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[CrypticGirl]

Okay, I'm putting aside the Tales thing for now.

Next thing I wanna try is editing the FE8 script so that Saleh and Myrrh will be the main characters. I edited the prologue (up to when the gameplay starts). The changes aren't too drastic (I don't think?). Just Saleh having an audience with King Fado to warn him about the energy from Grado when Grado's forces attack. But the game freezes up after saving the changes. (Oh yeah, and I've tried both ways, dumping the script, editing, and reinserting, as well as editing the text directly in the editor.)

Aside from "What did I do wrong?", my other question is, is there some kind of troubleshooting topic or page for common errors that hackers make? If not, I think it'd be a good idea.

[boney]

show us your script.

also, when does the game freeze up?

[Fire Blazer]

@Cryptic idk the problem (it's FE8 and I don't hack FE8 >_> but there isn't any troubleshooting topic or FAQ or anything because it costs a lot of time to invest into such a thing and while it would have been a great idea a few years ago, there's a lot less hacking going on and the such so it's not as useful at the moment. That is to say, I don't think it'd be worth it to make it right now. for most people, stuff like the Ultimate Tutorial and other tutorials and question thread usually suffice, though I realize you're hacking FE8 so things are a bit more difficult for you.

[CrypticGirl]

QUOTE (Boney99 @ Mar 3 2013, 05:46 PM)

show us your script. also, when does the game freeze up?

The game freezes when the soldier goes into the throne room (when the faces are supposed to load). At least, when I edited the text directly in the editor. When I dumped the script and reinserted it, I couldn't get past the title screen.

Anyway, here's the script I have so far...

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Text of ID 0x0903
[OpenMidLeft][LoadFace][0x51][0x01][OpenRight][LoadFace][0x20][0x01][OpenFarFarRight][LoadFace][0x6A][0x01][OpenFarFarRight][MoveFarRight][OpenFarRight]Your Majesty--[A]
[OpenRight] King Fado, I don't have much time,.[A]
but I am on a mission.[A]
I am searching for a young girl[.]
with indigo hair.[A]
Have you heard any reports or rumors?[.]
Anything regarding her whereabouts?[.][A][OpenMidLeft]No, I have not.[.][A][OpenRight]There is something I should warn you of,[.]
Your Majesty. From the south--[.][A]
[OpenFarRight]Your Majesty! The castle gate has been breached![.][A]
Emperor Vigarde's forces are within our castle walls! [.][A]
The garrison has fallen. [.][A]
We've lost contact with Prince Ephraim
and can expect no aid from his men.[.][A]
Your Majesty, what are we to do?[A][OpenRight]No...they're after me...[A]
[OpenMidLeft]I understand.[.][A]
Order your men to lay[.]
down their arms.[A][X]

Text of ID 0x0904
[OpenMidLeft][LoadFace][0x51][0x01][OpenMidRight][LoadFace][0x20][0x01][OpenMidRight][MoveRight][OpenRight]King Fado[ToggleMouthMove]...[.][ToggleMouthMove][A]
[OpenMidLeft]Hmm.[.][A]
The Grado army is[.]
After you, you say?[A][OpenRight]Yes. From the south, there has been[.]
an outpouring of evil energy.[.][A]
Something terrible has happened in Grado.[.][A][OpenMidLeft]I see.[.][A][CloseSpeechSlow][OpenMidLeft]Seth.[.][A][OpenFarRight][LoadFace][0x04][0x01][OpenFarRight]Yes, Your Majesty?[A][OpenMidLeft]Take this man and head for Frelia.[A]
King Hayden is an honorable man.
I trust he will keep you safe.[A][OpenFarRight]Understood.[.][A]
And what of Your Majesty?[.][A][OpenMidLeft]Me? I shall remain here.[A]
I will hold them off long enough[.]
for you to escape.[.][A]
The time may have come for my son and [.]
daughter to learn the secret of their bracelets.
[SendToBack][OpenRight][OpenRight]Their bracelets...?[A]
[OpenMidLeft]Go now, Seth! Ride![.]
Take him to safety![.][A][X]

Text of ID 0x0905
[OpenRight][LoadFace][0x02][0x01][OpenFarRight][LoadFace][0x20][0x01][OpenRight]Great Dragon...![.][A][SendToBack][OpenFarRight]Hold on![.][A][X]

Text of ID 0x0906
[OpenMidLeft][LoadFace][0x51][0x01][OpenMidLeft]Ephraim, Eirika[.][ToggleMouthMove]...[.][ToggleMouthMove]
You must survive.[.][A][X]

Text of ID 0x0907
[OpenMidRight][LoadFace][0x04][0x01][OpenMidLeft][LoadFace][0x06][0x01][OpenMidLeft]General Seth![.][A][OpenMidRight]Franz, ride ahead and bring word of our[.]
coming to Frelia.[.][A]
A single rider has better odds of passing[.]
unseen by Grado's men.[A]
Convey to the throne all that has happened
here and petition for reinforcements.[.][A][OpenMidLeft]U-understood![.][A][X]

Text of ID 0x0908
[OpenMidLeft][LoadFace][0x04][0x01][OpenMidRight][LoadFace][0x02][0x01][OpenMidLeft]Listen, we must[ToggleMouthMove]--[ToggleMouthMove][A]
Quickly! Behind me![.][A][X]

Text of ID 0x0909
[OpenFarLeft][LoadFace][0x20][0x01][OpenLeft][LoadFace][0x04][0x01][OpenMidRight][LoadFace][0x42][0x01][OpenMidRight]You there. Tell me, would
that be the little sage from the mountains?[.][A]
Well, this must be my lucky day.[A]
You're a dead man. The sage goes[.]
with me.[A][OpenLeft]Never![A][X]

Text of ID 0x090A
[OpenMidLeft][LoadFace][0x42][0x01][OpenMidLeft]I am Valter, the Moonstone,[.]
Grado's finest general![.][A][0x02]
And you're just a corpse who
does not know he is dead.[.][A][X]

Text of ID 0x090B
[OpenMidLeft][LoadFace][0x04][0x01][OpenMidLeft]Ahhh[ToggleMouthMove]...[.][ToggleMouthMove][A][0x02]
No![.][A][X]

Text of ID 0x090C
[OpenMidRight][LoadFace][0x42][0x01][OpenMidRight]Such terrible wounds, and still[.]
he holds to his duty?[.][A]
How entertaining.[.][A]
Fly away, little man. Fly away.[.]
Try to outrun death.[A]
More time to savor the hunt[.][ToggleMouthMove]...[.][ToggleMouthMove]
and the kill.[.][A][X]

Text of ID 0x090D
[OpenMidRight][LoadFace][0x20][0x01][OpenMidLeft][LoadFace][0x04][0x01][OpenMidLeft]This way! I can [.]
see no more of Grado's men.[.][A]
If we've made it this far, we've
surely earned a moment's rest.[A]
Please forgive my grabbing you
so[ToggleMouthMove]...[.][ToggleMouthMove]brusquely earlier.[A][OpenMidRight]It's all right.[.][A]
You have my gratitude for
helping me escape from the castle.[.][A]
Grado is after Lady Myrrh,[.]
the young girl I mentioned.[.][A]
Even though we've been separated,[.]
Grado continues to pursue me as well.[.][A]

I must find Lady Myrrh and fulfill my duty.[.][A]
[OpenMidLeft]I see. Then we must press on to Frelia.[.][A]
We can receive aid from King Hayden[.]
and decide what to do from there. [.][A][OpenMidRight]
I am concerned for King Fado, though.[.][A]
He cannot possible fight off the Grado army alone.[.][A][OpenMidLeft]
King Fado is a valiant and brave man. [.][A]

I doubt even the might of the Grado
empire can hold him in check.[.][A]
Prince Ephraim has been fighting
in the Grado front and has gone missing.[.][A]
Princess Eirika has gone in search of him.[.][A]
More importantly, sir, you should focus on your mission.[.][A][OpenRight]Yes, you're right.[.][A]
Let us go.[A][X]


Text of ID 0x090E
[OpenMidLeft][LoadFace][0x04][0x01][OpenMidLeft]Once we cross that bridge, we will
be in Frelia, near Border Mulan.[A]
Let us proceed.[A][X]

Text of ID 0x090F
[OpenMidLeft][LoadFace][0x20][0x01][OpenMidRight][LoadFace][0x04][0x01][OpenMidLeft]
General Seth, you understand that
this will not be an easy journey.[.][A][OpenMidRight]
Of course, I understand.[.][A]
But I have vowed to His Majesty[.]
that I would see you safely to Frelia.[.][A]
Please, take this.[.][A][OpenMidLeft]This...?[.][A][X]

Text of ID 0x0910
[OpenMidRight][LoadFace][0x30][0x01][OpenMidRight]You there! Renais dogs! Where[.]
do you think you're going?[A][OpenMidRight][ClearFace][OpenLeft][LoadFace][0x20][0x01][OpenFarLeft][LoadFace][0x04][0x01][OpenFarLeft]Grado's men[.][ToggleMouthMove]...[.][ToggleMouthMove][A]
Stand back.[A][OpenLeft]It's all right.[.][A]
I have experience
with magic.[.][A]
I will stand with you.[A][X]

[boney]

Oh, you meant an FEditor adv text script...yeah I don't know anything about those

If the game freezes, it means that it doesn't know what to do next
If the game crashes(screeches), it means that the game was pointed to data that's inappropriate
or maybe not...

But yeah, the game may have froze if the portraits you're telling it to load are glitched data
If the game froze before you even went near the event, then yeah, you corrupted data

There's a possibility that you're situation is like mine and FEditor's text editor just does not to work no matter what. In that case, use older text editing methods.

Try to ask around to see if you can get a better answer than I can give.

[CrypticGirl]

Yeah, that. Well, it looks like I will have to use older text methods. If I can just remember how to do it the old way. It's been ages since I've done that...

EDIT: Okay, I found the old program. I'll just do that then. I might just do it for the FE7 file I was doing, too, since I was having the same problem with it. And all I did was change names. But sometimes, by some miracle, it just happened to work.

Anyway, thanks for the support, gaiz.