Final Fantasy Hacktics

Update: I've just uploaded patch 0.99. I will start the pre-patch of the version 1.0 with all the custom sprites soon. I'm not sure if I will do a .ppf patch to test it. It will depend on the difficulty to do so.
Then I will start all the in-game text changes for v1.0. If I found something like skills with 0 JP (because sometimes I had to test skills) I will fix each one.
And one more thing: As I will revise each change I did, maybe I'll do new changes. But the idea is that I won't do many changes but fixes and once I finish the game I will replay it again.
If someone can help me to do a new job tree image when I finish v1.0 it would be grateful.

Quote from: darkskyx on March 11, 2021, 04:23:59 pm(...)

Special thanks to sprite authors:
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Oh BTW, here are some custom portrait sprites I will use for version 1.0: (You can thank original authors, some are re-edited by me)

https://ibb.co/JrNZH2C

i try Both USA & EUR version still same

Quote from: Feuholden on September 10, 2022, 07:23:33 amhttps://ibb.co/JrNZH2C

i try Both USA & EUR version still same

That's intended as it is a new re-patch, don't worry for in-game text that may be wrong because even if there is no text there bc you can use that skillset - remember you are still playing the beta version and in-game changes are not done yet.
If you wanna know what skill I changed or what it really does you must go to my beta patches and read the changes.

You made me realize I should make it clear: Emergence 1&2 work on an EUR ISO. And you should re-patch an existent Emergence .ppf patch.
For v1.0 it won't work that way. And don't worry for changes in skills or skillsets because that can be easily fixed.
I've added a link to Emergence patch at the start of my initial post. Try that, because maybe you see weird things happen just because you patched bad.

New update: I just uploaded a .ppf patch preview for version 0.99. Test it and let me know if you can see sprites.
Some changes are still not done but I'm still working on each one. When I finish each character or job it will be uploaded as a pre-patch for v1.0.

Sprites done are:
Vincent Valentine:  Fully done.
Fran:  Fully done.
Llyud:  Fully done.
Blonde Agrias:  Fully done. No portait change.
Melia:  Fully done.
Paladin M:  Fully done.
Paladin F: Fully done.
Merchant F: Fully done. No portait change.
Brown Female Monk: Fully done.
Brown Male Monk: Fully done. No formation sprite change.
Mentalist M: Fully done.
Mentalist F: Fully done.
Geomancer M: Fully done.
D. Knight M: Fully done.
D. Knight F: Fully done.
Rogue M: Fully done.
Rogue F: Fully done.
Samurai F: Fully done.
Rebel M: Fully done.
Rebel F: Fully done.
Math C. M: Fully done.
Math C. F: Fully done.
Mime M: Fully done.

Red XIII: Fully done. Sprite animations were not finished by the original author. Testing to see if it's fine.

Quote from: darkskyx on March 11, 2021, 04:23:59 pm(...)

Special thanks to sprite authors:
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All sprites have the credit in my first post (You can thank original authors, some are re-edited by me).
I'll share all custom spritesheets in a future post. Here are more custom portraits that my hackmod will have:

Interesting.. i'll try later.. now i'm playing another mod.

Quote from: darkskyx on September 18, 2022, 02:50:26 amNew update: I just uploaded a .ppf patch preview for version 0.99. Test it and let me know if you can see sprites.
Some changes are still not done but I'm still working on each one. When I finish each character or job it will be uploaded as a pre-patch for v1.0.

Sprites done are:
Vincent Valentine:  Fully done.
Fran:  Fully done.
Llyud:  Fully done.
Blonde Agrias:  Fully done. No portait change.
Melia:  Fully done.
Paladin M:  Fully done.
Paladin F: Fully done.
Merchant F: Fully done. No portait change.
Brown Female Monk: Fully done.
Brown Male Monk: Fully done. No formation sprite change.
Mentalist M: Fully done.
Mentalist F: Fully done.
Geomancer M: Fully done.
D. Knight M: Fully done.
D. Knight F: Fully done.
Rogue M: Fully done.
Rogue F: Fully done.
Samurai F: Fully done.
Rebel M: Fully done.
Rebel F: Fully done.
Math C. M: Fully done.
Math C. F: Fully done.
Mime M: Fully done.

Red XIII: Fully done. Sprite animations were not finished by the original author. Testing to see if it's fine.

I'll share all custom spritesheets in a future post. Here are more custom portraits that my hackmod will have:
(You can thank original authors, some are re-edited by me)

It is your job to credit all the original authors of those sprites.

Update: I'm still working on the text changes. I think I'll upload a preview patch for v1.0 without description changes soon.

Quote from: Elric on September 25, 2022, 06:10:28 amIt is your job to credit all the original authors of those sprites.

I have that credit in my original/first post in a spoiler. I'll make it even more clear in all my messages.
I only didn't know who did all Journey of The Five sprites, but I've seen that you have every one in a spoiler too so I'll add it.

How to get Vincent

Update: I've uploaded a preview version for v1.0, with all names for skills, skillsets... but no descriptions. Use that version for playing the beta.
v0.99 PRE 1.0 have sprites but the preview for 1.0 doesn't have any. As I had some issues with v0.99 PRE 1.0 for adding new text, I need to put all sprites again for version 1.0 for both versions, English and Spanish one. Also, I having issues with the Spanish version, so the final project will be a little delayed. I had issues because I didn't make a backup before patching so it's all my fault. When I finish the project I will delete all previews from download & finally I can release it officially.

Quote from: Feuholden on September 25, 2022, 12:53:00 amInteresting.. i'll try later.. now i'm playing another mod.

Play another hackmod, mine will be finished soon.

Quote from: Andre Pratama on September 26, 2022, 10:31:09 amHow to get Vincent

Read obtainable characters info in my first post. You need to be almost in the endgame vs Altima and go to Lionel Castle, you also need Reis & Beowulf. It's basically the mission before getting Byblos. If you have another savefile already, you need to play this patch again to get all new secret characters.

New update: I've uploaded a beta version for v1.0. Everything is really close to be finished.
All sprites are finished & fixed from the last version, I only didn't add Red XIII due how to weird it would be to add him into the game, because Apanda monster is using Byblos sprite. Spanish version is also done, with sprites too.
Almost all in-game text is finished, it only lacks some descriptions but I'll finish it very soon.
The next update is basically the official version.

If anyone can send me a in a PM with a screenshot of all job wheels (male/female) it would be grateful, as I don't have all jobs. I'll add another image instead. Also, it would be good to have a good job tree image.

Edit: Spanish version had a weird issue, patching with FFTPatcher disabled the language. I fixed it & reuploaded the patch.
English version had monk sprites wrong in the job wheel. Also fixed and reuploaded.

Quote from: darkskyx on March 11, 2021, 04:23:59 pm(...)

Special thanks to sprite authors:
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Here are the last spritesheets I'll show from this project (thank to all the original authors, I quoted the credit for each one):

Hi darkskyx, I don't think this is an English patch.. (I downloaded your english patch)

I'm Using EUR Iso.

Quote from: Feuholden on October 01, 2022, 08:35:04 amHi darkskyx, I don't think this is an English patch.. (I downloaded your english patch)

I'm Using EUR Iso.

That's the Spanish version. Have you really installed English version? I will test to patch an ISO with the ppf file to see if everything is okay...
But it should be okay, just for the size of my patch. Only install English one. Spanish version need to download & patch 2 ppf files, English only one.

Edit: You are right, I think something was wrong with FFTPatcher or while making the ppf patch. Luckily I have a backup. I'm gonna fix it ASAP.´
I had some issues with ENG version, patch is somehow corrupted and it makes a big file (4 GB). Maybe I need to redo the patch again.

Edit2: Hotfixed. I've redone ENG patch from a backup. Huge fail but it should be fine now, sorry... I don't see any huge problem, it doesn't make a big file anymore and it's all English. It was all fault of FFTPatcher, idk why but I just made 1 change to the job tree and other minor changes, then everything was suddenly wrong but I didn't figure it out. I don't really know what happened... Maybe I opened my edited ESP ISO & I saved it on the English one.

Don't worry if you see something wrong as I will fix it later, but report it to me (I know Desperate Charge is duplicated for example, but another skill was going to be there).

Hope you can play this beta now. I'll try to release final version soon. I don't know how I much it could take: days, weeks... But I'll finish it. There's only a few descriptions left to be finished for EN/ES and also in Spanish version had some text changes wrong (it broke a little) and I had to fix each one manually.

ugh now it's corrupt

Quote from: Feuholden on October 03, 2022, 12:50:29 amugh now it's corrupt

Have you really patched a clean ISO? Don't repatch old patches again as you may get issues. Also, be sure you are not using a PSX ISO for patching.
I tested the patch and it worked for me, but I'll see again if I have the same issue and I'll edit my message. Are you using my hotfix version?

Edit: I repatched on a clean ISO again. It works for me. Maybe you are doing something wrong. Your EUR ISO have this size: 399 MB (418.871.296 bytes), right?
If you still have issues, try to patch Emergence 1 on a EUR ISO and then patch Emergence 2. Maybe that solves that corruption. Let me know if you solved it.

Yes, i use this EUR ISO File. 418.871.296

i try to extract fresh iso and patch it again. but Still Corrupt.



and this after patch emergence 1 + emergence 2

You only patch one version, not both...

Quote from: Feuholden on October 04, 2022, 01:18:58 amYes, i use this EUR ISO File. 418.871.296

i try to extract fresh iso and patch it again. but Still Corrupt.



and this after patch emergence 1 + emergence 2

Yeah, of course that wouldn't work Elric... That only works with FFTPatcher files. But I had to ask @Feuholden so I'd see if it'd got corrupted too, now I know it's not something of your emulator or your ISO but a problem of my patch, and as it is only my ENG ISO (I guess) which has this issue I think I know what it could be. Let me see, I will try to upload a new ppf patch again... Try the next hotfix. (Edit: I tested the next one and it still works for me)

Okay, I think I understood the issue. Only ENG version got that corruption because I didn't fix something. It could be 2 things, but I have to test it. I'll send you a last PM. I think maybe it worked for me somehow due to some cache files I had... idk. Download it again, it should be fine now if it's one of the issues. This is a problem of mine because I had to redone my patch again and I think it lacked something or while doing my text changes I deleted something. It shouldn't be a issue of severally re-patching a lot my old ISO as the ISO used for patching was a new one. If still doesn't work for you, I'll try another last thing.

This is so weird... Sorry for this experience, this patch is still on a testing phase. After this, I'll go for the official version and hope everything will work fine then.

Hey, new to this and enjoying your mod so far. I'm trying to do the more updated version of your beta as well and having the same problem as @Feuholden. I'd love to fully test this and give you feedback on the way it plays, balancing, etc. Appreciate the hard work you've put into this.

Yes, I think the patch is wrong. the file should be larger than 3mb, like version 0.99

Quote from: AchillesLupus on October 09, 2022, 02:59:33 pmHey, new to this and enjoying your mod so far. I'm trying to do the more updated version of your beta as well and having the same problem as @Feuholden. I'd love to fully test this and give you feedback on the way it plays, balancing, etc. Appreciate the hard work you've put into this.

This corruption issue is very weird. I guess it can be an issue of my how I am patching with TactText, because I open a clean ISO and then constantly re-patch once I do some changes and maybe I only need to do it when I finish every single change. I have all sprites saved in a backup so that's not an issue - also that's not too much time. The problem is that I need to redo again all text changes and that's a lot of time... So I prefer instead to find the issue.

That beta patch was just there as a preview to see if it would work with just name changes, and the weird thing is that beta version is working to me. If you want, play v0.99 instead but it doesn't have any in-game text. I'll try to make the final version once I have a lot of free time.