Presenting instructions on how to edit the Destiny of an Emperor ROM. Here we review how it is decided which officers appear in each battle and we explain how to edit those values to customize battles in any way you please. Combined with other edits and efforts you can completely revise the way in which each of Destiny of an Emperor’s battles are presented. Thanks for the location, Niahak!

Instructions and Warnings

Starting at line 30D70 of the Destiny of an Emperor ROM (as seen when opened with a hexadecimal editor) a reference for each battle in the game exists. Each reference consists of five hexadecimal pairs, and each pair represents an officer. By changing these values you can change the officer who appears in that battle. Please note that when adding a new officer to a battle that this officer will become recruitable in their region (defined with the other officer information in the ROM).

If you add an officer to multiple battles (e.g. you make Zhang Xun appear with Ji Ling and with Yuan Shu) they will only appear in the second battle if they have not been recruited. If they have been recruited, they will not appear in the second battle. There’s a catch, though: after the second battle a second copy of that officer will spawn in the fields and can be recruited, thus allowing the player to get two copies of a single officer. You can avoid this by changing their region to 0 (‘None’ in Destiny of an Editor), but this also means they won’t turn up in any random encounters.

Officer Battle Placement: Hexadecimal Source Code

Here is the hexadecimal code used to represent which officers appear in what battle. This code has been taken from an unmodified Destiny of an Emperor ROM. Click on a line number to jump to a detailed explanation. You need a Hex editor to edit the ROM.

30D70 0E040400000D100400000CBA3804040C
30D80 0D0E00000F040404040C0D0EBA101411
30D90 040404BC170404001304040400BE1204
30DA0 0400BBBC040400BC18160404BD150404
30DB0 00BBBC1A19001E1F0404001D1C040000
30DC0 2421040400200404000023220404001B
30DD0 25BFC004C12EC20404322C2D04002829
30DE0 31040027040404042AC30404042B3304
30DF0 0400261B2F30C4C7C844040435C50404
30E00 00C5360404043E3F0404004041424304
30E10 46490404004F524B040048D804040053
30E20 C6040404B0B1B2040037504A04004E4D
30E30 04040447C94C5404606D0404005F6204
30E40 0404CF6504040466CE6C04006E040404
30E50 04CD616404046A67630404CB04040400
30E60 58685B04005E04040000CC040404005A
30E70 040404045C6B04040059CA6F04045704
30E80 04040483770404047B0404040471727A
30E90 04049504040404767504040486850404
30EA0 04719674840488918F04048004040404
30EB0 9493040404D0978C0404D27D87040479
30EC0 827F04049290D104047C8A8B04048E8D
30ED0 040404887E81897826332D2CC0990404
30EE0 040441420400009D04040400B4B4B4B4
30EF0 B45D690404048878790404B704040404

Battles and Officer Assignments

Each line of code above is presented in the list below along with each battle that begins in that line. Each of the five officer slots is represented with a link that carries you down to an officer index. You can jump back up to the first appearance of an officer by using a link in the officer appearance index.

Officer Reference Table

Here are the hexadecimal reference values for each officer. Please not that not all officers have stats and thus will not be worth placing in battles without first being edited. Also note that there are consequences for changing certain officers. Please read the notes below.