Jambo51's ASM Resource Center - PHO

Jambo51 · 7th September 2011, 12:42 PM

Hey there, I'm relatively new to this forum, but i've been kicking about on PC for a while and have built up a considerable list of useful ASM routines, mostly for FireRed (US) 1.0. I wanted to share these routines with other hackers, but always got the impression that the people (mods) over at PC didn't like me very much because I sided with Gamer2020 in his war of words with them.

Anyway, I decided to put this post up.

Stuff Needed:
Basic Hex Editing Knowledge
A Brain
A THUMB compiler - HackMew's is the best i've found so far
A Hex Editor - I use Hex Workshop

If you use these, you should credit me. If I credit anyone else in here, you should credit them too.

Each piece of ASM will be presented like this:
CODE - The actual ASM code
INSERTION LOCATION - Where to put the link to the new routine, and what hex bytes you will need to do it.
EXPLANATION - A short explanation of what the code does.

Without further ado, I present to you the ASM itself:

Trainer Encounter Music Hack:

Spoiler:

Legendary Battle Music Hack:

Spoiler:

Naming the Rival from the Overworld:

Spoiler:

The Code:

Code:

.text
.align 2
.thumb
.thumb_func
.global rivalnamingingame
main:
push {r0-r4,lr}
ldr r0, place
str r0, [sp, #0x4]
ldr r1, ramlocation
ldr r1, [r1, #0x0]
ldr r0, standard
add r1, r1, r0
mov r0, #0x4
mov r2, #0x0
mov r3, #0x0
bl place2
ldr r1, ramlocation
ldr r1, [r1, #0x0]
ldr r0, standard
add r1, r1, r0
ldrb r0, [r1, #0x0]
cmp r0, #0xFF
beq failsafe
cmp r0, #0x0
beq failsafe
return: pop {r0-r4}
pop {pc}
place2: ldr r4, actualroutine
bx r4
failsafe: ldr r0, rivalname
loop: ldrb r2, [r0, #0x0]
strb r2, [r1, #0x0]
cmp r2, #0xFF
beq return
add r0, #0x1
add r1, #0x1
b loop
.align
place: .word 0x080568E1
ramlocation: .word 0x03005008
standard: .word 0x00003A4C
actualroutine: .word 0x0809D955
rivalname: .word 0x08FFFFFF

Where to insert: Anywhere! This routine is called from a script in the game, and as such, doesn't need to be carefully linked into existing routines. All you need to do is remember the rule of THUMB, add 1 to the offset when calling it!

Explanation: It's what it says on the tin, it lets you name your rival from the in game overworld, allowing for Silver like naming, or indeed, any other possibility you can come up with. The rivalname: .word 0x08FFFFFF is for if the player leaves the name box blank. It will fill it with a standard name instead. This standard name is up to you to create. Simply compile a name with XSE, and point that pointer to it.

You also need to put this routine in the game, or else it won't be able to load past the intro without naming the rival. All it does is temporarily write a holding name to the rival buffer so that the game doesn't crash.

Code:

.text
.align 2
.thumb
.thumb_func
.global rivalnamingskip
main:
ldr r1, [r6, #0x0]
ldr r0, number
mov r8, r0
add r1, r8
push {r1}
ldr r0, rivalname
loop: ldrb r2, [r0, #0x0]
cmp r2, #0xFF
beq end
strb r2, [r1, #0x0]
add r0, #0x1
add r1, #0x1
b loop
end: strb r2, [r1, #0x0]
pop {r1}
mov r0, sp
ldr r3, return
bx r3
.align
number: .word 0x00003A4C
rivalname: .word 0x08FFFFFF
return: .word 0x08054A75

Where to insert: Navigate to 0x54A6A, and change the following bytes to this:
01 49 08 47 00 00 XX XX XX 08.
Where the XX's stand for the pointer to the new routine plus 1.

Explanation: It simply writes a placeholder name into the [rival] buffer so the game doesn't crash. Obviously, you shouldn't be using the [rival] buffer until the player has named the rival, so it shouldn't be a problem.

To make this work, navigate to 0x130690, and change the pointer there to 0x1307D1.

Making Pre-Battle Mugshots available to all trainers:

Spoiler:

Fixing the player not facing trainers:

Spoiler:

You need to call this routine from the edited script given at the end of this part.

The Code:

Code:

.text
.align 2
.thumb
.thumb_func
.global trainerface
main:
push {r0-r3,lr}
ldr r0, storeloc
ldrb r0, [r0, #0x0]
mov r1, #0x24
mul r0, r1
ldr r1, playerloc
add r0, r0, r1
ldrh r2, [r0, #0x10]
ldrh r3, [r1, #0x10]
cmp r2, r3
beq alternative
sub r2, r2, r3
cmp r2, #0x1
beq right
mov r0, #0x2
b end
right: mov r0, #0x3
b end
alternative: ldrh r2, [r0, #0x12]
ldrh r3, [r1, #0x12]
sub r2, r2, r3
cmp r2, #0x1
beq up
mov r0, #0x1
b end
up: mov r0, #0x0
end: ldr r1, lastresult
strh r0, [r1, #0x0]
pop {r0-r3,pc}
.align
storeloc: .word 0x03005074
playerloc: .word 0x02036E38
lastresult: .word 0x020370D0

Where to insert: Call from the script which follows.

Explanation: This simply reads the player's location against the trainer you're battling's location, and returns an assigned value which controls which way the player will look.

The Script:

Code:

#dynamic 0x800000
#org @main
callasm 0x8XXXXXX
compare LASTRESULT 0x0
if 0x1 call @down
compare LASTRESULT 0x1
if 0x1 call @up
compare LASTRESULT 0x2
if 0x1 call @left
compare LASTRESULT 0x3
if 0x1 call @right
goto 0x81A4FC7
#org @down
applymovement 0xFF   @Lookdown
waitmovement 0xFF
return
#org @up
applymovement 0xFF   @Lookup
waitmovement 0xFF
return
#org @left
applymovement 0xFF   @Lookleft
waitmovement 0xFF
return
#org @right
applymovement 0xFF   @Lookright
waitmovement 0xFF
return
#org   @Lookdown
#raw 0x0
#raw 0xFE
#org   @Lookup
#raw 0x1
#raw 0xFE
#org   @Lookleft
#raw 0x2
#raw 0xFE
#org   @Lookright
#raw 0x3
#raw 0xFE

Where to insert: Compile this script wherever you like and note down it's location.
You must also change the pointer of the callasm to the location of the SECOND routine plus one. Then, navigate to 0x1A4EBD and 0x1A4F15, and change the pointers there to point to your new script.

Explanation: The actual script which makes the player turn and face opponents. You don't need to call it or anything, it's all done automatically in the background now.

These should all be completely bug free for the time being., but if anyone spots any bugs, hit me up and I'll try to get them fixed ASAP.

**Linkandzelda** · 25th October 2013, 12:45 PM

Just restored this document from the depths of hell, bumping because nobody ever saw it before due to the old date.

**Pia Carrot** · 25th October 2013, 02:37 PM

:O This existed around the time I wasn't around due to family issues, and I think PCF was shortly after this so no wonder it died.

Interesting resource though, even if it is 2 years old now.

**Linkandzelda** · 25th October 2013, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pia Carrot

:O This existed around the time I wasn't around due to family issues, and I think PCF was shortly after this so no wonder it died.

Interesting resource though, even if it is 2 years old now.

This particular thread was never posted on PHO so that's why nobody saw it, I got it from the TPW archives

mewthree9000 · 28th October 2013, 10:01 AM

Jambo, for the love of god, make more tutorials!

7th September 2011, 12:42 PM	#1
Jambo51 Glory To Arstotzka Join Date: May 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 85	Jambo51's ASM Resource Center Hey there, I'm relatively new to this forum, but i've been kicking about on PC for a while and have built up a considerable list of useful ASM routines, mostly for FireRed (US) 1.0. I wanted to share these routines with other hackers, but always got the impression that the people (mods) over at PC didn't like me very much because I sided with Gamer2020 in his war of words with them. Anyway, I decided to put this post up. Stuff Needed: Basic Hex Editing Knowledge A Brain A THUMB compiler - HackMew's is the best i've found so far A Hex Editor - I use Hex Workshop If you use these, you should credit me. If I credit anyone else in here, you should credit them too. Each piece of ASM will be presented like this: CODE - The actual ASM code INSERTION LOCATION - Where to put the link to the new routine, and what hex bytes you will need to do it. EXPLANATION - A short explanation of what the code does. Without further ado, I present to you the ASM itself: Trainer Encounter Music Hack: Spoiler: The code: Code: .text .align 2 .thumb .thumb_func .global exclaimhack main: ldr r1, table cmp r0, #0x14 /This is the number of encounter music track you want to have. If you use a value above this, it loads slot 3 of the table as a failsafe/ ble back mov r0, #0x3 back: lsl r0, r0, #0x1 add r1, r0, r1 ldrh r0, [r1, #0x0] ldr r1, place bx r1 .align place: .word 0x080806BB table: .word 0xFFFFFFFF Where to insert: In a hex editor, navigate to 0x80650, and overwrite the data there with this: 00 49 08 47 XX XX XX 08. Where the XX's stand for the pointer to the new routine plus 1. Explanation: All this does is reads the "music" byte which accompanies every trainer battle, and reads a newly created table. This table should have a half word for each entry. Which represent which music slot will be played for that music byte. Create your table wherever you like, then change the table: .word 0xFFFFFFFF to be a pointer to this new table. Build the table like so: Spoiler: 1D01 1D01 1C01 1C01 (etc) putting in as many entries as you want. Legendary Battle Music Hack: Spoiler: The Code: Code: .text .align 2 .thumb .thumb_func .global battlemusichackleg main: push {r2,r3} ldr r0, tableloc there: ldrh r2, [r0, #0x0] cmp r1, r2 beq loadmusic ldr r3, end cmp r2, r3 beq loadnormal add r0, #0x4 b there loadnormal: mov r1, #0xAA lsl r1, r1, #0x1 add r1, #0x1 return: pop {r2,r3} ldr r0, goback bx r0 loadmusic: ldrh r1, [r0, #0x2] b return .align end: .word 0x0000FEFE goback: .word 0x0807FA3F tableloc: .word 0xFFFFFFFF Where to Insert: Navigate to 0x7F9F4 and change the bytes to 01 1C 00 00 00 48 00 47 XX XX XX 08. Where the XX's stand for the pointer to the new routine plus 1. Explanation: This routine reads what Pokémon species you are fighting, and searches a created table for that species. When it finds that species, it loads the associated music slot to modify what battle music you hear. If it doesn't find a matching species, it loads music slot 0x155 as standard. The table should be set out as such: Let's say you wanted Mewtwo to have slot 0x154, Mew to have slot 0x12B and Ho-oh to have slot 0x153. The table would be laid out like so: 9600 5401 9700 2B01 FA00 5301 FEFE 0000 In otherwords, you repeat this pattern until you want the table to end, which is were you put the "killing" half word. The number the routine looks for to mark the end of the table. [Pokémon ID - Half word - in little endian (reverse hex)] [Music slot to load - Half word - little endian mode] This table will only affect legendary battles which are run through special 0x138! Naming the Rival from the Overworld: Spoiler: The Code: Code: .text .align 2 .thumb .thumb_func .global rivalnamingingame main: push {r0-r4,lr} ldr r0, place str r0, [sp, #0x4] ldr r1, ramlocation ldr r1, [r1, #0x0] ldr r0, standard add r1, r1, r0 mov r0, #0x4 mov r2, #0x0 mov r3, #0x0 bl place2 ldr r1, ramlocation ldr r1, [r1, #0x0] ldr r0, standard add r1, r1, r0 ldrb r0, [r1, #0x0] cmp r0, #0xFF beq failsafe cmp r0, #0x0 beq failsafe return: pop {r0-r4} pop {pc} place2: ldr r4, actualroutine bx r4 failsafe: ldr r0, rivalname loop: ldrb r2, [r0, #0x0] strb r2, [r1, #0x0] cmp r2, #0xFF beq return add r0, #0x1 add r1, #0x1 b loop .align place: .word 0x080568E1 ramlocation: .word 0x03005008 standard: .word 0x00003A4C actualroutine: .word 0x0809D955 rivalname: .word 0x08FFFFFF Where to insert: Anywhere! This routine is called from a script in the game, and as such, doesn't need to be carefully linked into existing routines. All you need to do is remember the rule of THUMB, add 1 to the offset when calling it! Explanation: It's what it says on the tin, it lets you name your rival from the in game overworld, allowing for Silver like naming, or indeed, any other possibility you can come up with. The rivalname: .word 0x08FFFFFF is for if the player leaves the name box blank. It will fill it with a standard name instead. This standard name is up to you to create. Simply compile a name with XSE, and point that pointer to it. You also need to put this routine in the game, or else it won't be able to load past the intro without naming the rival. All it does is temporarily write a holding name to the rival buffer so that the game doesn't crash. Code: .text .align 2 .thumb .thumb_func .global rivalnamingskip main: ldr r1, [r6, #0x0] ldr r0, number mov r8, r0 add r1, r8 push {r1} ldr r0, rivalname loop: ldrb r2, [r0, #0x0] cmp r2, #0xFF beq end strb r2, [r1, #0x0] add r0, #0x1 add r1, #0x1 b loop end: strb r2, [r1, #0x0] pop {r1} mov r0, sp ldr r3, return bx r3 .align number: .word 0x00003A4C rivalname: .word 0x08FFFFFF return: .word 0x08054A75 Where to insert: Navigate to 0x54A6A, and change the following bytes to this: 01 49 08 47 00 00 XX XX XX 08. Where the XX's stand for the pointer to the new routine plus 1. Explanation: It simply writes a placeholder name into the [rival] buffer so the game doesn't crash. Obviously, you shouldn't be using the [rival] buffer until the player has named the rival, so it shouldn't be a problem. To make this work, navigate to 0x130690, and change the pointer there to 0x1307D1. Making Pre-Battle Mugshots available to all trainers: Spoiler: The Code: Code: .text .align 2 .thumb .thumb_func .global mugshothackone main: cmp r0, #0x87 beq there cmp r0, #0x88 beq there ldr r4, ramoffset ldrh r4, [r4, #0x0] lsl r5, r4, #0x2 add r5, r4, r5 lsl r4, r5, #0x3 ldr r5, place ldr r5, [r5, #0x0] add r0, r4, r5 ldrb r0, [r0, #0x3] there: add r4, r0, #0x0 add r5, r1, #0x0 add r6, r2, #0x0 mov r9, r3 ldr r7, [sp, #0x34] ldr r0, return bx r0 .align place: .word 0x08044028 ramoffset: .word 0x020386AE return: .word 0x0808386D Where to insert: Navigate to 0x83862, and replace the existing code with this: 01 4C 20 47 00 00 XX XX XX 08. Where the XX's stand for the pointer to the new routine plus 1. Explanation: This routine reads a what sprite the trainer you're about to battle has, and passes that index to the original routine, which then loads the appropriate sprite from there. You will also need the following routine. This routine reads the trainerbattle script for a byte which tells it whether it should or should not load a mugshot. The Code: Code: .text .align 2 .thumb .thumb_func .global mugshothacktwo main: ldrb r5, [r4, #0x3] lsl r5, r5, #0x18 lsr r5, r5, #0x18 cmp r5, #0x0 beq normalchecks mov r1, #0x5A ldr r5, returnone bx r5 normalchecks: cmp r1, #0x57 bne later add r1, r2, #0x0 mov r0, #0xCD ldr r5, returntwo bx r5 later: ldr r5, returnone bx r5 .align returntwo: .word 0x0807FFA5 returnone: .word 0x08080009 Where to insert: Navigate to 0x7FF90, and replace the existing code with this: 00 4A 10 47 XX XX XX 08 Where the XX's stand for the pointer to the new routine plus 1. Explanation: This code simply reads the trainerbattle script to judge whether or not it should load a mugshot. If the byte loaded is NOT 0, it will load a mugshot. And the final piece of code, which allows us to control the background pallet of the mugshot, follows: The Code: Code: .text .align 2 .thumb .thumb_func .global mugshotpallethack main: ldr r1, ramoffset ldrh r1, [r1, #0x0] lsl r0, r1, #0x2 add r0, r0, r1 lsl r1, r0, #0x3 ldr r0, trainertable ldr r0, [r0, #0x0] add r1, r0, r1 ldrb r1, [r1, #0x1] cmp r1, #0x5A beq oldway cmp r1, #0x57 beq oldway ldr r1, ramoffset ldrb r1, [r1, #0x3] sub r1, #0x1 lsl r1, r1, #0x2 ldr r0, table2 add r1, r1, r0 ldr r0, [r1, #0x0] b back oldway: ldr r1, table mov r2, r8 mov r3, #0x26 ldrh r0, [r2, r3] lsl r0, r0, #0x2 add r0, r0, r1 ldr r0, [r0, #0x0] back: ldr r1, return bx r1 .align ramoffset: .word 0x020386AE trainertable: .word 0x08044028 table: .word 0x083FA740 table2: .word 0x08FFFFFF return: .word 0x080D28D5 Where to insert: Navigate to 0xD28C6, and replace the existing code with this: 01 49 08 47 00 00 XX XX XX 08 Where the XX's stand for the pointer to the new routine plus 1. Explanation: This routine reads the byte given by the trainerbattle script to determine which background pallet to load for the mugshot. The table2: .word 0x08FFFFFF is the location of a new table which contains pointers to the new pallets you can create for the mugshots. For an understanding of how these work, open 0x3FA6A0 in APE. This will show you how the pallets are constructed. You do NOT have to create 1 pallet for male and 1 for female, as the game actually works out which is needed, and sticks the relevant colours onto the end of the pallet you create. You also need to navigate to 0x801F5 and change the byte to 0x78. How to use: Once the routines are present and correct, all you need to do to use the mugshots is write your trainerbattle like so: trainerbattle [type] [id] [pallet id - byte AND 0x0 - byte] [messages...] eg.: trainerbattle 0x1 0x123 0x100 @challenge @lose @after (for Pallet 1) trainerbattle 0x0 0x124 0x200 @challenge @lose (for Pallet 2) Please note, the battle type makes no difference to the mugshots. It will work with any battle type. Fixing the player not facing trainers: Spoiler: You need to call this routine from the edited script given at the end of this part. The Code: Code: .text .align 2 .thumb .thumb_func .global trainerface main: push {r0-r3,lr} ldr r0, storeloc ldrb r0, [r0, #0x0] mov r1, #0x24 mul r0, r1 ldr r1, playerloc add r0, r0, r1 ldrh r2, [r0, #0x10] ldrh r3, [r1, #0x10] cmp r2, r3 beq alternative sub r2, r2, r3 cmp r2, #0x1 beq right mov r0, #0x2 b end right: mov r0, #0x3 b end alternative: ldrh r2, [r0, #0x12] ldrh r3, [r1, #0x12] sub r2, r2, r3 cmp r2, #0x1 beq up mov r0, #0x1 b end up: mov r0, #0x0 end: ldr r1, lastresult strh r0, [r1, #0x0] pop {r0-r3,pc} .align storeloc: .word 0x03005074 playerloc: .word 0x02036E38 lastresult: .word 0x020370D0 Where to insert: Call from the script which follows. Explanation: This simply reads the player's location against the trainer you're battling's location, and returns an assigned value which controls which way the player will look. The Script: Code: #dynamic 0x800000 #org @main callasm 0x8XXXXXX compare LASTRESULT 0x0 if 0x1 call @down compare LASTRESULT 0x1 if 0x1 call @up compare LASTRESULT 0x2 if 0x1 call @left compare LASTRESULT 0x3 if 0x1 call @right goto 0x81A4FC7 #org @down applymovement 0xFF @Lookdown waitmovement 0xFF return #org @up applymovement 0xFF @Lookup waitmovement 0xFF return #org @left applymovement 0xFF @Lookleft waitmovement 0xFF return #org @right applymovement 0xFF @Lookright waitmovement 0xFF return #org @Lookdown #raw 0x0 #raw 0xFE #org @Lookup #raw 0x1 #raw 0xFE #org @Lookleft #raw 0x2 #raw 0xFE #org @Lookright #raw 0x3 #raw 0xFE Where to insert: Compile this script wherever you like and note down it's location. You must also change the pointer of the callasm to the location of the SECOND routine plus one. Then, navigate to 0x1A4EBD and 0x1A4F15, and change the pointers there to point to your new script. Explanation: The actual script which makes the player turn and face opponents. You don't need to call it or anything, it's all done automatically in the background now. These should all be completely bug free for the time being., but if anyone spots any bugs, hit me up and I'll try to get them fixed ASAP. __________________ I have nothing interesting to add Last edited by Jambo51; 25th October 2013 at 07:43 PM.

25th October 2013, 12:45 PM	#2
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28th October 2013, 10:01 AM	#5
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25th October 2013, 02:37 PM	#3
Pia Carrot Orange Developer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Valencia Island Age: 23 Posts: 811	:O This existed around the time I wasn't around due to family issues, and I think PCF was shortly after this so no wonder it died. Interesting resource though, even if it is 2 years old now.