I am working on a FFI PC Remake...

[Xalioniaf]

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.

[mihalis]

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.

[Xalioniaf]

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.

[Wayward]

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

[Xalioniaf]

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.

[Wayward]

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

[mihalis]

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!

[KentaRawr!]

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.

[Dragonfire]

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.

[mihalis]

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.

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!

[Xalioniaf]

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

[mihalis]

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.

[KentaRawr!]

You're welcome.

[Venom65437]

It's almost here now!!!

[Xalioniaf]

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