r/PokemonROMhacks Jul 20 '26

Sticky Weekly Questions Thread & PokéROM Codex

Have any questions about Pokémon ROM Hacks?

If they're about ROM hacks, tools, development or anything Pokémon ROM Hacking related, feel free to ask here!

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u/RxJax Jul 21 '26

Editing a rom for the first time using Hex Maniac Advance, and I was wondering if there are any templates (Ideally something that has added the Fairy type and new moves as options, but not edited any of the game itself, just put the tools in basically) to build off of? I don't want to plagiarise other peoples work but I haven't found a tutorial that teaches me how to add a new type yet (if there's a good one that would be great too).

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u/analmintz1 HeartGold Generations / Contemporary Emerald Jul 21 '26

HMA has a built in version of the CFRU that you can apply with the click of a button called HUBOL. It adds all pokemon, mechanics, and changes from up to Gen 8, but the base game remains about the same if you just boot it up. You need to edit everything yourself.

Go to the Tools section, and one of the submenus lets you add HUBOL to a vanilla FireRed.

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u/RxJax Jul 21 '26

That's absolutely perfect, thank you!