The Special characters topic

[karsten]

the plan is to work on from the already existant sigma and developing it into something relly new.

[VincentCraven]

I like the sprites and new classes you have been working on, but is there any particular reason that these characters have to be Rad/Lavian/Alicia? If not, then we can easily put these classes in somewhere else. We do have 4 whole chapters to incorporate characters, and we may even be able to add in new events.

[karsten]

I like the sprites and new classes you have been working on, but is there any particular reason that these characters have to be Rad/Lavian/Alicia? If not, then we can easily put these classes in somewhere else. We do have 4 whole chapters to incorporate characters, and we may even be able to add in new events.
maybe even in special random battles... so that people actually HAVE to explore everything to find the secrets around

[trickstardude7]

I like the sprites and new classes you have been working on, but is there any particular reason that these characters have to be Rad/Lavian/Alicia? If not, then we can easily put these classes in somewhere else. We do have 4 whole chapters to incorporate characters, and we may even be able to add in new events.
maybe even in special random battles... so that people actually HAVE to explore everything to find the secrets around

and seeing how Zodiac and Gomtuu are progressing with map editing and Melonheads FFTacText editor is out there are some pretty cool things that can be done!

[Zozma]

im wondering now (off the subject of the specific patch,sorry) is there a way to make it so a special character could appear (on 1 specific map) in a random battle then set a flag so it never appears again even if that random battle were to hit you again? see i like the changes ive made for rad, alicia and lavian myself.. but i dont want them to join you at the monestary i want them to all come in seperately.. rad joining at the monestary but alicia and lavian appearing later...

[karsten]

i think you can add them after story battles. have them as guests.

[Zozma]

yeah, imagine having the mystic knight (alicia) right at the start of chapter 2,

magic (black magic) sword skills shed shred the enemies before your slow guest agrias could get to them.. not to mention a strong magician character (lavian) i havent determined what shell be but she sure looks like the "flame seer" ... it would be wrong to let 3 specials join at the same time.. XD

[karsten]

by the way i was thiking about animations for the new skills:


skillset:
spit: spits at the opponent, enraging him. (add: berserk)
ANIMATION: Charging and then Throw soul (big spitting uh?)

Throw sand: throws sand at the opponent eyes (resets CT to zero, add: blind)
ANIMATION: Dusty Sand (geomancy)


Hidden potion: uses an item hidden for the hard times
ANIMATION: potion

hidden phoenix down: uses an item hidden for the hard times
ANIMATION: Phoenix Down

Money Offer: promises money to an opponent. add: charm
ANIMATION: Steal GIL or Gilgame Heart

what do you guys think?

[Lydyn]

Well, I'd say those are clever ways of showing the skills... the spitting is sort of funny though, lol. That's rather big for his mouth.

[LastingDawn]

I really like the idea of a Bribe, it adds uniqueness and depth to the character. As well it shows believability that a person would return to it's normal "allegiance" when struck by the enemy that gave them money, or knocked to their "senses" by an ally.

[VincentCraven]

Btw, how do I link sprites to a class slot?

Karsten, when you say 'equips like a squire' for your class, do you mean the original squire?

[karsten]

Btw, how do I link sprites to a class slot?

Karsten, when you say 'equips like a squire' for your class, do you mean the original squire?

oh yes it was a copy/paste from before we allowed squires to equip everything

[Zozma]

Btw, how do I link sprites to a class slot?

Karsten, when you say 'equips like a squire' for your class, do you mean the original squire?

If you know how to link a sprite to a different class slot please be sure to post that info on the custom sprites section since id love to be able to link things like the mime sprite, to a custom job....

[VincentCraven]

If we don't know how to link a sprite to a class slot (even an empty class slot), then we'll either need to replace classes that we can do without, or we'll have to drop this plan altogether.

[VincentCraven]

I'm not sure how we're going to insert all of these characters, but I believe we may have to fudge the original characters a bit to fit in all of the characters.  Who do we have so far?
Zodiac - Majestic
Karsten - Mercenary?
Vincent - Wind Mage
Alicia - Mystic Knight
Lavian - strong magician character ("flame seer"?)


I don't know where exactly where all these special characters are going, but I do know that currently we don't have sprites for Zodiac or Karsten.  If you two would like to tell me what exactly you want to look like I'll get started on them. [Nevermind, these apparently are taken care of.]

Edit: Sprite making is soo easy with ShiShi.  Thanks melonhead! I went from "here's a taste" to "here's the first draft."
Still didn't add the portrait, though you can see that off to the left.  

Edit2: Finished!  My sprite is a type2, so I might replace one of the Lede dupes.

[trickstardude7]

oo i like it!

[Cheetah]

It is a good start for sure. And Karsten has had a sprite for a long time. I think the only one left is Zodiac.

[Zozma]

trust me im not abandoning my plans to create a sprite for zodiac but rl issues have forced me to put everything internet related to a complete hold for now. my computer recently crashed for one thing thank god i had the opportunity to back up everything first....

[VincentCraven]

Well then, if you got that taken care of I'll just worry about touching up my own sprite (as far as sprites go).

I may change the arm accessories a bit, but it seems like a lot of work for little reward.  Mayhaps later.

[karsten]

wonderful Vincent! it loks great, really.

by the way guys i've not disapeared, but i'm sick )

we are missing female red mage and male blue mage and we should be done i think