Explosive graphics?!?

[Tenkarider]

Ok... shit happened.

I was using FF6SE to replace/add new graphics, i replaced what i didn't like until i could... then i did it: i added some new image in the moster block.
When i tested a certain battle, the game crashed as soon as the added sprites appeared
I thought it was a matter of moulds or battle events conflict, until i tested those sprites in a random battle: crashed again.

Then i realized that there are only 147 images for monsters, starting from 148 there are Ramuh and the other espers + some other sprite at the end of esper list.
If i add a new image to mosters list, then(according to the current position of the image list) the new image is inserted right after the current image, the following images of the list increment their number. The same happens for all the images used for esper list.

So i thought if you go over image 147 for monsters, the game crashes, but it's not exactly that:

- Replaced image 147 is fine;
- Added image 148 crush the game;
- Added image 149 crush the game;
- Added image 150 crush the game;
- Added image 151 is fine O_o ;
- Image 152 is now the current number of Wrexsoul's minions and is fine.

Espers are ok, so only those 3 images gives some trouble, but not all added ones.
I also tried to change moulds and palettes of the 3 images... nothing.


Could anyone have any kind of clue? what decides if added images are ok or not? or what restrictions there are on the image list?

[JWhiteLXXXIX]

maybe u could post some screen shots of the glitch?

[Tenkarider]

Replaced image 147: works fine


Added image 148: game crushes


Added image 149: an amazing sight of the desert... frozen.


Added image 150: game crushes with stripes.


Added image 151: It works for whatever reason...

[JWhiteLXXXIX]

these monsters u added what are they? original ones or ones uv made or ripped?

[Tenkarider]

I copied them, drawn the actual image on the ripped one, removed what wasn't necessary and then i added the result.

[Tenkarider]

Solved: i discovered something a bit nasty: you cannot leave empty more than 7 lines of bits of the sprite(starting from above), or the game for some reason will crash.
Actually you have to pay attention even to the other borders... especially the right border.

[madsiur]

Solved: i discovered something a bit nasty: you cannot leave empty more than 7 lines of bits of the sprite(starting from above), or the game for some reason will crash.

I think this is normal since every sprites start from the top left corner... What's the point of having empty space there?

[Tenkarider]

The point is... (spoiler)
Btw while that have sense, i also tested some border... i added a pixel above, but not in the first upper left 8x8 square... and it worked.
Then i removed pixels in order to leave empty the right 8 bit long column border and it crashed...(despite upper border was ok) so i believe that crashing depends on something else...

[JWhiteLXXXIX]

It does, i know this because of rotds(has stuff with more then 8 spaces), me and mike experienced crashes when (we believe) that too many pixels were used in the image itself.. maybe its that?

[Tenkarider]

No way: i believe i've created some of the most simple and essential tiny sprite of the story!