[Script] Firered Elite Four Animations

[Fynian]

Hey guys,
This is a topic that i haven't seen discussed or touched upon ANYWHERE yet but I might be mistaken.
It is about the start of the battle animation of the Elite Four in fire red.
you know that really brief moment where there are 2 horizontal bars of different colors and you and the opposing elite four member's sprite comes sliding in.
i was wondering if these bars' colours could be edited i cant find the script for this animation anywhere in the coding. i already found out that if you change the sprite of an elite four member then the sliding sprite of the animation also changes automatically so thats nice. but i would also like to change the color.
Does anyone know how to do this?

 

[Avara]

Hey guys,
This is a topic that i haven't seen discussed or touched upon ANYWHERE yet but I might be mistaken.
It is about the start of the battle animation of the Elite Four in fire red.
you know that really brief moment where there are 2 horizontal bars of different colors and you and the opposing elite four member's sprite comes sliding in.
i was wondering if these bars' colours could be edited i cant find the script for this animation anywhere in the coding. i already found out that if you change the sprite of an elite four member then the sliding sprite of the animation also changes automatically so thats nice. but i would also like to change the color.
Does anyone know how to do this?

This post from the Research & Development section has some general informations plus ASM routines you could use for editing FireRed's pre-battle mugshots if that's of any help.

 

[rubenturen]

Hey guys,
This is a topic that i haven't seen discussed or touched upon ANYWHERE yet but I might be mistaken.
It is about the start of the battle animation of the Elite Four in fire red.
you know that really brief moment where there are 2 horizontal bars of different colors and you and the opposing elite four member's sprite comes sliding in.
i was wondering if these bars' colours could be edited i cant find the script for this animation anywhere in the coding. i already found out that if you change the sprite of an elite four member then the sliding sprite of the animation also changes automatically so thats nice. but i would also like to change the color.
Does anyone know how to do this?

Its actually pretty simple(in my opinion)

What you need:
Vba(you need to use this exact emulator)
Your ROM
Ape(advance palette editor)

What to do:
1.start of by opening vba. Then click on tools
And then palette viewer. A box will open

2.trigger the elite four animation
In the game, and then click on the
Palette viewer box, while the animation
Was playing.

3.now find the palette of the animation
amongst all the palettes on screen.
(Tip: try looking for the colors used in the animation)
(Each row is a new palette)

4.open up you rom in ape.
Then click the load by searching box.
Now go back to the palette screen
And click the first color in the palette of the animation.
There you will see 4 hex numbers.(example:45a5)
Then you need to split the hex numbers into groups of
Two. (45 a5) then switch those groups around and put them together.(a545)

5.now take your numbers and put them into the first box in ape(in the top one of the two sets)
Do the same for the rest of the colors. Then click search. (if it can't find it try checking your colors
Or click the compressed palette box)now click the load from offset box.

6.now press the picture beside where you input the pallet which has no arrow plus or anything in the corner. Now it will be copied to the bottom row. Now just edit the bottom row how you like it.

7.click replace and then load. and if it all worked
Out the color of the animation should be changed

 

[Fynian]

THANK YOU SO MUCH I'm so excited to try it out!!!

 

[ElleMingo]

I struggled to interpret this information so this is for anyone else who is struggling
Here's the pointers from Pokefirered's src/battle_transition.c on Github

083fa660 l MugshotPal_Lorelei
083fa680 l MugshotPal_Bruno
083fa6a0 l MugshotPal_Agatha
083fa6c0 lMugshotPal_Lance
083fa6e0 l MugshotPal_Blue
083fa700 l MugshotPal_Red
083fa720 l MugshotPal_Green

If you're using Hex Manic Advance be sure to have the pointers display as palettes
Hope everyone has a nice one