Simple Modifications Directory

Sonikku A · Dec 4, 2021

Anon822 said:
Display Mugshots/Other Images In The Overworld (Emerald / Firered)

This modification allows you to load images onto BG0 from a script. It can only show one 16-color image at a time.

1. Installation

Spoiler:

1. Create mugshot.c in the src folder and copy the following code to it:

Spoiler:

Code:

#include "global.h" #include "blit.h" #include "window.h" #include "menu.h" #include "palette.h" #include "event_data.h" #include "constants/mugshots.h" #define MUGSHOT_PALETTE_NUM 13 struct Mugshot{ u8 x; u8 y; u8 width; u8 height; const u32* image; const u16* palette; }; void DrawMugshot(void); //VAR_0x8000 = mugshot id void DrawMugshotAtPos(void); //VAR_0x8000 = mugshot id, VAR_0x8001 = x, VAR_0x8002 = y void ClearMugshot(void); static const struct Mugshot sMugshots[] = { //ADD YOUR MUGSHOTS HERE }; //WindowId + 1, 0 if window is not open static EWRAM_DATA u8 sMugshotWindow = 0; void ClearMugshot(void){ if(sMugshotWindow != 0){ ClearStdWindowAndFrameToTransparent(sMugshotWindow - 1, 0); CopyWindowToVram(sMugshotWindow - 1, 3); RemoveWindow(sMugshotWindow - 1); sMugshotWindow = 0; } } static void DrawMugshotCore(const struct Mugshot* const mugshot, int x, int y){ struct WindowTemplate t; u16 windowId; if(sMugshotWindow != 0){ ClearMugshot(); } #if GAME_VERSION==VERSION_EMERALD SetWindowTemplateFields(&t, 0, x, y, mugshot->width/8, mugshot->height/8, MUGSHOT_PALETTE_NUM, 0x40); #else t = SetWindowTemplateFields(0, x, y, mugshot->width/8, mugshot->height/8, MUGSHOT_PALETTE_NUM, 0x40); #endif windowId = AddWindow(&t); sMugshotWindow = windowId + 1; LoadPalette(mugshot->palette, 16 * MUGSHOT_PALETTE_NUM, 32); CopyToWindowPixelBuffer(windowId, (const void*)mugshot->image, 0, 0); PutWindowRectTilemap(windowId, 0, 0, mugshot->width/8, mugshot->height/8); CopyWindowToVram(windowId, 3); } void DrawMugshot(void){ const struct Mugshot* const mugshot = sMugshots + VarGet(VAR_0x8000); DrawMugshotCore(mugshot, mugshot->x, mugshot->y); } void DrawMugshotAtPos(void){ DrawMugshotCore(sMugshots + VarGet(VAR_0x8000), VarGet(VAR_0x8001), VarGet(VAR_0x8002)); }

2. Create mugshots.h in include/constants/ and copy the following to it:

Spoiler:

Code:

#ifndef GUARD_CONSTANTS_MUGSHOTS_H #define GUARD_CONSTANTS_MUGSHOTS_H //Add your mugshot constants here #endif

3. Open ld_script.txt and add .text and .rodata for mugshot.o:
Add this somewhere among the other src files' text sections (for example here):

Code:

src/mugshot.o(.text);

Add this somewhere among the other src files' rodata sections (for example here):

Code:

src/mugshot.o(.rodata);

4. Open sym_ewram.txt and add this to the end:

Code:

.include "src/mugshot.o"

5. Open data/event_scripts.s and add this after the includes at the top of the file:

Code:

#include "constants/mugshots.h"

2. Adding new mugshots

Spoiler:

Your mugshot images need to be 16-color indexed PNGs. Their width and height must be multiples of 8.

(OPTIONAL). Make a new folder called "mugshots" in the graphics folder for your images, you could also just place them in some other folder.

1. Add a constant for each image in include/constants/mugshots.h, each with a number one higher than the last:

Code:

#ifndef GUARD_CONSTANTS_MUGSHOT_H #define GUARD_CONSTANTS_MUGSHOT_H //Add your mugshot constants here [COLOR="Lime"]#define MUGSHOT_BLAINE 0[/COLOR] [COLOR="Lime"]#define MUGSHOT_MAZE 1[/COLOR] #endif

2. Load the image's tiles and palette in src/mugshot.c, above the definition of sMugshots

Code:

[COLOR="Lime"]static const u32 sMugshotImg_Blaine[] = INCBIN_U32("graphics/mugshots/blaine.4bpp.lz"); static const u16 sMugshotPal_Blaine[] = INCBIN_U16("graphics/mugshots/blaine.gbapal"); static const u32 sMugshotImg_Maze[] = INCBIN_U32("graphics/mugshots/maze.4bpp.lz"); static const u16 sMugshotPal_Maze[] = INCBIN_U16("graphics/mugshots/maze.gbapal"); [/COLOR]

The path in the incbin is the path to your image except "png" is replaced with "4bpp.lz" for the tiles and "gbapal" for the palette.

3. Create mugshot templates in sMugshots in src/mugshot.c using the images and palettes from the last step and the constants from the first step

Code:

static const struct Mugshot sMugshots[] = { //ADD YOUR MUGSHOTS HERE [COLOR="Lime"][MUGSHOT_BLAINE] = {.x = 16, .y = 5, .width = 80, .height = 72, .image = sMugshotImg_Blaine, .palette = sMugshotPal_Blaine},[/COLOR] [COLOR="Lime"][MUGSHOT_MAZE] = {.x = 6, .y = 1, .width = 144, .height = 96, .image = sMugshotImg_Maze, .palette = sMugshotPal_Maze},[/COLOR] };

Note that x & y are tile coordinates, so the mugshot will be drawn at (8*x, 8*y).

3. Using mugshots in a script

Spoiler:

There are 3 new functions, which you can call with the callnative command:
DrawMugshot: draws mugshot that's id is in VAR_0x8000
DrawMugshotAtPos: draws mugshot that's id is in VAR_0x8000, at coordinates stored in VAR_0x8001 and VAR_0x8002
ClearMugshot: clears drawn mugshot

If a mugshot is drawn while one is already on the screen, the previous one is automatically cleared.

Example script:

Code:

setvar VAR_0x8000, MUGSHOT_BLAINE callnative DrawMugshot msgbox SomeText, MSGBOX_NPC callnative ClearMugshot end SomeText: .string "hi.$"

I have an issue for some larger mugshots and text
So my Mugshot here is 104 pixels tall, 240 wide. But when text comes up it glitches like so

[PokeCommunity.com] Simple Modifications Directory

Params in Mugshot.c

Code:

[MUGSHOT_MENUA] = {.x = 0,.y = 0,.width = 240,.height = 104,.image = sMugshotImg_MenuA,.palette = sMugshotPal_MenuA},

Anon822 · Dec 5, 2021

Sonikku A said:
I have an issue for some larger mugshots and text
So my Mugshot here is 104 pixels tall, 240 wide. But when text comes up it glitches like so

Params in Mugshot.c

Code:

[MUGSHOT_MENUA] = {.x = 0,.y = 0,.width = 240,.height = 104,.image = sMugshotImg_MenuA,.palette = sMugshotPal_MenuA},

The mugshot window's tiles are getting overwritten by the text window's tiles in vram.
You can change where the text tiles are loaded by editing this line, setting it to 0x240 seems to work but I haven't tested it much so it might break something else.

Also my mugshot code loads the tiles starting at tile 0x40 for some reason (I think I just copy-pasted it from somewhere). You could set the last parameter of SetWindowTemplateFields in mugshot.c to 0 to get a few extra tiles to work with, but setting the text tiles to load at 0x240 is already enough to fix the graphical issues.

Sonikku A · Dec 5, 2021

Anon822 said:
The mugshot window's tiles are getting overwritten by the text window's tiles in vram.
You can change where the text tiles are loaded by editing this line, setting it to 0x240 seems to work but I haven't tested it much so it might break something else.

Also my mugshot code loads the tiles starting at tile 0x40 for some reason (I think I just copy-pasted it from somewhere). You could set the last parameter of SetWindowTemplateFields in mugshot.c to 0 to get a few extra tiles to work with, but setting the text tiles to load at 0x240 is already enough to fix the graphical issues.

Thanks, did the latter and it resolved the issue!

I wonder if there's a way to have multiple mugshots on at once...

Anon822 · Dec 12, 2021

Sonikku A said:
I wonder if there's a way to have multiple mugshots on at once...

An easy solution is to create a new large mugshot containing all the images you want to show, but this limits you to just 15 colors and gets tedious fast if you need multiple mugshots often in your hack.
The code could be altered to allow for more mugshots but that would complicate the scripting interface. I might look into adding support for a second mugshot at some point.

ghoulslash · Dec 14, 2021

[Pokeemerald] UI Helper

This branch isn't meant to be a standalone feature, but rather a tool to help users create their own menus. It is just a basic UI loading sequence with no functionality, but should help guide users through the process.

How to Pull:

git remote add ghoul https://github.com/ghoulslash/pokeemerald
git pull ghoul ui_shell

The base UI is loaded from the start menu, but you just need to call Menu_Init from elsewhere to have it loaded from another place.

Lunos · Dec 20, 2021

ghoulslash said:
[Pokeemerald] Bag Sorting

This feature adds bag sorting by the following:

Name (alphabetical)

Quantity (most -> least)

Type (see gItemsByType)

Here is the repo.

How to Activate: Press the Start Button in the bag.

How To Add:

git remote add ghoul https://github.com/ghoulslash/pokeemerald

git pull ghoul bag-sort

Credit:

Skeli / CFRU source

At first I thought that I was somehow making a mistake while merging in the branch, but then I decided to just clone it straight from your repository and it turns out that currently, the branch has a couple of minor issues.

If you select an item after the first one in a pocket, a grey arrow is created for whatever reason.

EDIT: It seems this regression was introduced at some point after March 28, which is when I originally merged this.
I just merged that copy of mine instead of pulling yours and it's working fine, save for the Key Items issue that I already know how to work around.
I had to merge it again in a new branch, and since I figured you could have updated it, I pulled it anew and that's how I found out about the grey arrow.

Also, the issue with the Key Items that I talked to you about twice or thrice is still there too.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I also noticed that sItemsByType is missing support for the X Items from the item_expansion which were renamed, even though you are making use of the ITEM_EXPANSION constant, and it's also missing ITEM_X_SP_DEF.

ghoulslash · Dec 20, 2021

Lunos said:
-stuff-

I've pushed fixes for both these issues just now, thanks for the heads up

Robinlukke · Dec 28, 2021

pokeemerald: Competitive IVs for Eggs

At "include/constants/daycare.h" delete the line "#define INHERITED_IV_COUNT" (it won't be used).

Next, open "src/daycare.c"

Go to "static void InheritIVs(struct Pokemon *egg, struct DayCare *daycare)" and replace it with this:

Code:

// Competitive IVs for most stats
static const u8 Egg_IV_List_1[] =
{
	30, 
	31
};

// Competitive IVs for ATK and Speed
static const u8 Egg_IV_List_2[] =
{
	0,
	2,
	30, 
	31
};

static void InheritIVs(struct Pokemon *egg, struct DayCare *daycare)
{
    u8 iv;

	// Note: If you only want perfect IVs, change each instance of "iv = etc" to this:
	//iv = 31;
	iv = Egg_IV_List_1[Random() % 2];
	SetMonData(egg, MON_DATA_HP_IV, &iv);
	iv = Egg_IV_List_2[Random() % 4];
	SetMonData(egg, MON_DATA_ATK_IV, &iv);
	iv = Egg_IV_List_1[Random() % 2];
	SetMonData(egg, MON_DATA_DEF_IV, &iv);
	iv = Egg_IV_List_2[Random() % 4];
	SetMonData(egg, MON_DATA_SPEED_IV, &iv);
	iv = Egg_IV_List_1[Random() % 2];
	SetMonData(egg, MON_DATA_SPATK_IV, &iv);
	iv = Egg_IV_List_1[Random() % 2];
	SetMonData(egg, MON_DATA_SPDEF_IV, &iv);
}

With this change, the offspring's IVs will be set randomly to 30/31 for HP/Def/SP.Atk/SP.Def and 0/2/30/31 for Atk/Speed.

Anon822 · Dec 28, 2021

Wrong Save Type Error Screen (Emerald)

Normally if you load the game without a flash chip present on the cart (=on an emulator with the wrong save type setting), the game immediately crashes on a white screen.
This modification replaces that with an error screen.

How to:

Spoiler:

Lunos · Dec 28, 2021

Restoring the Shred Split Battle Transition [Em]
In Pret's Discord, "Dat.H A" (here known as "Sonikku A") talked some days ago about this battle transition that Game Freak didn't finish but left in the game's code.
I looked into it as I was bored enough, and I managed to fix it.
I didn't make a branch because there's no point; it's easy enough to do manually.
It's just a matter of removing ShredSplit_BrokenCheck, from sShredSplit_Funcs in src/battle_transition.c.
Optionally, you can also remove the ShredSplit_BrokenCheck function and its declaration afterward, both located in the same file.

The effect looks like this in game:

And that's pretty much it.

EDIT: I edited the post. GriffinR taught me a much easier way to get this working. Still left the original post at the end for archival purposes.

Original post:

Spoiler:

We'll be modifying one single function that, just like the code of every other battle transition, is located in src/battle_transition.c.
I'll proceed to write the Git diff.
The red lines starting with a minus sign is code that is old and/or needs to be removed whereas the green lines starting with a plus sign is the new code that needs to be written in.

Code:

static bool8 ShredSplit_BrokenCheck(struct Task *task)
{
    u16 i;
[color=red]-   bool32 done = TRUE;[/color]
    u16 checkVar2 = 0xFF10;

    for (i = 0; i < DISPLAY_HEIGHT; i++)
    {
[color=red]-       if (gScanlineEffectRegBuffers[1][i] != DISPLAY_WIDTH && gScanlineEffectRegBuffers[1][i] != checkVar2)[/color]
[color=red]-           done = FALSE;[/color]
[color=seagreen]+       if (gScanlineEffectRegBuffers[1][i] == DISPLAY_WIDTH && gScanlineEffectRegBuffers[1][i] == checkVar2)[/color]
[color=seagreen]+           break;[/color]
    }

[color=red]-   if (done == TRUE)[/color]
[color=red]-       task->tState++;[/color]
[color=seagreen]+   task->tState++;[/color]

    return FALSE;
}

Optionally, you can also rename all instances of ShredSplit_BrokenCheck afterward.
After fixing it, this function that does a check as a stopgap is no longer broken after all.

Anon822 · Dec 29, 2021

Remove Map Popups On Maps With The Same Map Section (Emerald)

When you walk between two maps the name popup shows up even if both maps have the same map section.

This is not the case in Firered and even Emerald has code for preventing this but it's only used in the battle frontier.
We can fix this easily by removing the battle frontier check from src/overworld.c:

Code:

    if (gMapHeader.regionMapSectionId != MAPSEC_BATTLE_FRONTIER
     || gMapHeader.regionMapSectionId != sLastMapSectionId)
        ShowMapNamePopup();

is changed to

Code:

    if (gMapHeader.regionMapSectionId != sLastMapSectionId)
        ShowMapNamePopup();

Note that this only affects walking between maps. Map popups on warps are not affected.

PSF · Dec 29, 2021

[Pokeemerald] No Whiteout After Player Loss

In many video games, it is common to have a foe that you simply cannot defeat. In Emerald, when your character whites out, you are normally transported back to the last heal location you used. This modification will allow the player to continue after losing and is designed primarily for use in cutscenes and special events.

Thank you very much to Jaizu who contributed to this modification.

Installation
git merge (recommended)
These instructions assume that you are able to build pokeemerald, have a basic understanding of C, and are familiar with using the ingame scripting language. If you do not, please watch the tutorial series from Team Aqua's Hideout.
From the root directory of your project, run the following commands in your terminal program of choice:

Code:

git remote add psf https://github.com/PokemonSanFran/pokeemerald/ # This adds our team's pokeemerald branch as a remote repo.
git pull psf no-whiteout #This pulls in the no-whiteout feature branch

Manual merge
If your project is:

Too far behind pokeemerald
Using a different base (pokeemerald-expansion or pokefirered)
Some other reason that I can't think of

You can manually implement the features using the diff between this branch and vanilla pokeemerald as a guide. You will need to manually edit or create each of these files in your own project to recreate the feature properly.

Contributors
JaizuFangaming#2172

Originally suggested the modification of CB2_EndTrainerBattle
Provided improvements seen in v1.1.1

Martyk · Dec 30, 2021

[pokeemerald] Day/Night encounters

I'm happy I can finally contribute to this page. Major thanks to AmbientDinosaur who helped me on my way, link to that post is at the end.

1. Adding a new special

Spoiler:

2. Setting up the different encounters

Spoiler:

First things first, we need to add a new encounter group, this can easily be done with porymap.

Spoiler:

Next we need a new variable that keeps track of what time of day it is. In Include\constants\vars.h search for an unused var. I use 0x4083 at line 150. I named the new var VAR_DAYNIGHT

Then, in src\wild_encounter.c search for

Code:

u16 GetCurrentMapWildMonHeaderId(void)

Modify this function so it looks like this (I used route101 as an example):

Code:

u16 GetCurrentMapWildMonHeaderId(void)
{
    u16 i;

    for (i = 0; ; i++)
    {
        const struct WildPokemonHeader *wildHeader = &gWildMonHeaders[i];
        if (wildHeader->mapGroup == MAP_GROUP(UNDEFINED))
            break;

        if (gWildMonHeaders[i].mapGroup == gSaveBlock1Ptr->location.mapGroup &&
            gWildMonHeaders[i].mapNum == gSaveBlock1Ptr->location.mapNum)
        {
			[COLOR="Green"]if (gSaveBlock1Ptr->location.mapGroup == MAP_GROUP(ROUTE101) &&
                gSaveBlock1Ptr->location.mapNum == MAP_NUM(ROUTE101))
                i += VarGet(VAR_DAYNIGHT);[/COLOR]

            if (gSaveBlock1Ptr->location.mapGroup == MAP_GROUP(ALTERING_CAVE) &&
                gSaveBlock1Ptr->location.mapNum == MAP_NUM(ALTERING_CAVE))
            {
                u16 alteringCaveId = VarGet(VAR_ALTERING_CAVE_WILD_SET);
                if (alteringCaveId > 8)
                    alteringCaveId = 0;

                i += alteringCaveId;
            }

            return i;
        }
    }

    return -1;
}

The green part is the added part. note that where it says Route101, you would have to change it to the map that you are currently adding night encounters to.
also note that you will have to add a new if statement for every map that you will add night encounters for.

finally we will have to write the script that says whether you will encounter day or night pokemon. To me it seems most logical to do this in the map scripts of the maps you would like to add the encounters in. I think either

Code:

MAP_SCRIPT_ON_TRANSITION

and

Code:

MAP_SCRIPT_ON_RESUME

are the best to use but you can decide for yourself. in include\constants\map_scripts.h you can find a good description on what all the different map scripts do.
Keeping with the Route101 example, This is the original Map_script for route101:

Spoiler:

we will change it to:

Spoiler:

And there you have it, day and night encounters. Ofcourse if you also want morning and evening encounters, you would need to add more groups in porymap and also add more scripts to adjust the Var to the value corresponding with your time of day.

Thanks again to AmbientDinosaur! Here is the OP https://www.pokecommunity.com/showpost.php?p=10315616&postcount=236

000mn000 · Jan 5, 2022

Mkol103 said:

[pokeemerald]Remove the Low Health Beep
This is a minor hack, but I thought it might be appreciated.
In:

Code:

src\battle_gfx_sfx.c

Spoiler:

That's about it. After this, you'll be free from that annoying beeping. My goal would be to make it beep a couple of times only, like in the newer games, but I have no idea how to pull that off.

I figured out how to do this for FireRed (easily ported to Emerald, etc), dunno if you or anyone else cares but I'll explain how quickly.

You need to edit "sound\songs\midi\se_low_health.s" and change this ↓

Spoiler:

to this ↓

Spoiler:

Code:

@**************** Track 1 (Midi-Chn.1) ****************@

se_low_health_1:
	.byte	KEYSH , se_low_health_key+0
se_low_health_1_B1:
@ 000   ----------------------------------------
	.byte	TEMPO , 150*se_low_health_tbs/2
	.byte		VOICE , 15
	.byte		XCMD  , xIECV , 10
	.byte		        xIECL , 8
	.byte		VOL   , 127*se_low_health_mvl/mxv
	.byte		BEND  , c_v+17
	.byte		N12   , Dn4 , v080
	.byte	W12
@ 001   ----------------------------------------
	.byte		BEND  , c_v+31
	.byte		N12   , An3 
	.byte	W12
	.byte	W12
	.byte	W12
@ 002   ----------------------------------------
	.byte	TEMPO , 150*se_low_health_tbs/2
	.byte		VOICE , 15
	.byte		XCMD  , xIECV , 10
	.byte		        xIECL , 8
	.byte		VOL   , 127*se_low_health_mvl/mxv
	.byte		BEND  , c_v+17
	.byte		N12   , Dn4 , v080
	.byte	W12
@ 003   ----------------------------------------
	.byte		BEND  , c_v+31
	.byte		N12   , An3 
	.byte	W12
	.byte	W12
	.byte	W12
@ 004   ----------------------------------------
	.byte	TEMPO , 150*se_low_health_tbs/2
	.byte		VOICE , 15
	.byte		XCMD  , xIECV , 10
	.byte		        xIECL , 8
	.byte		VOL   , 127*se_low_health_mvl/mxv
	.byte		BEND  , c_v+17
	.byte		N12   , Dn4 , v080
	.byte	W12
@ 005   ----------------------------------------
	.byte		BEND  , c_v+31
	.byte		N12   , An3 
	.byte	W12
	.byte	W12
	.byte	W12
@ 006   ----------------------------------------
	.byte	TEMPO , 150*se_low_health_tbs/2
	.byte		VOICE , 15
	.byte		XCMD  , xIECV , 10
	.byte		        xIECL , 8
	.byte		VOL   , 127*se_low_health_mvl/mxv
	.byte		BEND  , c_v+17
	.byte		N12   , Dn4 , v080
	.byte	W12
@ 007   ----------------------------------------
	.byte		BEND  , c_v+31
	.byte		N12   , An3 
	.byte	W12
	.byte	W12
	.byte	W12
@ 008   ----------------------------------------
	.byte	TEMPO , 150*se_low_health_tbs/2
	.byte		VOICE , 15
	.byte		XCMD  , xIECV , 10
	.byte		        xIECL , 8
	.byte		VOL   , 127*se_low_health_mvl/mxv
	.byte		BEND  , c_v+17
	.byte		N12   , Dn4 , v080
	.byte	W12
@ 009   ----------------------------------------
	.byte		BEND  , c_v+31
	.byte		N12   , An3 
	.byte	W12
	.byte	W12
	.byte	W12
se_low_health_1_B2:
@ 010   ----------------------------------------
	.byte	FINE

@******************************************************@

What this essentially does is get rid of the GOTO loop and tells it to beep five times instead. I've slightly lengthed each beep with back to back ".byte W12", it sounds fine and stops after playing. Can easily change it to three beeps, seven, whatever. Once health is increased out of the red, everything loops around properly as you'd expect. FYI, I'm not a programmer or reverse-engineer or anything, so it's very possible there's a better/cleaner way to do this. Thanks for reading!

Lunos · Jan 6, 2022

Randomizing the Player's party's moves [Em]
In Pret's Discord, "Mous" brought up this idea, and I was bored.
Doesn't need much explanation, does it?
It's a special that when triggered, randomizes the 4 moves of each Pokémon in the Player's party.

Define the special in data/specials.inc and #include "pokemon.h" like you'd normally do, and then paste this function somewhere.
I personally like to put every thing that I trigger from the overworld in src/field_specials.c.

Code:

void RandomizePartyMoves(void)
{
    u32 i, j;

    for (i = 0; i < CalculatePlayerPartyCount(); i++)
    {
        for (j = 0; j < 4; j++)
        {
            u16 randomMove = Random() % MOVES_COUNT;
            if (randomMove == 0)
                randomMove = 1;
            SetMonMoveSlot(&gPlayerParty[i], randomMove, j);
        }
    }
}

Showcase:

And that's pretty much it.

bitKoder · Jan 15, 2022

ghoulslash said:
[EM] Fast Surfing

To get the player to surf at mach bike speeds:

In src/field_player_avatar.c at line 640: replace PlayerGoSpeed2 with PlayerGoSpeed4

Alternatively, replace with the following code to "Run" at mach bike speeds while surfing

Code:

if (heldKeys & B_BUTTON) PlayerGoSpeed4(direction); else PlayerGoSpeed2(direction);

I'm trying to implement this currently on an up-to-date pokeemerald decomp, but line 640 of src/field_player_avatar.c actually contains just a {, and as best I can tell the line closest to this is line 634, which is inside a surfing check.
However, instead of a numeric value, line 634 uses the method PlayerWalkFast(direction), and the PlayerWalkFast method uses PlayerSetAnimId(GetWalkFastMovementAction(direction), COPY_MOVE_WALK), and try as I might, I cannot track down any kind of numeric value attributed to any of these names. Can I have some help with this? Thanks :)

Lunos · Jan 15, 2022

bitKoder said:
I'm trying to implement this currently on an up-to-date pokeemerald decomp, but line 640 of src/field_player_avatar.c actually contains just a {, and as best I can tell the line closest to this is line 634, which is inside a surfing check.
However, instead of a numeric value, line 634 uses the method PlayerWalkFast(direction), and the PlayerWalkFast method uses PlayerSetAnimId(GetWalkFastMovementAction(direction), COPY_MOVE_WALK), and try as I might, I cannot track down any kind of numeric value attributed to any of these names. Can I have some help with this? Thanks :)

https://github.com/pret/pokeemerald/blob/master/src/field_player_avatar.c#L631-L636

Also yeah, instead of PlayerGoSpeed4 and PlayerGoSpeed2, those functions were recently given proper names.
PlayerGoSpeed4 is now PlayerWalkFaster and PlayerGoSpeed2 is now PlayerWalkFast.

Basically, you'll want to do something like this:

Code:

     if (gPlayerAvatar.flags & PLAYER_AVATAR_FLAG_SURFING)
     {
[COLOR="Red"]-        // same speed as running
-        PlayerWalkFast(direction);[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Green"]+        if (heldKeys & B_BUTTON)
+            PlayerWalkFaster(direction);
+        else
+            PlayerWalkFast(direction); // same speed as running[/COLOR]
         return;
     }

000mn000 · Jan 15, 2022

Lioniac said:
[Pokefirered] Pokeemerald Bag Sort Ported (Credit: ghoulslash)

With ghoulslash guidance (Thanks!), I finally ported this to pokefirered.
Same activation method: Press Start in the bag.

Instructions: https://github.com/lioniac/pokefirered/commit/a46c37af34d913019589abe14b5ecb49c22f5484

I've fixed most of the minor issues with this, such as the text colour, alignment, etc. I also fixed a missing BagDestroyPocketScrollArrowPair(); that causes an overflow after too many failed attempts to sort, but for the life of me I *cannot* figure out how to fix the glitch when you cancel or press B instead of choosing a sort option. The sub-menu disappears but still exists, so you have to press cancel or B again to finally get back. Any idea on how to resolve this?

No longer necessary, Deokishisu fixed this in his FRLG+ commits.

Lunos · Jan 22, 2022

Shortcut to run quickly from wild battles [Em]
I did this back in October, but I only polished it enough to post it about 5 minutes ago.
So, Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu/Eevee! allow you to run away from battles quickly by pressing the B button in the battle command selection.
Well, I implemented that in Pokeemerald.
I added a prompt to confirm it 'cause it'd suck to press it by accident against a shiny, a legendary or w/e, but y'all can remove it if you don't like it.

Showcase:

To implement this, you can track my GitHub repository via git remote and pull the branch quickRunFromBattle which is where I'm hosting the code:

Code:

git remote add lunos https://github.com/LOuroboros/pokeemerald
git pull lunos quickRunFromBattle

Or you can implement it manually:
https://github.com/pret/pokeemerald/compare/master...LOuroboros:quickRunFromBattle
Your choice.

Notes:
-I suggest implementing it manually for those who use the battle_engine, but just in case, I made use of the BATTLE_ENGINE constant to highlight any specific changes.
-If you don't want to have the confirmation prompt, the only changes you need are those in the HandleInputChooseAction function. That's it.

EDIT: For an alternative, you can check what Deokishisu did in their project, Pokémon FR/LG+.
The way in which their implementation works is that instead of either bringing up a prompt or executing the Run option automatically, it simply takes the cursor there.
As a result, the Player would merely need to do B+A.
EDIT2: And here's the change for safari battles, which are handled in a separate file.

And that's pretty much it.

POKéMIKE1 · Jan 25, 2022

[pokefirered] Upper To Lowercase Swap When Naming

Like most things, this exists for Pokeemerald, but not Pokefirered.

Sadly I'm already quite deep into making a FireRed hack, so I thought, heck, how hard can it be?

In your src/naming_screen.c file, find the following function:

Code:

static void AddTextCharacter(u8 ch)
{
    u8 index = GetTextCaretPosition();

    sNamingScreenData->textBuffer[index] = ch;
}

And replace it with this:

Code:

static void AddTextCharacter(u8 ch)
{
    u8 index = GetTextCaretPosition();

    if (GetTextCaretPosition() == 0) {
        if ((sNamingScreenData->currentPage == KBPAGE_LETTERS_UPPER)) {
            MainState_StartPageSwap();
            sNamingScreenData->textBuffer[index] = ch;
        }
        else {
            sNamingScreenData->textBuffer[index] = ch;
        }
    }
    else {
        sNamingScreenData->textBuffer[index] = ch;
    }
}

To be honest, it was way easier than I expected it to be.

My code probably sucks, but at least maybe it'll point people in the right direction. 😁

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