Note to people who are just finding this now: this is loldead. I had nowhere near the knowledge required to do something like this at the time. Maybe one day...
NEW project site: http://a2doc.sdgames.us/ - Yes, it's a wiki, but please don't spam it or anything.
We now have a disassembly of the game (although it's not commented or anthing yet). Get it at http://a2doc.sdgames.us/FFTA2.log!
Welcome and thanks for opening this thread.
So now you're probably wondering, "What is this A2Doc thing?"
You see, I am interested in hacking Final Fantasy Tactics A2, but the only editor available is a text editor that only works with the Japanese ROM. Furthermore, there is no documentation (not that I could find, anyway) of the game. But I'm not letting this get me down. A2Doc is a project to document the ROM and RAM of Final Fantasy Tactics A2, opening the door for an editor to be made, or even possibly making the editor ourselves.
Here's my current plan:
Right now I don't have too much done (40 bytes of RAM mapped at the time of posting, but I just started this yesterday). Anyway, this game is quite large, with the ROM itself totaling 128 MB and the RAM coming up to 4 MB. Obviously, this is going to be a difficult and time-consuming project, but it would be even more so if I was the only one working on it. That's why I made this thread, to organize a team to work with me on the documentation.
If anyone is interested, I have set up an IRC channel on caffie, #A2Doc. Feel free to PM me, as well. I am willing to take all the help I can get, so don't be afraid to ask if you can help out.
By the way, the current RAM map can be viewed at: http://a2doc.sdgames.us/ram.html
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The code for it:
NEW project site: http://a2doc.sdgames.us/ - Yes, it's a wiki, but please don't spam it or anything.
We now have a disassembly of the game (although it's not commented or anthing yet). Get it at http://a2doc.sdgames.us/FFTA2.log!
Welcome and thanks for opening this thread.
So now you're probably wondering, "What is this A2Doc thing?"
You see, I am interested in hacking Final Fantasy Tactics A2, but the only editor available is a text editor that only works with the Japanese ROM. Furthermore, there is no documentation (not that I could find, anyway) of the game. But I'm not letting this get me down. A2Doc is a project to document the ROM and RAM of Final Fantasy Tactics A2, opening the door for an editor to be made, or even possibly making the editor ourselves.
Here's my current plan:
- Document RAM
- Identify subroutines
- Identify and interpret data
Right now I don't have too much done (40 bytes of RAM mapped at the time of posting, but I just started this yesterday). Anyway, this game is quite large, with the ROM itself totaling 128 MB and the RAM coming up to 4 MB. Obviously, this is going to be a difficult and time-consuming project, but it would be even more so if I was the only one working on it. That's why I made this thread, to organize a team to work with me on the documentation.
If anyone is interested, I have set up an IRC channel on caffie, #A2Doc. Feel free to PM me, as well. I am willing to take all the help I can get, so don't be afraid to ask if you can help out.
By the way, the current RAM map can be viewed at: http://a2doc.sdgames.us/ram.html
Show your support for A2Doc! Use this userbar!
The code for it: