/heg/ - Hacking and Essentials General

>>26401101
Fukken finally.
It's time to come out of our caves, people. The war is over.

Should I play Rutile Ruby/Star Sapphire or Neo X/Y?

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What's the strangest hack you've ever played?

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>mess around with the type chart in gen 6, making everything inverse
>the AI still uses grass moves on water types and water moves on fire types, even though it's NVE now
I didn't think it was possible, but I somehow managed to make the AI more retarded than it already was.

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It lives, it dies, it lives again.

Made some headway on tiles. Shown is some stuff for abandoned houses, which feature lots of loot and rare encounters.

Tinkering with a month system and seasons. Each month is a week long. Stuff happens/appears only during that time, such as item filled painted eggs hidden about in April. There will be a few special shiny during holiday months, given by ncps behind mazes. They correspond with the holidays, so some christmas colored in december and such. The egg sprite match the holiday as well. These are not the same as the pokemon's normal shiny.

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>>26401101
Kanto Roads checking in. I'm up to Route 11, but unfortunately (for anyone who cares) I started summer classes and my free time between school and work is spent recovering from work and doing homework. So, the project is still ongoing but at a snail's pace.

>>26401397
Those tiles look great
Who do you want me to credit for using these?

>>26403073
>cares
Feel free to use them, no credit needed. I'm going to toss the final tilesets here when done, it's a lot of edits to the existing RPG Maker tiles to make them fit pokemon style.

>>26403184
Somehow it autocorrected to green text lol. Didnt mean to sound sassy, I don't know how the cares part got in there.

>>26401226
Snakewood
It couldn't decide if it wanted to be edgy trash or meme trash.

>>26403197
highlighted text automatically copies in as greentext when you hit Reply

>>26401101
Anyone have any tips on planning routes? I always get stuck on figuring out how many routes to put between each town/city. How the routes look and if they flow well. I don't want to keep puttibf blocks in because it makes my game seem forced. Help. Me.

>>26403461
I'm doing mine kinda weird. So I make one route, about 50 by 50 square that connects two cities, but I have it branch out into optional areas with good loot, accessed by teleport in essentials so I don't mess up my main map. I can make those side routes sorta big then, sometimes looping back to their opening point. They are tougher and offer more mazes and puzzles. So a player can move from city to city easily using the main route but there's incentive to explore these as all the good stuff is stored in the side routes. Some side routes have hidden entrances too, so they may take awhile to find, adding to the mystery and exploration of the game.

>>26404045
Now see I love that idea
let people who want a linear experience have one, let people that want to explore be able to do that. This concept is a great example of why you don't have to choose just one.

>>26401200
Rutile/Star
Neo has some really odd choices in type changes, and a pretty bad re-write of the story. I'd suggest EX/WY over it for XY hacks.

>>26404045
Wow that sounds pretty cool.
Do you have a picture of one of your routes?

>>26401328
>the AI in Gen 6 is more hardcoded than the AI in Gen 1

If you inverted the type charts in Gen 1 they'd act according to the new chart, I don't get why they wouldn't here.

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I tried seeing if it was possible to hack Primals and Megas into XY, but then gave up when I realized I'd have to repoint all of the party icons. Fucking GameFreak, why couldn't you just put the new ones at the bottom?

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>>26404633
On my phone so this is kinda outdated but up in the top right there's now a route thats in the thicket of trees. It connects to an area with a burned down house, which is a bit maze to fallen debris, and an abandoned rare Pokemon you can pick up. It's a bit of an early route so that Pokemon is a lifesaver at the upcoming gyms.

But you can see how the route is fairly straightforward if you need to get about fast. I could add a cave near the bottom later if I want, without affecting the map connections.

>>26405986
Knowing Gamefreak and their huge boner for redundancy, they probably have a separate type chart somewhere just for the AI. I'd guess the guys in charge of the AI made their own table so they could switch it out with the inverted one easily.

>>26406159
I remember you from earlier /heg/s, anon. Good to see you're still working.
I'm doing something similar in my own project, extra areas and such but mostly to decompress the large amount of available Pokémon species.

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Im trying to make a comfy-looking capital city for my region, but the result doesn¡t convince me, what do you think?

>>26409287
Lots of different colors of houses for variety and adding more grass bordering the roads should fix that.

>>26401101
Why is Azure Horizons still in the notable ROM hacks when it's clear it's been discontinued years ago?

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>>26410746
Because I haven't edited the notable ROM hacks page since like 2014. A few threads ago I asked for names regarding what hacks should be added/removed but nobody responded.

I mean Googling tells me the hack got discontinued in 2010 so I guess that's a shitty excuse, but I basically merged two competing pastebins together without looking at things to remove when I made that pastebin.

Are there any NDS rom hacks besides the shitty level buff/change? Was fun for awhile, bug I need a completely new region

>>26411370
There are no NDS hacks with a custom region except the currently incomplete remake of Light Platinum. http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=305765

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>>26411954
Speaking of said hack, it seems the maker is already looking toward the future.

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How would I go about using parts of the pokemon txt file to create obstacles?

My idea is to make obstacles not solved by hm but components of a Pokemon. Pokemon smaller than a certain size can fit into pipes and retrieve items or crawl though a hole and unlock a door. Heavy pokemon can press down buttons that open old stone temple doors. A calm natured pokemon is able to solve a puzzle, while a brave one may make a daunting guard let you pass. I want to utilize things often overlooked, such as height, weight, habitat, nature, type, color, and egg group. Basically the event would do a check to see if a party pokemon has that and then the event plays out.

>>26406367
Hilariously, the AI is useless in Inverse Battles too, since those also get inverted. Dunno how you'd fix it, though. There's only one typechart in DllBattle.cro, and that's the one that was edited.

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>hacked Wii U
>tfw you can finally play Gen 4 hacks without the emulator shitting itself

Can't play Gen 5 though, DSi enhanced games don't work yet.

Now that I've worked with the audio engine from Crystal, the GB Sounds from HGSS trigger me so much holy shit. The instruments are not even close to correct and it's driving me fucking insane.

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>>26414143
>Now that I've worked with the audio engine from Crystal, the GB Sounds from HGSS trigger me so much holy shit. The instruments are not even close to correct and it's driving me fucking insane.

>That GB Sounds Cerulean City

>>26414370
Fuck that, if you want to hear something really disgusting, open up a GSC ROM (all the Youtube uploads I've looked at have shit quality) and listen to the Surf theme, then listen to this atrocity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fxd-dxleLo

>>26412686
That's interesting, I wonder how the AI even figures out which move to use if it only reads the type chart in inverse battles. Guess we'll find when Citra is finished.

>>26412555
That's a really cool Idea. Bumping this

>>26415492
Its really opened up the amount of puzzles and secret areas i can include, so its not just strength rocks and hedge mazes. I feel like I never open the pokedex aside from looking for pokemon locations, so it makes it more a part of the game. Some puzzles will show an image of 5 pokemon footprints and ask what those species have in common (color, type, horns, etc). Other puzzles might give hints based on a pokemons pokedex entry.

Fakemon hack recommendations?

>>26416114
Quartz

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Late night bump.

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Just finished developing a system for In-Battle Evolution. A pokémon can level-up in a battle and evolve, learn new moves and continue on.

Requires the pokémon to:
-Have a high bond with the trainer and level up in battle
-Must meet all other requirements for evolution
-stone evos must be holding the required stone

This should make in-game battles a bit more interesting.

>>26419051
also all the lag is from recording. there is none in-game.

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As with any other type of evolution, it's cancel-able with the equivalent of the "B" button

Any decent hacks including pokemon not of their gen? I.E Gen VI and fairy type in gen II or something like that?

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>>26419051
>>26419058
>>26419119
I don't frequent these threads, or really know anything about hacking or essentials at all, but it look pretty slick, man. Kudos

>>26419119
Rad

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What Pokémon should receive new abilities or replace their hidden ability?

I'm thinking of making Early Bird Archeop's Hidden Ability

>>26419155
>>26419200
Thanks

>made a further edited version of Rising Ruby/Sinking Sapphire a couple months back
>just checked on it
>for whatever reason all my files have reverted to the original, discarding even Drayano's changes
What the hell. This is going to take ages to do do all over again.

>>26419609
maybe you opened the original rom and safed the edited one somewhere else

>>26412555
Certain moves check for weight, see how that's done and if you can replicate it with size instead.
I'm sure it's possible.

Bumpu~

>>26419152
Gaia

I'm the anon who made a CIA for Meme Sapphire with the Busty May Mod:

#!0UISCKAC!lSS40wFOx2LTUW0TofBl01I8UBJulTqk70cRLmmX4vA

and also one for Rutile Ruby:

#!xIIAALhS!dgFrP8C557wvkcHFROzl_Nn3Rq8Kuswbe9Td7qi9dm0

Now I've made one for Rising Ruby:

#!sdRVjTBb!-mniAZnHI3nZFN2jX9KcRPoTYJ-XdrJHJWai1Px4ub8

I'll soon make one for Sinking Sapphire, and might patch plain Omega Ruby; they currently do not have Busty May pre-patched CIAs, and the following Pastebin has links to the Star Sapphire and Alpha Sapphire pre-patched CIAs: /0VB0v7Hc

I might even figure out how to patch stock OR/AS with the latest versions of those mods, *and* the Busty May mod, and maybe even with the updates pre-patched; at least there's a guide on GBAtemp for that bit too.

Which Essentials games are the best? Especially completed ones and/or ones with fakemon?

>>26421925
Sage
Ethereal Gates
SPECTRUM

Uranium might also be ok but I haven't played it

>>26421938
I've played the sage demo twice now, I just wish there were more. Are the others you mentioned completed?

>>26421947
no, EG and Spectrum are both only at 2 gyms.

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Now building the foundation for the Mega Evolution animation

>>26419152
XY Naturia has Gen VI and Fairy-types in Gen II but it's incomplete. Red and Blue Deluxe is a hack I haven't tried out that seems to add Pokémon from all generations, not entirely sure how good it is but it might scratch your itch as well.

>>26422874
>>26421727
Thanks! I love Gaia but sadly the last update was close to half a year ago.

Essentials 16.2 is out. fixes a shit ton of the bugs 16/16.1 had.

I'm confined to mobile for the next week or so due to travel, anyone happen to have a link to a prepatched copy of Deluxe Red and Blue or Pure Silver?
Pretty please?

>>26419442
That or Keen Eye would be solid.

>>26423518
why keen eye?
I chose Early Bird because it literally is one.
Also, I want it to be usable in higher level play as well as in-game without being broken

Max what game is that? i would like to play that hack!!

>>26423565
A lot of birds have keen eye as an ability and with it's stats wouldn't make it any better really.

>>26423609
It's actually not a hack, but my Essentials project "Meta Mercury"
I appreciate your enthusiasm, but it isn't close to playing-ready yet.
I'll have more information on it soon.

>>26423664
I could see that. I'm guy a sucker for punny abilities like Huge Power.

probably a stupid question but how good is flawless platinum? I find romhacks to be frustrating most of the time because they're usually bugged and shitty so before I start playing I would like to hear what other anons have to say about it. Also, does the pokeradar work with the new pokémon added to the routes?

>>26423803
pls respond

>>26419119
If you cancel in battle can it still prompt you outside of battle?

>>26424134
At the moment, yes. They're separate checks.

>>26423697
Where ill find the news? Here on vp?

I'm dying to play some 3DS romhacks but I can't figure out how to emulate it, help me I'm stupid

>>26424162
In the coming weeks, I'm releasing a trailer and making the website public.

I'm also always on /vp/

>>26424289
>>26424303
DELETE THIS

>>26423803
Flawless is kind of shitty, there's a hack of it called Bullshit Platinum that is better, but still not great. For some reason the creator thought it was a good idea to give every single trainer in the game a bunch of healing items, so all the battles take far too long and waste a lot of PP. If you want to try it there's usually a download link in the nuzlocke thread.

>>26424232
there is no 3DS emulator retard

>>26426286
Anon did admit to being stupid.

>>26409287
Create some docks for players to fish off of and provide a better sense of a harbor city.
Change house roof colors. Remove some houses.

>>26424303
Would be fun, why not?

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So you know how I said I can finally play Gen 4 hacks with my modded Wii U?

I might have been wrong about that.

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A few screenshots showing off my Pokémon game, Pokémon Auburn.

>>26428831
Yeah, the Virtual Console emulators are sometimes laughably bad. If there's any kind of Anti-piracy, it'll probably trigger it.

>>26428940
>no water reflection
at least you tried (no really it sucks)

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Guys I have zero motivation for hacking, help.

>>26424147
Can you use this with essentials/rpg maker or is this something you totally made from scratch? I really want this in my game. It's brilliant.

>>26430919
then don't

>>26430932
But I like hacking and I'm just sitting around shitposting on 4chan so hacking would be a better use of my time.

>>26428940
That sentence is pretty awkward. I'd fix it up more like "Technology is amazing! Have you seen how they revive prehistoric Pokemon like Omanyte?"
Or something of the like.

>>26419119
What happens if you queue a move in battle and then erase it during evolution before it is executed?

>>26429119
Let's see what you can make, anon.

>>26433583
Same as any time you replace a move with another in battle. It will use the move you selected before the replacement on that turn.

>>26430928
This is all developed on Essentials 16.1/2 at moment.

>>26434291
B3 43 7C 8E 08 B2 05 7B 8E 08 B1

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I figured out how to render irregularly sized animated tiles on the overworld map.

You simply have to build them as characters, set both stop and move animations off, and manually set every frame of the animation one after the other with a "wait" statement after each.

If you have a shadow generation script, toggle it off for the character and build invisible characters around this one to set passability

can you guys recommend me a hack that makes kanto worth playing?

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>>26439025
I've also did some edits to both Mega and In-Battle animations.
Also fixed a glitch where the pokémon will attempt evolve at every level if the evolution was cancelled on a previous level.

>>26439514
Looks neat but is there a speed up button?

>>26440529
only for me to debug
There's no need because it runs faster than the video makes it out to be

anybody know where I can pirate XP

>>26442691
I might tell you if you stop using emoticons like that.

>>26442691
a pirating site :^)

>>26401101
Any EX/WY .cias?

>>26424303
yes

>>26442999
Fuck, someone posted one a while ago but the archive is kill so I can't get it.

>>26422580
Good shit anon. Wish I knew what the fuck I was doing half the time with Essentials

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HELLOOOOOOOO

>>26445161
hi

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So i'm trying to play Pokémon Apex and this shit does even launch. How could i have fucked up simply extracting files? What did i do wrong?
I'm running Win8.1 with system locale set to japanese.

>>26445841
doesn't*

>>26445841
Two possibilities
a) The thing you got is simply no good. Either in general.
b) Something fucked up while you were downloading/extracting it.

For Option a, I'm no expert on Apex but here's things that could've gone wrong:
1) RPGMaker XP on which Essentials is built (upon which Apex is built) as I heard had some rare issues with Windows 8, so you could try the usual approach of "Run as administrator" and try out some compatibility run modes. (Between 7 and XP. Can't imagine anything older than that would get it working.)
2) Did you use Apex Launcher? It's still unfinished, so it could be that it's fucking up.

Option b is somewhat rarer than Option a in this day and age, but still can happen. In that case just re-do everything.


If none of that works, I'd recommend looking up your system's compatibility with RPG Maker XP, as I'm fairly certain that the "doesn't even launch" kind of issues can't be caused by essentials or Apex.

(Then again, I'm not an expert, so what do I know?)

>>26439065
Too early to say, but FR Rocket Edition and Gary's Mod have potential. Wait until the next Beta though.

>>26419152
Gaia and Obsidian Black/Pewter White.

Don't know what /vp/ thought of Mirage of Tales, but it's being restarted.

>>26439065
Do you like Gen V? Try Kanto Black.

Are there any other Moemon hacks other than the FireRed? I like my cute girls.

How do I make TMs reusable and change which moves are TMs?

>>26448459
There's a few for emerald, and people have done some work on Platinum and HeartGold.

>>26430919
Get out. Walk around. Go swimming or some other light physical thing.

A change in routine can help a lot. It's helped me start back in on my game.

>>26448548
Which gen?

>>26449173
Gen 3. Firered.

>>26419051
woah shit is this a ds roomhack?
I want to know more

>>26449405

I explained everything here:
>>26434272 ,
>>26423697 ,
and
>>26424318

>>26442691
Just go on Youtube. Search "How to get RPG Maker XP for free".

>download a free trial
>download a certain .dll
>place the .dll in RMXP's main folder (if it asks to replace, select "yes")
>???
>piracy!

Is it possible to allow multiple secret bases in emerald?

Anyone have just black 2 rom with anti pirate patch already on it? or do i have to patch it myself?

>>26449912
Different person, I'm not sure if I'm using a correctly cracked version of XP or a trial. I got mine from kickass torrents and tried to at least sort of follow the instructions there. How can I check?

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Haven't been on /vp/ in a while, is that gen 2 hacker guy still around? iirc, he was making his own music in assembly and had really funky clashing tilesets that looked pretty cool. I think I vaguely remember a webm of the player jumping off a diving board being posted frequently. What's the status on that project?

>>26451037
>iirc, he was making his own music in assembly and had really funky clashing tilesets that looked pretty cool. I think I vaguely remember a webm of the player jumping off a diving board being posted frequently.

I make music in assembly but everything else sounds like another guy. How long ago was this, can you give an example of the music they did?

>>26450270
When you start the game, if you messed up it will tell you how many days you have left in the free trial.

>>26430919
>>26430932
How do you even start to learn about something like hacking?

>>26451761
Don't waste your time. HEX editing is a dead language. Just pick up Pokemon Essentials and make something with that.

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>>26451816
I've looked up "pokemon essentials".
It seems to be a free download. Do you know, is it stand alone software or is it an expansion for rpg maker? Anything else you can tell me about it?

Thank you for you help anon, have a gif as a reward.

>>26451913
Pokemon Essentials a premade project file for RPG Maker XP. There's a ton of built-in assets, but importing's as easy as dragging and dropping into the right folders. Making routes and events is a breeze too.

There are no hardware limitations, and Essentials documentation is readily available on the wiki.

Essentials has a bit of a stigma on /heg/ because of all the edgy fangames out, but regardless you're better off using Essentials then learning how to make a ROMhack.

>>26451761
I got into it just by looking at the code and seeing what I could do with it. I learned how to do things by copying other things in the code (I added the Fairy-type by looking at the type structure and editing everything that had to do with types, added new Pokémon similarly looking at the Pokémon data structure, etc.) If I don't know how to do something I ask someone else. I don't even know how to code, but everything that isn't related to the game engine itself I've been able to edit without that knowledge.

Also, that anon who told you to learn Essentials is full of shit, Essentials is a shit engine and you don't need to learn hex editing unless you want to do some major change to Gen 3 that hasn't been done before. Gen 1 and 2 have both been fully dissasembled and Gen 3 has so many fucking tools and resources that you could make a full game, with custom Pokémon, custom maps, custom trainers and scripts, and nab features other people have coded and made available like Mega Evolution and the Fairy-type without having to code shit.

The Essentials engine is trash, too, by the way. Every game I ran from it on my toaster lags like hell, unless the author of the hack took measures to optimize it like the Sage guys and seemingly Max from this thread.

>>26452028
>Essentials is a shit engine
>The Essentials engine is trash, too

I need to proofread before I post but you get it.

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>>26452028
>Every game I ran from it on my toaster lags like hell
Have you considered that maybe it's not Essentials' fault, but the fact that you're using a toaster?

>>26452028
>KEEP MAKING SHITTY GENERIC FRLG HACKS GUYS BECAUSE MY COMPUTER CAN'T HANDLE ANYTHING ELSE ;_;

>>26452231
>>26452246
I bet you defend when AAA games refuse to compress their data and you get something that takes up like 65GB on your hard drive. "Just buy more space!"

"Get a better computer" is never an excuse for something as simple as a sprite-based, turn-based JRPG.

>>26452274
>I bet you defend when AAA games refuse to compress their data and you get something that takes up like 65GB on your hard drive

No. I just don't care because I don't use a shitty computer from 2001. Computers come with more space than I ever need nowadays.

>>26452274
>He has a tiny harddrive space
wow, seriously? i mean we live in an age where optimization is really pointless desu, take advanateg of it mate

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>>26452325
>i mean we live in an age where optimization is really pointless

>>26452341
well if you can't run a game just make a better computer

>>26452357
No, that's not how things should work. Shit like that is why Gen VI runs at ~20FPS at times, because people like you assume optimization is a dead art.

In fact I can't even assume you're serious, you have to be a shitposter.

>>26452028
>>26452274
>>26452341
>>26452383
produce game

neither camp is any closer to shipping anything at all. the disassemblies didn't make it any easier to get motivated

>>26453337
>the disassemblies didn't make it any easier to get motivated
The disassemblies are probably the best thing to happen to Gen 1-2 hacking in ever. Just about anything is possible for you know what you're doing and learn.

The only reason we aren't seeing insane stuff with it is because Gen 3 is more popular for meme reasons.

>>26449207
See this thread: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=339153
The item routines section in the OP covers reusable TMs. To change the moves they teach, use PGE, G3T, or a hex editor.

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Is this a shitty way to hide a secret? I mean, my game is half ironic anyway so I think things slightly less fair in design are okay, and it rewards exploration, so I want to keep it.

>>26451037
I think he abandoned that project and is pursuing something else now. Not sure what, though.

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What's the best way to make hidden routes interesting/noticeable? I loved Hoenn and the Sevii Islands because they had a shitload of secrets, but usually romhacks can't get people to notice their secrets or don't have them. What are some eye-catchers?

>>26454460
>How do I make secrets not secret?

>>26454485
People aren't patient enough these days to explore

You have to make it at least a little obvious or they'll never see it

>>26454534
>You have to make it at least a little obvious
No you don't

>or they'll never see it
Well that's too damn bad

http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=369231

Shitty new romhack. Its complete and has pretty cool fakemon, but everything else is shit

>>26454460
Repitition. So likely they won't notice a secret the first time, but if there's others similar to it, they will fall into one eventually and then realize "wait, I've seen this shit earlier too" and backtrack to the others. I have birdhouses in my game. If you click on the birdhouse, you can use a flying pokemon to retrieve EV wings from the nest. Likely it'll be passed over a few times but eventually found by accident. Then there's other variants, like wells that contain items water pokemon can nab for you or small tunnels small pokemon can fit into. Let them learn that there's a system at play and then let them experiment.

>>26454640
Thanks, that's a fantastic answer. I'll be sure to incorporate it!

>>26454640
That's pretty much how hidden items work in the canon games, suspiciously empty grass patches or single rocks hanging by themselves. Good idea.

Thinking about it, there actually aren't that many hacks with custom regions I've played with hidden items. I always check whenever there's a suspicious spot but like 80% of the time the hack just doesn't bother putting anything in. I always like the few hacks that do, though.

>>26454822
Similarly, a pretty common way is to put something obvious but inaccessible right at the entrance of the area. They'll note they should be able to get there, but there's no way immediately apparent to do so. As they explore the route or dungeon, they'll keep it in mind as marker that, if they haven't gotten to, means there's still more to explore until they find it. As long as they haven't been able to get to it, even if they think they've explored everywhere in the area, there's still obviously something they missed. You can do this with items, or another exit being visible from the entrance or exit that is inaccessible from right there. And then, along the path to getting that obvious thing, can be the branch to some other secret area. that wasn't as apparent as the first thing. But because they've been primed to watch out for every path, they'll want to go down it anyway. This can be done anywhere along a route or area, but having it right at the beginning or end helps emphasize it more.

Of course, nothing stops you from making super secret and totally non-obvious as something special for people who autistically explore every last inch anyway. Especially later on, once the above has taught people to mind their surroundings more.

>>26454584
edgy name

>>26454584
>one of the characters is Master Chief
For what purpose?
Also the sprites seem to have been made by several people, some are great, some are shit.

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I recently took screenshot of the routes I mapped, her's one.

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Anyone making a game that deviates from the normal formula for a pokemon game?

>>26459620
Kind of.
I'm making an indie game from scratch. Using RMVX. It's a dungeon crawler that uses a 3v3 battle system.
What I'm planning to do when I reach a satisfactory level in the indie game development, is create a Pokemon fangame using the same engine, although reworked a little.

>>26459620
I'm planning a game with 12 gym like challenges in one city that can be challenged in roughly any order. defeating them will unlock other parts of the map.

>>26459620
I'm making mine like Wind Waker , AKA a lot of water with a bunch of small islands in between main, large ones.

>>26459688
Awesome

>>26459689
Kinda like a better pokemon island?

>>26459706
That's the idea. I didn't really like the teleportation in Island. Also, I'm not sure what to call the "gyms" or if they should be full gyms or just "gym leader" battles.

>>26458445
Damn, I like it. Feels like a Johto route. I love the tiles, too.

>>26458445
Did you make that tileset yourself?

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Post your most painful setbacks.
>Re-balance 3 generations' worth of shitmons with new moves and stats, change trade evos to levels, etc.
>Game won't start afterwards

>>26460039
Shit like this is why I make a backup before I change literally anything. You never think you're going to need them until you accidentally forget that blocks of 00 aren't always free space in Emerald.

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>>26460039
>created all the trainers, gym leaders, E4, etc in the game
>made three rematch teams for each person
>playtest the game
>Essentials sends me an error containing an arbitrary string of numbers
>Trainers.txt has been wiped clean

>>26460039
>>26460322
Why would you make such large changes without backups? If it was little shit I could understand because I'm lazy and don't make as many backups as I need but if I were doing shit like that I couldn't imagine leaving it up to fate.

>>26458445
Awesome! In terms of mapmaking you're what I aspire to be.

>>26460345
A text file is the last thing I'd expect to get corrupted when using Essentials. But I learned from my mistake and make sure to back up everything now.

>>26459620
Yes

>>26459970
Only the grass and water, the rest are free tiles I found.

>>26461569
Ha and I made the lighthouse too.

>>26458445
Looks comfy
post more

>>26458445
looks really nice. i looked over it a few times, and i really like the attention to detail in rewarding exploration especially along the river.

the only thing i can even bring up for scrutiny is maybe the bench by the house should be facing the pond.

>>26442999
that game is actually awful, don't

>>26463413
It's better than Neo X/ Neo Y, at least. I mean, even fucking vanilla X/Y is better than that trainwreck, so it's not exactly high praise, but still.

What's the best romhack if I want to catch em all?

No balance changes or anything, I want everything to look legit when I import to sun/moon

What Gen 5 or 6 features would you like to see in an Essentials game?

I want to make psuedo 3D maps using Mode 3D but it hasn't been updated for Essentials in years

>>26465614
*Mode 7

My bad

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Any Gen 3 hacks with Pokemon from newer generations that isn't just a sprite slapped on an already existing Pokemon? As in, they look like they actually belong?

And also maybe one with moves from newer gens as well?

>>26465698
Pokemon Gaia.

2 am bump

I want to make a small little fun map based on my college. It'll have like people saying funny stuff and it will mostly be interactive and no pokemon whatsoever. Is it worth it using essentials or should I use something else? I'd rather base it off a pokemon game just because it's fairly recognisable. Also is it possible that it could be compiled as a rom that could be sent to people?

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did a little revamp of route 114 to spice it up a little. it is now a drained ocean

>>26467496
Cool!!

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>Quit my job last year to follow my dream of remaking every Gen using the Gen 5 engine and make them all compatible with an updated Black/White/Black2/White2 for Kalos mons
>Molten Red/Arctic Blue and Sky Gold/Sea Silver already done
>Only thing left is Pokemon League dialogs
>MFW

>>26467547
What the fuq are you talking about

>>26467547
Nice

Do you have pics?

>>26467380
I would recommend using vanilla RPG Maker XP, and just taking the tile sets from Essentials. You could also copy the map connections script if you need it. Essentials is used through RPG Maker XP, so it won't export to a Rom, but an .exe file. If you need it to run on Mac or Linux without WINE, you could use RPG Boss for your purposes.

Are there any XY hack other than Neo and EX/WY?

>>26467496
So, can you access anything?

>>26468815
So the .exe can run on any computer?
Cheers for the reply

>>26467547
Sounds like a good concept.
Any estimate on when you could release it, or a version of it?
(Tried searching for it, but I only found a Pokémon Red hack, so I'm guessing you're holding on until it's (almost) all done)

>>26401101

Still no black and white hack tools.

such as text editor, image editor and etc.

>>26469759
Use PPTXT for text, Kazowar's BW tools for sprites, and browse Project Pokémon pretty much everything else

Does anyone have that anon's cave wall tiles? Some were rips, some were custom.

>>26459620
Something ive been thinking about is making a Pokemon RPG game. where you are more free to do whatever you want and more places to see and explore. you can either choose to start off as the classic 12 year old trainer ready for their new pokemon from the professor or varying starts like a farm girl/boy whose starter would be ponyta. or an islander whose starter would be chinchou. or a normie whose first pokemon is their family's pet meowth.
but youd be able to join team rocket/magma/aqua.
the npcs and world would be more lively and with rpg features you would be able to talk to people and form a reputation with towns and people to make rivals or friends or friendly rivals.

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let's say i wanna hack a gen 2 event like the gs ball event.
that event is programmed to be triggered by a mobile event related with the battle tower. so it's programmed as an event object, which means its script is specific to the place where it is programmed (in this case the goldenrod pokecenter). unlike something like the cerulean gym event, which is where the last team rocket member can be found (or not, depending on where you are in the game).
what do i need to do in order to turn the first into the second? i just want the goldenrod lady to give me the gs ball as soon as i enter the goldenrod poke center after i've caught ho-oh (i know where that flag is, i just don't know how to program it).

Where can I pirate RPG maker XP?

What's the best physical/special split mod?

Hey hey hey I REALLY need a couple people to do some sprites for me, my hack's getting very close to a demo release and obviously, I cannot release without sprites for my Fakemon.

Muh game: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=368186

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How's this for a starter town? I've tried to make a decent looking tileset for so long that I just don't know anymore. Having a hard time finding nice tree tiles, as I hate having the trees placed all symmetrically like in the games.

The top building is the lab, and the bottom building is supposed to be a school. Route 1 lies to the left.

Not sure if I should keep the road going to the right, but there'd be a dock that's accessible after defeating the E4.

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>>26461643
Here's another one.

>>26472627
Looks very nice, and the dock idea sounds good but I'd recommend including something extra in the dock so it doesn't feel like a dead end until the end game.
Maybe tall grass, or a fishing pole giver if you have no one else for that role yet.

>>26472627
>>26472775
Oh and a P.S.:
On the idea of putting the guy who gives you a fishing pole in the dock, that could be a bad idea, unless the character's got some task near the dock that gives him reason to talk to the fishing pole guy. (You could always have two people give out fishing poles though.)

If you're not done with that yet, you could put the first encounter event if you plan any, on some tall grass near the dock for example.

But yeah, really nice looking map and I appreciate the variety in tree colours!

Where do I download the full version of Pokemon Sage?

>>26472775
>>26472818
I plan on having the fishing rod somewhat story-related, so I kind of have that loosely planned out already.

I think I'll use your idea and put the first encounter in the dock, probably with the rival. Maybe along with some tall grass it'll seem a lot less like a useless dead end.

Thanks anon, really appreciate the feedback!

>>26472627
The ocean's tweaking me out a bit with its elevation, half of the town is below sea level.

>>26472846
>Sage
>ever getting finished

Speaking of games that will never get finished, Koolboyman now claims Prism will be released by the end of 2016.

b is for

Does anyone know if I can put May/Brenden in their contest clothes for the overworld?

>>26475223
I've seen people swap other models, so I don't see why not. I don't know the process to do so though.

>>26475424
I thought it would be a simple tweak like in X/Y where you can swap the outfits and remove the hats or something.

>>26475078
bump

>>26472627
Wow, totally like it. Keep the good work.

>>26472846
sage isn't getting finished honey

>>26465614
Free space slot in bag and a prompt to reapply repels? Unless that's already a thing in Essentials.

>>26465614
RPG Maker XP was not designed for 3D. You could find a 3D world map editor plugin for XP but it runs at a crawl's pace.

>>26480232
That might already be a feature. If not, in definitely have every intention of adding it.

>>26480526
I've played around with it a little and I think the lag is due to the screen rendering the whole map at once.
I'll try to tweak it so that it only renders visible tiles and see if it still misbehaves.

BUMP FROM PAGE 10!!

Has /vp/ ever even made a hack?

>>26485610
Does >>26421963 count?

>>26485610
>he doesn't know

What's the best hack to nuzlocke guys?

Bonus points if it's fun

>>26472627
the medium trees and the small trees don't look like variants of the larger ones. make some in paint

How to put in Dual Type moves?

>>26486193
Learn ASM or C, then use it to create a new move effect.

If I want to make a mod using Black/White assets, is there any good reason for me to use Essentials v16.2 over Klein's Essentials BW V3.1.1?

>>26486596
Whoops. I mean game, not mod.

>>26486193
Not knowing much about hacking or essentials, I don't know how hard it would actually be, but would it be easiest to make an entirely new type that behaves as if it was the dual type and make the move that type? Essentially create a 19th type and make it only appear for that move.

If you want to make the move like Flying Press, just make it look like the primary type in terms of the UI, in Flying Press's case it's Flying, but make the actual type a new one that behaves as a type that has the two types the move is supposed to be overlapping. You then set up its type chart effectiveness based off of how those two types behave as mashup:

>if they're the same effectiveness on a type, the new type "dual type" has that effectiveness against that type
>if one is neutral and the other is not against a type, then the new type is the not neutral effectiveness against that type
>if one is resisted and the other is super effective, then it's neutral
>if one is completely ineffective, then it is still ineffective

>>26486596
You can just modify the add-ons from Klein's engine to fit 16.2 I've been using everything from Lisa's battle animations to the BW engine and I have never had to start from scratch. I suggest learning Ruby, however.

anyone familiar with xy hacking? im making a pretty big one and want to music hack, but it seems impossible compared to oras

Anyone think they can help me out? I'm somewhat new to scripting and I'm trying to make an ability that's a bit of a combination of Mold Breaker and Unaware. I've got the Mold Breaker part in just fine, but with Unaware I'm running into problems. I've already pretty much copied word-for-word what I need to in the PokeBattle_Move and PokeBattle_AI scripts, but for some reason it isn't working right. Any ideas? Is there another script I need to edit?

>>26401101
I'm hacked with a9lh.
what do I need to hack me my own pokemon into my game?
What pastebin is the right one in OP?

So again:
I'm on an a9lh o3ds. I have pkhex on my pc.
The only thing I'm not able to is to get on my savefile from the game.

I know this thread is dead but mayby one day I'll get a response.

Easy question is:
How to get to the savefile of oras?

>>26489999
Do you know you have to insert your 3DS's SD card in your computer?

>>26490161
already done lad.
I'm Pokemonmaster.

pokemon
maser....

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bump from page 9...again

>>26475223
You can, but they won't have biking and running animations. In fact, the models can only walk. Basically, the contest clothes are separate models with separate animations. Use Ohana to find which models you wanna swap and copy-paste some shit

>>26489588
Use JKSM to extract your save and edit it on PC and then reinject it

>>26467547
Why bother posting this if you're not giving any other info out?
Not a blog.

is there any documentation on what exactly the enemy roster changes are for Eternal X/Wilting Y?

>>26486655

Trouble with this solution is nobody will get STAB on it because there are no 19th-type Pokemon. For gen 3 romhacks, you basically want to create the new type, but make Flying Press a Fighting-type move. Then you add a hook in the type chart-reading code that checks if the move in question is Flying Press and swaps the 19th type for it, in much the same way it already checks for Struggle and skips the type chart if it's found. Same principle for Freeze-Dry. No idea how to work Essentials.

>>26489999
http://gbatemp.net/threads/release-jks-savemanager-homebrew-cia-save-manager.413143/

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>dead again

How do I use setItem in essentials? It says the method is undefined. I'm trying to give my starters held items.

>>26494958
Does the item actually exist? Also show the code you used.

>>26494958
>>26495689
Same anon, if it is an already existing item use this:
poke.setItem(:ORANBERRY)
There's an example of setting the starter to hold an Oran Berry.

I make no promises. But IF I release, it'll already be 3 gyms in. Suggestions and questions are welcome.

>>26492229

You can download it on its gbatemp page, use google

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>>26495740
My bad.

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>>26495750

>>26495924
>Implying distortion world isn't a thing
>Resolving to shit tier memes
>Is your favourite legendary Keldeo?
>/mlp/ faggot

>>26496112
Holy shit, you got defensive fast over an edgy shitsentials game.

Still no BW mapeditor?

>>26492524
>Trouble with this solution is nobody will get STAB on it because there are no 19th-type Pokemon
Derp, of course.

If you can change the type of a move post selection in Romhacks, one assumes you can find some way to fuck with the calls to check type calculations in Essentials. Though I wouldn't know, of course.

>make Flying Press a Fighting-type move
Fuck, I fucked that up too. Oh well, thanks for commenting, anon.

>>26496226
How about you contribute something to the thread instead?

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>>26495750
>>26496112
>>26496322

I am using exactly that. I get this:
pbExecuteScript undefined method 'setItem' for #<PokeBattle_Pokemon:0xbdc6088>

>>26496775
was a response to
>>26495725

It's been a while since I did any hacking, so I'm thinking of doing a short project for practice. What do you think of a game where you start in Kanto, get on the S.S. Anne world cruise, and visit various port cities from different Pokemon games? Wouldn't be very plot heavy, more episodic than anything.

>>26496775
Post picture of your code.

>>26496811
That's pretty cool. Tourist like thing I assume.

>>26496813
Here's the code:
poke=PokeBattle_Pokemon.new(:PIKACHU,20,$Trainer)
poke.setItem(:ORANBERRY)
poke.pbLearnMove(:VOLTTACKLE)
poke.pbLearnMove(:THUNDERWAVE)
poke.pbLearnMove(:THUNDERSHOCK)
poke.pbLearnMove(:QUICKATTACK)
pbAddPokemon(poke)

>>26489582
Bump.

Please help, friendos.

>>26401101

Still no Pokémon black and white hack tools.

So what's the big deal with projects never getting finished? Are most rom hackers just normies who won't put the time and effort in, or is it just geniunely difficult and time consuming?

>>26496234
We've had one since 2012, anon. Possibly even earlier than that, since SDSME is partially based on something else. See here: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=288625

>>26496920
Both.

>>26496837
Why PokeBattle? Do you fight it or something? This was my code for a gift:
pbAddPokemon(:EEVEE,5)
poke=$Trainer.party[0]
poke.iv[0]=31
poke.iv[1]=31
poke.iv[2]=31
poke.iv[3]=31
poke.iv[4]=31
poke.iv[5]=31
poke.setNature(:DOCILE)

Try chaning pbAddPokemon(poke) from poke to PIKACHU,20

>>26496854
Share your code.

>>26496867
See >>26496939
Also have you tried google? There are lots of BW tools, just nowhere near as many as there are for gen 3.

>>26496920
Both. A lot of hackers are underage, too, and they don't seem to realise how much work goes into making a full length game.

>>26496920
Most of the time, it's a lack of having a clear goal in mind.

>>26496775
>>26496837
Not the guy you're replying to, and honestly I don't have much experience with this system, but it would seem to me, that the issue is that there is a difference between the kind of pokémon the setItem script creates, and the kind of pokémon that is otherwise kept track of.

For the heck of it, I'd try doing the code as such instead:
PIKACHU.setItem(:ORANBERRY)
poke=PokeBattle_Pokemon.new(:PIKACHU,20,$Trainer)
poke.pbLearnMove(:VOLTTACKLE)
poke.pbLearnMove(:THUNDERWAVE)
poke.pbLearnMove(:THUNDERSHOCK)
poke.pbLearnMove(:QUICKATTACK)
pbAddPokemon(poke)

See if that solves it. (Keep in mind that if I'm looking at this right, then this would give an ORANBERRY to every single instance of a new PIKACHU, so you might want to un-set that ORANBERRY from PIKACHU right after you have created "poke".

>>26496980
That was how I was told to initialize pokemon before adding them to the party. I tried it the other way and still get the same error.

>>26497045
I found a solution. I used:
poke.item=PBItems::ORANBERRY

Thanks for the help

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This is my first real attempt at a romhack. I tried making a kinda beachy starting town.
I got a lot more to go, but I feel like it will improve in time
The plot of the game is that the evil team is going to use the Regis to upset the balance of nature. Throughout the game you will find large craters and obscurities. The main legend of the game is Jirachi and you must defeat it; now corrupted.

>>26496994
In PokeBattle_Move:

accstage=attacker.stages[PBStats::ACCURACY]
accstage=0 if !attacker.hasMoldBreaker && opponent.hasWorkingAbility(:UNAWARE)
accstage=0 if !attacker.hasMoldBreaker && opponent.hasWorkingAbility(:HANDOFFATE)
accuracy=(accstage>=0) ? (accstage+3)*100.0/3 : 300.0/(3-accstage)
evastage=opponent.stages[PBStats::EVASION]
evastage-=2 if @battle.field.effects[PBEffects::Gravity]>0
evastage=-6 if evastage<-6
evastage=0 if evastage>0 && USENEWBATTLEMECHANICS &&
attacker.hasWorkingAbility(:KEENEYE)
evastage=0 if opponent.effects[PBEffects::Foresight] ||
opponent.effects[PBEffects::MiracleEye] ||
@function==0xA9 || # Chip Away
attacker.hasWorkingAbility(:UNAWARE)
attacker.hasWorkingAbility(:HANDOFFATE)
evasion=(evastage>=0) ? (evastage+3)*100.0/3 : 300.0/(3-evastage)

And then later on:

if attacker.hasMoldBreaker || !opponent.hasWorkingAbility(:UNAWARE)
atkstage=6 if opponent.damagestate.critical && atkstage<6
atk=(atk*1.0*stagemul[atkstage]/stagediv[atkstage]).floor
end
if attacker.hasMoldBreaker || !opponent.hasWorkingAbility(:HANDOFFATE)
atkstage=6 if opponent.damagestate.critical && atkstage<6
atk=(atk*1.0*stagemul[atkstage]/stagediv[atkstage]).floor
end

I'll post the rest of the code in the next post.

>>26497712
Still in PokeBattle_Move:

if !attacker.hasWorkingAbility(:UNAWARE)
defstage=6 if @function==0xA9 # Chip Away (ignore stat stages)
defstage=6 if opponent.damagestate.critical && defstage>6
defense=(defense*1.0*stagemul[defstage]/stagediv[defstage]).floor
end
if !attacker.hasWorkingAbility(:HANDOFFATE)
defstage=6 if @function==0xA9 # Chip Away (ignore stat stages)
defstage=6 if opponent.damagestate.critical && defstage>6
defense=(defense*1.0*stagemul[defstage]/stagediv[defstage]).floor
end

Next, in PokeBattle_AI:

accstage=attacker.stages[PBStats::ACCURACY]
accstage=0 if opponent.hasWorkingAbility(:UNAWARE)
accstage=0 if opponent.hasWorkingAbility(:HANDOFFATE)
accuracy=(accstage>=0) ? (accstage+3)*100.0/3 : 300.0/(3-accstage)
evastage=opponent.stages[PBStats::EVASION]
evastage-=2 if @field.effects[PBEffects::Gravity]>0
evastage=-6 if evastage<-6
evastage=0 if opponent.effects[PBEffects::Foresight] ||
opponent.effects[PBEffects::MiracleEye] ||
move.function==0xA9 || # Chip Away
attacker.hasWorkingAbility(:UNAWARE)
attacker.hasWorkingAbility(:HANDOFFATE)
evasion=(evastage>=0) ? (evastage+3)*100.0/3 : 300.0/(3-evastage)
accuracy*=baseaccuracy/evasion

>>26401101
Pokemon Essentials is on sale for 6.24 on Steam atm

Is it worth it or am I better off hacking ROMs? I can't find an AdvanceText without an attached Trojan so it's been lookin pretty grim

>>26497723
I really do not recommend a-text, but new guys dont give a shit anyway.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/oxnh9d5fb3ax8cd/Advance+Text+3.1.1.7z

>>26497723
>Pokemon Essentials is on sale for 6.24 on Steam atm

You mean RPG Maker, or can you actually sell Essentials on its own?

I highly recommend ROMhacking though, Essentials a shit.

>>26497790
le toaster pc man pls go.

>>26497795
Shouldn't you be working on your Reborn fan sequel?

>>26497803
Shouldn't you be working on your generic frlg tiles romhack #231?

>>26497803
>>26497866
>implying any of you will finish any project at all

>>26497912
Hey, I finished a few music covers, does that count?

Is there a hack that speeds up Platinum, without ruining the music or sound effects? If not, is that even feasible for hacking?

>>26497535
Make houses enterable and itll be god-tier. Also the plot sounds a bit lame, just imo.

>>26497019
So why there is no talking about games?

>>26498073
Nowhere near complete yet, but check out Platinum Red.

After a couple of days, I've finally got my hands on Pokémon X's extracted sound archive.

I'm going to reconstruct the mega evolution sound effect, which surprisingly hasn't been done yet

I want to hack B2W2 to look like a remake of RBY. There is already someoneelse doing this?

>>26498302
I did something like this with BW like five years ago, but never finished.

Had wild encounters, gym battles, even most of the characters and story done, but I lost interest when the software wasn't as advanced as it is today.

I could probably finish that thing in a month's time now...

>>26497535
flowers are weird
the rock thing is too close
background tile errors, such as green behind grass on the rock, and green behind the lab
needs more doors

other than that pretty good imo

>>26496811
tried to play a hack like this called pokemon world tour and it while its idea was good, was extremely poorly developed and released. i would love to see a hack actually be good with this idea

>>26498121
Most hackers can barely sprite, let alone make 3D maps. That and there are no tutorials, so most people don't even know what a narc is or how to edit one.

Is there any way to unpack a .CSAR file or convert a CSEQ? I can't find a soution to save my life.

>>26495745
There's only a pokemoncumminity page, and it doesn't look like the author wants to list the changes.

Anyone here working with the Red or Crystal dissassemblies? I've been experimenting with it, mostly basic stuff.

Can anyone explain the method to export the 2bpp image to a png and then export it back to the necessary files? I can't find out how to do that.

>>26498604
nevermind, found the only solution for miles.

>>26498415
.......what's a narc?

>>26499128
It means you keep for fucking mouth shut, that's what. We got a good racket going on here, and you're not going to fuck this up for us. Or else.

>>26497023
That's probably the reason I haven't done anything but music, it can be enjoyed (assuming people find it enjoyable) standalone while being able to be used in any future project when I have a more clear goal on what I want to do.

>>26497723
Just pirate RPGXP. You can only have one instance of program open with the steam version. No Bueno.

>>26498081
Can't really think of a great story since it's a nonessentials game haha. Open to suggestions

First time in one of these threads. I went through the OP and done some of my own research and I can't find out how to alter pokemon sprites in gen 5 games. I read that the ds version of light platinum will be adding gen 6 pokes, so it must be possible.

>>26500947
>Download PPRE 1.4 from projectpokemon.org
>open your rom and let the program unpack it into a folder of a similar name
>Go into the new folder and locate the appropriate folder
>off the top of my head, Pokémon sprites for gen 5 are in directory a/0/0, file 4
>Pull an EB Games and copy that
>paste the copy into a new remote folder
>Download Kazowar's BWTools or just BWSE
>Open the program and select the pokemon check box BEFORE anything else
>Hit "Select Folder" and navigate to the folder where your narc file copy is located and accept
>It will then prompt to rename and unpack the file
>Accept and continue
>Remove the original file from the folder it still there
>Profit??
>Repack using the Editor.exe included in BWTools

>>26501763
>>Hit "Select Folder" and navigate to the folder where your narc file copy is located and accept
Stuck here and BWSE crashes when I select the folder. It's not a .narc file extension though. I extracted it with NDS top system and Tinke and they both gave me the same file.

I also extracted the file and all I see is .bin, .RCMN, .RAMN.
Is it really this simple or are you messing with me?

>>26502104
Add .narc to the end of its name to add the extension and try BWSE again

Make sure you checked the "Pokémon" button before selecting the folder

>>26502223
The problem was my version on Tinke was 0.9, I needed 0.8.
I'm in and pokemon are chopped into a bunch of pieces. I'm guessing that's how they're animated. Would each image have its own set of animations meaning I can't just shove a generic cut up pokemon I make and I'm good to go?
I'm beginning to understand why I haven't seen any gen 6 mons in gen 5 games.

>>26502287
Yeah all of the Pokémon are animated from smaller pieces. I used to spend hours figuring out which to replace based on their animation.

Some actual came out okay-ish:
https://youtu.be/WdN54xcCCCQ

This is from my old project before I went Essentials

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>>26502322
That's amazing! Great job man.
I want to replace the Woobat line with the Noibat line, I assumed they would have similar animations. Already running into a problem. The ears are too large to fit, I'll have to find something else that's similar.

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>>26502374
Looks like the head does fit but it doesn't work like I'd hoped.

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>>26502406
You have to import the static sprite separate from the broken down parts using the same palette.

Break down the sprites into the smaller parts from the original like pic related after mporting da sprite, you need to use "sync pal" for the rest of them

>>26502540
>You have to import the static sprite separate from the broken down parts using the same palette.
Ah, so they're not the same just cut up. I export the default, change it and then export the static, change it, export the back, change it and then import them 1 by 1 and press sync?
What happens with the larger differences pokemon? Like Noivern isn't going to fit with Swootbat? I take it I'll need to use something else and then fix the evolution using Rom changer or something.

Also, that Noibat is super cute!

>>26502540
Hey Max, is editing gen 4 sprites the same or easier?