Topic: Demo 2 Problems

[gogo13]

Excited to play the game.  Encountered a problem, I'm guessing the fault is mine.

xdelta patches apparently care a lot about patching onto the exact file name of the original smc, but has this file name been pointed out?  My version 1.0 is called "Final Fantasy III (U) (V1.0)" and am having problems playing the ROM after the first try. 

Note that I applied regardless of a checksum failure while patching.

First play was going fine, I saved at the save point before Whelk, and did a savestate during the whelk fight.   When I quit and reopened to play, the game wouldn't start after the Pandora title screen turned black.  I loaded the savestate, and the graphics are all screwed up for the mech-suits, titles of spells/abilities, and spells.

I can't has Pandora?  Push a guy in the right direction, please.

[Lenophis]

Encountered a problem, I'm guessing the fault is mine.

Probably is.

xdelta patches apparently care a lot about patching onto the exact file name of the original smc, but has this file name been pointed out?

The name of the file is irrelevant as long as the contents of the file are what it expects. Quoth how to patch:

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How to patch:

Because of the patch format used, we will not add in a patch for a headered rom
quite yet. xdelta's format is rather picky about what it patches to, and the
team couldn't decide on a header to use as a base. So for the time being, just
one patch.

Open up the patch with an xdelta tool...
http://www.romhacking.net/utils/598/
http://www.romhacking.net/utils/704/
http://www.romhacking.net/utils/746/

...and patch it to an FF6 US rom v1.0 with no header, and you're good to go.

The headerless v1.0 rom has the following checksums:
MD5: e986575b98300f721ce27c180264d890
SHA1: 4f37e4274ac3b2ea1bedb08aa149d8fc5bb676e7
CRC32: a27f1c7a

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I wonder how many more people won't read the readme...

[gogo13]

I read it.

[gogo13]

Maybe this is the real answer?

From http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php/topic,12254.html
Kiyoshi Aman
Re: ROM Hacks: Pandora's Box sees the light of day once again
? Reply #2 on: Today at 03:47:15 PM ?
Before anyone asks what ROM to patch with: Use Final Fantasy III's original release, as identified by NSRT; this is the only one XDelta will accept for this hack.

[Lenophis]

Yes, it's quite possible. If xdelta says it can't patch, then you clearly have the wrong rom.

[Odbarc]

Mine won't patch either. Does that mean my 1.0 rom is headered and I don't know about it?
(I'm not sure if it is or isn't.)

googled Final Fantasy 3 1.0 unheadered and the patch worked.

[Lord Bob Bree]

Well, this counts as a problem I guess, and it's a rather small issue to make a topic for so...  In the inn room in Returner's Hideout, the location name at the top of the screen says "Opera House".  This might be known already, but just in case.

[Odbarc]

I hate missing all the time! On the other hand, having worth-while evade is really handy.
Saved just before Figaro castle and things seem to be pretty casual so far.

I'm loving the multi-slot steal options. Makes boss-item thefts more appealing to see if there's something better hiding in his pockets. I just hope for my sake that the success rates are a bit better than what I remember some times being playing the original on SNES. (Stealing 256 times in a row before getting a REMEDY, Wrexsoul. I hate you!!)

[Lord Bob Bree]

Another small bug:  Shadow, deciding he wants to imitate Setzer, comes equipped with a Bandanna despite not being able to actually equip it.

[Lenophis]

Mine won't patch either. Does that mean my 1.0 rom is headered and I don't know about it?
(I'm not sure if it is or isn't.)

You should learn about file sizes and the first 0x200 bytes of a SNES rom, then.

Another small bug:  Shadow, deciding he wants to imitate Setzer, comes equipped with a Bandanna despite not being able to actually equip it.

Wow, how did we miss that? And we went to so much trouble to make sure Setzer didn't have that error, too.

I just hope for my sake that the success rates are a bit better than what I remember some times being playing the original on SNES. (Stealing 256 times in a row before getting a REMEDY, Wrexsoul. I hate you!!)

Raise your agility, it'll help.

[Odbarc]

Indeed. I went ahead and bought two Sprint Shoes for Locke.
So far I haven't really been challenged, but grinding for gil doesn't hurt either. At the scenario parts.
The change in the Blitz's really made Vargas fight last longer. (He uses antidotes. That was fun!) Blitz misses?! I had to use pummel 3 times.
Relics having minor stat bonuses is quite nice too.

All the same, it's thrilling to push through the game with the changes I've noticed so far. Obvious differences in HP too. Shadow has like 100, Edgar had like 300.

[I.S.T.]

http://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php/topic,12254.msg178998.html#msg178998

This is a VERY bad bug.

[CurlyLover]

It seems that Cat's Bell doesn't work, or maybe it's a new formula that takes level or stamina into account... 

[Deathlike2]

Yea.. that's broken.

[CurlyLover]

Item menu doesn't automatically update after stealing.