OpenVIII - an open-source Final Fantasy VIII engine implementation

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Ok... either I did it wrong (again), or Maki broke something earlier today?  Got this error just after attempting a fresh run to test out your null->0 changes:
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1>------ Build started: Project: FF8, Configuration: Debug x64 ------1>  C:/Users/Simplisafe/Source/Repos/MaKiPL/OpenVIII/FF8/Content/Shadow.png1>C:/Users/Simplisafe/Source/Repos/MaKiPL/OpenVIII/FF8/Content/Shadow.png : error : Importer 'TextureImporter' had unexpected failure!1>  System.DllNotFoundException: Unable to load DLL 'FreeImage': The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)1>     at FreeImageAPI.FreeImage.GetFileType(String filename, Int32 size)1>     at FreeImageAPI.FreeImage.LoadEx(String filename, FREE_IMAGE_LOAD_FLAGS flags, FREE_IMAGE_FORMAT& format)1>     at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.TextureImporter.Import(String filename, ContentImporterContext context)1>     at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.ContentImporter`1.Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.IContentImporter.Import(String filename, ContentImporterContext context)1>     at MonoGame.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Builder.PipelineManager.ProcessContent(PipelineBuildEvent pipelineEvent)1>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\MonoGame\v3.0\MonoGame.Content.Builder.targets(84,5): error MSB3073: The command ""C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\MonoGame\v3.0\Tools\MGCB.exe" /quiet /platform:DesktopGL /@:"C:\Users\Simplisafe\Source\Repos\MaKiPL\OpenVIII\FF8\Content\Content.mgcb" /outputDir:"bin\DesktopGL\Content" /intermediateDir:"obj\DesktopGL\Content"" exited with code 1.========== Build: 0 succeeded or up-to-date, 1 failed, 0 skipped ==========
 
Looks like if i'm reading this correctly the FreeImage.dll is in a c++ redistributable pack. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784  http://community.monogame.net/t/monogame-noob-unable-to-load-freeimage/6255

Monogame probably used it for windows and uses something else on linux. It's because maki is loading a png for putting a shadow under characters. If you installed a texture pack for high res menu graphics it would probably had the same error.

Might need to add this to the readme if it works for you.

Though it does seem linux is broken :P I fixed the linux bug on my fork, but in the middle of building a ingame menus so no need to commit right now :)
 
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Adding the 2013 re-dist got me through the build fail and into the debug menu.  Just got a note that Maki committed a bunch of stuff, so I'll refresh my local repo. Question I should have asked earlier... is there a slack/IRC/discus/whatever so I don't keep spamming the thread?  I'll work on a new Windows (and maybe OpenSuSE since I also use that at home) "Getting started" late tonight or sometime tomorrow so other folks hopefully won't have as steep a curve to get started.
 
There is a room on the discord. You could also comment on an issue on github. I made one related to getting  the CD version working after you posted.

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The smooth high fps animations look really good, looking forward to seeing more in the future
 
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because they are damn morons, trust me , there isn't any other reason, but aside of this , can you share your program with us ? with this program we could also modify the spawn conditions and locations of the monsters, in that way we can fight even the bosses like they are normal monsters
 
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O-VIII is nowhere near ready for that.  Right now, it's not much more than a way to view the world map, battle scenes, and menus.  Long ways off before it's something people can actually play the game with, or create mods for.
 
O-VIII is nowhere near ready for that.  Right now, it's not much more than a way to view the world map, battle scenes, and menus.  Long ways off before it's something people can actually play the game with, or create mods for.
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ok, so it is still a prototype, i hope it will be solved as soon as possible
 
good things come to those who wait, it is an exciting project
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yes, like i said i hope it is released soon, final fantasy 9 already have that mod to change the location and so the spawn condition of the monsters , this chapter really waited too much for this , with the possibiltiy to change the location of the bosses we can finally avoid to create thousand saves in order to be able to fight again and again a specific monster like we have to do now
 
What exactly you want to do, Rick? Change world map encounters, change field encounters, change monster to fight, change how many monsters you fight?
 
What exactly you want to do, Rick? Change world map encounters, change field encounters, change monster to fight, change how many monsters you fight?
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i will explain for good now: like what you can do with hadesworkshop (a general editor for final fantasy 9 created by trilititi), i want to put all the bosses and the other kind of "one time only-fight" monsters in a piece of the worldmap , for example , i would place all the bosses in the island closest to hell , so with that modification , you will meet only the bosses in that island, and you will encounter them again and again like they are normal monsters
 
You could d/l the source code and poke around maybe the answer you seek is in there somewhere. But *shrugs*. Maki's been working on this a long time and I started working on it like 6 months ago. And it's a long process :P Who knows how much longer things will take.
 
You could d/l the source code and poke around maybe the answer you seek is in there somewhere. But *shrugs*. Maki's been working on this a long time and I started working on it like 6 months ago. And it's a long process :P Who knows how much longer things will take.
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i see, but the fact that there is already the possibility to inject the program in to the game is already a great step foward, what else is remaining to do ?
 
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It's not injection. This is a whole new engine. And there is a chart on the GitHub page. But alot is not done. I've been working on menus for a while.

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It's not injection. This is a whole new engine. And there is a chart on the GitHub page. But alot is not done. I've been working on menus for a while.

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yes i noticed that list of elements contained in the various archivies and the percentage of discoveries about them
 
yes i noticed that list of elements contained in the various archivies and the percentage of discoveries about them
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That's.. not what it means
Anyway, to answer your question- various battle formations are called 'encounters'. There are about 1500 encounters. That means that there are 1500 data entries where you set battle ground (background), where you set active enemies you fight, additional stuff. Now everything uses that ~1500 entries. No matter if you are on worldmap and get into battle or you are on field and get into battle or you run into script battle- it always plays a battle with given index to the 'encounter' data.
The encounters data- the core battle information is in file "scene.out" file in battle.fs

You have to grab archive unpacking tool- if it's remaster, then you would need zzzTool + Deling for unpacking battle.fs- then you would need to use a tool called "Ifrit". If you have steam or PC version from 2000/2013 then skip the 'zzz' part.

zzztool: https://www.ff7catalog.com/threads/13459/
deling: https://www.ff7catalog.com/threads/8732/
ifrit: https://www.ff7catalog.com/threads/5797/

that is for editing the core encounter. If you want to edit which exactly encounter index is played at given worldmap segment, then use Rinoa's toolset: https://www.ff7catalog.com/threads/11771/
from there unpack wmset.obj, edit the encounters on worldmap, repack, and then again put into battle.fs and zzz if remaster
 
That's.. not what it means
Anyway, to answer your question- various battle formations are called 'encounters'. There are about 1500 encounters. That means that there are 1500 data entries where you set battle ground (background), where you set active enemies you fight, additional stuff. Now everything uses that ~1500 entries. No matter if you are on worldmap and get into battle or you are on field and get into battle or you run into script battle- it always plays a battle with given index to the 'encounter' data.
The encounters data- the core battle information is in file "scene.out" file in battle.fs

You have to grab archive unpacking tool- if it's remaster, then you would need zzzTool + Deling for unpacking battle.fs- then you would need to use a tool called "Ifrit". If you have steam or PC version from 2000/2013 then skip the 'zzz' part.

zzztool: https://www.ff7catalog.com/threads/13459/
deling: https://www.ff7catalog.com/threads/8732/
ifrit: https://www.ff7catalog.com/threads/5797/

that is for editing the core encounter. If you want to edit which exactly encounter index is played at given worldmap segment, then use Rinoa's toolset: https://www.ff7catalog.com/threads/11771/
from there unpack wmset.obj, edit the encounters on worldmap, repack, and then again put into battle.fs and zzz if remaster
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i think rinoa's toolset is what i may need, but are you sure that with this i can for example , put omega weapon in the island closest to hell and so encounter it while i walk there? in any case now i will try this procedure , thanks
 
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