[PC-2013] Editing Battle Dialogue

[MegaCowsamMan]

Hey. I've been searching for the battle dialogue files, but to no avail. I am aware of them being located in .dat files, but I'm unsure of where they are.

[hobbitdur]

Hi. I have a tool that allow you to read all monster text and export to csv, so you can modify them and re-import them (or modify them directly in the tool): https://github.com/HobbitDur/ShumiTranslator/releases/tag/v2.1.9

If you want to know the technical part, you can have a look at the wiki here: https://hobbitdur.github.io/FF8ModdingWiki/FF8/Technical%20Reference/Battle/FileFormat_DAT/#section-8-battle-scriptsai

[MegaCowsamMan]

This is excellent. Thanks! Although, just out of curiosity, is this tool compatible with player battle quotes, since, that's exactly what I'm looking for. Ain't a deal breaker if not, but I though I'd ask.

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[hobbitdur]

My tool handle all text that exist in the game, so yes you'll find battle quote. Just use it and you'll see Don' t hesitate if you have question.

[MegaCowsamMan]

Alright, two things:

1: Would you happen to know where I would find the .dat files containing the battle quotes?

2: When saving my changes, what .exe is the program referring to? Is it the FF8.exe, or the program itself?

[hobbitdur]

The dat files are in the battle.fs file, and can be extracted with deling tool made by myst6re. I proposed at the beggining to do the extraction with my tools but if confused people even more than it helped...

Not sure why you speak about the exe when you try to modify the monsters. It will just update the .dat you give him. If you use FFNx, you can then put this in the direct folder, yourFF8InstallationFolder/direct/battle/yournew.dat

[MegaCowsamMan]

This works excellent, thanks for the help!