Help Thread: Quick Questions & Answers

[azurile13]

I'm hoping to give rom hacking a shot, but the problem is that I have a mac. To run boot camp I would need to buy a windows license and I don't want to spend that money right now. I've heard that people have made hacking tools for mac, but are there enough of them that I will be able to do a basic rom hack with them, or is it not worth trying?

Well. Exactly what can you not do because of your mac? I have a mac and I don't really feel handicapped. The only tool that I can even think of using right now that is not native would be A-Map (and wine deals with that).

 

[Lunacrest]

How do you change the Trainer Battle music that plays during the actual battle? I made my first Gym Leader script today, and it works perfectly; I just want there to be the correct battle music. I've tried changing the Intro music in both Hopeless Trainer Editor and the G3T tools, but it hasn't changed anything. Help?

 

[Lance32497]

Does anyone here know what is the offset of Badges' palette? Firered anyway

 

[SofiaVallen]

Well. Exactly what can you not do because of your mac? I have a mac and I don't really feel handicapped. The only tool that I can even think of using right now that is not native would be A-Map (and wine deals with that).

What tools do you use, then? Most of the ones I've encounter have been .exe files. I'm trying to work with wine/winebottler but I don't know if I'm doing it correctly; I managed to get Advance Map working but I haven't been able to open XSE with it. I also got YAPE open but it's not reading any of my firered ROMs (it says there's an error reading base stats).

 

[azurile13]

What tools do you use, then? Most of the ones I've encounter have been .exe files. I'm trying to work with wine/winebottler but I don't know if I'm doing it correctly; I managed to get Advance Map working but I haven't been able to open XSE with it. I also got YAPE open but it's not reading any of my firered ROMs (it says there's an error reading base stats).

Maybe that wasn't the right phrasing; I didn't mean the tools themselves. YAPE for example. Not even PC owners use it anymore. You can use Gen III Hacking Suite instead, and there are various other non-mac tools that open with wine, all of which are more flexible than YAPE. For scripting, I used PKSV in the past but I was told it was bad, so there's also Red Alien Script Editor. Yeah, there are a lot of exe tools, but a lot of tools aren't even very useful and can be done more easily by hex. In terms of things I wanted to actually do, nothing has been prevented by me having a mac.

 

[Zef]

has a less tedious method of inserting trainer sprites been discovered, or do we still need to use NSE?

 

[RomanFlare]

Does anyone know the palette location for the Status Screen at 0xE9A460 in FireRed?

Quoting to ask again. Didn't see an answer and thought it might've been overlooked.

Edit: Or better yet, can anyone direct me to a tutorial to edit the status screens? I've seen hacks with them changed, but I can't find anything on it when searching.

 

[chrunch]

has a less tedious method of inserting trainer sprites been discovered, or do we still need to use NSE?

It's really not very tedious. As long as you have an indexed image, it takes under 30 seconds to insert. But to answer your question, yes, you still have to use NSE.

 

[SofiaVallen]

Maybe that wasn't the right phrasing; I didn't mean the tools themselves. YAPE for example. Not even PC owners use it anymore. You can use Gen III Hacking Suite instead, and there are various other non-mac tools that open with wine, all of which are more flexible than YAPE. For scripting, I used PKSV in the past but I was told it was bad, so there's also Red Alien Script Editor. Yeah, there are a lot of exe tools, but a lot of tools aren't even very useful and can be done more easily by hex. In terms of things I wanted to actually do, nothing has been prevented by me having a mac.

Ah, okay. I'll check those out. I wish I could find a centralized and updated list of all the useful tools that people are using these days. It's hard to know what's outdated and what isn't, especially when beginner tutorials written a while ago are recommending old tools. Thanks!

 

[Uncommon]

Quoting to ask again. Didn't see an answer and thought it might've been overlooked.

Edit: Or better yet, can anyone direct me to a tutorial to edit the status screens? I've seen hacks with them changed, but I can't find anything on it when searching.

Check out this post. It's in Spanish but Google Translate does a pretty good job (plus it's mostly images anyway).

TL;DR version - there are five palettes: 0xE9B310, 0xE9B330, 0xE9B350, 0xE9B370, and 0xE9B390. The post demonstrates what each one controls.

 

[LCCoolJ95]

How do you use Battle Script Pro with abilities? I'm trying to insert this script into the game (CCCCCC for LightningRod):

#dynamic 0x000000
#freespacebyte 0xFF

#org @Main
ppreduce
attackstring
pause DELAY_HALFSECOND
jumpifstat BANK_TARGET B_= 0x4 0xC 0x082DB596
setbyte 0x202448F 0x0
playstatchangeanimation BANK_TARGET 0x10 0x0
setbyte 0x202448E 0x14
statbuffchange 0x80 false 0x00000000
setword 0x203E320 0x9033060
printstring 0x184
pause DELAY_1SECOND
waitmessage DELAY_1SECOND
orbyte 0x202427C 0x8
goto 0x82D8A4E

But whenever I hit the compile button, I get two errors saying:

SQL logic error or missing database
no such table: commands.

and

An item with the same key has already been added.

What am I doing wrong? This is from MrDollSteak's explanation with editing LightningRod, which is found here: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showpos...&postcount=116

 

[Andrewjessica]

Im trying to add a few more pokemon into my hack(essentially expand the pokedex). I do not know how to do that. I have tried the Hacking suite but it wont work.

 

[PurpleOrange]

Im trying to add a few more pokemon into my hack(essentially expand the pokedex). I do not know how to do that. I have tried the Hacking suite but it wont work.

for FireRed HERE
for Emerald HERE

 

[Desert Stream~]

How do I make it so i can run inside?

 

[flowseidon]

what do i need to download to play glazed on, and where can i download it?

 

[destinedjagold]

How do I make it so i can run inside?

Here's a tutorial by HackMew.

what do i need to download to play glazed on, and where can i download it?

Follow this tutorial.
And then download Visual Boy Advance so you can play ROMs on your computer. Or MyBoy so you can play ROMs on your smartphone.

 

[Pavel$]

Hello.I have a problem - I can not download attachments files.If I clicking on the attached file, I open a new tab, through which I do I can not download.What can I do,to download file?

 

[destinedjagold]

Hello.I have a problem - I can not download attachments files.If I clicking on the attached file, I open a new tab, through which I do I can not download.What can I do,to download file?

The PokéCommunity forum was hacked a few months ago. Attached files were affected, or to be more specific, were deleted. The staff have made an effort to fix them, but of course, not all attached files will be fixed.

You can report these missing attachment files in this thread -> clicky~

 

[Andrewjessica]

I am looking for a Dark Ho-oh spite(like Shadow Lugia or XD001),but have not found one. Just wondered if anyone could let me know how or where to get one? Its for my hack which surrounds Dark Lugia and Hooh

 

[Aethestode]

How can I prevent Running Away from a Wild Pokemon Battle?
I've tried MrDollSteak Toggle Runaway ASM code, but it doesn't seem to work (it freezes) [https://www.pokecommunity.com/showpost.php?p=8530762&postcount=244]