Sparker
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FFI Hacking project
Okay so I might as well get this started.
Wee'll use FFhackster (1.0 to be precise, if there's a newer version, I haven't been alerted)
 Dungeons
This part can be done individually, simply put, wee work individually to create rooms.
How wee can do this is wee are assigned to create over a dungeon and export the file and send it to the project leader (which will likely be me in this case) and I'll import it into the final project. The ROM you use shouldn't matter.
Here's a screen shot of the Standard Map editor.
![[Image: mapno.png]](http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/2692/mapno.png)
Now there's a lot of complicated stuff (well maybe not really) to explain but the basic I wanted to explain is that you see all the doors and treasure chests? They may all look the same but they do different things. Like how all the doors in a town look the same but they take you to a different shop.
As for everything else to explain, it's really all a learn as you try it yourself thing.
 Graphics
These can be also be done individually, hell you might not even need the editor to do this.
the plan is that people will create an image of graphics they make and send me a picture and then I'll copy it pixel by pixel (ugh) into the final product. If you did use the editor however, you can export it and send it to me.
 The palette  Characters
![[Image: battleq.png]](http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/4294/battleq.png)
These are the battle sprites
From the left they are, standing, stepping forward, swinging arm back when swinging weapon, casting/victory/item, low on HP/bad status, dead.
There's a few limits I have to explain first though.
Notice the red square of the tile I have selected?
You see the stepping forward and stand still use the same tiles for the 4 x 4 top half.
Under palette you can see a few selectable dots. These are what palette they use in fact wee're limited to 3 colors of two palettes, 3 and 4 cannot be used. 3 is taken by the cursor which is also used when a character has been turned to stone while the fourth one changes at random times.
![[Image: overworldchara.png]](http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/1396/overworldchara.png)
These are the over world sprites (the editor just calls them mapman) There's a few limits here too. The black and skin colors are shared for everyone and you shouldn't change these. Also while the sprite has a total of 4 colors, you can see that the top haf uses it's own palette from the bottom. Lastly, the up and down walking just mirrors the sprite to create a walking effect however the top half remains the same. This can get annoying when or if you create some asymmetrical characteristic  Monsters
![[Image: monstersr.png]](http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/4532/monstersr.png)
Let's just worry about the graphical standpoint for this part for now, this means you shouldn't worry about the palette too much.
On the screen shot you can see two small enemies. These enemies can fit up to a maximum of 9 on screen. On the bottom there are two larger enemies and these can only fit up to 4 one screen at once, or 2 large enemies with 6 small ones in front.
And the fiends and chaos though can only fit in ones. Speaking of them, their graphics are different to edit. They can have two palettes.
![[Image: fiend.png]](http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/1824/fiend.png)
Also I currently have the empty space selected. It makes it seem like you're limited to what you can edit but that's what the re-palette and re-shape options are for. They're a little hard to explain and you'd probably learn better if you try it for yourself.
Now I'll explain all the more complicated stuff next time, if you have questions ask me.
Anyway, here's a list of all the maps (as the editor calls them by default).
Just sign up for what you want to change and tell me what you plan on changing it to
Corneria
Provoka
Elfland
Melmond
Cresent Lake
Gaia
Onrac
Leifen
Coneria Castle 1F
Elfland Castle
Northwest Castle
Castle of Ordeals 1F
Temple of Fiends
Earth Cave B1
Gurgu Volcano B1
Ice Cave B1
Cardia
Bahamut's Room B1
Waterfall
Dwarf Cave
Matoya's Cave
Sarda's Cave
Marsh Cave B1
Mirage Tower 1F
Coneria Castle 2F
Castle of Ordeal 2F
Castle of Ordeal 3F
Marsh Cave B2
Marsh Cave B3
Earth Cave B2
Earth Cave B3
Earth Cave Before
Earth Cave B5
Gurgu Volcano B2
Gurgu Volcano B3
Gurgu Volcano Before
Gurgu Volcano B5
Ice Cave B2
Ice Cave B3
Bahamut's Room B2
Mirage Tower 2F
Mirage Tower 3F
Sea Shrine B5
Sea Shrine Before
Sea Shrine B3
Sea Shrine B2
Sea Shrine B1
Sky Palace 1F
Sky Palace 2F
Sky Palace 3F
Sky Palace 4F
Sky Palace 5F
Temple of Fiends 1F
Temple of Fiends 2F
Temple Fiends 3F
Temple Fiends-Earth
Temple Fiends-Fire
Temple Fiends-Water
Temple Fiends-Air
Temple Fiends-Chaos
Titan's Tunnel
 And finally, things to be discussed as a group
 Classes
There are 6 classes in total which promote later into 6 upgrade versions of their class.
There are some characteristics that cannot be changed (in my power) I'll mention (some of) these as I go.
Obviously wee plan on making original classes right >_>
Fighter (cannot learn magic*)
Theif (cannot learn magic*)
Black Belt (improves without equipment and there's just seriously a lot glitches with him (and the rest of the game))
Red Mage
White Mage
Black Mage
Now for the promoted classes
Knight (cannot learn spells above lvl 3**)
Ninja (cannot learn spells above lvl 4**)
Master (see black belt)
Red Wizard
White Wizard
Black Wizard
*(Actually they might be able to use spells, they just they their MP locked out until they promote but this can be easily changed)
**(Now I have no idea how the MP growth works in this, it can be edited but last time I tried, things got messy)  The scenario Not sure how wee'll approach this  Monsters and Monster parties
There are 128 monsters, that's all I'll say for now.
More details under the monster section under graphics.  Legal Regulations Remember that Chrono Trigger: Crimson Echos incident? um yeah >_>; Although I find it unlikely to happen to us
After laying out all this, I find this could be more complicated than I thought and I seriously doubt it'll get anywhere.
(This post was last modified: 20/07/2010 11:36 AM by Sparker.)
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20/07/2010 10:37 AM |
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RE: FFI Hacking project
(20/07/2010 10:37 AM)Sparker Wrote: After laying out all this, I find this could be more complicated than I thought and I seriously doubt it'll get anywhere.
Yeah, sounds like :EFFORT:.
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20/07/2010 10:52 PM |
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Sparker
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RE: Group project for hacking FFI
So uh, I decided to start my own project on my own. While I rather have this one finished on my own. Anyone still interested in this?
(This post was last modified: 19/01/2011 01:05 PM by Sparker.)
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19/01/2011 12:59 PM |
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