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Posted on 01-31-05 03:26 PM, in Troubles with Final Fantasy 3 Link
It must be some stupid nerd thing to assume that when someone is talking about FF3 they mean FF3j. Most normal people when referring to the american SNES version would call it FF3, after the title it was given when it was released.

Oh well, you can't win them all.
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Posted on 01-31-05 06:15 PM, in Duck tales 2 Link
Originally posted by Coby
Hmm, looks like Sapros is pretty buggy, even when I restore a ROM it curropts the old area again when I try to curropt other areas, can anyone recommend any curropter?


Yeah, the restore ROM function doesn't reload the ROM in the memory of Sapros. A stupid logic bug. That's been fixed now.
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Posted on 02-01-05 01:30 PM, in Need a few linux utilities. Link
Yeah, your best bet is to run things through WINE. If your computer isn't very good though, things might be a bit slow.
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Posted on 02-01-05 02:00 PM, in Troubles with Final Fantasy 3 Link
Originally posted by Lenophis
A little too much? Can you tell I'm tired of this confusion? Eh?


It's not confusion though. It's fact. Final Fantasy 6 was released in America as Final Fantasy 3. Therefore, it is acceptable to refer to it as that name. How you find that unacceptable is beyond me.

Personally, I think I'll stick with the whole US numbering system. Mainly because it seems to annoy purists like yourself.

Chibi Gatomon: My advice is to try downloading a new version of the game. There seems to be two different versions of the american release (Final Fantasy III (U) (V1.0) [!] + Final Fantasy III (U) (V1.1) [!] are the GoodSNES names), so work out which ROM you have, and download the other one.
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Posted on 02-02-05 01:14 AM, in Troubles with Final Fantasy 3 Link
Originally posted by Vystrix Nexoth
If you want to be spiteful, I have no objections because I don't depend on your level of maturity. Personally, if someone says "FF3", I usually assume they mean FF3, as opposed to not FF3 (e.g. FF6). If I'm right, then good on them for using the correct number; if I'm wrong, then it's their fault for not using the correct number, in which case I'll either educate them if they didn't know, or reprimand them if they did.


It's not being spiteful if you refer to the game under the official name given to it on release. It doesn't matter if it was incorrect, or not in sequence with the japanese versions, it is name of the american version regardless of whether you or some random people try to pretend otherwise. Nintendo have the game listed as Final Fantasy 3, and that is good enough for me.

If that means that I'm immature in your eyes, so be it.
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Posted on 02-03-05 03:49 PM, in Troubles with Final Fantasy 3 Link
Originally posted by Lenophis

Number 1: We don't base our logic soley on the words of Nintendo.
Number 2: It's Squaresoft's game, not Nintendo's. Squaresoft since re-released it as the proper number (like it should've been in the first place.) As was FF4. So there are two american versions, one correct, one incorrect and out of date. So if you want to continue to base your logic on something that is 10 years old...go ahead.


As much as you would like to, you cannot retroactively rename a game. Even Squaresoft or Nintendo couldn't do it. I don't even see Squaresoft coming out with a statement saying that the american SNES Final Fantasy 3 game should be referred to as Final Fantasy 6. If they did, they would get ridiculed.

People should be free to call the game either Final Fantasy 3, or Final Fantasy 6, they shouldn't be chastised if they choose to call it by its actual release title. Or vice versa.
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Posted on 02-03-05 03:58 PM, in Chrono Cross Script & Utils (Skill in C desired) Link
You need to download it through ROMhacking.com's website to get the file. Ztnet don't allow direct linking to their files.
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Posted on 02-03-05 07:53 PM, in new editor, bring change of pants Link
The GUI design is not that bad at all. It's clear, and you are instantly able to figure out what does what. Complaining over the fact that it doesn't support 800x600 resolutions very well really is just nit-picking. Unfortunately, it's a sad fact of life that people find it easier to criticise than to praise.

Just one piece of advice, before you start picking someone's program to shreds on a messageboard, think how you would like it if someone decided to rip apart something that you had put time and energy into. Then again, it does seem to be some kind of status symbol to do indulge in that kind of activity.

Personally, I hope JCE reconsiders never releasing anything publically again, as the community does need people who release tools, editors, etc. There are very few people releasing tools nowadays, and losing yet another editor author is a blow to the community.
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Posted on 02-03-05 08:18 PM, in HTML Link
Originally posted by knuck
Originally posted by Narf
That's why I make a lot of money as a webdesigner/scripter, and you don't.
Uh, what do you know about my life? That's right.
But hey, have fun with your <br /> and such.


Because he is a web designer, he knows that you are not because of your ignorance of why the XHTML standards are a good thing.

On the topic of filesize though, it's been my experience though, that converting a site to XHTML can actually decrease the filesize of pages. I think I've seen a few articles where semi-complex sites like this one, once the site has been rewritten to the conform to the new standards, the filesize has actually went down.
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Posted on 02-03-05 09:43 PM, in new editor, bring change of pants Link
Originally posted by jman2050
I don't find BS in my statements...

Let's see, I download your program, I use it, I admire it's functionality, but found that it took up far too much space on my screen. I don't like programs that don't offer enough content to justify huge spaces on my screen. heck, my MIRC window only takes up 1/6th of my screen. Anyway, I come on here, comment on how your GUI sucks (because it does), offer suggestions on how to fix said GUI (all of which are very simple), then praise you for the amount of work you put into the functionality.

Then I read your response, comment on our right to complain, justified or not (I think it's justified, as long as you make it clear you're talking ONLY about the GUI, not the entire progam), then say you made yourself look like a moron for writing such a condescending response. I don't find any BS in there. Perhaps a bit inane, but no one is perfect. Threatening to stop making programs and such because of a few people's criticisms just SCREAMS childish, sorry to say. And your comment about making it ourselves? If I were interested in hacking Chrono Trigger, I might. If you are REALLY interested in seeing how I would do making a utility of that type on my own, I dare you to try me.

Dan: I implore criticism. I delight at the criticisms and tearing to shreds of others. That tells me what I need to do to mke it better. I never want to release something thinking that nothing should be done to make it better, even if it is the GUI (furthermore, making a good GUI may be trivial, bu it still important. That's "Writing Software 101" for goodness' sake.)

Geiger: Meh, the fact that it doesn't support 800x600 doesn't concern me. ANyone with that type of resolution needs a new video card, seriously. However, it is still too big, with a lot of space wasted. And never once did I say the program sucked (the closest I got was saying that it is inexcusable to release a program without even considering the GUI). In fact, I said twice already that the program was quite good. All this arguing got propogated by the fact that he didn't respond in a fashion befitting civilized human beings.

Perhaps we're all just expecting too much out of a bunch of amateur programmers...


You may enjoy criticism, but remember that not everybody does. Especially the overly harsh criticism displayed in this thread. Remember that ROM hacking is a hobby, nobody gets paid to create utilities or what not. 99% of ROM hacking tools are freeware. You can't expect utilities to brimming with super friendly GUIs with Clippy like things floating around asking whether you need any help, and wizards to make levels with one click. It's a case of be grateful with what there is, and if you don't like it, make your own.

For me, the CT Editor Companion has a decent enough user interface. It doesn't hinder you in anyway, and is simple enough for a beginner to understand. Sure, there may be some extra whitespace but that doesn't make the whole GUI suck ass. To say that the GUI sucks because of that is an extreme over-reaction.
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Posted on 02-03-05 11:02 PM, in Enterprise Cancelled!!!! Link
DS9 was easily the best Trek series. It had a lot more emphasis on character development than any of the Treks, and it wasn't fly around in a spaceship, encounter x/y/z phenomenon, use x/y/z/wesley to escape phenomenon, every episode.
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Posted on 02-04-05 05:05 PM, in Troubles with Final Fantasy 3 Link
Originally posted by Colleen
I think the phrase "majority rules" comes into play here. 99% of gamers on the Internet know better than to call FF6 by it's incorrect (in terms of the series) name.

If you were to go onto a message board and say "I was playing Final Fantasy III today" the vast majority of users would take that statement to believe that you were playing the NES version. And they'd be right to do so.


Just because the majority of people think something to be true doesn't mean that it is true.

Originally posted by Lenophis
Originally posted by dan
As much as you would like to, you cannot retroactively rename a game. Even Squaresoft or Nintendo couldn't do it.

Only problem is, Nintendo did do it. Not Nintendo's game, but they still have final say on all titles released on their systems. Why do you think it was renamed to fool the general public in the first place? They didn't want to put up with the translations of FF2, 3, or 5, so that's why they did what they did.


They didn't rename the game retroactively. They renamed it at the time of release of the SNES version of Final Fantasy 3.

I think this argument could go on to the end of time really. So, I'll be the one to bow out. (Mostly because neither side is budging an inch, and repeating the same arguments over and over get tiring)
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Posted on 02-05-05 04:33 PM, in new editor, bring change of pants Link
Originally posted by DahrkDaiz
And I garuntee you, we've done more good for the "emulation community/rom hacking community" than this little data editor of yours, so don't think yourself so high and mighty for releasing your editor. You obviously wanted recognition for your work, a bit more than what you're getting.



JCE has released many utilities in the past. In my mind, he has done "more good" for the rom hacking community than the vast majority of members on this forum, including yourself. But I dunno, maybe I'm being weird in valuing people who work on and release editors.

From recent posts on this forum, people need to chill out at utilities authors. Ranting and raving at them won't do anyone any good at all. (Hell, it may even make things worse) However that said, I can see the motive behind all this bashing of utilities. To make them better. Maybe more tact is called for in the future?
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Posted on 02-05-05 04:35 PM, in Editeur Link
I use Syn. It has a few quirks, but they can be remedied usually, and it's free.
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Posted on 02-05-05 08:08 PM, in Bio Crash Link
When I view all the bios in the memberlist, IE freezes, but actually does come to life when you leave it for a while. Personally, I think it's knuck's bio. The quicktime movie thing in his is what causes the freeze on my computer. (I know this, because it freezes, and after the freeze knuck's quicktime thing starts playing, so its the quicktime plugin taking forever to load)
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Posted on 02-05-05 08:23 PM, in Bio Crash Link
Meh, I presumed it to be a Quicktime thing as Firefox told me it needed the Quicktime plugin to play it. Sounds on webpages suck.

It may just be the fact that there are so many different images from different webservers that it bogs down IE. Using a different browser would probably be the only solution in that case. There are more browsers out there than Firefox and IE.

Edit-

*dan reads Jizuko's post.

Meh.


(edited by dan on 02-05-05 04:25 PM)
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Posted on 02-06-05 03:40 PM, in new editor, bring change of pants Link
The source seems to be distributed with the program.
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Posted on 02-06-05 03:50 PM, in EB0 Hack, a decent one has to exist... Link
I don't know if anyone ever found this data before, but a while back, I found some of the enemy statistics data.

Here's some of the data for the snake. The rest of the enemies data are roughly in the same area as the snakes data.

Snake Text 7AC
Start of Snake Data 2C5B0
Snake HP 2C5B3
Snake Picture 2C5B4
Snake Offense 2C5B7 (2 bytes)
Snake Defense 2C5B9
Snake EXP 2C5CA
Snake Attacks 2C5C0 (8 bytes ?)
Snake CHR bank to load ? 2C5CF
Snake Check Text 71953
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Posted on 02-06-05 06:31 PM, in RSS Feeds Link
Just one question about these, what client should I use to actually read them? I've tried Firefox with the Sage extension, Thunderbird, and RSSOwl. None of them could read the feeds. Thunderbird and RSSOwl could understand the General Chat's RSS feeds, but none of the other forums (or threads) actually worked, all bringing up parsing errors.

So what client should I use?
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Posted on 02-06-05 06:37 PM, in new editor, bring change of pants Link
Strange, I redownloaded it, and it seems to be an entirely different RAR. The executable seems to be the same.

I don't want to upload it, as it's not my source to give away.
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