I'm a dense MF, need help with editing abilities

[fancy_lebowski]

Hey everyone, first time posting, don't know if this is the right spot to post but here goes.

I'm working on my own hack of Pokemon Emerald with great success so far, but I want to add new abilities and I am absolutely bamboozled on how to do it, even after browsing many threads.

As the title suggests I am a dense, layman MF who knows zilch about coding so I'm gonna need some hand holding here. The programs I'm using include HexManiacAdvance, XSE (Though I'm stumped when trying to use it), and I have Hex Workshop.

The abilities I would love to have are as follows (If at all possible):
Snow Warning
Skill Link
Heatproof
Anger Point

Much appreciation for any help.

 

[StCooler]

Hey everyone, first time posting, don't know if this is the right spot to post but here goes.

I'm working on my own hack of Pokemon Emerald with great success so far, but I want to add new abilities and I am absolutely bamboozled on how to do it, even after browsing many threads.

As the title suggests I am a dense, layman MF who knows zilch about coding so I'm gonna need some hand holding here. The programs I'm using include HexManiacAdvance, XSE (Though I'm stumped when trying to use it), and I have Hex Workshop.

The abilities I would love to have are as follows (If at all possible):
Snow Warning
Skill Link
Heatproof
Anger Point

Much appreciation for any help.

Hey there,
Game Development is for fangames only, not ROM hacks. I'm moving your thread to the Binary ROM Hacking forum, you will find help more easily here.

 

[Tacobell24]

Hey everyone, first time posting, don't know if this is the right spot to post but here goes.

I'm working on my own hack of Pokemon Emerald with great success so far, but I want to add new abilities and I am absolutely bamboozled on how to do it, even after browsing many threads.

As the title suggests I am a dense, layman MF who knows zilch about coding so I'm gonna need some hand holding here. The programs I'm using include HexManiacAdvance, XSE (Though I'm stumped when trying to use it), and I have Hex Workshop.

The abilities I would love to have are as follows (If at all possible):
Snow Warning
Skill Link
Heatproof
Anger Point

Much appreciation for any help.

Hey bud. This sort of thing is super clunky to do with binary hacking.

Especially since your chosen base is Emerald.

The entirety of Emerald has been decompiled by some awesomely clever people meaning nowadays you can edit the source code at will, basically

There is even a resource that peeps have put together that upgrades the whole game, battle engine (including all abilities)4, all Pokémans and items through Gen VIII.

Doing it the hard way via binary (retroactively changing the pre-made ROM of the game), particularly because you're just starting out is definitely not recommended. You're only handicapping yourself tbh.

 

[fancy_lebowski]

Hey there,
Game Development is for fangames only, not ROM hacks. I'm moving your thread to the Binary ROM Hacking forum, you will find help more easily here.

Okay, thank you.

Hey bud. This sort of thing is super clunky to do with binary hacking.

Especially since your chosen base is Emerald.

The entirety of Emerald has been decompiled by some awesomely clever people meaning nowadays you can edit the source code at will, basically

There is even a resource that peeps have put together that upgrades the whole game, battle engine (including all abilities)4, all Pokémans and items through Gen VIII.

Doing it the hard way via binary (retroactively changing the pre-made ROM of the game), particularly because you're just starting out is definitely not recommended. You're only handicapping yourself tbh.

Okay cool, I am super new to this so I don't know all the ins and outs of what goes on with coding. Can you send me a link to said decompilation and rescource page? I don't know where any of that is.