ROM Hack Pokemon Clear Crystal

[Zerosuit connor]

What do you want to know

 

[MNOPYZ Strife]

Zerosuit, I'm pretty sure I made it clear in my last few posts, I wanna know everything! I'm not that experienced (at all) and the more knowledge I'm able to get, the better.

Of course, if there's anything you're proud of accomplishing and you want me to figure it out on my own, then don't expect me to bother you about it, I know how it feels to discover something amazing and to not want to share it with the rest of the world

Just send me a PM, start with the beginning, end with the.....well, the end, and leave anything you'd rather that I discover on my own out

Maybe a hack competition is a good idea, but I think it's best that we don't rush it, we act as allies, and after we finish, we just make a new topic to open a poll for the 2 hacks

May the best hack win!

(......Just because it's a competition doesn't mean I won't be wanting the PM of knowledge.....)

 

[Black-Ice]

Zerosuit, I'm pretty sure I made it clear in my last few posts, I wanna know everything! I'm not that experienced (at all) and the more knowledge I'm able to get, the better.

Of course, if there's anything you're proud of accomplishing and you want me to figure it out on my own, then don't expect me to bother you about it, I know how it feels to discover something amazing and to not want to share it with the rest of the world

Just send me a PM, start with the beginning, end with the.....well, the end, and leave anything you'd rather that I discover on my own out

Maybe a hack competition is a good idea, but I think it's best that we don't rush it, we act as allies, and after we finish, we just make a new topic to open a poll for the 2 hacks

May the best hack win!

(......Just because it's a competition doesn't mean I won't be wanting the PM of knowledge.....)

Haha, when did this become a competition?
Still, nothing like a good friendly competition to stimulate creative hacks. TEAM CLEAR CRYSTAL FTW

BTW zerosuit, I havent attempted to put the sprites I made for your hack into the game yet coz im lazy and get distracted easily.
Also I couldnt find the software on ur tutorial when I looked

 

[MNOPYZ Strife]

.....huh? Ice, you're working with Zerosuit? unexpected

Just hope working on 2 teams doesn't put a burden on you

and what you said was very true, Clear Crystal FTW!

There's only one problem about this whole thing. No matter how creative the ideas are, it won't count if we're unable to put the ideas into the hack. I don't mean to be negative, I'm just saying what just came into my head...

...And for that reason, I think it's best that we don't think about who will win, we must think of the future of our hacks. In the end, if our hack teams are allies, both of our hacks will be successful. I'm not in any way saying or implying that you should leave your hack and work with the Clear Crystal team, what I mean is that it's best that we help each other out as much as we can. I know what you might be thinking. "Hah, that noob thinks he can help at all? he doesn't know anything, and he just said all of that to re-assure that he would get help on his hack! who does that noob think he's fooling with that speech?!" I'd just like to say that if anyone really is thinking that, then think again. I may not be as experienced as the rest of you, but I can still help. I was able to learn quite alot in the past week.

.............Sorry for the long speech...for some reason, I feel like a President

 

[Black-Ice]

Yh I designed some sprites for his hack but I couldnt find the software used in his tutorial to put them into my black.
So I sent them to him and got sidetracked with other projects like this one
Also, I think your presidential speech deserves credit, it speaks the truth. We need to incorperate everything we've thought into the hack now. And thats not easy so any help is appreciated.
Love the overuse of the word noob
It reminds me of the good ol days on page 1

 

[EMP Knightmare]

I'm really digging all of the positive energy coming out of TCC (Team Clear Crystal) looking forward to the beta release, I myself retired from Pokemon awhile back (just couldn't keep doing the same thing over and over again) but I will try out any releases. If anything post progress of what has been done so far. I'm sure others would like to know, even if it's a small amount.

 

[MNOPYZ Strife]

First of all, I miss the good old page 1 days also, thanks, I have no idea where the presidential-ness of that speech came from

Secondly, EMP Knightmare, I really appreciate the fact that you made an abbreviation of our team name

That's actually not such a bad idea, since if I post what I did I might get help with stuff I was unable to fix.

What I just said didn't make much sense (well I didn't understand it anyways...) but here's something like what I mean:

Previously, I tried to change the main character sprite for HG/SS, just for practice to see if I can successfully change sprites. This is what I did:

1- I extracted the Soul Silver rom with the kiwi ds editor thing, and got a folder full of stuff like overlay, arm 7, data, etc... anyways, the reason I did this was many people keep talking about a/...something.

2- I looked in the folder for data, and found a folder called "a", I assumed that that is the "a" that everyone keeps talking about, so I went to a/0/8 and extracted 1 with kiwi editor, and I found lots and lots of things named 1_000 all the way to 1_862, and I didn't know what the heck to do with them.

3- I checked the recommended application to open them with. I found something called BTX editor, downloaded it, and used it to open the files. You wouldn't believe my reaction when I discovered that they were all trainer Overworld sprites!

4- I checked all the files (believe me, it was a pain) with BTX editor, and reached the conclusion that 1_069 is the male trainer sprite. (I think I found quite a few of them for some reason though).

5- By using BTX editor, I changed the BTX file into a PNG file, and I opened it up with Microsoft Paint.

6- I changed the colour of all the main male character sprites, just to see if I could succeed in editing character sprites.
7- I saved it, and then I used BTX editor to turn it back into a BTX file, and then I tucked it back into its place, and named it 1_069.

8- I compressed the whole "1" folder into a NARC file with kiwi editor, and then I put it back into the soul silver folder.

9- I compressed the whole Soul Silver folder into a soul silver rom (in a different location, so I wouldn't be overwriting the original one).

10- I opened Soul Silver with my emulator (No$zoomer), it was loading fine until I pressed continue, the rom crashed X_X .....by the way, I also tried new-gaming, but after Oak finished and I'm supposed to land in my room, the screen goes black, but the AC code that fixes it for those emulators won't work (it is a very verified AC code... I verified it lol).

So can you guys please help? tell me what I did wrong so I can learn from my mistakes...

Um....sorry that it's so long...I wasn't focused on how long I went...

 

[Black-Ice]

Hey look!
Its a seemingly normal looking Lucario. BUT WAIT...
Whats that odd looking detail on it?
http://gbatemp.net/gallery/image/1764-clear-crystal-lucariogif/
Is it the aura Crystal? That has been smalled down so far, its just 6 coloured pixels on its chest.
Should I give the Clear Crystal Lucario more different details, or keep it like that. The choice is yours...

 

[MNOPYZ Strife]

Check my feedback, it's mainly abort or full throttle

 

[Black-Ice]

Hmm, I'll put into motion the full throttle. And you can evaluate whether my car crashes or narrowly misses the tree, when its done.

 

[MNOPYZ Strife]

Nice Examples!

Ice, have you got any idea what I should do to fix my mistake, and where my mistake is exactly? Coz I have no idea X_X

 

[EMP Knightmare]

Hey look!
Its a seemingly normal looking Lucario. BUT WAIT...
Whats that odd looking detail on it?
http://gbatemp.net/g...tal-lucariogif/
Is it the aura Crystal? That has been smalled down so far, its just 6 coloured pixels on its chest.
Should I give the Clear Crystal Lucario more different details, or keep it like that. The choice is yours...

I feel the Aura Crystal Lucario should be more pronounced, it needs to pop out more so to speak. To be quite honest if you didn't mention it was on his chest I really would have missed it. I new color skin, an Aura itself around him perhaps, new animations (in gameplay of course) but I feel a small 6 pixel upgrade can be overlooked if not missed. Nice work Black-Ice and keep up the progress.

As for Strife it seems you still need to learn about research, now I'm not knocking you for your efforts but you need to try every means of search before you call on others for help. I have sent you a PM with a link if you need further help or the link does not meet what you are looking for I will see what other information I can pass on to you.

 

[Black-Ice]

Nice Examples!

Ice, have you got any idea what I should do to fix my mistake, and where my mistake is exactly? Coz I have no idea X_X

Hmm, when it comes to actually playing with the rom, my knowledge cuts short.
I'd say retrace some of the steps that could have crashed the game, like when you converted the BTX(i think) Into the png, or when you copied the whole soul silver folder, so you wouldnt overwrite the old one. I think theres one small detail thats flopping your operation and thats the beauty of roms.

Also, I will take into account everything Knightmare just said and stick my foot down on that throttle. When I think about it, 6 pixels is a REALLY POINTLESS thing to change

EDIT!
Alright! I have made changes, Coloured the remaining spikes with the aura crystal colour scheme, and also made Lucario snowy grey like one of his SSBB costumes. Rate please
http://gbatemp.net/gallery/image/1917-clear-crystal-lucario-v2gif/

 

[EMP Knightmare]

Very very nice indeed, I gave it a 5 star rating. It amazes me to no end how you come out with them so fast. Keep up the good work Black-Ice.

 

[Black-Ice]

Thanks knightmare
I guess i'll make the other frame/frames now that I know that one is cool

OH MY GOD IM ADVANCED NOW
lol

 

[MNOPYZ Strife]

Wow, you guys sure can post alot in a matter of like...a few hours....

Time for a full reply to everything...

Part One: The Reply to Black-Ice:

First of all, that Aura Crystal Lucario you made, black-ice, I find it very amazing that you always show a small beta of what you do, and it kinda rises opinions to abort, and then you make a v2 and surprise us all with amazing pieces of art! I truly think that the aura crystal lucario v2 you made is totally extreme. But there's only one small thing that I feel a bit sorry for saying...

Ice, it might be a little much work, but to show that the Lucario in the title screen is the Aura Crystal Lucario v2, you're gonna have to edit the title screen. The main thing is just change the colour of the Aura crystal lucario in the title screen.

Secondly, the Aura crystal Lucario Overworld Sprites. You're gonna have to edit their colour too have fun colour editing!

Third of all, and I think it really isn't important since I don't think it's gonna be anywhere in the game, the box art lucario has to be colour edited too, you should only do this if you're bored and wanna do something while waiting for another thing to work on...
but I doubt you'd be wasting your time on something that's not gonna be in the game (unless I get a brainstorm and find a place to throw it in), what with all the:

school, work, friends, going out, playing other games, Skyrim etc etc etc.

-EMP Knightmare. lol


Part Two: The Reply to EMP Knightmare:

I think that's been the problem with me since the very beginning, but I like asking for a persons help instead of google searching since you can get exactly what you need and say exactly what you mean. Besides that, I've already searched google-style. not much results X_X

BUT....

I think I might have found what's wrong. I'm not sure what the solution is, but when I opened SS with kiwi editor, I expanded the folders: a/0/8. And then, that's where I found something strange.

When I looked at "1" (the file which I edited) it was compressed, unlike the rest of the files, they weren't folders, and yet they weren't compressed either what on earth could that mean...?
I'm not entirely sure what to do, but at least now I know what the wrong step was, making it into a .NARC file I guess...

I'm gonna need to research harder next time, Thank you for pointing the flaw out, I'll try my 110% at searching next time

 

[Black-Ice]

Well i guess im gonna have fun colour swapping
GUESS WHAT!
It seems I saved my Lucario running sprites in a way that doesnt allow me to quickly recolour them, SOOOO i guess I have to reclour EVERY SINGLE PIXEL
Goodbye social world. This will take a while

 

[andibad]

wow, sorry mnopyz strife for you PM me, for now i can't help you XP *i can't change my schedule for now*

after isee you progress is seems good.

 

[MNOPYZ Strife]

it's okay I guess I'll have to keep waiting for a reply from Zerosuit...

Or maybe I'll ask someone else... or maybe I'll do some searching...so many options, yet so little results X_X

Okay...search first, then ask....

 

[crimsonagent]

But can't you copy the data of Zekrom from B/W to heart gold? or can't you just "make" some data of Zekrom on heart gold? Imagine it was something like this:

http://gbatemp.net/g...wobbbbbbleejpg/

(if that link doesn't work, the picture is in the spoiler thing. although
I'm not sure it will work...)

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