I'm still waiting for someone to figure out the file formats. Nyxo seems to have disappeared.

Oprindeligt skrevet af jordaninthesky:

I think they may have added an extra sprite to Vector or Dalmacia's Camp in regards to the magitek armor sprite. I didn't read the full convo, but are you just replacing the character sprites, or all of the art? I really hate how cartoonish the gears look in Narshe.

I'd love to replace all the art, but baby steps, yo. I'm starting with all the sprites. Or I'm going to start with the UI. Depends what tools get figured out first.

Now if there was a tool to do hi-res sprites for FFV, I would totally be down to do some Shibuya style hi-res sprites.

I kind of like the Final Fantasy V sprites. I'm not sure what I would do differently. Kazuko Shibuya's concept art was far more influential in the style of FFV than Amano's art was, which seemingly had no influence at all outside of enemy portraits. More than anything FFV needs a redo of the map tiles. They tile poorly and just kind of look like poor photoshopping. I'd also take out the Amano portraits and put in Shibuya style portraits. In FFV, Shibuya's art was much more forward facing. I don't think I've ever seen Amano's FFV art outside of art books and now the incongruous portraits in this remake.

The sprites are pretty much the one thing I would personally leave alone.

All the sprite files are "char" and then a number. The sprite is some kind of dilapidated mech. It sort of looks like magitech armor but different.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Jackstin:

Nice work! Which sprite was it? Someone may recognise it.

char85

I finished going through the game and only failed to find one sprite.

I'd love to figure out the various file formats that are in here, but that's not exactly my wheel house. I'd probably go crosseyed.

Oprindeligt skrevet af Jackstin:

I have a question for anyone with modding know how. The world map for FFVI seems to be sort of 3D. It has the buildings sticking out which can be seen in airship mode.

My question is...how easy/difficult would it be to mod the world map? It would be cool to make the mountains and forest stick out, maybe remodel some of the towns which look a bit pants. If it's just a case of taking the map and using tools to reshape it then it's something I would like to have a go at (and might improve how our beloved FF6 looks).

Someone has to figure out the file format the models are stored as. They are stored as tmb files. It does appear that all the towns and castles have unique models even when they look identical. For example Figaro and Doma look identical, but they have their own model files in the game's resources. It should be possible to have each place on the map look unique. Provided someone figures out how to read and write geometry to tmb files.

The stuff like trees and mountains are just part of the image that is the map. The map is just a handful of pngs stiched together. The maps are not made up of tiles like the original game. I was thinking that it might be possible to use the different town models and add in all surrounding trees and mountains as models within the town model file, but I can see reasons also why that wouldn't work, foremost, the code unloading any models for towns the player isn't currently near.

Oprindeligt skrevet af CodecX™:

Oprindeligt skrevet af pluckylump:

I've almost found all the sprite uses in the game. So close...

Just FYI--I check the FF6 mod threads every few days, always great to see you reply to this thread. Do you have a patreon or something?

I wouldn't want people giving me money for this while I'm still waiting for tools to be built. If you or anyone else really wants to donate money, I'll give an update when tools come to fruition or it becomes clear tools aren't going to get any fancier and I should just stick to pixel art.