Officially going to get started on my improvement hack

Ok I had an idea, and it sort of worked...

Thanks to IPSWin I was able to find the addresses modified by the Not Scary Enough Patch:

Offset: Bytes:
0000D874 21 --> At this address, 21 bytes of info were modified.
0001032D 4 --> 4 bytes modified
0001FF9C 2 --> 2 bytes modified
000215D0 3 --> 3 bytes modified
000224E8 4 --> 4 bytes modified
00022640 3 --> 3 bytes modified
00025F94 3 --> 3 bytes modified
0002A8CE 104 --> 104 bytes modified
001099FE 13--> 13 bytes modified
00109A0C 5 --> 5 bytes modified
00109A12 11 --> 11 bytes modified
00109A1E 39 --> 39 bytes modified
00109A46 1 --> 1 byte modified
00109A48 1 --> 1 byte modified
00109A4A 3 --> 3 bytes modified
00109A4E 1 --> 1 byte modified
00109A50 1 --> 1 byte modified
00109A52 1 --> 1 byte modified
00109A54 1 --> 1 byte modified
00109A56 3 --> 3 bytes modified
00109A5A 1 --> 1 byte modified
00109A5C 1 --> 1 byte modified
00109A5E 7 --> 7 bytes modified
00109A66 1 --> 1 byte modified
00109A68 1 --> 1 byte modified
00109A6A 3 --> 3 bytes modified
00109A6E 6 --> 6 bytes modified
0010D14A 51 --> 51 bytes modified
0010D17E 7 --> 7 bytes modified
0011F6F4 24 --> 24 bytes modified
0011F70D 16 --> 16 bytes modified
0011FA2C 2 --> 2 bytes modified

I'm thinking that because of darkmage's patch, some data is rearranged. There is some strange data at address 0000D874 in darkmage's patch, and some other bits are changed as well.....

I tried working the fixes myself and I got that (a) You never get to see the party's sprites in battle and (b) At the end of the battle the "FLARE!!!" spell is cast by a random -invisible- party member, and freezes the game (Somehow it's pointing at the floating continent event).

So....brain is burnt for now

damn O_o

good find though all the same

I'll have another look at this when I have the spare time (may not be anytime soon)

I saw you're collaborating with darkmage in the improvement patch, maybe if you give him the data he might be willing to help you fix the patch in some way??

I'll be sure 2 do that man

It's so eff&@^#*@#&#@ troublesome to work with the improvement patch from dark mage, mainly because most of the data is shuffled around and mixed up, and there's no telling what will happen when applying previous fixes of the game to this patch.

I've tried three times now use Lenophis's fix on the summon command for the improvement patch, and I've even traced down the code that needs to be changed (again it's scattered all around), but still going in a battle freezes up the game and the game auto resets.

IPSWin 2.0 Log File

[ Offset: RLE: Bytes: ]

0x00025049 ³ No ³ 1 ³
0x000254C7 ³ No ³ 5 ³
0x000254D3 ³ No ³ 2 ³
0x000255CC ³ No ³ 4 ³
0x000255D7 ³ No ³ 2 ³
0x000266B7 ³ No ³ 48 ³
Number of patches: 6

But yah I'm done with the rant, Poco I hope your mom is able to recover soon so you can have her with you in your home.

yea man I know its ridiculous

and thanks a lot Angelo I really appreciate it man