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Changing battle sprites for custom swords

Started by Garm, June 21, 2025, 03:52:12 am

Garm

June 21, 2025, 03:52:12 am Last Edit: June 21, 2025, 06:20:51 am by Garm
Greetings!

So, I went crazy over last weekend and read up on a lot of the resources for modding. I got the sprites working fine for the menu. But, the battle sprites remain the same shape and color as their originals.

So, for example, I changed the Nagrarok into a Knight Sword to be used exclusively by Delita. As the Nagrarok is a regular sword, it looks like a regular sword when using it in combat, even if in the menu looks like a Knight Sword, and in FFTP has the Knight Sword type enabled.

I used the excellent resource "Item Workbook Compilation" sheet from RavenofRazgriz (love AC5, btw) and after changing Nagrarok to use the "Weapon Graphic" as 0C, which is a Knight Sword sprite, instead of 02 which was the original Nagrarok sprite. Then, I went to the XML tab on the sheet and copied the info at the top. So, the ASM hack looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Patches>

<Patch name="Weapon Battle Sprites and Palettes Edits">
    <Description>Replaces battle sprites for custom weapons</Description>
    <Location file="BATTLE_BIN" offset="2D3E6">
5000600C
F000B00C
F00CF00E
E00E500C
D010D012
    </Location>
  </Patch>
 
</Patches>

It loads properly in FFTOrgASM and then I patch it on the game. But, the battle sprites have not changed. The Knight Sword still looks like the regular thin sword and is yellow like the Nagrarok.

I have added other ASM patches, mostly from the QoL side, so I am at least aware on how to use FFTOrgASM successfully. But, I am not sure what I am doing wrong here.

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated!


EDIT: I figured it out. For anyone finding this: You need to copy the code that appears in the first cell, click in the yellow letters, it will display a huge line of code on top of them, copy all of that. That's the entire code to make the ASM hack work. Also, don't waste time trying to format it into rows of 8 characters, like I did. It doesn't matter. Just paste the entire line. It just works!

I also got working the awesome Buster Sword battle sprite made by Twinees.
  • Modding version: Other/Unknown