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Solved Problems / SOLVED: Avatar Problems (Not changing)

« on: 2011-09-08 23:51:54 »

Hi, I'm really sorry I've failed to find a fix for this but I have been searching through the site for various mods for a day now and even searching specifically for this error, I couldn't fix this myself.

I've tried making my own avatars to go into the menu. I did a test one at first on chocobo and it worked fine so I made a set and thought it would all go smoothly from there. However the only avatars which are actually changing are young cloud and chocobo, the rest are the original avatars. I've deleted the cache folder (Square Soft, Inc\Final Fantasy VII\cache yeah?) as I saw others have been instructed for avatar problems but that hasn't updated them. I've double checked the menu_us.lgp as well to make sure the new avatars are indeed there.

I'm not sure why only two are working.

I'm using the menu overhaul M003 but that won't interfere I think, especially since two are working fine.

Again, I'm really sorry if this is something silly that I've missed!

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Archive / Replacing Cloud with Aerith?

« on: 2008-12-13 23:44:01 »

I would like to create a game where I can play as the three female characters from the beginning, and begin and remain at lvl 1 throughout the entire game.

My first attempt at creating a game like this involved me using Hojo to set all experience values gained from every monster and boss in the game to 0. I have this working fine. I then after reaching the first save point in the game, replaced Cloud and Barret with Yuffie, Tifa and Aerith using Jenova and calulated a set of stats for them at lvl 1 before changing all their stats appropriately.
Two problems arose here. Firstly: The game seems to have a basic exp value for some of the characters including Tifa. It will not allow me to save edit her base exp lower than 8 so she automatically levels up to lvl 2 when I use her. Second problem: Because Cloud is not in my party sometimes the game will not load his field model and I'll be running around the screen invisible. This is not a problem unless it occurs at a scene where the other party members spread out from Cloud at an event (such as when Barret appears out of Cloud when you set the first bomb before Guard Scorpion). at which point the game will freeze.

I continue'd on through the game though when I came to the second boss, even though I have placed Yuffie, Tifa and Aerith in my party at the save point directly before, I still went into the battle with Cloud, Barret and Tifa (woo at least one of my girls lol).

To get around these problems, I figured I could simply replace Cloud with Aerith if possible. Then after doing this, maybe switch Yuffie with Barret and see how I get on from there. I know it would screw up the story but I dont mind. It's the battles I care about just now. (Also it would be funny watching Cloud being killed by Sephiroth and Aerith emo'ing over his death instead, LOL!)

I know you can switch battle and field models by editting certain files in the char.lpg and world_us.lpg files using Ifalna to locate which file belongs to which character, yes? Now I need to know how to replace a characters animations and limit breaks with anothers? I know this is possible as this is done in the Sephiroth Patch, BUT I'm not sure how this will affect the levelling up of Aeriths limits, as Cloud and her gain limits at different speeds. (For example, Seal Evil requires Aerith to use Healing Wind 7 times whereas Cross-Slash requires Cloud to use Braver 8 times). Will switching the limits, also switch how they gain new limits?

It's not enough to have Cloud look and act like Aerith, I need him to be an exact Aerith replica only in his place.

Also as a little side question, anyone know of a way to alter the amount of experience each character starts with? Jenova just will not let me lower Cloud from lvl 7 to lvl 1 and Tifa from lvl 2 to lvl 1. (Which very slightly affects their stats.  )

I searched around the site looking for info on switching characters but I only found examples of people doing so but no hints on how to do it. (One thread that looked promising was dead...)

Thank you very much to anyone who can help me.