Final Fantasy Hacktics

Thank you again nitwit, your responses are very informative and extremely helpful.

I should make clear that I have not screwed anything up in regards to my edits/patches and after working in technical operations for a bit, I have 100% learned a lesson or 2 the hard way about backing up original data (like enabling monitoring on every. single. production. application... smh).

This was me merely trying to understand more about what I can accomplish with these tools and I would never want someone to have to fix my mistakes, because if I fix them myself I can only be teaching myself more.

I was trying to find out if the CWCheats section was editable and could be applied to the patch once saved, mainly for multipliers and testing, but it seems I am unable to edit these and this tab seems too just show my edits in other tables, but I may be way off here.

I will continue to poke around through more of the documentation and try my best to refrain from wasting other's time on questions that have most likely been answered before.

FWIW, I may have only just recently joined as a member of this site, but I have been a big fan of the work done here for quite some time and I can only thank everyone here for breathing new life into my favorite game and making it a constantly evolving experience.

Also, if any can help me find the slowdown removal as a FFTorgASM hack, I would be super grateful. I am likely overlooking its location.

Hello all,

I am very new to using these tools and I just have a few questions regarding .fftpatch file created using FFTPatcher. I am modding the War of the Lions version.

1. Is it possible to convert the .fftpatch file created to a .ppf file and if so how?
2. Can I merge .ppf and .fftpatch files together. I want to use a .ppf slowdown removal patch and combine it with my edits in my .fftpatch file.
3. To use the CWCheats section of FFTPatcher do I need to do any thing special or can I just add in the cheats and all will be applied to my saved .fftpatch file?

I should mention that nitwit helped me a bit in another thread I created, but I realized some things after that discussion and figured this may be a better place to ask these questions.

What I have been doing so far is applying the .ppf slowdown removal patch to a fresh .iso, then apply my .fftpatch to that .iso and I would like to just add that slowdown patch into my .fftpatch file to kind of streamline my testing a bit more.

Sorry if these questions have been asked elsewhere, but I was unable to find them if so.

Thanks for hearing me out regardless.

(My mods are mainly convenience, QoL, and personal tweaks I have always wanted to see. At some point I want to mod Rad/Ladd and make him the ultimate character since he is kinda just there and should have been cooler since he stays with Ramza and does not leave when Gaffy does)

Quote from: nitwit on October 04, 2021, 08:54:50 pmIf you don't mind people stealing building off your work, you could upload your resources (*.fftpatch files, whatever else) in a separate zip file with a list of the other patches you used included. Then if anyone wants to see your changes they can load it up in an editor.

I have no problem with people wanting to use my work. Share the wealth right? Though I cannot imagine it is as useful as what many others have put up here. I am really just making convenience edits, QoL edits, and just some custom tweaks that I have always wanted to make. My first version caused one crash so far, but I still have a lot more work to do. Plus I decided to take the hard route for some dumb reason and alter the WotL version instead of the original PSX one. I guess I like a challenge.

I find the hardest thing for me to work with at the moment is FFTacText and WotL. I had to use several different versions and made a compromise in a name, but I intend to revisit it at a later date to see if I can get it to work the way I want. Lastly, I will want to try some ASM stuff, but I need to watch/read up on the tutorials here so I do not end up overlooking something silly again. This is a lot of fun when you have the time to sit down and tweak it and FFTPatcher is miraculous.

Ah I can't believe I overlooked that!

- So I took a fresh ISO
- Then made my text edits with FFTactText (Wow is that tricky with the WotL Version)
- Applied the Slowdown Removal Patch
- Loaded my custom .ppf into FFT Patcher
- Patched my altered ISO with my .ppf

*So I imagine now I can just load up my finished ISO in FFT Patcher and then create a brand new .ppf which will include all of my desired changes.

Thanks for the help! Sorry I completely missed this and did not think to do it on my own. I will write up some notes and of course give credit to those that paved the way for me.

Out of curiosity, where is the best place to upload a patch for others here?

Otherwise this can be closed out if the mods want to clear it out.

Hello,

I am sorry if this has been posted before, but I just had a couple of questions regarding a patch I am working on.
The patch is for the War of the Lions version.

1. Is it possible to merge the slowdown patch with mine? If so, how does one do this?
2. Is it possible to merge my .ffttext file into my patch? I have never altered the text before and I am not sure of the proper order to apply my changes.

I was hoping to put the three alterations (my patch, my text changes, and the slowdown patch) in one complete package if at all possible. Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Isilud

(This is my first time properly using these tools. I have played this game for over 20 years and it got me my start in computers in general thanks to gameshark hacking back in the day lol.)