Final Fantasy Hacktics

I've got some ideas for your Marshal job.  A new power called March, Move Up, Move Forward, or something like that essentially its an effect 1 version of throw stone or dash, that does no damage and has a high hit rate.  Use the ASM hack to make that formula always push.  Then you can have your Marshal command his troops to move forward.  How about a skill like Accumulate but for your other allies?  

Finally, can the Marshal use his skills on himself?

I did, and it didn't work.  It uses the sixth, seventh, and eighth boxes.  Specifically Bytes 07 00 00.  I forgot to mention that it doesn't even show the damage numerals.  Mustadio simply fires the gun and thats it.  It does however damage the target.  I've been stuck on this for days.  I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

Edit:  Well, I don't need to worry about it anymore.  I just gave up and finally added an effect which solved the problem for me.  Spinfist is actually pretty great for gunshot effects.

Zodiac, I love you man.  This is going to make my Frankenspriting to a new level.

No, I love how awesomely difficult the lower levels can be if you don't know what you are doing.  My friend and I got stuck on Dorter Trade City in the first chapter.  I loved it.

Can you replace the oracle, like that?  I know all about the ASM Hack and I had my suspicions, but I didn't want to sound like an idiot.  Is it really as simple as modifying the Undead Oracle's job, assigning a new skillset, and updating the ENTD to reflect the changes, changing it into a monster and whatnot?

It's true fdc is incredibly helpful in chat.  I learned more from him about fftpatcher in one chat session then just about anything from anyone on the forum (I hammered him with questions for about 30 minutes or so). I think Samuraiblackbelt's comment, and my corresponding comment was more about chat in general.  It's more of a silly fun kind of place then an educational one.

Now onto the business of transparency.  I was under the impression that you were just making the AI simply ignore transparency status.  What you are doing is probably the best thing I've ever heard of.  It adds some depth and makes it usable without being completely broken.  

Good Luck my friend.

You don't say?

All I know is I love final fantasy tactics and I want to find new and interesting ways to keep the game interesting.  Stat growth, does actually add a dimension to the gameplay.  Maybe I will keep it in my maiden patch.  I dunno.  All I know, is that I still want to know what everybody has done with there personal patches.

Now, I understand the balance issues involved in transparency.  Transparency gives the transparent unit a 100% attack rate and the AI never uses transparency against the player and furthermore Transparency causes the AI to ignore the transparent unit but the player can still attack the AI should they actually use transparency against you.  

So, I absolutely understand that you guys want to fix this status, but what I don't understand is a combination of how and why you plan to actually fix this as opposed to removing it entirely.  So, are you trying to make it so that you can still get the attack bonus from transparency while simultaneously allowing the AI to target the player, are you trying to make it so the player cannot target the AI should the AI decide to use it, or are you trying to nerf both the attack bonus and the non-targetability so that transparency becomes a purely aesthetic status effect?  Finally, if you are trying to make it so that it doesn't do anything, what is the point?

FDC, You are probably the most helpful guy on these board, so I'm not trying to be rude and I'm not knocking what you are doing at all.  I just want to understand.  I tried asking about this once before in chat, but I never got a very good response.  I really like the idea of hiding but more importantly I like the idea of balance and challenge.  

Either way, keep up the good work.

Limited actions were the only way anybody could play back then.  Everybody had dial up back then and the servers couldn't handle too much traffic.  Plus those games are based around limited actions, hell the winner is the one who uses his or her limited actions most efficiently.

Is anybody here old enough to remember playing Legend of the Red Dragon, or is that just me?

Maybe its me but it seems like that with enough CT and MP cost almost nothing is broken.

Man, I suck at this.  I've figured out how to create a working weapon strike but I can't get the enemy to react to it. I created some attacks for Mustadio and when he shoots enemies with them he shoots the gun, it makes a sound, but I can't get the targeted sprite to react to the gun shot.  What am I doing wrong?  Does anybody know what my animation bytes need to read or what flags I have to use?

I have an idea for a class, how about an Arcane Archer?  It would be a great way to modify your existing archer, and add some much needed magic to your patch.  Give it a skillset called infuse, Bow Range Spells, 2D formual spells, CT charge with follow target flag, Give it a few elemental strikes, Cupid's Arrow, Death Arrow, Leg Aim, Arm Aim, Sleep Arrow, Poison Arrow.  You may need to eliminate the word arrow from the spell names because other weapons will work with the jobs.

Just wondering about your Gold Chocobo.  Namely how did you do it?  I've been reading that you cannot add any new monsters, that all you can do is replace them.  Also, is your Gold Chocobo Mountable?

I guess my problem is that I can only see arguments against it.  I don't see any reason for it to exist.  People say that it adds an element of necessary foresight to character building or that inhibiting a characters ability to switch between magical and physical jobs effectively makes things more realistic.  These two arguments have very little effect on the mechanics of game play and do little to reward the player as far as fun factor goes.

Point Voldemort.

I'm speaking very generally with broad strokes.  And there is a job with high stats in most areas, is there not?  I hear the mime is pretty good for everything except for hit points.

Yeah, but if I won't get penalized for leveling up as a knight instead of a wizard.  It prevents players from making counter intuitive choices while leveling, like decided to level up as a monk before switching to a white mage.  I mean, with careful planning you could build a character who's good at both.  By leveling in a class with strong MA growth and then changing to a class with a High PA mult, you could be very successful at creating a hybrid character.  Is this balanced?  No.  The computer will throw classes that have been leveled up as pure classes only.  They will not be overly customized.

I'm actually on the fence about this.  A part of me loves the ability to super customize your units.  However, I think versatility is the more player friendly solution.

Yeah, I found that out the hard way.  Now I have to go back and edit everything back.  Well, live and learn.