Final Fantasy Hacktics

OMG thank you. This is too easy. 

I couldn't find this info anywhere, but I want to know how to change the names for jobs and items (skillsets and all that too, I assume it would be the same).

I changed the names in all the xml files, but when I patch the ISO, nothing changes.

For some reason, some of the spear animations are off in combat, and I also see some interesting sprite sheets for weapons in my Sushi (at the bottom of the list). I was wondering if some of those Unknown, or second table fields in the item tab of FFTPatcher change the weapon look in combat or not.

Yep. It's Wall status. Just got to change it to protect and shell instead. Thanks for informing me Celdia. 

Got another one-

Sometimes a character (NPC or one in my party) is immune to all magic and physical attacks. Does anyone know what causes this?

Thanks guys. 

Thanks, that helped.

How can I go about making a file with multiple color palettes? I don't get how a .bmp file can have multiple layers.

Yes. The Berserker sprite near the bottom of the sprites page.

It looks fine when one of my characters is that class, just not enemy characters.

They do not.

Just a quick note: If I turn the male knights into female, they look normal. I don't see any real difference between them in Shishi or FFTPatcher, so I'm really stumped. Also, if I make all the enemies on the map male, they are all still black- so the sprite limit isn't being reached because I can make them look normal if they aren't male knights, so it isn't the number of sprites.

I'm not sure what that last question means really. Are you referring to the palette number in ENTD? I messed around a bit with this, and got some success with one battle map, but not so much success after that. For the last battle I modified, I made all the opponents the same class, but they would show up black as geomancers, but normal when I changed them to wizards. This doesn't make sense to me considering the limit on sprites per battle.

Allright then. I didn't know if there were any other problems that can occur from changing Ramza's sprite. Thanks for that!

One other question-

Why are some sprites all black when there are other sprites of the same type in the same battle that look normal- even if they are dead characters that start the scene dead on the ground? I thought it was the color pallete, but there doesn't seem to be a problem with that. Is it just the number of different sprites in battle at once? Can this be fixed while keeping all the new sprites I've added, or is it something I'll just have to deal with?

If Ramza sprites are in the Custom Sprites section here, is it okay to change the default Ramza? I'm afraid of screwing up my hack with bugs I won't notice until way later. I just found it strange that I read to not change Ramza's sprite, but there are custom sprites for him. I know the story scenes can easily get messed up from changing sprites, and I'm somewhat okay with those problems only because I don't care about that aspect of the game- the story scenes just annoy me, and I'm not making this hack for anyone besides myself really.

Thank you very much Celdia. This helps quite a bit.

Every page on this site takes a long time for me to load for some reason, so I can't do a whole lot of searching. I'm new to hacking FFT, but I already accomplished a lot with my hack. I just have some questions that I hope can be answered easily.

1. How do I get some classes like the ninja class to use the new abilities I made? The Throw command, and I think the Lancer's Jump command don't let me use the new abilities. Is there a way around this?

2. Is there any way to get enemy abilities to be used as my player abilities without having a weapon appear while they are used?

3. The samurai class abilities vfx also show the weapon when they are used. Is there a way to not have the weapon show up?

4. Can someone direct me to a page that helps me modify sprites? I want to change all or most of the player sprites except for Ramza (because I heard it's best not to modify that sprite). I assume I can download new sprites and modify colors somehow. I haven't yet started to change sprites, but I want to know the basics.

5. If there is any suggestions for the beginner besides the general stuff I should know? Any common problems people run into when trying to hack FFT that I can get a heads up on?

Okay, I'm brand new to hacking FF Tactics, but not to hacking, and I had some very basic questions. I just need someone to point me in the right direction really.

I only want to edit sprites, stats, abilities, and items. What should I download first? Also, is there anything I should do first before I even start hacking?

-Thanks