Final Fantasy Hacktics

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Thank you,

Sprite Department

Is there a program that allows you to view your sprite in the manner it would animate in FFT without patching your ISO and testing it?

yea shishi sprite editor its got that scroll box in the lower right hand corner

Thanks much, took some searching but then I realized its part of the FFTPatcher download.

Who are the FFTactics characters that you usually overite custom sprites over? I am looking for characters that have are available for UNIT.BIN, WLDFACE.BIN and BATTLE.BIN so that I may be able to overwrite over their portraits, formation screen sprite and battle sprites. So far i have one person in mind: SOURYO the priest you see at the ending scene since I figured he is not part of the main storyline... Thanks!

well all ya have to do is scroll through both and match up and any sprite that has a both a unit and a worldface and those are the ones to overwrite or just go with one of the face characters

you have to give up something to get what you want

in my case i used the guests sprites (and put their actual sprites in dupes of other characters linked to the same menu sprites)

in my patch guests NEVER appear on the menu at all. so i was able to use the  slot for Algus, to add my custom Miluda for  an example. then i put the real algus sprite into something thats kind of useless to me, like 33 zombie zalbag

this does, however, require a bit of entd editing as well.

yea i made a mistake with changing algus into a custom so when he left it kept the guest form and got rid of the one i trained

also some funny glitches appeared that made gameplay hilarious like no algus on the field but his lines appearing out of nowhere

yep,

if you cheat which why would you need to with ffh?

then you might have problems here, if i put my miluda which uses 07 job/and sprite

wherever algus was supposed to be, it will look at her first... making it so guests dont appear in the party, solves a big problem tho, with them leaving and removing units. my suggestion is the ppl u add into those slots should only join after the point in the story where those guests are removed.

Ok, I'm trying out Sentinel Blade's tutorial on adding to the Unit.bin but having trouble making a 4 bit sprite in Photoshop.

I have loaded the Wiegraf sprite and pulled the second frame for use.

I created the 24x40 (96dpi) canvas and loaded the previous color table (17 w/ black for trans).

I pasted the sprite onto the canvas and clicked Save As.

Selecting .bmp I got to the options but could only choose down to 8 bit.

Can anyone tell me how and where I have erred?

The number of colors. make sure you onl have colors on the FIRST ROW

The color limit is 16 including the black for transparent.

That's really odd that Wiegraf starts with 16 plus transparency then.  I think I figured out what to do when editing Altair.  Thanks for confirming my suspicions.

Sorry to doublepost, I'm getting a slightly different problem now.

I have switched over to Isilud, doing the same thing.  I have his 24x40 (96 dpi) image set with only 16 colors, including black.  I still cannot save out a 4 bit bmp for him.  This is slowly driving me insane.

What program are you using to save it as a 4 bit bmp?

Photoshop.  I had success with CS2 but now issues in CS3.

Okay make sure you change the color type to Indexed. And then set it so that it is 16 colors. Then save it as a bitmap, doesn't really matter about the bit size. Then open up your BMP in Graphics Gale. Change the color depth to 16, this will make it so your palette matches up correctly, and then change it back to 256, so that it can be imported into ShiShi correctly. That should solve all your problems and is the method I use.

Thanks much for the clarification.  I had all of the aforementioned criteria set (indexed, only the top row of colors including black) but could not get 4 bit for the life of me.  I'll try this process with an 8 bit and bring it into Gale and then ShiShi.

does someone have this old "Pieke" sprite looks like a silver dark knight with a cape? i was only able to find a low quality gif or jpg of it with dithered color.

isnt that the one in COK? i managed to find the full sprite posted somewhere in that topic....i think

if you find it please let me know, i found a good use for it, plus id like to submit it to the page credit going to its creator of course

Yeah I have the completed version. Done by Kuraudo I believe. I will try to get it submitted sometime today.

hrmmmm... i found a png of this sprite and after a bit of playing around i turned it into sprite form.. still the armor looks messed up in the portrait, why it was done like that i donno, oh wait the fuzz! but anyway, is this what you have cheetah?

this is a good sprite, i dont see why he didnt submit it

Well hello all.Im new to the forums, and i was just wondering if it is possible to change the way my teams troops look.For example blue ninja to the death crops ninja (green) etc???

Ps:Thank you for taking the time to read this. I hope my question was not to vague.

Yes, all you have to do is change the first palette of each sprite. This also includes Unit.bin

Im very sorry but i dont udertand.COuld you please explain to me the Unit.bin and how to use the sprite editor and extract the unit.bin.

Ps: if there is a tut could you please redirect me please..

I know I wrote all this stuff up before, and I will look for it. But first you should download FFTPatcher and ShiShiSpriteEditor. Also download the program Graphics Gale. Get ShiShi running, get an uncompressed FFT ISO on your computer, and start opening up the SPR sprite files in the BATTLE folder. Try doing this stuff and I will work with you from there.

Ok i have all the programs you listed and a fft iso, i have opened a few spr files,what now???

btw i downloaded my iso

Ok i have opened the ninja_m.spr file and i realized that you can view the enemy ninjas used in the game.. so how would i swap my sprite with theirs and put the battle file back into an iso??

you are using the psx version? or psp?

http://www.ffhacktics.com/psx/tutorials.php?id=2 (http://www.ffhacktics.com/psx/tutorials.php?id=2)

this file is like a mini cd mage, and sometimes lets you insert sprite files that are at full capacity of the given sprites space.

http://www.ffhacktics.com/psx/downloads.php?id=6 (http://www.ffhacktics.com/psx/downloads.php?id=6)

the file at the bottom of the page is in japanese, however, it will allow you to edit the unit.bin file images as well as the wldface.bin and wldface4.bin which are the menu portraits. theres a little guesswork on which buttons do what, one allows you to save(the one under the image display) one button lets you export a palette, another to import a palette, one for exporting an image, one for importing an image.

http://www.ffhacktics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=407 (http://www.ffhacktics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=407)

Ok i understand how to extract the battle.bin folder and the event.bin folder.But i dont uderstand how to reinsert the files back into cdmage after i have edited them .

Ps: mine is the psx version.

you need to insert the file INTO the file that you are replacing. you cant simply add a new one that would screw up your game.

on cdprog you can right click the file and it gives an option to insert file into selected item. im sure cd mage works about the same way.

Ty. I have succesfully put the new spr file (Arcahel) to replace the old spr (Bewolf BEIO).Now how do i save it as a new iso, btw i am using cd prog.

Also in cdmage the save as boot image is greyed out??

save as a new iso? the changes are there after inserting them in. not new, its changed

Ok im using cdmage i have made the changes but when i press save as it only says save as cue file.

Ps:i use epsxe to run my iso.

try saving that cue and see if your game works still.. i know cd mage does that cue thng, cd prog, its just changed once u do something with it

I will see

Well good news the iso worked. but the bad news is the custom sprite i dowloaded from ffthackits didnt work .
I replaced Bewoulf with the custom sprite i downloaded(Voldemort) but when i loaded my data which had bewould no change.

loaded your data, not a save state tho right?

also you did test in in battle, not just look at it on the menu?

Save state???

if you load from a save state, via a hard save as in able to save in battle or where ever is a save state, saving via the memory card, or at least what epsx thinks is a memory card, is the way you should save and load your game to get results, other then that things will get extremely screwy

Hurray!!! thank you so much it worked!!Now all i want to know is how to change my troops to look like the naten troops.

anyone there??

that will require you to change the first color palette to the nanten one for every one of the male and female generics... in addition you will need to do that to the palettes for the unit.bin versions as well

Sorry for this noobish question but how do i do that  

use shishi to extract say the squire into a bmp file,

then with a program like GIMP change the first palette to match whichever one is the nanten.

the palette colors are in order the first 16 are palette zero (ramza's troops)
what is it palette 4 thats nanten? i cant remember...

after youve changed the palette save the file and import the bmp into the sprite and save. be careful when saving bmp files tho if you alter anything about the file such as changing it from 256 colors to 24bit or 16 colors shishi will crash when you try to import it. this will happen even if you change it back to 256 colors. do not make any changes like this to the bmp file.

Sorry to bug you again but im still lost .Could you give step by step instructions??

Been awhile, but since nobody has responded to my question i have a new one.I have downloaded the ramzua3 Gold sprite from this site.I know how to change the in battle sprites,but how do i change the original ramzau3 formation screen sprite??

Ps:I did read the tutorial but it did not make any sense >:(

Did you dl the prog to edit the formation?

Ummmmmm no...Where can i get it??

I'm almost certain he means shishi and CDmage

no

he's referring to this (the last post there)
http://www.ffhacktics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=407 (http://www.ffhacktics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=407)

its all in japanse except for words like wldface and unit.bin

there are 5 buttons, one to import the palette of the viewed image, one to export it, one to import an image, one to export it and then the last one under the display image is to save.

unit.bin is for the unit sprite, and wldface is for the unit's portrait

i think it will only let you import them if they are 16 colors

Yes they have to be 16 colors but play around with that prog and you should get it if you read the tutorial the playing around will go smoother.

Thank you for the link zozma. But i still have a question, i have the ramzau3 gold sprite do i open sishisprite editor, save the pallete,then open the program FFTEVGRP and import the pallete on the original ramzau3??

you dont really have to do that

you could export the bmp of the whole sprite then paste a screenshot version of the portrait in, match the w and h of the image to that of one that the program exports and save the file as a 16color bmp while also making sure u dont get color loss

Thanks for confusing me even more :O

lol well i guess i can't help you then. there's others who have done it before so ill stay out of this one.

NO DONT!!

I opened the original ramza3 sprite with FFTEGRP. I have the custom ramza3 gold sprite, how do i change the orinal ramza to custom ramza??

???

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1) open Unit.Bin with this jap program

2) with the exported sprite of the new ramza as a bmp and cut the image size down to a 24 W by 40 H square leaving only the front diagonal facing frame of ramza.

3) Save the bmp as a 16 color bmp, if you lose colors then use some sort of photo/picture editing program to reduce the colors for u.

4) Import the 24 w by 40 h 16 color sprite into the unit.bin over whichever character you're replacing.


[extra step (before step 4): you may not need this step, but if you are having trouble with step 3 not letting you import the image then you can export one of the pictures, the default ramza will do, open it with GIMP and open your new ramza with gimp as well. change the colors of the 16 color original ramza to match the first 16 of your new ramza sprite. then paste that single front frame of the new ramza over the old ramza that you just changed the colors on. (this will also help you to line up the eye levels so it looks normal in the menu.]
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Now for the portrait

you pretty much have to follow the same steps for the portrait except they are 32 x 48 pixels.

1) open your new sprite in shishi and take a screenshot.

2) Paste the screenshot in paint and then copy the portrait and paste that alone in a new paint. rotate it and cut it to the 32 x 48 size.

3) Reduce the colors to 16 and you should be able to import it after its a 16 color bmp.

(i hope someone could make a better explanation for this, it takes me less than a minute to do all this crap myself but to explain it.. i just cant)

WHen u say import how do i do that.??

Ps:Im using the basic bitmsp editor to cut it down to size and when i try to cut it down im always left with the last frames in the top left corner.

those five buttons i was talking about on the jap program

that are just ?????

one imports a bmp, one exports, one imports the palette, one exports it

then the ????? under the display image saves the file. u just insert that edited unit.bin back over the original in your game

When i cut ir down to size im left with those last to frames, its annoying.

pm me the sprite

ill send it back the way u need it

Well im very sorry im new to forums so how do i send you the  stuff??

Ps: i have the bmp, the sprite and the pallete.

click the little "send email" icon on one of my posts and

send me a message, then go back into that message in "edit" mode
and add attachment. you have to have already sent it to me to get the add attachment to work after editing your message

or u know what, just post it here ill take care of the rest

The Ramza3 steel sprite.

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Hey Zozma did you die??

Ps:(Did u get my Pm with attachment??)

Nevermind zozma i figured it out myself .But now this is where it gets tricky for you.Could you rexplain how to swap the hokouten palletes with another pallete(Example the naten or deathcrops pallete)??

sorry, my friend downloaded something that had a virus and i spent all day scanning the computer to clean it up.

for the unit.bin sprites? or for the battle ones too?

Sorry to hear zozma :D.

I was just wondering, is it possible to allow mimes to have abilities and equip armor in the patching program??

yeah you can give them a different skillset, i dont know about equips, i think they are kind of like monsters in that aspect that it will force everything back off of them. even with a skillset they will still mime as well.

there are ways to make other jobs look like the mime tho but then u wouldnt have them in the job wheel...

Nah, and we haven't touched this with asm hacking either.

Okay I have a feeling this is like the same question Blue Frog asked but say I was trying to over write all of Agrias to Zozma's Beatrix sprite, I have shishi if I need that, I just downloaded that Japanese thing, and gonna download CDMage, now where do I start? x_x;;;;

open fft in the cd program go into the battle folder insert beatrix into the "AGURI.SPR" and "KANBA.SPR" thats agrias guest and agrias party member.

any place that she appears in events will look buggy,however.

also you need to use the japanese program in the site submission downloads section to change the unit.bin sprite/portrait for it to appear properly in the menu. there, the program i posted it. its in japanese. in the event folder theres 2 files you can open and change with it wldface for the portraits and unit.bin for the sprites. u will have to guess untill u figure out the buttons but its an awesome program once u know what all the buttons do.
http://www.ffhacktics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=407 (http://www.ffhacktics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=407)

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the first part of this is the old way. with the new program you can open the sprite directory with shishi and import the sprite over the two agrias sprites you see. you will still need to follow above direction for changing the menu portrait and sprite.

Yes been a while but i have a new question.I know the miluda sprite is a generic female and i want to change it to zozma very well done miluda sprite.How would i do that?I cant find her sprites anywhere !

you mean the battle folder where the sprites are? shes not there. you have to insert her sprite into another job's sprite and create a custom job for her.

also if you intend for her only to be an enemy there are plenty of duplicate sprites, for example agrias has 2, gafgarion has 2 etc...

ummmmmm?????

XD uhh. okay are you looking for her sprite to download? its on the main page in the custom sprite section.

I have the sprite what next(in simple words please).

Nvm i got it !

Ummmmm is there a way to choose what music is used in specific battles???If so i would like to change the random encounter music.

i dunno about random encounters but you can edit attack out with the event editor/attack.out editor once its released

is it possible to allow humans to ride dragons using fftpatcher??

no i believe not

You'd have to somehow swap dragons& chocobos. But then you wouldn't be able to ride chocobos any more.

there are other problems with that since dragons dont have the other stopped frames. so youll  have some buggy looking stuff as well

You'd have to make the Dragon sprite fit into the Chocobo sprite as well, yes.
It would take a fair bit of work there. ^_^

Actually, Asmo's done this in a much easier way and the only problem is the back of the sprite looks as if it's floating off of said creature. This is as simple as changing the Graphic for the Chocobo in the patcher.

Ok I am posting my question or at least the reply to my question in here I did as you said and found out that the error always happens on anything i choose that's lower then 256 for the bitmap but when I import 256 colors everything turns pink and screwed up but shi shi wont accept anything els but 256 color bitmaps or it will give me the error.

    Assembly Version: 1.0.0.352
    Win32 Version: 1.0.0.352
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Joseph/Desktop/PSX%20Emu/Final%20Fantasy%20Tactics%20Patcher/ShishiSpriteEditor.exe
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System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
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System
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
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System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
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FFTPatcher
    Assembly Version: 1.0.0.352
    Win32 Version: 1.0.0.352
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Joseph/Desktop/PSX%20Emu/Final%20Fantasy%20Tactics%20Patcher/FFTPatcher.EXE
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System.Xml
    Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.1433 (REDBITS.050727-1400)
    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
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************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.

Thats what it says in the error dialog box but really if the game only accepts 16 bits then why will only 256 go through I dont know what to do I have honestly been trying to figure this out all night.  so I appreciate the help.

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Im looking into it...

Wow , how do you get so many errors ? o_O

Everyone gets errors it's just your ability to sort it out on your own that limits the posts about them.

K guys well some of you may look back and see two or 3 of your posts next to eachother here in the sprite sections, this is due to the clean up of some trolling. dont worry about it if u look like u were talking to yourself... cause really, if u were responding to that one, you pretty much were... lol

That explains it even though you told me already I still kinda freaked out.

Okay, I bet this is somewhere but I can't seem to find it:

Which classes have sprites for the formation screen?  Any class that can change equipment will do.

Edit: Is there any way to use regular classes from the job wheel as special characters?  That would also work for my purposes.

http://www.ffhacktics.com/forum/viewtop ... sc&start=0 (http://www.ffhacktics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1828&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0)

here you go! this is everything that links to the menu thats human at least

(its my first post on that topic that has the list)

I have a question about the way some sprites look normal when their Type 2.SHP and some look normal when their Type 1.SHP. So here's the question: I once tried to replace the 3 Ramza sprites with the Ajora sprite from this site, it worked but the Ajora sprite looked weird. I noticed that in shishi the Ajora sprite looked normal in type 2, and weird in type 1. I tried saving it when type 2 was in the box in the corner which, it did'nt work. So basically my question is how do I save the sprite as Type 2.SHP?

Thanks for posting your question here in the correct section. Your answer is here:

http://www.ffhacktics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1527 (http://www.ffhacktics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1527)

The sprites have different types depending on the width/size of the character. The link provides a quick guide for changing it manually with a hex editor.

Thanks for the help Cheetah, but I have another question. I opened unit.bin with the japanese program, I used graphics gale to crop the image of the sprite that I wanted to use to 24x40 (16bit by the way, if that's important) but when I tried to import the bmp, an error message popped up (Man I hate those things) that no one could ever read

P.S. I also tried 24bit, it also ended with the same error message (I think It did. I can't quite remember )

P.S.S. This question isn't directed towards anyone in particular

Unfortunately from what I've seen it needs to be 8 bit, but I know some of the expert spriters know how it's done.

It does?. I tried making it 8 bit but graphics gale messed up the colors so I didn't even want to bother using it. How do I fix the colors?

In that... I have no idea, Zozma and Cheetah should though.

It probably messed up the colors because of the portrait. Make that portrait all black, there is a shape tool in Graphics Gale (good choice in programs). Then make it 8 bit, should look fine.

Can someone point out where to begin a spriting tutorial, or would someone be willing to teach me the basics? Lessons come with awesome accent to compensate.

You can get great rips of most of the sprites here: http://istaken.org/fft/ (http://istaken.org/fft/)
These will later work with FFTPatcher and ShiShiSpriteEditor, but worry about that later. Download Graphics Gale to do your spriting in, it is a pretty simple straight forward program or you can use MSPaint. There is a 16 color limit for the sprite and then a separate palette for the portrait also 16 colors, note that for the sprite the black color that becomes transparent counts as one of your 16 colors. That should get you started.

Quote from: "Cheetah"It probably messed up the colors because of the portrait. Make that portrait all black, there is a shape tool in Graphics Gale (good choice in programs). Then make it 8 bit, should look fine.

I'm a little confused. Could you make a short step by step tutorial on what i'm supposed to do, after i crop the image?

Edit: Never mind I figured it out. Thanks for the help :)

Im just wondering.Is it possible to change the in battle music in the game?? For example change the random encounter music one of the main storyline battle themes??

Um yes for the most part. I'm not positive how to change it for all randoms though, but it should be doable.

to do that, can't you just replace the sound file for random battles with a copy of the one you want, renamed ofcourse?

Thanks for the reply but could you be more specific as in the procedure??

open iso
extract fftpack.bin
extract fftpack.bin
go to sound
delete random battle music
copy music you want as battle music
rename to original random battle music
rebuild fftpack.bin
replace old fftpack.bin with new one in the iso
done

No idea if it works, don't see why not.

Um where is fftpack.bin??

extract it from the iso using the patcher.

What this has to do with Spriting is beyond me.

Quote from: "CidIII"What this has to do with Spriting is beyond me.

me too... theres now a help topic not dedicated just to sprites but i think this chain of posts started before that happened...

so I'm messing around with sprite replacement in my PSX ISO then playing it on my PSP, the latest shishi sprite editor lets me patch straight to the ISO from the program.

I'm most interested in switching around existing sprites, for example I want to replace the generic knight with zalbag. works fine for my team, but when on an enemy team there is no palette swap for him so I get to kill nice silhouettes in the shape of zalbag.

some of the custom sprites have proper multi palette for enemy teams, so I know it can be done.

I've tried exporting them to BMP and opening them in paint and photoshop, but I can't see any noticeable difference between zalbag and a normal knight. are there certain colors in the pallets that swap out? or is there some kind of special program I need to use?

can I make him look the same on all teams or will he looks slightly different on each team?

You are close. Export the BMP and look at it in GIMP or Graphics Gale, they will display the palette more clearly. Just compare the Knight and Zalbag and it should become clear.

ok I got GIMP and can definitely see the difference in the color map dock, I think I can go from here. thanks for the help, I'll definitely inquire further if I have any other questions. most quick, direct, and useful help I've ever received anywhere. thanks again.

i had a problem i made a new BMP image and i wanted to add it to the sprite manager but it wouldnt let me im very new to this and i replaced the lancers cape color and i wanted to how it looked in game but it wouldnt let me put it into the sprite manager

Changing the palette can be a complex process.

Go download GIMP or Irfanview. Both are free and can change palettes easily.

One thing you never, ever, want to do when editing a sprite is pick a color that doesn't already exist on the sprite. You'll mess up the format and your sprite will go wonky even if it lets you import it.

oh shit thats why i used white on the lancer and it was already there hmm maybe i should make it gold? or maybe likegold armor then a red cape, im super new to it so im just testing stuff and the lancer looked the easiest

I do how ever have one ? about spriting how exaclly do you turn the PNG images into BMP? cause i got sprites from that huge list thingie and i dont know how to put thme into the game cause i dont know how to turn them into BMP format please help?

Just save them as BMP and you're good to go.

Is that Cress from Tales of Phantasia?

Yup ^^
I haven't done with the sprite yet.
No time to work on it =.=
But after my exam, you may see some progress of it.
So, till then ^^

EDIT: I LOVE TO FIGHT HIM in Tales of Eternia, at the colosseum ^^ (with a nice soundtrack)

how do you edit sprites 2-8 in shishi without messin with the first sprite?

Are you referring to the palettes? Depending on what program you are using you can see the palettes and adjust them individually. I would recommending doing a search through the forum this particular question has been addressed often.

Quote from: "Cheetah"Are you referring to the palettes? Depending on what program you are using you can see the palettes and adjust them individually. I would recommending doing a search through the forum this particular question has been addressed often.

yeah im talking about the palettes and i use gimp and paint

Ok, I am sorry to bother you guys.  but I don't know what to do or what is wrong I have searched for a while for answers and even tried to contact the author of the sprite I am having problems with but have not received an answer so I have decided to ask here in hopes that someone can help me.  I am trying to use AuraDragons FEMALE Dark Knight and Holy Knight sprites.  and every time I load them in the sprites are fine but the PORTRAIT is pitch black and messed up the male versions work perfectly is there something wrong with the female versions of these sprites or am I doing something wrong?  I do not want to be a bother or anything really but I want to use the FDK and FHK sprites with corresponding portrait.  I have screen shot my problem and hope that someone can explain to me what is wrong or how to fix it.  Thank you for you're time it means a lot to me. (http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l30/Furry_Fan218/Wtf.jpg)

It's because the portrait palletes are non existant.

So exactly what does that mean its not finished?  So it cannot be fixed either?

No, it isn't finished.

Ah, thank you I appreciate it.  I guess I must wait then.

Quote from: "Furry_Fan"So exactly what does that mean its not finished?  So it cannot be fixed either?

It means that the colors on the sprite file the game uses for the portrait, are all black.

Can be easily fixed, though, by changing the black to the wanted colors.

Quote from: "Smash"

Quote from: "Furry_Fan"So exactly what does that mean its not finished?  So it cannot be fixed either?

It means that the colors on the sprite file the game uses for the portrait, are all black.

Can be easily fixed, though, by changing the black to the wanted colors.

Yes but I don't know how to do that or what color the author had in mind for the portrait to be set to.

i forgot about that, did he never do a portrait?

Quote from: "Zozma"i forgot about that, did he never do a portrait?

 No he just replied to me and informed me he never did them.  he said he portrait uses colors 129 to 134 (For the dark Knight) and he has not assigned them yet but I do not know how to do that lol.  so yes he never finished the portrait apparently

so its just the lancer face u have currently even tho its blacked out

apparently I am not sure if he intended it darker or its the EXACT same if its the same i might be able to transfer the portrait from the lancer to it.  but im not sure.

the portrait is still there, the palette is not

then is there a tutorial on how to set the pallet or such to the corresponding color pallet that I mentioned above.  because im told its easy t do but im unsure ow to do it.

That depends on what image editor you're using. Look at your menus and I'm sure you'll find an option that lets you edit the palette.

is there a way to replace summons?
i mean the picture of course.

I know how to remove summons picture, taught by Zozma (I removed clops picture)
However, replacing the picture, I'm not really sure about that.
Perhaps use the pixels from other summons picture and replace on the summons picture that you want to replace.

how do i insert my sprite

Quote from: "ehrgeiz20"is there a way to replace summons?
i mean the picture of course.

using tile molester you can change the image. there's no way to change the animation or s.e. at the moment.

Is there a way to export all the tactics sprites (including attack/casting animations) ? Or has anyone labeled what all the arm peices goto??

Download FFTPatcher off the main page and take a look at ShiShiSpriteEditor. Does everything you just asked and more.

Yo! Zozma! Cheetah! What do you guys think about organizing a new Halloween sprite contest? It should be much more interesting this year that we have so many more spriters hangin' about. What do you guys think?

That would be great, Vanya.

I demand a SotM contest! (sprite of the month!)

haha Vanya, Id love to see the new spriters go at it. I might have to be a judge or something this time tho haha, ive got a lot of stuff underway as it is -_-, its that time again already? wow

What's the past rules for the competition btw?

ohhh Vanya! the rules

lets see

i think you needed certain frames,
has to be a halloween theme of course...

ummm... yeah.. VANYA!

I'll go dig up the thread for the previous contests later today and make a new thread for...

THE SECOND ANNUAL HALLOWEEN SPRITE CONTEST!!!

Woohoo!! ^_^

Oo...this could be interesting ^^

Here are links to the 2 previous contests:

http://www.ffhacktics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1052&highlight=sprite+contest

http://www.ffhacktics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1475&highlight=sprite+contest

Ah, yes. I remember reading these two posts. Very nice ^^

Lol I have not been here in ages or on the FFT sprtitng scene ^_^.Just wondering if any of you people have the program that allows you to edit the formations screen sprites?

Search for fftevgrp on the forum... you should find it !

Ahh thank you very much I really am rusty -.-".

hi im new on the sprite making thing and i got the shishi sprite editor and exported the bmp file and made my sheet fine when i went to import it and i belive this is where this question gets repetitive but ill ask it anyway the colors seem to go negitive on me when they are back in the editor can anyone ether help me fix the problem?

if you are using mspaint, it uses a palette larger than 16 colors so it gets all screwy when you import it back.
you have to use graphicsgale, which can be a pain to switch to if you're used to paint (like me)
i tend to manually draw a palette onto the bmp with graphicsgale, then work in paint using the dropper tool to select colors.

if you look at the window labelled "palette" in the screenshots on this page: http://ffhacktics.com/tutorials.php?id=10 (http://ffhacktics.com/tutorials.php?id=10)
you'll notice that there are two rows of 16 colors.  the top 16 are used for the sprites, and the middle 16 are for the portrait
I think you'll be able to figure out how it works with that portrait tutorial,  that's how i learned anyway.  

hope someone can go into more detail if you're still stuck.

I've been trying to use the custom sprite Young Noble Ramza from this site in my WotL game (as Ramza, of course), but the sprite size is too big. Can anyone offer a simple way to reduce the sprite size so it can be used?

What do you mean by that? Isn't all the size are same? Hmm...

I had this issue too, not once, it says something like:"sprite size is 60000 bytes, the max size is 40000" And you cannot replace it.

Yeah, we're talking about file sizes here, not image sizes here. Sorry, should have been more specific.

Okay, I know someone has asked before but....how can you change the sprites of the generic characters that you get in the Gariland Magick city level. Is there a way?

There is. But you should search the help section for the answer.

I'm new to the site (as you can probably tell by my post count) and I have very minimal experience with spriting (pokemon splices and things of the like). I've been wanting to try my hand at making FFT sprites for the longest time and I figured this was the best place to start. I was wondering what programs are necessary to create a FFT sprite (can you just make it in paint or photoshop?) and how to integrate the sprites into a copy of FFT. Sorry for the n00biness and thanks for your help :D

most use paint or Graphics Gale, or GIMP.
http://www.ffhacktics.com/downloads.php
Download the bundle with the ShiShi Sprite Editor to insert/rip sprites from your iso.
Don't be afraid to make a thread postin' the sprite you're working on asking for pointers. We are usually around to crit.

Can someone please point me in the direction of a decent Male and female Holy/Divine KNight, or anything that would fit the general template of a paladin or holy knight like agrias. Please and thanks!

MAug

Jesus man you didn't gimme time to post these in your thread.

Quote from: GeneralStrife on June 12, 2011, 05:09:22 pm
Jesus man you didn't gimme time to post these in your thread.

Im sorry! All my excitement has made me extremely anxious!! Seriously though thanks SO MUCH this is one of the last things i needed to make a playable demo. You're the best bro!

Hello people, well I'm trying to put one on my DK FFT, but I can not for the sprite in formation, I opened the Shishi, I was in DK, print screen, I took him aside, he converted to 8bpp bmp in GraphicsGale, only when I go for it in FFTEVGRP says, "is not a 16 color bitmap.

I did not save palette / import new palette, after all, the DK is already with the palette I want.

Why is giving this error? How can I fix it and insert the DK?

The DK I'm trying to place is attached.

Thanks.

Just make it a 4bpp bmp under all frames in Graphics Gale to ensure it cannot be any more than 16 colors.

I did, I simply export the sprite, open the paint, leaving size 24x40 edited and saved normally (oh she saved over the other bmp, which was already due 8bpp Shisha), then just converted to graphics and worked in 4bpp (:

thanks for help!

What is the size of the portrait to WLDFACE.BIN?

Size for WLDFACE is 32x48 :)

why do the colors look like this, see below

it looks like that before it goes into shishi, shishi corrects the colors.

Is possible to take the ability to get the mime imitating? Because I want to put in place a HK.

Quote from: SarcrofS on June 13, 2011, 05:21:58 pm
Is possible to take the ability to get the mime imitating? Because I want to put in place a HK.

no mime is a job that is hardcoded, meaning you cant alter it without some pretty bad glitches. I used the mediator for my hk, mediators suck lol.

Quote from: GeneralStrife on June 13, 2011, 04:52:41 pm
it looks like that before it goes into shishi, shishi corrects the colors.

ok, but if i export it as a bmp using the latest shi shi, the colors of the portrait are still like that, and if i try to put it fftegrp to write it to the WLDFACE.bin it doesnt have the right colors :S...

also how would you recolor the arms? just use the existing palette and fill in the respective light/dark patchs?

EDIT: some reading took me to the right place! http://ffhacktics.com/tutorials.php?id=10

Quote from: maugustus1 on June 13, 2011, 05:32:29 pm
ok, but if i export it as a bmp using the latest shi shi, the colors of the portrait are still like that, and if i try to put it fftegrp to write it to the WLDFACE.bin it doesnt have the right colors :S...

also how would you recolor the arms? just use the existing palette and fill in the respective light/dark patchs?

EDIT: some reading took me to the right place! http://ffhacktics.com/tutorials.php?id=10

lol! that tutorial is if you already have a portrait with the right colors...still stuck :(

edit again: went through an old topic here to find it: http://ffhacktics.com/smf/index.php?topic=405.20

I used Calculator to my DK and i go use Dancer/Bard to HK.

Only that it is difficult to dispose of various skills of singing/dancing, do not know what to do if you have any idea. ASHUSAUH'

:mrgreen:

Quote from: SarcrofS on June 13, 2011, 08:06:44 pm
I used Calculator to my DK and i go use Dancer/Bard to HK.

Only that it is difficult to dispose of various skills of singing/dancing, do not know what to do if you have any idea. ASHUSAUH'

:mrgreen:

check this out:
http://ffhacktics.com/smf/index.php?topic=4868.0
ill send you  a private message or i can help you in a different thread, i wanna respect the sprite help section!

Hello, I am looking for a ShiShi Install/Patch Guide. I am trying to insert a custom Ramza Sprite~From this Site

I've been looking all over this site trying to gather information and programs on what I should be doing. The more and more I mess around with things the more confused I get. I honestly have no idea what I'm doing anymore. I just wanted to make some custom sprites but now I'm just depressed with the whole situation. I don't know where to start anymore. I've been looking at different tutorials and videos and just plain messing around but I don't feel like I've learned anything at all. I'm so frustrated about this but I don't want to give up. This really means a lot to me. I feel like I'm missing out on a lot of key information or something... What am I doing wrong?

if Twinees (i believe who was working on it) ever finished the amazing beastmaster sprite??

in before move/lock

http://ffhacktics.com/smf/index.php?topic=5404.0

no, thats about all of it that there is

For the most part this seems to be a fairly simple head and pallette swap. Id recommend trying to finish it yourself, see what you can do. I'm sure many vanilla-based patches would be very willing to use them if they did get finished.

I've got a super idea, these threads you made should be posts in the Q and A thread