8th Playable Character Possible?! (Updating!)

[Mauron]

That was my understanding as well, since this is currently still to buggy to be applied to a hack.

[Fauntleroy]

That was my understanding as well, since this is currently still to buggy to be applied to a hack.

This is correct. My ambition for the future would be to have her as an 8th character, and there are already some ingredients in the hack that presume this (weapon slots set aside for her, 8th character equip-ability set for all equipment, tec.) but the means to do it just isn't there yet.

[Fauntleroy]

Lmao, you're him? We owe you a debt for Crimson Echoes. You really kept the spirit of the place alive in the dark times before Agent 12 came along. Losing you and GrayLensman was quite a blow in that era.

Wow, ZeaLitY! I'm actually quite touched that you remember me!

This has been a fun project. Finally got to do a few things I've been wanting to do since way back then.

[Mauron]

If anyone wants to help, the events need to be modified to load 8thy with the other PCs.

The LoadPC(8thy/Epoch) command needs to be on an object after the other PCs are loaded. After the objects are reordered, all CallObjectFunction(object number), Remove Object, and Drawing Status (Index) commands need to be updated for the new order.

In the latest patch, I had done up to either location 0x10 or 0x20. Anything with valid events needs to be updated.

[IHBP]

That’s something I can help with, but that will only help the base patch and be of no use in established hacks

[Mauron]

I know. A lot of the remaining fixes are more technical, but this will save time and effort for the new hacks that use this.

[IHBP]

Ok no problem, though if you could confirm exactly where you left off in the locations it would help.

Edit: in my hack Ive not been able to make any changes to the end of time without first sacrificing the same number of lines as it seems to be completely full, will this impact that hack?

[Mauron]

I've done up to Location 0x20, Zenan Bridge. Medina Elder's House needs to be started next.

We were discussing having to split the End of Time at one point. I don't remember why, but it might be size limits.

[IHBP]

Its way down the list so I guess we’ll worry about it later.

[Mauron]

Yeah, I'll have a chance to check on things more later.

[IHBP]

Wait a minute, why do things have to be reshuffled? When I added Magus to the Blackbird I simply added him to the end of the scripts and gave him the appropriate arbitraries wouldn’t it be the same principle here? Simply add pc 8 to each script?

[Mauron]

Having 8thy at the end resulted in the character lagging behind in the caterpillar system. It might not happen on every map, but it was quite noticeable on some. Millennial Fair was terrible before it was fixed.

[IHBP]

Ah ok, after Magus it is.

[justin3009]

End of Time had to be split, yeah, due to size constraints. I remember having a bunch of issues with that when I was first putting 8thy in or even just trying to add in the 'DS' bucket event. The entire scene was too large so it had to be split into two, unfortunately.

I swear there was another map that needed it too, but I can't remember. Might just be EOT overall. It's been years since I've looked at what I had so I can't say for sure.

[IHBP]

So was it successfully split or does it still need to be done?