Expanding the Pokédex into Emerald

[Frexxit]

I need help!. My game shows the start and then reboot, only shows the part that says "pokemon 2002 - 2003 and then reboot. Anyone knows why is that?, or may i have to put more than four bytes between all the codes?.

 

[takeKopter]

So it is said in step 4, there are parts about national dex, hoenn dex (pokedex) and hoenn dex (summary). What does "desired new slots of Pokemon" mean? Does it mean you insert them all, or respectively? Let's say I want 600 slot for national dex and 200 slot for regional dex, does it mean I have to count all slots in part 1-3 as 600, or I count national dex 600 slots, hoenn dex pokedex 200 slots, and hoenn dex 200 slots respectively as "desired new slots of Pokemon"? thank you

 

[bondo100993]

Do I have to use G3hs to expand the mons? Like shown in llcooljs video.

 

[Frexxit]

YES! i finish this!!!. Now i have 1096 slots of pokemon to add; my own creations + all VI generation pokemon + megaevos. I'm so exited ^^. Thanks for the guide, i have some errors but i figure out, and now i expanded to my desired amount of pokemon slots....Now to add 2 more types and more attacks...God blessme xD

 

[Ketchupi08]

Hello!

First great job for this tuto :)

Two i have a little question (stupid maybe) Is it possible to reduce the size of the pokedex

Thanks ans sorry for my english

 

[MF50]

I have a problem with Step 1: after the intro Copyrights the screen simply stays black forever. I think it's JPAN's Save Block Hack.
I'm not using a US ROM so I'd like to know if the Save Block Hack must be "fixed" for other ROMs to work or it's "universal".

Thanks!

 

[DizzyEgg]

Expansion - including pokemon animations.

Hey, I see the current method of disabling animations is, ahhh, of poor quality. Instead, I offer a better solution. Keep animations of pokemon up to certain index, so for example gen1-3 pokemon animate, while the added ones don't.
Code:

Spoiler:

.text
.thumb
.thumb_func
.align 2

.equ max_species, 410 @pokemon starting with this index won't have animations

no_opponent_anim:
    ldr r0, =(max_species)
    cmp r4, r0
    bcs no_o_anim
    ldr r0, =(0x02024280) @hitmarker
    ldr r0, [r0]
    mov r1, #0x80
    tst r0, r1
    beq opponent_anim
    ldr r0, =(0x02022FEC) @battle_flags
    ldr r0, [r0]
    ldr r1, =(0x2000002)
    tst r0, r1
    bne opponent_anim

no_o_anim:
    ldr r0, =(0x0806ED14 + 1)
    bx r0

opponent_anim:
    ldr r1, =(0x0806ED30 + 1)
    bx r1
    
no_player_anim:
    ldr r1, =(max_species)
    cmp r2, r1
    bcs no_p_anim
    mov r1, #0x80
    tst r0, r1
    beq player_anim
    ldr r0, =(0x02022FEC) @battle_flags
    ldr r0, [r0]
    ldr r1, =(0x2000002)
    tst r0, r1
    bne player_anim
    
no_p_anim:
    ldr r0, =(0x0806EED4 + 1)
    bx r0
    
player_anim:
    ldr r0, =(0x0806EEE8 + 1)
    bx r0
    
summary_no_anim:
    ldrh r1, [r4, #0x2E]
    ldr r0, =(max_species)
    cmp r1, r0
    bcs summary_animend
    ldrb r2, [r5, #4]
    mov r0, r4
    ldr r3, =(0x0806EE0C + 1)
    bl bx3caller
summary_animend:
    ldr r0, =(0x081C487E + 1)
    bx r0
    
bx3caller:
    bx r3

Hooks:

Spoiler:

0806ECFC: 00 48 00 47 no_opponent_anim + 1
0806EEC0: 00 49 08 47 no_player_anim + 1
081C4874: 00 48 00 47 summary_no_anim + 1

Even if you want to disable animations for ALL pokemon, this solution is better than the one in OP. Just set the max species to 0 and you'll have the same effect.

 

[DizzyEgg]

Double post. First, my above method corrupts sound in poke summary screen. But never mind that.
The current way of expanding pokemon(aka the one in the OP) is glitchy. What I mean is it messes up with data it shouldn't on a wrong assumption it's related to pokedex. I may fix that in the future, but for the time being expect unexpected behaviour that may and probably will happen at some point.

 

[Froosty]

I thnk this method is working perfectly, isnt it???
I am planning to make pokemon expansion in emerald in my tool...(because no tool yet has this feature for emerald)
So just wanted to confirm this whole process first :)

 

[DizzyEgg]

I thnk this method is working perfectly, isnt it???
I am planning to make pokemon expansion in emerald in my tool...(because no tool yet has this feature for emerald)
So just wanted to confirm this whole process first :)

No. It's extremely buggy, I advise anyone to NOT use this and use the method in my signature instead.

 

[Froosty]

No. It's extremely buggy, I advise anyone to NOT use this and use the method in my signature instead.

Ok thanks for the info

 

[Spherical Ice]

Closed per the owner's request as a new, better method exists (see the first post for a link).