I am working on a FFI PC Remake...

Hey folks.. Thanks for taking the time to read my post. I'm currently writing a Final Fantasy I PC Remake.. I'm using all of the original graphics from the NES for starters, and I'm sticking to the original layout of the game, so this is for PURISTS ONLY!! ;)

While I AM using the RPG Maker 2003 to produce it, I have found many, many ways to overcome its limitations--so don't worry--this will be quite accurate!

I expect the project to take a little while, as I'm paying close attention to detail (ie. exact monster formations, exact positions and probability of each encounter, etc..)

So far, I have the following completed:
*Character selection (at beginning of game)
*All 128 monsters (actually 124, but fiends go twice)
*Additional monster added: "Bikke" (other sidequests to come later)
*All monster layouts finished (539 possible combinations)
*World Map--believe me, this took a while!
*Magic system (spells are purchased, organized by level, etc...)
*Canoe works perfectly, airship works perfectly, and ship only docks at ports (or rivers w/ canoe)!
*4 orbs light correctly
*Menu music works
*Scrolling opening titles (new...)

I am including a few screenshots of the project as it stands now ...

I will keep you posted as I near completion of this game.. I'll need people to test it, so I hope I can find some willing participants here! Lemme know what you think ;)

Good look with your ambitious undertaking. I look forward to any progress you make.

Are you doing this for fun? If it's for another reason, ya know, it's been done before...Even so, how much you've accomplished with RPG Maker is impressive.

Quite an undertaking, but it looks as though you've accomplished quite a bit. I'm free to try some testing if you need it. Out of curiosity, why did you go with FFIII battle sprites?

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Originally Posted by Dark_Paladin_Cecil

Quite an undertaking, but it looks as though you've accomplished quite a bit. I'm free to try some testing if you need it. Out of curiosity, why did you go with FFIII battle sprites?

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Originally Posted by Azar

Are you doing this for fun? If it's for another reason, ya know, it's been done before...Even so, how much you've accomplished with RPG Maker is impressive.

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WOW! I'm amazed that 3 people have responded to my post so far... It's only been up for a couple of hours. To answer both of your questions:

(1) I'm remaking Final Fantasy I for the PC because I always thought it would be great if the same options were available in FF1 that are available in the later FF games (ie. summons, more sidequests, job system, etc). Once I have the game accurately remade, I can then go back and add things, which will (of course) be optional for gameplay.
One idea that ran across my mind was an additional sidequest from Bahamut, in which you will get a key to a secret dungeon, leading to a dark world, full of all kinds of new things!

(2) I chose the FF3 sprites (I also used FF3 map sprites) because I plan to add additional *secret* classes in the new 'dark world', and I want them to be uniform--No tiny heads and bigger bodies as in the original!
Therefore the sprites for the original classes are as follows:

Fighter (FF1)
Thief (FF3)
Bl.Belt (changed to Monk--FF3)
Red Mage (FF1)
Bl.Mage (FF1)
Wh.Mage (FF1)

Knight (FF3)
Ninja (FF3)
Master (or Karateka--FF3)
Red Wizard (FF3--and yes, there IS a difference!!)
Bl.Wizard (FF3 Warlock)
Wh.Wizard (FF3 Shaman)

I will probably draw up some new sprites as well...
Thanks for your interest!


**MY QUESTION: Azar--when you say 'it's been done,' are you referring to the official remakes, or a fan remake? If it is a fan remake, do you have a link or something? I have been looking for one for a long time!**

Hell, if you're using the RPG2K3 engine, I could help you SCRIPT it a little. I don't know if you're aware of this, but a huge tip about overworld battles: there are only 8(if I remember correctly) encounter squares. Which explains that little area that has trolls that you can get to before the canal is made, if you remember. That strip of land extended into the same square that covers the Cresent area.

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Originally Posted by udsuna

Hell, if you're using the RPG2K3 engine, I could help you SCRIPT it a little. I don't know if you're aware of this, but a huge tip about overworld battles: there are only 8(if I remember correctly) encounter squares. Which explains that little area that has trolls that you can get to before the canal is made, if you remember. That strip of land extended into the same square that covers the Cresent area.

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It just so happens that the overworld encounters are exactly the part of the game I am working on this minute! Actually, there are 64 encounter squares--8x8. However, many of them share the same monster groups, and I am using a world map and 16x16-pixel-tile grid to mark the regions off.. I have already got the troll spot and the giant/frost wolf/occasional tyro spot taken care of...

The way each region (and each dungeon floor)'s monsters are liad out is as follows:

4 groups that appear 12/64 times each,
2 groups that appear 6/64 times each,
1 group that appears 3/64 times,
and 1 group that appears 1/64 times... 4(12)+2(6)+3+1=64 ;)

If you WOULD like credit for helping me, you could work ahead and jot down the dialogues from every person/bat/broom/etc... in each town and dungeon throughout the game (these change periodically with events--ie. Dr. Unne, Sky Warrior bats, etc)...
Write me at djtrixen@yahoo.co.uk (my posting e-mail) and I will give you my personal e-mail as long as you do not give it to anyone else.

Anyhow, here's an update on what I've just finished:
*RUN battle command (Certain monsters do not allow you to run, and those that do are now based on party's average level, and probability, of course).
*Oasis (Desert patch near Onrac) now allows airship landing (as it is supposed to), while still selling the "Bottle" item (those of you who know RPG Maker will recall that typically the airship CANNOT land on events).

I plan to work on the Experience curve next--this is rather complicated and will take a while, but I managed to do it for my Dragon Warrior remake, so I will manage it here as well.

Thanks for your interest, folks! ;) Knowing people are interested in this motivates me to keep working on it!!

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Originally Posted by mihalis

Fighter (FF1)
Thief (FF3)
Bl.Belt (changed to Monk--FF3)
Red Mage (FF1)
Bl.Mage (FF1)
Wh.Mage (FF1)

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Why not use the Warrior, Black Wizard, and White Wizard sprites from FFIII?

That's a very good suggestion... I may actually go back and make that change after I have finished the scripting and all of the other important things (in other words, when the game is 'finished').

I would like to add graphics for a few of the shops, if I can. The way I have these set up right now is sufficient, but rather dull... They are:

INN
CLINIC
BLACK MAGIC SHOP
WHITE MAGIC SHOP

What I want to do is have a first-person perspective, where you are standing at a counter with a merchant (inn), wizard (magic shops), or priest/cleric (clinic) facing you in each case.

If you happen to be a good artist and have some artwork you want to submit, either post it here or send it to djtrixen@yahoo.co.uk and I might use it in the remake (of course, you'll be credited!!).

I'm including the current backdrop for each of these types of shops (these are all from Coneria). If I do use your artwork, I'll probably still layer these templates over the top. Thanks!

As some of you have probably already realized, I have encountered the problem of RPG Maker 2003's 8-monster limit for battles. As you also know, Final Fantasy has several instances where 9 monsters are together in one battle. The most notable of these is the 9-Pirate battle in Pravoka. Here's what I've done to overcome this roadblock... it's one of the few things in my remake that is not perfect, but sufficient:

(1) In the case of the pirate battle, I've added a new monster--Bikke! I modeled him after the BigEYE, taking out BigEYE's special attacks, and changing the stats a little bit--Bikke will be a little tougher than Garland. Unlike the pirates, Bikke will have the attributes of a water monster. He will primarily cast HEAL throughout the battle (healing himself and his 7 companions), unless he is alone. The Gil and Experience you will receive for beating Bikke will be exactly equal to 2 pirates, so the end result will be the same!

(2) In the case of 9-monster random encounters, I typically removed 1 of the weakest monsters in the group, making it 8. Therefore, you will receive Gil and Experience for only 8 monsters.

If you think that what I have done is insufficient, and have a better suggestion, or if you (doubtedly) know a way around the 8-monster limit, let me know. I'm open to suggestions!!

:eek: *** (A little sidenote: I recently read about someone who decided to do a Final Fantasy IV remake using RPGM2k3. It immediately occurred to me that FF4 allows 5 party members, and RPG2k3 limits you to 4 party members... I wonder if he thought of that first. I predict that the FF4 remake will never reach completion if he doesn't find a way around that!)***

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Originally Posted by mihalis

I would like to add graphics for a few of the shops, if I can. The way I have these set up right now is sufficient, but rather dull... They are:

INN
CLINIC
BLACK MAGIC SHOP
WHITE MAGIC SHOP

What I want to do is have a first-person perspective, where you are standing at a counter with a merchant (inn), wizard (magic shops), or priest/cleric (clinic) facing you in each case.

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Too bad I'm crap for digital artwork. Mine's all hand stuff. And the only FF4 remake I know of is a quasi-sequal. It's damned impressive, but does in fact only come with 4 characters. And usually you only get 3 of them.

And if you're going through all THIS trouble, wouldn't it be easier just to break out a ROM and an editing program. They've got some very nice ones out there that let you change (in the process, viewing) all the text for all the various sprites. I'll try and find one out there.

would be fun if we had a remake of Final Fantasy Legend 1.
Except remove the weapon Saw or prevent it from working on bosses (cheap to 1 hit kill every boss, even God)

I don't want to discourage you, but if you're serious about this remake project you'll just end up being dissapointed. As has been shown with Nathan Lazur's Chrono Trigger Resurrection project this type of thing is not tolerated. If you get to the point where Square feels you're actually going to release the game to the public, they'll shut your project down.

http://www.opcoder.com/projects/chrono/

Good luck with this project! Try not to get sued!

I do have a suggestion, though. You mentioned that you want to wanted to add more classes. Maybe you could add a second class change as a side-quest? Also, you could give the player options as to what class to change into, sort of like Seiken Densetsu III. For example, at the first class change, a Fighter could change to a Knight (better defense) or a Gladiator (better offense). Then, at the second class change, a Knight could change to a Paladin (better offense, white magic) or a Guardian (best defense), and the Gladiator could change to a Berserker (best offense) or a Magic Knight (sword magic)... or something like that.

Let me know if you like my idea - I have a lot of other good ones, but this is your project!

Didn't the guy who remade DW1 on RM2K also remake FF1? But he did use better graphics. I'm not trying to discourage you. Good luck.

And yeah, the law'll probably be a bitch. Or whatever.

Actually, square's usually pretty cool about this kind of stuff. The Chrono issue was because the makers tried to make money on it... that's a BIG no-no. I think square figures that these fan imitations draw attention to the real thing. And FF1 is a horse that's been beat enough that there's nothing left to gain... I doubt they'll mind.

They didn't try to make money on it, it was going to be a free demo, not even a full game. Where the hell did you get your information? I followed this project for months, not once did they ever say they were going to charge. The whole project was based on the idea of having it as a free download once completed.

FF1 & 2 Dawn of Souls had a class upgrade in FF1 after talking to the Wyrm King and giving him a Rat Tail. Though it's a FF remake with better graphics and bonus dungeons so, nothing really "new" to add.

(1) I'm not using better graphics and a new design, as in the Chrono Trigger remake (which, by the way, looked badass). I am a fan of the old-school birds-eye view without long movies and cut-scenes. Unfortunately, Square seems to have done away with this. Now that they've merged with Enix, I suppose we can kiss the old-school Dragon Warrior series goodbye as well! Too bad...

(2) My game doesn't have the same appeal that many of the newer games have--mine is only cool to purists like myself. In other words, if you want fancy graphics and movies, look elsewhere. Because the graphics and movies are what sell games these days, Square need not worry about my remake costing them a dime. This community is the only advertising I plan to do for it, and if Square Enix Inc. tells me to take it down, well... I'll take it as a compliment!

That being said, I have much more work to do on the game! And...if you have something cool to offer, by all means, speak up! ;o)

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Originally Posted by Meat Puppet

Didn't the guy who remade DW1 on RM2K also remake FF1? But he did use better graphics. I'm not trying to discourage you. Good luck.

And yeah, the law'll probably be a bitch. Or whatever.

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I also remade DW1 on RPG Maker, but I know which DW1 remake you are referring to... What I am NOT familiar with is the FF1 remake you are referring to! Where is this thing? I'd like to see it! It helps to know what I'm up against here....

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Originally Posted by udsuna

And if you're going through all THIS trouble, wouldn't it be easier just to break out a ROM and an editing program.

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I would like to take this moment to thank the creator of FFHackster (Disch) and all those who helped make it. Without that program, this project would be moving a hell of a lot slower, if at all. I will, of course, formally thank the creators of that program in my credits once the remake is finished.

In other words, I'm already using a rom and editing program, and I thought about taking the sprites directly from the shops. But I wanted to do something...different. ;o)

Refusing to make better looking sprites or graphics doesn't change the fact that you're re-making a copyrighted game. Square-Enix didn't stop the Chrono Trigger project because they updated the graphics and engine, they stopped it because it's a violation of copyright.

I'm primarily doing this for me. If someone wants to screw the whole thing up by telling Square about it, then they will only spoil it for other people who want to see it. As for my remake, it will continue--whether or not it is released to the public.

I dont get it. If you want to play it on the computer just use an emulator.

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Originally Posted by Carnage

I dont get it. If you want to play it on the computer just use an emulator.

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Of course you could you an emulator! The reason I'm doing this is so that I can add in elements that were never available in the original (read my earlier posts). When the entire thing is complete, there will be a summoner class, summons, extra sidequests, a dark world, new dungeons, bosses, etc...

Here's what I've finished recently:
*Placed all of the overworld battles, arranged by probability and region (of course).
*Adjusted agility for monsters which often strike first (ie. shadows). This seemed to be the best way to express this using RPGM2k3.
*Finished the experience curve! The menu screen still doesn't show the accurate # of experience points, as I maxed out the curve, and added 49 parallel processes to handle level-ups. This means that the # of experience points needed will still be the same as the original FF1. (I will probably design a separate menu screen for this game instead of using the one which came with RPG Maker--this way, you will be able to see your exact experience).
*Adjusted the RPGM2k3 stat "Defense" for each class so that:
Defense=VIT/2
This is pretty accurate--I tested it with several battles, several levels, and all 12 classes!

What I'm working on now:
*Redesigning the magic system so that LV1 spells cost 1 MP, LV2 spells cost 2 MP, and so on... The MP for each character class will be done similarly (each spell level x # of spells), and then multiplied by 3/4.
So this formula will be:
MP=(3/4)(1a+2b+3c+4d+5e+6f+7g+8h)
...where variables a-h represent # of spells for each level.
This will keep the game challenging, and each character can still only have up to 3 spells of each level.

I expect to begin placing dialogues, and start working on the storyline before the end of the week... This will take a while.

yes RPG Maker, has many limitations, but if you're a skilled event coder with it, you can do almost anything. I was making a FF3j remake, with a full graphics upgrade, a couple years ago, but the team disbanded after awhile so it was left unfinished. We only got upto the part right after you lose Desh. But the entire floating continent was coded with battles and such, including Leviathan and Bahamut.

we also tried making our own RPG with full voice acting, but unfortunately the sound codecs and technology on RM2k only went so far.

if you need help or a partner in this project lmk, i may be able to help. I'm a skilled coder in RM2k which is about the same as 2k3, plus I'm pretty good at map making and sprite making.

Yeah, I'm more of a "plot and music" guy myself. It's the writer in me, I guess. Computer graphics... oh how I suck at them...

Anyways, if your updating everything else, you should probably add a whole new set of music scores. I am NOT a fan of the original's music. Aside the crystal theme, I like that... and little else.

However, if someone out there is good at digitizing art (and coloring it... *shudder*...) I can help out considerably with the art department. But I will need someone with the digital skills, B&W isn't likely to cut it.

EDIT: I can't hack a rom worth crap, so... yeah... and the prospect of crawling through all the towns after every major event isn't pleasant.

Wow! I am impressed that someone finally had something to say here besides how likely I am to get sued, how stupid this is, how (pick a name)'s remake was better, etc...

In response, I have actually got most of the coding figured out (for now).. I'm just doing the tedious process of copying numbers and stats, etc... Figuring out formulas --a bunch of math stuff! ;o)

However, if you want to help out, I could really use help getting all of the dialogues from the game, who they belong to, etc... While I can do this on my own, if someone would be willing to work ahead of me and get those for me, it would save a bunch of time. I would be sure to include you in the credits. Email me at: djtrixen@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks for the offer... Much appreciated!

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Originally Posted by udsuna

Yeah, I'm more of a "plot and music" guy myself. It's the writer in me, I guess. Computer graphics... oh how I suck at them...

Anyways, if your updating everything else, you should probably add a whole new set of music scores. I am NOT a fan of the original's music. Aside the crystal theme, I like that... and little else.

However, if someone out there is good at digitizing art (and coloring it... *shudder*...) I can help out considerably with the art department. But I will need someone with the digital skills, B&W isn't likely to cut it.

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Well, I do plan to keep much of the original music (better midis of the original) for most of the game. However, in the additional section (the dark world, new dungeons, etc.) there will be all new music. Much of the music I will be adding was written by me over the years with programs such as Fruityloops 3 and Cool Edit Pro. I will make sure that any tunes I throw in are at least every bit as good as the original.

Also, if you happen to write digital music and you want one of your tracks in the game, drop me an email with your name, the track, and the name of the track, and I'll try to put it in.

...Just finished making stats corrections for each character class!

Next, I'll be importing weapons graphics for each weapon in the game, and map out every dungeon, complete with monsters and treasures.

Are you gonna use the default RM2K3 menu, or use a CSS?

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Originally Posted by Xalioniaf

Are you gonna use the default RM2K3 menu, or use a CSS?

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I haven't really decided how I'm going to do the menu yet. Seeing as how I will need to include a method of viewing one's current experience points, and the default menu will not be sufficient, I will probably at least use a supplemental menu of some sort. Whether that menu will be the only menu in the game remains to be determined. First, I am going to focus on making sure the game runs properly and offers relatively the same degree of challenge as the original. Afterwards, I will go back and make 'cosmetic' changes such as new menus, better shop graphics, and even my additional dungeons and sidequests. I will, however, make sure that all of the information available to the player in the original FF1 menu is available in my remake as well.

how you gonna do the battle system, looks wise? you gonna use the default or you gonna make it look like the original?

as for the NES script, I'm sure I could find it. I remember seeing it on the internet awhile back.

EDIT: found it!!!!!

hope ya remember me when ya write the credits :p



wow this project makes me want to continue my old FFIII remake as stated in a previous post. not to take away attention from this thread, but if anyone with rm2k/2k3 experience thats interested in the project, plz e-mail me at xdragonx425@aol.com

Edit by Kishi: Don't double-post.

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Originally Posted by Dragonfire

hope ya remember me when ya write the credits :p

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That I surely will! Thank you. This is a great help, and it means that I will be able to get this finished a lot sooner than I had originally expected... No release date yet, but it is coming along! Here's what I've finished recently:

*Finished the Marsh Cave (monsters, treasures, and all!)
*Mapped Coneria (town & castle), Elfland (town & castle), Temple of Fiends, Matoya's cave, and part of Dwarf cave.
*Fixed all of the weapons graphics... Exactly like the original. ;]

I will continue working on the maps, and when I've finished all of them, the game will be near completion. This one's gonna rock, folks! ;) I am quite proud of it.

One of the things about the first Final Fantasy that I never quite understood was that certain key items and references throughout the game are in all CAPS (ie, 'Warriors, revive the power of the ORBS,' or 'This door is locked with the Mystic KEY'). Should I leave these items in all caps, or should I make them lowercase so that the dialogue flows more smoothly?

What do you think?

It's up to you really. Personaly, I didn't get the caps thing.

Can I get in the credits for that? Special design team advisor? Or something? :P

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Originally Posted by DaremihC

It's up to you really. Personaly, I didn't get the caps thing.

Can I get in the credits for that? Special design team advisor? Or something? :P

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Well, I will be sure to thank 'everyone' who made suggestions and comments on this board, but I asked that question in lieu of putting up some kind of a poll (I hate those because they are so easily corrupted--people vote two and three times, etc). I was hoping I would get several responses to the CAPS question. But right now, I'm leaving 'em lowercase!

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Originally Posted by Dragonfire

wow this project makes me want to continue my old FFIII remake as stated in a previous post. not to take away attention from this thread, but if anyone with rm2k/2k3 experience thats interested in the project, plz e-mail me...

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hey man that doesn't take attention away at all... I actually I had plans to remake Legacy of the Ancients (formerly by Quest Software/Electronic Arts--1987) after this. However, I might be able to work with you on the FFIII remake-- you ARE talking about the NES FF3j game, aren't you? There seems to be quite an interest in it, and it is quite similar in its construction to the original FF1.

In other words, it won't be too difficult to make once I have this one finished. As stated earlier, I worked beyond the limitations of RPG maker to make the following elements of the game work:

*Canoe--works perfectly
*Ship--only docks at ports (and rivers, w/canoe), as it is supposed to!
*Airship--no longer lands on edges of grass--only where it is supposed to!
*Tents/Cabins/Houses--only able to use these outside on world map. Inside, they turn to grey in the menu
*Menu Music--works perfectly
*Spells--limits on how many spells (3) allowed for each person to purchase, per level.
*WARP and EXIT spells work perfectly in dungeons, except that I decided to charge the player MP if these are used on the world map--I could have not done this, but if you're foolish enough to use them on the world map, you deserve some kind of a penalty!

These things are new (so far):
*Magic system--Unfortunately, RPGM2k3 does not allow you to have 8 different types of MP--I considered making MPs an ITEM, but then the party would share them. I also decided that making LV1 spells 1 MP, Lv2 spells 2MP, etc.. was not sufficient either. So... you will actually have quite a bit LESS MP in my remake than in the original, making it quite a bit harder.

Here's how the Magic system is now laid out:
Each person's total MP will be calculated by the formula:
MP=(3/4)(1a+2b+3c+4d+5e+6f+7g+8h)
...where variables a-h represent the total number of spells allowed in the respective magic levels at that point in the game...

However, the COST of casting will get much higher as the spells become more advanced...
LV1 spells - cost 1 MP
LV2 spells - cost 3 MP
LV3 spells - cost 5 MP
LV4 spells - cost 8 MP
LV5 spells - cost 12 MP
LV6 spells - cost 15 MP
LV7 spells - cost 20 MP
LV8 spells - cost 24 MP!!

Note that LV8 magic will cost you 3x as much as the MP allocated for it. In other words, if you cast a bunch of LV8 magic, your MP for the other levels will drain rapidly.

*SAVE function added to main menu--I thought of many different ways to attach saves to Inns, Cabins, Tents, and Houses. In the end, I realized that one of the most annoying features of FF1 was that you couldn't just save anywhere on the world map whenever you wanted to. I decided there was no point in preserving one of the game's major flaws. So... Now you can save anywhere on the world map!

If you open up FF1 ROM with FF Hackster, you could find out the MP totals for each Lv. I.E. At Lv4, A BM would get 1 Point in Lv. 1, 1 Point in Lv. 2, etc. I could do it for you if you'd like me to. I'll get all the other info as well(HP at each lv., defense at each lv. etc).

EDIT: I just realised that you've already been using it, but if you don't have the numbers yet because you're working on other things, I'd be happy to get them for you. On a side note, if this is gonna be "for purists only", you might wanna leave the caps lock on all the event items.

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Originally Posted by mihalis

One of the things about the first Final Fantasy that I never quite understood was that certain key items and references throughout the game are in all CAPS (ie, 'Warriors, revive the power of the ORBS,' or 'This door is locked with the Mystic KEY'). Should I leave these items in all caps, or should I make them lowercase so that the dialogue flows more smoothly?

What do you think?

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I think you should type it like this: "Xxxxxx Xxxx" Except for 'ORBS.' I just have an OCD about typing and everything just has to perfect.

mihalis: Please don't make multiple posts in a row. Use the edit/delete button under you rpost to add more.

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Originally Posted by Xalioniaf

If you open up FF1 ROM with FF Hackster, you could find out the MP totals for each Lv. I.E. At Lv4, A BM would get 1 Point in Lv. 1, 1 Point in Lv. 2, etc. I could do it for you if you'd like me to. I'll get all the other info as well(HP at each lv., defense at each lv. etc).

EDIT: I just realised that you've already been using it, but if you don't have the numbers yet because you're working on other things, I'd be happy to get them for you. On a side note, if this is gonna be "for purists only", you might wanna leave the caps lock on all the event items.

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I have already got the numbers--and believe me, it was quite time consuming, even with FFHackster! The numbers are all in the game already, and I just finished mapping out all of the towns, complete with sprites & shops. Now, I just have to do the remaining dungeons & the dialogue. After that, well... it will be 'done'. Then I will go back and add my bonus dungeons, secret classes, bosses, etc...

My Spring Break just ended, so progress will be much slower than it has been. Assuming I have time to work on it, I expect this project to be finished (or at least in the final stages) by the end of April. As soon as it's done, I will post here. This will be probably be my last post until then. Take care, and thank you (everyone) for your help!

Good job so far! Love what you're doing here. Can't wait to try it out.

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you ARE talking about the NES FF3j game, aren't you?

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yeah... once i retreive it from my old computer, i could start it again. It would piss me off severely if they dont let me get it. It's everything coded from the beginning upto owen tower. plus the leviathan and bahamut fights. also all the maps are made but everything after the floating continent isn't coded yet.

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Originally Posted by udsuna

Anyways, if your updating everything else, you should probably add a whole new set of music scores. I am NOT a fan of the original's music. Aside the crystal theme, I like that... and little else.

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Are you joking? That music is classic man...I'm sorry, I cant agree with ya there -- I think you have to keep the original music.

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Anyways, if your updating everything else, you should probably add a whole new set of music scores. I am NOT a fan of the original's music. Aside the crystal theme, I like that... and little else.

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Are you joking? That music is classic man...I'm sorry, I cant agree with ya there -- I think you have to keep the original music.

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I'm not a big fan of the orinigal music either. I find most of it alright but there are a few songs that I really like. But considering that this game is designed with "purists" in mind, perhaps keeping the orinigal music is in order.

Hey folks... I know I said I wouldn't post here until I had the game finished (which I don't), but there was something I just had to share with you, and I wanted to respond to your posts.

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I'm not a big fan of the orinigal music either. I find most of it alright but there are a few songs that I really like. But considering that this game is designed with "purists" in mind, perhaps keeping the orinigal music is in order.

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I have already decided to keep the original music, but I am also adding new music, primarily in the new Bonus World...which brings me to my next point!

I have finished part of the new Bonus World map and I wanted to let you sneak a peek at it! I'm trying to make the new maps with the same degree of intricacy as the ones in the original. That being said, have a look... (Tell me what you think!)

Keep up the good work!

Looks pretty interesting. Dare I ask how you get into and out of this "bonus world"?

Very interesting. I might have to try this out when you are done with it.

I think that the bonus world is a new island. It looks kind of small to be an entire world.

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I think that's only a piece of the whole thing.

A small suggestion: For this "Dark World" idea you mentioned...you can have all the regular classes transform to their dark counterparts.

Fighter/Knight: Dark Fighter/Dark Knight: Uses Dark Swords instead of Knight Swords, Knight has level 1-3 Black Magic. (Mystic Knight FF3j sprites?)

Thief/Ninja: Rogue/Overlord: Pretty similar to the Thief, but more of a preference to knives. Overlord has levels 1-4 Black Magic. (Kinda stumped in terms of sprite use...something dark elf-ish)

Monk/Master: Savage/Berserker: Ferocious guy. Can use Claws to aid his bare-handed attack. (Try the Viking FF3j sprite)

Red Mage/Red Wizard: Dark Mage/Dark Wizard: Forgot some of the higher White-level Magics and dabbled more in Black Magic. Mage can learn up to Level 6 Black Magic, but only Level 3 White Magic. Wizard can go to level 8 Black Magic (he can't use NUKE) and level 4 White Magic.

White Mage/White Wizard: :mad: Alright, it's gonna be kind of hard to convert a pure White Mage into Dark form. How about a fighter/mage that focuses on taking life from enemies and giving it to allies? That's all I can drop.

Black Mage/Black Wizard: He's dark enough.

well with the "dark" white wizard (not a clue what to call him/her) you can make it where she has alot of offensive spells like harm for example. Maybe give her divine enhancement spells for weapons and evasion, etc. You could make spells that inflict divine damage (caus in rpg worlds, there are evil gods). If he's gonna make a "dark world" all he needs to do is pick up a Dungeons and Dragons player handbook to get ideas about making an evil cleric.

when i was making my own rpg after the ff3j project started to disband, thats what i did, because in my game you played as the evil characters. i wanted to make that, because you never see that that much in rpgs.

Well could make the "dark while wizard" a dark priest. Could call a "dark black wizard" a warlock.

I think that CAPS were used to make the player undetstand that the item (or event or whatsoever) they were talking about was somewhat important for the completion of the game and should be remembered. So, I think youy sould stick with that (or else write those names in a different color or find another way to make them more visible).

By the way, good luck with your project ;)

How long before this project gets shut down by Squenix for legal reasons?

I doubt it. First of all, there are billions of other FF remakes SE could go after. After looking thru the Chrono Ressurection for a while, I noticed that they planned to sell it on the Gamecube and X-Box. They got shut down because of that.

You might as well just cease and desist right now.

what the hell are you talking about? He's not planning on selling it, he's just gonna release it to the world. As I said before, this is one in a billion+1 FF remakes out there, so why would they target one on a FF fan site?

.. grrrr!!! Okay, for those of you who have been very encouraging, I appreciate it! You have not been forgotten (Dragonfire and others), and i will make note of it in the closing credits when the project is finished! As for comments like 'you might as well cease and desist right now,' I have come entirely too far to quit, and I'm not even considering it! That being said, here's my progress so far:

*Vehicles all work (of course)
*All town maps and castles finished, complete with dialogue (of course)
*Dungeons finished:
(1) Marsh Cave
(2) Earth Cave
(3) Titan's Tunnel
(4) Gurgu Volcano
(5) Ice Cave

Left to do:
(1) Waterfall
(2) Sea Shrine **ugh!--this will be hard**
(3) Mirage Tower/Sky Castle
(4) Castle of Ordeals
(5) Temple of Fiends-Revisited **ugh!, again**

*NOTE on the new class system:
-I like the idea of dark classes, and will make them available, but not automatic. In other words, you'll have to earn each class individually. There will be a Dark Knight quest, a Summoner quest, a Sage quest, and so on...
For the Sage quest, I was thinking of building a dungeon which only wizards could enter--Red Wizards, Black Wizards, White Wizards, and maybe Summoners... You would have to enter ALONE. One wizard would have to complete the dungeon solo--the monsters, of course, would be capable of being defeated by a solo wizard, although I haven't decided what they will be yet.

In order to return to the 'normal' world, you will have to go through a cave filled with.... guess what??? Malboros!!! Lots of 'em! ;) The Light Warriors will stink so much of 'bad breath' when they return... ah ;)

I'm still keeping the end of April as the completion date! I hope that I come through as promised... Until then, thanks for the (positive) input!

I, for one, still think this is a great idea. Square-Enix may be anal-retentive and greedy but if they try to stop all the little projects like this they're going to have their hands full.

I was being faecious my man. Chill out! I am looking forward to this, I was taking a jab at SE's backward, anti-fan mentality.

I liek the idea of earning them, but what if you don't have a mage/wizard, but want to try out the summoner/etc. quest anyway?

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I was being faecious my man. Chill out! I am looking forward to this, I was taking a jab at SE's backward, anti-fan mentality.

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Heh... well, have you ever heard of White Wolf games (Vampire the Masquerade)? A few years ago, they decided to attack their own fan club, 'the Camarilla,' a national organization of LARPs (Live Action Role Plays) and demanded that the group disband and stop using their name... Unfortunately, this caused a sharp decline in the company's sales, as the Camarilla was their biggest customer.
The RIAA refused to work out a deal with Napster back in 1999 when BMG music realized that the internet might offer some new avenues for selling music. Instead, they turned on the fans and began suing people... Record sales have declined sharply ever since, particularly for bands that spoke out against MP3 file sharing. Still, the RIAA continues to beat this dead horse.

The only thing I can say for Square-Enix is that they ought to heed the follies of others and think before turning on their own fans. Sometimes that can be a dreadful mistake.

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I liek the idea of earning them, but what if you don't have a mage/wizard, but want to try out the summoner/etc. quest anyway?

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Well, the Summoner quest will not require you to have a Wizard... Only the Sage quest will. I think it's only fair that only a Wizard can become a Sage. After all, you can't become a Wizard if you don't have a Mage. I am also going to make quests for other classes only, such as a quest for only Ninjas and Knights, and maybe one for only Black Belts (completion of this may allow them to use magic). The Sage quest may allow summoners to participate, which would mean you could start off as a fighter, become a knight, change to summoner, and then become a sage. Just a possibility... I haven't really worked this out yet.

I did finish the Malboro cave (the one which will lead back from the Bonus World)!! I wanted to let you sneak a peek, but I don't want to include spoilers either, so here a few shots of it that won't ruin the surprise...

Looks good.I wish luck to you.
Now this motivates me to get moving on my 'EoFF RPG' project. :cool:

Dude keep it up. I have tried making my own games in the past with different game generators and a few times i just wrote strait up code (usually C++). It is not easy and i for one appreciate what you are doing.

I am not a lawer but i believe that as long as you credit squareenix for creating the game he should be fine and you don't have to stop until you get a cease and decist.

Strawberryman, your avatar from ff11 (sorry I haven't played the online game...) kinda looks like David Bowie in Labyrinth...

http://www.eyesonff.com/forums/image...11/ff11_02.gif
''It's a crystal, nothing but... But if you turn it this way, and look into it, it will show you your dreams!'' --Jareth

Anyways, I have the maps working correctly...(remember ''Push B Select''?)
Mine will show when you type 123. They work just like the original, with an indicator to show your current location, and all of the points of interest sparkling... :)

I made one for the Bonus World and it works, too, but you'll probably have to buy that map in one of the towns in the Bonus World. As tempted as I am to show you both maps, I don't want to include any spoilers and so I won't... I'll let you find them on your own when the game is finished.

Yay, you liked my idea. I'm such a whore. :D

Anyways, here are some more classes. Most of these are lame and useless.

Comic/Demigod: Pathetic before Class Change, though afterwards, he becomes such a powerful force that a Knight barely has anything on him. Similar to Onion Kid/FEOK.

Guard/Royal Guardian: A Fighter-type character that focuses primarily on Defense. Equips heavy armors and great weapons but has low hit% and speed.

Geomancer/Elementalist: Learns a series of magic that utilizes the earthly surroundings in order to cause damage. This might be super-hard to program, though.

Bard/Minstrel: It's a bard...anyway, I would think he would use Songs instead of Magic, though they would be accessed from the same menu. There could probably be one song per level.

Hunter/Sharpshooter: Uses bows. This gives him very high agility, accuracy, and hit%, although he lacks good HP and Defense.

Conjurer/Summoner: You know it.

Pirate/Sea Lord: Uses light swords and can learn the ICE series of spells. His special feature is that he gets stat boosts while on the sea and in the Sea Shrine.

Krazy, I like waht you're doing. You inspire me to use my 14 year old mind to make a game myself. But yeah, I have an idea. What if you could add like an airship city in the other world. Tune up your airship like in Need For Speed(Hydrolics Mang!!!). That be krazy. :hyper:

I think that if you had the ship sprite be able to go into a whirlpool to it, then set an automatic event so taht the ship goes to the upper world entrance to the underworld. Then, set a switch to on so that the auto event stops. Then, when they go back to the upper world, you turn off the switch so it can start again. And, the Malboro cave shouldn't be accessable from the upper world.

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Tune up your airship like in Need For Speed(Hydrolics Mang!!!). That be krazy. :hyper:

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Remeber, this is somewhat for purists. ;)
so "Pimp my airship" (thank you for that excellent quote, necro.) is out.

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I think that if you had the ship sprite be able to go into a whirlpool to it, then set an automatic event so taht the ship goes to the upper world entrance to the underworld. Then, set a switch to on so that the auto event stops. Then, when they go back to the upper world, you turn off the switch so it can start again. And, the Malboro cave shouldn't be accessable from the upper world.

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Don't you worry! The Malboro Cave (and the rest of the Bonus World) are not only inaccessible from the 'normal' world, they are going to be quite difficult to find at all! The way the Bonus World will work is that you will need to use a particular item at a particular location (already in the game, but I'm not telling...). This will open a secret passage which is not normally visible in the game. You'll have to look real hard to find it! That passage leads to a designated place on the Bonus World map, and is ONE WAY. The Malboro Cave is the route back to the normal world from that world, but once you return from the Malboro Cave, you'll just appear right by Coneria where the game began. Your sailing ship and airship will also be warped back.

I will say, however, that all four orbs will need to be lit before you can even get to the Bonus World. Basically, you will have practically completed the entire game before you can get there...

WELL... I am almost finished with the original FF1 game! All I have left to do is the Temple of Fiends Revisited, and a few tweaks here and there... From here on out, I'm focusing primarily on the new sidequests! I'll let you know as soon as I have something ready for testing. Thanks again, folks!

Wow, I must say, your rolling right along. Looks great, and I for one am really quite interested in seeing this completed. Keep up the great work, mihalis. :)

Ooo...testing. Are you gonna hold a competition to the death for the rights to test, or just take in applications? This has got to be the first RPG Maker any version game that I have followed from inception to completion. Way to go.

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Ooo...testing. Are you gonna hold a competition to the death for the rights to test, or just take in applications? This has got to be the first RPG Maker any version game that I have followed from inception to completion. Way to go.

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Thanks dude! I appreciate your interest very much. As for the testing (which I foresee no later than a month from now if all goes well), I'd like to keep it within this community until the quirks are worked out... In other words, I haven't been posting on any other boards about it, and I'd like to try to keep it that way (so SE doesn't have the opportunity to shut it down before it's finished).

I will post a link to it when it's ready for Beta testing, but try not to pass it around until we get the bugs worked out. The way I see it, once it's complete (ie. no noticeable bugs), it can be passed around the net freely and I can take the site down. At that point, I don't care where it gets advertised (believe me, I'll be quite flattered if it does). ;)

By the way, I'm from Texas, too! (orig. from Houston, now at TTU in Lubbock)

Wow this seems really cool, I DEFINITELY want to get to play it when you're done!

I'll beta for u. Plz!

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Of course! If you want to help test, I suggest you drop me an email at djtrixen@yahoo.co.uk and make the subject line: "FF1 Beta Testing". When the game is complete, I'll make sure you get one of the first copies, and of course you can send me e-mail with suggestions and bugs that need to be fixed.. Thanks again people!

I've love to help you test it, but I am too busy to do it in a timely manner. However, like I said, when it is completely I absolutely want it! :)

Well, FINALLY I have some wonderful news!

I have completed the remake of the original Final Fantasy I. All that is left to do at this point is my Bonus World. Everything works correctly (as far as I know), and I'm beginning the alpha testing with a friend of mine who teaches computer science here at the university. I expect to have this stage finished in less than a month... Thanks again, folks!!! I am looking forward to releasing this as soon as possible.

yay! I can't wait!

For the sake of all that is Final Fantasy Please finish this! This looks so cool and i cant wait untill I can download it.
P.S. I know I'll probally get SMACKED for this and I know it isn't a "purist" idea but you should have lasers in the secret world, but they only work in the secret world. they would always be "Ineffective" if used in teh real world.
Come on there was a FREAKING WAR MECH in the air temple (which I always though of as being a spacestation before playing DOS.
There could be a Gunner class that advances to Elite Gunner Class.
But you have to fight alot of War mechs or something.

I know it might not work but, hey it worked for FFvii, and FFviii
PLease don't hate me, it was just an idea. :(

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FFvii & FFviii are about when the series began to get crappy, in my opinion--really it started with FF6, when the character classes began to disappear, and they brought in all that high-tech garbage.

I agree: Lasers are not a "purist" idea, and sorry to say, I don't plan to include them... As for WarMech, I always thought of him (or should I say "it"?) as the precursor to the Omega Weapon... Not nearly as strong as Omega, but certainly his equivalent in FFI, due to Omega's absence...

This brings me to another point... I will be adding the Omega Weapon for all who are interested. Its graphic will be the same as WarMech's, with new colors of course, and obviously increased stats! Omega will have everything that WarMech has and then some.

I am also adding a 9th level of magic for Sages only. The spells will be as follows:

*(W)-POWR: Similar to the black magic SABR and TMPR, but affects the entire party for one round.
*(W)-HEL4: Self-explanatory...
*(W)-HRM5: Also self-explanatory.
*(W)-REFL: Reflect Magic... Kinda like WALL, but (as most of you know, WALL in FF1 doesn't reflect spells back to their casters... this one will!)

*(B)-MTEO: Meteo. Nuke and then some... Self-explanatory.
*(B)-TRVL: Finally, a spell that will let you travel freely to places around the world without the airship. Imagine, not having to hike to Lefein! Also warps the ship and airship.
*(B)-DRGN: Caster becomes a dragon for the remainder of the battle--adapted from Dragon Warrior's "Bedragon" spell.
*(B)-CTRL: ...Control one monster! I still need to do some work on this one.

Don't worry I not upset about it. I was only asking. Besides Omega would be even better. I cant wait to see the Drgn Spell in action. Its default attack should be fire breath, instead of a weapon. (great idea about the Teleport spell.)

P.S. A little something i think the other forum readers were thinking.

WORK FASTER NOW! :D

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Don't worry I not upset about it. I was only asking. Besides Omega would be even better. I cant wait to see the Drgn Spell in action. Its default attack should be fire breath, instead of a weapon. (great idea about the Teleport spell.)

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I'm glad you're so anxious to see my finished product here! ;o) Fortunately, I have been taking my time on this, although I do believe I gotten most of it done very quickly (the project is only a month old). I've decided against something I said earlier--the CTRL spell, which would allow you to control monsters... The final results would just not be worth the amount of effort it would require! However, I have finished the DRGN spell, and well... here's a snapshot of it in action!

This seems like its really gonna turn out well, good job on what you've done so far! One Question tho (you might have already addressed it or answered it but I couldnt find it)

is the battle system gonna be a ATB like in FF7? or are you keeping the original system? I've noticed the ATB bar in that SS of the dragon so I would just like to know.

I'm really excited about this, I cant wait to get my hands on it!

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This seems like its really gonna turn out well, good job on what you've done so far! One Question tho (you might have already addressed it or answered it but I couldnt find it)

is the battle system gonna be a ATB like in FF7? or are you keeping the original system? I've noticed the ATB bar in that SS of the dragon so I would just like to know.

I'm really excited about this, I cant wait to get my hands on it!

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Dude, I hate the ATB battle system as much as you probably do, and I would like nothing more than to get rid of it. However, one of the worst limitations of RPGm2003 is that I can't! Therefore, I'll include the option to switch from "Active" to "Wait." This way, if you want Active real-time battles, you can have them, and if you want it to be more like the original, you can turn them off.

NOTE: The time it takes for the ATB meter to fill up will be based on your # of hits at your current level, and so will the monster's meter... For instance, Kraken gets 8 hits. If your Ninja is getting 6 hits per round at that point, he'll still get in 3 hits to Kraken's 4. The damage done in a normal round in the original will be divided by your number of hits, so it will all work out... The only difference will be that you can make different choices for each "hit"--(so can the monster!) This will actually add a degree of difficulty, believe it or not!

I'm also going to randomly place sages throughout the game to give you info about the remake... they will say something to the effect of "I am a student of Mihalis, and I'm here to answer your questions, etc.. etc.."

I'm also adding ME to the game (in the Bonus World). My NPC will be at the castle of Yulthorpe, which you might find eventually... I will give you hints and advice pertaining to the Bonus World at that point (my walking graphic is my Avatar here).

Here's a quick update of what I've done for the Bonus World so far:

*The entire 256x256-tile overworld map
*Malboro Cave--tunnel back to real world (of course)
*Town of Geheimnis (German for "mystery"), seen in my sample screenshot of "part" of the Bonus World map...
*DRGN and TRVL level 9 magics

Next I'll be working on the Sage and Summoner classes, and the "Spring of Enchantment" dungeon.

Drinking from the "Spring of "Enchantment" will be required in order to enter the Castle of Wisdom to become a Sage, and also to be able to use items such as Phoenix Downs, Elixirs, and Ethers (as well as certain other items).

Thanks for your interest!!

hmm, the battle system sounds like its gonna be interesting, seems innovative, cant wait to see how it turns out!

Why are you reading this man? Make the damn game! :p

In all seriousness this sounds very cool, and I can't wait to try this out.

be patient, Venom. Good games take time.

:eek: I accidentally posted to a new thread instead of 'Reply' ... oops! =O Anyways, I have written my very own dungeon theme for many of the dungeons in the Bonus World, and it will be used in addition to the original ones. I needed a "slower" one to set the mood in certain places, so that's what this one will do!

I have attached the tune in case you're interested, and thanks again, folks!

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oh, man. I just remembered I don't have RM2K3. Damn, I need to d-load it. Or get Coby to get it for me :P.

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You won't need RM2k3 to play this, as I'm including the runtime package...

oh, man. I just remembered I don't have RM2K3. Damn, I need to d-load it. Or get Coby to get it for me :P.

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Patience isn't a virtue anymore. :p :D

Man I love that background music.

Your Second world should have a matching storyline, like an extension to the original. Like...
This is were the four fiends once ruled over the people, but they rebelled and sent them into the first world and used the four orbs to seel them there and Garland was the one to release them (He might have been the good guy but turned evil and went threw the Malboro cave to free the Fiends. It would give alot more info about why Garland is evil. So we can get more background on the fiends as well.

Its only an Idea, but knowone else seems to be giving any ideas about the second worlds storyline.

I'm quite proud of that background music... Thanks! It's called "Beneath the Crust." ;)

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I have given the storyline some thought, and I have decided that once you travel to the Bonus World, you will find important connections between the two worlds. I have even thought about the possibility of joining them in an "alternate realities" sort of way.

Without spoiling too much of the plot, I can tell you that the story begins with the Light Warriors visiting a graveyard...

It's a pretty exciting plot idea, and I hope you like it! ;)

[/QUOTE]It's a pretty exciting plot idea, and I hope you like it! ;)[/QUOTE]

Hmmm....Graveyard, Hay maybe we'll get to see Links/Chrono's Funeral :p :p Just kiddin, I'dd probally cause Links funeral...not that i hate link, but a high level spell does kill any creature nearby :D

Now I haven't read pages 2-3 yet (I will get around to it!) But great idea! I am free to any testing you want. I have RPG Maker 2003, but I'm not that good at it (making that is, i'm fine at playing it!), but if you need any help, feel free to ask. (I don't have FFI, but I am planning on getting DoS soon....when the time comes)

Love the music!

With my new game I've just started (no doubt this will last all of one month) I am just making Job Classes...but Its proving to be quite difficult...

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Hey man you are missing out on a great game... I highly recommend it, but I suggest you play the original before you play any other version!

NEWS:
I am going to release the a first edition of this remake without the Bonus World, for those of you who don't want to wait for the finished product... A friend of mine is going to host the game, and I will post my Remake, v0.9 as soon as he gives me the password for his server... As soon as it's up, I'll let you know! Still, I strongly recommend that you get the finished version after the Bonus World is complete... Also, many of the bugs which may be present in this version will be fixed by the second version... Thanks a bunch, folks!

P.S. If enough people play the version with the Bonus World and like it, I may consider doing a monthly series of Final Fantasy 'episodes'... Just an idea.

[/QUOTE] P.S. If enough people play the version with the Bonus World and like it, I may consider doing a monthly series of Final Fantasy 'episodes'... Just an idea.[/QUOTE]

Why not keep adding things to the game like even more worlds, and new villians/fiends. It would be cool, or remake ff2/3 with more areas and more indepth stories.
My first idea could work if you could take your save file from the earlier version, and then cut/copy/paste it into the new game so you could continue without having to restart. :D

HackedBM, the first quote tag doesn't need a "/".

Anyway, a prerelease would be alright. I won't get it until it comes complete.

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I think that's a great idea, but it is going to take me enough hours to complete this Bonus World that I am going to want to take a break when I am through! Furthermore, I am also preparing to take the LSAT, and that is taking up much of my time as well.

As for having to restart your game (in the second edition, w/Bonus World), you should not have to do that... I am trying to keep it so that your old savegame will work on the second version. However, if I run into a problem that requires me to alter the stats of the character classes, you would have to restart in order for the changes to take effect. Hopefully that won't happen.

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I am doing the prerelease on the advice of a friend (the guy who will be hosting this). He suggested that if I didn't hurry up and do a prerelease, that people may just give up on it... So, if you want the "unfinished" version, fine. I will put it up first. However, I still strongly recommend you hold out for the completion of this! I promise I won't let you down!

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I think that's a great idea, but it is going to take me enough hours to complete this Bonus World that I am going to want to take a break when I am through! Furthermore, I am also preparing to take the LSAT, and that is taking up much of my time as well.

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No biggy, everyone has a life. This isn't an *obsession* Besides if the save file thing works like that it would be cool. :)

As much as I want to play this, I will wait for the full version as well. :)

As much as my friend suggested that I put an early release online, the consensus seems to be that people would rather wait and play the full version (which I would recommend). Therefore, the prerelease will only be sent to those involved in beta testing (which has not yet begun--I have received your emails, and you will get to test).

Here's what I've recently finished, and what I'm working on now in the Bonus World:

*finished town of Geheimnis
*finished first dungeon (Geheimnis Tunnel)
*finished Yulthorpe Castle

Working on:
*Omega's Lair
*Desert town of Bomka

Next, I'll be working on a dungeon called "The Pits of Malvicia". I'd give you more information about what these places are (I have it all planned out), but I would rather not spoil the surprise. I hope you are able to remain interested. Thanks again!

that's sounds good, and maybe the people beta testing the "unfinishes" can tell you if they're are any bugs or problems hopefully b4 your done b4 the finished version and is released.

It looks pretty. I really think the whole getting in trouble for this is probably slightly overblown. FF resources are the most used in any game, and I think most people new to the makers try a FF remake as their first project. If SE tried to shut everythig down then they will be very very busy.

Yup, it's awesome. That's why I'm going to help beta test. And SE can stick it.

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Well, the fact is that they haven't said anything to me yet. I'm glad they made such a great game (series), because without it, this would not be possible!

I'm still making slow progress on the Bonus World, but I have encountered a few bugs, and they've tripped me up quite a bit! Here's what's going on...

RPGm2k3 apparently has a bug in the software in which if a common item (ie. a story item such as the Mystic KEY) is selected in battle, and immediately afterwards an Event Command is executed (like my "Run" command--not the usual "Escape" which is included), then the Item will be USED UP! (Bad!!!!!)

Even though the items are in grey and appear to not be usable, this still seems to occur--if more than one person "uses" one of those items, it will crash the game.

Here's what I've done to fix it:
(1) Changed all "Common Items" to "Skill Scrolls" which are infinitely usable, and are linked to a skill which does nothing.
(2) Added the same "nothing skill" to every weapon and armor that cannot be used as an item.

Hence, many story items, weapons, and armor will appear to be usable in battle, but when used will simply waste your turn. They will not, however, be used up!


Another problem I've run into is that characters afflicted with the "STONE" condition still get up and cheer at the end of the battle... Yet, they will remain petrified in the next fight. I'm still trying to think of a way to work this out, and I may not be able to. This is minor, though, and it will not effect gameplay.

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Another problem I've run into is that characters afflicted with the "STONE" condition still get up and cheer at the end of the battle... Yet, they will remain petrified in the next fight. I'm still trying to think of a way to work this out, and I may not be able to. This is minor, though, and it will not effect gameplay.

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I know how to fix that :D If they are stoned, have a battle event that switches there charater set to a new one that is the stoned stance (Just the stoned stance for every thing on that set. including there victory pose.) then have it which character sets when you use soft.

easy as that! :D

I already thought of that one, but thanks! Actually, I discovered that in-battle character set switches don't work!! (In case you're wondering about the DRGN spell, I changed it a little--it will only transform you to a Dragon OUTSIDE of battle, but the effects continue until you revert back again-- However, Dragons only get 1 hit each turn, and cannot use magic--just "Flaming Breath")

However, switching battle sprites during battle is not possible (or at least i don't think it is) using rpg maker 2003...

couldn't you use a common event, with an if>then switch.

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Yah that would probally work...I haven't used RPGmaker for a few months but if you need to just ask us to test somthing we can try.

First, about calling common events in battle mode:

RPGm2003 has a problem with calling common events in battle. Whenever a common event is called in battle, it doesn't work correctly (there are several posts about this problem on other boards, and it is simply a bug in the software). Even common parallel processes stop during battle...
*NOTE: For several events for the battles, I had to go back and individually paste the same page 500+ times because I had already finished the monster groups database!. This was a b*tch! (Right now, each battle has 7 pages of event commands).

Something quite discouraging happened today as I was working on new dungeon music for Omega's Lair... FruityLoops crashed!!! ...and because I hadn't expected it and hadn't saved, I lost 3 hours of work on some awesome background music... Therefore, I'm probably just going to keep the same cave music for the entire dungeon, even though it has two parts and two tilesets.
**unless... One of you people happens to also be a musician, and you want to send me some of your music. If it is good, I will try to work it into the game.

don't let this discourage you. By letting do so, you may give up on the game. Just keep trucking on, and it'll get done.

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?! Not a chance!!! I've put way too much time into this already to give up. I will certainly not be doing that! At best, I may get all of the bugs worked out. At worst, the ones which remain will not interfere with gameplay whatsoever. This will be a fine piece of work, I promise.

By the way, I am about 25% through the Bonus World... Omega's Lair is complete, and the Omega Weapon is a supreme badass.

oh god yes!!
a new FF1 i have played all versions exept the WSC but its the same as the pso.

But i hope square wont know about this.

you dont think they shut you down if they getr wind of this?
ONly us members of eyes on ff will know. :love:

i cant wait for it to be complete!!

Here ya go, folks. These are the latest screenshots from the Bonus World. The first three are from Omega's lair, and the last one is from Taumisa, the village of Sages (on your way to the Castle of Wisdom to become a Sage).

EDIT: I'm uploading yet another screenshot! This one is from the Taumisa Tunnels, near the Castle of Wisdom (Sage quest)...

This is gonna be one sweet game, Not even square Enix could have thought of something like this. :D

they are running out of ideas :confused:

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Maybe one benefit of the Square-Enix merger will be that Square can now draw ideas from Enix (They never ran out of ideas with the Dragon Quest series, and if you ever played Dragon Quest 6, then you know what I'm talking about...) In fact, I am even considering using Dragon Quest/Warrior "Travel Doors" (those little transporters you step on) to link my Bonus World to the original world.

As for my progress on the remake... I haven't been able to do much over the last couple days because I've run into some problems getting ready for graduation. A word of advice: Be prepared to go through hell if you plan to transfer from one university to another. Having to retake classes that were really bad the first time around is no fun! I just found out I have to take a lab science course in the summer... *ugh*

Anyhow, as it stands now, I HOPE I will have the Beta ready by the end of this month. I have to put my studies first, but I will get this to you (if not then, then shortly after)--I promise!

:D UPDATE: I am back to working on the game some more... I have finished the Taumisa Tunnels near the Castle of Wisdom. Next, I will be working on Summons... Any suggestions as to which summons I should include?
The following ones are for sure: Leviathan, Odin, and Bahamut.
Other than that, I'm open for suggestions...

Shiva? Kirin? Carbunkle? Alexander?

Titan?

IMP!

Great suggestions so far...

Let's see, we have: Shiva, Kirin, Carbunkle, Alexander, Titan, and Imp...

Of those, I'll probably use Shiva, Carbunkle, Titan, and Imp. I don't want to inlude Alexander because I've already got a FADE and FAD2 (level 9--I removed REFL..) spell in the game, and Alexander would simply be the next level of "Holy", which, at this point, would probably kill Chaos in one or two hits... NO.

As for Kirin, I want to keep most of the summons as attack-type, so I probably won't include that one (with the exception of carbunkle... which will effectively be a REFL spell for the entire party, so REFL isn't completely gone!

... okay, I have finished Bahamut, Ifrit, Carbunkle, and Doomtrain (Doomtrain is extremely badass... the train whistle is all eerie and haunting... it's great)


Ahem... stay off the train tracks, kids ;)

Wow dude...i am impressed... :D i respect what your doing regardless of what anyone says :cool: so keep on truckin dude...take care..and good luck..ill be rooting for ya all the way

too many colors in carbunkle. You might want to keep it 8-bit. For the most part ^.^.

So...is the special dungeon done? Meybe?

Hey, I just found this topic and I may sound a bit stupid but I never understood how to put events in RPG maker... and well you made a whole game out of it so I am indeed really impressed! I'm looking forward to play it too because I just love FF1! :D

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Thanks for the advice. I've simplified Carbunkle... He's now four colors, and is seen in the screenshot below!
Just a little note: the train I used for "Doomtrain" (an ff-8 GF) is actually the ghost train from ff-6. I changed the colors to be the same as those of a zombie-type creature in ff-1 (zombie dragons, zombulls, etc...)

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I am more than halfway through the Bonus World... The bonus world map is the exact same size as the original world map, and has 9 towns and 8 dungeons... Overall, it's every bit as complex as the original game itself. So it's more than just a dungeon.


I NEED ANOTHER SUGGESTION!!! Should I use long spell names, or should I keep the original four-letter spell names? Also, if I keep the original four-letter spell names, should I apply them to summons as well? (i.e. BAHAMUT = BAHM) Let me know what you think...

you know there is a patch to correct the awful rm2k/2k3 text

yeah...lets keep with the continuous 4-letter. So, Bahamut would be BAHM, Carbunkle would be CARB, Doomtrain would be DMTR or DMTN, Imp would be...IMP, Shiva=SHVA, Titan=TITN...

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I just managed to get the text working correctly on mine... If you'll notice, the most recent screenshot has different text than the others.

Is this text okay (the text in my most recent screenshot), or would you prefer that I try to find something different?

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yeah...lets keep with the continuous 4-letter. So, Bahamut would be BAHM, Carbunkle would be CARB, Doomtrain would be DMTR or DMTN, Imp would be...IMP, Shiva=SHVA, Titan=TITN...

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Well, I'll go back and change everything to four-letter then... It will require quite a bit of redoing things I've already done (i.e. going back and changing every instance where a Summon is mentioned), but I will work through this...

By the way, on an unrelated sidenote (sorry), if any of you are pondering whether to buy the new Nine Inch Nails album (With Teeth), I highly recommend it!

oh sry didnt see the latest ss, nah it's good like that

This looks pretty cool...

What progam did you use to make this??

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I'd love to know how you did that.

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Okay, it took me a while, but I finally figured out where my text was messed up. All you need to do is copy the contents of your RPGm2000/2003 "Fonts" directory to your Windows "Fonts" directory. Then restart the program. Everything should work just fine.

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This looks pretty cool...

What progam did you use to make this??

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Uhm... My very first post answers your question.

Oh sorry... *Reads first post*

hope i'm still getting in the credits for the script i got you. :P
u can use Dragonfire or my real name, PM for that if you're gonna do credits that way

Isn't there some easy trick you're supposed to use to fix the text bug? There's like, an extra RPG_RT.exe.dat file in the fonts folder or something.

... I think. I dunno, just Google it. :-/

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Isn't there some easy trick you're supposed to use to fix the text bug? There's like, an extra RPG_RT.exe.dat file in the fonts folder or something.

... I think. I dunno, just Google it. :-/

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Yeah, I just copied all of the contents of that folder to my Windows Fonts directory (including the RPG_RT.exe.dat file), and it worked fine.

It's something different than just putting the fonts into the directory. There's a file that RPG Maker references whenever it makes a new game. The default file will make the bugged out scrunchy text, but replacing it with the new one will make RPG Maker generate games with good text.

I think it's RPG_RT.exe.dat or somesuch. I'm not sure, I fixed the problem long ago.

Well whatever the issue is, the point is that the game's text is now good. So therefore we should quit pestering Mihalis and let him finish the game :)

And there shall be much rejoicing. (yea)

Well, I am happy to report that progress is rolling along nicely! I have now finished the maps for every town in the Bonus World (I just need to add sprites to several of the towns, and that won't take too long).

Here's what I have left to do:

*Pits of Malvicia (I don't know why I waited to do this one, I just did...)
*Undersea ruins of Balornia Castle (Home of a certain summon...)
*Sprites and dialogue for about 7 maps...

I think at this point, I can safely say that the game will be finished on schedule (by April 30)! I look forward to the testing phase, which should begin in no more than 10 days. If you have sent me an e-mail asking to test it, you will receive one of the first copies. As for the post-beta release (after any possible bugs have been fixed), I don't want to set a definite date yet. It all depends on how many bugs there are, and how much trouble they will be to fix. Thanks again for all the positive reinforcement and criticism. I appreciate your interest!

EDIT:
I am seeking advice on how to make the Summoners' quest. Here are the ideas of thought of so far--all of them involve travelling to the bottom of the Pits of Malvicia:
(1) Include a certain well-known summoner from another FF game, as a teacher of the ability.
(2) Battle Carbunkle (he will cast Reflect on himself, then bounce magic off himself to attack). Upon defeating him, you'll get the Summoner class as well as the "Carbunkle" summon.
(3) Include a "Master Summoner" who teaches the ability--not a well-known one from another game.

If you like one of these ideas, or if you have a better one, I'd appreciate your input!

I like the battling idea but considering this is designed with purists in mind, perhaps buying the spells would be the way to do it.

I always liked fighting for my summons but hey, this is your project.

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I like the battling idea but considering this is designed with purists in mind, perhaps buying the spells would be the way to do it.

I always liked fighting for my summons but hey, this is your project.

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Yes, I agree... buying the spells is the way to do it. However, summons weren't included in the original, either. I do want to make you fight for the summons (all except Ifrit, Shiva, and Ramuh will have to be earned rather than purchased).

As for the question I asked earlier, it pertained more to how one actually receives the class of Summoner, not the summons themselves.

I still like the battling idea. Gotta have some challenge in getting new classes.

Do you have to have a really up to date computer?
If so, I cant play it.

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Do you have to have a really up to date computer?
If so, I cant play it.

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I wouldn't worry about that too much. What kind of computer do you have? Is it at least a pentium? If so, you probably won't have too much trouble playing this. I'm actually going to test run it on my old 486 to make sure that it's playable. I expect this to run on most machines.

Heh, i have an old 386 as well as an old 286 here that would just need to be plugged in to get up and running. When I get one of those beta test copies I should be able to get some crude minimum requirement information assuming anyone will really care.

Its a 2300!

Okay, as far as minimum requirements are concerned, I like Bacon-Bits's idea of testing the beta on older machines. I think most people should have little or no difficulty playing this.

As for the summoner quest, I have come up with a solution which will involve several trials throughout the dungeon. These may include puzzles, battles, and floor mazes, among other things. The dungeon will probably include all of the things which I mentioned as possibilities in my earlier post. This game is almost done, folks! I'm excited about it...

Well in that case I'll start firing up my old machines in case there are any problems that I'll need to sort out with them. When the betas are released, you can expect crude system requirement estimates in the next day or two.

are you including the rm2k3 exe with the game files? I only ask this because alot of ppl who release rm2k/2k3 games usually dont

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You won't need RM2k3 to play this, as I'm including the runtime package...

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game is almost done, folks! I'm excited about it...

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As am I. But for the sake of sanity, PLEASE back-up the game onto CD. I can see a horrible thing of your HD like dying just before the release date.

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As am I. But for the sake of sanity, PLEASE back-up the game onto CD. I can see a horrible thing of your HD like dying just before the release date.

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WHOA... bad Karma!! Good thing I don't believe in that stuff... (knock on wood)... hehe ;)
I'm keeping backups of everything. I'm not concerned about losing my work.

Here's a quick update for today:

*FINISHED ALL THE MAPS!!
*Finished uploading all the sprites.

Left to do:
*Some event coding & dialogue. Almost done...
*Bug fixes

EDIT: I've run into a few bugs that need to be worked out. These are little bugs in the scripting for the Summon Magic shop (for the three summons that you can buy). I've also run into the problem that even when you are "Stone" condition you still seem to take damage from certain attacks. I'm working on this...

in regards to adding a new opponent to the pirate battle... Bikke the healer wouldnt help much, seeing as how the pirates die within one hit...

I LOVE that you're doing this!! but, i'd like to request a multiplayer mode... finish the game then have the opportunity to duel someone with the dreamteam you've made.

it wouldnt take that much connectivity, just a stable connection for an hour- lol.

a duel with another character could take hours- so maybe... NO ITEMS would be a good idea...

i'm sorry if any of this has already been addressed... there are 4 pages of this...

RPG maker doesn't have any network capabilities whatsoever. So that'd be pretty much out of the question.

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in regards to adding a new opponent to the pirate battle... Bikke the healer wouldnt help much, seeing as how the pirates die within one hit...

I LOVE that you're doing this!! but, i'd like to request a multiplayer mode... finish the game then have the opportunity to duel someone with the dreamteam you've made.

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Fun idea, but not very purist. But aside from that, would it even be possible with RPG maker? I doubt it. Although I am not familar with everything about the program.

edit: heh, comfirmed not possible as of just before i posted this.

it is a possibility. true that rm2k3 doesnt have network capability, but with the right networking programs and a few dev tools it's definitely possible.

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it is a possibility. true that rm2k3 doesnt have network capability, but with the right networking programs and a few dev tools it's definitely possible.

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Yes, it's entirely possible (and really, probably not that hard, all things considered) by hand-coding, but not through RM2k3, which is what the guy is doing.

Using SDL and some low level networking code, a C++ netplay battle of FF1 characters really wouldn't be hard at all with the sufficient knowledge of coding.

Request: Link to homepage for this remake be put in the creator's sig.

ive been sifting through this thread for an hour looking for a site.


I'd LOVE the chance to duel someone!! ESPECIALLY IF IT COULD BE ff5~
i have an unbeatable combo~ but... that Doesnt belong here.

request that QUICK/REDx2/METEO be present in this remake?

redx2 + quick = chain
redx2(meteo)1 (quick)2 + 2nd turn = redx2 meteo meteo + 3rd and final - meteo meteo

<3 the product of MUCH tinkering. i'm going to post it in the ff5 section of eyesonff...

and it doesnt belong here. but, can this spell combo be included in this new remake? and if it already is, MAKE SURE QUICK DOESNT WORK WITHIN QUICK~ unbreakable chains are SO cheap.

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Someones already done so with RPG toolkit 2. HA!

It's actually possible in RMXP. Someone has made an MMO by having one script run as the server and the other script the client. Along with some old RM2K tutorials on how to make a side-view system, you could be good to go. With RMXP, anything is possible if you know how to script goodly.

Okay, I am currently wrapping up this game. I'm just working on dialogue and bug fixes. I also wanted to answer some of your questions.

(1) Networking Capabilities: I had thought about doing this, but Final Fantasy I doesn't really lend itself to multiplayer mode, if you know what I mean... How would the multiplayer mode work? It seems like it would get very boring very quickly.

(2) Homepage: I have intentionally NOT created a homepage for this game remake, which is probably the only reason that I have not received a "cease and desist" letter from Square Enix. I'm trying to keep it pretty low-profile until it's 100% complete. Then, I don't care what happens to it--at that point if Square tells me to cease and desist, I can do so but the game will already be out. ;)

Although I have very little left to do with this game, I also have two huge presentations and papers to write for school this week, and so my time will be more than a little scarce! I will work on it as I have time. Thanks a bunch for your input, people!!
Much appreciated.

BTW, We never knew what kind of school you go to. I think your going to a university, because you put learning before fun :P. Hell, if I was paying to go to school, I'd be serious too.

mihalis, <3

i'm thinking some kind of after-game is over, match vs other players. your final 4 vs someone elses. it's not difficult to kill chaos- in the original i killed him in 4 rounds...

i'd love the opportunity to fight someone elses party.

i've beaten ff1 somewhere around 12 times, and gotten close many many more.

o, a useful resource is the RPGclassics site. i'll get a link...... they have ALL kinds of info and sounds and monster specs and things of the sort for ff1. if there's ANYTHING you still need, you might be able to find it on this site.
http://www.rpgclassics.com/shrines/nes/ff1/

okey, that's probably the BEST walkthrough, bestiary, character class/spellmap etc around.

they have many mid files for certain cities, and they might be higher quality than the ones you're putting into the remake.

also, Fantasy Reborn is a good site to look at..
http://www.fantasyreborn.com/main.html

they remake ff songs in actual instrumental, no synth. mostly piano, VERY high quality. a few from ff1 too. i'd like it a great deal if you could put some of these in as bonus tracks, if nothing else it will spread the word on FF reborn

I suppose we could have someone post their final stats(checking right before fighting Chaos), then after compiling fofty-something stats, you make a special version of FF1 where you could fight those people. No monsters, no leveling up, just pitting two people's teams againt each other. That'd be fun. If you don't want to do it, I'd do it.

like an expansion? that's tight! keep it seperate a bit. i can see that working...

Okay to answer the question about where I go to school (it's in my profile), I am a Senior Psychology major at Texas Tech University, and I am planning on attending law school. I'm taking the LSAT (the entrance exam) on June 6, and I'm planing on taking a year off before I start law school. During that year, I plan to work as a police officer.

About extensions to the game, multiplayer mode, etc..:
I think it's a great idea to put some sort of extension on the game in addition to what's already been done. I would love to do that, too--when I have time! First, I'm going to finish the game itself (also when I have time). After the game is complete, I might work in some sort of networking capabilities. Seeing as how I'm a newbie when it comes to networking, I'll probably enlist the help of my friend Max, who teaches computer science here at the university, and who will be hosting this game.

Right now, I have to work on a presentation which I have to give at 9:00 tomorrow morning (Language & Literacy Research--Ugh!!!)
Wish me luck, folks--I'll need it!

I am a man from Square Enix. Cease and Desist or this entire site shall be destroyed...

All your site are belong to us. Your site is on the way to destruction. You have no chance to survive make your time. Hahahaha.

Kidding. I don't have anything to do with Square. ^_^

If this is possible, could you allow the Player to choose their Characters Gender? Maybe you could have them programmed as Different Jobs, but actually they have the exact same stats, and the only Difference would be their name (Ex: Male Thief, Female Thief), and their Picture. ^_^ That would be pretty nice.

the problem with doin a duel between teams, would be that it's completely unbalanced without ATB (Active Time Battle) or else the first to go would win. attackers hit the other attackers and black wizard(s) use nuke to finish off the other team. your attacks and spells were set up to fight against the games monsters not other players. thats why you have 4 party members because no one character is stronger than chaos especcially because of hp/mp limitations. for example, if you could have upto 9999hp in DoS you would be able to destroy chaos with one character very easily and much earlier.

if he can find a way to make it really balanced, all he would have to do is make another version after he gets all those teams' stats and make a Heroes' Arena or something to that affect somewhere on the map.

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the problem with doin a duel between teams, would be that it's completely unbalanced without ATB (Active Time Battle) or else the first to go would win. attackers hit the other attackers and black wizard(s) use nuke to finish off the other team. your attacks and spells were set up to fight against the games monsters not other players. thats why you have 4 party members because no one character is stronger than chaos especcially because of hp/mp limitations. for example, if you could have upto 9999hp in DoS you would be able to destroy chaos with one character very easily and much earlier.

if he can find a way to make it really balanced, all he would have to do is make another version after he gets all those teams' stats and make a Heroes' Arena or something to that affect somewhere on the map.

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You are quite right. I remember playing Dragon Warrior Online (SilkWizard's game on BYOND), and that was always the case. In fact, Wizards were unbeatable if they were at full capacity and got first strike.

My first presentation went well, and while I haven't slept in two days, I'm going to work some on the game because I am anxious to finish it.
I still haven't thought of a way to fix the "Stone" bug, and it's somewhat serious (check my earlier post about it). In fact, It's beginning to look as though, given the limited selection of events available in battle, I will not be able to fix this bug! If anyone has a suggestion on this one, I'm all ears!
Worst case scenario, the bug will actually add a degree of difficulty to the game, as "Stone" characters would also be susceptible to death (meaning you'd have to bring them back from the dead and use a SOFT on them).

As for now, I'm just going to skip over this bug fix and crank out this game. I'm anxious to be done! Thanks for the input, people!

I'm sure that there's a tutorial somewhere on the internet about it. I'll search for it.

The game is now finished, and is entering the Alpha testing phase (I'm going to play it all the way through). The bug I mentioned concerning the "Stone" condition is still present in the remake, but will add a degree of difficulty to the game. I don't think it will affect gameplay that much. I've made it so that if you do get killed while you are petrified, the petrification will automatically be removed, and replaced with the "Slain" condition.

I can hardly wait to share this with you! Thanks for all your help, people.

You're welcome.

It's almost here now!!! :love:

Hurrah. Hopefully, it'll be awesomely awesome...er.

I have decided to do Alpha & Beta testing simultaneously. In other words, I have uploaded the game to my friend's server, and I have e-mailed the link to those who offered to help with testing. Meanwhile, I will test play the game in its entirety myself.

As soon as we get the bugs worked out, I'll post a link to the final release here. Thanks for the support! ;)


EDIT: I recall a quote from the first page of this thread, about a month and a half ago. It didn't seem very relevant at the time, but now it's more relevant than ever...

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Well, I never heard a word from Square-Enix. In fact, I think everything worked out rather well. :cool:

Despite what I said earlier, I cannot get any real system requirements on this program. I tried running it on my 486 system (running under DOS and Windows 3.1) and I got the error that "the program must be run under win32" So I dug through my old Windows 3.1 utilities and got my old Win32s program. After installing it I got various errors concerning DLL files and "DOS error: 21" (whatever that means) Either my Win32s is partially corrupt or windows 3.1 cannot run the program. I would guess that if you can run at least Windows 95 *coughsuckscough* you'll be able to run the game. No worries about 5 year old systems.

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Despite what I said earlier, I cannot get any real system requirements on this program. I tried running it on my 486 system (running under DOS and Windows 3.1) and I got the error that "the program must be run under win32" So I dug through my old Windows 3.1 utilities and got my old Win32s program. After installing it I got various errors concerning DLL files and "DOS error: 21" (whatever that means) Either my Win32s is partially corrupt or windows 3.1 cannot run the program. I would guess that if you can run at least Windows 95 *coughsuckscough* you'll be able to run the game. No worries about 5 year old systems.

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I would probably recommend Windows 98, Second Edition or better. By the way, what are your thoughts on the game so far? Does it live up to your expectations, and if not, where does it fall short?

EDIT: Okay, I will be waiting for bug-fix responses over the next couple of weeks. If I don't receive any info concerning bugs which need to be fixed, and I don't discover any myself, I will post the game on May 10, 2005 after my final exams are over.

EDIT (again): I just thought of a minor bug in the Bonus World that I need to fix, and the final version will contain this fix. I will e-mail the beta testers about this as well, so that they don't all report the same bug!

I just got the mail, so I'm downloading it on my crappy modem. Can't wait to try it. Sorry for the delayed response, though. I was busy when you posted this, I guess.

EDIT: Can you put up a version that doesn't have the install for RPG Maker 2003, for those of us who have...crappy modems?

Okay... here's the deal. I have run into a serious bug with the "Run" command. Basically, the game crashes whenever it is used, after another command has already been selected, then canceled.
I have two options to solve this problem. I could...

(1) Use the default "Escape" command in RPG Maker. However, this would mean that you would be able to run from enemies like Earths or Frost Giants, when you are not supposed to be.

or...
(2) Continue searching for a solution to this problem. The downside to this is that it might take a very long time.

I would like your opinions on this one, as I want to make sure that the final release meets your expectations! Thanks.

I know RPGMaker 2000 had an option to make enemies inescapable - doesn't RM2k3 have the same?

v1.6b fixed the "run" problem... I discovered a problem w/ the HEAL spells, and a few minor graphical bugs. These will be fixed in the next version. This is looking now like it WILL be released on time. ;) Sorry for the mixed messages...

Hey i just wanted to ask dyou know anywhere where you can download rpg maker 2003 for free i only have rpg maker 2000, o and do you know how to change the font on it (i only started using it a few days ago)

Just search for it on google or yahoo. It's easy enough to find. If I were you I'd go with RPG Maker XP since it's the newest and is even more customizable than 2k3.

Hey have you got any more pics? Those first few were great!!!!!

Just wait for the game to come out. Assuming it can comes out on time it'll be only a couple more days.

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Just wait for the game to come out. Assuming it can comes out on time it'll be only a couple more days.

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THE GAME IS NOW COMPLETE (or as complete as it will get)!!

You may now download it HERE!!

Please pass this around, and enjoy!


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Just wait for the game to come out. Assuming it can comes out on time it'll be only a couple more days.

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THE GAME IS NOW COMPLETE (or as complete as it will get)!!

You may now download it HERE!!

Please pass this around, and enjoy!


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What is needed to run this? I cant seem to get it to work.

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What is needed to run this? I cant seem to get it to work.

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Which version are you using? Did you get the one WITH the Runtimes, or without?

I suggest you download the 27 MB version with the runtimes. It should work then... if not, I need to figure out why...

Yeah I got the 27 one. What do I do after I save it? When I click it is it supposed to just open the game? Or am I supposed to have something to extract it or something like that? I know nothing about this. So I really dont know what to do.

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Yeah I got the 27 one. What do I do after I save it? When I click it is it supposed to just open the game? Or am I supposed to have something to extract it or something like that? I know nothing about this. So I really dont know what to do.

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Open the file with either Winzip or Winrar. You may have saved it with an iffy file extension (my download defaulted to something like .zip%20), so be sure to rename the file .zip if this is the case. If you can't do that then just open the file through Winzip anyway and it should still open.

AH... And here I thought you might be having compatability issues! Yikes. Okay.. this is rather simple: Just unzip the file using any kind of archiver like Winzip, PowerArchiver (my personal fave), or Pkunzip (an oldie)...

When it's unzipped, CAREFULLY read the instructions that come in the text file. You can't miss 'em. I know the installer is impossible to read, so I included a text file to walk you through the installation process. It shouldn't be too difficult.


NOTE: If you are having trouble accessing the server, wait a little bit. A friend of mine is hosting this for me, as opposed to a Web Space provider. Hence, the bandwidth is somewhat limited...

Im quite impressed by how much work you've put in on this. One minor issue: the font doesnt display properly on my computer so all the "t"s looks like "l"s. Anyway, the gameplay seems fine to me!

I have a 56k modem. It is taking SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO long to download
(time right now says 10 hrs :( DAMN) So it will take me a few days. If I go online again later will it continue to download?

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One minor issue: the font doesnt display properly on my computer so all the "t"s looks like "l"s.

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You don't have the proper fonts installed. To correct this, copy the contents of the "Fonts" directory in the game folder to your Windows/Fonts directory. Depending on what operating system you are using, you may or may not need to restart. I'm using XP, and it worked just fine on mine without having to restart, although I have heard from other people that this doesn't fix their problem. You just need "MS Gothic" and "MS Mincho" to be installed.
If you are still having difficulties with it after you have done this, I am not quite sure how to solve the problem. However, Microsoft would probably have the answer!

JaytodaP: As for your problem with the 56K download... well, it's a big game! I can't offer any quick solutions to make your download go faster. As for auto-resume, your browser may not support this feature automatically. However, if you use a download manager such as Go!Zilla, it will probably work.

NOTE: Believe me when I say I did what I could to keep the file size small! However, the game contains about 50 different tilesets, as well as sprites for every town, every character class (there are 15), every weapon, and so on... Needless to say, that's a lot of bitmaps, and that means a big file size... Sorry!! :(

By the way... As for taking DAYS to download, I just had to download disc 2 of ff9 (mine was scratched real bad)... That took over a week w/ bittorrent, and I'm on cable!