Final Fantasy Hacktics

ASM Notes most useful files:




The rest is a mix of miscellaneous files I've acquired over time, from various different people. I will try to keep a collective list of all routines that are currently documented in the respective file routine locations on the Wiki. Meaning, if you see routines without notes in these files, it may already be documented and you should check the wiki before doing needless work.
**Disclaimer: I may forget to update this stuff so additional information may be collected over time.

HxD - This is a hex editor which you can open .bin files with to view and edit the hex within.

MassHexASM - An essential tool for writing code into hex values. More information can be found here: http://ffhacktics.com/smf/index.php?topic=7130.0

Psxrel - This is a debugger, essential for testing things in game. Pokeytax gives a short tutorial on using it here: http://ffhacktics.com/smf/index.php?topic=7937.0

If you are just starting out, it is highly suggested that you visit the tutorials section and read all of the ASM tutorials: http://ffhacktics.com/smf/index.php?topic=9204.0

Things may seem overwhelming at first, but with time and effort anybody can learn to ASM hack and truly make FFT do what they want. Re-reading things every once in awhile definitely helps as well. Sometimes it takes a couple swings of a hammer to break through a wall.

@ the other ASM guys:
Let me know if there's any other important stuff you guys think would be useful to beginners.

Thanks! I'm half-dead after pulling an all nighter and all of these notes are still easy to follow! I have a feeling they're going to be a go to reference for me for a while.

Posting some notes for Pride and anybody else who can get use out of them.

I support this. It should get pinned.

Thank you for posting this.  Is Pride still AWOL?

no problemo! I'm not sure what his situation is, he was looking for notes the other day.

Pride is getting a replacement laptop soon, so he'll be a bit more alive in the near future.

Posting a more recent version of both Data Locations and Battle.Bin routines 2. Most of the routines in that file aren't posted on the wiki, only their locations are posted with a broken red link. /lazy

I think what you guys can include are actual examples of instructions in action. Branching was a huge stumbling block because I couldn't see how it actually functioned and I thought for the longest time they just worked like conditional jumps (just type the address and go). And not having examples to deduce functionality from is what triggered me to make my help topic. So for instance, you can do:

r17 = 0x0080 + 0x0040 + 0x008 = 0x00c8

andi r2, r17, 0x0040
beq r2, r0, 0x000c
nop (Must be blank because the system executes the next command before actually jumping)
sb r1, 0x0000(r3)
sb r0, 0x0000(r3) (Branch jumps to here)


Stuff like that I'd imagine would help out some aspiring ASMers.

I don't see why it couldn't be:

andi r2, r17, 0x0040
beq r2, r0, 0x0008
sb r0, 0x0000(r3)
sb r1, 0x0000(r3)
whatever (Branch jumps to here)

Also, storing r1 is not something exactly common. It's only ever used for memory addresses. I don't think other uses could be problematic, but seeing what ASM can do on console, I try to be safer than sorry. I really doubt storing 2 values consecutively to the same address causes any issue.

Especially since, what your code does is:

Branch TRUE:
sb r0, 0x0000(r3)

Branch FALSE:
sb r1, 0x0000(r3)
sb r0, 0x0000(r3)

In the end, your branch is useless since in both instances it writes 0x00 to the location.

Oops, you're right. I guess I should've cribbed it from existing code rather than just making it up as I went along. Still, my ultimate point stands.

that's a good idea Doku, maybe i'll throw a little code snippets tutorial together this summer. Getting used to the commands is one of the most important hurdles.

That sounds sort of like the things we did in the ASM tutorials... maybe we should link those from here?

Yep, there's already a link to the tutorial index Glain. I just had flashbacks checking the tutorials out for the first time in years lol.. perspective is crazy.

Choto, should I download all the attachments on this page?  Are some of them newer than the others?  Why not move them all to the first post?

Yeah I should move them to the first post. The one down farther is more up to date.