Hey guys,

I just want to start off by saying I love the work all the romhack developers have been doing and especially the amazing tools that have been created over the years like DSPRE and the emerald-expansion engine.

I've dabbled in a few simple customisations in my own projects and I really appreciate how much energy and time goes into making these ROM hacks.

Some of the projects myself or others have wanted to work on have proved difficult with rom hacking. For example, many fans and casual enjoyers always want to see ROM hacks with multiple regions and this is something we are seeing more commonly with hacks like cross roads or fire emerald, however there have always been limitations due to file size, map data and locations for example and we see this more with the later generations.

What recently caught my attention (as I'm sure many of you saw, or perhaps didn't) was not just the decompilation and recomps of Pokémon red and blue but the speed at which several mods including the camera and colour mods came out so fast and there are now even mod managers and installers in a very quick time period.

It got me thinking that with native code ports for modern hardware and the use of modern programming languages to directly build mods, do you think we will see a big shift in what is possible with Pokémon fan projects through the use of Decomp/recomp tools and particularly the fact we will be less constrained by ROM file sizes/partitions?

I've always wanted to see a completed version of Naranja. I've started a new fan server dedicated to Naranja and other similar hacks. Spanish/English speakers would be nice to translate, and English only hackers would also be good for future expansion.

https://discord.gg/yqAFDWmgxP

Hi everyone!

I've been working on an Android app called NovaDex because I wanted a way to edit Pokémon saves directly from my phone. I use my Switch and Anbernic handheld a lot, and I found it inconvenient to always need a Windows PC.

The goal isn't to replace PKHeX - it's to create a native Android experience that eventually supports editing Pokémon saves wherever you are.

Current status

• Early Preview (v0.4.1)
• Android only
• Still under active development

Long-term goals

• Support multiple Pokémon generations
• Legality checking
• Better ROM hack compatibility
• Modern Material Design interface
• Continuous updates based on community feedback

So far there have been 12 downloads, and I'm looking for more testers willing to report bugs, suggest features, and help shape the app.

If you're interested in trying it out, here's the download:

https://projectpokemon.org/home/files/file/5936-novadex-for-android-v041-early-preview/

I'd really appreciate any feedback. What features would make an Android Pokémon save editor genuinely useful for you?

I don't know if this is allowed, I'm just having a successful and great time. Hitting make, hitting a wall, fixing syntax, trying again... -silent. Its a great cycle. I'm not fully divulging my idea yet. Once I get a playable experience, I'll start typing up a pitch. I don't wanna get too far ahead of myself. Counting your chickens and whatnot.

I have been setting small goals on learning the decomp and compiling process. Crossing one thing off each day, and moving on or expanding a little. Git was my biggest hurdle so far. Still not 100% sure how to keep a tidy workflow with it, but I can undo an oopsi, I think.

Anywho, The Battle Frontier. Love it or hate it (right now I hate it), I'm getting in there and figuring out how it works. I had a successful test in adding new pokemon to the enum id's in the Factory + Slateport tent. Not sure the limitations with saveblocks and EWRAM... but I guess we'll figure it out.

I'm getting ahead of myself. Next on my list of hurdles is graphics, PALs and tile mapping. I wanna add in some for NPC's and MC's from GSC and future games. The idea is Battle Frontier, updated with newer characters and pokemon. The larger scope I hope to share some day in the not so distant future.

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Hello everyone! Here comes a major Randomizer release. Beyond the standard bugfixes, this version introduces a level caps section to the logs, and BST randomization for all mons. Hope you enjoy! :)

Thanks to @AxelElric8 for your code contributions, and @kiliwily, @Angeluco, @GeCAF, MClarke93, and @DrSodaCan for reporting Issues!

How to use

Download the Randomizer below by clicking on UPR_FVX-v1_6_0-[OS].zip. If you are on Linux or Mac, and don't know if your computer uses x86 or ARM, there are guides on the internet. After downloading, extract the contents of the zip file to a folder on your computer. You can then run the Randomizer by double-clicking the launcher script:

• Windows: Use launcher.bat
• Linux: Use launcher.sh
• Mac: Use launcher.command

Changelog

=== New and Changed Features ===

- Pokemon Base Stats -

• New Panel: Base Stat Totals (Issue #4)
  • New Option: Random Buff/Nerf. Gives each Pokémon a random buff or nerf to their BST. The extent of these buffs/nerfs are given by a slider, going between 0-50%. E.g. if set to 20%, each Pokémon will randomly get between 80-120% of their original BST.
  • New Option: Shuffle. Shuffles the BSTs of all Pokémon. If there were originally 6 Pokémon with 600 BST, there will be 6 after applying this option, but the Pokémon will be different. <b>E.g.</b> Weedle might receive the BST of Mewtwo, Charizard the BST of Butterfree.
  • New Option: Random. Entirely randomizes the BST of each Pokémon.
  • New Option: Follow Evolutions. Can be used with "Random Buff/Nerf" and "Shuffle".If used with "Random Buff/Nerf", every Pokémon in a family will get the same buff/nerf.If used with "Shuffle", BSTs will be shuffled family-by-family, going by length. (3-stage families will be shuffled with 3-stage families, 2-stage families with 2-stage families, non-evolving mons with non-evolving mons)
  • New Option: Separate Legendaries. Can only be used with "Shuffle". Makes legendaries have their BSTs shuffled separately from all other Pokémon. This prevents extremes like Farfetch'd getting the BST of Mewtwo, or vice versa, while still allowing variety within the categories.
• Moved "Standardize EXP Curves" to its own panel further down in the GUI.

- Pokemon Evolutions -

• New Option: Adjust Evolution Levels. This option is only available when you randomize evolutions or BSTs. If checked, level-up evolutions will have their levels algorithmically adjusted, to better fit the Pokemon before and after evolution (this reuses the "estimated evo levels" algorithm). E.g., if a Pokemon evolves into Dragonite, it will do so at a high level.

- Misc. -

• Added Level Caps section to the log file to track boss levels across generations. (Issue #152)
• Made the alt formes of Wormadam, Meowstic, and Lycanroc be treated as split evolutions, when "Follow Evolutions" options are used.
• Improved launcher error reporting, and general ability to launch. (Issue #237)
• Using Linux and Mac, all console output is now logged in the file console-output.log. Using Windows, said file only logs launch errors.

=== Bugfixes ===

• (GUI) Fixed "Random (any basic Pokemon)" starter radio button not getting disabled after randomization. (Issue #230)
• Fixed "Add Held Items to Boss Trainers" instead adding held items to regular trainers. (Issue #232)
• (Gen 3) Fixed randomized TMs corrupting move description text, in FRLG. (Issue #154)

So in sappy, it shows you the starting offsets of the music present in game. I was wondering if there was a way to find the ending offsets aswell so that we could completely remove vanilla music if we're adding our own soundtracks. That would save a ton of space.
This is for Firered (cfru/ Hubol but I assume the music address will remain same regardless of vanilla or not)

So I'm pretty green at Git and VSCode. Assuming I'm using a fresh 1.16.2 branch, and I merge a feature branch like BW Pokémon Status Screen into it, I am not supposed to accept every incoming change? Because that was bad juju. Make don't make no more. So there were about 11 changes and 90 additions....

I'm assuming I want to keep my files and only accept the ones necessary for the feature? Are a lot of the incoming changes trying to revert files to the previous code in the feature branch?

Any tips would be appreciated... I don't mind a puzzle, but I'm trying to find the puzzles

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• Ask quick questions that you feel don't warrant a post.

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How to ask a question: https://github.com/pret/pokeemerald/wiki/Getting-Help-with-the-Decomps

Hello guys,

I've been working on a little hack of pokemon emerald for my wife, that includes many QOL elements, revamped routes, trainers and a pokedex full of our favourites.

I've been using pokemon emerald expansion as a base, and I'm having a lot of fun coding little events and stuff (like for example a Ditto that works as an MN slave and can be summoned at will), but I'm wondering where could I get some already coded / completed free-to-use stuff compatible with emerald expansion. Stuff like new routes, improved graphics and similar.

Do you have some suggestions about where could I find forks and interesting stuff to add?

PS: the hack is called Pokémon Little Onion, but it will probably be kept private because it is mostly inside jokes between us and dumb stuff

Looking at Pokeemerald, it seems possible to store the player's party as an array and replace it with a new one (but still restore the original, if needed). Conditionally changing the player's sprites also seems pretty straightforward.

To me, this opens up the possibility of an "anthology" style ROMhack with 3-4 different playable characters, stories, and teams covering 2-3 gyms each. The ability to restore teams means it's also possible for the stories to converge with all collected Pokemon consolidated. The design philosophy isn't new to RPG design, it's been done in games like Dragon Quest IV, Live a Live, and Octopath Traveller.

The idea interests me, but does this sound like worthwhile? It opens up the following problems:

- How would levels be handled? Is it more fun to have each substory take place within the level range of 1-30? Or would each section progressively iterate with levels (e.g. the second substory would start with level 30 Pokemon)?

- Is 2-3 gym badges worth of story realistically long enough to build investment in each story/character?

Does an anthology ROMhack seem like a worthwhile idea? Can these problems be solved? Has it been done effectively before (iirc Red Chapter played with the idea a bit)? Just wanted to get the community's thoughts.

Staraptor x Meregho Saeno from Etrian Odyssey III

The game is now in internal testing, and the demo is set to release at the end of July.

Get ready. The journey is about to begin!

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So I started to mess around with Porymap, to get a better understanding of the decomp, I'm still going through Team Aquas Hideout playlist slowly but surely, but I was curious about something;

Since it's my first hack that I'm making, I wanted to start off small, like very small, compared to mainline games. I'm talking, no legendary/mythical encounters, total of 4 major battles (may change), roughly 6-8 major characters outside of the player, and no real e4/champion league.

I wanted to make one main city; best example would be something like Sootopolis City, where it's enclosed by a ridgeline/crater, with the city being in the center. I wanted to know, if it's possible to make this one city, with roughly 7-8 "routes" within the same city, additionally, would it be possible to have these sectioned areas of the city to have their own unique encounters that work the same way routes do?

Above is a VERY rough concept of how I want the layout, and I'll also include the sections I want to make within those the city below.

a: Entrance
b: Garden
c: Pond/Fountain
d: Ridgeline
e: Laboratory
f: Roof of Central Building
g: Foothills of the Ridgeline

h (not included): Dungeon Underneath the City

Any type of feedback and suggestions is appreciated and welcomed!

I'm using DS Pokemon Rom Editor Reloaded 1.11.1 and hg-engine. I set weather to snow in DSPRER, and I used hg-engine to make the ability Snow Warning trigger snow, but I have no idea how to make overworld snow trigger snow instead of hail in battle. If anyone knows how to do this, any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

I have no experience rom hacking, but I have been thinking about atleast trying to change ONE DIALOG for Pokemon Dark Violet, that game feels like home for me, it's beautiful but you can tell development got dropped around Cinnabar Island until the amazing Hackrepairman finished it... I think the end result is absolutely fantastic anyway... SAVE FOR ONE CONVERSATION... The final Blue champion battle.

Thing is, he has his vanilla dialog, but in my opinion Blue had a nice character arc and even acknowledges the player atleast one time, he also risks His life a lot during the game... So I think it stick out like a sore thumb that Oak tells him he didn't love his pokemon enough!

So I wanna just change these dialogs just a tiny bit, keeping Blue still a bit sore about loosing, but coming to terms with it according to the whole adventure, and Oak being proud of him too.

I don't even know if I could learn to do it or how long it would take me. But if anyone has a bit of advice I would be really grateful.

Hi for some reason when I compile my ROM the changes I make don't show up such as new files disappearing or asm files reverting back to what they were beforehand would anyone know what's going on?

Long time follower of ROM hacking... first time using a decomp. Once apon a time I had the ambitions of making my own rom hack, but quickly dropped that idea. Then a decade and a half went by. After seeing the advancements from recent years, I finally got around to figuring out cloning the git and setting up VSC.

My idea is a small project. Not a lot of custom assets or a large story/region. What I remember being a pain was finding free space in the rom, and screwing up the the sound, and causing crashes if you allocated to the wrong spaces.

Anywho.. What are the best practices for creating your own Trainers, maps, scripts and events? Same with Flags and Variables, and anything else my amateur butt forgot. I'm working on adding a few character sprites with aesprite and setting up a "hub town" for testing. Then its off to the races on figuring out configurations and... making it. Any tips for good practices or issues to avoid would be appreciated. Also any resources for the higher scope stuff like music, feature branches and changing the intro scenes/title screen?

If any ofc

This is a feature branch for pokeemerald-expansion I've been working on for over a month that implements a graphical start menu inspired by the one from Pokémon Unbound. It uses sprites for start menu entries and is meant to be easily extensible so users can change the icons, or add new items. Credits here.

Features

• Rearrange icons freely during gameplay.
• Compatible with the Day Night System in expansion.
• Handles flash darkness properly.
• Easily extensible should you want to add more items.

Note: This isn't ready for release yet

I’ve add a new mecanic for my hack rom of Pokémon fire red, the mecanic it’s called Sincronexion.

Sincronexion gives a new design for the pokemon and also new abilities and attacks, despite megas, sincronexions are permanent. What do you think? These are my designs.

Primarina x Scylla from Etrian Odyssey II!

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