Pokemon appear as Question Marks in PC SWSH

[MechanicalBooty]

Hey guys,

recently I tried my hand at hacking an old 2DS to get some pokemon I had either lost or missed and then to transfer them to home and then Sword/Shield.

They seemed fine in Pokemon Home but when I got them into Sword they appeared as Question Marks in my PC.

I was wondering if I had someone stuffed it up or something?

Thanks!

[theSLAYER]

13 minutes ago, MechanicalBooty said:

They seemed fine in Pokemon Home but when I got them into Sword they appeared as Question Marks in my PC.

15 minutes ago, MechanicalBooty said:

I was wondering if I had someone stuffed it up or something?

You, probably. ;P

[MechanicalBooty]

Yeah sorry I meant me ahaha, any ideas of what I might have done wrong?

[theSLAYER]

erm... watch the video.

[MechanicalBooty]

Should have been more clear but I’ve got a picture this time, it wasn’t a question mark like I thought.

For example this Zekrom is fine in every way but it appears as this pokeball symbol in the pc

 

[theSLAYER]

5 hours ago, MechanicalBooty said:

Should have been more clear but I’ve got a picture this time, it wasn’t a question mark like I thought.

For example this Zekrom is fine in every way but it appears as this pokeball symbol in the pc

 

That's not a question mark. XD

Before I state my theory, I'll like to see the Zekrom file you used here.

[MechanicalBooty]

I don’t have a picture at the moment but I can tell you what I’ve done.

I just went through and picked what pokemon I want and then set a level.

I’m guessing there’s a bit more to it than that.

[theSLAYER]

19 minutes ago, MechanicalBooty said:

I don’t have a picture at the moment but I can tell you what I’ve done.

I just went through and picked what pokemon I want and then set a level.

I’m guessing there’s a bit more to it than that.

I'm not asking for a picture. I'm asking for the Zekrom file. Presumably a pk8 file.

[MechanicalBooty]

I’m not sure sorry, I’m just using whatever’s on the program, whatever’s on the DS homebrew thing

[theSLAYER]

Guh. Given you cannot provide any real info,I don't have any real responses to provide too,
besides "there's provide something wrong with your Zekrom, or your injection method (or both). Stop hacking mons in."

[Prejie]

What program did you use? How exactly did you hack it in? And what game is that Zekrom from?

[MechanicalBooty]

I used PKSM on my hacked 2DS, got it on Moon and then transferred from bank to home, then to sword.

I’m new to this so I’m not sure if I need to change stats, moves or anything for the pokemon being hacked in.

[theSLAYER]

19 minutes ago, MechanicalBooty said:

I used PKSM on my hacked 2DS, got it on Moon

and how did you get Zekrom into Moon.

Not talking about how you transferred into SWSH.

How did the Zekrom get created?

[MechanicalBooty]

I Turned on my 2DS, put in Moon, opened the PKSM app on my main menu, selected moon.

Then I went into the pc box from the app, clicked an empty space, selected Zekrom and set it’s level

[TiffanyDarlet]

i think you did created a pokemon file from PKSM xD 

[theSLAYER]

I don't use PKSM, but that does sound like you created it from scratch. So you're the problem

 

[MechanicalBooty]

So you can’t use PKSM to make legal pokemon? Does it need to be through PKHEX and then put on the save directly?

[theSLAYER]

5 minutes ago, MechanicalBooty said:

So you can’t use PKSM to make legal pokemon? Does it need to be through PKHEX and then put on the save directly?

Before I can address your query, I first need to find out your level of understanding when it comes to these kind of things.

Do you even know what makes a Pokemon "legal"?

[MechanicalBooty]

Not particularly, I assume you can’t just make a pokemon and spawn it in or whatever.

Probably got to do with OT, first met and stuff like that?

Sorry, very new at this stuff

[Prejie]

Pokémon made from PKSM have a high chance of being illegal especially if you're a beginner (more so if done from scratch). That software is mostly used for quick edits and not creating a new Pokémon from scratch

I suggest you get rid of that hopeless Zekrom and create a new one. Try to use PKHeX and use its encounter database so you have a base Pokémon and just edit it to your liking.

Good luck!

[theSLAYER]

Basically, what a "legal" mon means is that all the data it has matches existing encounters.
 

I would think your Zekrom is completely illegal.

 

So yeah, for starters, learn how to dump your save.
Then load that dumped save into PKHeX.
Then grab a Zekrom from the encounter database.
Then export that edited save from PKHex.
Then restore that save into your game.

[MechanicalBooty]

Ahh okay I getcha, alright thanks for the help guys