I must be a moron because I can't get a single hack to function. I'm pretty sure I'm following the instructions correctly. Download hack. Patch to rom. Run rom. And nothing. Using VBA
5. To decide the offsets where you want to insert the code:
a) In the 'make.py' file in the folder 'scripts' change OFFSET_TO_PUT=YYY to the location
you want to insert the data (let it be X). Don't worry about changing 'insert.py' also.
'make.py' automatically updates the 'insert.py' file and linker file.
7. Run cmd.exe in the main folder. You can do this by typing 'cmd' and hitting enter in the
url address or selecting 'run command prompt from here' from right clciking on empty space
while holding the shift key.
8. Only if you would like to use the data extractor, in command prompt window,
type 'python scripts//data_extractor.py' This extracts the graphics data from
BPRE0.gba and places it in the directory *extracted*. Make sure to update the
files in *src* with this extracted data. Do not overwrite the files in *src*.
Only replace Pokemmon that are in your hack. Leave the expanded graphics data alone.
9. Once you're done editing the source files to your liking, in the command prompt window,
type 'python scripts//make.py'. If you have never compiled before, the first time
compilation will take a few minutes. However, as long as you don't clean the build
data, all following compilations will be much quicker.
Regarding the offsets to put in that, that would be the offsets you'd see if you opened the ROM inside a hex editor like HxD or others that are floating around. The offset would look something like 0x800000, and what it's asking is for a hex address inside the ROM with enough empty space to put the data into. It asks you for the offset because, if you add in patches that other people have made, these other patches may already take up amounts of the free space available on the ROM, so you'll need to put a different offset than other people may suggest, for example. If you've not added anything else to the ROM so far, and are just adding in DPE, you could potentially just put it as 0x800000.After asking around a little, I heard this might be related to the location of the ROM I'm using? I don't know how to get that information, and I would appreciate some advice.
Have you set up the correct version of Python in your system PATH? If you've not done this, you won't be able to use Python commands in the Command Prompt. Also, make sure you're opening the Command Prompt correctly in the DPE folder, so that the directory shown in the Command Prompt is the folder you're working in and not the default. Like the post you linked suggests, do this by holding shift and right clicking inside the DPE folder, and select "Open Command Prompt here..." or "Open Powershell window here", both should do the same thing.None of these commands do anything in Command Prompt. It just says the file doesn't exist.
Regarding the offsets to put in that, that would be the offsets you'd see if you opened the ROM inside a hex editor like HxD or others that are floating around. The offset would look something like 0x800000, and what it's asking is for a hex address inside the ROM with enough empty space to put the data into. It asks you for the offset because, if you add in patches that other people have made, these other patches may already take up amounts of the free space available on the ROM, so you'll need to put a different offset than other people may suggest, for example. If you've not added anything else to the ROM so far, and are just adding in DPE, you could potentially just put it as 0x800000.
Thank you for the advice. I'm sorry to bother you, but do you have any advice on which address would have enough empty space, or a method to determine it myself?
I have been trying to get Blue Kaizo 0 exp to be a thing for a while, but I can't seem to get it to work. I tried the quickest route of just applying the lunar patch to the kaizo rom, but it messes up the encounters so that doesn't work.
I tried looking up Pokemon Blue Hacking Tools online, but the closest one I have found was PokeEdit (to edit the exp yields to be 0), but the editor did not end up working.
I tried looking for cheat codes, but the search was not helpful and the most I got was first pokemon exp modifier (code) which did not work gameshark or not.
If anyone has ideas on how to install 0 exp into Blue Kaizo, I would like to know. Thanks in advance.
Hey guys, just downloaded visualboyadvance and radical red. When I open the game up I just get a warning message saying I need to change save file to flash 128, after doing that and selecting real time clock, the same error message comes up! How do I fix this so I can start playing?
Playing the patch on John Gba for android (fullversion) I have only played this one for about 30 minutes and its crashed on me 2 times now.. Can I get some advice? Is it my emulator? Any help is much appreciated!