BATTLE.BIN: Determine if target is Dragon Type

[R999]

According to a Japanese source, this is the section in the Battle.bin that determines if something is a Dragon (Dragon, Blue Dragon, Red Dragon, Hydra, Hyudra, Tiamat).

竜系か判定
   lui   v0, $8019      # 00185588:3c028019   v0=$80190000
   lw   v0, $0d64(v0)      # 0018558c:8c420d64   v0=$80190d64
   addiu   sp, sp, $ffe8      # 00185590:27bdffe8   
   sw   ra, $0010(sp)      # 00185594:afbf0010   
   lbu   v0, $015e(v0)      # 00185598:9042015e   
   nop            # 0018559c:00000000   
   addiu   v0, v0, $fff1      # 001855a0:2442fff1   
   sltiu   v0, v0, $0002      # 001855a4:2c420002   
   bne   v0, zero, $001855b8   # 001855a8:14400003   相手が竜系なら※1 (If is Dragon)
   nop            # 001855ac:00000000   
   jal   $001822d8      # 001855b0:0c0608b6   ミス判定へ分岐 (Miss determination / jump)
   nop            # 001855b4:00000000   
   lw   ra, $0010(sp)      # 001855b8:8fbf0010   ※1
   addiu   sp, sp, $0018      # 001855bc:27bd0018   
   jr   ra         # 001855c0:03e00008   
   nop            # 001855c4:00000000   



It'll be nice if someone can figure out how to change the job number range so it includes all monsters, thus allowing all Dragon formulas to be useable on all Monsters.

Care to try, ambitious hacker?

[LastingDawn]

Ah, well there's a much easier, much less painful way. You just change all monsters, "monster types" to 0F, that's what I had done in Mercenaries as well.

[Archael]

so you can make abilities that only affect monsters?

excellent idea

[Vanya]

That method is simpler, but wouldn't it cause problems with add/removing certain monsters' unique attributes like the undead not displaying the purple tint their stati normally show?

[LastingDawn]

I've never noticed any problems, personally.