Title: Hi & lot of questions...
Post by: mightysworduser on October 16, 2008, 06:30:08 am
Post by: mightysworduser on October 16, 2008, 06:30:08 am
hello guys (and girls?) :? ). so.. i want to work at the normal FF Tactics first (stat growths, text edits, etc.), after this finished going for my own patch :? but i'm really interested in this whole stuff, really want to 'learn' it 
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Post by: Archael on October 16, 2008, 09:09:45 am
Post by: Archael on October 16, 2008, 09:09:45 am
the best way to learn (most any program IMO) is to mess around (ALOT) with everything you want to use
and then ask specific questions about what you can't figure out
alot of your questions are answered in stickys and other existing threads
and then ask specific questions about what you can't figure out
alot of your questions are answered in stickys and other existing threads
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Post by: SentinalBlade on October 16, 2008, 10:31:10 am
Post by: SentinalBlade on October 16, 2008, 10:31:10 am
The only thing i do not remember being answered(a few by myself) in the forums so far, right off the top of my head, is the text editing....
FFTactext now includes a patch iso command, so all you have to do is make your changes, and itl do the rest
SIZE IS IMPORTANT
You can edit world bin, ive done it with all the places being correctly ordered, it just took some testing nad planning. One thing you HAVE to do with world.bin is stay the SAME SIZE. Attack.out and sample.lzw you can shange the size of till your hearts content, as far as im aware
FFTactext now includes a patch iso command, so all you have to do is make your changes, and itl do the rest
SIZE IS IMPORTANT
You can edit world bin, ive done it with all the places being correctly ordered, it just took some testing nad planning. One thing you HAVE to do with world.bin is stay the SAME SIZE. Attack.out and sample.lzw you can shange the size of till your hearts content, as far as im aware
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Post by: Lydyn on October 16, 2008, 11:42:42 am
Post by: Lydyn on October 16, 2008, 11:42:42 am
You can have a look at my guides too, they're there to help people and they answer a lot of your questions. It's in my signature.
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Post by: Zozma on October 16, 2008, 12:44:51 pm
Post by: Zozma on October 16, 2008, 12:44:51 pm
hmmm so smaller isnt an option either? same exact numbers...
i guess that means if one job name is too short go to a blank spot and fill it up with whatever is leftover?
i guess that means if one job name is too short go to a blank spot and fill it up with whatever is leftover?
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Post by: mightysworduser on October 16, 2008, 01:19:34 pm
Post by: mightysworduser on October 16, 2008, 01:19:34 pm
well, thanks anyway now i know where exactly to look :shock: uh well nevermind)
*goes study the stickies up and down*
*goes study the stickies up and down*
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Post by: Lydyn on October 16, 2008, 01:37:44 pm
Post by: Lydyn on October 16, 2008, 01:37:44 pm
WORLD.BIN might need an exact size ... as well as BATTLE.BIN, but otherwise as long as you are only maybe 5-10 bytes at max over the original size or lower, it should be fine. Takes a little trail and error too.
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Post by: Zozma on October 16, 2008, 03:29:22 pm
Post by: Zozma on October 16, 2008, 03:29:22 pm
yeah i know! one byte off and BAM the shops and everything are all screwed up you have Skillset names that are like Cure, Cure2 etc lol...
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Post by: SentinalBlade on October 16, 2008, 05:50:25 pm
Post by: SentinalBlade on October 16, 2008, 05:50:25 pm
To get world.bin working ight, just take away space from un needed spells, like the bio(s) or add them to the charge skill names(i dont use them anyways in my patch), make sure its the same size as it was origonally, and dont take bytes from...jobs, to make up for what you took in abilities. every section needs to retain its own number of bytes.
I have actually gone 100 bytes over battle.bins max size, and have had no trouble whatsoever
I have actually gone 100 bytes over battle.bins max size, and have had no trouble whatsoever
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Post by: Zozma on October 16, 2008, 06:17:00 pm
Post by: Zozma on October 16, 2008, 06:17:00 pm
thank you. once again 
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Post by: Vanya on October 16, 2008, 11:04:22 pm
Post by: Vanya on October 16, 2008, 11:04:22 pm
Quote from: "SentinalBlade"To get world.bin working ight, just take away space from un needed spells, like the bio(s) or add them to the charge skill names(i dont use them anyways in my patch), make sure its the same size as it was origonally, and dont take bytes from...jobs, to make up for what you took in abilities. every section needs to retain its own number of bytes.
I have actually gone 100 bytes over battle.bins max size, and have had no trouble whatsoever
Hmmm...interesting. =)
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Post by: Lydyn on October 16, 2008, 11:45:00 pm
Post by: Lydyn on October 16, 2008, 11:45:00 pm
Quote from: "SentinalBlade"To get world.bin working ight, just take away space from un needed spells, like the bio(s) or add them to the charge skill names(i dont use them anyways in my patch), make sure its the same size as it was origonally, and dont take bytes from...jobs, to make up for what you took in abilities. every section needs to retain its own number of bytes.
I have actually gone 100 bytes over battle.bins max size, and have had no trouble whatsoever
SentinalBlade ... you've just saved me loads of time! I'm trusting you on this and I'm going to see if it works. Thanks a ton!