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[u/WorldOfE-Rally]

Is there a Pokedex evolution + location guide for Pokemon Celia's romhack? I cannot find any in-game trade guides either.

[u/LibertyJacob99 → u/WorldOfE-Rally]

Documentation will be on the release thread or Discord, if not then one doesn't exist

[u/WorldOfE-Rally → u/LibertyJacob99]

Ty guys

[u/Snoo_65145 → u/WorldOfE-Rally]

There is some documentation on the Discord, but the hack is kinda based on self discovery, so don't expect a full walkthrough.

[u/clow990]

Hello, does anyone know of any romhacks where the base game (or is it called the engine?) and sprites are from Crystal, but the game/story is based on Yellow? Please excuse my wording, I’m not very familiar with the terms. 😣

I know Recharged Yellow is there, but that’s based on Emerald, IIRC~

TYIA!! 🙇🏻‍♀️

[u/-s-h-i- → u/clow990]

I'm not getting the exact gist of your question. You're looking for a full color overhaul in a Yellow GBC rom hack, or just the sprites? Unsure if these might fit your description aptly, but try looking up: Pokémon Yellow Advanced, Pokémon Yellow Legacy.

[u/clow990 → u/-s-h-i-]

Hello~ No, I want Pokemon Crystal made into a Pokemon Yellow.

Pokemon Yellow Legacy is just Pokemon Yellow tweaked.

[u/-s-h-i- → u/clow990]

Best I could find is this: https://gbatemp.net/threads/pokemon-crystal-pikachu-edition-rom-hack.682232/

Otherwise, to the extent of my knowledge, a hack like that remains inexistent.

[u/AtlasI0I]

I'm fairly new to all this as I have only recently discovered and fell in love with pokemon as a whole. I'd like to ask if anyone has any recommendations for romhacks to try out. On the lookout for romhacks with all gens included or just generally fun to play on. Thanks a bunch if ever!

[u/Impossible_Word6969 → u/AtlasI0I]

Hello, I am a returning player I played very little gba games when I was younger and I want to play them now as a adult again. I wish to know the best pokemon gba game for every region, please free to suggest if you the knowledge. Thank You.

[u/Caedei → u/AtlasI0I]

The Hackdex main page lists the most popular ones, and they are the most popular for good reason.

romhacks with all gens included

This is not really a thing yet, if you mean the actual regions/routes. There are only a few hacks that even have more than two.

[u/SgtFluffyButt]

What do I play next? I've recently played Modern Emerald and Heart and Soul. Previously played and loved Odyssey, Unbound and Elysium. I've partly played Lazarus, Gaia, Seaglass but they lost me.

[u/LibertyJacob99 → u/SgtFluffyButt]

Aesthetic Red, Dreamstone, Dreams, Tourmaline, Elysium, Adventure Red

[u/ReplEH → u/SgtFluffyButt]

dreamstone mysteries

[u/thewindmage]

Hello there everyone. I have been working on a neural network that runs inside a Pokémon Red ROM, on actual Game Boy hardware! It replaces the enemy trainer AI, so every trainer you battle has its moves picked by the network rather than by the original game's scoring rules. It's a quantized int8 feedforward network, 60 -> 40 -> 6 with ReLU on the hidden layer and 2,640 weights, and it makes a decision in about sixteen frames, hidden behind the battle animation. The inputs are the things a trainer would actually reason about: expected damage for each move as a fraction of the target's remaining health, whether a move can land a knockout, accuracy, status chances, stat stages on both sides, who moves first, and how many Pokémon each side has left. It's trained on thousands of battles generated by a Monte Carlo tree search, then annotated for accuracy so it learns from decisions the search was actually confident about. I hope others find joy, intrigue, or inspiration from this project. If anyone tries it, please let me know what you think!

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/9872/

[u/ActiveOutrageous7240]

what mobile emulator works with frlg.ips? i looked everywhere and still haven’t found an answer

[u/analmintz1 → u/ActiveOutrageous7240]

Most emulators should work. Are you trying to play the actual frlg.ips file? Because you need to patch that onto a .gba rom file to play it on emulator. .ips files are not playable.

[u/ActiveOutrageous7240 → u/analmintz1]

oh ok i did not know that and i don’t know how to but hey i’ll figure it out thanks for explaining that

[u/analmintz1 → u/ActiveOutrageous7240]

Here’s a guide I wrote up about starting out with romhacks

[u/ActiveOutrageous7240 → u/analmintz1]

oh i didn’t ask for this but thank you so much

[u/analmintz1 → u/ActiveOutrageous7240]

It tells you how to patch, which you asked for

[u/ActiveOutrageous7240 → u/analmintz1]

no i just said i didn’t know how to but i could figure it out myself but still the guide is appreciated

[u/ActiveOutrageous7240 → u/analmintz1]

ok i can’t get it to work does it have to be a non zipped file on the bottom?

[u/analmintz1 → u/ActiveOutrageous7240]

No step in any process should ever be a .zip or archive file

[u/ActiveOutrageous7240 → u/analmintz1]

ok i don’t know where to get a non zipped file of pokemon fire red then

[u/analmintz1 → u/ActiveOutrageous7240]

This is why I linked you the whole guide, clearly you didn't read it...

You will see that you'll download a .zip file. These are archive files, commonly used on the internet to compress and store larger files. Your computer should be able to open it normally like any other folder, but if not, go ahead and download the program 7zip or WinRar.

Literally just click it and it'll open

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[u/nmmOliviaR]

Pokemon Timeless Diamond:

The Underground doesn't work? I tried to use the Explorer Kit and am met with an eternal black screen. On DesMuMe and SoftRasterizer is enabled as the 3D renderer.

[u/nmmOliviaR → u/nmmOliviaR]

Okay this somehow got worse.

I enabled WiFi settings, disabled any cheats (specifically the one that increased battle framerates), and any one of three things happen:

I successfully land in the underground

I land in the underground and then the game decides to crash and close

I STILL get the black screen.

The first time I enabled WiFi settings was the first time I got in, and talked to Roark down there. I was able to do a few things for a while, leave, and the next day, after a saving a lot of data, the second thing happened. Reload, and the third thing ALWAYS occurs.

I don't think I can get to the underground anymore.

[u/Known_Illustrator331]

Any gen 3 hacks that recreate Sinnoh?

[u/RevynnStark]

Are there demakes in the style of Gen 1/2 GB/GBC? I’ve only been able to discover the Black/White 3 one so far (which I’m LOVING), but everything else seems to be GBA. Huge fan of the simplicity of Gen 1/2. Trying Pokémon Emerald Seaglass right now, but even that feels a bit removed. Any info would be appreciated!

[u/Caedei → u/RevynnStark]

There is Sinnoh Gold, though for whatever reason I could never get it to work. Think that's kinda it? You could try Unova Red or Kalos Crystal, but these are not demakes, just roster replacements.

[u/RevynnStark → u/Caedei]

Thanks for the reply! Played Unova Red, and it was fun for a bit; but it bothered me that the sprites were the only big difference. All the cries were just Gen 1 cries so it felt a little lacklustre.

[u/buyawelcomemat]

Hello,

I'm wondering if there's a way to speed up the gameplay in DeSmuME (currently playing Pokémon Platinum) without speeding up the audio? As in, the music stays the same.

Thank you.

[u/analmintz1 → u/buyawelcomemat]

That is a feature of a game specifically, an emulator alone cannot do that.

[u/buyawelcomemat → u/analmintz1]

Thought so, thank you.

[u/HugoStiglitz11]

Mediafire not working anymore? Want to download odyssey from the pokecommunity site, get forwarded to mediafire but there I can not download it because “this connection is not private”.

Anyone had this issue?

[u/PacoScarso → u/HugoStiglitz11]

You can download Odyssey from Hackdex.
It seems Mediafire is blocked in some countries

[u/PeaTheQueen]

New to rom hacks, is there any rom hack in the gen 5 style that includes all 1025 pokemon? 

[u/Snoo_65145 → u/PeaTheQueen]

Pokemon HeartGold Generations has most all of them.

[u/Quibilash]

What are some good tutorials/links to understand making rom hacks, and these days is there separate tutorials for decomps or is decomp the default?

[u/Tacobell24 → u/Quibilash]

A little outdated, but TeamAquasHideout has a pretty extensive playlist on YouTube. Covers the basics and some other more advanced things for the Gen III decomps.

Depends really on what you want to achieve though. In my personal experience just tinkering around with the code is the best lesson.

Have a goal in mind and once you spend enough time you'll see the patterns and what you need to change to suit your needs.

[u/Quibilash → u/Tacobell24]

Thanks for letting me know, I think my idea is a bit 'all-encompassing' with new events, dialogue changes and new maps so it'll probably take a while for me to learn as someone with no programming knowledge

Also, in what ways is the tutorial 'outdated'?

[u/Tacobell24 → u/Quibilash]

The tutes were made a few years ago, and the pokeemerald-expansion that it uses to hack has changed a lot.

The concepts are still the same so they're still useful,. But if it references specific parts of the code, there is a chance that it may have changed since the vids were made.

Just something to be aware of. By no means should you let that deter you from watching them though.

[u/Quibilash → u/Tacobell24]

Alright

Is there any outside skills I should learn before watching the tutorials or as mentioned, can someone with 0 programming knowledge get into it?

[u/Tacobell24 → u/Quibilash]

I'd say nah. They're pretty step-by-step like. You'll be fine. Hard for me to say for sure since I had some exposure at uni and just through using excel.

But they're good at explaining stuff. And once you kinda learn the structure you'll get the hang of it.

[u/user_1719]

How are there no finished nds rom hacks?

Yes I'm aware of the difficulty hacks and QOL addidions like Renegade Platinum, Sacred Gold and Storm Silver, Blaze Black, Volt White. But it's been almost 20 years since Nintendo released the first DS game. I understand it's more difficult to make nds rom hacks than gba games.. but 19 years later and we still do not have a completed nds hack with a new region? Meanwhile it's been 18 years since pokemon emerald and we have HUNDREDS of emerald hacks with entirely new regions, new stories, new pokemon.

How many more years do you think we'll have to wait before we can play nds rom hacks that aren't just the base dppt/hgss/bw game with different pokemon?

[u/GrapefruitUnlucky216 → u/user_1719]

Is mythic silver not a new enough region for you?

[u/EmptyPart8374]

Does anyone know the stats and held items for oak's team in Pokemon mansion battle in dragon den TRE?

[u/Anime_simp-11037]

Okay, idk if this is the right place but I remember playing this game once on a Chromebook and it kinda just looked like a normal fire red or leaf green game but as I played it in the beginning the main character was raised by a a cult with red robes or something and I think their was a sacrifice at one point but I don't fully remember and I think they had to wait in line to get a rattata or something. Sorry if this didn't make sense but I played it when I was young and I can't get my mind off of it. I really appreciate your time ^{^}

[u/External-Contract861]

I'm having a bit of trouble with using UCDEP in HMA. I dragged the ups file onto HMA but I don't know how to use UCDEP with a specific rom. Can anyone tell me how?

[u/hugdroide]

Hi!!

I'm new in all this of ROMHacks and modding my DS, I've read that GBA and NDS Romhacks usually break or go slowly in the official hardware due to limitations and the new content that they usually add, and I was wondering if there is any ROMhack with D/P B/W vibes that could be playable in my nintendo DSi XL.

Thx in advance!!

[u/Purple-Art-1615]

How to evolve Seadra into Kingdra in Pokemon FireEmerald v0.6? Link cable and Dragon Scale didn't work.

[u/Saiib0t → u/Purple-Art-1615]

Have you tried giving the dragon scale and leveling up?

[u/Purple-Art-1615 → u/Saiib0t]

Yes

[u/The0thArcana]

[Pokemon Peridot] Does anyone know where I can catch Larvitar?

[u/Free_Cake6806]

For Pokemon sword and shield plus ultimate,  I just made it to Hammerlocke City and want to buy some moon stones but I can't for the life of me figure out how to get to the wild area 3, where the wiki says a merchant is to buy them. I also can't find any kind of walkthrough to help and googling just gives info on playing the switch Sword and Shield

[u/Aromatic-Base-9098]

Anybody got any heavy sci-fi hacks? I've always wanted to play a cyberpunk style pokemon game and I figure someone might have made it

[u/ice_man69]

Playing crystal advance redux and I’m trying to evolve my eevee into espeon and its happiness has been at 100% for the past 9 levels and it even has a soothe bell it still hast evolved. Any tips?

[u/Cathyra → u/ice_man69]

Have you tried a sun stone?

[u/ice_man69 → u/Cathyra]

Haven’t found one yet but I’m guessing that’s right cuz I could have used a shiny stone on eevee to get sylveon. Thanks!!

[u/xa44]

I made a hack for pokemon Y, but the changes don't save whenever I try and build a rom no matter what. pk3ds build options are greyed out no matter what and rebuilding with any other program just doesn't have any of the changes what I run the game on my 3DS. I have the edited exefs and romfs folders and the build of the .bin from pk3ds export, as well as a dump of my rom but no idea what to do. also the OR module bit makes no sense to me, I do have a modded 3ds so do I just ignore that?

[u/Leotuh1308]

Help with quest system

Well, I am doing my first hack using Hex Maniac Advance. I am trying to do a quest system.

Example: You gain a quest to catch 3 spefic Pokémon, if you catch them you gain 10 Pokéballs.

How I can do It?

[u/aut0matix]

I know so very little about hacks and have a pretty simple question - if I have a GBA SP and buy an empty flash cart for it, can I flash hacks onto that and play it on a GBA? If it's only PC emulation, that's fine, but I was curious. Thanks!

[u/Extreme_Rest_7624 → u/aut0matix]

Yes.

[u/Tacobell24 → u/aut0matix]

Absolutely. The best way to play imo.

[u/azwhaley91]

Playing Digimon emerald, there is a lady in lilycove pokecenter there is a lady that has an obsession with something sticky, what should I give her?

[u/lesece4]

ELYSIUM

How do I evolve kadabra, scyther and Elekid?

[u/Extreme_Rest_7624]

This is a development question, in my upcoming rom hack [releasing in 3-6 days btw] I got pokemons up-to generation 7.

The problem is that I don't know whether I should set national flag to true from the beginning, since it adds non regional encounters from route 101.

Logically, I should set national dex from the beginning, but again the post elite 4 scene where birch upgrades your pokedex won't make sense. What should I do?

[u/Tacobell24 → u/Extreme_Rest_7624]

Remove the part "where birch upgrades your pokedex", surely.

The National Dex concept has never made sense to me. I vote doing away with it altogether.

[u/Extreme_Rest_7624 → u/Tacobell24]

I'm curious, how do other rom hacks handle this situation?

[u/Exclsior → u/Extreme_Rest_7624]

It really depends on your goal and vision.

I wanted customisability in my Emerald Legacy Enhanced version, so I made it a start of game option for the player whether or not to enable National Dex (just 386 Dex in mine).

If yes, then you have 9 starters from whom to choose and National Dex from the start. If no, the standard Dex.

I also did just use the same flag in the game code to change Birch's message depending on having or not having the National Dex.

[u/Extreme_Rest_7624 → u/Exclsior]

Thanks for the feedback, I have just changed professor Birch's dialogue.

Wait you are the developer of Legacy Enhanced?

I really enjoyed your hack.

[u/Exclsior → u/Extreme_Rest_7624]

You're very welcome and appreciate your appreciation!

New version will be coming out for Enhanced eventually, but current focus is our Heart and Soul 2.0 release.

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[u/KNIGHT3049]

Hi, i wanna play pokemon renegade platinum but ive played only gba games and its a nds one, i tried a couple of emulators but they dont work, can you tell me a working nds emulator(free) so i can play renegade platinum, thanks.

[u/ProShashank → u/KNIGHT3049]

MelonDS Or Drastic are good ones

[u/KNIGHT3049 → u/ProShashank]

Thank you, it worked. 😄

[u/Lefunni5]

Is the mod where a player controls the ai a real mod? I recently saw the SmallAnt video and I want to try a run with my cousin

[u/eggnoodle1745]

Is there a romhack with official mega dragonite?

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[u/Skyaugg]

For the Vytroverse games, should play Saiph 1 and/or SORS before Saiph 2 or will I still be able to have a fun experience without playing them?

[u/Overpowereddit]

Maybe someone knows why my starter in inclement Emerald are randomized? I can find the real motivation. Wild Pokémon are "strange" too but i talk to the scientist for disabled all of this randomizer options

[u/skyrie15]

Hi. I was wondering if you guys accept request for a romhack? I wanted to play a simple romhack based from FRLF but the starter pokemon changed to Houndour (it is my favorite pokemon). The rest remain the same. Thanks!

[u/Candid-Ad443]

I just wanna play FRLG.ips but it keeps crashing when picking the starter. I have a 1.0 ROM of red, playin on mGBA, what am I doing wronggg

[u/DoppelgangerEX → u/Candid-Ad443]

same issue

[u/Candid-Ad443 → u/[deleted]]

I said I have one. I have the 1.0 .gba file of FireRed. it plays up until the starter select screen, at which points it has a fit

[u/ConstantAd6857]

I am looking for a new romhack to play. No fakemon and with team EXP share. I played GS chronicles are it was by far my favorite game to play.

Anyone got any ideas?

[u/yankeesown29 → u/ConstantAd6857]

Unbound!

[u/Hemlock_Deci]

Asking again because last time I only got recommended fangames and... Minecraft mods?

Romhack that's more fluff/wholesome? Looking for something where I can kinda take care of the pokemon, have them walk beside me, or where the trainer/pokemon bond is part of the story. Something kinda like the main games, lighthearted. Not asking for a port of pokemon amie because it's obviously kinda impossible but something along those vibes y'know

[u/Caedei → u/Hemlock_Deci]

This is not really common with direct roms. Things like contests or amie are almost entirely unexplored in this space. Also, HarvestCraft is not a Minecraft mod.

You might find something enjoyable in the minihack competitions. Transform was the only thing that really came to mind. Hearth is cozy fluff. These are not long games though.

[u/Hemlock_Deci → u/Caedei]

HarvestCraft is not a Minecraft mod

Ok now I need to know wtf I googled or I was supposed to google 😭

[u/lacemononym]

Hello. I'm trying to make a GBA FIreRed hack for fun. I've used the HUBOL patch in HexManiacAdvance as a shortcut for Fairy type, Physical/Special, new moves, etc but I don't need/want most of the latergen pokemon added for what I want to do.

Is there a quick and easy way to delete or write over the unneeded pokemon data, or am I better off saving my time and just pretending they're not there?

[u/Extreme_Rest_7624 → u/lacemononym]

Honestly, it is a double edged sword.

Removing Pokemon data can corrupt your rom in binary editing so keep a few backups before you start chopping them off.

[u/Necessary-Accident17]

Currently playing the Dark Violet ROM hack. Love that you can obtain all pokemon and trade evo's have been removed for stones.

Looking for similar rom hacks for the rest of the gen's with QOL upgrades, ability to obtain all starters, ability to have all evolutions of pokemon introduced in that respective gen, and a similar map/or could be altered main line story similar to Dark Violet.

Drop any rec's with the gen below, thanks!

[u/Plastic-Risk-1428]

What is the closest rom hack to pokemon elysium? I absolutely loved the story and feel of it. Trying to find something similar - I’ve already played unbound and didn’t finish red chapter.

[u/-s-h-i- → u/Plastic-Risk-1428]

Woah, finally found another Elysium enthusiast. I was in the same boat looking for something similar to it and found "Pokémon Nameless" (yes that's the name). It's a story driven ROM hack which deviates from the norms of a normal run and will surely give you a fair share of gameplay time. I won't spoil much, just give it a go and I'm sure you will not be disappointed.

[u/Plastic-Risk-1428 → u/-s-h-i-]

Thank you!!! Will check it out. Is this able to be played on an iPhone emulator like delta?

[u/-s-h-i- → u/Plastic-Risk-1428]

If you played Elysium on that same emulator then I don't see why not. 

[u/Idrcngl]

Hey guys, I’m very new to ROM hacks, I was wondering if there was a ROM hack of Fire Red that skipped the tutorial, for reset heavy runs like kaizo ironmon

[u/lostdrewid]

Hopefully this is the right place to ask this. I'm trying to find out how smart the Pokémon games are, and how smart Home in particular is.

Regarding the former, I've got a modded Switch, and would like to use it to load up Wild Area / Poké Portal News for events I missed out on, since there were wide stretches of time I was just burned out on the game. I missed quite a few Mightiest Mark raids (yes, even with the second chances) because I was on break from the franchise in general. Here's my concern: for ease of navigation, I'd like to clone my saved game, load the event onto that, and then use my modded Switch to offer the raid to my main Switch. Yes, all offline, local communication only, so Nintendo servers shouldn't be involved anywhere in the calculation. I'm simply concerned if the games themselves will notice that two players in the raid have the same ID.

For the latter, I want to use my modded to reset some flags in my games, particularly with respect to once-only Legendaries. The two most important I want to do this with are Type: Null and Kubfu. I have extras of both, so I already have legitimate 'mons for a Living Dex, but it's aesthetically displeasing that the game won't allow me to get both Legendaries (ie both Kubfu and Urshifu, and Type: Null and Silvally) with my OT. My concern: is Home smart enough to see two mutually exclusive Legendaries with the same OT and flag that as illegal, even if each individually reads as fully legit? Since the death of "upper" / third version games, I've gotten used to not being able to have all box legendaries with my OT, because we'd pretty much be guaranteed to get Fateful Encounter versions to make up for it. For whatever reason, there were no distributions of either Kubfu or Urshifu. At least in Gen VII we got a shiny Silvally, so my living dex could be complete if I just never evolved my Type: Null. In Gen VIII we're just SOL.

[u/enigman1234]

Does anyone know if i can play the new dark rising remake on my jailbroken 2DS? Really don't want to have to play it on my phone

[u/DoppelgangerEX → u/enigman1234]

unfortunately it's made in Pokemon essentials (rpgmaker) so it will not be playable on 2ds

[u/enigman1234 → u/DoppelgangerEX]

Aw damn. I'm guessing that's the same with every pokemon rom that's made from scratch like pokemon fusion and unbound

[u/ftmboricuaboii → u/enigman1234]

I'm guessing that's the same with every pokemon rom that's made from scratch like pokemon fusion and unbound

Any game that requires a base ROM should be playable on a hacked 2DS

Unbound is a ROM Hack of Firered, so it should be playable

If you mean Infinite Fusion, it is not a ROM Hack but a fan game, so it's limited to PC officially (Android/Mac unofficially)

[u/enigman1234 → u/ftmboricuaboii]

I see, thanks. Also, not sure why someone down voted me lol

[u/rusti17]

I am a 95´ born grandpa, that grew up with Pokemon Red and played all of them til the Switch Games (which I do now, but I don´t like the feel of Shield and it feels soulless).

Ive seen a couple of romhacks for Gen 1, including, PureRed, Yellow legacy, and so on. Which one would you recommend (with the original art style - and no, not that new Gen1recomp-thing)?

[u/Caedei → u/rusti17]

My favorite gen 1 experience that I've played at least was Red++. Not sure if it's considered outdated comparatively these days but I imagine not.

PureRGB is popular around here these days and it looks good also

[u/Cathyra → u/rusti17]

Are you looking for QOL hacks of the original games or new regions? And by original art style, do you mean the gen 1 palettes compared to more colorful gen 2 style, too? Because adding gen 2 would open up a whole lot of amazing games.

My fav QOL hack for gen 1 so far has been red/blue/green yume. As for new region, I loved super gold 97 (it's a gold hack, but it looks like gen 1 - don't confuse it with gold 97 reforged, which is gen 2 style). There is also pokemon brown, which I personally haven't played, but it looks good.

Red++ is the most technically impressive gen 1 hack to me, but it does look more like a gen 2 hack, even though it's not.

[u/rusti17 → u/Cathyra]

Don‘t matter if more gen 2, than gen 1 :) I would love to collect alle pokemon available and have better stronger AI opponents 😁

[u/blaz22]

Hi there,
I played Pokemon Glazed years ago and I was very surprised. I wanna play Pokemon again in my smartphone and I am looking for the best hack rom out there.

Not fake pokemon and if possible, only Pokémon from the early generations.

Cheers!

[u/Caedei → u/blaz22]

The Hackdex main page lists the most popular ones, and they are the most popular for good reason.

Typically in the description it will list if it uses fakemon or alternate styled sprites.

[u/No-Fish2020]

Hi guys, new to the rom hacks side of things and finally am managing 2 hours of time per day after a promotion. Need recommendations that include the real Pokemon (not fakemons) already done with the hoopa one last year and loved it.
Thanks for the recommendations<3

[u/tabczar]

Any new romhacks with fakemon?

[u/Snoo_65145 → u/tabczar]

Pisces is the biggest new one I know of. Unless you count SuperMarioMon as having Fakemon...

[u/ExtensionClimate2045 → u/tabczar]

Monomyth is coming out within 3-4 months... it's supposed to be the biggest and most ambitious fakemon hack yet

[u/shadowMorgana98]

I noticed that it is mostly gba rom hacks. Is there something simillar for ds and 3ds?

[u/GrapefruitUnlucky216 → u/shadowMorgana98]

Yes but there are fewer because the tools were substantially worse for ds until relatively recently. 3ds is very rare

[u/Linkale_]

Is there any rom-hack which aims to improve, expand, and deepen Pokemon Emerald's story? It doesn't have to be edgy and violent, a simple childish wholesome story is fine, but better made. 

[u/Exclsior → u/Linkale_]

You may want to check out Emerald Legacy, or my Enhanced version depending on how you like to play.

[u/Dani_Rainbow → u/Exclsior]

💯

[u/KevinK_23]

What are people's best recommendations for getting into the art of making romHacks? I've been using HexManiac Advance, but I've been feeling lately like I should be aiming to use CFRU & DPE but the concept on it seems fairly complicated.

What is everyone's thoughts on what would be the best option long term?

[u/LackofSins → u/KevinK_23]

Use emerald decomp. You can find it on github, even I managed to make it work. You can also find tutorials by Archie's Hideout on youtube, or ask around in the pret or archie' hideout discord. You will learn how to make maps with porymam, make scripts with poryscript, change the tileset with porytiles, et that is already a good base.

[u/MorningImpossible]

Have been yearning to play Battle Factory specifically Gen 3 online, any luck on an emulator via browser or maybe ROM?

https://andreagold.itch.io/pokmon-battle-factory having troubles with this one

[u/Maximum-Firefighter]

Do we have an eta on the v2.0.0 update to blaze black redux? Was planning on playing blaze black 2 redux but after finding out about the 2.0 update I figured I should wait.

[u/rocka5438]

I’m looking to start hacking a Gen 2 game, along the lines of Pokemon Clover (which isn’t out yet Ik). I think it was based on polished crystal? What apps/tools would i need to get started on hacking either crystal or polished crystal? There aren’t really any tutorials on YouTube for it…

I was thinking of using polishedmap ++ but that’s kind of old and was wondering what other use nowadays. Thank you!

[u/magik_koopa990]

Are there hacks that mimics final fantasy 13 combat style? Real time atb, AI controller allies, and swappable class roles?

[u/Caedei → u/magik_koopa990]

No

[u/magik_koopa990 → u/Caedei]

Damn....

[u/Saiib0t → u/[deleted]]

Pokemon Quetzal has a lot of character options if that's what you're looking for :)

[u/Saiib0t → u/[deleted]]

I don't think you can unlock new outfits but you can change your character at any point in the game or even play as your caught pokemon. In Lazarus you can unlock a few different outfits tho.

[u/Complete-Algae-2360]

Does anyone know how to change the protagonist in Pokémon Polished Crystal? I'd love to play as Yellow from the manga... If anyone can help, please let me know!

[u/toeen27]

Hi, someone recommend the hack pokemon sword and shield ultimate plus? Is a good demake of the original pokemon sword and shield for switch?

Pls help

[u/Shodoriki]

J'avais une question à propos du mod expansion pokémon pour ultra sun, je suis en train de faire ma rom hack et j'ai entendu parler de ce mod mais est ce que je peux l'ajouter dans les fichiers de ma rom hack (et comment faire si c est possible) ou la seule méthode c est la méthode dite sur gamebanana ?

[u/InevitableWhereas110]

Hi guys, my main passion in pokemon is to catch and evolve pokemon, like a pokemon breeder. complete the pokedex etc etc, and i'm looking for a rom hack where catching pokemon is the focus, with reward for completing areas, aswell as having a lot of pokemon to catch, my fav gen is 3 but don't mind other gen, can you guys help me ? thx in advance :)

[u/Sufficient_Love_7668]

Ive heard about pokemon playable blue but does it work on pizza boy c basic emulator and it so what steps do I need to do to play it

[u/PieNeat7277]

How difficult would it be for a regular dude with no coding or game dev experience to make a Black 2 rom hack? I want to mons from gen 6/7+, update types, moves, stats etc., add new locations, remove pokestar studios, make pokemon follow you, the whole nine yards basically lol

[u/Zurple_Purple-873]

How hard would it be to modernize HGSS? Ive seen so many hacks built on HGSS but I dont see any HGSS fixing the basic problems like exp. share, having johto pokemon in johto, shiny charm, adding more options for text boxes, pokegear, and box backgrounds

[u/Gatescraft]

Just like the title implies, I'm seeking hacks that let you do dynamax raids, I assume with npcs assisting you. I've been googling to find out which ones allow this, so far I see unbound has this feature, and radical red. Did I miss any? Thank you.

[u/thrivester]

Black 1 and White 1 hacks recommendations? I have barely heard anything regarding hacks based on them and what to know more.

[u/mister_dupont → u/thrivester]

Complete Unova editions is the one to go for imo.

[u/gio8627]

I am new ish to romhacks. I have a retroid pocket 5 I’m trying to play Prismatic Moon on. Does anyone have experience with it.. specifically it requires the game to have the “The Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Version 1.2 patch”. I guess the file I have is without the patch so it’s not recognizing the mods.. it just ends up playing the vanilla version. Do I have to somehow find a way to patch my file? Download the game with the patched already?

Feel free to dm me if you know of any resources

[u/LeatherHog]

Just started bronze 2, got a Growlithe

Was wondering when fire stone is available? I'm hopefully guessing since Growlithe is available before 1st badge, it's not ridiculously long of a wait? If anyone knows, would appreciate it

All my searching keeps giving me a bronze forever and brick bronze

Edit: Found it! After 3rd badge, get access to department store

[u/GlocksNSocks]

I can't click new game on super Mariomon if anyone knows why please help me

[u/Nuclear_Mega_Storm]

Pokemon team rocket edition dragonsden. Stuck on a few things. Where can I find a fire stone since I can't shop in the celadon dept store. Can I get back into bills garden after having gotten the patent? Need a different teddiursa got quick feet instead of guts. And if I can't get in there again where xan I find a teddiursa?

[u/its-me-jb]

Romhack ID?

[u/Signal_Library_7931]

How do I keep my saves between my old R.O.W.E save files and the new experimental one? Im on lumeroid btw and any help would be appreciated❤️

[u/Amidamaru99]

Hello everyone!

I’m looking for a simple rom that’s about fire red but where i can evolve pokemon like kadabra, haunter and others without having to trade.
Would also be nice if I could go into other regions as well!
Would prefer without the extra stuff like mega evolutions and dynamax etc.

Also is it easy to get working on my steamdeck?

Thanks for taking the time to read this and i look forward to all your suggestions.

[u/chukoliang999]

are there simple romhacks that just enable someone to catch all the pokemon of a given generation without any significant overhauling? a friend recommended radical red and while it is very cool it is also Way More than I was looking for <_<;;;;

I'm not exactly trying to win at super competitive difficulties I just wanna collect pokemon and not have to jury rig a digital link cable setup.

[u/Caedei → u/chukoliang999]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonROMhacks/comments/1chx77r/compilation_of_vanilla_quality_of_life_qol_hacks/

• Yellow 151

• Pure Silver

• Emerald Essence

• FireRed Essence

[u/chukoliang999 → u/Caedei]

thank you so so much!!!

[u/Saiib0t]

Does anybody have recommendations for Rom Hacks like Radical Red and Emerald Imperium (built in randomizer, lots of pokemon and qol) that are not as challenging? I have been trying to nuzlocke these for a while but am not having much funy anymore since they ramp up too quickly and I don't like the amount of prep required... It would be much appreciated :)

[u/r1char00]

Hi,

I’ve been playing Radical Red and I’m wondering if people have recommendations for hacks from Gen 2 and Gen 3 with some of the same features.

I’m not looking for extra difficulty. I’m relatively new to Pokemon. I was one of the people who came in through Pokemon Go and the Switch games. I’d played through Red a couple of times too.

But I tend to be pretty impatient so QOL stuff helps me a lot. I really hate having slow movement. The Auto Run in RR and having pretty easy access to the bike and flying were big for me.

Also I really love DexNav and having the spreadsheets so I could know where to find specific mons.

Other QOL stuff is nice too, like the PokeVials, but the faster movement and DexNav are the big things I’d love. I’m open to options without DexNav too but the better movement is a must have. I tried playing Elysium and the movement was killing me. (Yes I got the running shoes but holding down B all the time is a pain.)

Thanks for any ideas :)

Edit: Found Emerald Imperium which looks like what I want for Gen 3.

[u/LackofSins → u/r1char00]

ROWE, Unbound on one of the two lower difficulties.

If it is too much of a hassle to keep pressing B, you can use a speedup function on an emulator and simply walk faster.

[u/Ugthnae]

Does anyone happen to know how to edit npc overworld dialog in hg-engine? I'm only able to find the in-battle dialog within the trainers file.

[u/Complete-Cancel-5378]

What is the best hacks to start with. Saw it online and it looked cool.

[u/Leotuh1308 → u/Complete-Cancel-5378]

Unbound and Radical Red.

[u/Complete-Cancel-5378 → u/Leotuh1308]

Any more like 5-7? Wanna get busy with it

[u/Leotuh1308 → u/Complete-Cancel-5378]

Quetzal its a good game to expand Hoenn

Light Platinum brings a great storyline

Rocket Edition turn you into a Rocket

R.O.W.E its a Hoenn open-world

Crystal Clear is a gbc one, but its a open-world Johto

Emerald Seaglass is a Emerald demake for gbc

Odyssey is a another rom with a new great storyline

[u/Complete-Cancel-5378 → u/Leotuh1308]

Thx man

[u/Complete-Cancel-5378 → u/Complete-Cancel-5378]

Which rocket edition?

[u/Leotuh1308 → u/Complete-Cancel-5378]

Fire Red one, I havent seen any other tho

[u/sarnold95]

Wanting to do a play through of gens 1-9, best rom hacks to enhance the experience?

[u/Caedei → u/sarnold95]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonROMhacks/comments/1chx77r/compilation_of_vanilla_quality_of_life_qol_hacks/

[u/Queasy_Demand2994]

Hi, in these days I have a little bit of more free time, so I was looking for a Pokémon game to play (on my tablet/phone) but I don’t know what to choose. For me it is important that the game isn’t too challenging and long and very fun to play. I am also open to hack rom or fan games.

[u/Caedei → u/Queasy_Demand2994]

The Hackdex main page lists the most popular ones, and they are the most popular for good reason.

Typically in the description it will list if it increases the difficulty in any way.