Final Fantasy Hacktics

So what would be the best to use in this case?  Nixing those programs that I can't find a bootleg for, or just can't afford strait up.

Alright, so I opened up SNESPal to see what it can do, and what I can work with.

...And the entire thing confused the hell out of me.

There are so many colors, how am I supposed to know which are the right ones to edit?  

Okay, so here's the rub.  If I use MSPaint to edit a sprite, how do I go about making sure that it is still within the color limit?  Are there any specific steps to follow?

Well, I downloaded SNESPal and GIMP, and MSPaint comes standard.  That's pretty much it on the drawing and graphics front, though.

It is hilarious how well Ramza's head fits with Saber.  Looks like you're doing well. Keep up the good work.

EDIT: My choice is definitely the first one.

Sorry bout the double post, but the topic "custom sprite-making/inserting how to" doesn't actually give any advice on how to make new sprites or tips on how to go about changing the palettes.  Also, there is no tutorial for sprite-making and palette-customizing on the main page, at least not that I could find.

Any other advice anyone can give me?

Ah, must've missed that somehow.  Thanks a bunch.

Sounds good.  Speaking of spriting and customizing, would there be any way that someone could make a beginner's guide to that sort of stuff?  I'm rubbish at it right now, cuz I don't know how to modify the sprite pallette, and I don't necessarily know exactly what's involved.  Plus, no Photoshop for me, cuz I don't own it.

As my father says, "Wish in one hand, sh** in the other and see which one fills up first." Unfortunate but true.

Well, Spiky seems to work well in the Malak sprite.  And I realized there is a severe lack of custom female sprites of Type 2. A buttload of Type 1, but Type 2 is lacking, it seems.

Of course that is nixing the Misty and Jenna sprites, on account of they're already being used by lastingdawn as Alicia and Lavian substitutes.

Quote from: "Vanya"Note that Spiky Warrior is designed to go over the Generic Male Squire. Having to pad with zero's if you place it in a larger sprite won't have any adverse effects, but truncation can screw up some of the animations.

Are there any specific animations you can think of?  And if it becomes necessary, how do I pad with zeroes?

Alright, well, that's good to know then.  I didn't think about that when I imported the sprites, so I suppose I will need to look into some stuff then.  And I copied the list, too.  Thanks for the heads up on that.

EDIT: BTW, you were right about the Rafa sprite.

So far as I can tell, it works pretty well, actually.  I have a new problem now, though.

What are the specifics regarding the differences between Type 1 and Type 2?  Because I'm getting the dislocated arms effect with the Miluda and Miang sprites being used by Alicia and Lavian imported over SERIA and LEDY.  Is there a way to specify that the sprite must use Type 2 instead of Type 1, and vice versa?

Oops, typo in that last post.  I meant 'h79' as guest and 'rafa' as join.  I thought it would be like that on account of the way that Malak was set up in a similar fashion.  I'll check it out from all possible angles.  I'll post any more problems I have after working on the stuff we've mentioned.

Thanks a ton, once again.

Crap.  I totally assumed (EDIT: 'h79' would be the guest and 'rafa' was the main Rafa).     Bad on my part.

Thanks a ton for all of the help.

Ah, I see.

So does that also explain why Rafa still looks like Rafa instead of the swapped Red Mage sprite?

I understand in this case that I need to go ahead and change up the enemy sprites, but and that should fix up the change in Rad.  But will that also fix Lezales or would there be too many new sprites to support anyway since Lavian and Alicia no longer share the same sprite?

Hmm, interesting.  I didn't get anything about adding zeroes, though.  When I swapped out the sprites it just gave me the typical "file is bigger, file will be truncated" bit.  And I figured that since Malak's death sprite and Rafa's Guest sprite are complete sprites that wouldn't matter cuz it gives that message pretty much everytime you swap a sprite.

Are there any other irregularities that you might have noticed?  I think it might have been something wrong with editing battle.bin or the ENTD files, but I can't be certain because I know I did just as the guide instructed.

EDIT: BTW, I did this with a non v1.3 ISO just to be on the safe side, since I know that patching an ISO already patched with v1.3 has bad side-effects.

Alright, so I went and test-swapped the SERIA and LEDY files for a test run using the Miang and Miluda sprites for Alicia and Lavian.

Those were fine, which I assume can be owed to the fact that those files are never used.

So I went and also swapped out the sprite used for Malak's death scene, replacing it with the spiky-haired warrior for Rad.  Along with that, I swapped out Rafa's Guest sprite with the Red Mage sprite for Lezales.  In the first scene everything seemed to be going well (at least as far as Rad goes).



But then when I got out to the battle things got a little screwy.



As you can see, Rad seems to be using the other.spr spriteset for some reason, thus becoming a glitchy mess of chickens and such (even though I edited the ENTD to use the swapped out Malak sprite).  In addition to this, Lezales still appears as Rafa, even though I swapped out the sprite with a Red Mage.  And I double-checked to make sure I assigned the right one in the ENTD and I did.

EDIT: I also patched all necessary files using FFTPatcher, and followed the steps in Lydyn's guides to the letter.

Can anyone help with this?

into Delita's closet

upon Violent Vormav

"Oh, dear God..."