Final Fantasy Hacktics

Okay so as some know im working alone on a patch. slowly but surely.

It's not a complete story change, however, I have done a few "things" to warp the story. Adding in some new characters and new jobs and abilities as well. A real goal of mine is to make the game significantly more difficult weather you have special units or not.

Ideas are always welcome.

I'm currently still working on chapter 1. The only big things that happen differently are that Algus decides to stay at Igros after you rescue him, and Delita invites Teta to come along with the group to Dorter. Along the way The Aquarius stone is found, yes this early, but nothing real obvious happens yet pertaining to lucavi. Miluda also escapes from the original fate given to her by square, she may be stubborn but shell see the light eventually eh...

Money: Gained money during battle will be cut down to 1/4 also the resale value of items will also be reduced to 1/4 the norm instead of 1/2 price.

Ramza's skills besides the normal 4 are blue magic and rare. Can you get them all? we shall see.

anyway, Characters that join you:
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Izlude - Knight Blade: Mighty Sword skills that dont miss monsters
(With orlandu out of the picture and the Mighty Sword formula fixed hopefully, theres absolutely no problem with him joining up after the point that Orlandu normally would have already been there. I am debating his skillset because I would like to have skills similar to sword skills, for the Spear/Pole only weapons.

Miang - Terror Knight: Terror Blade, Uses the Fear skills that the zodiac monsters use, but at MP cost, and they also do physical damage.

Balmafula- Arch Witch: She will join you instead of Orlandu and has a great skillset.

Boco: Boco will not breed this time and will have more skills, however i dont have a way to make him mountable as of yet.

Rad - Dark Knight: Rad becomes a full fledged Dark Knight later in the game. Has 4 skills instead of just 2.

Miluda - Cross Knight: This bitch is bad, will she really let go of her stubborn streak long enough to team up with Ramza? hmmm i havent decided yet.

Alicia - Mystic Knight: she will either have elemental sword skills, or in the event that I am able to create spear only skills for izlude, she will become the Divine Knight of the group.

Lavian - Flame Seer: The ultimate fire magic user who has access to the 4 normal fire spells as well as an Oil inducing skill, Melt, Incinerate, and Omegaflare (flare2)

Deis - ?????: She has access to the Four ultimate elemental spells Melt, Tornado, Quake, Flood and might also come with lesser water, wind and earth spells if i don't have another job that uses them.

Zalbag - Arch Knight: His skillks now have no CT and he also has one additional skill "Shock!" from beowulf's original set

Aliste - Templar: Templars are different in this game, they will have some custom sword skills but the "Magic Sword" set based off of oracle skills is no more. Aliste is not ill in this, Beowulf died at his hands, Reis is pissed! well youll see...

Larg - Duke: His job indicates that of the nobility, however his abilities reflect aquired skills gained after an assassination attempt with poison.
Technically a sorceror
----Characters that will not join up for various reasons------
Rafa
Malak
Meliadoul
Beowulf
Holy Dragon Reis
Reis
Orlandu
Byblos
Worker 8 - Worker 8 and Worker 7 are GONE to make way for the Iron giant statue enemy. since they dont have walking animations yet they wont move, none the less they will be quite powerful
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Every normal monster will have a level 4 version maybe even level 5 for some. they will not be recruitable.

Every special job will have a generic version. (will i use all of them? probably not, however, i promise you the that you dont want to walk right in to the middle of the Assassin clans just to name an example.

Assassins: I removed Ultima from their set it doesnt really seem to make sense there. Instead they will have a poison skill that inflicts poison or doom at a 100% chance
Here is a demo of the new skill, of course only the enemy assassins will have access to it:

http://i140.photobucket.com/player.swf? ... lltest.flv (http://i140.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid140.photobucket.com/albums/r9/zozma1/Assassinskilltest.flv)

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Ramza's special skills, with exception to Scream (which targets only self) and Wish,are all blue magic only and rare.

Sounds spiffy, Zozma! I'm cheerin' ya on!

I second that! ^_^

Greatness!!! Please use Haste2 in your endeavor! I anticipate this greatly!

Quote from: "Disco_Peach"Greatness!!! Please use Haste2 in your endeavor! I anticipate this greatly!

ROFB

Boco not mountable? have you changed his monster graphic value to that of a chocobo? that is a misgnomer; it is actually Monster ID, not Monster Graphic

Very awesome Zozma, it sounds like your little personal project is growing greatly. I'm definitely looking forward to this.

i used the undead oracle, when set as a monster its assigned to be a chocobo.

actually i have never tested it, but someone had told me after i told them how to make a non breeding choco that they couldnt mount it.

anyway, I'm also planning to make it so your characters actually have use of items like antidote, soft, echo grass etc making common enemies use skills all the time. Black goblins now cast poison, (non charge). im thinking of giving most monsters at least one spell

WOAH im excited for this and im guessing you are going to encorporate teta/tietra in this because in your old pics teta is in them all! I hope all goes well!

yeah she has a much bigger role in the story. and algus barely has any.

ill probably change the name teta to tietra as well even tho i dont like most of the psp translation i find this one okay. because teta means nipple in something like spanish or whatever... and its just weird.

Quote from: "Zozma"Boco: Boco will not breed this time and will have more skills, however i dont have a way to make him mountable as of yet.

You'll have to find a way to flag that special character slot as "Chocobo" but that problem is akin to the "I am a Mime" flag, so we may not figure out how to fix that anytime soon.

Then again, perhaps you already knew that.

Quote from: "Zozma"because teta means nipple in something like spanish or whatever...

Warn me before you make a comment like that now i have Dr. Pepper all over my computer monitor.

haha well i found that out the hard way when i tried to google pictures of "teta".

well anyway. unlike goody 2 shoes alma who was busy studying how to cast a Mbarriers, tietra spent her time learning sorcery. and "wish" is certainly not included there.

it isn't such a big deal to me that boco cant be ridden, the only reason id wanna find out how to make him mountable is for everyone else so i havent tried very hard to figure that one out.

Why did they give Teta skills anyway, was she supposed to be a larger part of the story?  Like a Delita aid.

i have no idea, but her skillset didnt even have the standard RSM. maybe by giving her Cure and Wish they were trying to say she was a low class version of a Cleric? i really have no idea. just as it makes no sense to me that her sprite was not complete when it was in a battle, while charcters that wouldnt have had any chance of ever appearing in a fight (like goltana and larg) are 100% complete.

She's not the only big twist in the storyline tho.

Maybe they knew this community would be made and thought up problems and suprises for us *slaps self* who knows.

well thankfully they completed many of the npc sprites by 100% now they can be used for story battles and not just events

Luck of the draw I guess.

i might end up using blansh and bolmna as well since they have sprites now. where id fit them in tho who knows. I guess if i decide to do away with "mediator" as a job, then characters like that could have talk skills... i mean.. that IS what they do right.

also i found a way to make EVERY skill that Ramza has special into blue magic. its easy for the ones that can target others, like "Yell" but for "scream" i had to get creative since it can only target self. if you Make a weapon randomly cast it, it will hit the target and not the weapon user... SO im thinking i can make a dupe of a weapon that randomly casts it. this will give Ramza 1 and only 1 battle to get this skill.

You'll have to be careful in my patch and keep an eye out for anyone that uses his skills. Ultima is not the only skill that can be missed. Everything besides the standard squire skills can only be learned in rare occasions. And btw assassins don't have ultima.

alright new boss added Dycedarg's Elder Brother. when you encounter him u better be prepared thats all ive gotta say.

(this is a chapter 4 battle)
Dycedarg's Elder Brother

Job: Swordmaster
Skillset: Sword Mastery

Stats: Orlandu+

-Equipment-
RHand: Ragnarok
LHand: Escutcheon2
Head: ?????
Body: Adamantine Armor
Accessory: ?????

Reaction: Hamedo
Support: ?????
Movement: Move+2

Innate: Maintinance
Innate: Damage Split

suggestions for making him harder anyone?

Escutcheon. And DEB looks younger than Dycedarg.


EDIT: nice use of pointed goatee

my intention here is for him to appear close in age as for my story he is only about a year older and a capricorn as well..

Mmmmmm yes I might see what your getting at. BTW i think you should include a battle in Igros castle against him where you would originally fight adramelk.

what do u mean? that IS the battle you fight him at, he steals capricorn from dycedarg and after you defeat him he becomes adramelk. thats why im making him a capricorn like dycedarg.

Dycedarg is a guest there. someone has to get sent to hell afterall since it wont be zalbag.

chapter 1 guests:

Algus
Job: Fencer
(A knight near the end of his training to become a holy knight)
same stats growths
Skillset: Fencing
Accumulate
Stasis Sword
Split Punch
Blaster Punch

Delita
Job: Squire
(same ol thing)
+Yell to Guts skillset

Tietra
Job: Sorceress
(An advanced magician who studies the most ancient secrets of dark magic)
Skillset: Sorcery
Gravity
Gravira
Graviga
Gravija
Bio
Biora
Bioga
Bioja
Dark Holy
Quasar (Lvl 4 darkness elemental magic, effect file Despair2)
Gather Mana (restore mp (MA * 5) 0 CT not available to player)

question: how exactly are you making certain skill not available to certain chars in the story? for instance, lets say you added the assassin job, would the enemy and your ally have the same skills?

very simple, duplicate skillsets or fake skillsets used only with ENTD editor

(this is why wiegraf only uses lightning stab in riovannes theres a skillset with only that one skill in it but its skillset name and description are identical to the normal holy sword skillset.)

alrighty chapter 2 guests:
Agrias
Mustadio
Ovelia
Delita 2
 
Alicia
Job: Mystic Knight
(A knight who combines black magic with the strike of a sword creating elemental damage with physical attack power)

Skillset: Magic Sword
Heat Smash
Ice Smash
Thunderblade
Windslash
Earthen Stike
Splash Sword

Lavian
Job: Flame Seer
(A magician who specializes in one specific element, enabling them to
learn even more powerful spells of their kind.)

Oil
Fire
Fira
Firaga
Firaja
Incinerate
Melt
Omegaflare
Exploder

Rad
Job: Dark Knight

Ah I see I didn't know you were making Dycedarg an ally.

don't get me wrong. hes still an asshole

basically at the time hes a guest he needs your help enough to be on your side for one battle.

DEB stealing his capricorn stone? and then DEB is no pushover by any means.

Ahah so it's a battle that helps both sides.

hehe, well having Dycedarg there with his sword skills isnt going to be enough. DEB can smash any 1 unit in range in 1 hit and not instant death just orlanduesque PA

you better make DEB fuckin strong

like insta shock mbarrier night sword shell protect mdefup def up 100% damage split ??? stats - strong

hehe, dont worry, the only thing u have to worry about is that you cant cheat and get a rainbow chocobo

Damn money dragons uh I mean rainbow chocobos.

you could also try to crush his PA with your newest party member Zalbag's Power ruin but DEB also has ramza's "Fury" skill which raises pa + 2

don't even think about trying to break his equipent, not gonna happen!

I need a name for Deis' job

she can use Melt, Quake, Tornado, and Flood
has a very high mp gain more than her hp.

sorceror is overused already, so not that.

I might make the 3 other elemental magic users since Lavian is the ultimate fire magic user. i was also considering Water Seer for Deis.

any suggestions?

Primordialist?

Serpentress

^ ^

interesting... tho she is unable to take her serpent form in Ivalice

hmmm can we say giving her snake carrier might be a good idea?

Wat about Elementalist?

i can see how you would get the idea for that given the skills, but that almost sounds like a geomancer as well. XD

if i decide to make her a Water Seer to match Lavian's Flame Seer job...
then i COULD create earth and wind seers as well... what say you...?

and sweet jesus i forgot about my Berserker... whom i am not going to actually be a "berserker" anymore but have axe skills. i have to get a name for him as well.
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btw, New DD enemy lol

Job: Harlequin
Sprite: Male time mage with this special portrait haha (the gender confused time mage of DD remember?)

skills:

Galaxy Stop

Blow Kiss - Long distance charm spell effect area 1 100% chance if the target is not immune. ignores opposite gender requirement

Roulette - Random chance to cast either Quick or Death on random targets across the map. targetting auto (all ally and enemy) [The harlequin is equpped with a ribbon and is immune to death]

Red Dance - A more powerful wiznaibus, however it also heals the caster in an amount equal to one of the units damaged. MA based

Mastered time magic
innate: Non-Charge
innate: Defense Up
innate: MDefense Up

[The Ribbon as a headgear grants +70 hp and +100 mp and is not available to the player, however there will be an accessory version that only gives the immunity bonus]
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Ignis
Job: Rogue
Skillset: ?????
(I already like the sprite so Ill be using her in the game too)
Equip:
Ninja Knife, Katana (single)
Head: Hat, Hair Adornment
Body: Chothes, Robes

Innate: 2 hands (not 2 swords)

okay i've been debating it for a while but im not afraid of spoiling the story twists.

should I:

A) Make Agrias remain a playable character

B) Make Agrias get abducted and Ovelia escapes to join you instead. then it is revealed by vormav to the newly captured Agrias that she is the true princess and they need her to act as such.

Choice B would rezult In the need for a new holy knight to fill the gap, however, you would also have Ovelia and her MBarrier at your disposal. (i would remove the innate def/mdef up if she joins)

For the remix I really like the idea of Option B, and maybe split Alicia to go with them and have Lavian stay on as they holy knight for the party.  This would require new sprites of course but that's what we do here.

im using the same sprites that i originally designed to fit those three characters.

Alicia will have the Misty sprite

Lavian will look like the Jenna sprite

Rad will have the hatless theif sprite with a red costume instead of green.

I had intended to make the trio adventure on their own for most of the game, appearing as guests a few times. allthough at some point i wanted to split them up so you could get Rad the dark knight before you get the other two.


I guess since you dont get agrias in choice B, i could make Alicia your Holy Knight. But lavian im still contemplating what class she will be.
If i make her a Flame Seer then ill throw an imbalance into the game because there wont be space to put a character for the other 3 major elements.

So i guess it might make sense for Alicia to be an apprentice holy knight since rad is an apprentice dark knight. and the first time you see their trio again they will have some of their skills learned unlike the intro which i made them unable to use anything but attack and a random secondary.
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Well with LD and your votes on it sounds like choice B will be more likely.
ive gotta get more feedback on things like alicia and lavians jobs. alicia does sound like the best choice for the replacement holy knight. (this means that the only special characters youll have at your disposal for chapter2 are mustadeo and ovelia. tho having mbarrier will be a great asset.

Yes Mbarrier will make up for the loss of lighting stab greatly but i would tone it down a bit like remove haste from it or make it worth more MP to cast and maybe give Ovelia some custom skills.

MBarrier is strong as hell

Exactly that's why it needs to be toned down to avoid giving the player a huge advantage cause it is guaranteed to hit.

I think MBarrier is faith based and can miss

the strong part about it is the massive buffing it gives to any individual unit which covers any possible weaknesses it might have (Defense, HP, Speed)

not it's accuracy

id rather not destroy MBarrier. However i might duplicate the spell and make the duplicate either cost more mp or have a longer CT.

yes i do plan to give her at least 2 more skills, what? well just like i gave to alma, i had created a version of Arise, called 'Resurrection", which has a 100% chance of success if the unit isn't immune. it looks like scorpio revive.

as for another skill? well i might give her wish as well since she and alma were friends alma could have taught it to her.

on a side note for wish, I also could make it so that ramza's wish is swapped out for a blue magic version, identical, in chapter two. this wouldnt look buggy because it will be in the same slot that he already has wish from chapter 1 learned in.  upon using it on ovelia she could learn it that way as well as mini ultima. and there u have it she pretty much has alma's skillset except you can have her. only difference is, alma will have the grand ultima and ovelia will have mini.

another option would be to simply make Ovelia join much later. leaving you with only ramza and mustadeo for most of chapter 3.

either way she will NOT have innate defense up and magic defense up, even at the falls, so that fight will already be harder because ai doesnt go after ppl with def up as priority over someone who doesnt have it.

Maybe you could set it so she doesn't learn Mbarrier as part of your team till around the middle of chapter 3 or beginning of chapter 4, but i think she should join around Lionel for a bit more of a consistent story. Another way would be to let her go with Agrias and join Ramza after she finds out that Agrias is actually the princess, because of a death threat from Goltana or something like that.

hmmm.... it would be a good idea to make it so she isnt with you when you meet alma.... i would have to create an alternate scene just for her being there. I think it would be harder for her to escape if both her and agrias got caught....  perhaps i could use the scene to make your first encoutner with the trio Alicia, Lavian and Rad as guests... then they inform you that the "princess" is at the execution site. none of them join up there and you go on your way with only ramza, mustadeo and boco as specials.

(boco is quite useful as he can use all 5 chocobo skills and i might create a special skill thats like a phoenix down that way he can use skills that are like the two most basic and useful chemist skills Choco Cure and Phoenix Wing [debating this])

when you get to the execution site you of course find out that its not really ovelia. you continue on your way as normal thru to the end of chapter 2. (ramza, at this point, is completely in the dark about what has happened and that in truth, Agrias is the true princess and that Ovelia had escaped on her own and her whearabouts are unknown. chapter 3 unfolds normally till alma gets abducted (by meliadoul)

at the river its too early to get Dark Knight rad and Alicia is the leader of the trio so i do not want her joining then.... but i COULD make Lavian join.

still what kind of job should i give her? she is a magician type... and i do NOT need any more swordsman types. should i stick with having four characters each with one of the 4 pure elements, fire , water, air, earth.
id rather have Deis have the 4 ultimate spells instead. and the lvl 4 black mage spells match the damage potential of those 4 spells as well.
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Another important storyline thing ive been contemplating. Ft. Zeakden.

Originally i had thought to make Tietra not be there at all and have a common squire shoot algus, and just a Knight with some sort of general title giving the order. But now i think i might make Tietra be there and the one who shoots algus + you fight her and then she escapes. The reason why? because i don't think there is quite enough drive for Delita to undergo his changes for chaptert 2 and on. But with such a drastic change to his sister and the murder of Algus who in this game is more of an innocent semi-noble that delita can relate to on some level, it might have a better effect on the story. well what say you?

That fight, btw, would be quite interesting too. Not only would Tietra be eqipped with a crossbow, she would have even more of her sorcery at her disposal. And set to attack Delita, he would be going down pretty fast.
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I just thought up a new idea too....
Just after meeting delita at the port of warjilis it would be great to create a battle on the town map of warjilis. here i could make you meet up with guest Alicia and Rad who tell you that they were planning on meeting up with Ovelia and Agrias. Lavian had gone ahead, but as you find out in the next battle she narrowly escapes with information that ovelia meeting with the cardinal was a trap. (they also are in the dark at this point about agrias being the actual princess) the battle at warjilis would simply be a few hired thugs sent to clean up any loose ends while the other force is after lavian. after the warjilis battle they would split from your group to look for lavian on their own while ramza ends up being the one who finds her by the B valley.

not to make you forget about the above post which has a lot of story info... but to give a revamp of Lavian. since she is a magician i think i can make her join up there. she is like a wizard with the "other" elements

so its:
Water
Watera
Waterga
Flood
Quake
Quake2
Quake3
Quake4?
Aero
Aera
Aeroga
Tornado
Melt
Doom (Death sentence)
Fascination (Charm with effect area of 1 instead of 0 like steal heart)
Fallen One (sets target's hp to 1)

What say you? this matches the same amount of skills a black mage has 3 sets of 4 elementals plus 4 extra. This would also free up Deis to have a different set of magic

some screenshot test. using a portrait pasted over another sprite to create the evil face without wasting an extra sprite slot. the ??? status will be changed back to normal.

I'd hit it

Quite cool.

testing the instruction for background changes. simulating it getting darker

http://i140.photobucket.com/player.swf? ... 2start.flv (http://i140.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid140.photobucket.com/albums/r9/zozma1/MiludaBattle2start.flv)

event instruction working well

i think i got the sky and map the way i want it.... what an ugly day outside

Hmmmm purple the color of murkiness.

alright well i couldnt color the units to go with that so i combined it with a weather effect in attack out and .... there u have it, midnight miluda

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fb8GVmlM-E (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fb8GVmlM-E)

mmm Zozma you should color all the units as well, if pretty sure that's doable in one instruction.

Because seriously, it doesn't look good having light units on a dark background. ;o

Awesome effect Zozma! That is absolutely gorgeous!

yeah i was talking about that with cheetah, but the colorunit instruction wears off right after the remove dark screen instruction, and even if i set it to go off again it still wears off

now then when i added the {66}() after the colorfield, the field thing didnt wear off... perhaps theres one of these for color unit?
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Btw i just thought of a trick that im gonna do to increase the amount of available battle sprites (at least for some more bosses)
Fyuneral, Rudvich, Bariten, Goltana,Dupe Celia, Funeral Priest
they all have sprite sheets with capability to add a full sprite inside and they dont need it.

for Fyuneral, Rudvich, Bariten and Goltana i will paste their sprites in the over the 4 funeral sprites and use the commoners sprites with black palettes for the funeral mourners. as for the funeral priest, ill use the now unused furaia sprite. there! those 5 sprites are such a waste as is.

yay, to more special bosses. ill be able to add in some more sprites there.

also Female mimes and male and female calculators probably wont be used since i have made them unobtainable jobs now... the male mime is being used as a generic sorceror

there are more full unused sprites than what i mentioned such as Dupe Lede, Larg, Balmafula but they are going to be used in my patch.

also made an alternate portrait for Jade, with green eyes... which one do u guys think is better?

the windmill shed scene

another screenshot, "Jade" now has her own portrait

I like the brown eyed one better.

ol' brown eyes looks more appropriate.

brown

I dont think FFT eyes ever stand out that much

Green could work, but you'd need more shades.

Quote from: "Vanya"Green could work, but you'd need more shades.

Agreed, but I do like the green more.

OMG that is a freaking awesome portrait, absolutely gorgeous. Vanya and Lydyn are right, the green is better but I think you either need more dark shades at top or a smoother transition at the bottom. Really minor though, oh and one other minor thing the hair in the back is just a tad bit off. Like where the tendril from her head is meeting below her ear. And I'm not sure what is happening below her neck.

Brown

I like the green, because it's unique.  And, since she already has a unique portrait, I say go for it.

You don't encounter green eyes in every battle, after all.

Green eyes make her... eyes... stand out too much. >_<  Oh well, up to though Zozma.

Real eyes can stand out ... in real life, so I see no problem with having at least one portrait where the eyes stand out a little. Though adding darker shades would help it blend some.

Plus her name is Jade, she totally needs green eyes.

thank you all for the feedback :P

a little more about Jade. Allthough she is just a generic knight, i did give her a secondary "Barrier Magic" in combination with non-charge.

Barrier Magic:

Protect 2
Shell 2
Wall
Reflect
Dispell
Esunaga

And ill probably set her target id to miluda to see if i can make it a little harder to make miluda go down.

The second time u see Jade she will be a White Knight

Green, definitely, only because I have green eyes, hehe.

allright that does it. Jade green eyes it is, ill just work on smothing them a little more

fags

lol, ill keep a copy of the brown eyes one just for you to patch in later.

but if you notice, the face is a little different on the brown eyes one, ill change it back to that. so its kind of a mixture.

Make sure to make her pupils black, even if she does have green eyes.

but of course. I'll probably be making many more "special" generics portraits just to give a unique feel to more of the event battles that have no special units since now i have full control of assigning 1 special portrait per battle.

Keep it new not old. Green eyes. Cant wait to see Ignis debut!

A beta coming out soon?

perhaps a chapter 1 preview, but the rest wont be put together right, i havent worked on anything past zeakden yet. only preparing for the way those battles are going to be.

Ignis wont appear till chapter 2, warjilis city. i think this will be the members involved in the fight:

Ramza
Rad (Guest)
Alicia (Guest)
2 other unit slots

vs

Ignis
Archer x3
Geomancer x2
Ninja x2

I am gonna lose that battle on purpose everytime

dont worry, she wont die, shell join in chapter 4

But I gotta wait all they way to Chapter 4 just to get her. =(

I am gonna play that battle 50 times. And lose 49 times just for shits and giggles!

heh, well if the battle is anything like what i did with lenalia plateau, your not gonna wanna try to lose deliberately. cause im tellin u, i tested lenalia with 4 characters that can use holy an dark sword skills + ramza and delita supporting him. and if i dont try to take her out right in one turn then i could be the loss of a few characters if not a game over

That deadly huh. Cant wait!

yeah and with "Fury" in place of "Brave" its even worse XD

im hoping to spend a good amount of time on each event battle test playing them to make sure its very hard. also Poisn and Charm no longer wear off and slow and stop have had their CT duration increased to the same length as Haste

any place i have a chance to give the event enemys the upper hand,(without making it impossible) i am going to. they will NEVER be on lower levels than your party.

Sweet. Can I have the beta when you get to chapter 2 with Ignis? I just want to duel her and let her whoop my ass everytime.

the first part of chapter 2 will flow normally (other than the battles being harder) the biggest difference will be warjilis. If its not hard enough im sure you'll let me know

Copy that!

Okay, so I have most of the ideas for chapter 1 finished. But perhaps i need to spice up the first half of chapter 2 more. Basically other than the fact that Rad, Alicia and Lavian dont join you at orbonne. everything up untill warjlilis pans out normally.

Are you going to post an updated pic of Jade, or are you waiting till the official debut?

i have to figure out how to get that green eye to look better. i had altered other aspects of the face besides just adding the green eyes, however, i like the original face i made but with green eyes.

If i cant get the green to blend then ill just revert back.

I guess because of Miluda's escape with her buddies, a few Deathcorps slipped thru the cracks. I might decide to make u have to fight her somewhere in chapter two as opposed to the next time you see Miluda. just to add more to the second chapter. Next time you see her i plan to have made her rank go up, either a Fencer or White Knight or something who have a few sword skills.

And then there is Fabian, the other person thats with Miluda. A black mage with the 3 rarely used elements, instead of fire, thunder, and ice, its wind, water, earth. with the appearance of a black mage, there wasnt a need to give him a special portrait since you cant even see his face. works for me tho. i guess ill just make those two stick together.

Okay, Jade has been given her final portrait update

The eyes look great, most excellent.

Better, I see you enlarged the mouth a tiny bit.

now then theres just the fact that i cant win that battle lol....

i also fixed a bug there, had to change the time mage into a female knight with time magic because adding miluda's sprite to the map creates the potential for 10 diff sprites on the map which is a no no.

this battle is tough. Fabian belts out aero,  tremor, or water usually right away. the other black mage follows shortly. Miluda is too far away to target anyone so she uses "Fury" raising her pa by 2, by the time she hits anyone they go down in 1 hit. after you damage anyone Jade non-charges Protect 2 on nearby targets. delita doesnt rush in, he supports ramza using yell most of the time (this is an opportunity for ramza to learn it off of him btw, if you get past chapter 1 without learning it then forget it.)

was this table here before?

stupid table... what da fuck lol

Weird... but it looks as if somehow you loaded a seperate instance of the same map... quite interesting if you ask me, did you change anything, of some such?

Is that room used anywhere else?

i think its used two more times and both dont have the table lol

facing the other direction is where you get have the scene where mustadeo is begging the princess to let him come along but it doestn have a table either...

oh well, funny enough, it looks like gustav completely jumps over the table when he lunges at wiegraf so it still looks okay... i dont know what i did tho... unless attackout editor altered this but i doubt it.

Nice you must upload that clip for us.

well i need another recording software ive just been using the crappy recorder on the emu and it doesnt even have sound and lags the whole thing down.

what the hell.. i did nothing to the event at the back gate of lesalia and alma and ramza wont walk thru the door to the stairway like they are supposed to.
they just stay on the tile they were on by default which they overlap eachother.

Why don't you download hypercam.  And maybe the small event changes you have made (if you have made any) effect more than just the level they where in.

yeah i mean that makes no sense... what the hell does ramza and alma walking out the back door of lesalia have to do with the stuff i did in chapter 1.. that annoys me to no end lol..

hyper cam? ill give it a try

Edit: hmmm the sound doesnt record properly...

anyway, theres that stupid table.. it didnt get in my way too much tho.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gQ64Jl5_C4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gQ64Jl5_C4)

That looks way better than the original scene cause it's more epic and and I don't know what to tell you about the sound you may have to get a sound capture program and line it up in movie maker or whatever you use to edit your videos.

That table really adds a lot to it, but I think you should clarify a few points "the Death Corps will destroy itself!" Alone is a very ambiguous statement, but Gustav's defection basically spelled the end for the Death Corps. And that incident was proof enough that the "Death Corps" will destory itself. Also, any thoughts on what you want with Golagros?

I never thought of it that way nice symbolism LD.

I loved Tietra's casting animation as she got ready to attack Wiggy.  Nice touch.

yeah, i figured since she's a spellcaster that she could attempt something like that. maybe is should make her start quoting a spell or something lol..

That was a super sweet scene Zozma. Exactly what everyone else said. It almost seems like the scene was originally made to be there, the dialog is good, and Teta's evil is slowly leaking through. Keep up the good work.

thanks everyone! its encouraging to see interest. i guess i really should make more videos to demonstrate how things are going.

i didn't use her evil looking face here because of the smirk, the normal face looks more serious which was what i was going for. but perhaps it also shows that shes becoming a loose cannon.

ZOZMA!!!! ME want to see Ignis in action nao!

I thought you didn't care anymoar!!!!!!

woah, that table does add a lot of the scene, thats weird. o_O

lol BB, where'd u come from? thought you ditched us XD

welcome back , the sprite IS done, but now i have to work out some bugs with attack.out

Darthpaul I lied to you.

Ditched is such a strong word. I like to say, time off. So the sprite is done. Make haste ZOZMA! ME want to see her in action!

if it weren't for some annoying bugs id be much closer... i managed to get rid of the table issue

The table seems fine to me. More epic IMO. He jumping over the table to slash Wiggy but fail. But oh well...

i know but i donno how to willingly add or remove it... i had to completely redo my attack out without using a tool i had.

Ah, ok. So where you at on the oatch anyway? Still on Chapter 1?

i was getting ready to start chapter 2 but i have to clean up a few messes in chapter 1 first

so heres another event video...

since delita is no longer going to rescue his sister...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpqwmtrtKmo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpqwmtrtKmo)

Well Zozma, you have forced my hand and I have now subscribed to your Youtube. What event is this replacing, or is it completely new?

its the scene at mandalia. normally delita and ramza would be here doing the reed whistle. and worrying over Tietra, however, that is no longer necessary since she was expelled instead. so i have demonstrated her innocent side one last time here.

i also felt it was not necessary to show as much worry over Algus as the hostage since he wasnt related. instead he is portrayed as an innocent bystander.

another video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNF-Lc1K ... annel_page (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNF-Lc1K7jU&feature=channel_page)

Quote from: "Zozma"so heres another event video...

since delita is no longer going to rescue his sister...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpqwmtrtKmo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpqwmtrtKmo)

I have perhaps a random question: I'm not sure if you said this somewhere in the thread already, but are the Monk and Priest with her supposed to be a reference to 8-Bit theatre?

In regards to the interrogation. You totally need to be giving most of Ramza's lines to Delita instead. He should be telling his little sister to stop, not Ramza. Just a thought.

@ TheDamned, not really supposed to be a reference to anything. More of an attempt to reverse the rep Zalbag gets normally by giving the order to shoot the girl at zeakden. Of course, he won't be at Zeakden this time.

@ Cheetah, I totally get what your saying, it'll require first of all swapping ramza  and delita's positions then animating them both in those new poses. But honestly, tho perhaps delita should be talking more, but I think its part of ramza's character to be the goody two shoes and stop any excessive violence.

also, that knight was trying to kill them at dorter afterall it could easily be spun in such a way that he has lines there "Take out their weakest link first! get the girl" or some shit like that. and at that, delita wouldn't care

I think you make a good case for it. I would still have Delita say a little something more though. No need to make new character animations though.

new screenshot, Warjilis

Enemies:
Ignis
Ninja x4
Geo x2
Archer x3

Allys:
Rad - Guest
Alicia -Guest
Ramza
Other x2

Yes,you'll be way outnumbered! and on top of that, 2 of your 5 units are guests so you cant controll them. and if thats not enough, its a defeat all enemies battle and if you drop ignis before getting rid of the others rad and alicia will ditch you. turning it it from 10vs5 to 9vs3.

mwahaha, have fun

Quote from: "Cheetah"I think you make a good case for it. I would still have Delita say a little something more though. No need to make new character animations though.

yeah you're right, ill make him say something but being more observant of her behavior than scolding her for it.
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Also thanks to Lasting Dawn (you're awesome), the battle at warjilis is almost ready, meaning soon i should be able to put out a patch that ends after beating quecklain.

HOLY SHIT! Zozma continue this nao!!!!!! Gogogogogogogogogogogo! Me wanna duel Ignis! Me want her to rape me over and over and over again! Quit toying with me ZOZMA! GRJJGJALJAGJAJAJASLGA *Snaps*

bloody, i got 2 questions for you for developing her character.

1) what shold i use for her birthdate, could be yours i dun care i just need one.

2) what kind of person is she? Is she kind? is she serious, is she abiatch,  
  depressing, etc...

she wont have too many story opportunities to develope so i have to make it apparent as much as i can the one or two times you interract with her before she joins.

1. Well I share a sign with Altima (VIRGO) so make her very compatible to me say PISCES! I dont know the birthdate range of Pisces though... I think it is February 19 or 20 - March 21.

2. Compassionate, kind. If you want her Dark side, very Secretive!

Aww Shellshock!  I am gonna enjoy this! ZOZMA HURRY! NAO! FINISH THE BATTLE WITH IGNIS SO I CAN PLAY BETA!

That battle is the most drastic change to the game ive done thanks again to Lasting Dawn, but  its probably (hopefully) gonna be the most challenging one in chapter 2.

how am i going to portray someone fighting you as compassionate, hehe well see... perhaps well try the secretive approach?

the geomancers here have their skill mastered so they can always use it. the ninjas job level is about 4 or 5, and so are the archers.

i think im gonna make her secondary Item with just Ether and status healing medicines learned. if she has SS Murasame then shell be able to heal without potions anyway.

Sweet! ZOZMA less posting more hacking!

haha, come on now just got off work XD

Screw work! Its the holidays. shouldnt be working. Most people I know are off until the 5th.

nother teaser, the text isnt necessarily final

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gChK-8MivzQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gChK-8MivzQ)

Wonderful! You're quite skilled at event crafting, Zozma!

Not bad. Do away with that welcome and I am Ignis mess.

How about: No offense, but I came here to kill you. Engarde!

During Battle: Ramza= who are you?
                     Ignis= Give me your name and I shall give you mine.
                     Ramza= .....

Back to battle.

Or just wait for others to put there thoughts. Just saying some random stuff. BUT IGNIS LOOKS HAWT!. Alicia isnt bad either. Do want! Zozma link beta to me after you finish chapter 2 at least.

thanks for the feedback, I wasn't sure how to introduce her properly.

yeah once LD and i finish freeing up the event so that the rest of the game flows normally i can make a few more changes then a sample patch

Dont introduce her yet. She is a mysterious unit. Who does she work for anyway? Goltana?

shes more freelance, but i might spin it off in such a way that Gaffy paid her to slow you down in order to prepare for the trap at golgarund

Why Gaffy? How about the Cardinal? But hey, Gaffy sounds good.

well i will need a good "persons" profile for her including how old she is..

I could make it so the cardinal had paid her off to slow ramza down. allthough warjilis will probably be more challenging than golgarund ex site.

(and it should be too, i mean its not easy creating a brand new battle out of a place that was never used.)

she Is a Rogue, once excelling in the art of draw out, however, she surpassed other samurai in the talent after mastering the ability to summon the katana spirits without even using/drawing out the sword.

Where was she training as a samurai and why is she a "Rogue" now? I'll have to get back to you on that. She cant equip heavy armor, but she can equip robes and clothes, but her move, jump and speed are better than an average samurai

Her age? Put 18 because I forgot her age on the anime show/game. Damn.

I wonder what gear she gonna have equip...

for most story battles enemies have fixed weapons
random armor and headgear
and fixed accessory
sometimes their shield slot is fixed too.

she cant equip a shield, im gonna make it so she has innate 2 hand grip

her job can equip

Katana, Ninja Knife
Hat, Hair Adornments (which have hp values now)
Robes, Clothes
any accessories

for the next map Bariaus Valley the enemies are normally at a fixed 14 or 15 level.

I give event battle enemies set weapons based on the default fixed levels whatever is highest available. (their levels will always be partylevel or higher now in my patch, but their weapon equipp will be based on what was naturally avalable in the original. so... that would be... well Bizen Boat... i might be generous and give her the Murasame tho which is enemy level 21

her other equips (besides accessory which i havent decided on yet) are based on whatever level she is.

update to the ignis portrait

Damn. *speechless*

Nope! That portrait looks rawr!
Murasame would do. Remember, this fool (me) do a SHELL of alot Random Battles so I would be around *giggles* 50+

okay this is the setup now...

Enemies
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Ignis
Job: Rogue
Skill: Sword Spirit (custom skills not normal draw outs)
Level: Party +3
R hand: Murasame
L Hand: (2 hands w Murasama in r hand) (innate 2 hands)
Head: Random
Body: Random
Acessory: [Undecided]

Ninja M x4
Level: Party +1

Geomancer F x2
Level: Party +1
Skillset Mastered

Archer F  x3
Level: Party +1
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Guests
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Rad
Job: Dark Knight
Skill: Dark Sword (4 skills but only "Night Sword" learned)
R Hand: Coral Sword
L Hand: Ice Shield
Head: Random
Body: Random
Acessory: Power Wrist

Alicia
Job: Mystic Knight
Skill: Magic Sword (elemental magic damages + status)
R Hand: Blood Sword
L Hand: Flame Shield
Head: Random
Body: Random
Accessory: Elf Mantle
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Available unit deployment: 3
Ramza + 2 other characters of your choice

anyway dude, this event happens right after meeting delita at warjilis port so youll have to fight you way there.

the enemies in every event map will be quite a bit harder which will probably force you to level up. just because all enemies are set to be at party level doesnt mean its a good idea to try to get thru the game on lvl 1 lol... unlike your characters, the enemies will have some pretty nice abilites and gear equipped. another thing that will force you to level up. money! other than events which i give generous bonus money on you wont get near as much from random encounters without using steal gil.
on top of that, the resale value of your items in shops is cut to 1/4th instead of just 1/2. (steal gil is starting to sound like a much more useful skill right?)

Monsters---------

Monster skills are getting a rehaul as most of them used their crazy ma growths for success rates and damage formula.

Instead their skills will get humanized formulas and each monster will be given normal ma growths. this is also because i intend to give some monsters magic sets (like ghosts, i really think should use magics) so i might in fact be doing away with the 3 or 4 skill system.

If you're looking to add difficulty you could give Ignis Salty Rage or maybe a Genji Armlet.
Or maybe a feather mantle.
It depends on how hard you want to make us work to kill her while being chopped in half by the ninjas and shot down by the archers. (A Charge +5 and an attack from a ninja would most likely kill someone X_x). That and they start on top of buildings.

:X

ahh either of those items sounds good! I definately dont want it to be easy to take her down allthough the objective is to defeat all enemies and she merely escapes if you kill her. she doesn't have innate status immunities right now (perhaps ill make a dupe of her job for this event)

but i dont want anything too flashy right now because remember this is mid chapter 2.

one with maintinance so i could then give her that perfume. (perfumes now are normal accessories so that both genders can use them, i hate that females had advantages like that)

ohhh thats right, i had initially given her a "Magic Gauntlet" to boost her sword spirit but in this case i think id rather boost her evade or give her some other defenses

I have but 1 question.

Do we get to join up with Miluda?

:3

She is an optional recruit. Stubborn till the end, however the 3rd and final battle with her, if you manage to get her to critical and dont kill her the battle will end and she will have a little dialoge with you and then it will give the option to recruit her.

if you kill her before getting her to critical the game will go on without that.

i wonder if i can make it so that if you kill her, you get a rare 1 of a kind weapon as a battle reward. but if you recruit her you dont get the item.

I like your thinking...

Will she meet up with Wiegraf?

O:

my plan is to make her see what he's become. But as far as him being aware that she is still alive? no, Im going to change the dialoge at windmill to show that Wiggy doesn't believe that ramza let her go.

hell be assuming that ramza killed her and his part will play out normally from there.

I'm planning for her joining point to be Finath River

Is there some rule that war trophies can only be chosen from among a unit's equiped items? otherwise I see no issue with your plan for the player either getting miluda or a neat weapon, which is a an awesome idea, btw

well im not sure, you see as long as a unit was preasant during a fight you get the item at the end... so i donno how to make it not give the item if its set to have one....

really? because in vannila, elmdor is set to give you a cursed ring as a war trophy on the roof of riovanes, but I never, ever got it, because I allways killed one of the assassins, who have no war trophy, so I think you only recive a unit's war trophy if you actually kill that unit in the battle. (which for most battles, means you always get it, because you have to kill everybody)

ohhh i see, well if thats the case then it would work out perfectly

Curu is amazing at the portraits check out new Alicia

Screw that pic Zozma! Show Ignis nao! Hmm, I like that Salty Rage thing. Protect and Shell on Ignis! Yay!

heh, well with the creation of my own sprite, i have 3 of the 4 pure element users created for the patch. I have decided that they will be hybrid characters. with access to the 4 spells of their element plus a few physical attacks and one that has draw out radius.

Lavian - Fire
Weapon:Ninja edge(single), Rod, Staff
-Skills-
Fire, Fira, Firaga, Melt
Heat Smash
Flame Attack
Incinterate - (draw out range)

Deis - Water
Weapon:Harp, Rod, Staff
-Skills-
Water, Watera, Waterga, Flood
Splash Blade
Aqua Soul?
Evercure - (Draw out range)

Zozma- Air
Weapon:Axe, Knight Sword
Aero, Aera, Aeroga, Tornado
Wind Slash
Wind Soul?
Cyclonic (green finish touch effect) (Draw out range)

Gin- Earth
Weapon:Mace, Spear
Quake, Quakera, Quakega, Earthquake
Earth Strike
Earth Soul?
????? - (Wave Around effect) (Draw out range)


while they can equip better weapons and armor than mages their 4 spells will be more effective when used as a secondary with a wizard or other mage types. their physical attacks better suited for fighters.

If you want you can use my DarthPaul sprite for the Earth element as it is my element of choice anyways.

Now I just need to finish up the sprite.

oh really if it looks good i might just do that

Cool I hope to have a preview done by Wednesday.

but if it looks bad! so help me ill use it as just a perma dead body in riovannes! just kidding

Lols that's completely understandable.

but i need a better name than "Darthpaul" for acharacter lol, no darths in FFT

It's understandable I go by Gin Sutoraifu so the name would either be Gin or Lord Paul.

Gin looks like it would go pretty well with that portrait too hehe,

Yea I think it fits.

Well... It looks like Alicia will get an edit once again. Allthough she probably looks nothing like a knight now, I need a Holy Knight that joins to fill my quota of sword users... so she is the best candidate.

(giving the elemental weapon attacks to those 4 characters i just listed pretty much makes her job seem lame as is so i guess shes the holy knight.)

And i think ill be renaming 'holy knights' to Paladin except wiegraf will stay "White Knight"

Why is Paladin such an awesome job but very feminine too.

Heh, Well..... *tries to think of a masculine paladin* ... nope *shrugs*

i donno... lol but i want to do away with knight this, knight that... every job ends in "knight" thats too much.

I renamed elmdor's job to "Daimyo" and delita's 3rd job to "Lord"
Zalbag retains the name Arch Knight

Allthough... i COULD make Alicia keep the "Mystic Knight" name and make her have Destroy Sword, and then make Zalbag the Paladin....

I like the changes above and Zalbag could break the curve for Paladins cause he is one of the best characters in the story even if he was a fool for most of the story.  He does repent though.

well he isnt responsible for the death of... well the person at ft zeakden. so that makes him not as much of an ass.

getting him at that time would keep you from having such a strong character (i mean holy sword skills... come on!) plus, with razele's alteration that allows swordskills to work with Ninja blades and Katanas in addition to swords and knight swords, hes gonna be pretty sweet.

Yea that possibility has opened up a lot of doors for us.

the only thing is... Alicia shows up as a guest a few more times than zalbag who will willingly use his holy sword skills anyway...

But destroy sword skills, i never saw his ai use them before... perhaps i need to change the ai settings for that? (she will have "Shock!" in addition to those 4 skills as i wanted to give her at least one physically damaging skill, im considering changing it to do magic damage instead of being based off how much damage is taken... but i havent finalized all that yet.

It makes sense that a sword skill set would have at least one damaging technique in it.

EDIT: I have finished one frame of the sprite that I am proud of I and fiqured I could get some creative input.

nice butt shot there... it looks good, but keep in mind that that black color used for the edges and shadows should always be darker than everything else (that doesnt mean make it darker, it should never be darker than red 5, green 5, blue 5. the darkest blue seems pretty close might want to lighten all the blue slightly just to separate the shadow color a bit more.

Good point, and yea haha this is the easiest shot and the only one I'm confident as far as slight edits go. It's bases off balthier with the legs based on good 'ol Gaffy.

you are already using pre existing arms right? if not its gonna be alot harder. be sure to make the body fit with how the arms attach, that way you dont have to work too much on the arms.

Yea I'm using pre existing arms.  I chose Balthier cause of the jacket and the hair but I don't like the boots so I'm editing in new ones and changing the bottom of the jacket to make it slightly longer.

well it looks promising even tho its just a back shot. thats good.. maybe i wont have to use u just for an event dead body lol

Yay I shall finish the rest of what I'm working on tomorrow then.

k well working out bugs is getting annoying. I know Ignis skills are quite good, but she doesnt seem too anxious to rush into anything. perhaps its because i have 10 enemies on the map she's letting them do the work first. afterall the ninjas and archers pretty much move right away.

If she is a stronger unit maybe you will want fewer supporters to give her a reason to start busting some ass.

Also are these spellblades going to join the party or are they pure enemy material?

you mean the 4 elemental characters or characters like Ignis?

either way they all join up at different points, Lavian first

That's what I meant the Ignis typed characters.

EDIT: Just for your review Zozma the edits are done and Cid got the portrait right.  If you like it it's yours to use, if ya need BG info just PM me.

Special note I want to have the gray streaks in the jacket.

this isn't really an accurate turn of events in my patch. but since its not delita's sister there i removed the cuddling the lifeless body thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWHbsUSOdVs (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWHbsUSOdVs)

You might want to think about reincorporating that if you do a PSP version to give a little more depth to the Algus at Limberry battle.

Well, if he does make a PSP version, there will probably be another enemy at Limberry or a possessed Algus one may actually feel sorry for. Great lines, Zozma! I think I'll really like Algus's character in Remix!

Quote from: "Zozma"the only thing is... Alicia shows up as a guest a few more times than zalbag who will willingly use his holy sword skills anyway...

But destroy sword skills, i never saw his ai use them before... perhaps i need to change the ai settings for that? (she will have "Shock!" in addition to those 4 skills as i wanted to give her at least one physically damaging skill, im considering changing it to do magic damage instead of being based off how much damage is taken... but i havent finalized all that yet.

This is kind of late to respond to this but I thought I would give you an idea.

I used the patcher to change Destroy Sword's Power Ruin to do damage instead of decrease PA. I also gave it a status aliment which was Darkness and set it's formula to match that of Stasis Sword and set the range the same as Stasis Sword as well. It's worked out quite well actually. I also kept Speed Ruin as Slow and Magic Ruin to target MP but changed Mind Ruin to hit them with Sleep.

Just an idea for you to consider. ;D

PS: Zalbag rarely uses his skills during the Dycedarg battle, but if you're looking for him to use them, what I usually did was kill the guard closest to him and he goes in to Power Ruin the next guard closest to him. It helps if you cast haste on him and either take a chance stoping the guard or slowing them (I usually just hasted him and he did just that), but after awhile he just started using his Bard skills. <_<

Haha that is an interesting reinterpretation of that scene Zozma. It seemed like something might have gone a little wonky with the code because I seem to remember Ramza getting blown away when the building exploding, not waiting till after the explosion animation to go flying. And having both Delita and Algus do the charging animation looked kind of comical for some reason. Maybe try having one of them do the defend animation instead (probably Algus).

Well, Zalbag now has the Holy Sword, set as i changed his job to "Paladin"

Alicia, who has the destroy sword set. i decided to keep the skills the same. its unfortunate that the AI doesn't see them as very useful even with 0 CT. but i did give her beowulf's skill "Shock!" which will get a name change, and im also going to change its damage formula to be a magic based one and not one based on hp lost. I guess that will solve my problem.

as far as the zeakden scene... im thinking of making algus moving towards delita as if to push him out of the way just as they get engulfed by the explosion. and actually i don't think i bugged up ramza any. i think he always ducked out just after the big explosion... oh wait that little one just before... maybe so... theres so many animation frames that were taken out before he does that... hmm... will take some debugging

As far as the PSP thing, well ive never messed with the psp thing. but its still easy enough to make him want to kill ramza. especially based on the lines i gave him before he dies. but even if not, being a dead knight, his body could be controlled just like zalbag's or guildus from tactics ogre had the same issue.

Edit: alright, boco is definately special now!
as you can see he has 6 skills...
Choco Attack
Choco Cure
Choco Esuna
Choco Downfeathers
Choco Ball
Choco Meteor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvsYk5-Xw6U (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvsYk5-Xw6U)

he wont breed, and he wont let you mount him (he's just too smart to be used as transportation) i guess....

One of a kind in my patch, don't let him die he's pretty good!

"A rare 'yellow' chocobo who has learned to mimic Phoenix's revival abilities. He is stronger, faster, and smarter than the average chocobo. Seeing one is a once in a lifetime opportunity."

---------------side note------
choco attack really seems kind of pointless since its the same damage formula as "attack" which he has access to, but i think it has slightly better range? i donno....
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also... is there a better revivla formula than what raise has? as you can see in the video it has a % chance based on the faith thing.. when really i want it to be a set 100% chance like a phoenix down has...
"100%" doesnt seem to do what i want unless im just doing it wrong...
(im using 20 as the inflicted status... just to be more clear)

damn, setback after setback...

i look in the new shishi and notice that several of the sprites i imported got truncated.. now ive got a whole mess to clean up! wow... *cry*

it would seem that even tho there is a max capacity and most of the stuff i insert doesn't exceed that, its not saving that way.... does this new shishi read out of the battle.bin as well...?

I'm not sure about saving differently but the new shishi does do quite a few things differently that are messing me up.  Don't know if they are intentional or not though.

nevermind, zodiac expanded the iso with a ppf and created a new folder of plenty of sprite amount

Yea I saw that and wow fucking awesome.

due to Zodiac's amazing ISO expanding ppf I intend to make a boatload of slightly altered generics for enemy only jobs

Sniper
Jester
Dark Lancer
Holy Lancer
Holy Knight
Dark Knight
Rogue
Red Mage
Golgaros- Generic Knight ruffed up after zeakden, missing an eye lol
Doppelganger- there's enough space to make an evil version of any of the playable characters...
Generics - with Dark skin tones

By slightly altered Generics.. like
Generic Female Sniper (and by "sniper") i mean like a super archer not a gunner.. tho i guess i could make them able to equip guns...

No I think snipers are much better as  bow users.

Sniper eh Zozma... Make them only use Bows and give them higher PA, HP perhaps...

Still waiting for that BETA of Ignis battle...

Wah?  When did BB get back?

Before or after Christmas.

Aye, I see that he has been posting since the 19th...  odd that I didn't notice.

Cool idea Zozma, with all the altered generics. Did yo plan on using my Red Mage sprites? I guess that should give me some motivation to actually finish the female Red Mage lol.

yes i would love to have the red mage. i had hoped to be able to use yours if you dont mind.

Snipers dont have "charge" but they will have:

Leg Aim
Arm Aim
Long Shot - Allows longer range with the bow
Cupid Arrow
Poison Arrow
Shadowbind
Lethal Shot
Million Dollars - Named after saga frontier2 skill hits multiple

[provided that I can make them all function properly]

Make them like FFTA like perhaps... Well you got most of them. Perhaps throw in SideWinder, Sonic Boom, Hunting.

Just saying random BS.

yeah, ideally id add everything in know of such as sidewinder but since there is limited space for abilities i have to cut several out or fuse two or 3 together.

ive used up all the spaces available for characters that join, so everything i listed could only be on the enemy side. plus those sniper skills would be "bow only" which a check for that doesnt exist so the skills like "shadowbind" and "cupid arrow", "poison arrow"  so as long as they are on the enemy side they will appear to be bow only skills..

long shot is supposed to be a skill to extend the range of the bow a few more panels.

I suppose i could call "poison arrow" "Sidewinder" as well

Oh yeah! A sidewinder is a snake which has some serious poison. Not a bad name for a poison based arrow move...

snipers are kind of like long range assassins here. only their skills can be evaded.

im thinking of making them work in different ways...

one, make them use formula 2 so that each skill always does the normal attack, but with 25% chance of casting the status inflicting skill like Allure for cupid arrow, Poison, for sidewinder, etc...

but ai might not be interested in this 25% chance thing... and its important for ai to use it correctly so the next idea is to make the skill
range of weapon, and each just be a brand new version.

Sniper sounds like a good class.
If only you didn't make it enemy only. sadface

Golgaros sounds good, especially since we never got to see much of him.
You aren't planning on reviving the Death Corps are you?

Eeek. I think Zozma took my Golgaros idea =P. Or maybe he had it before me...

Eitehr way, I don't care. My Golgaros will be much cooler >=D WORKER 8! DEAD GOLGAROS! FU.... SION! HA!!!! = Golgaros, Super Cyborg man! xD

no, more like a few stragglers still bent on revenge. Miluda lives long enough to outgrow her stubborness toward ramza.. that is if you only take her down to crit status and dont kill her.

Snipers have to be enemy only because i have no way to make 'bow only' skills. you could use that set as a secondary and  smack someone with something crappy like a staff and it would work..

so snipers will most likely have innate Maintinance as well as Concentrate
they are going to be dangerous for certain.

When I think Sniper though, I think of long range in particular..

Is there a way to have their class somehow be able to have the range of a gun without being on top of Mt. Everest? D;

Quote from: "AngrySurprisedFace"When I think Sniper though, I think of long range in particular..

Is there a way to have their class somehow be able to have the range of a gun without being on top of Mt. Everest? D;

lolz

I absolutely LOVE that you guys simply ignored me sadface... er, I mean =(

Quote from: "Tokwa"

Quote from: "AngrySurprisedFace"When I think Sniper though, I think of long range in particular..

Is there a way to have their class somehow be able to have the range of a gun without being on top of Mt. Everest? D;

lolz

I read this:

Quotedue to Zodiac's amazing ISO expanding ppf I intend to make a boatload of slightly altered generics for enemy only jobs

And thought it was possiblez.
Iz wrong?

lol sorry, i had planned on originally making a custom sprite for golgaros (like the capeless miluda, one for the male knight) but instead im just gonna have a generic knight with an eyepatch and a ruffed up face and tattered clothes. no not a pirate!

and snipers, well they will be able to equip bows, crossbows and maybe even guns. but long bows can only go so far because of the arc trajectory
not able to shoot too high and guns and crossbows cant shoot around things. fft characters arent gifted with the ability to "curve the bullet" hehe...

thought it was possible without the iso expansion? no not really. but now every job has its own sprite, +9B-FF amount of sprites not attached to a job.

I think you should make him a super robot, not a pirate =D

well i dont need a super robot, ive got Iron Giants, Adamant Giants and Worker 8

iron and adamant giants dont have walking animations so they only stand in fixed spots but they will still be pretty dangeros. despite their size they can use things like meteor and such...

i was going to write worker 8 out of the playable character set, i still might but now i dont have to erase his sprite since i have plenty of room.

and because i freed up all the jobs that can be seen in the menu, i now have more specials than i have space for, so you will have to make some tough choices who you want to expel.

I will definitely try to get the female mage finished. I would love it if you could have both them in there. We need to be figuring out expanding the roster size.

Quote from: "Zozma"and because i freed up all the jobs that can be seen in the menu, i now have more specials than i have space for, so you will have to make some tough choices who you want to expel.

I like this idea.  It lends some replayability in terms of experiencing every special character over the course of the game.  Gotta catch'em all, you know?

change of plans, Sniper will be strictly gun due to the skill effect going off before the arrow even reaches the target.

it looks pretty sweet tho with a gun.

K so here are their skills:

Sidewinder [Poison Frog Effect] -Looks pretty sweet
SP+60% chance to inflict either Poison or Doom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9rtiLKVJZE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9rtiLKVJZE)

Heartbreaker [Maiden's Kiss Effect]
SP+75% chance to inflict Charm (gender is ignored)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zsPO-kgRac (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zsPO-kgRac)

Shadowbind [Destroy Effect]
SP+55% chance to inflict Stop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z1EHPXOHOQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z1EHPXOHOQ)

Assassinate [Stop Breath Effect]
SP+40% Chance to inflict Death
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Q5Lq76rzo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Q5Lq76rzo)

Gravity Well [Space Storage Bk Effect without symbol]
MA+65% chance to do 25% hp damage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQihQ8m_n1Y (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQihQ8m_n1Y)

Semi-Auto [Crush Effect]
Damage = Formula 2 + 25% chance to recast skill (debating this)

Their chance to hit is based on AI priority which hopefully will make it not always try to use Assassinate over everything else.

Mwahaha to make the enemy even more broken ill give them 1 more

Recovery Shot
SP+50% Chance to cure abnormal status and recover 10% HP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RQHt6vZ3jo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RQHt6vZ3jo)

can we get any more broken?

okay!

I turned "Persia" into a special Sniper gun
whats special about it? 9 range instead of 8. Damage is only SP*2 which prompts the Sniper to rely on their status inflicting skills.

We plan to see more enemy unit Snipers correct Zozma?

of course, they will appear in a few event battles and some randoms. there will probably be a shitload of them in at least one DD random as well. places where they can aim and not have to deal with buildings and trees and stuff in the way.

Red Mages are also Enemy Only as i think its tacky to have a job made up of skills you have to learn twice. But they will be at quite an advantage on the enemy side. I dont need to nerf their magic damage too much just because they have a sword.

Joker/Harlequin will be agile, not the best MA but will have pretty good MP growth. Their skills will take the risk of Buffing the enemy in an attempt to hit them with very negative side effects like Death.

Calculators and Mimes are also enemy only. Their jobs are also used to unlock all enemy jobs to certain levels.

Alright after thorough testing of the Sniper class, they do seem to be pretty balanced as to how their AI uses their skills. the only way for them to get more dangerous is if someone uses a skill to raise their speed.

I haven't had a chance to test them without half the party being guests immune to charm since i tested them at warjilis. But from my 3 normal party memebers they seem to prefer changing up the status they inflict.

"Heartbreaker" (charm) will probably be seen just as, or more often than the others since it has the highest success rate.

They will also attempt to Recovery Shot "esuna/revive" injured party members, but the success rate isnt too high on that.

Edit: There we are, about 3 posts up where I listed the skills and what they do, ive added videos.

You know, i'm truly looking foward to play your patch...you should also get your forum section like mercenaries or FFT 1.3
I will vote for you if you want to open your own section of the forum ^_^

Me too!

thanks , i want to get a demo out before i try anything like that but putting together all the mechanics has to come first

Also,

You guys might have noticed by now but I'm a SaGa Frontier (PSX) fan
and as you can see by my chararacters having more colorful hairstyles and such I'm trying to give more of that sort of feel. well i guess thats Just in case anyone was wondering why im going so crazy with haircolors and such.
at the same time im still trying to make them work okay with normal generics. I mean, come on people, this is a fantasy game! ppl dont have to have plain ol stuff XD... anyway just adding that in

Yes this patch will be epicness in a can.

alright got her portrait

Very nice.

heh. at first glance I thought she was nude... she isn't, right?

Very nice portrait.

looks good.. but...

what are her hands going, exactly?

shes covering up her no no place with her hands!

no.. shes not nude but if you look at the sprite her clothes only start at her bewbs.

Lol bewbs......

heh heh, boobies =D

Nice. ^_^
Hooray for boobies!

lol c'mon guys its not all about the bewbs. the girl has some substance too... she shoots ppl dead in one hit... thats gotta count for something

Yeah! Get in close and grope before she gets ya!! ^_^

lol lets see you get that close to one of them

I'm a ninja. ^_^

well u cant use vanish! mwahaha

I start with cloak of invisibility........but don't take advantage of Vanya suggestion........cause that's just wrong........man am I lame.

ai can see right thru inviz status youd just get hit with her "heartbreaker" or "assassination" shots and get sent strait to hell

.........I catch the arrow but it goes through my shoulder and before going straight to hell I smirk at the irony.

Zozma Sweegy Woods up! Man Teta is a BEAST!!!!! Also, how the quality of it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvaEiQBr ... annel_page (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvaEiQBrfiQ&feature=channel_page)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cgTMTgU ... annel_page (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cgTMTgUtlI&feature=channel_page)

looks great. btw, have you always had that trouble with the map being black and stuff like that (i used to) or do u just have it set like that to raise the speed?

thanks for the video... do you think tietra has too much power there? its hard to nerf her i had to give her innate defense up, and mdefense up because she ALWAYS walks right into the enemys in other battles...

plus her default faith is like 83 or something... and her brave was really low like 30 something. (heh she sure doesn't act like a chicken tho.) Also, you mentioned Algus had stasis sword in mandalia plains, did he actually use it or was it in his unlearned stuff?

oh shoot, it occurred to me that im in the middle of swapping her job location. or did i already..... man i made quite a few changes after zodiac's iso expansion

Set like that to raise the speed.

Teta is strong as hell man. Seriously, she went on a KILLING SPREE! If you can lower her, feel free. But it was awesome seeing her battle.

Yea he had Stasis Sword as his skill set. Imma go back and upload that battle.

Also, how is the damage calculated? Seems like my Monk Sever can one shot EVERYBODY. And my teammates do odd damage. Meaning like, they both have same PA, same weapon but one does more and the other does less.

No Zodiac stats or anything either.

hmmm, i wonder... if i didnt successfully remove zodiac's fury patch....

does it seem like their damage is higher if their brave is higher? and their defense is higher if their brave is lower?

hmmm Algus isn't supposed to do stasis sword....  OH i know...

thats why he learned it...  hes supposed to only have Accumulate, and the rest of the skills are just for show to make his "Fencer" job look different than a squire.

its supposed to be Split Punch, Crush Punch, Blastar Punch, Hellcry Punch

Edit: Okay the fury patch was still in effect but the cosmetic change wasnt there. no wonder the damage was so weird. I'm gonna pm you the updated Battle.bin insert it in using cdprog or something so you dont have to do the whole patch over.

Alright...

wow, just by trying it out you reminded me of so many things i needed to fix but forgot about.

I patch inspires me Zozma! More videos coming tomorrow!!

yay , (i wonder if shock and stuff like that has become more powerful now...... )

Ooooooo.

How's the patch coming Zozma?

:d

its going allright, thanks to BB i have remembered several bugs i needed to fix along the way.

got a new idea from LD for where to use Bolmna and Blansch in the game.

Blansch will guard the north wall of Bethla Garrison, and Bolmna will guard the south wall. so those are 2 or 3 more battles made more unique. all these things i've gotta add in for chapters 3 and 4 XD and still so much to fix in 1 and 2

I'm finally considering finishing the 10yo boy sprite... well.. what say you?

shit, i still gotta make a male Sniper, and Joker and Harlequin... guess im getting ahead of myself...

do i need male snipers? i suppose it would seem more complete with...
yes/ no?

btw: heres some stuff i never finished lol

looks like BoF...

Quote from: "Zozma"its going allright, thanks to BB i have remembered several bugs i needed to fix along the way.

got a new idea from LD for where to use Bolmna and Blansch in the game.

Blansch will guard the north wall of Bethla Garrison, and Bolmna will guard the south wall. so those are 2 or 3 more battles made more unique. all these things i've gotta add in for chapters 3 and 4 XD and still so much to fix in 1 and 2

Why don't you have your own section if you're already this far along O_O?

We haven't voted.

And he hasn't asked yet, I assume.

Well when he does ask he has my ten points.

thank you for the interest, however, Untill i have a fully functional demo patch for chapters 1 and 2, I'll hold back on trying to get my own section.

and yes the 3rd character there is supposed to be child Teepo from BoF3
the second one is an unrefined Shopkeeper's daughter

Sweet! Well back to work I go, that is FFT REMIX Beta...

Grr! The cheap gold is pissing me off.

We just want you to know we have your back when you get things up and running. *Takes sip from flask* Spiced rum the essence of life.

there now, Bolmna and Blansch have been given birthdays and brave and faiths.

Bolmna
Strategist
October 3rd - Libra
57 Brave, 83 Faith

Blansch
War General
April 26th - Taurus
84 Brave, 56 Faith

they have "neutral" compatability with eachother. but whatever.

Blansch will guard the north wall of Bethla Garrison, Bolmna will guard the south wall.

after the battle, whichever you chose to attack will then escape, falling back to the sluice, where you will see both of them together (perhaps for the last time).

Cool! I got good compat with Blansch.

Oh and, I am DEFINITELY gonna do some level grinding now. Damn enemy units wearing advance gear. That gear coming to ME!

hehe, i suppose that makes "steal" more useful. Btw i might have forgotten to change it but theres a few rare encounters in the desert in chapter 1. you might run into generic Assassins and Sorcerors. but just rarely.

ill eventually go over all the randoms to make them more interesting and to create a few rare encounter monster/enemies.

Ok sweet! BTW, gonna upload Dortor right now. I fell asleep last night since it takes awhile to Render the video on Sony Vegas.

i hope its still somewhat fun for you even tho theres quite a bit of construction left to do on those 2 chapters.

BTW has the damage changed back to normal since i updated the battle.bin? I'm not sure if Warjilis will pan out the same way or if Rad and Alicia will need to be given weaker equips now.. But i do plan to impliment Razele's "defend lowers physical damage by 25%" as well..

Oh yea! I am having fun alright! Tietra and Delita are AMAZING.  Yea the Damage is back now.

Dortor video up and ready for viewing.

allrighty, dorter is too easy for sure. im gonna have to make it so you cant drop the mages in 1 hit. mwahaha...

one of the mages there can cast quake1, water1 and aero1.

and it looks like tietra and delita are more than enough support for a harder battle as well. thanks for the video BB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0C1f0A4 ... annel_page (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0C1f0A4guk&feature=channel_page)

NP Zozma! LOL! Yea Tietra and Delita are a great support.

man, if she does that much damage to the enemies, with her lvl1 spells, just wait till you have to deal with her in full force.

Edit: There, Tietra Chp3/4

Osht! Wait, did you already edit some of the battles in Chapter 3 and 4? I might go ahead and try them after I let Ignis beat me up

I like how Tietra looks visibly older, and much less sweet/innocent.

the stuff after chapter 2 isnt edited yet. the only difference is that grog hill is only an event now and not a battle.

looks like she got banged up pretty hard

lol yeah, its supposed to be a sort of deteriorated look. allthough i could go for a glamorous route..

Either one would work well with the right edits to the story line but I prefer the deteriorated look.

here ya go, the sprite showing her with a mage type shrine knight outfit

I like it, plain and simple.

Keep it Zozma! Me like this one. Plus the deteriorated portrait is nice

I'd hit that

Quote from: "CidIII"I'd hit that

Same here! I might let her whoop my ass too just like Ignis gonna do to me soon.

I'd hit it.

With a crowbar.

JK.

Die.

You better not hit her with a crowbar. What's bad enough is that I got to slice and dice her up with my Swords. Same for Ignis.

*cries*

Your avatar looks so cheery.

Im in the cheery mood today.

i thought you were DARK cecil, how come u have his paladin version for an avatar XD.

anyway, she should give you enough trouble when im done with battle difficulty, both those girls should give you plenty of trouble when im finished BB. Theres still an attack.out bug when u fight ignis tho she runs too early :/.

anyway if i recall Tietra should be about 18 0r 19 by chapter 3?  so its good to show the aging. Shell have all that stuff mastered that you saw unlearned while she was a guest in chapter 1.

"Quasar" is like a big dark holy same damage value and AoE as things like "Melt"

Why does Tietra look like someone's grandmother in that face picture???

I'm not seeing what your seeing.

i did play around with the picture just a little bit more, ill post it later, but for the most part she is supposed to look older and a bit less innocent and whatever since she spends the time since being expelled from igros being corrupted by the stone.

Quote from: "Zozma"i did play around with the picture just a little bit more, ill post it later, but for the most part she is supposed to look older and a bit less innocent and whatever since she spends the time since being expelled from igros being corrupted by the stone.

Will she end up being like a Golem from LOTR?

Quotei thought you were DARK cecil, how come u have his paladin version for an avatar XD.

LOL! I always liked this sprite but never liked the abilities. Yea I like the Dark Knight class of Cecil but the sprite is meh. But I do love DWave.

nope, she wouldnt really be affected any differently than other shrine knights other than being controlled by it at a young age. A change in someone innocent like her to someone corrupted would be more noticeable than someone whos seen the battlefield like wiegraf. so there you have it. On top of that, the zodiac braves claim to be "immortal" but she wouldnt have been ageless at the time she gets the stone because it doesnt take her till u kill her in chapter 3.

@ Bloody Blade
b-but happy dark knight Cecil is cooler than happy paladin Cecil!
a-are you... having an avatar identity chrisis?......

Although I've been playing a bit of FFTv1.3, I'm really looking forward to this, especially since it looks like a completely different story!

... I never thought that I would actually feel bad for Algus, though.  You're kind of shattering my whole viewpoint.

sweet, its always good to see more interest in my project

The story itself is not completely altered, i use "Remix" becuase its more like severely warped version of the main storyline, which results in you getting several of the characters that normally wouldnt join you, like Balmafula, Ovelia, Larg, Olan... etc..

several things will appear normal, however, will not end the same way. Such as the fates of Rafa and Malak... god rest their souls.... just kidding, im gonna enjoy animating Rafa getting thrown off the roof lol....

anyway, thanks for your support! its really encouraging to have more people interested.
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Incidentally, ive used up all of their skill slots for other spells... what should i give their guests instead of their normal skills.....?

Throw Stone!
xD

PS: Glad to see that you're making to much progress.
Can't wait x]

hmm i was thinking a few elemental spells or something, perhaps like the alternate mages or something.. they both die anyway so it doesnt have to be super, just should seem decent at the time.

or maybe make them both like ninja mages.

u know how on ff6 the ninjas had like fire skean, water skean, etc...
(or ff4 for that matter). then i could consilidate both of them into the same job, freeing up another enemy only job

Zozma, to further add to your point, if you've ever played Final Fantasy I, consider that version of the "Ninja Mage".  In later Final Fantasies, they gave the Ninjas Skeens, but I believe a more exact update being Edge's Ninja magic of Final Fantasy IV.

As it is, I agree wholeheartedly with the notion of a Ninja with magic.

that way i can create maybe 3 or 4 ninja magic skills. i always thought those two don't look bad as ninja types. then i can use that set as a secondary for random enemies too.

Edit:
There ya go i smoothed out her portrait just a bit
and next to her normal portrait

or perhaps an angrier look in her face, which one do u think?

The first portrait is a bit too angry, similar to Vormav, while nice doesn't quite express her tragic circumstances. The second one looks confused, but that's it. She doesn't look tragic rather then curious...

Your first portrait, that one was my favorite, she looks confused, broken, and most of all, tragic. That is basically still the gist of Tietra's character, one of the reasons I really love this project.

Yeah, the very first one showed corruption. I liked that one.

Quote from: "Shade"Why does Tietra look like someone's grandmother in that face picture???

What are you talkin' bout? she's beautiful xD

Quote from: "LastingDawn"The first portrait is a bit too angry, similar to Vormav, while nice doesn't quite express her tragic circumstances. The second one looks confused, but that's it. She doesn't look tragic rather then curious...

Your first portrait, that one was my favorite, she looks confused, broken, and most of all, tragic. That is basically still the gist of Tietra's character, one of the reasons I really love this project.

This I agree to. Im still playing it Zozma BTW. Just level grinding like I always do

new character hehe

(http://www.ffhacktics.com/forum/files/sample_354.png)

this one

please

it's beautiful

That is a crazy looking sprite Zozma. Anyway you could make her cloths just a bit lighter to make her hair and body not so monochrome. Like using one of the lighter colors on her ear rings as the lightest shade of her cloths.

Quote from: "Zozma"new character hehe

fuck yeah

The new girl looks... whoreish... lol

lol a girl is suddenly a ho if she puts on a little eyeshadow

What is she supposed to be anyway the harlequin? Cause the looking like a ho would work then.

lol no, she just has makeup on.

Quote from: "Zozma"lol no, she just has makeup on.

Its mroe because... she has so little clothes on, is black, and has an afro.
Its kinda the black+girl+Lttle Clothes+Afro thing.

That's racist man.....jk.

uhhh so the white female monk is a ho too? its the exact same body dude. the only difference in the sprite is the head. and color

Quote from: "Zozma"uhhh so the white female monk is a ho too? its the exact same body dude. the only difference in the sprite is the head. and color

If she had an Afro, then yes. She would be a ho.

lol dude, i second dp's statement about your racist thingy

Wow, so because she's black she's a prostitute? That's a bit too much, I suggest you not say anything regarding the situation any longer. I am tolerant of other's people's beliefs, but when it comes to race, a human has no right to look down on another color then themselves.

Personally, I really like the sprite. Considering some of the information about your mod, it looks like that's the last special character? What's her abilities?

since she looks like a special monk already, i might make a special fist fighter out of her. but its still up in the air. She completes the last of the optional recruits.

even tho you can only have 16 characters, ive exceeded the amount of available specials by at least 4.

Quote from: "LastingDawn"Wow, so because she's black she's a prostitute? That's a bit too much, I suggest you not say anything regarding the situation any longer. I am tolerant of other's people's beliefs, but when it comes to race, a human has no right to look down on another color then themselves.

Personally, I really like the sprite. Considering some of the information about your mod, it looks like that's the last special character? What's her abilities?

I DIDNT SAY ITS CAUSE SHE IS BLACK!

Ok, I did... but I didnt mean it like that. I mean, white+girl+Little Clothes+Long, natural hair=Prostitute to me too =P

Gah... nevermind, you guys ahve already labeled me as racist, haven't you?

anyway, no shes not a ho, shell be a special fist fighter job with innate poach

I don't think she looks like a ho, maybe a little ghetto-ish.
Final Fantasy needs more black people!

Quote from: "LastingDawn"Wow, so because she's black she's a prostitute? That's a bit too much, I suggest you not say anything regarding the situation any longer. I am tolerant of other's people's beliefs, but when it comes to race, a human has no right to look down on another color then themselves.

Personally, I really like the sprite. Considering some of the information about your mod, it looks like that's the last special character? What's her abilities?

This.

I love the purple swirl in her hair, and I'm really looking forward to the portrait.

EDIT: Also, "ghetto-ish?"  I don't think so.  This lady has style, for real.  "Ghetto-ish" in FFT terms would be like Mustadio, Besrodio, or cameo Aeris, as they actually live in slums.

damn i just cant seem to get a good looking set of shoulders

clavicles are sloping upwards

perhaps make them flat or sloping down

Zalge is a racist piece of shit get the fuck off the forums

That's nice Asmo.

This game needs more black people. She kinda reminds me of the female lead from Under Cover Brother.

Moar black people!!!!!!

Tired of this racist Caucasian sprites! Now this makes wat? 3 Black sprites. Imma use that Berserker sprite though. Got a rag on his head. Me like that!

Agrees with Goomba!

Quote from: "Goomba"This game needs more black people. She kinda reminds me of the female lead from Under Cover Brother.

Man I have to watch that movie again.....thanks.  

Re: the portrait:
<3 <3 <3

i made that whole thing in less than a day. i plan to go back to touch up the portrait later, but i needed to step away for a while.

perhaps this patch should be retooled into FFT:Black People

everyone is black

even Elmdor1

Wait!

How do we know she is a girl? CHECK HER THROAT! She might be a man! CHECK HER THROAT! She got big hands. CHECK HER THROAT!

LOL! Anyway, still level grinding Zozma. Damn, I am at level 25 on chapter 1 and still havent did Sand Rats.

lol thats a messed up pixel of her shoulders which i could never get quite right. if curu werent completely busy id ask her to go over the entire thing but she doesnt seem to have the time

Quote from: "BloodyBlade"Wait!

How do we know she is a girl? CHECK HER CROTCH! She might be a man! CHECK HER CROTCH! She got big hands. CHECK HER CROTCH!

Woa BB being a little forward now aren't you?

She definitely looks a little ghetto-ish, still a good sprite though Zoz.

Is that what the female monk shoulders look like?

no they dont, but theres hair in the way of the normal monk shoulders so i couldnt really use it well

take my advice on the shoulders!!

yeah, but ill deal with it later tho, gotta fix some mechanics

Cellar of Sand Mouse aka Sand Rats up!

Oh and enjoy the event! Funny!

sweet, ill watch it when i get home

The videos are great, DC, you really know how to make it sound interesting.

I can't imagine the kind of work it must take to make a hack like this work.  I had enough troubles with romhacking, and even those had specific programs that made the job easier.  Even as a programmer, I still find stuff like this daunting, since most of my involvement in software development uses an IDE to make the job easier.

Also, "The Rad" looks awesome!  I'd always passed him up before (although in 1.3, he makes an awesome mediator if you don't take the time to learn that in Chapter 1).  I can't wait to see what else you come up with for this hack!

I'm thinking of making Rad's guest at warjilis have his 2 new skills learned since you are way outnumbered in this fight. only thing is, he is more vulnerable to getting ko'd faster. but if you back him up you might just be able to mow thru that barrage of ninjas and geomancers.

AI LOVES to use it btw. and it works well in combination with Night sword.
His last skill is like a reverse of Night sword... if one of your party is low on hp hell use it on them. Again it works quite well since he has night sword to replenish hp.

Youll also notice here that Alicia has a blue magic slot.
she can learn "Omegaflare" which is simply Flare 2 renamed and given an AoE of 2 instead of 1

QuoteThe videos are great, DC, you really know how to make it sound interesting.

Thanks m8! I try to keep my fans entertain and enjoy the video. Zozma gonna do some more tonight. Shit well, right now! Let me clean up my HD. Gotta remove unnecessary programs.

also im gonna have to update a few spells assigned effect files as i just realized that effects like Hydragon Pit and all the truth effects do not spread. so i have to come up with new effect files for the level 2 water and earth spells.

i guess watera is gonna have blue bubbles and tint the screen green lol... damn tinting..

anyway, DC ill probably give you a new patch soon fixing a few things.
(you wont currently be able to get past Lionel castle the quecklain fight right now... if i recall

sigh... lookning at it again Tamera looks to masculine.... CURU HELP ME lol

Curu is buzy with other users. B patience Zozma and go find more bugs...

lol there are plenty of those

what do u guys think about some monsters having a few spells?

I like it. Better than them having the lame 2 moves only like my Minotaur. Or a Juravis with only Scratch Up. Put some on them.

bestmaster will still be a useful support skill, for example

some monsters will have GOOD spells like holy when around bestmaster
i made the piggy's have different white magics, in order to help them cope with being so easy to 1 shot.

some of the juravis can cast some aero spells.
skeletons, gravity , living bone can use death.

so yea stuff like that.

I'm using razele's no breeding edit. yep youll have to invite every single monster. no getting lvl3 monsters from breeding. this also lets me make certain monsters rare if i choose

(http://fftdev.istaken.org/patches/Voldemort/FFT%20V1.3%20Screens/Charts/MONSTER%20SKILLS.png)

1.3 monster skills for some ideas

thanks! i definately see a few things that are good ideas, like chocobo having chicken chocobo the chicken..... err nm

QuoteI'm using razele's no breeding edit. yep youll have to invite every single monster. no getting lvl3 monsters from breeding. this also lets me make certain monsters rare if i choose

This I hate! Cant get a Sacred on Chapter 1 sucks! I like using 3rd tier monsters early.

yeah, but im doing whatever i can to make the enemy have as much advantage as i can mwahaha. anyway, i plan to make rare encounters os some of the 3rd tier monsters, you wont necessarily miss the chance to get a 3rd tier monster in chapter 1

maybe i should make a new breath skill to counter bad bracelet
 
"Minty Fresh Bracelet"
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BTW Voldemort, did you alter their MA growths for those monsters who have offensive magics? cause if not those skeletons are gonna rape with Dark Holy. im giving my monsters human based ma growths and reworking the success of some of their monster skills. after all said and done i could actually make certain monster skills blue magic that is compatible with human stat growths..

Edit: these are very well thought out, i think ill give the mid tier skeleton Wind soul and save aqua soul for squids tho.
.....

Some skills that im gonna be removing:

Eye Gouge [If they are going to have a useless skill they might as well have non-charge Blind instead]

Please Eat [Ohh thats so sweat of you, but no thanks i dont eat pork, actually i do and its tasty, but not like this!]

Grease Touch [Why the hell do they need this? okay i did use razele's fix for oil status, however these things dont even have any fire magic! and even if they did why would i waste a turn for this?... sigh]

Beak [Okay it petrifies, nice, how about making basilisk deadlier and give them non-charge Break, instead. Boom! have a free skill space now]

Moldball Virus [uhh.. i donno i just dont like it. Free skill space!]

Death Sentence [Floatiballs use this, well its actually a nice thing, but i think ill turn it into an oracle spell tho]

I think ill leave Ulmagest intact,
But im thinking of making a multi target death spell like
X-Zone, just like on FF6 but using the ulmaguest effect.

Quote from: "Voldemort7"(http://fftdev.istaken.org/patches/Voldemort/FFT%20V1.3%20Screens/Charts/MONSTER%20SKILLS.png)

1.3 monster skills for some ideas

I couldn't have suggested anything better.



I have an idea though:

What if you used that X-Zone idea of yours and instead of making it death, have do the same status effects as Nameless Dance.

O:??

its an interesting idea, i could make it have random status inflictions including death, and death sentence...

afterall one could simply equip something to guard that skill completely

It's a damn shame we can't use event code to make the X-zone affected units' sprites become 'hidden'. That would be epic. ^_^

haha, yeah that would make it just like x-zone

u could make transparent stack on dead lol....

edit:
Okay so i chose to make Ignis take Byblos place in DD END
shes going to be a Summoner with her Sword Spirit secondary and equip katana.

i mean, wouldn't you feel ripped off if she didnt get the chance to learn Zodiac, too?

Wait, what is her original special class? Arc Knight right? Its still gonna be there.

Also, if she is a summoner, would her growths be affected by it since she is a level 99 Summoner? I mean, will the game modify her growths towards Summoner when you get her or IDK.

hrm... well you're right! i suppose youll have to cast zodiac on shelled enemy summoners and teach her later.

Quote from: "Zozma"BTW Voldemort, did you alter their MA growths for those monsters who have offensive magics?

of course

you've never played 1.3 have you


eye gouge (and other skills that might seem weak) work differently in 1.3


grease touch adds stop

eye gouge is confusion  + blind

small bomb is a huge MA*Y 100% AOE spell that goes off instantly with fire 4 art

all of the tree skils are AOE 2 with high accuracy rates, spirit of life is AOE 2 rez, etc etc

too many changes to monster skills in 1.3 to list here

just to give you an idea of how they are different

etc etc

Ok Zozma, Thieves fort up and the events after it. Quite funny

I got lazy and didnt feel like uploading in High Quality.

Aw I wanna see.

q_Q

Just click on my sig m8.

sweet, ill watch when i get home.

Looks like ill definately need to allow event enemies to do random equip for weapons and accessories as well.

Quote from: "Zozma"even tho you can only have 16 characters, ive exceeded the amount of available specials by at least 4.

Please no! xD
I hate when i can't have all the stuff of the game in one playtrought...first the unique sword or miluda , now this! xD
Please put more slot in the party roster! I know u can! xD

Question for you Zozma:

How did you get Teta's sprite to not like... blow up essentially?

Whenever I use her and she casts something for attacks something her sprite splits apart.

O;

Quote from: "Dome"Please no! xD
I hate when i can't have all the stuff of the game in one playtrought...first the unique sword or miluda , now this! xD
Please put more slot in the party roster! I know u can! xD

Ha ha, I love when you can't get everything in a single playthrough, it means I can have fun for longer with multiple playthroughs!

Quote from: "AngrySurprisedFace"Question for you Zozma:

How did you get Teta's sprite to not like... blow up essentially?

Whenever I use her and she casts something for attacks something her sprite splits apart.

O;

You cant use her default sprite slot Furaia.SPR as it does not have enough space to hold any of the compressed portion of the sprite which is all the attacking animations.

I used the dummied assassin job which is like 3B or something that accesses the LEDY.SPR sprite.
it doesnt have a menu portrait, but you can reassign the sectors with a hex editor so that job 0C uses LEDY.SPR in battle.
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the above procedure is no longer needed IF you use 2 ppf patches zodiac made
first on a clean iso patch the iso expansion.
second patch the sprite reassignment thing

after that, all the sprites are in DUMMY folder, and teta's along with every other sprite will be able to fit to max capacity just like any sprite.
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and i wish i knew how to raise the amount of available characters, like they have in the psp version. but i dont unfortunately so stuck with 16 for now which will force you not to be able to have any generics IF you want to have 16 different specials. many of them are optional anyway.

lets see
Ramza (duh)
Boco - Araguay Woods
????? - Zigolis Swamp
Mustadeo - Goug Machine City
Lavian - Bariaus Valley
Alicia - Goland Coal City
Ovelia - Yuguo Woods
Olan - Riovannes (Chapter4 Start)
Balmafula - Granary of Bethla Garrison
Miang - Doguola Pass
Izlude - Underground Cemitary
Miluda - Finath River
Zalbag - At The Main Gate of Igros
Aliste - Underground Passage in Goland
Barret - Zarghidas Trade City
Aeris -Zarghidas Trade City
Deis - ?????
Gin - ?????
Zozma - ?????
Beatrix - ?????
Larg - ?????
Ignis - Deep Dungeon [END]

What about Tamera?  Is she enemy only then?

Ha, Zozma, you added yourself in? when do you appear? or don't you know? You're hunting down Archeal in my patch xD

lul Ignis Deep Dungeon. Cant wait to recruit her.

tamera, probably Zigolis Swamp, if i dont change a few things around.

when/where will i add my own character in, im not quite sure yet.

heh, u know, id rather add riley then tamara. hed be much cooler. tho i do like her look, just not the portrait :/

LOL! Riley Freeman!!!!!

Anyway, uploading Miluda second battle.

Uploaded and ready for viewing Zozma!

Zozma, I've noticed a slight color issue with Tietra. In her plain walking animation, her arm looks like it flings out of its socket and moves infront of her neck/cleavage... Also, the cleavage thing rocks xD It totally works with how I want to use that sprite in my patch xD

also, I've been using her as Agrias in a fun just jumble of sprite replacements, and when she slashes her sword down to use stasis sword, her head messes up. It moves backward and still faces forward.

*sigh*

did you insert her into a type 1 sprite because arms fly around if u use a type 2 in a type 1 or v/v

its a type2 sprite

I must admit this patch looks awesome. I would do anything to beta test. If possible please let me know, I can give extensive feedback.

Quote from: "Zozma"*sigh*

did you insert her into a type 1 sprite because arms fly around if u use a type 2 in a type 1 or v/v

its a type2 sprite

Ah... that makes sense... I guess Agrias must be a different type then Tietra. Still, Tietra is much sexier then her younger self counterpart. I could swear you increased her breast size xD

I have quite a few mechanics to work out now from battle to battle that BB has shown me. I definately want it to be harder, i think ill add a few more enemies on each event map for starters and then remove the restriction they have on their weapons and accessories. Gotta change the times that enemies get higher level weapons to make things more spread out.

and yeah agrias is a type 1.
Tietra, her bust might have increased a bit, remixed characters tend to get some bonuses.

Yes, and some very wonderful bonuses that work out for what I want to use that sprite for... You wouldn't mind me using it in my patch, right?

not at all, its nice to see sprites get more use.

Zozma make battles harder

of course, now that ive seen how easy it is for you im going to make sure you dont get by without a scrach like that ever again! mwahaha..

First of all ill add at least 2 more enemy generics to each event map
then ill give them better support abilities. they can all defend so ill never have to waste the support slot with defend. i

HA! Do your worst Zozma! I can take it!

can you do it with the monk class disabled!!!!? dun dun DUNNNNN!!!!

just kidding, but seriously ill try to make it significantly harder. i think ill have a few more things that only enemys have available like "block martial art"! and "dodge minotaur"!

HAHA! I might since I can get like strong weapons now. Platinum Sword. Now if the enemy had some nice Weapon Gear, say Miluda with Defender early, then it might would have been a problem.

Anymore events updated with new songs, backgrounds?

not currently. Warjilis uses 2 more of the unused songs one for the beginning conversation between rad, alicia and ramza and then the music i used for battle. I'm not quite sure its a long enough track for a battle theme but you be the judge.

Ill probably change North and South wall of bethla and the sluice. if those songs have been used repeatedly.

Finath river ill probably do a similar background or something.
The track that normally plays at Lenalia plateau is it used much more after that? i think its used again but i cant quite recall... anyone know?
anyway i might use the new track i used at lenalia plateau again just to make it more a miluda thing.

Yea. Make that Miluda song. So Warjilis eh? Cant wait to face Ignis at her max!

since youll have better weapons you probably wont have as much difficulty this time around. hehe, well youll really get it next time tho.
i mightmake more enemies use maintinance, XD how mean right

You dastard! But even so, the have to turn into treasure or crystal unless you gonna change that too....

Heh, Ignis her I COME BABY!

hehe, u know you can make certain classes immune to treasure tho and they will just crystalize.

also i've got yet another attack out thing to fix, not a big deal right now but if u beat ignis last the battle ends without her running. or perhaps its because i actually killed her maybe it skipped the run event.

friggin attack.out edits, its such a pain in the butt. but so necessary for the stuff im doing.
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what would really work out in my favor would be if enemy current job levels went up based on what level they are instead of looking at the entd setting. or better yet, the enemy current level based on what level they are on, but you can still set any 1 of their other job levels to something else in entd as usual... id love that

So the attackout I got right now is fine yes?

its fine, she should run at 1% hp

but for right now i dont have the "if DEAD" activate event
so if you go strait from more than 1% to dead it will skip her escape sequence and go to the battle rewards

Ok! I will make sure to put her on CRT condition. This battle gonna be special so Imma Upload it in HD quality! Plus low FrameRate

Have you ever thought about making it so we could recruit Teta?

D;

All those skills will go to waste.
Those beautiful skills..

Tietra is being taking over by the Devil Stone. We have to kill her. Nothing we can do

you've gotten past most of the edits now that you've beaten lenalia. so the next major thing other than event scenes in chapter 1 is Warjilis.

OK! But I will still upload videos of each event story battles up to it. Wait, is the new Boco updated in this patch?

actually the skills dont go to waste.

Larg will have the same set of Sorcery. but you get him sometime in chapter 4 after the assassination of the imposter Larg.
the only difference is that Tietra has "Accumulate MP" which is like free mp
Heal MP = MA*5

Tietra was taken out of consideration for recruitment long ago since she transforms into Famfrit.

So all of that isnt even in the patch I am playing right?

NVM I keep forgeting that I am only playing BETA version up to IGNIS!

yeah thats not in yet. Im having some delays right now because i just switched computers so dragging all my stuff over to the new one is time consuming.

LOL! Vista?

when are they going to stop updating windows versions! pain in the ass....
yeah.. vista lol

oh well, its allright. as long as my programs are compatible i dont care.

Dude wow ok get rid of Vista!

anyway

let me know when you update that portrait of your character with the pink hair and the clavicles thing

lol i know i know, its driving me crazy too but i havent had the time.

(yeah i hate vista)

WTF are you guys talking about?

Vista OWNS! Screw XP and old shitty versions

im just really not used to it. and now i heard that they are coming out with yet another windows version XD

LOL! Yep, cant wait either!

NOOO... oh well as long as my computer is running fine i don care...

LOL! I need more Mhz

okay still trying to get those damn clavicles right but is this looking better?

Its looking better. She looks mean. And I wanted to bang her too!

she'll whoop yo ass if you try to make moves on her! and she has innate poach! i wonder what u could get for a DC skin

will someone ELSE do the clavicle cause i just cant claviclize it properly

You need to bring the shoulders down and the clavicale should be pretty flat. You are close.

damn you clavicle! just.. damn u! lol

Quote from: "Voldemort"Dude wow ok get rid of Vista!

anyway

let me know when you update that portrait of your character with the pink hair and the clavicles thing

portrait with pink hair? you mean the sniper female?

Quote from: "Zozma"okay still trying to get those damn clavicles right but is this looking better?

Does she sell sea shells by the sea shore?

Because it looks like the has one in her hair.
:D

Quote from: "Zozma"she'll whoop yo ass if you try to make moves on her! and she has innate poach! i wonder what u could get for a DC skin

will someone ELSE do the clavicle cause i just cant claviclize it properly

LOL poach. Poach DC will net you 99 Chirijadens! But it is a 1/1000 chance.

1/1000? Sounds like one heck of a rare poach. What's the common item for poaching a DarkCecil? A dragon rod?

If you fail to poach a DC your data is erased.

LOL! The common item is a DUMMY Chirijaden
1PA 1MA 1WP but offers +4 Jump. You cant use the Draw out of the DUMMY Chirijaden or you will take 999 Damage.

But the Rare Chirijaden offers excellent stat boost:
+5PA +5MA +30WP offers +2 Move +2 Speed +2 Jump. The Draw Out version is Black/Red Flames coming out dealing 999 damage to any enemy but it can hit allies also.

LOL Darth!

Yea that can happen also. 1/100 chance

Jimmy's sword of doom lives again!

Zozma give me that portrait at normal resolution.

Quote from: "Cheetah"Zozma give me that portrait at normal resolution.

shut up get back to work on COK

there it is

Is this an improvement?

thanks much

Now where is my Rashyniqua?

Back to your cage Voldemort!

oh my goodness a blonde type ignis? hehe, if you recolored ignis hair to blonde and gave it ramza's chapter 2/3 arms youd almost have a match for your new avatar

allright, well anyway, i suppose i'll take the time to mention some spell changes.

Dark Holy = Darkness
I't has been made equal in damage and mp cost to that of Holy

Demi = Gravity 25% damage to current hp Dark Elemental
AoE changed from 1 to 0
CT Lowered by 1 point due to AoE loss
success rate 255

Demi2 = Gravira 50% damage to current hp Dark Elemental
AoE changed from 1 to 0
CT Lowered by 1 point due to AoE loss
success rate 255

dummied truth skill = Graviga 75% damage to current hp Dark Elemental
AoE changed from 1 to 0
CT Lowered by 1 point due to AoE loss
success rate 255

dummied truth skill = Gravija set targets hp to 1 Dark Elemental
AoE changed from 1 to 0
CT Lowered by 1 point due to AoE loss
success rate 255


Scream = Fury
+2 PA instead of what it normally does

Bio spells have been consolidated into 4 spells that can randomly cause different status ailments Bio-Bioja damage values are equal to that of Black Magic elemental spells.

extra Bio spells have been turned into Aero-Aeroga, Quake-Quakega
3 truth spells converted into Water-Waterga

Melt, Quake, Tornado have been given a damage value of 40
to make them all equal

Leviathan dragon removed, the spell has been converted into Flood
a matching spell to go with Melt, Quake and Tornado

Salamander picture removed, spell has been converted into a high level fire spell "Incinerate"

Haste 2, Slow 2, Return 2 have been given max range like galaxy stop

Galaxy Stop now costs 40 Mp

Despair 2 = Quasar damage value 4 (like melt/tornado/quake/food) Darkness Elemental AoE 2

Flare 2= Omegaflare, Blue magic its Flare 2 but with an AoE of 2 as well
Alicia can learn this

Ultima 2 = Blue Magic
Ovelia and Alma can learn this (an AoE 2 holy spell might be created for Them to learn instead)

dummied un truth skill = Gather Mana
MA*5 non charge restore MP
Enemy Only

Dummied dragoner skill = Endure
Target self only, Instantly cast Shell, Protect and Defend
100% success

Dummied dragoner skill = ???? punch skill
similar to Wave Fist, but unavoidable

Dummied dragoner skill = Haymaker
close range, extreme damage (value currently undecided)

10blank skill slots below parasite have been converted into
Sword Spirt which is Draw out that costs mp instead of drawing a sword.

3 dummied un truth skills:
Fire Skean
Water Skean
Thunder Skean
Draw out radius, non charged magic damage for Rafa and Malak's job

Venom Blade
range 4
AoE
Inflicts Poison 100%
Darkness Elemental

Dummied bio spell = Choco Down
acts like a phoenix down without using an item
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Future Skills

Bolmna's Talk Skill?
Faith +50
Enemy Only

Bolmna's Talk Skill?
Brave +50
Enemy Only

Blansch's Sword skill Ragnarok
Range 5
AoE 0
Formula 2D

Cross Sword: Moon Scraper
Range 4
AoE 1
Formula 2D
Inflict Sleep 100%

Cross Sword: ?????
Range 4
AoE 1
Formula 2D
Inflict Slow 100%

Cross Sword: Lifeshaver
Range 4
AoE 1
Formula ???
Damage Multiple Targets, Drain Hp

Loving those new spells.

What class are those "Skean" spells/skills for?

And what do they do?

O:

I belive they are spells based on the various Skeen weapons that the ninja Shadow would throw at enemies in FF6/3US to deal magaical elemental damage to multiple foes. I think it's a very fitting choice since Rafa and Malak are supposed to be like these magical ninja assassins.

I was wondering where the hell was Leviathan and Salamander.

You dastard!!!!

lol, yeah they r gone, but have you tried out Silf? i think i changed it already, it does wind damage

that reminds me, i am also going to make Lich have the normal magic damage formula as well with just as much accuracy. Darkness elemental summon.

so anyway...

To continue on:

I hope you guys are cool with 1.3 style monsters. im not following their skillsets exactly... im a bit reluctant to have normal chocobos doing choco ball, but it might be interesting. youll probably find that spells like protect and shell will come in alot more handy in my patch.  (at least when im done anyway) and DC! 2 can play *puts random job lvl8 monks everywhere* just kidding

any suggestions are welcome as well as i have to edit pretty much every monster's stats a bit.

due to the fact that the less used 3 elements, wind, water, earth are going to have more of a spotlight in my patch monsters now have different weaknesses. ANYTHING with float status is weak to wind, bombs half wind to nullify this so dont bother, but they are weak to Water, not ice.

Panthers are now weak to fire

dragons absorb their element

Minitaurs are weak to wind due to their element being earth which is opposing.

I think ill change goblins weakness to water, and make bombs weakness Ice. but im still debating that.

Jura Avis are weak to earth as their element is opposite
they can be hit by earth attacks since they arent actually floating.

floatiballs ... hmmm weak against what..? well i think they are naturally weak to wind as well.

anyway, as you can see the new elements will now be just as useful as the normal 3 you have. only thing is there are only a select few characters that can use them (currently)
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Also DC im sure you've noticed by now but Oracle spell effects use the short versions (which i think match other ff games more than the ones that have the little phantoms)
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the templar's magic sword set is no more, oh what a shame...

Monsters: the biggest changes with monsters, when you control them they cannot defend, exception being Boco, but if ai is controling them they can.

they now cannot breed, and monsters are the only type of units that can be invited. All monsters have 3 skills + a beastmaster activated skill.
so chocobos who normally only had choco attack and choco cure will now have something else.

there will be rare encounter monsters (level 4 monsters with ??? status)
and those monsters will have innate beastmaster.

the only status growth changes are to MP and MA and elemental weakness. some monsters will have innate non charge (mainly the ones with only status spells, monsters with powerful attack magic will probably still have short charge. so there are advantages to having monsters sometimes.

Sounds perfect for those that use auto battle. The AI is a master at chaining monster skills.

also some sprites need to be updated, here is one of mine, can you tell the difference between dead aeris A and Dead aeris b? thats right the second one looks like she was run over by a steam roller. had to fix that...

QuoteI think ill change goblins weakness to water.
floatiballs ... hmmm weak against what..? well i think they are naturally weak to wind as well.
Panthers are now weak to fire

Goblins can go into water.
Why would flotiballs be weak to wind???
Panthers should be weak to water, since they can't go in water.

Lol that Aeris b.
Looks she is thin as paper.

Quote from: "Shade"Goblins can go into water.
Why would flotiballs be weak to wind???
Panthers should be weak to water, since they can't go in water.

Lol that Aeris b.
Looks she is thin as paper.

yeah that makes more sense, i guess i could either keep goblins weak to ice or make them weak to fire.

and aeris b lol blame whatever jap guy attempted to make her dead frames without any depth perception

Quote from: "Zozma"also some sprites need to be updated, here is one of mine, can you tell the difference between dead aeris A and Dead aeris b? thats right the second one looks like she was run over by a steam roller. had to fix that...

I loved the way you put that and could not stop laughing.

That Agrias looks way better Zozma, good work.

It's Aeris, not Agrias!!

lol thx,

speaking of agrias... i am trying to find the experiment i was working on to make her head using the princess outfit body.

That would certainly look cool.

my alternate plan is to make her use a special portrait where some pearls are in her hair, but she's wearing a white version of her uniform.

I like where you're taking this..

I like it indeed..

When you say her outfit though, you mean her Holy Knight outfit right?

'Cause that would really look sweet.

yeah the default holy knight outfit but in white, and then have her hair a little bit glammed up with some pearls (in the portrait)

Interesting work mortal. This looks decent. So I guess a few humans on this planet can do something useful. HAHA

Go back to hell you demon! Do not need you ruining my favorite forum place.

fear not demons! well i donno where im going wit that but yea monsters are harder now

okay next things to do.... weapons are all going to be spread out, more.
instead of the highest level of easily available weapons (crystal gear)

being available at like lvl40 or some crap like that its available at lvl75+ for the randoms. everythigns all spread out to that. ill also make their shop availablities more spread out too.

also recycling old weapons into 1 of a kind weapons OR adding new attributes to old ones:

Nagrarok - WP 15 25% chance to cast Crush Punch
(will cast Crush Punch at 100% chance IF i can get someone to asm that formula...)

Windslash Bow now casts Aera at 25% chance

Fire/Ice/Thunder rods using formula 4

Poison Rod 25% chance to cast Bioga

Dragon Rod -> Gravity Rod 25% chance to cast Gravija

Faith Rod -> Flare Rod 25% chance to cast Flare

Mace of Zeus -> Eternity Staff 25% chance to cast Petrify
(The name Mace of Zeus will be used for a new Flail)

Sage Staff added, MA+3 strengthen all elements

Defender can be stolen from lvl50+ randoms
now only worth 10 gil

dummied all the bags and cloths and materia blade

Bag1 = Dreamer (harp) 25% chance to cast sleep can be stolen from high level randoms, Strengthen Water

Bag2 = ???? (Axe)

Bag3 = Earth Mallet (Mace)
Strengthen Earth

Bag4 = Death Notebook (book) 25% chance to cast Stop Breath
Strengthen Darkness

Cloth1 = Gale Axe (Axe)
Strengthen Air

Cloth2 = Mune (ninja knife) Broken half of the origninal Masamune, able to be used as a ninja blade.
Strengthen Fire

Cloth3 = ????

Materia Blade = ????

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The 3 female only hair adornments have been changed to "hats" and are now equipable by all. in addition, perfumes have been turned into normal accessories.

some name changing is probably needed for these obviously.

LOL! You know I do a shit load of Randoms!

yeah, but some of them wont be so common, like bards and such. but still you cant buy their shit in regular stores. and their resale value will be like 5 gil so it wont be worth selling.

also i left out Aeris' abilites

of course im limited to about 4, but these should do...

Healing Wind
Cast Cura on all allys no matter how far away.
30 MP

Breath of Earth
Cast Esuna on all allys
30 MP

Planet Protector
Cast Protect/Shell/Regen
40 MP
 

Holy Light
Cast Holy on all enemies
99 MP
This spell will have a long CT obviously as the only other thing i could do would be to go over 99 mp cost creating the infinity symbol, which if it actually did use up all mp i would use it.

I seriously wonder why Zozma's FFT Remix doesn't have a section =P

I mean, It seems like nearly everyone supports it, and according to the "Getting your own Section" post, he need... like 100 points? or is it 160 because there are 3 other project sections?

Either way... Oh, I guess we need to clearly say we support it or something it says on the post?

Oh, well... I support this Patch.

(Then again, Maybe Zozma is just not being Vain or something like that, and thats his reason for not getting a section... or maybe he thinks hes too good for a section >=O lol)

thank you.

once i have a demo patch with all the mechanics, ill give it a try. im trying to make sure i lay the entire foundation for my project first... ohh what the hell. what all do i need to start my section again lol.. i already have 24 pages of topic anyway right?

okay, since materia blade is useless anyway ive turned it into a sword that Drains MP

It can still be used to do damage with sword skills, so generic holy and dark knights might have this sometimes.
since it isn't really a strong sword ill be giving it the Nagrarok's evade%

Ok Zozma I am near the Ignis battle. Gonna do some level grinding up to 99.

BTW, some of the battles had low level units like the swamp battle. I was like WTF? Ghoul at level 12 and others. Same as for Barias Hill.

Quote from: "Zozma"thank you.

once i have a demo patch with all the mechanics, ill give it a try. im trying to make sure i lay the entire foundation for my project first... ohh what the hell. what all do i need to start my section again lol.. i already have 24 pages of topic anyway right?

okay, since materia blade is useless anyway ive turned it into a sword that Drains MP

It can still be used to do damage with sword skills, so generic holy and dark knights might have this sometimes.
since it isn't really a strong sword ill be giving it the Nagrarok's evade%

I would Loooo0o0o0oOOove to test it once you do, if you'd give me the opportunity.

xd

@AngrySurprisedFace
I might make a newer test run version soon. in addition to giving it to DC i could let you play with it too. Still there is quite a bit of stuff to do yet...

and DC

I've made quite a few changes in ENTD since i gave you that demo ppf.
now all of the event battles are set to partylevel random (untill i go back and give a few +'s to some of the units later)

ill probably need to give you a copy of the patch that u can patch simply opening it with fft patcher and patching it over the same version you are using now. (that way you can test out the changes to my enemy monsters)

Alright. Well Wiggy battle and Fort Zeakden is up. The other battles will be uploaded tomorrow at school.

Also, dont expect to see these battles: Barius Hill/Zigolis Swamp/Slums in Goug

Why? Because I REFUSE to upload a battle where the enemy units are way underleveled. Level 11 units vs some 30s.

The Ignis battle will be uploaded soon when I get up to level 99

i should give you a fftpatcher patch, to patch over before you fight ignis.

i did change a few more things. (enemies will now get weapons and accessories based on levels too) but gears are more spread out than originally.
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well allright, some ppl are asking if i should start my own section.
I guess starting now, if i can collect enough points, ill go for it.. well... what say you?

Send it when you updated it.

starting work on Lvl4 monster palettes...

You should name the Ochu one "Venus Fly Trap".

If that'd fit.



For the Goblin maybe Goblin Warlord or something,

and the Skeleton name "Boney Ancestor" or something.

Unless you've already picked out names.

D;

How about for the Malboro:

Worst Malboro or Great Malboro

For the Goblin: Goblin Prince

The Skeleton: Skuldier or Bloodbones

before you guys help me decide names, which those are some nice ideas.

The Malboro is quite carnivorous, as you can see instead of slime, hes in for blood.

The skeleton, most every move he makes will be lethal to the target in one form or another.

the goblin will have monk skills, and things like accumulate

---- ive only shown 3 monsters here but there will be a lvl4 for every type and even more chocobos

More DRAGONS!!!!! I cant wait for the Dragons since I am a DRAGON fanboy.

Make like 10 EPIC DRAGONS! LOL!

But seriously, can you make like another class branch? Like another monster family?

Call it the supreme Dragon family. With the 4 dragons called: White Dragon, Crystal Dragon, Storm Dragon, Kaiser Dragon. Cannot be invited. Immune to status skills. All in order from weakest to strongest. Or maybe:

Demon Weapon family: Kinda same like Ultima Demons but they all magic and no physical. Only 3 of them. Ultima Weapon, Ultima Buster, Omega Weapon.

But I REALLY want to see like some female Demon chicks like a Succubus. Demon Girl with wings.

thanks to the new frames of the iron giant that will be one new branch of monster with at least 2 versions. (if their walk animations are completed then i can make them recruitable too).

its easily possible to make 3 or 4 more dragon types, as i am doing the same with chocobos

Cool! Should make like Custom dragons.

Holy Dragon, Dark Dragon, Gold Dragon

Query: Will you be doing a PSP Port ala 1.3? Or will this be vanilla PSX version only? I much prefer the retranslation on the PSP is all

we'll see, but it might be difficult to get the patch just right with the PSP due to the iso expansion. And more than likely it will retain the PSX dialog, at least for now.

There may be comatability issues with the psp due to sprite reassignment into the DUMMY folder

Quote from: "Zozma"Holy Dragon, Dark Dragon, Gold Dragon

LOL! There are so many Dragon types in RPG games it isnt even funny anymore. Wouldnt Holy Dragon already be there since Reis class is a Holy Dragon? The first form...

LOL Dark Dragon casting Dark spells like Death, Dark Holy.

Gold Dragon is what Thunder???

Can we recruit them?

recruitment is up in the air right now, currently no as that would require quite a bit of unit.bin color palette editing and im not sure i could fit it all.

DO IT! I wanna use the Dark Dragon and call him Darky! =)

its possible, especially since u cant get a holy dragon currently. Reis is enemy only and already in human form. Holy dragons are a bit different and have holy breath as well

This topic need to be moved

yeah, ive requested

Sweet

I was just wondering...

You're keeping the same story as the normal FFT right?

But just warping it A LOT?

Have you thought about maybe adding Alma as a possible playable character?

D;

alma is too important to the main story to put in. her job is better than originally tho.

I can't wait to play


Looking great.

Although, I hate the PSX dialog I guess it'll have to do.

thanks, great to see more people interested

LOL! You gotta love the Ignis battle! I do admire the Ninjas throwing Javelin IIs and WTF a Cashmere. I got pop by a hairpin! LMAO!

But I hate what Ignis has equipped. Damn Silk Robe. WTF! I prefer a Light Robe or something Rare since she has Maintenance.

wth hit by a hairpin? lol umm somethings wrong

Cashmere is expected if you are on lvl99 its being turned into a ninja blade.

she had a normal silk robe on? how can that be is "random" THAT random? gotta find a way to fix that

Yes very Random indeed. The Archers are fine since they got Ultimus Bow. Yea at level 99 got hit with a Cashmere. I was like WTF. I died too.

Imma record to videos of this battle. 1 Fail video and 1 Win video. Pics shall be included also.

sweet

Teta/Tietra is a killing machine


I love it.

Why does Ramza say that "There must not be any more victims like Teta" an Zirk Falls?????
Or have you edited.

lol i guess it will be "there must not be more victims like algus"

haha...

Ah, I didnt know how to spell it so I just said Zirk.

oh i thought u said they threw a gold hairpin at you, i was like what da F

Why don't you sticky this topic? This is pretty important info.

I was just wondering if and when you're going to have a playable demo?

yes, i will be making one that stops at chapter1 end but i have some eventchr animations and dialog changes to do before i put it out.

Zozma, any planning on releasing a demo?
Or slowly do the project to make to perfection?
Lol ^^

yes, but ive had alot of delays due to several IRL stuff, but i do want it to look as good as possible before i put out a demo

I see.
Yea. Perfection is good ^^
Well, I can't wait to till your demo release ^^

Hey Zomza are you making a WOTL version as well?

it dont know, unfortunately i doubt that an expanded iso patch, such as this one,  is compatable with WOTL. so i cant promise that there is a possability right now, just assume that for the time being that there isnt one.

Howdy! I've been reading about this, (Only made it to page 19 please forgive me if I ask anything that's already been asked.) and I think it's really interesting and would love to try it out when you get done with it.

thats great , im currently working towards a demo that cuts off at the end of chapter1  but ive got much to do to make it look right

Sweet. How complicated is it to do what it is that you are doing?

well fft patcher makes it easy to do everything to existing events/battles

but for changing battle conditions, special event character animations, B0 instructions which trigger later events, creating new spell effects, etc that stuff is what takes time.

debugging text changes can take a bit of time too

Gotcha. I'm sure this question is annoying by now but you wouldn't happen to be able to give a date or maybe any info timewise about when the demo will be available?

no idea to be honest, it depends on how much free time i can scrape up between IRL stuff

Okay. Out of curiosity is there anything that's playable now? And if so that's just for people you have testing the game and yourself right?

not really, im in process of changing monster growths right now too

Cool.

this nifty little ring Deis has puts an immediate stop to gafgarion and agrias' sword skills mwahaha. its also immune to stop, not that shed need it i guess.

So Zozma, how progress coming? Imported Deis in. Nice.

random battles are getting more complicated,

also thanks to zodiac, there wont be any crystal farming (randoms had too many skills open)

also  you have to find the "Pheromones" accessory to invite monsters!
(had to make your life more difficult.

I don't wanna be pushy, but is there any chance there'll be a demo soon? This sounds amazing and I'm looking forward to it.

well im in the middle of moving so things are currenty stopped untill im set up at my new house. but the first demo will have the battles set up, but events will look incomplete. so the demo would be mainly about battles for now

Awesome.

I am attempting to make all the random encounters have at least 3 more enemies appear at all times, and have more randomness to them as well. but there are quite a few maps to run thru. when that is all done, i will stop to make a demo even tho the game will look buggy because many events and even more dialoge is not completed

Zozma I encourage you in any way possible! This patch will be awesome, need help with it?

i cannot stop for the event changes right now, first priority is to get all the battles set up. then i will go back, and each time i hit an event ill work on it till it looks the way i want it. and now that there is a decent eventchr tool life will be easier.

thanks for the encouragement

This patch looks magically delicious.