Change rival names in Emerald?

[Sirnight]

Title pretty much explains it. I'd like to change Brendan's name to Sapphire, and Wally's to Emerald. I'm sure it could probably be accomplished via hex editing, but I don't know if there would be a character limit, like a rename for Wally could only have 5 characters to keep from messing up the text boxes. I wouldn't imagine that would be the case, since the text boxes seem to be generated to accommodate the length of the player's name (i.e. adding an extra if the you used all ten spaces when naming the character, as opposed to three or four, pushing the dialogue after the player's name forward, if that makes any sense) but I'm not entirely sure. Coding pros, got any suggestions?

[wrathsoffire76]

Here is a tool that I found for easy editing

Hopeless Trainer Editor

[Sirnight]

@wrathsoffire76 Will it work for .sav files? I want to edit the cia I've installed on my 3ds, not a pc rom.

[wrathsoffire76]

7 minutes ago, Sirnight said:

@wrathsoffire76 Will it work for .sav files? I want to edit the cia I've installed on my 3ds, not a pc rom.

 

No, and the trainer names are saved to the rom itself, not the save data

[Sirnight]

@wrathsoffire76 Hm, is there a way to convert a .sav file to a rom or .gba, and then re-inject it once the changes have been made?

[wrathsoffire76]

Just now, Sirnight said:

@wrathsoffire76 Hm, is there a way to convert a .sav file to a rom or .gba, and then re-inject it once the changes have been made?

 

Nope, you will have to edit the actual rom. 

[Sirnight]

@wrathsoffire76 Oh well, thank you for your help anyway!

[wrathsoffire76]

Your welcome