Animation skill links

[DarthPaul]

whips would be a nice addition but who would use them

[trickstardude7]

lol i could see mediators using whips (i mean they invite monsters so its kind of tameing XD)

[LastingDawn]

I think Summoners and Mediators would be a good choice, but perhaps it should be an all around Mage weapon?

[trickstardude7]

yeah summoner and mediator would work but i dont think White mage or even black mage would seem right using it

[DarthPaul]

black mage maybe white mage no and give it a lance's range

[Vanya]

The cloth stuff already has lance range. So it works out.

[DarthPaul]

i didnt know that

[Cheetah]

Slightly off topic. Does anyone have a save near the end of the game with lots of jobs unlocked that will work with ePSXe? I want to be able to test out some different stuff but am having trouble converting saves to work and don't have time to play through the game. What class even equips bags?

[LastingDawn]

The class that equips Bags is all females, also with the patcher, just make them cost nothing and available at the start.

[Cheetah]

I have actually never used FFTPatcher... But I think this is going to be the solution I have to use.

[Vanya]

Discovered something about formula 5E Dmg_((MA+Y)/2*MA) #Hit_(X+1) 6.25% Status.

This is the formula most ppl use to do controlled multi-hit spells. But, I discovered that if it is used with the animation skill digits 0700 (used by weapon based skills) it will produce a multi-hit physical attack.

I knew this before, but what irked me about it is that the subsequent hits always seemed to be punches. What I discovered today is that the hits after the first use a weapon animation based on the weapon in the unit's left hand.

The only drawback to using it as a physical skill is that it is based on MA. However, by copying and then editing the formula it will make a great "Double Strike" skill. Since we aren't far off from easy formula editing this could be in our hacks fairly soon. =)

[BeoulveBlack]

alright, so after looking into it, the bags nor the cloths will make good fist/claw weapons. why? well, it' as simple as this: the first frames of the attack use the recognizable graphic (the bag or the cloth roll), then, as they are sent out, the hand becomes connected to a secondary graphic (a strap for the bag, an unrolled sheet for the cloth). this would be easy to fix....if only the secondary graphics weren't layered UNDER the hand...and to ad insult to injury, the strap/sheet wavers during the retraction part of the animation.

sadly, whips and boomerangs are the only other things i can see working here

EDIT: so as not to double post, i'll place the question here. when looking at the sprite manager, i noticed that's there's a animation that human sprites do where it appears that they snap their finger. does anyone know if any skill uses this animation as an effect precursor? if so, what is the byte that links to the animation?

[Zozma]

i think its the talk skills.. right?

also whips would actually be a much better weapon for dancers or females in general.

[DarthPaul]

heh heh make a dominatrix class out of the dancer lol

[Zozma]

awww this is pretty sweet...

okay so i changed one of the empty space below parasite to have the animation link thats the same as the lancer, and it created a JUMP and return all in one! it can be in any normal skillset!

only thing is and maybe its because its the skills after parasite, but it does that thing where it doesnt display the damage or make it look like the monster was hit...

btw Zodiac can you sticky this topic, its a pretty important one for anyone who can asm

[Xifanie]

Errr, currently only me and SB can asm.

[Zozma]

well anyone who wants to play around with the hex editor then lol...

[DarthPaul]

your not giving credit to your crowd how do you know you two are the only ones who can asm

[Xifanie]

I said currently. If you're not happy asm hack formulas or anything.

Else stfu.

[DarthPaul]

O.O i think i will (the first one not the second one)