Kael

Alright, thanks a lot. After I patched my rom, it stopped freezing. There was one instance where my rom froze after I passed the berryman just near cherrygrove city. I guess I should watch out for routes with events.

Yea aninymouse, thank you very much for that help. I started making my changes but I ran into a problem with save states. First Scenario: 1. I am in route 30, use save state. 2. Then I exit the emulator (Desmune 0.9.7 x86). 3. Then I open PPRE and click maps. 4. I change the pokemon that appears, then I write rom again, under the same name as the first one I wrote "heartgoldedit.nds" 5. I load up the emulator and the load the new rom and I open my previous save state that I had and when I walk its fine until I encounter a pokemon in which the image of my emulator freezes but the music still plays. I did these same steps but instead of save stating in the route, I saved outside of the route and it worked fine, is this a coincidence or is this something that always happens? Second Scenario: 1. I arrive at Cherrygrove City and use save state. (I have already beaten my rival and talked to professor Oak) 2. I open PPRE and change the roster of the trainers in the next couple of roads, route 30, route 31, violet city gym, and sprout tower. As well as change the pokemon encounter in Dark Cave. (I added so that you can catch a larvitar in Dark Cave, section that is accessible through route 31). 3. Now I open my emulator and load the save state. 4. I battle the trainers and wild pokemon on route 30 with no problems. 5. I arrive at the entrance of Dark Cave and once I enter, the first pokemon that I encounter freezes the image of my emulator but the music still plays. Is there any way around this? Do I have to be in the route that is directly next to the route I edit in order for it not to freeze?

Hello, first off, I am really sorry to bother anyone if these questions have already been answered but lately I have been fascinated with creating a rom hack from pokemon heartgold. As a result of my searchings, I found this program, PPRE. Now I downloaded this program, and a heartgold rom, renamed everything, created folders as various websites say to do. I have also read, maybe not fully understood, but did in fact read all 40 pages of this thread. Now I have tried using this program, however, I don't think I understand how to fully use it. After I have downloaded the ppre program version .14. I made a folder named PPRE, and put all the files the zip came with in it, along with a heartgold rom renamed "heartgold". Here is an example of my first problem, I wrote down what I did step by step: 1. I load the application ppre. 2. I choose rom, my rom is "heartgold". 3. I click set rom. 4. I click on Trainers. 5. I go down to 3-Silver. 6. I change the pokemon's level and item that he has, (totodile), from level 5 to level 8, and give it an oran berry. 7. I save and exit the Trainer Tab. 8. I write "heartgoldedit.nds" for the New Rom Name box. 9. I click on Write Rom. 10. I get a file named heartgoldedit in my PPRE folder. 11. I load it up, but there are no changes made to Silver's first encounter, his totodile remains level 5 with no item. Edit: For anyone wondering. PPRE works fine on editing trainer's roster except for the rival's for some reason. (Answer by aninymouse) Second question is, how am I supposed to check that the changes are working. Let's say that I change Falkner's team, (first gym challenge). Now supposing the edits I make work, which they aren't at the moment, am I supposed to start a new game, and start from the very beginning (New Bark Town) and make my way to Falkner's gym in order to check that the changes work? Or is there a way that I don't know about to doing this, because if I make a change to the Champion, I don't think starting a whole new game just to check the change is worth it. Edit: Use save states. (Answer by aninymouse). Now if my questions seem basic or obvious, I apologize. This is my first time doing something like this. I have searched and read forums and threads and googled but it is hard to look for tools to use when you don't know the name of a specific tool. I have also searched for ppre on this website and look at all threads but I don't seem to find much info on this. Now if you feel like this is a waste of time or a dumb question to ask, then I truly apologize for this, but like I said, I am just a pokemon lover and would to get some knowledge on this. Thanks in advance.