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Completely Unrelated / How old is everyone? v2

« on: 2009-01-18 17:17:50 »

The original topic: http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=8.0 ; dated 03 Jan 2001.

Going back to the topics, me is 15 yrs old from PL. Hell i'm young Future awaits (and a test from Biology today - hate that mitosis, meyosis, those damn viruses and bacteria)

Now it's 2009, I'm 23 years old, and the damn biology got to me - 5th year of veterinary medicine and going.
And how are you doing..? Anyone from the 'old team' still here?

P.S. Belated happy birthday, SaiNT

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General Discussion / Final Fantasy VII - Last Order OVA

« on: 2005-06-25 11:28:15 »

Here it goes - along with the limited edition of Final Fantasy VII : Advent Children, there will be a animated OVA released, most probably regarding the Turks, and Zack-Cloud-Sephiroth part of Nibelheim. Said to be a typical length OVA of about 30mins, Tetsuya Nomura artwork, animated kind of like the Before Crisis ads.

Enjoy!

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General Discussion / Vincent Valentine

« on: 2005-04-26 16:59:44 »

I heard a lot of things about him.. But.. My small insight on the character.

Many treat him as just-another-member, yet I think of him as "the only optional character in any RPG ever made that you can miss, and by missing him, you miss one of the most important characters ever". Some just bring him down to a guy who was experimented on, just-another-hidden-character-dont-need-him-to-finish-the-game, period. Well, it's as bringing down Sephiroth to a crazy-mad-guy-who-likes-to-kill.

*SPOILERS AHEAD*

So.. Vincent's storyline as him being a Turk is quite known. Yet the experiments that Hojo performed on him and their results were never clearly explained. That he was implemented Jenova Cells - I have no doubt. The reason he always is so clothed is because of countless scars left by Hojo when experimenting on him - I guess the golden arm and leg are just a addition he put in, after checking "let's see when more I can do with him". Though I doubt he expected such results from Jenova Cells living inside Vincent's body. He can mutate - and these are the main reason for that.

Going back to "current times" of the main storyline, many see Vincent as a vampire. Well, I think he is eternal, and that's the saddest part on his character, but he is far away from a classical vampire. Whatever Hojo planned, it turned out this way, doubtfully what Hojo wanted. As a random side-effect. Vincent knows much more then he should know, and I'm quite positive he posesses the wisdom of the ancients. Think about Sephiroth.. he was given birth to by Lucretia, with countless Jenova cells implemented in him in prenatal stage. So he became a sort of a hybrid between a human and Jenova. Vincent was given birth to, lived, and then was forced to become a clone, so he is demi-human. With being eternal, and the wisdom he posesses, he decided to leave the world, and bear eternal rest, yet one thing moved him - it wasn't Sephiroth exactly, I think it was the need to understand himself who he really is. And Sephiroth, as a sort of a "brother" might've known the answer.
Trailers from Advent Children suggest even far more on Vincent's knowledge and the mystery surrounding him. I guess DoC will shed light on him too.

*SPOILERS END*

Just something I came up with.. =)

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Releases / [FF7PC-98] Sephiroth Patch (1.10)(Missing Download)

« on: 2004-12-23 11:36:49 »

The Sephiroth Patch (for TNT patch version) is available here..
The Sephiroth Patch (for normal version) is available here..

One thing tough. It's always safe to install the Sephiroth Patch after applying all other patches you want to use (bear in mind - Sephiroth Patch alters the main FF7.exe, so if the file is changed by any patches (incl. Sephiroth Patch, Chocobo Racing), other patches (also incl. Sephiroth Patch) using the file might not work/not work properly - before applying make a backup of the file and check different combinations of patch-applying-order).. Most probably the readme.txt links/e-mails are outdated (file is of 08.08.2000).

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*README.TXT COPY*

Teknoman Midnight's Play as Sephiroth Patch for FFVII PC.


Title                   : Final Fantasy VII =Sephiroth=
Included File(s)        : ff7.isp, char.isp, tools.exe, readme.txt (this file).
Author                  : Teknoman Midnight (Michael Riseborough) edited to fit the TNT Patch
Email Address           : [email protected] (any suggestions/opinions/help please.)
           [email protected] (converted to the TNT Version)
Description             : A patch to alter Final Fantasy VII for the PC.
           With the patch you play as Sephiroth pursuing the Jenova
           infested Cloud across the world. (Instead of the other way
           around) Lots done, lots to do.
Additional Credits to   : SquareSoft (They kick ass!)
           And myself!
Available at      : http://i.am/lzj
                          ======================================================================

* Additional Information *

------------
Version 1.10
------------
Sephiroth in the Dress


Version 1.00
------------

What's Done?
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- Play As Sephiroth (In battle)
- Play As Sephiroth (In Towns, Buildings, etc... Note: His hair isn't quite right yet.)
- Play As Sephiroth with sword (In Towns, Buildings, etc... Note: His hair isn't quite right yet.)
- Original Sephiroth in battle replaced with Cloud
- Original Sephiroth in towns, buildings, etc... replaced with Cloud
- Original Sephiroth with sword in towns, buildings, etc... replaced with Cloud with sword
- Cloud In Wheelchair replaced with Sephiroth in Wheelchair (Note: His hair isn't quite right yet.)
- Character name is now Sephiroth by default instead of Cloud
- Music Swapped: LB1 (Bizzaro Sephiroth Fight) with BAT (Battle Music) and LB2 (One-Winged Angel) with CHU (Boss Music)
- Young Sephiroth replaces young Cloud in first Tifa & Cloud flashback (and all the other flashbacks)
- Young Sephiroth replaces young Cloud in Temple of the Ancients sequence
- Young Sephiroth replaces young Cloud in Cloud's Sub-Concious
- Small and large Sephiroth and Cloud images swapped on Menu
- Menu Text changed

What's Not Done?
-----------------

- All references to 'Sephiroth' changed to 'Cloud'
- Other minor changes to in game text
- Cloud in Shin-Ra uniform replaced with Sephiroth in Shin-Ra uniform
- Fixed Sephiroth's hair
- Sephiroth in the Bike mini-game
- Sephiroth in the Chocobo mini-game
- Sephiroth in the Snowboard mini-game
- Sephiroth on the world map
- Sort out the Sephiroth battle animation (This will be really hard)
- Sephiroth head replaces Cloud head on the rail map monitor sequence

What will never be done?
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- Cutscenes (DAMN IT!)

* Construction *

Base            : Final Fantasy VII PC
Time Taken      : The patch isn't finished yet but at current I'm looking at around two weeks.
Known Bugs      : Sephiroth's battle animation for steal, throw, item, and other commands is
        not present in the game so he just stands there, not to worry he still
        performs the action he just doesn't move. Using a limit break other than
        Braver delivers some really weird results and if you want to avoid these stick
        to braver until I can sort this out. If all else fails I'll give him summon
        spells and magic for limit breaks.

                       
* Instructions *

I used to do patches for SNES roms and I found that I could
use the same type of patch for anything and because the patches
are so conveniently small I've stuck with them.

You will require the Maximum Install of FFVII
Remember to apply this patch after updating FF7.exe with the EIDOS TNT Patch!
Unzip the SPATCHTNT.ZIP anywhere on your hard disk.
Move FF7.IPS to your FFVII directory.
Move TOOLS.EXE to your FFVII directory.
Move CHAR.IPS to (FFVII directory)\data\field
Copy TOOLS.EXE to (FFVII directory)\data\field
Go back to your main FFVII directory
Run TOOLS.EXE
Select Apply IPS
Select FF7.IPS
Select FF7.EXE
Press ESC and exit the program
Go to your (FFVII directory)\data\field directory
Run TOOLS.EXE
Select Apply IPS
Select CHAR.IPS
Select CHAR.LGP
Press ESC and exit the program
Go back to your main FFVII directory
Run FF7.EXE

* Misc. *

You may distribute this patch and/or change it in any way. If it improves it that's even better.
Please give me credit in some form.
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General Discussion / Final Fantasy XI - Online

« on: 2004-12-02 04:38:50 »

I know a few out there is playing or played FFXI..
I recently ordered a copy and would be grateful for any basic info and explanation. Any pros/cons of races, where to go from the start, what to do, etc..

Thanks in advance for any help.

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General Discussion / FFVII : Crisis Core - 4th installment of Compilation Project

« on: 2004-10-27 11:46:20 »

So it happened.
The 4th part of the FFVII:Compilation Project has been revealed..

And it will be an RPG.

http://www.square-enix.co.jp/games/psp/ccff7/

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General Discussion / FFVII : Dirge of Cerberus topic -10.12- HQ Trailer download!

« on: 2004-09-22 08:07:54 »

I made this thread similiar to the AC topic to pass on all the news on the next title from the FFVII : Compilation Project series called Final Fantasy VII - Dirge of Cerberus, and to keep the discussion on one topic. Found anything? Want to share anything? Please do. Since it's a news/discussion topic, it's not a dead even if nobody posted for a week. Little is known so far, except that the games is held 3 years after FFVII (1 after FFVII:AC) the main character supposedly to be Vincent. The plot seems to revolve around a group called DC and problems after Meteor crash thus leaving them underground. There may be encounters with other FF7 characters, so far on scans we saw Cait Sith, and Vincent was mentioning meeting with Reeves.

From the IGN article -

"As far as the storyline in this new iteration is concerned, there is still very little known about it -- except that it involves an underground soldier movement, a powerful Meteo spell hitting an unsuspecting town, and that somehow, Vincent Valentine is connected with both events."

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General Discussion / Cloud, Zack and Sephiroth (major spoilers)

« on: 2004-08-14 07:57:47 »

This might be a quite disturbing topic for some of you but I think talking about it won't hurt much. While playing for the n-th time a friend of mine told me to go to Nibelheim and visit the basement. After the long cutscene we sat down and had a long talk - she had a lot to say, and what she said made a lot of sense. Thus we talked and came up with several conclusions...

First of all, Cloud and Zack. Not many take notice of them, as Zack seems to influence only the basic storyline.. Well not exactly. Cloud and Zack are quite bound with each other in a strong yet intimate relationship. Take notice - Mideel Cloud's Mako poisoning is not his first case. After the Nibelheim reactor scene when Cloud throws off Sephiroth, Shin-ra decides to mask everything up - Nibelheim lives again, and both Cloud and Zack are taken into experiment. Zack being exposed to Mako, and being an ex-SOLDIER withstands it, and becomes quite powerful.. Cloud however reacts with Jenova Cell's, and togheter with Mako poisoning and what happened at Nibelheim, he is completely devastated both physically and mentally. The only one that took care of him was Zack. He led him by hand, helped him in every way possible, even decided to take care of him afterwards. Mind you - Cloud's childhood was not one of acceptance. Zack was generally the first one that treated him like an equal and took notice of him. Maybe not the first one that took notice of him. Here is where Sephiroth comes in. Cloud came to Midgar with hopes of a better future, of somehow being noticed. But he failed the SOLDIER test, he became a plain Shin-ra soldier. There he was most probably treated like at home - nobody cared for him much. The second reason why he came to Midgar was because of Sephiroth. He was his hero, the illusionary dream he wanted to reach. And Sephiroth did notice him - maybe because he thought that Cloud might become somebody one day, or maybe he was just toying with him. Nevertheless, Cloud was at Sephiroth's every command. Cloud was so deep in love with Sephiroth, that whatever he would tell Cloud, Cloud would do it. The domination was obvious - adding a sexual side of this relationship even more. He opened up to him. And that is the reason why Sephiroth can easily control Cloud afterwards - it's not only the matter of Jenova cells. Cloud then is betrayed - Sephiroth succumbs to his madness, and thus leaves Cloud with no home, no family, no one. He destroyed almost everything that Cloud had -- and then Cloud lost the only thing that was left as a meaning for him - Sephiroth. After the "death" of Sephiroth for Cloud, he is left wounded in the Mako Reactor. Here we come back to the beginning, where Zack takes care of him.

How does it affect later?
Take note - at the beginning of the flashbacks we don't really know who is talking with Sephiroth at Nibelheim. It's most probably Zack -- it's a dialogue of people who have known each other quite throughouly. Cloud's feeling for Zack were very strong - after losing everything, including Sephiroth, he was left alone, and Zack gave him everything and even more. But not for long - Zack's death came soon, on the very eyes of Cloud. The shock was so strong, that Cloud couldn't accept it. And he didn't. He pushed it away from his memory, forgot about it all, lost the most important part of himself. Here is the moment where all the memories, all his life became blended. Both Zack and Cloud became one. This is why Cloud's Second Mako poisoning is so hard - it just sprang all those memories back. He knew, he felt that it was not him that deserved to live, it was Zack. Living a life of two people, Cloud needed to accept the fact of death of the one that cared for him most and that was the thing that would seperate him to the living Cloud and dead Zack. All along the storyline Sephiroth watches Cloud. After the fall in the Church, the roof and flower bed weren't enough to secure such a fall. Jenova cells, now controlled by Sephiroth, known for the power of regeneration in SOLDIER affected Cloud. By Jenova cells, Sephiroth could continue controlling Cloud - knowing him throughouly it was quite an easy task. He keeps luring him in, confusing even more, making him a more useful puppet, a puppet lost in himself and his own fear.

And what helped him out? His friends. Aerith, who showed that you can feel even after being killed by all your hopes - she led him to understanding that. Tifa, who supported him all along the way, and as an anchor to the past, she played the most important role. She also kept the truth from him, and thus unknowingly she confused him even more. Lifestream was the last chance for Cloud to come back and to understand what has happened. But, Cloud does not stay. He leaves them, he needs to know, and understand. He still hasn't healed.. (quotations are from a Japenese AC trailer) "I don't think I can save anyone. My family, my friends, no one". Standing by Zack's grave (the dead flowers and Zack's sword - a grave he only knew about, took care of it, and made it with his bare hands) he says - "I will live till the moment you did. This is what I have decided". Those who didn't notice what happened between Cloud and Zack won't understand how much it means. And it's quite crucial - it's the reason for which Cloud left..

I guess that's all so far.. If you have anything to discuss, please feel free.. Spare any useless comments.. This topic is serious enough. And please forgive any typing mistakes..

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General Discussion / FFVII : Advent Children topic -11.12- TGS04 + 64 new images!

« on: 2004-07-30 10:19:43 »

Ok... I may not be the first one to come up with this idea.. But..
Let this be the topic for Advent Children. Everything AC would be discussed here - one thread for all the AC stuff, not to share it into tiny little topics... As for games -- BC, and The Compilation Project please head to this topic.. How about it?

About dying of this topic. No such thing until the movie is released. There is going to be a constant flow of infromation and news, but not everyday.. So even if nobody is posting for weeks, and all off the sudden something new comes up - please post it here. Nothing will happen, even though no one posted here for a long time. It will spare a lot of searching on the forums, and might clean it up a little bit. Square didn't release everything at once just for us to discuss, so don't worry to write a post even if it's late..

To summarise, there are two basic sites for info, screens, videos etc. - adventchildren.net and ff7ac.net ... The official site is - http://www.square-enix.co.jp/dvd/ff7ac/

Advent Children basics - taken from adventchlidren.net --

"Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children is the much anticipated sequel to Square's top selling game Final Fantasy VII. The sequel however will not be in the form of a game [like Final Fantasy X-2], but instead as a CG movie.

The movie will run for somewhere between 70 and 80 minutes and will be released on DVD and UMD [for the Sony PSP]. It will feature a total of 20 characters, including the popular Cloud and Sephiroth, and is being developed by Square-Enix in conjunction with Visual Works.

It is expected to be released in Japan at the end of 2004, with a US release to follow shortly after [first quarter of 2005]. No word on a European or Australian release has been made as yet.

More information on specific areas of the film can be found in the following sub-sections.
"

Trailers?

The basic from FFX-2INT edition - R-click/Save
And the riveting E3 Trailer - R-click/Save..

Screenshots, scans?

If there is any news post or something on the above sites, I'll try to post here ASAP.

As a starter -

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FF7AC at the Venice Film Festival  
Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy Advent Children will be screened at the 61st Venice International Film Festival that will be held this year from September 1-11. Advent Children will be entered in the category "Venezia Digitale" (Venice Digital), which is a new addition to the Festival for this year. However, as a result of the unfinished state of the movie, Advent Children will not be judged as a competition entry, but will make an appearance as a guest screening.
Films at the Festival are usually entered by submission, and the issuing of an invitation to screen an unfinished movie is unprecedented. However, the quality of CG in Advent Children was judged to be particularly high, and thus in response to this honour, Square Enix will formally release a special edition of Advent Children at the Festival.
The film will be presented in Japanese, with Italian subtitles, as in accordance with the rules of the Film Festival. Screenings are open to the public.
Seeing as this is an important film festival that attracts worldwide attention, the inclusion of FF7AC is an exciting development for Square Enix, and is sure to generate more attention towards the film in the time to come.

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Any questions? Feel free to ask.
Any theories? Any rumours? Don't hesitate...
Tis what the forums are here for..

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Archive / Sephiroth Patch and.....

« on: 2004-07-29 15:13:09 »

I deleted the previous topic o_O... Don't ask ><
Not exactly meant or sane behaviour but.. oh well...

Still on, searching for a TNT version of Sephiroth patch, and the long-haired version... If you have it, please mail it to sephirothxii(at)wp.pl .. (at)=@ ...

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Archive / Tifa a'la Advent

« on: 2004-07-29 14:09:25 »

Umm.. I remember I saw a screenshot way back when with changed hair colour on characters... I wanted to make Tifa's chest part wholly black.. Is it possible..?

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General Discussion / Half topic, half off-topic - Final Fantasy X

« on: 2003-10-11 22:27:38 »

I finally got a PS2, yay!
FFX, FFX, FFX!!!

1. During the fight with Sin spawn I play with Seymour - anybody cared to check his Limit Break?

2. What's the hour length of game when going straight to the end with no side-quests?

3. Is the sequel X-2 worth buying?

4. About FFXI - what can I do withouth having an account?

5. The off-topic part - of course, I want to keep him in the team forever - there are AR codes. And the part is - can I use AR2 when having only the cd's and a 8mb memcard?

6. Savegame from the net - I haven't heard about a PS2 dexdrive ore sumthin.. Is there a proggie of type - I burn it with saves on cd, and the it will upload it to the memcard when put into the console?

TIA,
Ged

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General Discussion / Sephiroth PSX Gameshark Codes

« on: 2003-08-22 15:38:18 »

Not sure whether to put it here, but duh.

Anyway - I got myself FF7 for PSX, and now I'm searching for some GS codes (for PeC) to turn Cloud into Sephiroth (yah, new idea, I know..)

Anybody cares to help out?

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Archive / Immortal - Sephiroth Patch

« on: 2003-07-29 20:06:06 »

Hello again ^^

I decided to play FF7 again, and as always, with the Seph-Patch.
AFAIR, The SaiNt, you made an "upgraded" version after some discussions with me on that topic..
And I don't seem to have it... Would you be nice enough?

I can't find my ultra-wonderful version with full Sephiroth with LB's (although Cloud-Acting) -- lost the CD (*again*)...

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General Discussion / Sephiroth/Cloud new design or what..

« on: 2003-07-29 19:17:34 »

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3140321920&category=16462

It seems it is an offical SDToy release by SQ (there was another auction with the whole box).
Latter I saw a T-Shirt with the same style Sephiroth.
And the Cloud is weird.

What's up with that?

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General Discussion / Final Fantasy Anime's

« on: 2003-07-24 17:13:24 »

OK, another question.
What are the anime's released about Final Fantasy, and do we get to see any of the widely known characters?
I kinda saw 2 episodes of FF:U it...scared me a bit (especially the way cool 3d animations)... eeek..

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General Discussion / Final Fantasy XI

« on: 2003-07-22 14:17:47 »

I wasn't *quite* in the topic for about 2 months when I had no internet nor computer ...

Is FFXI Eng. already released, if not, what is the release date.

And second - anybody already began making a server emulator?
If yes, Square will kill...

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General Discussion / Final Fantasy XI - PlayOnline etc.

« on: 2003-01-09 13:19:14 »

Well.
I have a *small* problem.
I just can't figure out what how and where to do..
I installed PlayOnline but I can't figure out how where when to use what. =__=
Japaneese rocks!

So my question, what where how to fill and how to access TetraMaster?
And btw. I saw a installation guide in english floating around, but I can't find it..!

Ged

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General Discussion / The pain of video-editing.. [...]

« on: 2002-05-01 16:33:18 »

[...]
Another day spended on worthless work..
Why.. why am I doing this?

Ok.. Whatever ><"
The important thing is -
is there a tool of some sort that
can combine avi/mp3 and keyboard
commands to an exe file?
[i mean, - video + mp3, and you press a specified key /or combination,
and then the video goes on or something else...] ...

Another thing - what is going on about some high-q models from FF7 that were used for movies?

Next - WTH the movies in FF7 don't have any hardware smoothing when streched..
P.C. - What was the adress for the FF7Remake Page?
LBNL - Who is needed for the remake..?
NL - "Don't meddle into the afairs of dragons, cause humans are crunchy and taste good with ketchup."

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General Discussion / Sephiroth Patch <*again*>

« on: 2002-04-30 14:45:57 »

The Saint, could you please re-send me the newest version that you made?
My computer went all ka-boom, and I lost all the stuff I made, and I need something to begin with.. But all the pages host the oldest version, and your homepage link doesn't work..

[Both the normal&TNT version, please]

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General Discussion / Some misc. stuff, etc..

« on: 2002-04-12 12:35:00 »

Wee. I'm alive. [nah, Ged, it's just your imagination].. [...]

Anyhow -

1) I need Final Fantasy 8 original art.
Mainly - GF's and monsters, characters (except the main ones)..
Help appreciated..
2) Just played FF8 on ePSXe. It rocks PC version sucks.
3) Any progress in the FF7 Remake Project?
4) Best soundfont for FF8..?
5) Tell me what the hell is that wonky thing in FF8 that has a BIG "GOME-NE" written on his back...?

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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / PHPBB / FF8NV23.11

« on: 2002-03-17 18:07:00 »

1) Can't get PHPBB Forum to work. Keeps giving me the PHP script.

2) Completely messed up graphics in FFVIII when using NVidia drivers 23.11. When using other OpenGL sucks everywhere else. Help?

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General Discussion / The Saint

« on: 2001-11-10 07:16:00 »

You said you changed the Sephiroth Patch. Could you send me the newest version? And another thing,
there is one mistake in the patch. The HRC file shouldn't be changed, cause it makes some garbage...

Ged (Sephiroth XII)

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Scripting and Reverse Engineering / Dreamcast and PSX2

« on: 2001-08-20 18:50:00 »

I'm way back in emulation, anything happened? Any good emu's realeased?

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Archive / Hacking FF8/FF7

« on: 2001-01-02 19:02:00 »

Okay, for PC version.
FF8:
How to have a enemy in the party?
And a proggie (for Qhimm to make   - one that by pressing hotkeys during the battle, you will change camera views - possible?
FF7:
How to hack the game so I can have Sephy in the party (Sephy not with a Sephirtoh patch) and control it w/o killing/reviving?
And the same as in FF8 : enemies in party!