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Pokehack on a Mac???

Dragonzord

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    Hey, just regestered cuz i had a question.

    How do you pokehack on a mac? without virtualization (ie Bootcamp or virtualbox)

    thanks.
     
    Sorry, but, you're gonna need virtualization. If you're not using an Intel-based Mac, there's pretty much no good way to use the hacking tools. If you DO have an Intel-based Mac, you don't have to buy a fancy virtualization program to get most of the hacking tools to work: I use Darwine, and it works just fine. I'm a Mac hacker, and that's what I've been using.

    Unfortunately, if you don't have an Intel-based Mac, I'm pretty sure that Darwine and any other virtualization programs (free or otherwise) won't work on your computer, which means the rom hacking tools won't. I think there are some hex editing programs that work on Macs, which means you'll have to learn how to go in and edit the actual lines of code to make a hack instead of getting to use programs like AdvanceMap to edit the maps or XSE to make the scripts; but it's possible to do. I don't know about what hex editors can do that, but I know they exist, so I'm sure someone here will know where to find a Mac-compatible hex editor.
     
    Search before making a thread, as stated above I have a thread educating you on the purpose of Darwine, while it may be a closed thread (i think) it is still a resource ;)

    And if you have a PPC you could use a linux based OS and install wine on that which works on a PPC and faster on Linux
     
    Yeah, I use Darwine whenever I need to make some quick changes but I don't feel like switching to my old PC that I use for hacking, and Darwine works somewhat well on my Mac (well enough). Here's the link to Panda's tutorial. It helped me get things up and running (thanks Panda ;)). But, as ckret2 said, it will only work if you have an Intel Mac, or so I've heard.
    Good luck with everything :)
     
    i tried using darwine... but i cant even get advancemap open. it gives me an error every time.

    and i forgot to put that in my first post, but i searched and knew bout it b4 i posted lol:p

    im prob gonna use bootcamp

    thanks
     
    Dragonzord said:
    i tried using darwine... but i cant even get advancemap open. it gives me an error every time.

    and i forgot to put that in my first post, but i searched and knew bout it b4 i posted lol:p

    im prob gonna use bootcamp

    thanks
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    Yeah boot camp is what I use when i hack, just get a friend to sell you XP if you dont have it already, good luck ;)
     
    xp....why?

    would vista work?
     
    Dragonzord said:
    xp....why?

    would vista work?
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    Er.. i prefer XP definitely, while I only on occasion use XP (hacking times), I definitely think it is a sleeker machine on it, Vista is so bogged down and some older tools do not even work :\
     
    hey, im all with you on xp and all. but i got a vista disk and its uo and running via parallels now :D .
    only 1 question.
    how do you ctrl alt delete?

    thanks dudes and dudettes
     
    Dragonzord said:
    hey, im all with you on xp and all. but i got a vista disk and its uo and running via parallels now :D .
    only 1 question.
    how do you ctrl alt delete?

    thanks dudes and dudettes
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    on a macintosh keyboard Option = Alt ;).

    So bottom left button is Control, option key next to it is the Alt, and delete is not the delete key used for backspaces but the delete key under "f13" and "fn"
     
    ~Teh Panda~ said:
    Er.. i prefer XP definitely, while I only on occasion use XP (hacking times), I definitely think it is a sleeker machine on it, Vista is so bogged down and some older tools do not even work :\
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    I Have A Vista And It Actually Works Pretty Well! It Can Hold A Crud-Load Of Files, And It Has A Good Speed
     
    CollinP said:
    I Have A Vista And It Actually Works Pretty Well! It Can Hold A Crud-Load Of Files, And It Has A Good Speed
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    That depends on your gb storage, not having vista... I meant processes btw also for running faster. Vista is known to be a bogged down OS.
     
    I use VirtualBox to run Windows - it's free and it works well. It's the only way I could get all those silly .exe files to work on my Mac! And I simply have not seen one Macintosh based Pokemon hacking program.
     
    Originally Posted by metapod23
    I simply have not seen one Macintosh based Pokemon hacking program.
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    that is because they are mostly made with a program made by Microsoft's visual basic.
     
    Ok, I have a problem hacking on my mac. I was using Advance Map with Darwine, and it was working fine, but now it won't work :(

    Whenever I open it, it says "AdvanceMap.exe has exited with an error, have a look at the Log window..."

    Then the log window says:

    Spoiler:


    Please help?
     
    Can't help on the EXACT problem, but thought I should let you know: sometimes I get error messages on Darwine where programs that worked for me previously just... spontaneously combust. Like your problem with AdvanceMap.

    But, if I try again later, sometimes it'll start working again. No explanation for why it's started working again, no explanation for why it stopped in the first place.

    If the problem persists, my best recommendation is to open up TRiX, check mark EVERY box (even if you've done some of the installs already), and then click "Install." After doing that, several programs that I couldn't use at all beforehand, I was able to get running. And several other programs that occasionally froze/crashed didn't do so as often.

    Beyond that, the deep inner functions of Darwine are a bit of a mystery to me.
     
    do you have 2 hard drives if so i could send you a brand new copy of vista. Cus i have it i think its called double booting but im not sure you could look it up, if you wanted i post it to you pm me if you want to.
     
    ckret2 said:
    Can't help on the EXACT problem, but thought I should let you know: sometimes I get error messages on Darwine where programs that worked for me previously just... spontaneously combust. Like your problem with AdvanceMap.

    But, if I try again later, sometimes it'll start working again. No explanation for why it's started working again, no explanation for why it stopped in the first place.

    If the problem persists, my best recommendation is to open up TRiX, check mark EVERY box (even if you've done some of the installs already), and then click "Install." After doing that, several programs that I couldn't use at all beforehand, I was able to get running. And several other programs that occasionally froze/crashed didn't do so as often.

    Beyond that, the deep inner functions of Darwine are a bit of a mystery to me.
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    I've been trying that, before when it wouldn't work I'd dowload something....but this time it is different.

    It never works, I've tried 10+ times, every time I get on. I've even downloading everything.

    I think it stems from when I had to force-quit it because it would'nt respond, it hasn't worked since. :(
     
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