A New Pokemon B/W Version Help!

[ugpower]

Hi guys!

I'm trying to create a brand new version of Pokemon Black/White and I need your help with it! Well, to be honest, it's more like Pokemon 2.0, since I hope to add a few mechanics and stuff to make it better. Let me explain what I've got so far.

The basic plan is to create a new way to play Pokemon. I know it sounds real hard, but when you get the whole picture there's much more editing than adding, if you know what I mean. I've already started editing one of the roms myself, however, there's one "tiny" problem: I'm a complete n00b... I'm less muscles and more brains when it comes to this project. I mean that I have some great ideas of improvements but no way to make them come true. And that's why I need help.

SO, the basic plan is to change some of the code that's already there, maybe change some of the mechanics and possibly add one or two tiny mechanics to the soup. But before I go further in and explain the details, I'm just wondering:

Am I over my head? Does this sound like a life-time project? And is somebody willing to spend some time helping me create something brand new?

Thanks for reading so far. And please respond to what I've written. 'Cause I can't do anything without your help guys...

[evandixon]

I'm no ROM editing expert, but I'd say you're in over your head. As far as I'm aware, you can only edit resources, like Trainers, Pokemon, maps, and even some scripts. That won't be enough if you want to make a brand new game. Best you can do, with the skill, is make a new or edited storyline.

[ugpower]

Well for starters one of the few things that I want to do is change the damage mechanics of "Flail" and "Electro Ball" so that the variatoins of the move's power will be different. How hard would you guess that would be?

Also I hope to make a mechanic which works this way:

Let's just say that one of my pokémon is POISONED. The opponent´s pokémon uses a move which may POISON the target, and it SUCCEEDS. What happens is that my pokémon's status changes from POISONED to BADLY POISONED, basically powering up the poisoned status ailment. Anyone who thinks this is impossible to do?

Well the "changes to mechanics" will only be small changes, but they will still be changes. I really hope this is possible. Thanks in advance.

[Drayano]

Yeah most of this might involve ASM hacking, which is a lot tougher than just changing variables tbh

[ugpower]

But it is possible?

[Drayano]

Uhh, I guess if you're an expert?

[Bond697]

you're beyond "over your head". the "minor" mechanics changes you want to make are at the very least going to require a good amount of assembly.

start learning, no one is doing this stuff for you.

[ugpower]

Well the only thing I really want to do is change the damage formula of "Flail", "Electro Ball" and "Spit Up", but as Bond697 said noone will do this stuff for me. Well well, I've just got to learn how to fix'em until someone proves Bond697 wrong.

[Andibad]

Well the only thing I really want to do is change the damage formula of "Flail", "Electro Ball" and "Spit Up", but as Bond697 said noone will do this stuff for me. Well well, I've just got to learn how to fix'em until someone proves Bond697 wrong.

Fix them? lol is ASM hacking like drayano say "ASM hacking", is need (must) know about C programming and algorithm skill for solve that and create new logic to control these engine, is not just changing variable, is need hardcoding on system, example "pokemon BW is have algorithm to avoid crash if is detect (if is not correct data or system is not correct parameter) it will show error message". don't be to learn, no one to doing that for you

if someone was found is not directly to share to you or maybe not to share to you . someone is doing that for community, or/and showing he/she technique on hacking pokemon games only so is not for you lol.

i don't know why newbie always not enough, is need more like hacking mapping, hack engine (these stuff are not done/ not complete), This does not appreciate someone was share about changing variable or some information is was easy? is not easy and need time to checking and correct them. don't trying make these people to create a hack game for you or researching for you, is it is disturbing and does not appreciate at all since most these newbie is not giving a credit to original founder or creator.

if you get bothered, i say sorry,

i just say, don't trying waiting someone, is waste you time, if you want that, please learn by yourself , don't trying waiting someone was create tool/found how do that , nobody create them without advise.

[ugpower]

Quote Originally Posted by ugpower View Post

Well the only thing I really want to do is change the damage formula of "Flail", "Electro Ball" and "Spit Up", but as Bond697 said noone will do this stuff for me. Well well, I've just got to learn how to fix'em until someone proves Bond697 wrong.

Fix them? lol is ASM hacking like drayano say "ASM hacking", is need (must) know about C programming and algorithm skill for solve that and create new logic to control these engine, is not just changing variable, is need hardcoding on system, example "pokemon BW is have algorithm to avoid crash if is detect (if is not correct data or system is not correct parameter) it will show error message". don't be to learn, no one to doing that for you

if someone was found is not directly to share to you or maybe not to share to you . someone is doing that for community, or/and showing he/she technique on hacking pokemon games only so is not for you lol.

i don't know why newbie always not enough, is need more like hacking mapping, hack engine (these stuff are not done/ not complete), This does not appreciate someone was share about changing variable or some information is was easy? is not easy and need time to checking and correct them. don't trying make these people to create a hack game for you or researching for you, is it is disturbing and does not appreciate at all since most these newbie is not giving a credit to original founder or creator.

if you get bothered, i say sorry,

i just say, don't trying waiting someone, is waste you time, if you want that, please learn by yourself , don't trying waiting someone was create tool/found how do that , nobody create them without advise.

I'm not waiting for anything, just telling what I wish to accomplish and if anyone had a clue as to how to do it. I was prepared to do everything myself from the start, just checking if there was anyone who knew more than I do about how to do this (actually, I'm pretty lost). But there's no idea giving up right at the beginning, right?