Modding Hub

Tutorials

If it's your first time making a mod, start here:

• Modding Intro
• Audino's Video Tutorials

Optional but highly recommended:

• Intro to Git

Graphics

• Modding Portraits and Sprites
• Modding Objects and VFX
• Modding Tilesets
• Modding Font

Audio

• Modding Music

Dungeon Generation

• Creating Dungeons by editing Tropical Path
• Creating Dungeons from Scratch
  • Using SpreadPlans
  • Creating Dungeon Shops
  • Creating Monster Houses
  • Creating Vaults
  • Creating Mid-Dungeon Boss Rooms
  • Creating Branching Dungeons
• Creating Dungeon Maps
• Custom Floor Generation Steps

Game Mechanics

• Creating Items
  • Creating TMs
• Creating Moves
• Creating Map Statuses (i.e. weather and field effects)
• Creating New Types
• Creating Terrain
• Creating New Pokémon

Ground Maps and Cutscenes

• Creating Ground Maps
• Creating Ground Map NPCs
• Custom Ground Item Actions

Scripting

• Services
• Making Custom Menus
  • Editing the Top Menu
  • Editing the Main Menu
• Converting C# classes to Lua
• Avoiding Desyncs in replays and quicksaves

Miscellaneous

• Manual Install
• Contributing Code to the engine

Documentation

• Dev Mode

Graphics

• PMD Sprite Format
• Sprite Tool Manual
• Mass Sprite Import (Advanced. Modders can skip this page.)

Audio

• Ogg Tags

Dungeon Generation

• Floor Generation Overview
• Zone Step Overview

Game Mechanics

• AI Overview
• Pokémon Spawn Features
• Move Ranges
• Map Statuses (weather, Electric Terrain, Trick Room, etc.)
• Terrain
  • Floor Darkness
• Statistics
• Status Conditions
• Recruitment
• Traps
• Moves
• Items
• Abilities
• Misc. game mechanics

Ground Maps and Cutscenes

• Text Tag Guide

Scripting

• Script Reference
  • Scripting Cheat Sheet
• Service Events
• Random Number Generators
• Data Structure Documentation
  • BattleContext
  • BattleData (Effects of moves, items, etc.)
  • DataManager (_DATA module)
  • IntrinsicData (Abilities)
  • ItemData (Items)
  • MapStatusData (Map Statuses/Weather)
  • MonsterData (Pokémon)
  • SkillData (Moves)
  • StatusData (Status conditions)
  • TileData (Traps et. al.)
• Modding Strings
• List of BattleEvents

Miscellaneous

• Controller Support
• C# Code Documentation links

Free-to-use Resources

Scripts

• SingleEvent Scripts (custom dungeon events)
• BattleEvent Scripts (custom moves/abilities/items etc.)

Graphics

Ground Map Props

• "New Neighborhood November" town assets by JaiFain
• Rescue Team-style house sprites by oulongtea

Pokémon Sprites

• SpriteCollab. Most of these are in PMDO already. If you use something that wasn't, you must credit the artist in your mod.
• NotSpriteCollab. Non-Pokémon sprites. You must credit the artist in your mod if you use these.

Music

• Rescue Team, Explorers, Gates to Infinity, and Zwei!! looped OGG files