Pyxal's Complete FireRed Upgrade Guidebook

[Mason Shu]

^ Ditto to the above question. I'm wondering if you can edit movesets etc after inserting DPE. I can't imagine making half a hack then not being able to modify stats or moves if I made a mistake on a Pokemon lol

You cant, like if you open it on g3t after editing the ini, it'll still read as glitched movesets

 

[Pyxal]

Thank you very much for the tutorial!

I got it all working and even managed to mess around with a few files in the CFRU to try and understand it and see if the outcomes I expected happened in the compiled rom and they did!

A few questions I have tho. How exactly does this iteration of the DNS function. Is it off of a set start time that ticks even when the game is off - or when its on only? Does it function off the time on the system running the EMU? If there's any sort of documentation on the DNS id love to read up on it more and see if its a right fit for my hack or not. I was interested in making some of my more rare/strong Pokémon appear as overworld encounters with their hidden ability on a specific day.

Apologies for the late reply, but you can find a segment for DNS on page 78 in the documentation. For time-based wild encounters, have a look at page 74.

My biggest concern tho is what order I should be editing my rom. I understand I am not supposed to do any editing to an already compiled rom. So how do I manage to edit trainers and pokemon data. Wouldnt applying the CFRU overwrite any of those changes I make? I know it doesnt mess with map structure or scripts. So I should do all of that work prior to applying the CFRU/DPE.

You can edit a ROM with the DPE, but not a ROM with the CFRU. CFRU shouldn't touch majority of the stuff you've edited, since it adds more stuff than it edits. But to clear your problems, 1) A lot of tools will be incompatible with CFRU; I suppose you could edit INI's and such, but I haven't tried it and 2) since the CFRU is an extremely heavy insertion; there are many things you can change dynamically like trainer sprites, OW sprites, scripts, region map data, every PKMN learnset, new items etc. In the end, its just a precaution/advice. You could simply insert it and make a game, but that kills the dynamic factor since you can change anything at any point if you want when following the recommended insertion steps in the doc.

^ Ditto to the above question. I'm wondering if you can edit movesets etc after inserting DPE. I can't imagine making half a hack then not being able to modify stats or moves if I made a mistake on a Pokemon lol

You can edit the movesets directly through DPE [src/Learnsets.c]. Also remember that you need to update src/Tables/level_up_learnsets.c in CFRU too.

 

[Pyxal]

Update #1
The tutorial has been updated with another method for setting up the CFRU. It is still incomplete and needs a lot of clarification. The whole tutorial will get a rundown and polishing in the next update. For now, it's just a step upwards to start working with the CFRU. Next update will hopefully be out in a few days.

 

[OGProfRowan]

Hi! Thank you for this. Just for clarification here, do we take a clean version of a FireRed ROM, apply DPE and anything else (for me, I'm considering DS Style Selection Screen + Sideways Stairs), work on the mapping, scripting, etc., and only after we are finished and ready to see/playthrough what we have, apply CFRU and play the test.gba?

 

[Pyxal]

Hi! Thank you for this. Just for clarification here, do we take a clean version of a FireRed ROM, apply DPE and anything else (for me, I'm considering DS Style Selection Screen + Sideways Stairs), work on the mapping, scripting, etc., and only after we are finished and ready to see/playthrough what we have, apply CFRU and play the test.gba?

That is correct.

 

[Joseph 91]

It's a good tutorial, friend. Thanks. One question: would CFRU recognize a rom with OW expanded with OWM?
That is, if I have a rom and I expand the OW with OWM, and then insert CFRU. There would be no problems?

 

[Clownsparade]

I wish there was a person who actually makes a complete hack with mapping, scripting and so one using this upgrade.. im way too confused as a beginner haha

edit: as a video series tutorial I meant. Im a dummie ^^

 

[Pyxal]

It's a good tutorial, friend. Thanks. One question: would CFRU recognize a rom with OW expanded with Overworld Manager?
That is, if I have a rom and I expand the OW with Overworld Manager, and then insert CFRU. There would be no problems?

Have a look at the notes section in the tutorial.

I wish there was a person who actually makes a complete hack with mapping, scripting and so one using this upgrade.. im way too confused as a beginner haha

edit: as a video series tutorial I meant. Im a dummie ^^

You'll get the hang of it eventually. But as far as I know, Leon made some tutorials for it.

 

[Pyxal]

Update #2
This tutorial will get a major overhaul. Extensive explainations, changing of deep rooted CFRU files, a resource depot made specifically for the CFRU, high degree of polishing of text in the tutorial and much more will be added! The update will take effect somewhere next year.

 

[lassopm]

This is a totally beginner question but how could I just add DNS? Can I just edit the associated dns files and patch or do I have to edit everything to match vanilla?

I followed the YT vids last night and got it working, however I don't want to expand the dex / move pools.

Thanks for this btw - amazing tool!

 

[Pyxal]

This is a totally beginner question but how could I just add DNS? Can I just edit the associated dns files and patch or do I have to edit everything to match vanilla?

I followed the YT vids last night and got it working, however I don't want to expand the dex / move pools.

Thanks for this btw - amazing tool!

If you just want the DNS, you can use this tool.

 

[fireredlugia]

I started your tutorial today but I had a problem with Evolution Table.c so I did it according to Leon Dias tutorial and passed this file in the compilation.
Another error I'm having now is for the CFRU, I don't know how to insert a photo here, I'll leave the link, if you can see, I appreciate it.
https://imgur.com/jeDCpyQ

 

[GamerKid303]

would this work with the univeral pokemon randomizer update

 

[aPoorGuy]

How do I edit a game that's already been compiled ? can I extract it somehow using these files ?

 

[cielsensei]

hello. How do you add types? example adding sound-type to the game?

 

[Jscothy]

Just been following the tutorial and when it comes to double clicking the 'PATH' I get a different screen come up?

Where do I add the new PATH to?

*Resolved, I just added the new path to the end of the variable value*

 

[Jscothy]

Hi all, So I recently added the Complete fire red upgrade to my 90% complete hack and it all worked perfectly......except for all my new rival battles? before applying the upgrade the scripts work fine but when i apply it, for some reason it stops working? any ideas why? Ive attached imagines of the script in Advanced map and Ive put the script down below.

Spoiler:

#org 0x80307F
lock
faceplayer
checkflag 0x1206
if 0x1 goto 0x88030E6
setvar 0x6004 0x0
msgbox 0x88030E8 MSG_NORMAL '"JOSH: [player]!"
applymovement 0x2 0x88030D1
waitmovement 0x0
trainerbattle 0x1 0x1 0x0 0x880311B 0x8803150 0x88030B5
release
end

'---------------
#org 0x8030E6
release
end

'---------------
#org 0x8030B5
msgbox 0x88030F2 MSG_NORMAL '"JOSH: Oh well!\n I'll beat you nex..."
applymovement 0x2 0x88030DC
waitmovement 0x0
hidesprite 0x2
setflag 0x1206
release
end


'---------
' Strings
'---------
#org 0x8030E8
= JOSH: [player]!

#org 0x80311B
= JOSH: You missed it [player]!!\lOh well look what I caught!

#org 0x803150
= Woah!

#org 0x8030F2
= JOSH: Oh well!\n I'll beat you next time!


'-----------
' Movements
'-----------
#org 0x8030D1
#raw 0x1D 'Step Down (Fast)
#raw 0x1D 'Step Down (Fast)
#raw 0x1D 'Step Down (Fast)
#raw 0x1D 'Step Down (Fast)
#raw 0x12 'Step Left (Normal)
#raw 0x12 'Step Left (Normal)
#raw 0x12 'Step Left (Normal)
#raw 0x12 'Step Left (Normal)
#raw 0x12 'Step Left (Normal)
#raw 0xFE 'End of Movements

#org 0x8030DC
#raw 0x13 'Step Right (Normal)
#raw 0x11 'Step Up (Normal)
#raw 0x11 'Step Up (Normal)
#raw 0x11 'Step Up (Normal)
#raw 0x11 'Step Up (Normal)
#raw 0x11 'Step Up (Normal)
#raw 0x11 'Step Up (Normal)
#raw 0x11 'Step Up (Normal)
#raw 0xFE 'End of Movements

(I think it is the scripts that have "var number" in but not certain)

thanks for any help

also does anyone know how to customize Gen 3 tools (G3T) so that it can see the expanded pokemon and moves from the DPE? I know it's in the customization folder but I don't know what to change?

 

[Axcellerator]

So let's say I wanna add only Dexnav to my hack from all these.How do I do that?

 

[doejohn126]

This more related the the dpe and cfru themself but, every time I try to build the rom I get the error "Assembling ./assembly\hooks.s There was an error compiling the engine: [WinError 193] %1 is not a valid Win32 application". What am I doing wrong?

 

[Dawn Deer]

When using 'Item Data till Gen VIII' how do you fix this:

Spoiler:

Compiling ./src\Evolution Table.c
./src\Evolution Table.c:84:42: error: 'MAP_NAME_THUNDERCAP_MT' undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean 'MOVE_THUNDERCAGE'?
[SPECIES_MAGNETON] = {{EVO_MAP, MAP_NAME_THUNDERCAP_MT, SPECIES_MAGNEZONE, 0}},
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MOVE_THUNDERCAGE
./src\Evolution Table.c:543:42: error: 'MAP_NAME_FROST_MOUNTAIN' undeclared here (not in a function)
[SPECIES_CRABRAWLER] = {{EVO_MAP, MAP_NAME_FROST_MOUNTAIN, SPECIES_CRABOMINABLE, 0},
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
./src\Evolution Table.c:544:21: error: 'MAP_NAME_ROUTE_8' undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean 'MAP_NAME_FROST_MOUNTAIN'?
{EVO_MAP, MAP_NAME_ROUTE_8, SPECIES_NONE, 0},
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MAP_NAME_FROST_MOUNTAIN
./src\Evolution Table.c:545:21: error: 'MAP_NAME_BLIZZARD_CITY' undeclared here (not in a function); did you mean 'MOVE_BLIZZARD'?
{EVO_MAP, MAP_NAME_BLIZZARD_CITY, SPECIES_NONE, 0}},
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MOVE_BLIZZARD

It seems to be complaining that some map definitions don't exist?