Pokemon ROM Hack using Goldfinger HEX Editing Tool

[cutexiaobear]

I'm currently working on a simple Rom hack, using Pokemon Crystal as my base. I am utilising Goldfinger as one of my editing tool to facilitate my project.

I'm familiar with the conversion between decimal system and HEXA-DECIMAL. However, the major challenge that I have been struggling with is the interpretation of the bytes with respect to the data it represents.

I have been searching on the Internet for a guide to provide some common offset addresses to assist me in the editing process, but I can't really find an effective guide that suits my needs.

Currently, I'm working on editing the DVs of the trainers, but I'm stucked as I can't seem to figure out which offset addresses represent the trainers' DVs. I have been using the most tedious way of inputing bytes to search for the most relevant data which could be the one I'm looking for. Eg, Whitney's DVs are 8/8/8/8 (ATT/DEF/SPD/SPC), so I searched for the bytes: 08 08 08 08, but there are so many "08 08 08 08"s throughout the rom, so how am I supposed to figure out which addresses that contained "08 08 08 08" represent Whitney's DVs???

Are there any other better ways of getting around this issue? I'm totally clueless on programming scripts, that's why I resort to using hex editor to get my stuffs done. I need some guidance to whether is there a better way of using Goldfinger apart from my usual method, which I do not perceived as the best way to facilitate my editing.

Thank you in advance.

 

[Greow7]

Did you figure this out ?

 

[juicebox900]

I'm currently working on a simple Rom hack, using Pokemon Crystal as my base. I am utilising Goldfinger as one of my editing tool to facilitate my project.

I'm familiar with the conversion between decimal system and HEXA-DECIMAL. However, the major challenge that I have been struggling with is the interpretation of the bytes with respect to the data it represents.

I have been searching on the Internet for a guide to provide some common offset addresses to assist me in the editing process, but I can't really find an effective guide that suits my needs.

Currently, I'm working on editing the DVs of the trainers, but I'm stucked as I can't seem to figure out which offset addresses represent the trainers' DVs. I have been using the most tedious way of inputing bytes to search for the most relevant data which could be the one I'm looking for. Eg, Whitney's DVs are 8/8/8/8 (ATT/DEF/SPD/SPC), so I searched for the bytes: 08 08 08 08, but there are so many "08 08 08 08"s throughout the rom, so how am I supposed to figure out which addresses that contained "08 08 08 08" represent Whitney's DVs???

Are there any other better ways of getting around this issue? I'm totally clueless on programming scripts, that's why I resort to using hex editor to get my stuffs done. I need some guidance to whether is there a better way of using Goldfinger apart from my usual method, which I do not perceived as the best way to facilitate my editing.

Thank you in advance.

Pokémon Crystal offsets

You will need to do more research, but this is where I start. And remember, it will be trial and errors. Create a great folder system where you funnel all your ips patches and patched roms into folders so you can stay organized. Number the iterations v1, v2, v3, etc.... It should be in a bank with other gym leader data, but not always. Google offset maps for pokemon crystal. Good luck!