flyingace24

04716-24388-03463-70499 Hoshido Ace / Hosh Skills Region: NA Food Resource: Fish Mineral Resource: Lapis Battle Level: Easy (Easy seize for skills on Hoshido) Additional Notes: Characters: Avatar, Azura, Takumi, Kagero, Kaze, Orochi, Silas, Hinoka, Kana, Shigure

It really is. I'm looking forward to going in blind on all three routes and then maximizing the characters the next time around. I'm playing Birthright first, but I'm looking most forward to Revelation. I'm just looking forward to seeing how the story unfolds going the neutral path. The 3DS is ready. I popped in Awakening after over a year. It was good to play FE again. Thanks for the welcome guys. I'll see you around.

Some of you may know me, but most of you probably don't. I haven't been active on forums for a few years now. I'm flyingace24. A lot of people know me simply as Ace. I used to hack FE a lot, but I haven't touched that stuff in years nor have I really played FE. However, Amazon suggested that I preorder the new FE game a few days ago (which I honestly didn't even know was coming out), and I preordered it right on the spot. I miss FE, and I look forward to dusting off my 3DS and getting back into it. I know nothing about the new FE game other than what I looked up between the differences in the versions. If I don't know you, nice to meet you. If I do and you remember me, long time no see! I don't know how active I'll be, or if I'll even be active at all, but we shall see. I would love to chat about the game with people. If there's anything you guys want to know, just ask. I'll see you guys around.

It's completely up to Blackavar. I have no right to keep her from letting people use her work. Plus, I'm pretty much gone from the FE community (any online community in general actually). In addition, I did happen to make frames for Ishtar since Blackavar didn't make any. Feel free to use them if you desire. PS. This is a really old version and uses FE8 colors.

*blows of dust* This topic hasn't been used in over 3 years. Wow. Anyway, I haven't really done sprites or anything in a while, but here are some things I did recently. They are basic splices, but whatever. Any suggestions to improve? Not really a sprite, but this is something I did from scratch. [spoiler=Really Big]

From what I can see, it looks like it's because FEditor is using the very first color in the palette as the transparent color. Your first color in the palette is the hair, which is what is transparent. I could be wrong though. I haven't touched this stuff in a while. I suggest rearranging the palette and putting the transparent color first. Then see what happens.

I'm not gonna lie; I pretty much skimmed through this post. However, I read and took enough that I can wholeheartedly agree with your statement. All of us hackers had that full scale dream when we started, and as you stated, rarely have those dreams come to fruition. Just like you, I can point right at myself. In order to get something grand to be completed, a serious amount of planning needs to be done. I got through 16 chapters of the first version of Devourer of Worlds completed when I decided I didn't like how the story went. Then I started over... and then again... and then again until I am where I am now (which is no where lol). As a teacher, I understand that it is difficult to go straight to the big things right off the bat. Rarely can we do something grand on the first try. One way I like to teach concepts is by chunking a problem into smaller pieces or steps. Instead of mastering the entire thing at once, break the whole into pieces and master each piece, and then put it all together later. This strategy may not really apply to hacking though, but I'm sure most can catch my drift. I left the fandom pretty much three years ago. There were no complete full scale hacks. I come back, and it doesn't look like we have progressed much further unfortunately. I do believe, however, if this small scale approach was taken, then my statement would not hold true.

Thanks for some of the suggestions. The last few days I've been trying to do some FE9 sprites. I've got the splicing part down pretty well. I just have a hard time recoloring sometimes due to the methods I use (which are really basic). I will try those out when I have some time.

@Kitty of Time: Okay. I definitely remember Dancer_A and The Good_Guy. @Everyone Else: Thanks for the welcome back.

Oh man. I just looked at all 25 pages of this topic. I pretty much completely agree with Phoenix Saga. While a lot of them are splices and stuff, they do look really good. They are really nice and clean. It's crazy how many you have done. This is probably more suitable for a PM, but I would love to know what methods and strategies you use for recoloring as well as your custom shading. I apologize if you already mentioned it in the topic. 25 pages is a lot especially if one just skims the pictures.

@Agro: I do think I remember an Angelix. But man, FESS was WAY back when. I joined FESS back in 2006. All this forum nostalgia lol. And to be honest with you, I really don't want to go back to any sort of hacking. It was fun while I did it, but I don't really play games that much anymore. @shadowofchaos: I definitely know how your aunt feels. I also have the lowest of the low. The demographics of my classes are students that have been failing math for pretty much their whole lives. It's tough to get them to care. So far this year though, I've gotten five students to turn their academic careers around. I know it sounds like such a small number, but you have to again consider my students. Honestly it feels good just to have one, and as cliche as it sounds, that's really why I do what I do. But yeah... the headaches never end lol. @Lord Raven: I feel you man. It is a very tough job. There are some times when I ask myself why I chose to do this. This FESS connection is pretty cool though. I'm digging getting back in touch with the FE fandom again.