Author Topic: Trying to perform a search-replace modification on the Final Fantasy 7 script  (Read 2724 times)

Cyber Akuma

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Hello.

I recently installed a mod on the Steam version of Final Fantasy 7 called the Xbox 360 Controller Fix. It renames the PC versions of the buttons such as [OK] or [CANCEL] to the names of the buttons on the Xbox 360 controller. Problem is, it seems to assume you will change the OK and Cancel buttons to US layouts (where A on the 360 gamepad is accept and b is cancel), rather than the original Japanese layout (where A would be cancel on the 360 controller and B would be accept) that I prefer to use.

Changing this shouldn't be too hard, technically all one would need to do is swap any instance of "[A]" in the game script with "[ B]" and vice-versa, but despite this being simple I haven't had much luck. I tried using ToughScript, but it complains about a registry error... and seems to be hard-coded to only use the installed FF7 directory instead of the backup files I am modifying. Makou Reactor has a search and replace function... but it doesn't seem to work. Nothing changes after I use the search/replace text feature. And the website to download loveless is down. I don't know what other text editor to even try, or which ones also have a search and replace feature.


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Use DLPB Tools.  I've created a tool in there called "TextMod"  It will do this for you.  Use ts  (wait for new version)  to decode and then use Textmod to change the text it produces... then use encode.

Cyber Akuma

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I tried reading the readme for that, but I don't really get it. Those tools seem to operate very differently from most other apps I have used. Do you by any chance know why the replace all function in Makou Reactor isn't working?