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[Other] Player/Naming Rival- Which ROM?

DyingWillFlareon

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    Ok so without going into great detail(as I tend to do), I'd like to ask up front- If I wanted to do a game where you have a rival you can name that is the opposite gendered PC, which ROM would you recommend?

    FireRed- Has a namable rival, but not a gender opposite ingame.
    Emerald- Has a gender opposite rival, but not nameable.

    None of the other generations are like this either, so I'd like to know if there is a way to rename the gender opposite rival in game. Maybe a script or routine or something?

    Thanks in advance!~
     
    I did some research on this when I first got here. The thread shows you how to write a custom routine for FireRed that will allow you to rename basically anything (in game, from a script. From the intro is a lot harder) https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/333784

    That being said, it's portable to Emerald as well, so it doesn't matter what ROM you pick - whichever you choose you're going to need some custom ASM and scripting to achieve this.
     
    pokenoobend said:
    Gender Opposite would just use checkgender and a female sprite. Easier than ASM xD
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    This is what emerald does, afaik. This still wouldn't allow the player to give the rival a custom name though - you definitely need some ASM for that.
     
    Isnt there something like this already made?(the asm) I remember reading about it and thinking it would be pretty cool to try out. I could be totally wrong though.
     
    joexv said:
    Isnt there something like this already made?(the asm) I remember reading about it and thinking it would be pretty cool to try out. I could be totally wrong though.
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    There might be a patch for no rival naming, but the graphical hacks for changing FR to be like this would be far more complicated. You'd need to make the game load a different OW in the naming screen, change the sprite (and maybe palette) for the rival and make it load a different set of default names. So I'd say that's a minimum of three hooks, more likely 4. I remember when doing my intro that intro hacking on that level was non-existent.
     
    Touched said:
    There might be a patch for no rival naming, but the graphical hacks for changing FR to be like this would be far more complicated. You'd need to make the game load a different OW in the naming screen, change the sprite (and maybe palette) for the rival and make it load a different set of default names. So I'd say that's a minimum of three hooks, more likely 4. I remember when doing my intro that intro hacking on that level was non-existent.
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    Hmm i guess i must be going insane then....
    Cause i jnow about the no rival name. But i coulda sworn there was a hack that did this very thing..:(
     
    joexv said:
    Hmm i guess i must be going insane then....
    Cause i jnow about the no rival name. But i coulda sworn there was a hack that did this very thing..:(
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    I could be wrong though. :P I don't remember there being a public patch that does this, but individual hacks might have.
     
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