Clean Slate Project (FR, no decomp)

[kingchief]

Have you ever wanted to figure out how to hack? Have you wanted to really get to know what you're doing before you do it? Are you tired of seeing people piggyback off of ROMbases, patches, and public information without understanding it? Meet the Clean Slate Project. The goal of this project is to really dive deep into the concepts behind hacking FireRed. I'm a long time lurker and have a basic understanding of concepts like hex editing and ASM. However, I've seen that C insertion is the way to go from looking through the Complete FireRed Upgrade. That's why C insertion is one of the concepts we will be focusing on, using pokefirered as a way to get insight into the code behind FireRed. The research on this forum will be used, along with using the Complete FireRed Upgrade and its supplement the Dynamic Pokemon Expansion as ways to gain insight into what is possible with FireRed hacking, and how to do it. What this is not: a decomp (pokefirered) project. This is not using the raw C code; this is using hex editing. Thus, tools that use hex editing will be used. However, we will not be using public tools; instead, we will make our own, albeit primitive, tools, using the most basic code possible. We will collaborate via GitHub to make these tools. If you don't know how to use GitHub, I will teach you. It's not hard.
Recruitment form: forms/CLEzDM6hW8wFqJAe7 (gle extension)
Discord: discord/6kcpCVx (gg extension)
Contact me on here or on Discord at kingchief#9573 for more info or to apply!

 

[kingchief]

our first project is to make a Trainer Tower editor for pokefirered using PyQt! Not going to flood this thread, but if you have any advice on how to make a GUI, please let me know!

 

[Gavoca]

Very nice .......i i'm not here to uhmmm participate on your Thing (but hopefully u successfully do it ...)

 

[manta]

Why not make it a decomp project? I don't see the point in rigorously sticking to binary whilst inserting C if decomp exists.

 

[kingchief]

Why not make it a decomp project? I don't see the point in rigorously sticking to binary whilst inserting C if decomp exists.

I'm practicing C++/Python, which means the main focus is on tool development. since decomps don't need that many tools, I figured I'd choose binary. That being said, any tool ideas for decomp are welcome. After I'm done with the trainer tower tool, my next goal is to make an e-Trainer card maker for the decomps