tool mdrngzer: A Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Randomizer

[king4play]

ROM: failed to open header.bin,     what should i do? help please

 

[evandixon]

22 hours ago, king4play said:

ROM: failed to open header.bin,     what should i do? help please

 

Looks like ndstool.exe may have failed for some reason. Do you have Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015 installed? If so, can you verify that the ROM you're using isn't corrupt by briefly running it in an emulator?

[a_galvantula]

Hiya, I just made an account because I'm having trouble randomizing my game. Specifically, I'm getting ROM: failed to open header.bin. 

 

For the record, I do have the Visual C++ thing installed, and running the file as normal in Desmume has no problems whatsoever. So what's the big deal?

[Mewth]

I think this might just be because I'm missing something.. But when I leave whole Pokemon tab unchecked but do randomization in the Dungeon tab and Experimental tab the movesets and abilities are still randomized. Is there any way to fix this?

[Violeta Rosa]

Can you randomize the starters and partner? I'd love to play as Pokemon that you cannot play as.

[Pure.Mousetail]

Hey! I am getting the same issue everyone else seems to be getting. I do have the Visual C++ Installed and it still wont randomize the rom. I have the correct rom, as I tried several other roms in it. But I got nothing.. I have a HP Gaming Laptop and I would like to know how to fix this irritating problem! Thanks.

[Mkhoyt]

Ummmm can you fix this I am using a tablet can you make a randomizer game not the tool please idk how do i randomizered the game of pokemon I'm not begging I'm just do what to do...

[Mkhoyt]

dk*

[AeraKwyl]

I have the same problem Lugia_101 has. "cant use the default stream (stream rom from disk) with homebrew due to a bug with DLDI-autopatching". Any help?

[AlanaPrecious18]

Hi I would like to know also is there a way to use this on Mac? Can I use like wine?

[Zammy]

Hey guys just now stumbling across this and it seems to be the only relevant randomizer for Sky. When I randomize the rom file and try to open it through Desmume, all I get is a white screen. Not sure if there's a more current version of the randomizer but this is all I could find. Any ideas? This game was part of my childhood and I'd love to revisit one of my favorite games with a new twist. Thanks!

[tryrunningasadmin]

To anyone getting "ROM: failed to open header.bin", try running the randomizer tool as admin, it worked for a friend. Not sure if this will double-post, the forum seemed to eat the first one.

[Charizardmaster9]

I have downloaded the too have the required coding language and it says it randomized but nothing happened help would be appreciated.

it worked after i redownloaded it.

Edited October 16, 2019 by Charizardmaster9

[EyeballSweat]

Hi, i've tried absolutely everything there is to try and fix it. I've checked if my roms work regularly on desmume and they do, i've downloaded the correct version of microsoft redistributable, i've run the program as an administrator and yet im still encountering ROM: Failed to open header.bin so could anyone offer assistance on how else i can fix this problem?

[Tera.nds]

Hello,

I really want to play this randomizer, but I don't have a computer to play it...

I tried playing it on my phone (which i'm using to write this right now) emulator, but it doesn't work.

My last option is playing using my 3ds emulator, Twilight Menu, but for that I need a .nds archive of the game... Is it possible to make one, or is there one anywhere?

Edited December 17, 2019 by Tera.nds

[FlashyPegasus]

Hi, it is possible to adapt for the EUR version ? And if it's possible to randomize Pokemon with legendaries
Thanks you

[brokenspirit8946]

I'm not even sure how long this has been since someone last posted. So I've always loved PMD and wanted to try randomizing the game. Unfortunately mdrngzer keeps saying cannot open bin even after I tested it on my emulator before hand. I'm on windows ten and don't have the Visual C+ 2015, since its been like 5 years since then XD. Any ideas?

[KelseyEevee133]

Is there any way that the community could add post-gen 4 Pokemon like Sylveon or Zorua, by making sprites for them and assigning them to certain IQ groups? Zorua, Zoroark, and Sylveon should be in group F, in my opinion.

Oh, since there is no Fairy type in Gen 4, Sylveon should be Normal type instead. Is that okay?

[XModxGodX]

On 7/14/2020 at 3:22 PM, KelseyEevee133 said:

Is there any way that the community could add post-gen 4 Pokemon like Sylveon or Zorua, by making sprites for them and assigning them to certain IQ groups? Zorua, Zoroark, and Sylveon should be in group F, in my opinion.

Oh, since there is no Fairy type in Gen 4, Sylveon should be Normal type instead. Is that okay?

It is a surprisingly difficult process to add even one Pokemon though someone did add Rowlet to the game if you're interested: