[Me_Dave]

This is dumb, but how do you make a table file for a gameboy rom. Like is there a certain emulator that can help find the hex locations of the font, or is there a document that covers making one for a specific game like Pokemon I can try that if there is one. Although I am not hacking Pokemon it could be a start if I knew what document it was covered in if at all. Please help.

Edit: I know how to make the table file, what I need to know is how to find the data that you put in the table file from inside the rom.

[Lin]

Normally, text characters are just tile indexes. For example, in Pokemon Red, 0x80 being A really just points to the tile 0x80, which has the graphical value of A.

[Ryusui]

Relative searching is the simplest "caveman" method. Assuming no black magic is involved with the text storage (compression, unusual table patterns, etc.), searching for string patterns using a tool like WindHex is an easy way to identify which hex bytes correspond to which characters. Make sure, of course, that you use like cases - i.e., either ALL UPPERCASE or all lowercase (i.e. if you're looking for the string "House", it may be constructive to search for just "ouse").

[Me_Dave]

Thank you, I'll give relative searching a try. I did find that this emulator http://www.romhacking.net/utils/340/ can help some if there is no compression.

[Sawakita]

You could also use BGB's VRAM viewer to see what value correspond to each tile (or character).

[Me_Dave]

Thanks I'll give that a try. I was able to make one with search relative. 

[Forbiddencreed]

O_O thats a question i never thought i would ever hear from a sr member, by the way is there a emulator with a vram viewer for the psx?

[Auryn]

There is a program to view it by decompressing EpsxE save files

[Forbiddencreed]

ahh thankyou