[FF7PC] Ultima Espio Aeris patch

[The Seer of Shadows]

I think from now, I'm going to be keeping more things secret.

Probably a good idea.  Then run and hide when you release your mod, in case the storyline Nazis don't like it

 

[Tenko Kuugen]

There is always SOMEONE or some group that doesnt like something

Good that you can do it yourself ( thats always easier than going over a proxy worker )
I dont think im gonna run in danger of reaching the end of disk 1 before you release this. I am still at the point of when they drop sector 7.

 

[ultima espio]

May be a while, I'm on the search for jobs

...I'm also getting bombarded with PM's...

 

[Tenko Kuugen]

May be a while, I'm on the search for jobs

...I'm also getting bombarded with PM's...

If they're PM's with suggestions on text or story changes, just ignore them. If you read them all, the project will never be finished because its impossible to satisfy everyone.
Job search is a bitch. thank god I am independent

 

[ultima espio]

Mostly yeah, and model requests.

*sigh*

 

[Tenko Kuugen]

model requests? don't we have like, a lot of people working on models, namely TA?
I say, ignore them ( temporarily at least ) and finish with your project before you do something else.

 

[ultima espio]

Yeah, like "can i has models from [insert game name here] pls?"

It gets annoying after a while...

 

[Tenko Kuugen]

Do it like me, be a very spiteful person and just ignore people that ask for something without giving something first.

 

[ultima espio]

I just ignore them, or send a witty/harsh reply. I won't be giving any out

 

[Tenko Kuugen]

lets get back on topic then.
Have you made any progress since the last update? last we heard, you needed to do a new animation for her 'falling' or something at sephiroths final fight. And some text.

 

[ultima espio]

Yeah, I edited that post. I just did a little trick with her HRC file, so she can use Tifa's animation without having to recreate it for Aeris. That's the only place I'll use it though, it's not a very good/reliable way of doing it. The animation wasn't meant for Aeris' hair, so her ponytail floats about a bit. Not much, but its only one little part.

 

[Tenko Kuugen]

Its the very end of the game anyway, and you arent viewing it particularly long or often, so I say its quite far down on the "whats important" scale.

Can you tell me what files this patch will change / overwrite? Because I fear it'll conflict with at least one other patch ( namely, the retranslation )

 

[DLPB_]

Flevel.lgp
Kernel
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What does it alter in these 2 exactly?

 

[ultima espio]

Well, here's a list of the level files in flevel.lgp that I've edited. They are in order that I did them, rather than game order:

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I'm keeping the Kernel.bin one a secret, but it's only a little bit. That part can be easily edited into any Kernel. But the flevel ones will not be compatible with any other patch that edits the level files.

 

[DLPB_]

I am going to have to modify my installer I think to take into account all this

 

[ultima espio]

I can give you a hint about what I've done with the Kernel

A certain weapon is no longer useless...

I need to finish my extra side quest too, and make sure that it only happens once. It would be pointless doing it over and over again...

 

[Tenko Kuugen]

If you are talking about one of Aerith's weapons, namely, the Umbrella, the hardcore mod already changes that to be less useless.

 

[ultima espio]

But...who says it's the Umbrella? Perhaps it's something new...

 

[Tenko Kuugen]

I am not sure what weapons the hardcore mod touches, but I modified all weapons.
As such, I'm interested in what exactly you are doing to aerith's weapons. ( or one, as it stands. )
Leaving the details of the side quest aside, it'd be boring to know, I'm interested at which PLACE the quest takes place.  ( or if you dont wanna tell, 'when' ( CD2, CD3, CD1 ) )

 

[ultima espio]

It can happen any time after the underwater reactor. It takes place in *spoilers* The Sector 5 Church. You recieve the Princess Guard+, basically its the Umbrella edited with the Princess Guards data, with bigger stat improvements, with Ultima Weapon's materia slots. It also uses the Princess Guard's model.

From now I'll post things like that in White, so it can be ignored if you don't want to read it.