• Just a reminder that providing specifics on, sharing links to, or naming websites where ROMs can be accessed is against the rules. If your post has any of this information it will be removed.
  • Ever thought it'd be cool to have your art, writing, or challenge runs featured on PokéCommunity? Click here for info - we'd love to spotlight your work!
  • PokéCommunity's Easter Egg Hunt is now on! If you're interested in looking for some eggs and earning badges, click here!
  • Our weekly protagonist poll is now up! Vote for your favorite Conquest protagonist in the poll by clicking here.
  • Welcome to PokéCommunity! Register now and join one of the best fan communities on the 'net to talk Pokémon and more! We are not affiliated with The Pokémon Company or Nintendo.
    Register

MikeMatt15's Ultimate World Map Hacking guide

MikeMatt15

    • 23
    Posts
    15
    Years
    • Seen Jun 3, 2013
    Hello all! You may have read my previous tutorials about world map hacking. Well, I learned a few more things, and I do believe that this is the most reliable way of making world maps and injecting them into your game.

    Please note, this is for FireRed and LeafGreen. I do not supply information on Ruby, Sapphire, or Emerald.

    The guide download is attached below.

    Here are some notes!

    Depending on what ROM version you have, you might not be able to find the World Map pointers to re-point, If this is the case, you need to use a different set of pointers. I went through the trouble of finding them out myself.

    Click the spoiler for the pointers/offsets. Note before trying to use those pointers, try to use the ones listed in the tutorial for POKEMON FIRE BPRE v1.
    Spoiler:


    Oh, and if you want to, I would love to see the maps you are making with this tutorial, so if you want, post it in a comment or attachment. Be sure to warn people of stealing...
     
    Last edited:
    Thanks for the template, and the instrucitons are mostly okay, but I followed your video exactly (with my own map of course). Even double checking the sizes as I went. Everything worked fine until NTME, I keep getting:

    INFO:

    the Tile Map is referring to a Tile No. > amount of tiles in tile set. Do you want to replace this with first tile? (If not then loading will be canceled).

    And if I select yes, my map comes out looking like the palette instead of the map itself.

    Any ideas as to why this is happening, or a simple fix so I don't ave to redo everything?
     
    Last edited:
    montyb said:
    Thanks for the template, and the instrucitons are mostly okay, but I followed your video exactly (with my own map of course). Even double checking the sizes as I went. Everything worked fine until NTME, I keep getting:

    INFO:

    the Tile Map is referring to a Tile No. > amount of tiles in tile set. Do you want to replace this with first tile? (If not then loading will be canceled).

    And if I select yes, my map comes out looking like the palette instead of the map itself.

    Any ideas as to why this is happening, or a simple fix so I don't ave to redo everything?
    Click to expand...

    Could you PM me a DL link for the tile set? you're using? Also, if you could explain exactly what you are doing. I will be happy to help.
     
    It's okay. I just put it together like a puzzle... it took a good 4 hours, but i got it working. I think was just that my file size in photoshop was off in one of the steps. Your tutorial wasn't to blame. I screwed up. Thanks again for sharing it.

    Edit: Actually, for some reason my hex editor can't find any of the pointers. i have o idea why. I double checkd to make sure I had the right rom too. I don't really know why, they just don't come up.
     
    Last edited:
    montyb said:
    Edit: Actually, for some reason my hex editor can't find any of the pointers. i have o idea why. I double checkd to make sure I had the right rom too. I don't really know why, they just don't come up.
    Click to expand...

    Well that's quite odd. What (ROM) version are you using?
     
    fire red BPRE. I don't think it was already altered in some way before hand, but I don't know. That's the only thing I could think of, but I'm not willing to try a clean ROM at this point, i've already done a lot of stuff in advance editor and yape that I don't want to lose. Oh well, I know it's not your guide though, as I tried another one before and had the same problem.
     
    montyb said:
    fire red BPRE. I don't think it was already altered in some way before hand, but I don't know. That's the only thing I could think of, but I'm not willing to try a clean ROM at this point, i've already done a lot of stuff in advance editor and yape that I don't want to lose. Oh well, I know it's not your guide though, as I tried another one before and had the same problem.
    Click to expand...

    I found the problem. There are two POKEMON FIRE BPRE rom versions. I only listed one of the version pointers, but I took about an hour to find the new pointers for the other version that you apparently have.
     
    oh, I replied to your pm before reading this. if you'd be willing to send me them than that'd be a great help. Thanks again.
     
    montyb said:
    oh, I replied to your pm before reading this. if you'd be willing to send me them than that'd be a great help. Thanks again.
    Click to expand...

    I updated the tutorial with the pointers, and it is also at the top. Tell me if it works! I would love to see a picture of your result!
     
    This was really a great tutorial. Everything worked to perfection except:

    In the bottom right hand corner of my map (in game) there are five blue tiles that aren't supposed to be there. I noticed in your tut that they were on your final product too. Any idea how to fix that? I thought I read something somewhere on the forums about it, but I can't find it...
     
    shinyabsol1 said:
    This was really a great tutorial. Everything worked to perfection except:

    In the bottom right hand corner of my map (in game) there are five blue tiles that aren't supposed to be there. I noticed in your tut that they were on your final product too. Any idea how to fix that? I thought I read something somewhere on the forums about it, but I can't find it...
    Click to expand...

    From Tutorial said:
    [FONT=&quot]Now did you notice that blue bar in the corner of the map? Yeah I have yet to come up with a solution to this.[/FONT]
    Click to expand...
    [FONT=&quot]

    Yeah, I mentioned that in the tutorial too, but I have no idea how to fix this. Also, this happens on hacked title screens...
    [/FONT]
     
    Now did you notice that blue bar in the corner of the map? Yeah I have yet to come up with a solution to this.
    Click to expand...

    Sorry, I didn't notice that. Anyways:


    X-Buster said:
    open your .raw file in hex editor then add 16 bytes in the end.
    the total bytes should be 1216 not 1200.
    Click to expand...

    I found this a little while ago in another world map thread. Apparently, this should fix the problem. I haven't tried it yet because I can't figure out how to insert bytes with my hex editor...
     
    Okay, well I updated the tutorial a little bit, and well included more stuff in the files I believe, so hopefully this will be the last update for a while...
     
    I cant open the .PAL files... Well actually any of the files in the "Including Palettes" Folder
     
    A very nice guide, easy to follow and understand. I do have one question though, where can I get the sphere editor?
     
    I followed this to the letter, but everytime I do I end up with this.

    Spoiler:


    What am I doing wrong? It is shockingly distressing.

    -Simmy
     
    Looks good, are you skilled in Advance Map or something like that??? Because that was a great guide;)!
     
    You must log in or register to reply here.
    Back
    Top