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(05-31-2020, 10:58 AM)Lockirby2 Wrote: Alright, I made it to the end!

From what I can tell, the spell Aurora is the only percentage-based attack that the party can use (other than BumRush, which is fair) that doesn't deal poison-based damage.  Not only that, but it attacks all enemies and pretty much heals the caster to full HP too, making it even more broken than Onyx.  I'm not sure if it's a bug and you intended it to either be Poison-element or if it was supposed to have a different effect (I'm willing to look in the ME since I'm finished the game, so I see that the Blow Fish effect is set on this attack, but this appears to do nothing).
It doesn't do percentage damage (or rather it wasn't supposed to), it just does 1000 HP damage to all enemies (the blowfish effect, or at least that's what it was supposed to do).  I wanted pearl-type attacks to do damage based on the caster's HP but I was struggling with Aurora.  Perhaps it should work like Efflux, but only on the enemies (caster's HP in damage divided by number of targets).  I could try making it a revenge-style attack, but players would cast it at full health and assume it was useless.
Alternatively I could drop the redirection from it so that it's strictly an attack spell.  But... if I do that it would almost certainly be better to cast Pearl instead of Aurora in all instances.
That might work, though... if it keeps the redirect it would work like a personal white wind.  Using it below half health would have quickly diminishing returns, making other healing spells (like Drain) a better choice in those instances.  ...Yeah, I like the sound of that.  I think I'll make that change next time I open the editor.

"Hound" is a free step-mine.  You need to walk the dog to make it better.  The longer you play, the more powerful that command becomes.  Clyde's magic is admittedly bad because he starts with status magic and he's slow on learning Aero spells.  Aero does have the advantage of being mostly undefended from enemy resistance, but Clyde's magic stat is lower than the other natural casters so it's possible that's making him mediocre.  I'm not sure what I should do to make him more effective as a caster... I could increase his magic power or decrease the learn level for his spells, but changes like that would necessitate players starting a new save (particularly the former, which is bad after a hack has been released).
I suppose I could make Hound more powerful by decreasing the divisor that the Step Mine effect applies to the step counter.  If I recall correctly, the spell's power level is inversely proportional to the damage the ability inflicts.  I think Hound is currently set to the same ratio as his dog-block counter; I'll look into increasing the damage so that it is more significant relative to his automatic responses.

With regards to the sea horse, I debated shrinking it and decided instead to use it as a 'dragon' sprite.  The mythical hippocampus is roughly that size, so I thought it would be an okay sprite to leave.  Perhaps if I change the name "Latimera" to "Hippocampus" it'll make that intent clear... it was a fluke that serpent's trench was completely vanilla as sprites go and I understand why that would be jarring to the player.

I'll agree with you on Malboro; I ran into a scrambling graphic issue that forced me to shrink ALL enemies into the 64x64 moulds, and some of the shrinks were more frantic than others.  Malboro was among them, as were the cranes.  The Triad also got caught up in this problem; originally they were going to remain 'romance painting' styled, but the graphic scramble forced me to scale them down to their field sprites.
The culprit?  You guessed it, the status monster.  There's a reason it's named "Fight", before I reduced the rage menu Gau could use it as a rage, and it wasn't like I could avoid putting it in formations.  When it didn't start with "Clear" status, it would make an ugly smear on the screen before vanishing.  When it did start with "Clear", Gau would be able to get a free Vanish anytime he wanted.  To fix the smear, I had to make sure there was a mould slot set aside for it in EVERY formation, which meant switching most formations to mould set 4.  When it was still causing problems in fights like Chardanook, I decided to limit the rage list so I could set it to be 'clear' at the start of a battle, but by then the monsters had all been shrunk already.  Oh well!


I appreciate your constructive review.  Admittedly I wasn't trying to be definitive with this hack; I knew the general impression would be that the graphics were silly and my audience would be resistant to them.  I did try to make the story more coherent and I suppose it reveals my writing weaknesses (though I don't think Gau writing letters is silly, because he's trying to culture himself and Mobliz was right next to the Veldt).  You also picked up on spots where I struggled with the sprites: I had tiling issues with Relm and I had to revise Gau's WoR sprites several times because I learned his growth spurt would conflict with battle animations pre-programmed for the Veldt.  By the time I had Gau to a point where he was bearable, he kinda had an "oversized jacket and tiny arms" thing going on.  I was eager to put the hack behind me, so I decided it was good enough.


I'm not sure how anybody would go about adding more challenge to the hack, but I know that I'm not going to be the one to do it.  Increasing difficulty in a JRPG means either constricting leveling opportunities or tailoring battle scripts to specific puzzle scenarios.  Since most of the monsters in ReCast don't even have scripts (and just run off their colosseum code), it's out of my league to build a puzzle battle experience.
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ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 04-30-2019, 06:58 PM
RE: ReCast - by madsiur - 05-01-2019, 11:16 AM
RE: ReCast - by C-Dude - 07-10-2019, 08:40 PM
RE: ReCast - by C-Dude - 09-02-2019, 07:20 PM
RE: ReCast - by C-Dude - 10-04-2019, 02:33 AM
RE: ReCast - by C-Dude - 10-15-2019, 06:24 PM
RE: ReCast - by C-Dude - 10-25-2019, 11:08 PM
RE: ReCast - by C-Dude - 11-04-2019, 01:00 AM
RE: ReCast - by C-Dude - 11-22-2019, 12:06 AM
RE: ReCast - by C-Dude - 12-09-2019, 09:29 PM
RE: ReCast - by C-Dude - 01-04-2020, 12:02 AM
RE: ReCast - by C-Dude - 01-24-2020, 11:02 PM
RE: ReCast - by Endarire - 05-05-2020, 11:19 PM
RE: ReCast - by C-Dude - 05-06-2020, 11:00 AM
RE: ReCast - by C-Dude - 05-10-2020, 08:13 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-17-2020, 03:34 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by SSJ Rick - 05-19-2020, 07:46 AM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 05-22-2020, 08:05 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-22-2020, 08:44 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Cecil188 - 05-22-2020, 08:46 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-22-2020, 09:09 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 05-23-2020, 11:28 AM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-23-2020, 01:39 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 05-23-2020, 03:39 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-23-2020, 07:07 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 05-24-2020, 10:26 AM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Alby4t5 - 05-24-2020, 11:57 AM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 05-24-2020, 12:28 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-24-2020, 12:58 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Alby4t5 - 05-24-2020, 01:14 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 05-24-2020, 01:14 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-24-2020, 01:43 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 05-24-2020, 08:11 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-24-2020, 08:25 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 05-24-2020, 09:08 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-24-2020, 09:45 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Gi Nattak - 05-24-2020, 09:59 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-24-2020, 10:25 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Gi Nattak - 05-24-2020, 10:49 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Fathlo23 - 05-25-2020, 12:24 AM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-25-2020, 01:58 AM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 05-25-2020, 11:09 AM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Alby4t5 - 05-25-2020, 03:18 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-25-2020, 03:39 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 05-25-2020, 08:55 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-25-2020, 09:20 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 05-26-2020, 07:47 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-26-2020, 08:37 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 05-26-2020, 10:02 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-26-2020, 10:23 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 05-27-2020, 04:22 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-27-2020, 05:59 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 05-28-2020, 04:38 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Alby4t5 - 05-28-2020, 06:52 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-28-2020, 07:26 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 05-28-2020, 08:47 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-28-2020, 08:59 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 05-29-2020, 09:01 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-29-2020, 09:10 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 05-31-2020, 10:58 AM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-31-2020, 12:12 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 05-31-2020, 09:19 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 05-31-2020, 11:17 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 06-10-2020, 08:41 AM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 06-11-2020, 02:09 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 06-20-2020, 11:18 AM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Gi Nattak - 06-20-2020, 11:54 AM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 06-20-2020, 01:10 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 06-20-2020, 03:44 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 06-21-2020, 05:20 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 06-21-2020, 06:19 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 06-21-2020, 06:46 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 06-21-2020, 06:51 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Danaster - 06-23-2020, 11:32 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 06-24-2020, 01:50 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Danaster - 06-25-2020, 09:47 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Setzer - 06-24-2020, 09:45 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 06-24-2020, 11:37 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 06-25-2020, 10:13 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 07-04-2020, 09:14 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 07-04-2020, 10:43 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 07-05-2020, 09:48 AM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 07-05-2020, 07:03 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Lockirby2 - 07-06-2020, 08:03 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 07-07-2020, 02:15 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 08-31-2020, 02:01 AM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 10-18-2020, 08:08 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 01-31-2021, 10:01 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by madsiur - 02-01-2021, 07:48 AM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by casualtom - 02-01-2021, 08:51 AM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 02-01-2021, 12:08 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 02-23-2021, 02:37 AM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by madsiur - 02-23-2021, 12:56 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by Gi Nattak - 02-23-2021, 02:18 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 02-23-2021, 08:36 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 09-02-2021, 10:02 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 12-10-2021, 02:57 AM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 12-16-2021, 04:20 AM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 12-02-2022, 07:16 PM
RE: ReCast FF3: War of the Magitek - by C-Dude - 12-18-2022, 07:55 PM

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