Hacking Pokémon ORAS | Sango Plugin

[Subcon]

Nah, I managed to get the animation with my code so it’s all good, no need to send me any files, don’t worry x)

Well, if you say so!

 

[Zetta_D]

I finally found the function that loads the NPC data to place them on the map, etc.
I can now place as many models as I want (too many will cause a crash).
Here’s the before:

Here’s the after:

Post automatically merged: Aug 27, 2025

Moreover, thanks to my previous work, I can now manipulate NPCs and command them to perform actions. Here is proof. x'D

 

[Subcon]

I finally found the function that loads the NPC data to place them on the map, etc.
I can now place as many models as I want (too many will cause a crash).
Here’s the before:
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Here’s the after:
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Post automatically merged: Aug 27, 2025

Moreover, thanks to my previous work, I can now manipulate NPCs and command them to perform actions. Here is proof. x'D

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How many Brendans do you need to replace a lightbulb?

 

[Zetta_D]

In the meantime, I also added the functions to modify Pokémon data, whether it's in the PC box, the party, the battle box, etc.

Post automatically merged: Aug 29, 2025

I decided to suggest a new camera angle to make it a little easier to handle.

 

[Zetta_D]

I added a menu to modify the battlefield (whether it’s the background, the platforms, the weather, etc. when starting the battle) – I’ll also offer something for the Pokémon encountered.

Post automatically merged: Sep 1, 2025

It's funny—when the skybox disappears, the bottom screen appears at the top x)

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I also took the opportunity to make a menu to edit the starters at the beginning.

I can also change the camera angles to capture large models.

 

[Zetta_D]

I managed to understand how the outlines work – now we can change the color in addition to the width.

Post automatically merged: Sep 2, 2025

It didn’t take me long to find the function that handles the lighting.

Post automatically merged: Sep 2, 2025

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I cleaned up the code to modify the camera, models, etc., during battle.
An interesting idea would be to set the Pokémon to their actual size in the game.

Post automatically merged: Sep 3, 2025

I just created a code to fix the Pokémon sizes – on the left you have the in-game corrected sizes, and on the right the real sizes.

 

[Subcon]

I managed to understand how the outlines work – now we can change the color in addition to the width.

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Post automatically merged: Sep 2, 2025

It didn’t take me long to find the function that handles the lighting.

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Post automatically merged: Sep 3, 2025

I cleaned up the code to modify the camera, models, etc., during battle.
An interesting idea would be to set the Pokémon to their actual size in the game.

Post automatically merged: Sep 3, 2025

I just created a code to fix the Pokémon sizes – on the left you have the in-game corrected sizes, and on the right the real sizes.
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Some of these look so goofy with their true size

 

[lovinitvernon]

You are doing gods work keep it up
we will all be supporting you!

 

[Subcon]

No updates in a while! No breakthroughs?

 

[False_Hope]

No updates in a while! No breakthroughs?

France seems to be very chaotic right now, they are probably also working or something else.

 

[Zetta_D]

I don’t have much time to make progress with my studies.
I’m thinking of rewriting the code to make it clean and pushing it to GitHub with proper documentation x)

 

[Subcon]

I don’t have much time to make progress with my studies.
I’m thinking of rewriting the code to make it clean and pushing it to GitHub with proper documentation x)

Oooh well, maybe you can keep working on it later, dont pressure yourself to do it right now

 

[Zetta_D]

I spent the day working on this new code, which will be very useful for creating future code – the game launches directly without the intro, title screen, save selection, etc.

 

[Subcon]

I spent the day working on this new code, which will be very useful for creating future code – the game launches directly without the intro, title screen, save selection, etc.

Woah, this is awesome! So much faster for testing

 

[Zetta_D]

I created a new post about shiny generation in the game to engage their interest.
I will also add a counter for fishing and other probability tools to the plugin.

https://gbatemp.net/threads/reverse-engineered-analysis-of-shiny-generation-in-pokemon-alpha-sapphire.676735/

 

[ChronoCrossfangirl2002]

Genuine Question: Will these be available to download? or will said download be behind a paywall? as I know last time i kept up with your channel years back these plugins were locked behind a VIP channel in a discord server that members would need to pay for access to, discord or not I do hope these aren't paywalled still.

 

[False_Hope]

Zetta states in original post that it will open to everyone

Genuine Question: Will these be available to download? or will said download be behind a paywall? as I know last time i kept up with your channel years back these plugins were locked behind a VIP channel in a discord server that members would need to pay for access to, discord or not I do hope these aren't paywalled still.

 

[Zetta_D]

Hello, I started working on the plugin again a few days ago, and I’m sharing the latest progress with you.

I managed to create a minimal plugin; I no longer depend on any external libraries such as libctrpluginframework or libctru. I coded everything by hand and now use the game’s internal functions for all - rendering, playing sounds, etc.

This makes it possible to keep the plugin size to a minimum. Altogether (.text, .data, .rodata, .bss), the plugin is now close to 7 kB, and it performs no dynamic memory allocation at all (= no malloc/free).

Note: There is no longer a 3gx extension; to launch the plugin, you only need to use an AR cheat code.

Once again, this allows for something impressive: I can switch plugins without even restarting the game! This saves an enormous amount of time for testing.

The generated AR cheat code is about 700 lines long.

I’ll soon share a beta version if you want to test the source code.

 

[TheDarkHeart]

your plugin is great really

 

[Zetta_D]

Originally, I wanted to use the game’s built-in keyboard, but there are many situations where it can’t be used. So I rebuilt a minimalist keyboard (including all possible symbols), as well as a numpad, because modifying values with the directional pad was quite tedious. Here, no menu opens; the keyboard or numpad is displayed in real time on the lower screen.