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After spending the best part of yesterday trying to figure this out, I decided to concede and ask for help.
I'm trying to play Pokemon Emerald on an emulator that doesn't support cheats, but I'd also like one specific cheat implemented. The cheat makes it so all wild pokemon will have the maximum hidden stats (IVs) of 31. I've managed to get this working on VBA with some codes I found online; an old post on GameFAQs by a user named Gator Shark. The codes are as follows:
Having confirmed these codes worked as I'd like I decided to look into injecting them into the ROM. There's a program called GBAATM which looks to be the popular choice for this but it only seems to suport Codebreaker codes (12 characters), rather than the Action Replay codes (16 characters) that I have. So I then looked into converting the codes from Action Replay ones to Codebreaker; which led me to this site. I used the tool found here: https://gamehacking.org/system/gba and managed to convert the 'Max IVs' code to the Codebreaker format:
Sadly, trying to convert the master code results in a "Not valid" output for the Codebreaker format, and the game crashes without this code. So I'm stuck. I've tried quite a few other options and various tools to no avail, so I believe I have 2 approaches left but not much idea on how to progress. The first approach would be to find a way to inject Action Replay codes into a ROM, rather than Codebreaker codes. And the second approach would be to find a way of converting the Action Replay master code to a Codebreaker code.
If anyone could help me it'd be much appreciated!
PS: I'm aware I could just play the game normally, or I could just use a save editor, but this is just something I'd get some extra enjoyment and convenience from. It'd be nice if I could get it working. Thanks.
I'm trying to play Pokemon Emerald on an emulator that doesn't support cheats, but I'd also like one specific cheat implemented. The cheat makes it so all wild pokemon will have the maximum hidden stats (IVs) of 31. I've managed to get this working on VBA with some codes I found online; an old post on GameFAQs by a user named Gator Shark. The codes are as follows:
Code:
(M) (for Wild Pokemon Modifier Codes) B749822B CE9BFAC1 A86CDBA5 19BA49B3 Max IVs E25F4B56 B9166862
Code:
Max IVs 33007CF9 001F
If anyone could help me it'd be much appreciated!
PS: I'm aware I could just play the game normally, or I could just use a save editor, but this is just something I'd get some extra enjoyment and convenience from. It'd be nice if I could get it working. Thanks.