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[Fire Blazer]

1) download the latest version of the EA again unless you've done so in the past 1 week already. just to be safe. be sure to transfer any files you need from the old version, if any

2) this stuff is wrong

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Bad: UNIT Jasmine Brigand 0x00 Level(5,Enemy,False) [04,02] [04,02] [IronAxe] [NOAI] UNIT Paul Warrior 0x00 Level(5,Enemy,False) [05,02] [05,02] [IronAxe] [NOAI] UNIT Good: UNIT Lyn_t 0x11 0x00 Level(5,Ally,False) [04,05] [04,05] [IronSword,DoorKey] [NOAI] UNIT

you can't add random line breaks like that. it screws things up.

It should be:

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Bad: UNIT Jasmine Brigand 0x00 Level(5,Enemy,False) [04,02] [04,02] [IronAxe] [NOAI] UNIT Paul Warrior 0x00 Level(5,Enemy,False) [05,02] [05,02] [IronAxe] [NOAI] UNIT Good: UNIT Lyn_t 0x11 0x00 Level(5,Ally,False) [04,05] [04,05] [IronSword,DoorKey] [NOAI] UNIT

The TEX1 code should read as follows:

TEX1 0x800

if you're using that value

the reason why TEX1 0800 read the value at 0x320 is because one is decimal and one is hex. 800 = 320 in hex, which is why doing TEX1 800 reads as TEX1 0x320. XP

Do the stuff I said and get back to me

[_Berserker_]

First there is no Break Between the Lines. I learned that mistake long ago lol. It just posts the Code like that for some reason. Next, Il try and load it as 0x800 but it didnt work last time. Right now the correct text is loading. Here Il edit this with a photo.

http://s1060.photobu...=Untitled-4.png

[Fire Blazer]

So far none of your photos have worked, may I suggest using dropbox to quickly load photos?

Furthermore use the [ CODE ] tag and copy/paste and you shouldn't have that random line break error anymore... oh yeah and maximize the width of your notepad editor or whatever. Oh, and Notepad++ is a great substitute program for Notepad in general--for one, it tells you which line your editing, and the EA tells you which line has an error (usually), so it's great for pinpointing mistakes quickly. XP

EDIT: Looking at the picture (which finally worked) the text works... so uh, is there a problem now or what? O_o

[_Berserker_]

Yea the Problem is after I edit the 0800 index, the game crashes and screeches.
Thanks for the tips

[Fire Blazer]

Just to reiterate: try another text slot. I think that one specifically might be giving a little bit of trouble due to some unknown reason that I don't think is worth figuring out. I doubt it's the EA at fault here, especially when it's -after- you edit the text with FEditor that the problem arises, so there you go...

[_Berserker_]

CODE

[OpenMidLeft][LoadFace][0x7E][0x01] [OpenMidRight][LoadFace][0x7F][0x01] [OpenMidRight] Hi Jasmine.[.][A] [OpenMidLeft] Hey Paul.[.][A][X]

Thats what i put into the 0814 text file instead and yeah i remebered to change the 0x0800 to 0x0814

[Fire Blazer]

try putting this instead:

CODE

[OpenMidLeft][LoadFace][0x30][0x01] Testing[A][X]

at 0x814

make sure the events are repointed as well so that it actually loads text slot 0x814

then reload your ROM (ctrl+F1), restart chapter, and try again

gimme results after

[Fire Blazer]

I have no idea, and this is really tiring. I blame Arch.

Try opening your ROM with FEditor and then saving it. Then try again.

[Golden Warrior]

I myself can be of no more assistance. I don't know what the heck happened as I have never encountered this problem.

My last theory is exactly Blazers. It's Arch's fault...

[Fire Blazer]

rofl, I was kidding XD

[Golden Warrior]

QUOTE (Blazer @ Apr 22 2012, 07:00 PM)

rofl, I was kidding XD

Well, I looked at the video again. At first I was serious. But now I see he didn't actually do anything wrong, EA just flipped out on him. Whatever...

[_Berserker_]

Okay guys I did it. I can now edit it properly. All you have to do to fix the error is after saving your rom in FEditor is exit out and reopen it, save it again, close it, then re-assemble the events and your good to go. I think its prolly just a bug somewhere.

Now I need to learn how to do tile changes and how to make good maps.

[Fire Blazer]

I can't help you too much with either, since I usually don't make my own maps (lack of creativity) and I do tile changes in a very... not good way. I typically just kind of wing the whole process, so yeah. >_<

at least you've somehow gotten it fixed. I -never- have that problem so hopefully you won't anymore...

[_Berserker_]

Yea it was annoying as hell. It doesn't happen anymore and I make lots of backups incase it does. Do you know anyone able to help me with maps and or sprites etc?

[Fire Blazer]

Sadly, no, I can only try to help you with hacking, graphics aren't my thing

[_Berserker_]

Ah well. I tried to make one but it was bad lol...
So I ended up changing colors and switching body parts around.
I ended up with this Derek. I cant get his picture to upload into FEditor though. nothing happens when I click load from file and then chose it.

http://s1060.photobu...=SpriteDone.jpg

[Golden Warrior]

There are a few things here:

1. Is the mug image 16 colors?

2. The image has to be 128x112

Without these two things, FEditor will not accept your image and do exact;y what it did. Looking at the image you uploaded... It's way too big.

I hope that helps!

[_Berserker_]

Well I did requantize the color to 16 and when I shrunk the image downi made it 128 by 112. Do you mean te file size is too big? Idk why that is. Is the picture supposed to be a 24 bitmap or Png.

Edit: Okay so I have been working on my prologue for a while. Made a new map and changed stuff around. The problem right now is I cant get it to go to the next chapter. I tried DefeatBoss/DefeatAll/Seize commands.

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#define DISABLE_TUTORIALS #include EAstdlib.event #include Definitions.txt #define Durban 0xCD EventPointerTable(0x06,Pointers) ORG 0xD80000 Pointers: POIN Turn_events POIN Character_events POIN Location_events POIN Misc_events POIN BallistaData BallistaData POIN Bad Bad Bad Bad POIN Good Good Good Good POIN Opening_event Ending_event Bad: UNIT Durban Berserker 0x00 Level(10,Ally,False)[00,15][04,15][SteelAxe,Elixir][NOAI] UNIT Bandit Brigand 0x00 Level(2,Ally,False)[03,14] [03,14][IronAxe,Vulnerary][0x00,0x06,0x02,0x00] UNIT Good: UNIT Lyn_t 0x11 0x00 Level(5,Enemy,False) [05,05] [05,5] [IronSword,DoorKey] [0x00,0x06,0x02,0x00] UNIT Alvan Brigand 0x00 Level(5,Enemy,False) [14,13] [14,13] [Vulnerary,Speedwings] [0x00,0x06,0x02,0x00] UNIT Turn_events: //Turn 0x00 Opening_event [01,00] 0x0 0x00 TurnEventPlayer(0x00,Opening_event,1) TurnEventEnemy(0x00,Turn2,1) TURN Character_events: CHAR (0x05) (DurbanLyn) (Durban) (Lyn_t) ($00000000) CHAR (0x06) (DurbanLyn) (Lyn_t) (Durban) ($00000000) CHAR Location_events: Chest(Vulnerary,11,4) Door(16,1) House(0x07,House1,4,4) Armory(ArmoryData,15,1) //Vendor(ArmoryData,3,4)>> Same thing but with girl LOCA Misc_events: CauseGameOverIfLordDies Seize(0x08,6,10) Seize(0x09,5,10) AFEV Opening_event: MUS1 MessengerfromtheDarkness BACG OutsideAbandonedFortress TEX1 0x0815 REMA LOU1 Bad LOU1 Good OOBB ENUN ENDA Turn2: MUS1 DarknessComes CAM1 Lyn_t // or the coordinate of the camera to move to TEX1 0x0816 REMA ENDA DurbanLyn: FADI 10 BACG OutsideAbandonedFortressSunset TEX1 0x0817 REMA CUSI Lyn_t $00 CUSI Alvan $00 CUSI Bandit $A7 //CUSI-change alliance //$A7-ENENMY //$57-NPC //$00-ALLY ENDA House1: FADI 10 BACG Housewithfireplace FADU 10 TEX1 0x0811 REMA ENDA ArmoryData: //SHLI >> SELL LIST SHLI IronSword IronAxe IronSpear SHLI IronSword IronAxe IronSpear Ending_event: MNCH 0x01 ENDA BallistaData: BLST ALIGN 4 MESSAGE Events end at offset currentOffset //The map for this chapter is at offset: DA0000

Suggestions are welcome.

[Golden Warrior]

QUOTE (_Berserker_ @ Apr 23 2012, 11:09 AM)

Well I did requantize the color to 16 and when I shrunk the image downi made it 128 by 112. Do you mean te file size is too big? Idk why that is. Is the picture supposed to be a 24 bitmap or Png. Edit: Okay so I have been working on my prologue for a while. Made a new map and changed stuff around. The problem right now is I cant get it to go to the next chapter. I tried DefeatBoss/DefeatAll/Seize commands.

1. The image isn't too large in file size as far as I know. It's actually just the order the game uses.

2. Use the AFEV code. It's much more flexible.

Example code: AFEV 0x2B Ending_event 0x3A

This is a code I used to make the chapter end after Nergal's death quote.

0x2B is just the event number, make that whatever you want as long as it isn't used anywhere else in the Event file. The 0x3A is the death quote code. How do you find/edit it?

Go into the death quote editor in Nightmare find the code in there, most of the time it's 0x02, but you may want to edit that to say... 3A like I did. You can edit it to any hex number that you want as long as you make sure it's not used by anyone else in the chapter. Then you are done!

Did you understand all that?

[_Berserker_]

Okay so no Death quote came up and the chapter didnt end. weird.