Starting Point, Professor & Starters Help

[AstrixAlchemy]

Hey there!
I'm a beginner hacker & I've been working on my Emerald ROM for a few weeks now. I've worked on my maps & sprites. But now that I think of it, the game starts inside the truck when the player moves to Littleroot. Is there anyway I can change the starting point of the game? I also don't want Birch to be the Professor & get the starters from him. Could I change the Professor & the way starters are given? If so, how?

 

[Pyxal]

Hey there!
I'm a beginner hacker & I've been working on my Emerald ROM for a few weeks now. I've worked on my maps & sprites. But now that I think of it, the game starts inside the truck when the player moves to Littleroot. Is there anyway I can change the starting point of the game? I also don't want Birch to be the Professor & get the starters from him. Could I change the Professor & the way starters are given? If so, how?

This is quite possible, and very easy.
Though I don't do Emerald, you can use GBA Intro Manager (to be done quick) for removing the Truck scene. Though you need to be careful, because the Truck and Littleroot Town both share flags which need to be set immediately when the game starts.
Moving on to Professor Birch here, you have to edit the sprites, OW sprites, dialogues and whatnot to replace him.
And finally, to remove the Professor being mauled by a Level 2 Zigzagoon, just remove the event in Route 101 (mind you, get the right flags), and replace the event in his one-room "Lab", or where ever you want it to be.