Final Fantasy Hacktics

I start fumbling around this site some time ago but never really dove in. I'm looking into doing that now and kind of got lost in the information on the site.

I think I can figure pretty much everything out from the tutorials/Wizdaddy's youtube videos for what I'm wanting to do. My only question is in extracting the unit.bin and WLDFACE.bin. I know for the PSX version you use CDMage or a similar program. For WotL you use UMDGen? Does it matter if it's an ISO or a CSO?

My only other issue with diving in is a dumb mishap on my part. I've misplaced the original place my ISO came from and for whatever reason my computer isn't allowing me to copy the ISO on my PSP over to my computer.

ANOTHER NOOB!!!!! RUN!!!!! I've found about a million and one posts on changing sprites in all necessary places, and I've started dabbling, so I'm positive that will go off smoothly. You guys provide very nice tutorials, assuming you don't try the ones listed on the FFH homepage.  My time for research is somewhat limited by the fact that I'm currently deployed and need to maximize my learning curve, hence asking questions rather than continue to pour over the search function. I promise I've used it!!!

Currently I'm using the PSX version since it provides something I can learn with until I get a PSP. As I understand it, the custom job names and skills are created through a combination of FFTacText and FFTPatcher. My questions will be noob to the fullest, I apologize in advance.

1) Am I right in assuming you would assign a Job and skillset name/description in FFTacText, then when you're satisfied with everything there patch the ISO and move to FFTPatcher, and find your newly assigned job, to assign the skills and edit values for the job?

2) Is there a mega-basic tut for using FFTacText? I looked but couldn't really find anything. I'm running through wine, and when I open the ISO and look at all the descriptions nothing is changeable, all just selectable, unless you go to quickedit, in which case the text line becomes editable, but apparently unsavable? I'm sure I'm overlooking something that should be obvious.

Those are my base questions to get me into the crawl mode where I can start fiddling around and learning as I go. I just kind of need a jumpstart. Thanks in advance! If this type of thing has been asked a million times I greatly apologize.

Totally wrote this up, and got logged off after the 60 minute thing... epic fail on my part. Back in the early 2000s I dabbled with the gameshark handbook, creating classes, changing sprites, all the fun stuff. Then I didn't play FFT for quite some time. Always held a special place in my heart. After War of the Lions came out I had a great desire to get ahold of it, but didn't have a PSP or see the need to get one. 2 days ago I broke down and ordered a PSP so that War of the Lions could ensue. Somehow I stumbled upon this site... and heavenly awesomeness also ensued.

I've been tinkering with the tools a little bit already. I have a ton of questions I KNOW how to have been asked before. I, however, cannot seem to find them. So, be on the lookout for questions that will make you groan in about... 5 minutes.  Also, it turns out a great many individuals in my shop are FFT fans and are greatly looking forward to me figuring everything out for them, and then providing them with a completed file. :facepalm: I'm just spreading the love. You stay awesome FFH.