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Utilities / Tools

This is a list of utilities that can be used to edit various aspects of FF6 on SNES and GBA. Below is also a section of genral ROM hacking utilities.

If you are looking for FF3us game specific documents, they are here while text and tables are found here.

FF3us / FF6j Utilities

This is a list of utilities that can be used to edit various aspects of FF3us and FF6j.

Name Short Description Creator Download link
FF3usME Multi-Editor for FF6j, FF3us 1.0 and 1.1. Lord J Download
FF6Tools OS X Multi-Editor for FF6j, FF3us and FF6A. There is now an online version. Everything Download
FF6EEE Can edit and expand esper data. Drakkhen Download
FF6MDE Can edit chest data and animation strings in FF3us and FF6 Advance. Drakkhen Download
FF6 Shop Editor Can edit shop data in FF3us and FF6j. JCE3000GT Download
FF6 Name Editor Can edit strings in FF3us. JCE3000GT Download
FF6 ExpED Can expand and edit monster drops and stolen items and odds. Madsiur Download
Name Short Description Creator Download link
FF6LE Can edit world maps, regular maps as well as NPCs and event triggers. giangurgolo Download
FF6LE Rogue Can edit world maps, regular maps as well as NPCs and event triggers. Lord J Download
FF6LE Rogue CE FF6LE build that handle various expansions. Current version is 0.8.2 madsiur Download
Zone Doctor Successor of FF6LE with extra features. This editor will likely corrupt your ROM. giangurgolo Download
FF3 Map Editor Can edit regular and world maps. Somewhat limited compared to above editors. Sleepydude Download
FF6MMGEN Can generate WOB & WOR mini-maps like FF3Edit madsiur Download
Name Short Description Creator Download link
FF3SE Can edit monsters, portraits ans character sprites. Terii Senshi, SubtractionSoup Download
FF3SE-M Modified FF3SE version allowing monster GFX expansion. madsiur Download
FF3SpriteEd Can edit character sprites and NPCs. Has been later integrated in FF3usME Lord J Download
Peer Sprite Viewer Can compress / decompress FF6 and CT graphics. Geiger Download
Remonsterate Can import and randomize monster sprites. Github repository Abyssonym Download
BBG Palette Helper Utilities and Battle Background images to allow palette edits with Gimp. madsiur Download
Name Short Description Creator Download link
vgmtrans Convert SPC files to FF6 binary data. Github repository loveemu Download
nascentorder Music importer & randomizer. Github repository emberling Download
mfvitools Music importing & editing tool. Github repository emberling Download
BC Music Appropriation Guide Tutorial to “steal” songs from FF6 romhacks and import them in the BC randomizer emberling Download
MidiToMML Automate the RS3exTools2 process. Xenovant Download
RS3ExTools2 Convert a MML file to FF6 music data. ? Download
Tinymm Convert a midi file to MML file. ? Download
FF5ToFF6MSC2 Can export FF5 songs to FF6. ? Download
Name Short Description Creator Download link
Version Conversion Patches Various IPS patches to switch between FF6 SNES Japan, US, and Rev 1. CDude + Serity Download
SNES9X Savestate Editor SNES9X and ZSNES savestate editor. toffty Download
ZSNES Savestate Editor ZSNES savestate editor. The_Fake_God Download
Save File Editor Save file (.srm) editor. Gendou Software Download
FF3h Save file (.srm) editor. Lord J, Jumper Download
C2FF6D (de)compressor Can decompress/compress some data/code from the ROM. abw Download
Beyond Chaos 4.1.1 Randomizer for FF3us. Github repository Many Download
Beyond Chaos EX 4.0.3 Randomizer for FF3us. Github repository SubtractionSoup Download
Beyond Chaos Gaiden 6.1 Randomizer for FF3us and romhacks. Github repository Abyssonym Download
FFVI Worlds Collide Randomizer for FF3us. AtmaTek Link

FF6A / GBA Utilities

This is a list of utilities that can be used to edit various aspects of FF6A or GBA games.

These utilities can edit the data of the game, excluding graphical and maps specific utilities which are listed in their own categories.

Name Short Description Creator Download link
FF6AE 3.1.1 Multi-Editor for FF6A. A new WPF version coded from scratch is on the way. Madsiur Download
FF6MDE 1.72 Can edit chest data and animation strings in FF3us and FF6 Advance. Drakkhen Download
FF6A SRAM Editor Neat SRAM Editor. If you can make it work, write a guide. Kaleid Download
FF6 Save Importer 0.6 Bash shell scripts to migrate save files; includes checksum updaters. jvh147 Download
cb extractor 0.7 Text/codepage -map for the Steam version; includes Bash text extractor. jvh147 Download
Name Short Description Creator Download link
NLZ-GBA Advance 5.0 A program to edit regular and LZ77 compressed graphics. NintendoLord Download
Advance Palette Editor A program to edit regular and LZ77 compressed palettes. HackMew Download
Name Short Description Creator Download link
Sappy 2006 Mod 17.1 Can import / export songs and SFX. Read install.txt carefully Nagona Download
Name Short Description Creator Download link
no$gba The most complete GBA debugger1) Martin Korth Download
VBA-SDL-H VBA version that support hacking features such as breakpoints and tracing. Labmaster Download
VBA Tracer Tracing emulator based off of VisualBoy Advance 1.7.1. g8z and al Download

Steam version

Name Short Description Creator Download link
Atma Weapon 0.1.0 Mod installer Safle Download
FFVI Explorer 0.5d Packer / Unpacker Nyxo Download
ffvi flb 1.1.0 Can edit FLB files. Github repository Enfyve Download
ffvi flb 1.0 Unpack and repack FLB files. Github repository Maki Download
ffvi tile converter Map PNG converter. Github repository Maki Download

General Utilities

These are utilities not only good for FF6 but also for any kind of ROM hacking task.

Name Short Description Creator Download link
HxD Good general/all purpose hex editor. :?: Download
Windhex32 ROM hacking hex editor with table support. Bongo Download
Windhex Mobile Android version of the popular hex editor. Bongo Download
Crystatile2 ROM hacking hex editor with many features. :?: Download
Name Short Description Creator Download link
YY-CHR (C++) General tile editor. Has more feature than the .NET build. yy Download
YY-CHR (.NET) General tile editor. The .NET build is more recent than the C++ one. yy Download
SNESpal Palette editor for SNES ROMs. Yousei Download
Name Short Description Creator Download link
SNES9x 1.51 Debugger A complete GUI debugger. Current version is Mark-10-R2 Geiger Download
bass v.14 Command line SNES assembler. byuu Download
xkas 0.06 Command line SNES cross assembler. byuu Download
xkas+ 14.1 Fork of xkas that add syntax support and improve things. Revenant Download
Asar SNES assembler based on xkas. Alcaro Download
DUDE 65816 GUI disassembler. Drakkhen Download
bsnes-plus 0.73-3a Fork of bsnes-classic with new debugging features and improvements Revenant Download
Name Short Description Creator Download link
Patch-Text Utility to edit data and do hex editing. m06 Download
Beat Good BPS Patcher. Alcaro Download
Floating IPS BPS and IPS Patcher. Alcaro Download
XDeltaUI XDelta patching utility. KaioShin Download
Lunar IPS PS patches. FuSoYa’s Niche Download
IPS Patch Creator Python patcher. NPCnextdoor Download
Rompatcher.js IPS / UPS / APS / BPS patcher hosted on ff6hacking.com Marc Robledo RomPatcher.js
Patch Conflict Finder Find conflicts between two or more patches. Zephyr Download
Lunar Expand ROM expansion utility. Fusoya's Niche Download
SNEStuff All in one ROM expander, IPS and ASM patcher. spel werdz rite Download

Source Code

Name Version Type Language Author Download Link
FF6Tools 0.5 FF3us / FF6A Swift OS/X Everything Download
FF6Tools 20200215 many games Javascript Everything Download
FF6LE 20090114 FF3us C# giangurgolo Download
FF6LE 20100921 FF6j C# ? Download
FF6LE Rogue 20130525 FF3us C# Lord J Download
FF6LE CE 0.8.1 FF3us C# madsiur Download
Zone Doctor 3.18.4 FF3us C# giangurgolo Download
Zone Doctor CE 0.2.2 FF3us C# madsiur Download
FF3Edit 12/16/2000 FF3us 1.0 C++ Yousei Download
FF3SE 2.11 FF3us 1.0 C++ Terii Senshi Download
FF3SE 2.12 FF3us 1.0 C++ SubtractionSoup Download
FF3SE 2.13 FF3us 1.0 C++ SubtractionSoup Download
FF3h 5.0 FF3us SRAM C++ Lord J Download
Event Disassembler 1.0 FF3us C++ Yousei Download
Event Disassembler 2.0 FF3us C++ Lord J Download
mfvitools r5 FF3us Python emberling Download
nascentorder 20190104 FF3us Python emberling Download
SRM checksum Fix 1.0 FF4/5/6 SNES Python m06 Download
FF6 Extract 20060528 FF3us C++ Geiger Download
FF6ExpEd 0.2 FF3us C# madsiur Download
FF6AE (winform) 3.1.1 FF6A (U) C# madsiur Download
FF Analyzer 20030726 FF4/5/6 SFC C Ino Download
FF Analyzer+ 20080412 FF4/5/6 GBA-J C Ino Download
Beyond Chaos EX 3.1.8 FF3us Python SubtractionSoup Download
xkas 0.06 SNES C++ byuu Download
bass 20090114 SNES C++ byuu Download
brrtools 3.12 SNES C Bregalad Download
SnesBRR 20061213 SNES C++ DMV27 Download
SNES Tile Editor 1.0 SNES Java Digisalt Download
Tile Molestor 0.16 SNES/multi Java SnowBro Download
Tile LAyer Pro 1.1 SNES/multi C++ SnowBro Download
Nameless Sprite Editor 2.0 GBA C# Link12552 Download

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