[Other] [Pokeemerald] What would I need to do to add a third Gender/Character option at the start of the game

[LordOfOtatops]

Hello, I am starting work on a Romhack and I am trying to focus on adding more customizability options for the player rather than new/updated battle mechanics or great changes in difficulty/strategy. One of the customizability options I want is a third Gender/Character the player can choose at the start of the game, and then maybe even the ability to switch during the game, how would I do either (or both) of these things? I also don't plan on having different rivals for each Gender/Character, if that factors into it at all. I have searched around and haven't been able to find any possible tutorials for how to add a third option, so I'm wondering if I am just not looking in the right place, if it is even possible, or it has been done but not documented.

 

[Anon822]

You'll have to modify the code for the new game sequence to support more than 2 genders.

Then you should find all code that references the gender variable:

gSaveBlock2Ptr->playerGender

and make sure that it works properly with more than 2 possible values.

To change gender mid-game, you could create a C function for setting the gender variable, and call that from a script.

 

[LordOfOtatops]

Alright thanks for the help, I am a little new to Decomp hacking so I might need a little more in-depth help at some point but I'll see what I can figure out on my own.