Scholar ability idea for ASM hackers...

[Vanya]

OK, I was looking at how the game blanks out stats and the status menu when a unit has ??? status and/or is an enemy.

I was thinking this could be manipulated to create a scholar-style scan ability.
It would make the game a little more challenging not to have info about your enemies right away I think.
If a hacker could isolate the routine that blanks out unit stats s/he could force all enemies to have their stats to be blanked without using the ??? flag.
Then a custom formula could be made that removes this blanked out state except when the unit has the ??? flag on thereby preventing bosses from being scanned.
I think there are unused flags in the ENTD entries that can be used for this effect.

Comments? Ideas?

[Zozma]

sounds like a neat idea, but is it doable? first having a seperate status that ONLY hides status like a "not scanned" flag or something

[Vanya]

Anything is doable, It's just a matter of finding the right routine, recoding it correctly, and, depending on how complex it is, having enough space for extra code.