Mercenaries: Evtchr Sprite Requests

[LastingDawn]

Certainly with any luck I might be able to show this off with just those once I have the pictures.

[jimmyjw88]

Sorry but I have a question. How do you get that?
From Eventchr? Where? Is it using cdmage?

[MiKeMiTchi]

If I know how the frames work, I'll definitely add more.

Here's the final Zefane portrait:

spoiler

I love you Zefaaaaane!

[jimmyjw88]

Amazing portrait Mike ^^
About the Eventchr, is it hex editing?

[LastingDawn]

Not at all, there is a Japanese tool which lets you to easily access these, I think you can find it in the second page, I think.

[MiKeMiTchi]

hmm.. I think I need magicISO first..
(I have a fft.bin file)

[jimmyjw88]

By second page, you mean this topic's second page, LD?

And...magicISO?? What's that? Sorry for the silly question =p

[Bloodthirster0]

MagicISO is an ISO editing program and Im sure he meant this topic second page,but the link is on the first page

Voila,the japanese program for evtchr editing

http://www.sendspace.com/file/isjbq8

[jimmyjw88]

Thanks, Bloodthirster.
ISO editing program.....you mean something like CDMage?

[MiKeMiTchi]

yes, that's magicISO alright. I'll try to use it, since I have a .bin ROM file.

[jimmyjw88]

But what is difference between CDMage and magicISO?

EDIT: I have a question about Eventchr. The blue circle is the event and the red is the palettes. But what does the palettes do exactly?

[Cheetah]

I pretty sure about this. By default if you call an evtchr sprite in an event it automatically uses the sprites original palette. However with a special instruction you can use one of the palettes available in that section of the evtchr. An example of this is that often in events with towns people, they are all just Ramza with their palettes switched and all of their animations drawn from evtchr.

For what you are concerned with though Jimmy I think it will just help you see what you are looking at. Can you even change the palettes with this tool?

[jimmyjw88]

By default if you call an evtchr sprite in an event it automatically uses the sprites original palette.

So then, how do you change like Ramza to let say, Zack and want to change the Eventchr for Ramza as well. The palettes are automatically used and taken from the sprite, so meaning I just have to sprite the Eventchr for Ramza to Zack?

Can you even change the palettes with this tool?

Probably not. Well, if its possible, I wouldn't even knew about it. I'm noob. Haha.

Anyway, actually I just wanted to know why are there palettes when the Eventchr take the palettes from the sprite automatically.

[MiKeMiTchi]

I don't get it either.

I wonder if Sir LD got the sprites to work.. hmm..

[Cheetah]

However with a special instruction you can use one of the palettes available in that section of the evtchr. An example of this is that often in events with towns people, they are all just Ramza with their palettes switched and all of their animations drawn from evtchr.

The palettes in evtchr can be accessed with event instructions. So if you wanted Zack to appear but you didn't want an entire sprite for him you would, make the evtchr animations for Zack, insert a palette for Zack in that frame of evtchr, have Zack be any character as far as the ENTD is concerned, in the event load the evtchr frame, change the Zack character's palette, and then load the evtchr animations.

[mav]

Sorry--I just realized that I never even posted the 16-color Blansch portrait. See attachment. I'll get Marin up as soon as I can.

EDIT: Both are attached and 16 colors.

[MiKeMiTchi]

^ Still working on Blethin's hat, mav?

[mav]

I haven't started on the hat, nor do I think I can make a convincing one. I guess it's up to LD: if he think it's necessary, I'll try. If not, then he'll be hatless.

[MiKeMiTchi]

Hmm.. I can see how hard it'll be. Let's see.

[jimmyjw88]

The palettes in evtchr can be accessed with event instructions. So if you wanted Zack to appear but you didn't want an entire sprite for him you would, make the evtchr animations for Zack, insert a palette for Zack in that frame of evtchr, have Zack be any character as far as the ENTD is concerned, in the event load the evtchr frame, change the Zack character's palette, and then load the evtchr animations.

0.o....Wow...I'm confused. Haha. Well...about the palette thing only. About the ENTD, I think I understand. So, if let say I want Zack to be shown in the Eventchr "blowing the leaf", all I have to do is change that animation (blowing leaf) from Ramza to Zack?