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Twilight Phoenix
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« on: March 17, 2007, 08:23:57 pm »

Hi,

I'm planning to work on hacking in Final Fantasy VI Advance. However I have a problem with few things.

1) When searching for the font.... I can't find any single font. I been going through Tile Layer Pro and I can't find the specific font to edit. I found some Super Nintendo fonts in the ROM. But, I can't find the GBA font.

So I assume that it might be compressed or something.

What program(s) that will help me find the graphic font in the ROM?

I'm trying to edit the fonts in the game. I couldn't find it.
« Last Edit: March 17, 2007, 08:49:43 pm by Twilight Phoenix »
Ryusui
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« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2007, 08:42:34 pm »

You'll find the font with Tile Layer Pro. Not the text.
Dragonsbrethren
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« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2007, 08:48:23 pm »

FF6 Advance stores almost everything in the same way the original FF6 does, except for the text, that uses the same random character style FF4 and FF5 Advance used. I made two table files for the game, one for the large dialog font, the other for the small menu font:

http://dragonsbrethren.elazulspad.net/files/ff6adialog.tbl
http://dragonsbrethren.elazulspad.net/files/ff6amenu.tbl
Twilight Phoenix
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« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2007, 08:55:49 pm »

Thanks Dragonsbrethren!

But how do I edit the fonts? They are not showing up in the Tile Layer Pro.
« Last Edit: March 17, 2007, 09:01:18 pm by Twilight Phoenix »
Dragonsbrethren
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« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2007, 09:03:17 pm »

I don't have the offsets for the fonts anymore, I had no interest in editing them, you can view them using VB format in any tile editor that supports it, but trust me, they won't look like any font you've seen before:

(That's from FF4 Advance, but FF6's are stored the same way)

There are two sets of weapon names, one uses the dialog font table, the other uses the menu table. I didn't see the character names but chances are they're stored using the menu table.
Twilight Phoenix
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« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2007, 09:21:55 pm »

Oh dang forget the font part.... I just checked and they mostly like wont be edited.  Cheesy

But thanks for everything. I got everything I need such as the editing with tbl file.

Edit: Uh. How do I make a longer name? like Hawkeye to Tomahawk but I'm afraid if I go overflow the dots.

thanks.
« Last Edit: March 17, 2007, 11:33:12 pm by Twilight Phoenix »
Ryusui
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« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2007, 02:18:29 pm »

Pointers. We've got plenty of docs here on those; do some research.
Piotyr
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« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2007, 02:29:28 pm »

Its always nice to have the pros here to answer questions when ya get stumped tho eh? Not me tho, if ya ask me you get "I LIEK VIDEO GAMES LETS PLAY PNOG!" Or something... Dunno no ones ever asked me... With good reason!
Ryusui
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« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2007, 02:38:49 pm »

Give a man a flame, and he'll be warm for an evening. Set a man aflame, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

...Wait...
Viewer
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« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2007, 02:41:05 pm »

Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Slap a man with a fish, and you've got a comedy routine.
Piotyr
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« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2007, 06:30:28 pm »

Note that its always nice to give a man a fish when the fishings bad after ya teach um. Or give him one to keep him going on the learning process. If someone is truely willing to learn but must turn to the help of his peers on a subject is it really that bad to help him? As long as hes putting effort in there.
Viewer
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« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2007, 08:45:16 pm »

The trouble is, you've got all these people coming up to you, crying "catch me a fish, catch me a fish!" And while the site is all about fishing, these people don't seem to understand all that's involved--while you can usually take the same old boat and rod out every time, sometime you got to craft an entirely new boat, and cut out and string your own rod, in order to get the fish you want. And then you have to learn how to read the waters to know where the fish lie, and they always end up lying deeper than people think, so you got to just get out there in the middle of the lake, set your rod, and wait. And wait. And wait. And wait.

And wait.
Pepper
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« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2007, 11:27:28 pm »

Quote from: Ryusui on March 18, 2007, 02:38:49 pm
Give a man a flame, and he'll be warm for an evening. Set a man aflame, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

...Wait...

 Cheesy  That was pretty funny. I need to develop some witty humor  Smiley .
Ryusui
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« Reply #13 on: March 19, 2007, 11:36:57 pm »

It's not really mine, but I did paraphrase it slightly.
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