I have just recently discovered the awesomness that is FFT modding. I have played FFT since it came out along with many other RPG's from that era. I myself mod The Elder Scrolls, so when I heard about FFT modding, I actually dident believe it. But my goal would be to completely replace Ramza with another character and replace his Squire job Class with something else. Is this hard to do? All I have right now is FFT Patcher, if someone can help me with this, I'd very much appreciate it.
Hello Chthonian, i think that wouldn't be very difficult since most patches here do this, but i can't say what you need, other people will post and help you, be sure of it, hope to have you around.
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Replace the battle sprites with shishi, and do some attack.out editing to replace the menu sprites. Use FFTPatcher to change the skillset Ramza's 3 different jobs reference, or just change the abilities themselves. Use FFTacText to change the names and descriptions of the various jobs. You'll have to do event editing to remove all the plot points where Ramza is referenced. A lot of event editing.
Ok first thanks for the help, you've pointed me in the right direction. I have successfully changed the battle sprites for Ramza, but now I cant figure out what you mean by attack.out editing to replace scripts. I'm trying to take all of this in slow, so I can better understand it. I'm really happy with what I have figured out in such a short amount of time, but still I can tell this is going to be a challenge for me. I have also messed around with job classes and have changed Ramzas squire class, but like you said I will need FFTacText to change what the actual job class is called, right?
Thats correct, with FFTactext you can change the name of the class as well as the skillset, abilities, descriptions and much more
Ok I got that to work, I changed Ramza's squire classes. But I still dont know how to edit the attack.out to change the sprites for Ramza in the menu screens. I'm not worried about the cut-scenes as I'm making a little patch just for fun, for myself.
I have also just recently started modding and I have to WOW! this is awesome as to what one (or more) people can do to that game.. even make their own sequels or brand new game altogether. I have slowly learned how to make custom pallets for sprites and how to add them into the game.. Past that, not so sure what to do to create a whole NEW class to the job wheel. Any help or ideas? Thank you
Your best bet would be to -replace- an existing job, rather than add one. I think you can add them with RAD (one of Pokeytax's tools), but I'm not sure how stable it is currently.
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Past that, not so sure what to do to create a whole NEW class to the job wheel.
The RAD tool adds extra generic jobs and is here. (http://ffhacktics.com/smf/index.php?topic=7031.0) It's a bit complicated.
It's fairly easy to replace the existing jobs on the job wheel if you can spare one.
Quote from: Chthonian on October 20, 2011, 12:10:45 am
how to edit the attack.out to change the sprites for Ramza in the menu screens
Use FFTEVGRP (http://ffhacktics.com/downloads.php?id=14) to edit the formation sprites.
I thank you for this new info for help and I am still trying to figure out how to use RAD lol. Not even sure how to add the .xls into the patch. but I know I can figure it out.
Again, thanks for the help everyone.