Final Fantasy Hacktics

Thank you Zodiac for a great tutorial! This is just to show how good your tutorial is! And it only took less than 2 hours to learn and tinker to edit my own formula!
Use these things at your own risk! I am still a noob at this. All these hacks are for BATTLE.BIN except for the sound test hack and the Brave/Faith hacks! They have been labelled for you!

FORMULA HACKS









OTHER HACKS

























AI Hacks



SOUND TEST

Maybe more to come.

Congratulations FFMaster
But...what's the purpose behind this ASM?

I made this for use in Arena, since Ninja is getting an overhaul. This formula basically is going to be used for spells that are meant to copy Throw. It might be used for other spells later too. The problem with the old formula was that damage depended on the weapon you carried (0 damage if you were barehanded) or could deal a lot of damage (Knight Sword equipped with new Throws for example).

.... h4x!

does this carry over into the normal Throw command, or is this a stand-alone formula for various funsies?

Either way, excellent work!

Good to see FFMaster! That's definite proof that any of us should be able to make our own formula hacks, if we follow that tutorial! I look forward to see what can come of it!

What tutorial are you speaking of?

Either way, that's awesome. Good work!

What would be great for me would be to know the addresses of the formulas so I don't have to track them down.
Then I'd be making all kinds of hacks for them.
I think, though, the holy grail for Formula editing would be to locate the pointers so the empty formula slots could be adjusted for proper use.

We already have the addresses for several formulas.  Just look at the various asm hack threads.  And what tutorial?

Quotedoes this carry over into the normal Throw command, or is this a stand-alone formula for various funsies?

Yes, it should carry over to the Throw command.

QuoteWhat tutorial are you speaking of?

http://ffhacktics.com/tutorials.php?id=11 (http://ffhacktics.com/tutorials.php?id=11)

Quote from: "Pickle Girl Fanboy"We already have the addresses for several formulas.  Just look at the various asm hack threads.  And what tutorial?

Actually we only have a handful of those. That doesn't do much for me though because the rest of them are, from what SB told me, scattered all over battle.bin in a rather nonsensical manner.

Updated first post with a few extensions to Razele's hacks.

Pretty cool & very useful. Great job!

Added:
Formula 1F ((100-CasF)*(100-TarF)*(MA+Y)*MA/2) #Hit(Rdm{1,X}) becomes ((100-CasF)*(100-TarF)*(XX+Y)*YY/2) #Hit(Rdm{1,X})
0x11ECD8
change 37 to XX
0x11ECCC
change 37 to YY

For example, putting 38 into XX and 36 into YY would make it ((100-CasF)*(100-TarF)*(SP+Y)*PA/2) #Hit(Rdm{1,X}).
http://www.ffhacktics.com/wiki/Formula_Hacking (http://www.ffhacktics.com/wiki/Formula_Hacking)

I didn't find any problems with this one so...

Formula 4F becomes Dmg_(Casters Brave+Casters Faith) Hit_(MA+X)%
0x11FE38
24004390
26004490

0x11FE48
21186400

If I had more space, I would have tried something more special... but oh well.

Formulas 09,0a,0b,0d,0e,0f,10,12,14,15,16,17,29,2a,3d,41,4d,4f,50,51,53,55,56,58,59,61,62(maybe more) change Hit_F(MA+X)%/Hit_(MA+X)%/whatever to become Hit_F(MA*2+X)%/Hit_(MA*2+X)%/whatever

0x11ED94
21104200
1980013c
d03823a4

c'mon fix "blind" somebody!

Fix Blind? What do you mean?

the status blind really doesnt do much, i mean there should be like a 10% chance of actually hitting units with physical attacks when thats in place in my opinion lol

I have to agree.

it should probably drastically lower the affected units evade% as well

I like what FFTA2 did in this regard, they made it a Solid 50% chance to hit, even with magic. Not sure how evasion and such effected it though, to be honest. If there was such a thing in this game. In that case though Blind could be sort of a... buff. In the right situation.

Say your foe has Immense evasion, and you'd normally be dealing 23% or so from the front. Put Blind on one of your own units and your chance more than doubles to him him. Would need a new name in that case, of course.

thats an interesting idea, and if you dont want it to be able to be used as a buff you can simply make it so it does not hit allys

Isn't the target's evade taken into account in the formulas anyway?
I mean, you'd think the Blind penalty was set up to cut the affected unit's hit% by a percentage rather than setting the unit's hit% to a specific amount.

Quote from: "Zozma"it should probably drastically lower the affected units evade% as well

Yes! I always thought it should, too. Not being able to see for a a species that relies heavily on sight (humans) should be very debilitating.

Currently it doubles the evade rate of targets attacked by the afflicted, but that doesn't really matter when attacking low-evade units, so it should reduce the base chance to hit from 100% to 50%, this has the same net effect against high-evade units, but a much greater effect against low-evade. It would even overwrite Concentrate if it worked this way, since Concentrate just skips the step where the target's evade rate is taken into consideration, so a blinded unit with concentrate would still ignore evasion, but would have only a 50% chance to hit.

Make a ASM hack that checks the accessorie's Physical Evasion:
Like normally a feather mantle would have 40% evade
Normal: 100 - 40 = 60% to hit

with new blind:
(100 - 40) / 2 = 30% to hit

Instead of doubling evasion, divide by two the chance to hit. This would work regardless of the C-Ev, shield or accessory equipped

Updated first post with Darkness hack and a crappy formula hack.

Thanks Zodiac for the method to do it.

And Blind is now a viable status! Thanks Zodiac and  FFMaster!

Here is a terrible one I just made. I could make it far more interesting, but right now, I have no ideas on what I should do. Maybe require the caster to have Max HP or something? Anything is possible really.

I'd like to see the dash ability use a formula like the following, so that you deal more damage if you're "heavier" then the target
dmg=((PA * CasMaxHP)/(2 * TarMaxHP)) * PA

being mindful of the power of exponential scaling, this formula is set up so that if Caster and Target hp are equal, damage equals (PA * PA)/2

:EDIT: alternatively, you could invert this, making it deal more damage when you're "lighter" then the target, which could make a good skill for thieves ("backstab" or "flank attack") or possibly monks ("hip toss" or "leg sweep")

:EDIT2: possible ability use for same gender target status infliction, provided the original opposite gender target remains as well
Bifauxnen (dancer) or Dandyism (bard) - charm target of same gender

I'd like to see drain's (and aspel) formula able to multi target and then heal in the total amount of hp drained from all units hit instead of what it does now which is heal in the value of only one of the units hit

Some questions:
1. Are all of these BATTLE.BIN?
2. Do you mind if I add these to the wiki?
3. Should I add them to the ASM Hacking page, or the BATTLE.BIN page?  Both?
4. And what would you call each of the offsets you found?   Like the requisite for Formula 29, which is normally opposite gender.

Q1)Yes, all of them are for BATTLE.BIN

Q2/3)Do whatever, I don't mind.

Q4) What do you mean? Can you rephrase that?

EDIT:

EDIT2:

I'm trying to build a map of everything currently known and editable in every file in the game, and, to do that with formulas, I need a name for every part of a formula.

For instance, your hack to Formula 29 (Steal Heart) alters it's target requisite, which is normally Opposite Gender... Looks like I answered my own question.

QuoteChange reaction activation to XX% constant

And... I need to go change my pants now.

Same here. Thanks!  

Here is a new one. It combines both Attack UP and Magic Attack UP, but is weaker and uses an empty supoort ability.

EDIT: Removed until I fix some bugs.

There isn't an editable byte to change the percentage?

Yeah, there is. But I don't know how it works exactly, never really looked into it. I just used Nate's hack.
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2008 (http://www.ffhacktics.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=2008)
To edit the ability:
0xf12fc - currently cc4c
0xf130c - currently cdcc

Noticed this just now.

From Razele's hacking topic:
Transparent loses 100% accuracy bonus
BATTLE.BIN
0x11E4D0 change 0x10 to 0x00

From Formula Hacking wiki page:
0x005A
* 0x80 Oil
* 0x40 Float
* 0x20 Reraise
* 0x10 Transparent
* 0x08 Berserk
* 0x04 Chicken
* 0x02 Frog
* 0x01 Critical


And, just to verify, the 50% bonus damage associated with Charging status means whoever has Charging status takes 50% more damage, correct?

berserk having 100% shots does sound pretty spiffy.

Impressive! What would it be called... I wonder? "Augment" (Increases PA and MA but not as much as their Attack Up Counterparts?)

I've remade the damage increase completely. The problem was that I based it off Nate's hack, but his Attack UP hack only affects weapon physical attacks, and not things like Punch Art. This new one won't work like Attack UP and friends. Instead, it will work similar to Zodiac's Fury hack.


EDIT: Also, if you feel like it, you can increase/decrease all damage/healing done by editting the 64 right at 0xF12E8. For example, changing it to 32 will halve all damage/healing. Conversely, increasing it to C8 will double all damage/healing. It doesn't matter if you don't use the supports.

EDIT2: If you plan to both reduce overall damage and use the new supports, you need to change XX and YY by the same ratio as well.

That's pretty slick there!

QuoteImpressive! What would it be called... I wonder? "Augment"

I think "Amplify" and uh... "reduction"?

"Power Up" & "Hold Back"?

I was wondering if you could replace one of the formulas thats useless to me like the dragon formulas or truth or un truth with a copy of formula 2 with a 100% success rate of casting a second skill.

the normal formula 2 has a bug causing 999 damage if there is a damage value (if it is used as a skill, not as a weapon formula), i really just want this skill to act like a normal attack that casts a second, indexed spell afterwards. possible?

what i want this for is to change the archers skillset, this formula would let them shoot with a longbow, then fire off a spell AFTER the bow animates PROPERLY

Probably not possible for me. I have no idea how to rebuild formulae. If I did, I would have made a bunch for the empty formula spaces in FFTPatcher a long time ago. I also don't have any idea about animations.

well its not directly related to animations, the problem with trying to make a Bow related skill right now is that if it has an effect file, for example:
say you want to create a skill "Fire Arrow" and it uses the effect for Fire1. here is how it will look in game...
1) the Fire1 effect executes over the selected target immedeatly
2) at the same time, the unit is just pulling the string of the bow back and shooting the arrow in some random direction
3) by the time the arrow finishes flying wherever it was going, the Fire1 effect has already finished

Using formula 2 for archer skills would be Ideal, if it werent for the fact that there is a serious glitch with damage
Basically what i meant was Making a skill thats only purpose is to fire off an indexed skill immediately after the arrow hits the target
for example making a skill "Cupid Arrow" the skill does nothing itself, but is set to cast "Steal Heart" on the target at a 100% chance,
just like if you hit someone with the icebrand and it casts ice2 on the target afterwards.

It seems kinda like a waste of skill slots, however If it actually worked in such a way then you could have longbow skills with good effect files attached to them...

Oh well, i figured id ask. maybe I'm wrong and even with effect FFFF the arrow still flys randomly?... no wait, theres a "range of weapon" box too...

Here's an alternative then. Can you mod formula 2 to use Y as the chance to execute the second ability instead of a fixed value?
This would solve most issues for use as an ability formula... but it might break it as a weapon formula...
Perhaps the mod should be to use Y as % chance to trigger the indexed ability except if Y=0 it should use the original fixed value.
Are ether of these a possibility?

@Zozma i'm sure you've resolved this issue already, but you could use formula 4 if you just want to cast fire/lightning/ice with a special ability.

unfortunately those werent the effects i wanted to cast with it...

Random ideas for R/S/M

1. Restore xx mp for every yy hp damage taken
2. Restore xx mp for every yy hp damage dealt
3. Restore xx mp for every  debuff dealt
4. Restore xx mp for every yy hp restored
5. Restore xx mp for every debuff on self


Ideas taken from Jeanne D'Arc

Gawdspeed
*Set CT to 100 when you kill an enemy

Piercing Power
*Can hit two targets in a row with a Spear or Stick

Desperation
*Increase damage dealt and recieved (kinda like the Support you hacked)

Pre-emptive
*When attacked from side or back, turn to face attacker and receive appropriate evasion

Sneak by
*Walk through enemies as if they are allies

Updated darkness hack to be smaller and less buggy.

Is it possible that the darkness % changes have any relation to concentrate (in a different location, of course)? Because a % boost concentrate would be much better, especially in conjunction with the darkness hack.

For now, I know how to completely disable concentrate. As for making it a flat hit% increase, that is a bit harder. I might be able to find where it does the final calculation for evasion, but don't expect too much.

I figured as much. It's definitely worthwhile to look into, though.

Quote from: "FFMaster"

spoiler: Dmg_(TargetCurHP-1) becomes Dmg_(CasterMaxHP-CasterCurrentHP):3kvbecnd

0x11F708
a9600508
00000000
1980033c
902d638c
0xF12A4
2a006296
28006196
22104100
c4190608
00000000

Does this accept Elements/etc or is it a copy of 43 Dmg_(CasMaxHP-CasCurHP) NS?  If it's the former, I love you.  If it's the latter, why did you make this?

I like a lot of these myself.  Very nice work.

Latter. I made it for Arena ages back, and to test what I could do.

Quote from: "FFMaster"Latter. I made it for Arena ages back, and to test what I could do.

Ah, I see.  Makes sense I suppose.  I was just hoping it did so it could be used with some fuckery to recreate Quistis' version of White Wind or something.  Alas.

Does Formula 37 still knock back with your ASM?   If so that Formula actually stops sucking some, win.

Do you take requests at all?  Mostly asking because you make good hax and I haven't had the chance to get versed in ASM yet, though I'm planning to soon.  It's cool if you don't though, I understand, ASM can be a bitch from what I've heard.

Yeah, it still has knockback. And I don't really take requests. If it is something I can do and have a bit of spare time, then I will probably make it. Otherwise, it basically gets ignored. Just remember to have a backup plan if the hack never appears.

Quote from: "FFMaster"Yeah, it still has knockback. And I don't really take requests. If it is something I can do and have a bit of spare time, then I will probably make it. Otherwise, it basically gets ignored. Just remember to have a backup plan if the hack never appears.

Ah, alright.  That's cool and I do, was just curious.

And good, I can actually make use of that formula now and get both controllable results and 100% Knockback.  Win.  <3

AI teleports XX spaces further than it's max move

0x12D2E8
e8600508
00000000

0xF13A0
3a008290
XX004224
1a80013c
bc500608
00000000

So, if XX = 3, and the unit's Move is currently 3, that means the AI will attempt to move 6 spaces if it feels like it's a smart idea. However, the AI does not know about the fail rate. All this really does is trick the AI into thinking it's max move is higher than it actually is.

New Movement! Flee - Add's XX move when unit is in critical

0x10D860
ed600508

0xF13B4
95002292
02004230
06000210
3a003092
5a002292
01004230
02000210
00000000
XX001026
1ad20508
00000000

Currently, it is tied to Silent Walk, which is why 95 and 02 are bolded. Change XX to whatever number you like.

Quote from: "FFMaster"AI teleports XX spaces further than it's max move

0x12D2E8
e8600508
00000000

0xF13A0
3a008290
XX004224
1a80013c
bc500608
00000000

So, if XX = 3, and the unit's Move is currently 3, that means the AI will attempt to move 6 spaces if it feels like it's a smart idea. However, the AI does not know about the fail rate. All this really does is trick the AI into thinking it's max move is higher than it actually is.

Ohhh.  This is nice.  I remember R999 was able to make the AI do this at one point via some kind of manipulation but it was so rare he could never record it.  An ASM for it is quite nice in anything that wants to keep Teleport around in its basic form.

Do you have any intent to manipulate Teleport in other ways, such as changing the failure rates or making it factor in height/etc, or is just making the AI use it a bit more competently as far as you're going to be taking it?

Quote from: "FFMaster"New Movement! Flee - Add's XX move when unit is in critical

0x10D860
ed600508

0xF13B4
95002292
02004230
06000210
3a003092
5a002292
01004230
02000210
00000000
XX001026
1ad20508
00000000

Currently, it is tied to Silent Walk, which is why 95 and 02 are bolded. Change XX to whatever number you like.

I like this one too, but I'm more of a fan of an Concentrate/Always: Transparent style of Silent Walk.

Dunno how useful this would be or if I'd use it in general unless that +X was pretty high and damage scaling made the chances of me being in Critical outside of Phoenix Down decent enough though.  I'm assuming changing 95 and 02 allows it to be tied to one of the other Movement skills as well, yes?  Also, if it is tied to a skill besides Silent Walk, will it be Move +X when in Critical, or will it be Move +X when in Critical and that Movement skill's original bonus?

Well, not just movement. You can tie it to any RSM really. For example, tying to Critical Quick would be pretty interesting. Critical Quick activates, gives you plenty of move to get away from anything. And I chose Silent Walk because Silent Walk has no use in the game.

EDIT: And yes, I plan to change Teleport, if I can manage to find the way it calculates the success %

Quote from: "FFMaster"Well, not just movement. You can tie it to any RSM really. For example, tying to Critical Quick would be pretty interesting. Critical Quick activates, gives you plenty of move to get away from anything. And I chose Silent Walk because Silent Walk has no use in the game.

So it can be tied to anything, and that anything will maintain all its original properties and gain Critical: Move +X?

...That's actually really cool and really interesting.  There's a lot of potential there, honestly.

Quote from: "FFMaster"EDIT: And yes, I plan to change Teleport, if I can manage to find the way it calculates the success %

Win.  Looking forward to seeing what you can do to it.

Quote from: "FFMaster"New Movement! Flee - Add's XX move when unit is in critical
...

Excellent! I think this will be very useful. ^_^

It's be funny if you tied flee to teleport.  Wiegraf goes critical and then NINJA VANISH!

Formula hack

Very nice! I gotta say I love the way you explain your ASM hacks and include info on how to further mod them.
If more ASM hackers did this they'd get pestered less for small modifications.

Here is a small one I stumbled on. I doubt anybody will use it, but it's here just in case.

Actually since this allows abilities with CT = 1 to be instant I can see someone using it to replace Short/Non-charge and replacing Non-charge with something else.

Nice! Thanks a lot FFMaster!

Quote from: "FFMaster"

spoiler: Not moving and not acting bonus CT edit:2y4tkbed

0x11CCDC
change 14 to XX

0x11CCE8
change 14 to YY

XX = bonus CT for not moving
YY = bonus CT for not acting

This is a great one. Thanks!

Quote from: "FFMaster"

spoiler: Not moving and not acting bonus CT edit:1nu3pz6v

0x11CCDC
change 14 to XX

0x11CCE8
change 14 to YY

XX = bonus CT for not moving
YY = bonus CT for not acting

Outside of edits to Global Evasion, this has to be the one hack I've wanted most of all.

This and the Jump and Teleport ones basically win the entire thread by themselves imo, everything else mostly being quality hacks is just gravy now.  This one especially since it's probably one of the bigger ways of leveling the playing field between the player and AI.

earlier on, you made an edit to critical-dependant reactions to not require critcal status, so i'm wondering, whould it be possible to edit a non-critical dependant reaction to become critical dependant? I'm thinking specifically of MP Switch, Hamedo and possibly Blade Grasp. MP Switch might actually be BETTER with such a change, since it would only activate in an emergency, allowing casters to equip it without fear of having their entire mp guage depleted after the first hit they suffer. Likewise, Hamedo and Blade Grasp I feel would be much more balanced if you had to risk death to trigger them.

Here is one quite a few have wanted.


Sorry that I didn't do it freely editable. I don't think people would be using other numbers, so I left it as a basic division. If you want to divide by a bigger number(has to be to the power 2) then just say. But yeah, I doubt anyone would go lower than 25%, and I highly doubt people want haste to be higher than 50%.

I think the only other value anyone would want would be 33% on this one anyway, but being able to manipulate them between 25% or 50% as needed is already really cool.

My ISO for the Haste hack has the value 21 in 0x11B9FC by default, not 42. I have no idea why. So do I just put 82 and it becomes 25%?

it should be 0x11B9F8. Fixed and thanks for telling me.


EDIT:

This is very messy because I edited melonhead's original code. Once I had a working version, I didn't want to try other things to break it.
Removed for being buggy.

SWWEETTTT! FFT:C finally has a good reason for an update. I will try to get a release out with this included this week. Obviously this unlockes it, but it is still all in japanese.

DO NOT USE SOUND TEST! I THINK I DID SOMETHING WRONG!

EDIT: Not working because the game doesn't load WORLD.BIN until later. I need to work out a way to solve this.

EDIT2: Should be fixed. Tried it myself in a proper patch. Game loaded perfectly

EDIT3: Added a newer xml on the first post. It has a few of the other hacks.

EDIT4: Removed. Get the newer code down below. XML for FFTorgASM is on the first post.

Ah dude you are soo close but not quite. The code for the menu is incomplete, because it is a normal looking window usually.


The good news is I know how to fix the menu and I know the offset for it in the RAM. The only problem is that I haven't been able to find said code anywhere in the actual game files. We will have to work on this tomorrow. SO CLOSE!

Quote from: "FFMaster"

spoiler: Abandon increases evasion by 50%:38udn1ok

0x11E3C8
82280200
23104500

Sheer win.  This is one of those hacks I'm surprised no one has made before now and have wanted for forever.

Is it possible to extend this to Defend for the people who want to combine Defend Innate All + Not Acting gives 0 Bonus CT hacks?


Also, sweet progress on enabling Sound Test Mode.

Fixed a bug when you cancel from the menu, go into the Load screen, and go back into New game. 1 less bug is always good =)


Updated first post with new XML

quick call for clarification about the Awareness hack. In the arena tables it says it lets W-ev and C-ev apply to sides and back, but the description here is simply "perfect evasion from all sides" which would imply shield evasion as well, which is it?

Should have S-EV as well.

EDIT: Updated first post with a fixed xml. Should work fine now.

Sound test 100% working. FFTorgASM xml is on the first post.

(http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj174/FF255Master/soundtest.png)

Very nice! Well done FFMaster! Now Complete is only steps away from true completion!

With this kind of progress I'm going to actually have to go finish prepping all the possible units for editing like I was s'posed to do months ago. =P

Turn transparent into blink?  Or bubble?  Or the mp equivalent of regen?

You're the man FFM.

Does this ASM also block Brave / Faith from being gained / lost mid-battle if it would go beyond the set limit or does this just do a pre-battle check on permanent Faiths and and force the value to the set default?

No, it just stops the permanent Brave/Faith gained/lost if it goes past the limits. You can push a unit to 100 Brave for the purpose of the battle, but after the battle, the Brave will reset to what it should be normally, and if what it normally should be is over the limit, Brave is set back to the limit.

The maximum brave limit and this one are awesome!
Thanks, FFMaster!

Quote from: FFMaster on January 04, 2011, 05:24:17 am

spoiler: Katana break chance constant

0x120984
XX000524

:D Oh God YES :D

Quote from: FFMaster on January 04, 2011, 05:24:17 am

spoiler: Katana break chance constant

0x120984
XX000524

This sets all Katana to XX% break when a Draw Out is used. 00 for 0% break chance, 64 for 100% break chance. A lot of people have been waiting for this one =p

You've tested to be sure this doesn't affect the WP of the Asura Knife when it's used during battle, correct?

Yes. It leaves the WP alone and forces a new number in instead.

You are well on the way to being one of the most loved members of this community! ^_^

On the way? I can't really recall anyone being like ::grumble:: curse that FFM and his "Dreaded" asm hacks!
<3 the ffm but don't embrace...(unless you a chick)

True, but we can't overlook the work of the other ASM mages. Lord knows the Ability Requirement Hack was well received.

A completely custom formula is possible, using one of the blank slots.

HOWEVER, it takes a lot of ASM space. If enough people want a formula, I guess I can make it.

A lot of people have wanted to have Riskbreaker as a custom job but most of the formulas for the skills in Vagrant story have nothing reasonably comparable in FFT. Perhaps something like these would be useful for fans of Ashly's job and could also replace some of the many sword skill formulas:

Dmg_(EquippedWeaponFormula)*(X)%
DmgMP_(EquippedWeaponFormula)*(X)%
AbsHP_(EquippedWeaponFormula)*(X)%
AbsMP_(EquippedWeaponFormula)*(X)%
Dmg_(TargetMaxHP-TargetCurHP)*(X)%
DmgMP_(TargetMaxMP-TargetCurMP)*(X)%
Dmg_(EquippedWeaponFormula)*(X)% DmgSelf_(EquippedWeaponFormula)*(Y)%
Dmg_(EquippedWeaponFormula)*(X)% #Hit_(Indexed as Range)* DmgSelf_(Y)
*This formula would be intended to be used with the weapon range flag, but not using it should only result in the range equaling the number of hits.

Many of these can replace some of the weapon attacks used in the game such as the various sword skills. However this largely depends on weather or not the Equipped weapon formulas are accessible during Ability formula calculation. If not, a generic WP*WP can be used.

Are you sure throwing the door open for formula requests is a good idea?  It killed Razele.

Actually, the truck killed Razele, but only because his brain shut down from too much hacking.

Quote from: Pickle Girl Fanboy on January 05, 2011, 07:33:06 pm
Are you sure throwing the door open for formula requests is a good idea?  It killed Razele.

Actually, the truck killed Razele, but only because his brain shut down from too much hacking.

That's why mine is more of a suggestion+inquiry than an actual request. Plus it should be fine as long as people don't get demanding about it and are severely reprimanded and ridiculed if they do.

@FFMaster: That is a pretty cool CT hack. Could it be attached to a support ability slot?

For that CT hack - does it still allow you to check CT as normal, or does it function like Jump?

If it's the former, that's quite a lot of potential there.

Does the CT hack affect charge?

And for that matter, Perservering skills such as Sing/Dance?

Does not affect Charge, does affect skills with Persevere flagged(Sing/Dance). I'll add that note to the main page.

Knowing what I do of how Square codes, I am seriously surprised they made it that simple.

Thanks.  Also, you never answered, with the CT hack, does checking CT still function normally since skill CT seems like it would be calculated on-the-fly a-la Jump, or have you not tested that?

For normal abilities, they worked properly. Not sure about Jump. I know Charge isn't affected at all.

If you are going to do some formula hacks, I think one of the biggest ones would be a simple PA*Y formula so the worker formula doesn't have to be used and such.

That CT hack is great. Is there any way to get CT scaling with 10/SP? That would be the holy grail, IMO - 1 CT would be roughly 10% of an AT for the whole game, speed growth issues solved.

Right now, I have a PA*Y formula, but it doesn't inflict statii and doesn't have an element. No idea what is causing the problem, but if people still want it, I can put it up... it's better than the Worker 8 formula at least, it's evadable, and is affected by AUP and friends.

It's an improvement, so there's no need to complain. So please post it ^_^

Use at your own risk. I'm not putting it on the front page. It doesn't deserve it.

EDIT: Removed, use the one below.

Here is a much better version. This will always use weapon element, unless you use the Weapon Strike ASM.

Basically, it is formula 2D with PA*Y as the formula, and is accessed by using formula 11. So remember, 100% status.
0x122124
23610508

0xF148C
e8ffbd27
1000bfaf
6e21060c
00000000
03000214
00000000
2f61050c
00000000
1000bf8f
1800bd27
0800e003
00000000

0xF14BC
e8ffbd27
1000bfaf
4421060c
00000000
8117060c
00000000
d0260608
00000000

If people can think of a better formula to base it off (Physical damage, takes elements, takes statii) then please tell me.

FFMaster is the man, I know I'll use this and I'm sure many others will as well. Good PA formulas are hard to come by

Pride, if you need that many lines, you might as well cannibalize the Steal EXP formula, which is poorly coded and probably will never be used in your Arena hack.

Here is one a lot of people have wanted. For examples, Mercenaries.




EDIT: According to FDC, this should also allow the AI to attack units with Death Sentence. Can anyone test that out? Kind of busy right now.

Quote from: FFMaster on January 09, 2011, 12:31:11 amEDIT: According to FDC, this should also allow the AI to attack units with Death Sentence. Can anyone test that out? Kind of busy right now.

I'm also kind of busy right now, but if this turns out to be true, would it be possible to get a version of this that only includes the "AI attacks units with Wall status" portion for the people who would like to keep Wall as-is but still have a working Death Sentence that doesn't distort the fuck out of the AI?

Also, for custom formulas, are you interested in taking any requests in those?  I have a number that I think are of varying degrees of complexity that more than just myself would probably like to see if you're interested in taking a crack at them.

Depends. If you want to leave Wall as is, then don't edit the first part. That is the part to disable Wall status. As for custom formulae, if they are simple equation changes, then it should be fine. The problem is that they just take up a lot of space. If you have an equation that can be replaced(Steal Gil, lol), then it should take much less space.

EDIT: The Wall hack doesn't affect DS AI. Unit ignored the DS'ed unit completely.

Quote from: FFMaster on January 09, 2011, 03:56:54 pm
EDIT: The Wall hack doesn't affect DS AI. Unit ignored the DS'ed unit completely.

Next test a unit with re-raise.  If I'm not mistaken, the AI knows to use re-raise to remove DS.  Does that still work after you apply this ASM hack?

Alright then.  Thanks.

There are a number of formula I would definitely want / like to see, but if you don't mind the one I find most important is the one I spoke to you of on IRC - Fist Formula becomes Dmg_((PA+5[or ZZ if possible?])/2*PA).  This is rather integral to one of my Projects so it'd be amazing if you could do it.  I have a number of others I'd like, but they're of far less importance so they can wait unless you're interested in trying them as well.  If you do, just tell me and I'll let you know what they are and what formula you can feel free to nuke the shit out of for space.

If you want to try writing a formula into a new spot entirely, I think one that a lot of people wouldn't mind seeing (myself included despite not knowing if I'd use it in my current Project) is Dmg_(PA*(WP+Y)) DmgCas_(PA*(WP+Y)/X), so that the War of the Lions Dark Knight could be recreated.  Only problem is using the obvious Work formula as the base means no Status no Elemental and people will probably want that too, so... yeah.  Then again, I suppose using 2D as the base and adding a DmgCas section would remedy this.  I'd recommend writing this over the defunct 05 Dmg_[Weapon] Formula if you can so everyone can use it.

Quote from: RavenOfRazgriz on January 10, 2011, 05:37:50 pm
If you want to try writing a formula into a new spot entirely, I think one that a lot of people wouldn't mind seeing (myself included despite not knowing if I'd use it in my current Project) is Dmg_(PA*(WP+Y)) DmgCas_(PA*(WP+Y)/X), so that the War of the Lions Dark Knight could be recreated.  Only problem is using the obvious Work formula as the base means no Status no Elemental and people will probably want that too, so... yeah.  Then again, I suppose using 2D as the base and adding a DmgCas section would remedy this.  I'd recommend writing this over the defunct 05 Dmg_[Weapon] Formula if you can so everyone can use it.

This would be great for some of the Riskbreaker skills also.

REMOVED: USE THE ONES ON FIRST POST

Does this affect Non-Charge?

No, sorry. If you want a Non-Charge version as well, I could edit this version and put some Non-Charge checks.

Pretty great hacks here as well.

If you have the time to clarify, I was wondering something with regards to your Minimum and Maximum Brave/Faith hacks, I'm curious. Does it just force people to have the minimum (or the maximum) Brave/Faith just when coming into the battle? Or does it make utterly impossible for Brave or Faith to be lowered or raised above the new floor or ceiling chosen?

For example, let's say I made the new Brave floor 11 with this. Would I be unable to thus Chicken any unit in the game with whatever -Brave abilities? Or it would it just force units that somehow got permanent Brave less than 11 outside of battle to have 11 Brave inside of battle?

The latter. Temporary Brave is unaffected. If a unit should have less than 11 Brave after the battle, he instead gets pushed up to 11.

Did you end up making a non-charge check for archers?

Do they work on jump?

definately would like a non charge version as well

Ok, the Short Charge on the Charge Skillset just makes Charges resolve after the unit's turn. I was seeing archers let off charge +7's and stuff instantly. Not cool.

Hey FFM. I tried applying your Darkness % hack and it has literally no effect at all. I tried dickering around with the XX value, setting it to various things and testing it and it never changed the unit's hit % at all. I've triple checked my BATTLE.BIN against the hack and it all matches up. Could you help me out with this?

Quote from: Celdia on April 28, 2011, 10:19:36 pm
Hey FFM. I tried applying your Darkness % hack and it has literally no effect at all. I tried dickering around with the XX value, setting it to various things and testing it and it never changed the unit's hit % at all. I've triple checked my BATTLE.BIN against the hack and it all matches up. Could you help me out with this?

That's because his jump command was put in the A-EV calculation routine, but before where A-EV was loaded by the game.  Hence, his changes to A-EV are overwritten (by unmodified A-EV).  Furthermore, by putting his jump command in the normal evasion routine, the hack allows units with transparent or concentrate to get 100% over blind.

Actually, what it does it load the A-EV, and then adds XX to it. And it's working fine for me it seems. But yeah, you can overflow it if you set the number too high.

Going to look at Charge now.

I checked through the code, and 1 bit was wrong. What was happening was that all Charge abilities were having their CT halved, whether the caster had Short Charge or not. I've been testing it out and it works fine now. The problem is that even though the game says "Turn 08" or something, that is the CT without it being halved. You have to press the right arrow to check the proper AT location. I'm trying to fix that right now.

Ok, I've fixed Charge up. It should be displaying the right numbers everywhere now. I've tested it with 2 exact clone units(except one has SC, and the other doesn't), using Charge +5 on the same character. Unit with SC procced first, and the bug which causes Charge to hit automatically has been fixed.

Updated ASM hacks to comply with the new standard. The ones that don't comply are the ones labelled (NEEDS FIXING). The Sound Test hasn't been checked yet.

EDIT: If someone could test the darkness hack on pSX and tell me the results, that would be awesome.

Small random thing here

Damage Split returns 25% of damage instead of 50%

BATTLE.BIN
0x126358
change 42 to 82

Haha.  That's one I've been wanting for a long time.

I assume you can further change the output by changing 42 to other values, or are something like 100/50/25/12.5/6.25 the only acceptable set of values for it?

has to be 1/2^n, where n is a natural number. I could make it take any fraction I guess, but that would mean kanji space. May do it some other time though.

It's okay, I was just curious.

You shouldn't need other values, but it's always good to know what your design space is ahead of time.

Here is a bit of useless code. Monkey Grip v0.01. Right now, there is no actual use to gameplay. All this does is allow units with weapons flagged "Forced 2 Hands" to hold it in one hand. Offhand can't equip shields or any other weapons if they have 2 Swords. If a unit also has 2 Hands, 2 Hands takes priority(don't know if it still increases damage, but most likely not). This only works in the formation screen right now, but can be extended to unit select screen and in battle pretty easily. But first, trying to make it useful =p

For those who just want to see the code(This is currently tied to Monster Talk, units without Monster Talk will not be able to be badass and hold axes in 1 hand):
WORLD.BIN
0x40AFC
21380000
00008384
02008284
05006010
21300000
06004014
00000000
CB820408
FF036630
02004010
21184000
FF036630
1100C010
7A00C228
0F004010
C0100600
0680013C
21082200
0a004286
B93A2390
D9010124
07004110
01006230
05004010
00000000
0400A010
04006230
07004010
2110E000
01000734
2110E000
00000000
00000000
00000000
00000000
0800E003
00000000

Monkey grip? Awesome!
Looking foward to see it completed

That's great! I have spent a lot of time on this and gotten nowhere, so good show.

The Disable Move hack. Units using abilities flagged Weapon Strike and not flagged Follow Target will not be able to move after acting. Found it while looking for some other stuff last night, it looks like it, but may not be. I haven't got time to check it due to 10000000 assessments.

0x11CBAC
51610508
00000000

0xF1544
1980053C
F338A690
F438A590
1000BFAF
2000C630
1000A530
0400A010
21280000
0200C010
00000000
0100A524
ED0E0608
00000000

Oh, this would allow us to make an archer skillset with charge and other stuff, without shitty bugs
Good find!

Indeed! That's one I've been wanting for ages. I hated those"shitty bugs" Dome mentioned. Thanks a lot. ^___^

May I request if it's not much trouble, a hack that removes the requriement of targeting dragons with Reis's moves in the PSP version?

Quote from: FFMaster on September 13, 2011, 09:07:24 am
The Disable Move hack. Units using abilities flagged Weapon Strike and not flagged Follow Target will not be able to move after acting. Found it while looking for some other stuff last night, it looks like it, but may not be. I haven't got time to check it due to 10000000 assessments.

0x11CBAC
51610508
00000000

0xF1544
1980053C
F338A690
F438A590
1000BFAF
2000C630
1000A530
0400A010
21280000
0200C010
00000000
0100A524
ED0E0608
00000000

Will the AI know well enough to move before targeting or will it cheat itself out of it's own move action?

I would think it doesnt matter. Either they are already in range of their target or they move to get to said target, either way they won't move afterward.

I asked you about it a while back FFM, but I was just wondering (once you get the time to hack again after your exams are over) if you could find the offset again that cancels the mid-charge bonus on charging units (mages with spells most notably in Arena)?

I think you said that it was a single-byte change iirc and that you lost the location of it unfortunately.

If you ever discover it, let everyone know because I think it's great :D

Changes Reaction Rate from Br% to (Br+Fa)/2%

0x126398
5E610508
00000000

0xF1578
24008590
26008490
00000000
2128A400
42280500
3378010C
64000434
EC340608
00000000

EDIT:

Change Damage split to shift 33%

0x126358
67610508
5555103C

0xF159C
56551026
18000202
10800000
D8340608
1980033C

Quote from: FFMaster on November 08, 2011, 09:49:18 pmChange Damage split to shift 33%

0x126358
67610508
5555103C

0xF159C
56551026
18000202
10800000
D8340608
1980033C

Are there a couple of bytes to change which will change the % Damage Split shifts?

Yeah, let me highlight them

0x126358
67610508
xxww103C

0xF159C
zzyy1026
18000202
10800000
D8340608
1980033C

This one reads wwxxyyzz

The fraction you get is 0xWWXXYYZZ/0xFFFFFFFF, a hex division. I don't really know how it works, better off asking fdc on the proper way to do it. I just know 1/3 is 55555556.

Quote from: FFMaster on November 08, 2011, 10:45:00 pmThe fraction you get is 0xWWXXYYZZ/0xFFFFFFFF, a hex division. I don't really know how it works, better off asking fdc on the proper way to do it. I just know 1/3 is 55555556.

00:33   FFMaster: ok, in vanilla, Attack Up is 4/3
00:34   FFMaster: so we want to increase PA by 1/3
00:35   FFMaster: we start with the number FFFF
00:35   FFMaster: FFFFFFFF*
00:35   FFMaster: divide that by the denominator
00:35   FFMaster: in this case 3
00:35   FFMaster: =55555555
00:35   FFMaster: and add 1
00:35   FFMaster: =55555556
00:35   FFMaster: and multiply that by the numerator
00:36   FFMaster: [14:23] <FFMaster> 5555043C
00:36   FFMaster: [14:23] <FFMaster> 56558424
00:36   FFMaster: is basically making the number 55555556
00:37   FFMaster: so the first 2 bytes in the first line
00:37   FFMaster: reverse them
00:37   FFMaster: and those are the first 2 numbers
00:37   FFMaster: reverse the first 2 bytes for the second line
00:37   FFMaster: and you have the remaining numbers
00:38   FFMaster: if you wanted 2/5 for example
00:38   FFMaster: FFFFFFFF/5
00:38   FFMaster: =33333333
00:38   FFMaster: add 1
00:38   FFMaster: =33333334
00:38   FFMaster: multiply by 2
00:39   FFMaster: 66666668
00:39   FFMaster: so the code will be
00:39   FFMaster: 6666043C
00:39   FFMaster: 68668424
00:39   FFMaster: if that makes any sense
00:39   RavenOfRazgriz: I think I get it
00:40   RavenOfRazgriz: So you take FFFFFFF to represent your start value
00:40   RavenOfRazgriz: divide
00:40   RavenOfRazgriz: Add 1 for some reason I assume is code-related
00:40   RavenOfRazgriz: multiply
00:40   RavenOfRazgriz: split your answer into part A and part B, in this case 6666 and 6668
00:41   RavenOfRazgriz: Reverse the bytes
00:41   FFMaster: yep
00:41   RavenOfRazgriz: Concatenate 043C to the first part
00:41   RavenOfRazgriz: 8424 to the second
00:41   RavenOfRazgriz: ?
00:41   FFMaster: yep
00:41   RavenOfRazgriz: I assume those numbers are always used then?
00:41   FFMaster: yeah
00:41   RavenOfRazgriz: That's pretty simple honestly.
00:42   FFMaster: the other numbers just tell the location and what to do
00:42   RavenOfRazgriz: I see.
00:42   RavenOfRazgriz: So for 4/3...
00:42   RavenOfRazgriz: FFFFFFFF / 3
00:42   RavenOfRazgriz: = 55555555
00:42   RavenOfRazgriz: +1
00:42   RavenOfRazgriz: 55555556
00:42   RavenOfRazgriz: * 4
00:43   RavenOfRazgriz: = 155555558
00:43   RavenOfRazgriz: um
00:43   FFMaster: wait... would that overflow....
00:43   RavenOfRazgriz: Is that okay?
00:43   FFMaster: i'm not sure
00:43   FFMaster: you will have to ask fdc
00:43   RavenOfRazgriz: That sounds like it should overflow
00:44   FFMaster: yeah
00:44   FFMaster: so you will have to keep between 0 and 1
00:44   FFMaster: the increase has to be a fraction between 0 and 1, yeah
00:44   RavenOfRazgriz: OH
00:44   RavenOfRazgriz: So this is an increase
00:44   RavenOfRazgriz: So it's below 1
00:44   RavenOfRazgriz: So in this case I'd do 1/3
00:44   FFMaster: yes
00:44   RavenOfRazgriz: To get ATKUP
00:44   FFMaster: yes
00:44   RavenOfRazgriz: which is 55555556
00:45   RavenOfRazgriz: Now the code you showed me makes sense
00:45   FFMaster: so if i wanted to increase by 7/8
02:02   FFMaster: Raven, if it's not too late, i messed up a tiny bit
02:02   FFMaster: it's FFFFFFFF
02:02   FFMaster: divide by denominator
02:02   FFMaster: multiply by numerator
02:02   FFMaster: and then add 1
02:04   RavenOfRazgriz: kk

What about the damage restored to the character by Damage Split?

What about it?  You always get healed by the amount of damage shifted to the enemy.

Ah, didn't think of it.  I thought it was 2 separate routines, one to shift damage and another to restore hp.  I didn't anticipate that it would use the same routine to determine damage, and then shift that number to enemy hp damage and self hp restoration.

I'm having some trouble with the katana break chance constant hack. I set the XX to 00, but all it looks like it did was get rid of the message telling you the katana broke. When I check my inventory I still have katanas come up missing pretty regularly, I guess about as often as they would before. Anyone else having the same problem?

Oil status grants weakness to element(s), overrides Absorb/Null/Half element
BATTLE.BIN
0x11DE98

1980023C
982D428C
E8FFBD27
5A004590
1000BFAF
8000A130
6D004590
02002010
9C014194
XX00A530
24188500
02006010
00042334
9C0143A4
5A004190
6E004590
80002130
02002010
00000000
XX00A530
24188500
05006010
00000000
9013060C
00000000
D6130608
00000000
6F004590
02002010
90014194
0300A530
24188500
02006010
43080100
900141A4
5A004190
70004590
80002130
02002010
90014194
YY00A534
24188500
05006010
40080100
9C014394
900141A4
00086334
9C0143A4
1000BF8F
1800BD27
0800E003
00000000

BATTLE.BIN
0x120020
change 80 to YY


XX = Elements not affected by Oil
YY = Elements affected by Oil


TABLE
0x80 = Fire
0x40 = Lightning
0x20 = Ice
0x10 = Wind
0x08 = Earth
0x04 = Water
0x02 = Holy
0x01 = Dark


For example, if you want Oil to grant weakness to Fire/Holy/Dark, then XX = 7C and YY = 83

For those who want to mess with the effects more:
First XX = Elements to ignore Absorb on target
Second XX = Elements to ignore Null/Half on target
First YY = Elements to grant Weak on target
Second YY = Elements that will remove Oil


The combination of Null/Half: Elements was due to laziness.

This hack is based off fdc's version and bloated with stuff that I wanted.

Nice, FFM. I always appreciate these customizable asm hacks, even if I don't have time right now to put them to use myself.

Fun ASM hack here.

Reis formulas(Dragon hit only) becomes Monster Skill hit only

BATTLE.BIN
0x1205BC
1980023C
982D428C
E8FFBD27
92004290
1000BFAF
80004230
00000000
00000000

The bolded numbers can be changed to fit any RSM. Check the wiki for which numbers correspond to which RSM.

(Sigh.)

This is probably horribly obvious, but I figure that I need to ask this question in part for "Human Advancement":

Quote from: FFMaster on August 21, 2012, 06:41:38 pm
XX = Elements not affected by Oil
YY = Elements affected by Oil


TABLE
0x80 = Fire
0x40 = Lightning
0x20 = Ice
0x10 = Wind
0x08 = Earth
0x04 = Water
0x02 = Holy
0x01 = Dark


For example, if you want Oil to grant weakness to Fire/Holy/Dark, then XX = 7C and YY = 83

For those who want to mess with the effects more:
First XX = Elements to ignore Absorb on target
Second XX = Elements to ignore Null/Half on target
First YY = Elements to grant Weak on target
Second YY = Elements that will remove Oil

Let's say that I just want a weakness to Fire and only Fire and that I don't want Fire to remove Oil (probably).

When it comes to the first and second XX, do these still have to be the elements not affected by Oil, i.e. everything that isn't Fire in this case? Or do I just make everything but the second YY 80 according to this since I want Oil to override Absorb? Alternately, would I make only the first XX and the first YY 80 if I want Oil to still be affected by Null: Fire and Half/Resist: Fire?

Thanks in advance.

So you want Oil to override Null/Half/Absorb for Fire, Oil to grant Weak to Fire and not be removed?

First and second XX = 7F
First YY = 80
Second YY = 00

If you want it to still be affected by Half/Absorb/Null, then both XX = FF.

(Okay, so it is what I thought.)

I see. Thanks.

Just to clarify further: If I wanted it to override Absorb, but NOT Null and Half, then I would just use 7F for the First XX and FF for the Second XX, yes?

Yes.

ffmaster can you put your undead units always revive asm here please?

Lockeadon, I believe the 'Units rot or reanimate without skipped turns' hack that comes with FFTorgASM can do that. Make the undead units that you want to always revive become immune to both Crystal and Treasure, and they should revive without fail. I've not tested it extensively, however.

I don't understand these two

QuoteNot moving and not acting bonus CT edit

Wasn't this editable in patcher?

QuoteReis formulas(Dragon hit only) becomes Monster Skill hit only

Does this not affect certain Job but affects RSM?Or does it makes a certain RSM to affect monster?kind of confused.

@White Knight, that would work, but to do so for *all* undead would seem to require making every job immortal o.o sorry for late reply.

@anyone also, what happens if you have a drain effect over 100% o.o trying to make a vampire class similar to fftsocial or bravely default. finally, some way to make vampire status not take control? i've (finally) got my other classes sorted, mostly. (blue, angel, mystic knight) but vampire is giving me trouble.

QuoteRaijinili: also ask xif if she would edit ffm's post with a corrected version of the hack so it won't happen again

Please?

Quote from: FFMaster on September 13, 2011, 09:07:24 amThe Disable Move hack. Units using abilities flagged Weapon Strike and not flagged Follow Target will not be able to move after acting. Found it while looking for some other stuff last night, it looks like it, but may not be. I haven't got time to check it due to 10000000 assessments.

0x11CBAC
51610508
00000000

0xF1544
1980053C
F338A690
F438A590
1000BFAF
2000C630
1000A530
0400A010
21280000
0200C010
00000000
0100A524
ED0E0608
00000000

What ever happened to this ASM Hack? Was is ditched?

Sadly I am confused once the numbers go into the 100+... (Haven't learnt when alphabet kicks in)

What would the value be if
0x80 = Fire
0x40 = Lightning
0x20 = Ice
0x10 = Wind
0x08 = Earth
0x04 = Water
0x02 = Holy
0x01 = Dark

I want oil to effect all elements, and be removed by all elements?

Hi,

Here is a tutorial that explain hexadecimal https://ffhacktics.com/tutorials.php?id=11 (https://ffhacktics.com/tutorials.php?id=11). At the beginning, you'll see all the value going up.

So after 9 you'll go to A then B until F, and then go back to 0. (So 8 + 4 = C). Your windows calculator can do the job too if you configure it to programmer (not sure how it's called in english). Then it will give you access to hexadecimal operations.

Anyway,  if you want to affect all elements the value will be FF.

Tyvm!!!

And more so for including the tutorial link! :)