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The Modification wiki '''depends''' on volunteer contributors to add new information or tutorials. If you're interested in the Chrono series and have done some research, post on the forums or e-mail chronocompendium@gmail.com for access to edit the modification section, and we'll make sure that you can add your findings here. | The Modification wiki '''depends''' on volunteer contributors to add new information or tutorials. If you're interested in the Chrono series and have done some research, post on the forums or e-mail chronocompendium@gmail.com for access to edit the modification section, and we'll make sure that you can add your findings here. | ||
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+ | If you're looking for Steam mods, check the Moogles and Mods Discord, as well as the Chrono Trigger Steam and Chrono Cross: Radical Dreamers Edition Nexus websites. | ||
==Chrono Trigger== | ==Chrono Trigger== | ||
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===Alphabetical Topic List=== | ===Alphabetical Topic List=== | ||
+ | *[[Active Time Battle Code and Delay]] | ||
*[[Attack Types|Attack Types (Long or Close Range)]] | *[[Attack Types|Attack Types (Long or Close Range)]] | ||
*[[Attacks / Tech Scripts]] | *[[Attacks / Tech Scripts]] | ||
+ | *[[Battle Data Format]] | ||
+ | *[[Battle Debug Functions]] | ||
*[[Breakpoint Addresses]] | *[[Breakpoint Addresses]] | ||
*[[Character Animations|Character Animations Index List]] | *[[Character Animations|Character Animations Index List]] | ||
− | *[[Enemy AI]] | + | *[[Enemy AI]] |
*[[Enemy AI Listings]] | *[[Enemy AI Listings]] | ||
*[[Attacks|Enemy Attack Bytes]] | *[[Attacks|Enemy Attack Bytes]] | ||
+ | *[[Game Clock Notes]] | ||
*[[Memory Locations]] | *[[Memory Locations]] | ||
+ | *[[Menu Data]] | ||
+ | *[[Menu HDMA Colors]] | ||
*[[Music Notes]] | *[[Music Notes]] | ||
+ | *[http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/Overworld_Sprite_Packets.zip Overworld Sprite Packets] by Mauron | ||
+ | *[[Palette Animation]] | ||
*[[PSX ROM Notes]] | *[[PSX ROM Notes]] | ||
*[[SPC Commands]] | *[[SPC Commands]] | ||
− | *[http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/Offsets/ChronoTriggerUnheaderedSpriteInfo.xls Sprite Graphics Offsets] (external link) | + | *[http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/Offsets/ChronoTriggerUnheaderedSpriteInfo.xls Sprite Graphics Offsets] (external link. Note: There's a compressed packet at 0x05DA88 with the year icons. You should also change Window -> Strings -> Years to match for the minimap/save files.) |
*[[Storyline Points]] | *[[Storyline Points]] | ||
*[[Tech Data Notes]] (old) | *[[Tech Data Notes]] (old) | ||
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*[[Text List of NPCs]] Version 1.3 | *[[Text List of NPCs]] Version 1.3 | ||
*[[Text List of Enemies]] Version 1.2 | *[[Text List of Enemies]] Version 1.2 | ||
− | *[[Text List of Sound Effects]] Version 1.6 | + | *[[Text List of Sound Effects]] Version 1.6, Battle Sounds 1.23 |
*[[Text List of Treasure Chests]] Version 1.0 | *[[Text List of Treasure Chests]] Version 1.0 | ||
*[[Text List of Mode 7 Scenes]] Version 1.0 | *[[Text List of Mode 7 Scenes]] Version 1.0 | ||
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*[http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/CTSoundFX_wav.rar CT Sound Effect Pack (wav, 12.1 mb)] | *[http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/CTSoundFX_wav.rar CT Sound Effect Pack (wav, 12.1 mb)] | ||
− | Battle sound effects - this archive includes all the battle sound effect, such as Luminaire exploding or Lightning 2 firing off | + | Battle sound effects - this archive includes all the battle sound effect, such as Luminaire exploding or Lightning 2 firing off. |
*[http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/ctbattlefx.rar CT Battle Sound Effect Pack (spc, 91kb)] | *[http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/ctbattlefx.rar CT Battle Sound Effect Pack (spc, 91kb)] | ||
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====Temporal Flux==== | ====Temporal Flux==== | ||
− | Temporal Flux is a spectacular editor that can work with dialogue, locations, and overworlds, and in the future will be the vehicle for editing everything in the game. A plugin architecture lets editors add their own functionality to the program. Get the latest version and plugin architecture [http://geigercount.net/crypt here]. A backup for 3. | + | Newest version is 3.04 R1, a fork by Reld; grab it [http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/TF_3.04_R1.zip here]. |
+ | |||
+ | Temporal Flux is a spectacular editor that can work with dialogue, locations, and overworlds, and in the future will be the vehicle for editing everything in the game. A plugin architecture lets editors add their own functionality to the program. Get the latest version and plugin architecture [http://geigercount.net/crypt here]. A backup for 3.04 is available [http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/tf304.7z here] with a plugin architecture 1.00 backup [http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/tfpa100.7z here]. | ||
Before consulting Kajar Laboratories or tutorials, check out Chickenlump's Temporal Flux guide. Updated in 2007, it can get you on your feet in no time. Download it [http://chronofan.com/Black/Publications/Manual.chm here]. | Before consulting Kajar Laboratories or tutorials, check out Chickenlump's Temporal Flux guide. Updated in 2007, it can get you on your feet in no time. Download it [http://chronofan.com/Black/Publications/Manual.chm here]. | ||
− | Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is required for Temporal Flux to run. The .NET Framework can be obtained through Windows Update. After installation, return to Windows Update to download any available .NET patches. A downloadable version, Microsoft .NET Framework Version 3.0 Redistributable, is available on Microsoft's .NET download page. If possible, use Windows Update instead as it will take into account your Windows version and language. | + | Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is required for Temporal Flux to run. The .NET Framework can be obtained through Windows Update. After installation, return to Windows Update to download any available .NET patches. A downloadable version, Microsoft .NET Framework Version 3.0 Redistributable, is available on Microsoft's .NET download page. If possible, use Windows Update instead as it will take into account your Windows version and language. If you're still having issues, please note that not all the new .NET frameworks provide what the old ones did (in the same way). In Windows Features, check for .NET 3.0: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/install/dotnet-35-windows ''(thanks to Trig)'' |
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Dotnet-control-panel.png]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====TF Plugins===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Actor, Animation, and Static Checker====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | *[http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/aasc.7z Download] | ||
+ | |||
+ | This archive contains two Flux files. The release file is Actor, Animation, and Static Checker.Flux. It allows one to view each of these things without modifying events for every little change. Grab it here. | ||
+ | |||
+ | This is a technology demo of self-modifying code (SMC). Assignment commands are capable of pointing into their own memory space and changing values. But be warned before you start trying to use SMC that its a pain to maintain. Every time you add, remove, or change a command, you'll need to check every SMC assignment and change its address. This becomes particularly burdensome if you are using several of these assignments, such as in this Flux file. | ||
+ | |||
+ | To use this Flux, import it to its default slot, which will attach it to Location 067. To attach it to a different location, you'll need to modify the ChangeLocation commands. Provided that you change nothing other than this, the SMC assignments should still work fine. Talk to Gaspar for instructions. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The other Flux file included is a slightly older version that is not as complete, but also does not use ChangeLocation. NPCs are loaded in real time, though this does create some minor issues we have not yet solved. This demonstrates some of the research that was done to achieve the real time loads. Without setting the proper values in memory, Chrono Trigger will typically crash after just a few NPC loads. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Hi-Tech====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | *[http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/HiTechBeta33.zip Download] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''Note'': Please check [https://www.chronocompendium.com/Forums/index.php?topic=10245.0 this topic] in case a more up-to-date version has been released. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Hi-Tech, an addon for Temporal Flux, is an outstanding and fully functional tech, attack, and item Editor for use with a Chrono Trigger ROM. You are to provide your own ROM. With it, you can edit all of the tech animations and properties, along with targeting, thus being able to create your own techs and attacks from scratch. Consumable Item healing and status addition properties are handled by Itemizer, and not included in Hi-Tech. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ======Mauron's Tools====== | ||
+ | |||
+ | *[http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/MauronTools9-6-20.zip Download] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''Note'': Please check [https://www.chronocompendium.com/Forums/index.php?topic=12793.0 this topic] in case newer versions have been released. These versions are current as of May 6, 2018. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *[http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/WarriorWorkshopRC15.zip Warrior Workshop March 2023 Update] | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Attractive Battler: An attract battle mode (intro demo fights) editor. | ||
+ | * Fiendcrafter: An enemy stat and appearance editor. | ||
+ | * Inventory Manager: A shop editor. | ||
+ | * Itemizer: Item and equipment editor. | ||
+ | * NPCustom: NPC graphics data editor. | ||
+ | * Save Master: A plugin to control the data copied into save files. | ||
+ | * String Relabeler: A plugin that allows editing of some of Temporal Flux's global strings. | ||
+ | * Temporal Relocator: A save era editor for location maps. | ||
+ | * Warrior Workshop: A character stat editor. | ||
===Tutorials and Guides=== | ===Tutorials and Guides=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | You might also check out Zakyrus's [http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/CT_Hacking_Grab_Bag.zip CT hacking grab bag]. | ||
*[[Tutorials (Chrono Trigger)|Tutorials and Guides (including Temporal Flux)]] | *[[Tutorials (Chrono Trigger)|Tutorials and Guides (including Temporal Flux)]] | ||
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*[[Modifications (Chrono Trigger)|Completed Modifications and ROM Hacks]] | *[[Modifications (Chrono Trigger)|Completed Modifications and ROM Hacks]] | ||
*[[Chrono Trigger Translations|Translation Patches]] | *[[Chrono Trigger Translations|Translation Patches]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====Steam==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Chrono Trigger was released to bad reviews on Steam due to its ugly UI and other questionable changes from the SNES original. Several hackers came forward to release patches fixing the UI, restoring the original translation, and tweaking other aspects of the game to improve upon the experience. While Square Enix has since made some of these improvements to the base game, the patches can still add fresh, needed changes to the game. Check out the following website, which aggregates all Steam patches and utilities: | ||
+ | |||
+ | *[http://www.remurin.com/ChronoMods/ Remurin Chrono Mods] | ||
+ | |||
+ | Should the site go down, the Chrono Compendium backed up all items here: | ||
+ | |||
+ | *[http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/Steam.7z Steam Backup] | ||
+ | |||
+ | Some interesting findings are in this board about the Steam CT version: [https://trello.com/invite/b/BnoJAiFS/ca312bf3c0d04088733cde70637e4f11/chrono-trigger Link] | ||
+ | |||
+ | In short: | ||
+ | |||
+ | * there is no ROM; it's built on the mobile port | ||
+ | * SOME editing is possible with Temporal Flux, but only with some hex editing (tested only with maps) | ||
+ | * there's a lot extra data in the PC version that Temporal Flux cannot read | ||
+ | |||
+ | Thanks to themadpatter for these findings. | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Guides to Editing===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | *[[Change Steam CT Music]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | =====Other Tools and Patches===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | There are a couple tools available: | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''CT Defilter''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | By [http://rivernyxx.com/ River Nyxx]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *[http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/CT_Defilter_v2563122a.zip Direct Link] | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''CT Explore''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | By [http://rivernyxx.com/ River Nyxx]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *[http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/CT_Explore_v1.4.zip Direct Link] | ||
+ | |||
+ | As well as a graphical patch: | ||
+ | |||
+ | By [https://www.reddit.com/r/JRPG/comments/82dxxd/i_made_a_patch_that_fixes_most_graphic_issues/ reyqn] | ||
+ | |||
+ | *[http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/chrono_trigger_fix%20v1.0.zip Direct Link] | ||
===Chrono Trigger - Music Library=== | ===Chrono Trigger - Music Library=== | ||
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*[http://terminus.romhack.net/index.php?page=jv&projet=bsctml Terminus Traduction] | *[http://terminus.romhack.net/index.php?page=jv&projet=bsctml Terminus Traduction] | ||
**[http://chronofan.com/Black/Translations/CT%20Music%20Library%20English%20and%20French%20Translation.rar Compendium Backup] | **[http://chronofan.com/Black/Translations/CT%20Music%20Library%20English%20and%20French%20Translation.rar Compendium Backup] | ||
+ | |||
+ | yawnmoth has written a document on hacking the music library: | ||
+ | |||
+ | *[http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/ctml.txt Download] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Chrono Trigger DS=== | ||
+ | |||
+ | There's one hack at the moment: | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Mystic Edition''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | This hack replaces the terms fiends to Mystics and Fiendlord to Magus or Lord Magus as it was on the original SNES game, the rest is kept the same as the DS translation. Additionally, the author made minor graphic changes and palette modifications, the changes are as follows: | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Crono’s mugshot given back his smile. | ||
+ | *Recolored Heckran’s Cave and the Blackbird back to their blue colors. | ||
+ | *Dark Ages map post Lavos Beckons chapter was given more brightness. | ||
+ | *Ozzie, Frog, Marle were given small color changes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Download [http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/Chrono%20Trigger%20DS%20-%20Mystics%20Edition%20v1.1.zip here]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | There are a couple translations available: | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Spanish Translation''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | By the [http://chronospteam.tk ChronoSP] team. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *[http://chronofan.com/Black/Translations/CTDSes.zip Compendium Backup] | ||
+ | |||
+ | '''Simplified Chinese Translation''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | By BCD. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *[http://chronofan.com/Black/Translations/ChronoTriggerChinese.zip Compendium Backup] | ||
==Chrono Cross== | ==Chrono Cross== | ||
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|- | |- | ||
|N/A | |N/A | ||
− | |[[boot.dat]] | + | |[[boot.dat]] ([https://www.chronocompendium.com/wiki/index.php/Boot.dat other link]) |
|N/A | |N/A | ||
|- | |- | ||
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*Animations: [[anim|format]]; [[Chrono Cross Player Character Overworld Animation Files|PC overworld files]]; [[Chrono Cross Player Character Battle Animation Files List|PC battle files]]; [[Chrono Cross Enemy Battle Animation Files|enemy battle files]]; see also Models | *Animations: [[anim|format]]; [[Chrono Cross Player Character Overworld Animation Files|PC overworld files]]; [[Chrono Cross Player Character Battle Animation Files List|PC battle files]]; [[Chrono Cross Enemy Battle Animation Files|enemy battle files]]; see also Models | ||
− | *[[Battlescript]] | + | *[[Battlescript]] (if link doesn't work go [https://www.chronocompendium.com/wiki/index.php/Battlescript here] |
*CDs: [[About Cross CDs]], [[Sector|CD Sectors]] | *CDs: [[About Cross CDs]], [[Sector|CD Sectors]] | ||
*Combat: [[Chrono Cross Combat Backdrops|Backdrops]]; Menu; see also Battlescript, Elements and Techs, Enemies, Weapons | *Combat: [[Chrono Cross Combat Backdrops|Backdrops]]; Menu; see also Battlescript, Elements and Techs, Enemies, Weapons | ||
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*[[Chrono Cross Debug Mode|Debug mode]] | *[[Chrono Cross Debug Mode|Debug mode]] | ||
*Dialogue: [[Chrono Cross Dialogue Frames|Frames]]; [[Chrono Cross Dialogue Portraits|Portraits]]; see also Locations | *Dialogue: [[Chrono Cross Dialogue Frames|Frames]]; [[Chrono Cross Dialogue Portraits|Portraits]]; see also Locations | ||
+ | *[[Doppelgangers]] | ||
+ | *[[Drop Table Editing]] (0008) | ||
*Elements and Techs: [[Chrono Cross Shop Notes|Shops]]; files, formats ([[egfx]], [[eins]]) | *Elements and Techs: [[Chrono Cross Shop Notes|Shops]]; files, formats ([[egfx]], [[eins]]) | ||
+ | *[[Endings (Chrono Cross)|Endings]] (including conditions) | ||
*Enemies: Enemy Models ([[Chrono Cross Enemy Model File List|files]], [[mdl|format]]); [[Chrono Cross Enemy AI Notes|Enemy Actions]]; [[Chrono Cross Enemy Stats|Stats]] also see NPCs | *Enemies: Enemy Models ([[Chrono Cross Enemy Model File List|files]], [[mdl|format]]); [[Chrono Cross Enemy AI Notes|Enemy Actions]]; [[Chrono Cross Enemy Stats|Stats]] also see NPCs | ||
− | *[[Chrono Cross Fieldscript Notes|Fieldscript]] | + | *[[Chrono Cross Fieldscript Notes|Fieldscript]] (dump of all room events within yaz0r's decompiler archive inside [http://chronofan.com/Black/Other/utunnels_utils.zip this]) |
*Forging: [[Chrono Cross Forging Materials Notes|Materials]]; [[Chrono Cross Smith's Shop Notes|Smith's Shop]] | *Forging: [[Chrono Cross Forging Materials Notes|Materials]]; [[Chrono Cross Smith's Shop Notes|Smith's Shop]] | ||
+ | *[[Game Mechanics]], including element damage | ||
*[[Chrono Cross Gameshark Codes|Gameshark codes]] | *[[Chrono Cross Gameshark Codes|Gameshark codes]] | ||
*Items: Key Items ([[Chrono Cross Key Items Image List|images]], [[Chrono Cross Key Item Image Descriptions|descriptions]]); [[Chrono Cross Equippable Items|Equippable]]; see also Forging: Materials, Elements and Techs | *Items: Key Items ([[Chrono Cross Key Items Image List|images]], [[Chrono Cross Key Item Image Descriptions|descriptions]]); [[Chrono Cross Equippable Items|Equippable]]; see also Forging: Materials, Elements and Techs | ||
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===Tutorials and Guides=== | ===Tutorials and Guides=== | ||
+ | *[[Access Bend of Time in Regular Game]] | ||
*[[Extracting Cutscenes]] | *[[Extracting Cutscenes]] | ||
+ | *[[How to Switch Dario with a PC]] | ||
+ | *[[Restore the Old Front in the Remaster]] | ||
*[[Ripping the CDs]] | *[[Ripping the CDs]] | ||
*[[Using Purple Cat Tools]] | *[[Using Purple Cat Tools]] | ||
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*[[Utilities (Radical Dreamers)]] | *[[Utilities (Radical Dreamers)]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===Translations=== | ||
*[[Patches (Radical Dreamers)|Translation Patches (Radical Dreamers)]] | *[[Patches (Radical Dreamers)|Translation Patches (Radical Dreamers)]] |
Latest revision as of 22:19, 7 December 2023
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The Modification wiki depends on volunteer contributors to add new information or tutorials. If you're interested in the Chrono series and have done some research, post on the forums or e-mail chronocompendium@gmail.com for access to edit the modification section, and we'll make sure that you can add your findings here.
If you're looking for Steam mods, check the Moogles and Mods Discord, as well as the Chrono Trigger Steam and Chrono Cross: Radical Dreamers Edition Nexus websites.
Contents
Chrono Trigger
Chrono Trigger (Japanese: クロノ・トリガー) is a 1995 SNES game and is considered to be one of the greatest games ever made, as well as one of the finest role-playing games of the 16-bit era. Owing to its success, Chrono Trigger has been investigated and hacked extensively. Temporal Flux enables whole-scale editing of scenarios, field maps, the script, and many other areas of the game, while many other utilities and translations round out the community's offerings. A leaked beta version, the Chrono Trigger Prerelease, has also garnered the attention of ROM hackers.
Numerical File List and Offsets
- Does not exist at this time on the encyclopedia. There are other attempts to organize the ROM (such as Geiger's CT offsets).
- 114B00-114BBF. Weapon palettes. 6 bytes each, 32 total. That should mean a limit of 3 colors per palette. And $00-1F is the valid range for the $0D6CEC,x index values.
- Datacrystal RAM Map
Geiger's Offsets
Geiger was the first to audit the ROM of Chrono Trigger, creating a huge offsets text file that mapped the ROM. The guide is formally hosted as at his homepage. A direct link exists below:
- Chrono Trigger Database (external link)
- Chrono Trigger Data Offsets Spreadsheet (external link, intended as a companion piece)
Old Version
Direct File Access
- Info (Read this first)
- Data Format
- Event Commands
- Event Command Long Notes
- Game Notes
- Memory Locations
- NA Offsets
- Offset Long Notes
- Overworld Commands
- Overworld Command Locations
Even Older Versions
Alphabetical Topic List
- Active Time Battle Code and Delay
- Attack Types (Long or Close Range)
- Attacks / Tech Scripts
- Battle Data Format
- Battle Debug Functions
- Breakpoint Addresses
- Character Animations Index List
- Enemy AI
- Enemy AI Listings
- Enemy Attack Bytes
- Game Clock Notes
- Memory Locations
- Menu Data
- Menu HDMA Colors
- Music Notes
- Overworld Sprite Packets by Mauron
- Palette Animation
- PSX ROM Notes
- SPC Commands
- Sprite Graphics Offsets (external link. Note: There's a compressed packet at 0x05DA88 with the year icons. You should also change Window -> Strings -> Years to match for the minimap/save files.)
- Storyline Points
- Tech Data Notes (old)
- Temporal Flux Event Encyclopedia
- Temporal Flux Event Tricks
- Temporal Flux FAQ
- Text List of Locations Version 1.0
- Text List of NPCs Version 1.3
- Text List of Enemies Version 1.2
- Text List of Sound Effects Version 1.6, Battle Sounds 1.23
- Text List of Treasure Chests Version 1.0
- Text List of Mode 7 Scenes Version 1.0
Miscellaneous Resources
Event sound effects - bundled as .spcs or .wavs (no looped effects). Instructions for conversion included in the readme.
Battle sound effects - this archive includes all the battle sound effect, such as Luminaire exploding or Lightning 2 firing off.
Instrument Sample Pack and SPC bank:
Utilities and Tools
Temporal Flux
Newest version is 3.04 R1, a fork by Reld; grab it here.
Temporal Flux is a spectacular editor that can work with dialogue, locations, and overworlds, and in the future will be the vehicle for editing everything in the game. A plugin architecture lets editors add their own functionality to the program. Get the latest version and plugin architecture here. A backup for 3.04 is available here with a plugin architecture 1.00 backup here.
Before consulting Kajar Laboratories or tutorials, check out Chickenlump's Temporal Flux guide. Updated in 2007, it can get you on your feet in no time. Download it here.
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 is required for Temporal Flux to run. The .NET Framework can be obtained through Windows Update. After installation, return to Windows Update to download any available .NET patches. A downloadable version, Microsoft .NET Framework Version 3.0 Redistributable, is available on Microsoft's .NET download page. If possible, use Windows Update instead as it will take into account your Windows version and language. If you're still having issues, please note that not all the new .NET frameworks provide what the old ones did (in the same way). In Windows Features, check for .NET 3.0: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/install/dotnet-35-windows (thanks to Trig)
TF Plugins
Actor, Animation, and Static Checker
This archive contains two Flux files. The release file is Actor, Animation, and Static Checker.Flux. It allows one to view each of these things without modifying events for every little change. Grab it here.
This is a technology demo of self-modifying code (SMC). Assignment commands are capable of pointing into their own memory space and changing values. But be warned before you start trying to use SMC that its a pain to maintain. Every time you add, remove, or change a command, you'll need to check every SMC assignment and change its address. This becomes particularly burdensome if you are using several of these assignments, such as in this Flux file.
To use this Flux, import it to its default slot, which will attach it to Location 067. To attach it to a different location, you'll need to modify the ChangeLocation commands. Provided that you change nothing other than this, the SMC assignments should still work fine. Talk to Gaspar for instructions.
The other Flux file included is a slightly older version that is not as complete, but also does not use ChangeLocation. NPCs are loaded in real time, though this does create some minor issues we have not yet solved. This demonstrates some of the research that was done to achieve the real time loads. Without setting the proper values in memory, Chrono Trigger will typically crash after just a few NPC loads.
Hi-Tech
Note: Please check this topic in case a more up-to-date version has been released.
Hi-Tech, an addon for Temporal Flux, is an outstanding and fully functional tech, attack, and item Editor for use with a Chrono Trigger ROM. You are to provide your own ROM. With it, you can edit all of the tech animations and properties, along with targeting, thus being able to create your own techs and attacks from scratch. Consumable Item healing and status addition properties are handled by Itemizer, and not included in Hi-Tech.
Mauron's Tools
Note: Please check this topic in case newer versions have been released. These versions are current as of May 6, 2018.
- Attractive Battler: An attract battle mode (intro demo fights) editor.
- Fiendcrafter: An enemy stat and appearance editor.
- Inventory Manager: A shop editor.
- Itemizer: Item and equipment editor.
- NPCustom: NPC graphics data editor.
- Save Master: A plugin to control the data copied into save files.
- String Relabeler: A plugin that allows editing of some of Temporal Flux's global strings.
- Temporal Relocator: A save era editor for location maps.
- Warrior Workshop: A character stat editor.
Tutorials and Guides
You might also check out Zakyrus's CT hacking grab bag.
Translations and Hacks
Steam
Chrono Trigger was released to bad reviews on Steam due to its ugly UI and other questionable changes from the SNES original. Several hackers came forward to release patches fixing the UI, restoring the original translation, and tweaking other aspects of the game to improve upon the experience. While Square Enix has since made some of these improvements to the base game, the patches can still add fresh, needed changes to the game. Check out the following website, which aggregates all Steam patches and utilities:
Should the site go down, the Chrono Compendium backed up all items here:
Some interesting findings are in this board about the Steam CT version: Link
In short:
- there is no ROM; it's built on the mobile port
- SOME editing is possible with Temporal Flux, but only with some hex editing (tested only with maps)
- there's a lot extra data in the PC version that Temporal Flux cannot read
Thanks to themadpatter for these findings.
Guides to Editing
Other Tools and Patches
There are a couple tools available:
CT Defilter
By River Nyxx.
CT Explore
By River Nyxx.
As well as a graphical patch:
By reyqn
Chrono Trigger - Music Library
The library has been translated into English and French by Terminus Traduction (who also translated Chrono Cross and Radical Dreamers into French).
yawnmoth has written a document on hacking the music library:
Chrono Trigger DS
There's one hack at the moment:
Mystic Edition
This hack replaces the terms fiends to Mystics and Fiendlord to Magus or Lord Magus as it was on the original SNES game, the rest is kept the same as the DS translation. Additionally, the author made minor graphic changes and palette modifications, the changes are as follows:
- Crono’s mugshot given back his smile.
- Recolored Heckran’s Cave and the Blackbird back to their blue colors.
- Dark Ages map post Lavos Beckons chapter was given more brightness.
- Ozzie, Frog, Marle were given small color changes.
Download here.
There are a couple translations available:
Spanish Translation
By the ChronoSP team.
Simplified Chinese Translation
By BCD.
Chrono Cross
Chrono Cross (Japanese: クロノ・クロス) is the 2000 sequel to Chrono Trigger. Released for the original PlayStation, it has been extensively hacked, mainly since the late 00s. Event coding, model changing, and field map editing are among the frontiers of Chrono Cross modification.
Numerical File List and Offsets
Chrono Cross, released late in the PlayStation's life, was subject to clever data obfuscation by Square. Obfuscation in this sense—the art of hiding data—means at the simplest level that, if you put Chrono Cross in your hard drive, you can't browse directories and view individual assets, like character models and textures. Instead, the game disc is compiled as a unified whole with an index file at the beginning which the PlayStation / Chrono Cross read to find files and operate. In 2002, Terminus Traduction (specifically, Yazoo, Nemesis, and Manz) successfully audited Chrono Cross and wrote a set of utilities for extracting its data. The first tools (Chrono Cross Hacking Tools) were authored by Yazoo and dump the entire game's assets. The second set of tools (Chrono Cross Translation Tools) are heavily-modified versions of Yazoo's tools primarily coded by Nemesis and his team. They are specifically geared to dump assets (such as text, scripts, images with text, and video captions) needed for translation.
All Chrono Cross file dumpers to date assign each file a four-digit number according to its position in the toc (see boot.dat)—0000 is the first file listed in the toc, and so on. There is no single accepted convention for numbering the subfiles of compound filetypes, so I've used the briefest one, which I invented for Purple Cat Tools, where 0009.000 is the first subfile of file 0009, 3760.003.005 is the sixth subfile of the fourth subfile of file 3760, and so on.
File Number | Name/Content | Filetype |
N/A | boot.dat (other link) | N/A |
0000-0007 | executables | exe, text |
0008-0016 | Misc. | cpt, drp, atim, unknown |
0017-0024 | Main menu stuff | drp, tbt, unknown |
0025-0074 | PC menu strip portraits | tim |
0075-0125 | PC menu info packs | cpt |
0126-0189 | Key item menu images | tim |
0190 | Key item descriptions | tbt |
0191-0202 | Shop and misc menu stuff | tim, drp, unknown |
0203 | (partial duplicate of 0017) | drp |
0204-0307 | PC overworld models and textures | mdl, tim |
0308-0331 | PC disguise and boat overworld models | mdl, tim |
0332-1966 | Room data | script.cpt, drp, rgfx |
1967-1977 | Misc. | drp, cpt, tim, exe, unknown |
1978-1992 | Dialogue frames | tim |
1993-2084 | Dialogue portraits | tim |
2085-2272 | PC overworld animations | anim |
2273-2408 | Music | minst, mseq |
2409-2413 | unknown | |
2414-2415 | (duplicates of 2313, 2314) | minst, mseq |
2416 | Combat menu | drp |
2417-2517 | Battlefields | drp |
2518-2542 | Misc. stat and battle data | cpt, lzss, unknown |
2543-3054 | Battle scripts | bscr |
3055-3210 | PC battle models and weapons | cpt, mdl, weap |
3211-3690 | Enemy battle models and weapons | cpt, mdl, weap |
3691-3707 | Enemy weapon models | mesh |
3708-3759 | PC small strip portraits | tim |
3760-3811 | PC battle animations | drp |
3812-3971 | Enemy battle animations | drp |
3972-5597 | Elements | eins, drp, egfx |
5598- | Videos | video |
- Special Note: The information in this wiki was compiled by the coolest purple cat this side of the timestream. Technical discoveries brought to you by the Chrono modding community.
File Types
anim | Model animations. |
atim | The ~TIM-like texture used for battle models. |
bscr | Battlefield script |
cpt | A file consisting of several other files mashed together |
drp | A file consisting of several other files mashed together |
egfx | Element graphics(?) pack. |
eins | Element instructions(?) pack. |
exe | PSX executable code. |
Fieldscript File | Fieldscript |
lzss | Compressed file. |
mdl | A 3D model. |
mesh | Generic mesh |
minst | Music instrument sample. |
mseq | Music sequence. |
rgfx | A room graphics pack (.cpt). Contains background images and NPC model textures. |
script.cpt | Room dialogue script and misc. resources |
tbt | Text file with leading pointer table |
tim | Classic TIM texture. |
timinfo | Information on slicing, mirroring, etc. a texture. |
video | A movie file. |
weap | A weapons model/texture pack (cpt format). |
Files with unique content formats or files whose content is not understood are usually given the .out extension (some subfiles from drps have been assigned .tHH, where HH is a hex representation of a drp type byte, instead.)
For the old, deprecated file structure page, see Chrono Cross File Structure.
Alphabetized Topic List
- Animations: format; PC overworld files; PC battle files; enemy battle files; see also Models
- Battlescript (if link doesn't work go here
- CDs: About Cross CDs, CD Sectors
- Combat: Backdrops; Menu; see also Battlescript, Elements and Techs, Enemies, Weapons
- Demo version
- Debug mode
- Dialogue: Frames; Portraits; see also Locations
- Doppelgangers
- Drop Table Editing (0008)
- Elements and Techs: Shops; files, formats (egfx, eins)
- Endings (including conditions)
- Enemies: Enemy Models (files, format); Enemy Actions; Stats also see NPCs
- Fieldscript (dump of all room events within yaz0r's decompiler archive inside this)
- Forging: Materials; Smith's Shop
- Game Mechanics, including element damage
- Gameshark codes
- Items: Key Items (images, descriptions); Equippable; see also Forging: Materials, Elements and Techs
- Locations: files and general information, formats (rgfx, script.cpt); see also Walkmesh, Fieldscript
- Menus: Main menu; PC Status; PC Portrait; New Game; see also Items
- Models: format; PC Field Files; PC Field Disguise Files; PC Combat Files; Enemy Combat Files
- Monsters: See Enemies
- Music: files, formats (minst, mseq)
- NPCs: see Locations, Models, Enemies
- PCs: Portraits (menu, dialogue, small menu); Stats, initial (dream, normal); Menu info; see also Models.
- Program: files, format
- Relative Alphabet
- Shops: Trading Post, see also Forging, Elements and Techs
- Videos: files, format
- Walkmesh
- Weapons: PC weapon packs; Enemy Weapons (models, packs); model format; pack format
Tutorials and Guides
- Access Bend of Time in Regular Game
- Extracting Cutscenes
- How to Switch Dario with a PC
- Restore the Old Front in the Remaster
- Ripping the CDs
- Using Purple Cat Tools
- Using the Terminus Toolset
Miscellaneous Resources
- Chrono Cross Sample Pack thanks to JCE3000GT
Utilities and Tools
Translations and Hacks
Radical Dreamers
Radical Dreamers (Japanese: Radical Dreamers –盗めない宝石–, "The Unstolen Jewel") is a 1996 side story or gaiden to Chrono Trigger. A text adventure, it has not received the same amount of attention as the other games in the series for obvious reasons. The main focus of ROM hackers has been to enable translation of this work, which was never made available outside Japan.
Numerical File List and Offsets
Does not exist at this time.
Alphabetical Topic List
Miscellaneous Resources
- Radical Dreamers Instrument Samples thanks to JCE3000GT
Utilities and Tools
Translations
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