Tool: ROM Hacking Tools Pack - Everything you need to hack Fire Red (Updated 2026!)

[LibertyTwins]

During the creation of our ROM hack, Aesthetic Red, we compiled a complete range of ROM hacking resources. We've released these as a series of "Packs" to help other people prepare for making their own ROM hacks! These packs are available as folders on our Google Drive, so that you can download individual files or the complete folder.

This is our GBA Tools Pack, which goes nicely alongside our GBA Patches Pack, GBA Music Pack and GBA Sprites Pack.

The GBA Tools Pack contains a complete selection of ~20 different tools, covering everything you'd possibly need to make a complete binary ROM hack, when used alongside the CFRU & DPE (or HUBOL). Please note that the contents have been chosen with the intention of being used alongside the CFRU & DPE, as this is the best way to hack binary nowadays.

Contents:

• Advance Door Animation Editor - Edits Door Animations
• Advance Map (1.92 and 1.95) - Map Editor. 1.95 supports Expanded Pokemon but has bugs, so 1.92 should be used where possible
• Advance Tile Animation Editor - Edits Tile Animations
• Anvil Studio - Basic MIDI Editor used to prepare MIDIs for Sappy
• Gen 3 Tools - CFRU/DPE-compatible Multi-tool, can edit Moves/Trainers/Pokemon/Items
• HexManiacAdvance - The ultimate ROM hacking Multi-tool and Hex Editor - can find and edit everything, including Scripts, Graphics, Trainers, Maps and anything else!
• HxD - Basic Hex Editor
• IPS Peek - Shows which data is changed by IPS Patches to check compatibility
• IrfanView - Graphics Editor used to index sprites and change palettes
• Lunar IPS - Creates and applies IPS Patches
• MidiEditor - Advanced MIDI Editor
• Nameless Sprite Editor - Sprite Editor. Features Delta's NSE Bookmarks to locate a huge array of Graphics
• Nameless Tile Map Editor - Creates and Edits Tilemaps such as Battle Backgrounds
• NUPS - Creates and applies UPS Patches
• Overworld Manager - Edits the Overworld Table and Overworld Sprites (such as NPCs)
• Sappy - GBA Music Import/Export Tool
• Tile Map Creator - Creates and Edits Tilemaps for assets like the Title Screen or Town Map
• Trader Advanced - In-Game Trade Editor
• unLZ - Imports/Exports Graphics and Tilemaps
• Xtreme Script Editor - Script Editor

If any tools are "missing", it's because they're no longer required now that HMA can do 90% of things on its own. Alternatively, the tools listed still serve some purpose, even if HMA can do most of the work. This is all you need alongside the CFRU & DPE, and is everything we used to create Aesthetic Red.

Please credit the original creators for any tools used.

Download here!

 

[Bamboolord]

Hopeless Trainer Editor is giving this error report whenever I launch it

and this one when I try to load my rom. After that the program is unusable and doesn't do anything. How can I fix this?
Sorry for german language

 

[LibertyTwins]

Hopeless Trainer Editor is giving this error report whenever I launch it
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and this one when I try to load my rom. After that the program is unusable and doesn't do anything. How can I fix this?
Sorry for german language
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Not a clue unfortunately cos of the German. I'd highly recommend using HexManiacAdvance for editing trainers and anything else anyway

 

[Veanun]

merci pour le partage :-)

 

[LibertyTwins]

Update! We've removed a lot of redundant tools, so it now contains every tool needed to create a complete Fire Red hack alongside the CFRU & DPE