[ARCHIVE] Simple Questions (SEARCH BEFORE ASKING A QUESTION)

[Ineffable~]

You crashed your ROM. Either that or the ROM was already screwed up when you downloaded it. Try finding a new ROM.

I'm already far into hacking it, so I can't just quit it.
And I was playing it 4 awhle before it stopped, so it must have crashed.
It may be bcuz it's emerald...

 

[destinedjagold]

I'm already far into hacking it, so I can't just quit it.
And I was playing it 4 awhle before it stopped, so it must have crashed.
It may be bcuz it's emerald...

yes, Emerald is an unstable ROM to hack.
if I can recall correctly, you can recover your ROM through hex, but of course, I never tried it. :\

I think thethethethe knows about it.

 

[NTA]

I'm already far into hacking it, so I can't just quit it.
And I was playing it 4 awhle before it stopped, so it must have crashed.
It may be bcuz it's emerald...

what about patching it to a clean rom?

 

[+Sneasel™]

I'm already far into hacking it, so I can't just quit it.
And I was playing it 4 awhle before it stopped, so it must have crashed.
It may be bcuz it's emerald...

Yea, you can change it in hex like time said, but I have no idea how. I know your far into hacking it, but that's why YOU NEED TO MAKE BACKUPS!

 

[Thrace]

Yea, you can change it in hex like time said, but I have no idea how. I know your far into hacking it, but that's why YOU NEED TO MAKE BACKUPS!

Aahhh, that would be quite difficult... You would have to know exactly what bytes you changed.

This is how I would go about it:
1) Open a clean rom of emerald and your hacked emerald in a hex editor.
2) Copy chunks of data from the clean rom to the hacked one.
3) Use common sense and trial and error.

It may be easier just to start again.

 

[Ineffable~]

Yea, you can change it in hex like time said, but I have no idea how. I know your far into hacking it, but that's why YOU NEED TO MAKE BACKUPS!

Umm I did make backups. I'm not stupid.
But you see: The backups are like that too. :5:

 

[Hat?]

Like dshayabusa said, it might be easier to start again, you can also dump some stuff like GFX/text/scripts/maps etc from the hacked ROM that crashes, then insert the data into the new one, just don't overwrite other code/data (that you want to keep anyway).

You should also check that the ROM is clean first, and before you try something you haven't done before, it's best to use a seperate ROM just in case it goes dodgy and you can't reverse the changes.

 

[Ineffable~]

It may be easier just to start again.

If I planned to start again at this point, I would have just run
away at the 1st point of trouble.

 

[crait]

Change Sprite (not edit)

Hi!
I was wondering how would I change a Pokemon's sprite to another image. I don't want to edit the image, but instead, I want to point to another image that's in another location.
I have the offsets I want and the pallet too, but I need the tool.
Thanks in advance!

 

[Lady Berlitz]

Hi!
I was wondering how would I change a Pokemon's sprite to another image. I don't want to edit the image, but instead, I want to point to another image that's in another location.
I have the offsets I want and the pallet too, but I need the tool.
Thanks in advance!

Well, you can simply use UnLZ-GBA, but it depends on what you want to do with the sprite.
Like, for example, scripting and using Advance Map.

 

[crait]

I don't think I explained myself properly.
I inserted code into the game to make my own pokemon. I've got everything right. I can even catch and level him up and teach him HM's and whatever. But, there aren't blank spaces for new pokemon sprites to go into. I don't want to replace another pokemon's sprite, I just want to point the pokemon's sprite location to a certain tile offset and pallet.

 

[Lady Berlitz]

I don't think I explained myself properly.
I inserted code into the game to make my own pokemon. I've got everything right. I can even catch and level him up and teach him HM's and whatever. But, there aren't blank spaces for new pokemon sprites to go into. I don't want to replace another pokemon's sprite, I just want to point the pokemon's sprite location to a certain tile offset and pallet.

May I ask why you need to do this?

If I'm thinking what you are thinking, there are probably many ways to do this more simply.
But, I'm just guessing what you are asking, as I need to know why you could possibly be doing this.

 

[crait]

May I ask why you need to do this?

If I'm thinking what you are thinking, there are probably many ways to do this more simply.
But, I'm just guessing what you are asking, as I need to know why you could possibly be doing this.

I want to still retain the ability to trade and get all the official pokemon and be able to insert 2 new one I'm making into the game.
I've done everything already except their pictures. I don't want to point the pokemon's data to a picture in another location.

 

[*Poliwag*]

It is possible to insert new pokemon pictures, without overwriting old ones, but i don't think its possible to catch them, only give them away in scripts- there's a useful tutorial here

 

[Lady Berlitz]

I want to still retain the ability to trade and get all the official pokemon and be able to insert 2 new one I'm making into the game.
I've done everything already except their pictures. I don't want to point the pokemon's data to a picture in another location.

Actually, it IS possible to add a scratch Pokémon sprite, I believe there are 9-25 (forget which) free spaces in a ROM.

 

[Ineffable~]

It is possible to insert new pokemon pictures, without overwriting old ones, but i don't think its possible to catch them, only give them away in scripts- there's a useful tutorial here

Yay that's great but does anyone have a program that edits
sprites and works in emerald? Otherwise that tutorial is useless to me.

 

[crait]

It is possible to insert new pokemon pictures, without overwriting old ones, but i don't think its possible to catch them, only give them away in scripts- there's a useful tutorial here

Wow, this is really helpful. I should have this done in like, 2 seconds. And there is a way to insert your own Pokemon into the wild. :P

 

[Ripper]

I've been having this problem for a while where the first/second person on a map always ends up at the same place always doing the same thing, like for instance the girl in Pallete Town who always ends up by the original sign. I'm sure someone out there knows how to fix this, o if you do please help. Thanks!

 

[Thrace]

I've been having this problem for a while where the first/second person on a map always ends up at the same place always doing the same thing, like for instance the girl in Pallete Town who always ends up by the original sign. I'm sure someone out there knows how to fix this, o if you do please help. Thanks!

It is usually caused by the movesprite2 command in level scripts for maps. The easiest way to fix the problem is to change the people number as movesprite2 works in the following way:

movesprite2 0x[peopleNumber] 0x[x-pos] 0x[y-pos]

Alternatively you could delete the level script. Level scripts usually contain some important stuff though, setworldmapflag commands for example.

 

[Ripper]

Cheers dshayabusa, you're my new best friend :D In fact, I will add you as a friend right now if you don't mind. That stupid problem has been bugging me since forever!