Final Fantasy Hacktics

Happy Algus Fools!!
I have heard everyone's pleas, a mod idea you've heard of time and time again, "I want to play as the REAL hero of FFT's story!", well you're in luck because I'm finally here to answer your prayers!

Introducing~
Bastard of Ivalice or BOI
Play through the story through the eyes of the protagonist(?) you know and love above all others, Algus Sadalfas!

Why?
Algus Fools of course!

Details?
About two hours of playtime, a small amount of new content, minimal QoL inclusion (damn you Algus! Only Smart Encounters??), a true celebration of the best blonde boy in all of Ivalice.

Credits
Jumza: Creation of this mod! It only took like 3 days
Nyzer: Wrote some scripts for added scenes!
Kokojo: Let me use his excellent Trebalt Tunnel map!

Fully tested and working on Duckstation and pSXv1.13.
Known Issues: I accidentally advanced the shop progression by 1 at the beginning of the game and never fixed it. Enjoy!
Do not go to Mandalia Plains after the scene where Algus has a 1 on 1 talk with Zalbag! You will get softlocked.

King Igos looks so sick! These are so cool

 

Quote from: Krendall on November 22, 2024, 11:18:37 pmI'm having a hard time figuring out what some ability attributes do and searching hasn't helped.

• What does "Top-Down Target" do? I've seen I referenced, but I haven't found an explanation on what it does.
• What is the difference between "Force Self-Target" and "Auto Target"?
• I see "Weapon Range" checked in the bottom list, but "Use Weapon Range" is not checked in the top-left list. Why is that?
• What does "Vertical Threshold" do? Every ability already seems to be limited by the "Vertical" value.

I can answer 1 and 4 for you, the other two hopefully someone else comes along and answers.

1. If the target has another tile over their head, top down skills can't hit them (think under the bridge in Zirekile).
4. Vertical Threshold limits your ability to target tiles within the specified Vertical range that you put on the ability.
So for example, Black Mage spells that don't have that can be targeted anywhere within the range given no matter how high or low and then only the aoe is subject to the Vertical value. A skill with a Vertical threshold will only be able to go up to or down to the distance specified in Vertical for targeting AND the aoe spreads only that much as well.

You have to modify the games ENTD entries, yeah! There's no pre-packaged thing you could apply that does it for you.

After 15 years, play the second part of Call of Power : Remade!

A fresh perspective on the oldest story mod ever made for Final Fantasy Tactics, with QoL updates and a better, more streamlined experience and story!

Feel free to share your experiences on Discord or the appropriate topic!


https://ffhacktics.com/smf/index.php?topic=13223.0

Right now only Chapter 1 is available to play! You can find the download link here https://ffhacktics.com/smf/index.php?topic=13056.0

What you can do is download the map editor (Ganesha DX found here https://github.com/Garmichael/GaneshaDx/releases ) and you can look at what UV data specific tiles are using, GDX allows you to then export the textures and palettes which you can use to get the image data you need.

Hey! I can't see your image preview so I'm not 100% sure this will be what you're looking for, but you can find map resources in these links that include top down views and all 4 corner "in game" views.

https://ffhacktics.com/wiki/Category:Vanilla_Maps
https://ffhacktics.com/wiki/Category:Custom_Maps
https://ffhacktics.com/maps.php

I would recommend trying to run CDMage as an Administrator, just a guess but maybe it doesn't have the permissions it needs to create the folder it wants to.

Also a reminder to create backups of your files! Admin CDMage I don't think would ruin anything, but making big changes to an ISO by importing stuff can be a bummer when things go wrong

Quote from: SaolDan on June 28, 2024, 08:49:59 amGreetings,

Not sure if i have a bug or just bad emulator settings. The world map is black. How can i fix this?

Use a non ePSXe emulator like Duckstation or pSXfin!

I'm so glad you enjoyed it so much! Thanks for playing!

There are definitely some balance issues but I think overall FFT is at its best when things are a little lopsided I think future content will probably see the rise of physical units a little more in usefulness just like in the vanilla game (where magic falls off towards the end).

Leviathan was a ton of work to put together but I'm glad you liked it so much! Can you tell much less design time went into the end of chapter boss? Haha

I think I will put out a guide some day, I definitely ensured that you could do everything that 'matters' in one run and still make it back in time, that was very important for me to keep track of during development.

I hope you enjoy the other projects this place has to offer!

You have to click the emotes at the bottom of the various messages, not the ones that run along the side. By 'reacting' with a specific emote you gain that role.

BUT I can see that however you are using Discord it is not showing you everyone's reactions at the bottom of the messages. Are you able to add your reaction to the messages at all? That would stop you from gaining the roles otherwise

To celebrate 1 year of time passing since the release of FFT: Reach the Future I've released a teaser trailer for Chapter 2! Check it out!

Haven't played Chapter 1 yet? You can find the download link here!

Happy 1 year anniversary to Reach the Future's chapter 1 release!

Quote from: doraver on May 27, 2024, 03:23:49 pmGlad to see continuation of your project! I hope more people will notice your mod!

I'm new to FFT modding, but game is still very close to my heart. I'm glad to see FFT community still staying together <3

upd. Just booted the mod after looking some guides and I'm already mesmerized! I can't wait for this journey today

I hope you enjoy it!

Leviathan Map Fix


I am now working on what is imo the worst offender on the Reach The Future bug list: the Leviathan Boss Fight new map incorrect textures.

It's supposed to look like pic 1 and does about 80% of the time... The other 20%...




(Thanks to Oronjoker for the second picture! Check out his channel on Twitch)

Revert New Poison / Regen


In Reach The Future (unlike regular FFT) the effects of Poison and Regen are reversed while Undead. While this was a cool idea, the AI is completely unaware of this change :( It would be difficult to make the AI react properly so this mechanic will be removed from future versions.

Lots of work is being done on understanding the AI of this game now and in the future! So there is hope this mechanic could come back again one day.

Blood Suck is Tinker


In vanilla Final Fantasy Tactics, Blood Suck doesn't come up in battle often. I wanted to give the player the option to try to use it (because I love shenanigans) in Reach the Future, so Vidalia Knights got the Spreading Plague ability... But it doesn't work as intended.



In the games data there is a skillset for "Blood Suck" and I thought I could put any ability in there and the AI would use it. Wrong! Blood Suck'd units will always use ability 00C8, which in Reach the Future is Tinker



Easy enough to fix (and the easiest way was to shift Blood Suck back to its original slot and move Tinker elsewhere)!

New updates incoming! I've been posting bug fixes and updates I've been doing to prep for releasing v1.1 on Discord and Twitter and neglecting the forum, so I have a few to dump all at once.

Here is the first Naked Soldier in Serensward Random Battle




If you travel from Serenham to Serensward triggering a random battle, you might have noticed something a little off about an AI allied unit... She's completely naked!
Let's get her some items.