Event Hacking question

Here is the only list of event commands I know of, though some of them are inaccurate. The best way I've found to create your own events is to cross-reference the event dump with the raw hex of the game, consulting the event commands document when needed.

It'd be a bit difficult to help walk you through creating the event you're talking about without knowing exactly what you're going for, but it wouldn't be hard to pull off. It would probably be a good idea to consult this document as well (though I think the site is down right now) to see what event bits you'll need to set, and which may be free for your own use.

The second link is down, but thank you for the other. I'll look through it.

As far as the event, i'm looking to have the team show up at the opera house and meet setzer and umaro there and hire them in some fashion. So i'd have to remove Locke's plan to get to setzer dialogue; show setzer and umaro's sprites somwhere in the opera house; include a dialogue that for that conversation; at the end of the conversation both setzer and umaro are added to the party and then give the group access to the airship.

how complex is this? In your experience is there an easier way?