FireRed hack: FireRed 649 Patch

[yhAnz]

Help! When i patch it using IPS.
The file has been patched, but the data in the IPS file appears to be truncated or misaligned.

 

[FroggestSpirit]

yhAnz, try a different Firered rom?(I think there were 2 different US ones) Also, Jambo, I might be able to help. I was pretty good with ASM on the GBC, but I still got experience on the GBA. PM me if you're interested.

 

[U.Flame]

This sounds stupid, but my browser isn't downloading the ips file. When I click the link, it takes me to a new tab with the file name as the address instead of downloading it. The page itself was complete gibberish. Even the save as option wanted to save it as a text file instead of an ips file. This is the first time something like this happened to me. Anyone else have this problem? Is it just my browser?

 

[yhAnz]

What is this hack all about?

 

[lowkey1202]

What is this hack all about?

It is a BASE for hackers to create hacks with.

 

[U.Flame]

Got it to download. ^_^
So which programs are compatible with this? Very few recognize it properly for obvious reasons.

 

[ShyRayq]

Hey, so I looked into the hex data after 71A23C and I plan to go through everything and document all the routines, data, tables...

This is what I have so far:

Spoiler:

71A23C - 71A2AF : Some Routine/s
71A2B0 - 71BE9D : Pokemon Names
71BE9E - 71BE9F : FF FF
71BEA0 - 7205B7 : Pokemon Data
7205B8 - 72611F : Pokedex Data
726120 - 726631 : National & Second Dex Table
726632 - 72694B : Some Other Pokedex
72694C - 72698F : Some Routine/s
726990 - 7273B7 : Pokemon Attack Table
7273B8 - 728807 : Pokemon Front Sprites
728808 - 729C57 : Pokemon Normal Pallete
729C58 - 72B0A7 : Pokemon Back Sprites
72B0A8 - 72C4F7 : Pokemon Shiny Pallete
72C4F8 - 72CBD7 : Enemy Y Table
72CBD8 - 72D1D7 : Some Pointer Table
72D1D8 - 72D947 : Lots of 77
72D948 - 72E027 : Player Y Table
72E028 - 72E627 : Some Pointer Table
72E628 - 72ED97 : Lots of 88
72ED98 - 72F021 : Enemy Altitude
72F022 - 72F023 : FF FF
72F024 - 72F2F3 : Some Routine/s
72F2F4 - 735C6B : Pokemon Evolutions
735C6C - 73D743 : Some Routine/s & Maybe Sprite Data
73D744 - 73E16B : Icon Pointer Table
73E16C - 73E3F7 : Icon Pallete Table
73E3F8 - 73E4CB : Some Routine/s
73E4CC - 73E633 : Some Pointer Table/Habitat Pages
73E634 - 73E63B : FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
73E63C - 73E8F3 : Some Pointer Table/Habitat Pages
73E8F4 - 73E903 : FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF x2
73E904 - 73E9EB : Some Pointer Table/Habitat Pages
73E9EC - 73EAE3 : Some Routine/s
73EAE4 - 73EAF3 : FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF x2
73EAF4 - 73EB93 : Some Pointer Table/Habitat Pages
73EB94 - 73EB9B : FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
73EB9C - 73ECEB : Some Pointer Table/Habitat Pages
73ECEC - 73ECF3 : 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
73ECF4 - 74013B : Some Routine/s & Unknown Data
74013C - 740B5F : Footprint Table
740B60 - 7415BB : Some Routine/s & Unknown Data
7415BC - 741693 : Some Pointer Table/Habitat Pages
7415BC - 741693 : FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF x2
7416A4 - 74171F : Some Routine/s
741720 - 741727 : FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF
741728 - 741F99 : Some Routine/s & Unknown Data
741F9A - 742437 : Lots of 11
742438 - 743753 : Some Routine/s & Unknown Data
743754 - 7453D3 : Attack Names
7453D4 - 746E12 : Attack Data
746E13 - 746E27 : Unknown Data
746E28 - 7476E7 : Attack Description Table
7476E8 - 747737 : Some Routine/s
747738 - 7477BF : Some Routine/s & Unkown Data
7477C0 - 747897 : Some Pointer Table
747898 - 74981B : Lots of 77
74981C - 74ABF3 : Some Routine/s & Unknown Data
74ABF4 - 74B454 : Ability Names
74B455 - 74BBC7 : Some Routine/s & Unknown Data
74BBC8 - 74BC43 : Some Pointer Table
74BD44 - 74BFD7 : Ability Description Table
74BFD8 - 74C0C7 : Some Routine/s & Unknown Data
74C0C8 - 7534CB : Item Data
7534CC - 7549E3 : Item IMG Data
7549E4 - 754BFB : TM Data & maybe something extra
754BFC - 75587B : Attack Animation Description
75587C - 75C907 : Some Routine/s & Maybe Sprite Data
75C908 - 75EA0A : TM HM Compatibility
75EA0B - 7677B8 : Unknown Data

I'm not sure how far I'll get without getting stuck, but I'll see what's in this badboy

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EDIT EDIT
Jambo, I'm not sure if this is a bug, but it probably is. So I used a TM on my starter, and the TM was used up, meaning it wasn't infinite.
When I looked at the routine for removing an item, it seemed that the routine was in a loop, never changing, never escaping, so yeah.

 

[TweenyTodd]

First of all, I would like to thank Jambo for his effort and skill being put into this project.
Second of all, I would like to ask a question: Is it just me or does evolution not work?
I have a lv 16 Charmander and i was wondering if i had to edit something to get it to evolve.

TweenyTodd

 

[Jambo51]

EDIT EDIT
Jambo, I'm not sure if this is a bug, but it probably is. So I used a TM on my starter, and the TM was used up, meaning it wasn't infinite.
When I looked at the routine for removing an item, it seemed that the routine was in a loop, never changing, never escaping, so yeah.

I haven't done anything to the item removal code, if it loops it's because it normally loops. I never changed the TM system to gen 5's system, only added the new TMs.

First of all, I would like to thank Jambo for his effort and skill being put into this project.
Second of all, I would like to ask a question: Is it just me or does evolution not work?
I have a lv 16 Charmander and i was wondering if i had to edit something to get it to evolve.

TweenyTodd

Works for me...

 

[Nyndyll]

I know I'm gonna sound plain stupid when I say this, but how exactly do I patch this? I use lunarips to patch and I get a message saying that the patch was successful, but I check a-map (I know the wild editor will only go so far - like 411 or something like that) but only see the the first 386. No more. No less. Is there something I am doing wrong?

 

[ShyRayq]

I know I'm gonna sound plain stupid when I say this, but how exactly do I patch this? I use lunarips to patch and I get a message saying that the patch was successful, but I check a-map (I know the wild editor will only go so far - like 411 or something like that) but only see the the first 386. No more. No less. Is there something I am doing wrong?

No you aren't, at least, I'm not sure until you actually check in game. There's no extra pokemon in A-map because it doesn't support all th new pokemon. Just check to see if your Pokemon's name is lowercase, and you'll know that the patch worked.

 

[karatekid552]

Jambo, I noticed your poll at the top, and I was just wondering, that is the same hacked routine you had me apply to increase the bag size, correct? I thought that this routine was a new updated version by JPAN in order to fix compatibility with flashcarts? I really don't know since I don't have one for the GBA, wish I did:D but I can't find them anywhere. Anyways, just curious.

By the way, I cannot wait for this patch to be complete. I am deffinately going to use it as a base for a hack. Keep up the great work and thanks for helping me when I get stuck!

 

[Nyndyll]

No you aren't, at least, I'm not sure until you actually check in game. There's no extra pokemon in A-map because it doesn't support all th new pokemon. Just check to see if your Pokemon's name is lowercase, and you'll know that the patch worked.

Thanks. Checking that now. And about editing wild pokemon... I know that I'd have to use the randomizer, but then I could essentially walk down route one and find a zekrom? So now, that's out of the question, leaving hex editing left. Would there be any other ways to edit the wild pokemons?

 

[TweenyTodd]

Thanks. Checking that now. And about editing wild pokemon... I know that I'd have to use the randomizer, but then I could essentially walk down route one and find a zekrom? So now, that's out of the question, leaving hex editing left. Would there be any other ways to edit the wild pokemons?

First of all, Zecrom doesn't have a sprite. I think Jambo said the highest poke with a sprite is Duosion. Also, I don't know any randomizer that works with the patch. Only 2 things I know work are A-map and hex editing. I did use A-map to put starly in. If you need help, PM me and i'll try.

TweenyTodd
posted from DSi

 

[Nyndyll]

First of all, Zecrom doesn't have a sprite. I think Jambo said the highest poke with a sprite is Duosion. Also, I don't know any randomizer that works with the patch. Only 2 things I know work are A-map and hex editing. I did use A-map to put starly in. If you need help, PM me and i'll try.

TweenyTodd
posted from DSi

It appears to have worked (all names in lower case), but when I go to a-map and try to add a pokemon I don't get passed deoxys. Not sinnoh or unova names.

 

[GoGoJJTech]

Jambo51
Could you make a patch just for the directsound thing, so instead of five directsound have 12 like here
the directsound is a cool addition, but i cant use the whole thing for my hack, so i just want a patch specifically for that reason.
Thanks if you do it

 

[TweenyTodd]

It appears to have worked (all names in lower case), but when I go to a-map and try to add a pokemon I don't get passed deoxys. Not sinnoh or unova names.

Which A-map are you using? 1.95 doesn't show the new pokes, only 1.92. Check your version.

EDIT: Only a few pokes show up. They are sinnoh pokes.

 

[Jambo51]

To all of you, read the bugs list which is IN THE FIRST POST. There's really no excuse for not reading the information I posted on the patch. It shows extreme disrespect for the effort, time and commitment I put into this and explaining it.

Known Bug List:

Spoiler:

No way to activate the new formes. You can manually activate them (Note: no sprites, just types) by setting the 27th byte of the Pokémon party data to something other than 0. However, the formes are only applicable to the upper half of the byte. That is, 0x10, 0x20, 0x30 (etc).

Size comparison is WAAAAAY off. All new Pokémon are Pikachu sized in the comparison.

Some moves do not have the correct effect.

The moves are still in development, and may not match their gen 5 counterparts 100%.

The new moves all use the old animations, literally copied and pasted into the new slots. This will be rectified at a later date.

Couple of weird graphical bugs

A-Map doesn't support the new Pokémon in its wild editor. There is nothing I can do about that.

No Pokémon above Duosion has valid sprite data. They will most likely crash the game if you attempt to use them.

I haven't yet added the pallet getting code modifications for most formes, so the game will default to the basic pallet regardless of forme.

That means that NO version of A-Map supports the new Pokémon. The ONLY way (right now) to manipulate the wild data to include new Pokémon is to hex edit. This isn't a problem with the patch, but with how A-Map has the upper limit for Pokémon hardcoded to be 411.

The only reason that Turtwig - Bastiodon show up in it is because I replaced the Unown remnants (indices 252 - 276). IE, the indices are less than 412, which is the upper limit.

Jambo51
Could you make a patch just for the directsound thing, so instead of five directsound have 12 like here
the directsound is a cool addition, but i cant use the whole thing for my hack, so i just want a patch specifically for that reason.
Thanks if you do it

No. I don't take requests, and I certainly don't endorse the lazy culture which permeates the ROM hacking scene nowadays. Every other hacker demands a patch instead of taking the time to teach themselves to ASM hack, or even how to insert ASM!

What I just said may or may not apply directly to you, but it's something about this community (and all hacking communities) that annoys me.
Granted, there's no information on extending the Direct Tracks, so I would have accepted a request for information, but I most certainly will NOT create a patch.

The only reason that this (the 649 Patch) is a patch is because the changes are too wide ranging to be applied separately.

ETA: FYI, I posted the information on how to do the direct track thing in the quick R&D thread.

 

[GoGoJJTech]

Wow thanks for telling me where it is i would have never guessed.
I wont bug you about it anymore, lesson learned.
just thats what big fans do i guess...

 

[jog5454]

Does anyone know of a 649 patch for any other pokemon games?