it do nothing(the game is not freeze btw)

 

[pawell6]

Wow! dude is this really works? just exactly what i need! thx a lot :D

EDIT: Oh wait, it didnt work, it do nothing(the game is not freeze btw)

Strange, I checked it once more and it seems to be working for me. Just make sure you put the effect in expanded table of effects.

If you removed last poniter (5F 86 1D 08) in the step 3, you can try this: in PGE set move effect to lower number (e.g. if you set it to 214, make it 213). Hope it'll help.

 

[Garuga17]

Strange, I checked it once more and it seems to be working for me. Just make sure you put the effect in expanded table of effects.

If you removed last poniter (5F 86 1D 08) in the step 3, you can try this: in PGE set move effect to lower number (e.g. if you set it to 214, make it 213). Hope it'll help.

Ah yes! It works!! Thx a lot for making this code dude, i spent hours to make it (i know, i'm suck lol) :D

Hope itman will post this at the first page, cause this code is works.

 

[itman]

Ah yes! It works!! Thx a lot for making this code dude, i spent hours to make it (i know, i'm suck lol) :D

Hope itman will post this at the first page, cause this code is works.

Put it on first page. :)
I'm so glad everyone is helping expand on this. I finally have time again to hack, so hopefully I'll be able to find some more. :)

 

[pawell6]

Here's a code for close combat:

Spoiler:

00 01 5E 69 1D 08 00 00 02 03 04 05 06 07 09 0A 0E 5C 00 3A 0B 00 0C 00 0D 12 40 00 0F 12 40 00 2E 85 3E 02 02 D7 15 2E 85 3E 02 02 DA 15 28 47 69 1D 08

BTW the code for quiver dance was made by me. Could you fix it on the first page? :(

 

[Garuga17]

Put it on first page. :)
I'm so glad everyone is helping expand on this. I finally have time again to hack, so hopefully I'll be able to find some more. :)

Thx for putting it on the first page, btw the quiver dance code is made by pawell6, not me :3

Btw, in case everyone need it, here is the code for coil:

Spoiler:

00 02 03 1D 00 00 00 00 01 F2 7D 1D 08 1C 00 07 00 00 00 B0 69 1D 08 84 CC 69 1D 08 1C 00 FF 00 00 00 F2 7D 1D 08 01 F2 7D 1D 08 00 00 1F 00 20 00 39 8B 1D 08 09 0A 2E 85 3E 02 02 CF 15 2E 85 3E 02 02 D0 15 2E 85 3E 02 02 D4 15 28 47 69 1D 08

All i do was just editting pawell6 Q. dance code, all thx to him :D

NB: In order for the both Q.dance and Coil effect to works, make sure in PGE attack editor, you set the accuracy to '100', base power to '0', target to 'user', and just for safety reason, effct accuracy to '100'

 

[pawell6]

NB: In order for the both Q.dance and Coil effect to works, make sure in PGE attack editor, you set the accuracy to '100', base power to '0', target to 'user', and just for safety reason, effct accuracy to '100'

You're completely right. After some research I found out that you can modify this code to ignore the chance of effect in PGE. The modified code is:

Spoiler:

00 02 03 1D 00 00 00 00 01 F2 7D 1D 08 1C 00 07 00 00 00 B0 69 1D 08 84 CC 69 1D 08 1C 00 FF 00 00 00 F2 7D 1D 08 01 F2 7D 1D 08 00 00 1F 00 20 00 39 8B 1D 08 09 0A 2E 85 3E 02 02 52 16 2E 85 3E 02 02 53 16 2E 85 3E 02 02 51 16 28 47 69 1D 08

The bolded bytes were previously 15. 16 ignores chance of effects and it will always raise sp. atk, sp. def and speed even if chance is set to 0 in PGE. Thx for pointing this out. Certainly the first code will work correctly if chance is set to 100.

Edit: Jambo51 have already found out about effect of 16 (see post #26) so basically it's his idea.