An Introduction to the ROM Hacking Forum

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An introduction to the ROM Hacking Forum

Introduction

Welcome, this is a guide compiled by Manipulation, a ROM Hacking moderator. This guide is to hopefully cover useful links around the forum, guiding and helping you to understand and learn ROM Hacking processes. This guide has been compiled to comply with new users, noob friendly per sé.

Rules, and where to find them

Rules are what keeps our forum up and running, all but one of the sub-sections have rules and reading them is a must.

PokéCommunity Global rules – https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=91723
ROM Hacking forum rules – https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=155970
Hacks Showcase – https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=193347
Progressing Hacks – https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=155969
Toolbox – https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=192199
Team Discussions – https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=155971
Documents and tutorials is the exception, it currently has no written rules. This will be fixed in due time, most probably when major problems begin to occur. For now, it's not active enough to need its own set of rules.

Useful Links

Now, there are a lot of stickied/help threads that can help you out during your tenure in ROM Hacking. They range from the map rating thread, to the help recruitment thread. All useful threads are compiled and listed right here.

Team Help Recruitment - https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=138201
Map Help Thread - https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=120083
Quick Storyline Ideas - https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=120080
Hacking Hall of Fame - https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=56279
[Important] Read before playing hacks - https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=73966
Temporary tool resource - https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=77288
Documents that matter to a hacker - https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=178665
Tutorial Resources/Guides - https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=120136
Simple questions thread - https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=79614
Map Rating/Review Thread - https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=81829
ROM Hacking Resources - https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=193327
ROM Hacking Discussions - https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=186176
Script Help Thread - https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=163576
ROM Hacking FAQ - https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=46315

Need any more help?

If you need any more help; just PM a ROM Hacking moderator or correspondent.

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DrFuji
Hiroshi Sotomura

Credit to Hiroshi Sotomura, Christos, HackMew, Treecko Lv.100, Pazuzu, Punk Rocker, Blazichu, Thrace, destinedjagold, interdpth, Team Rocket's Raichu, Spherical Ice and Vrai compiled and written by Manipulation.