[Choose Your Legends: Round 2 - Jan 21 - 28! Who will YOU vote for? [FEB 1: RESULTS ARE IN]]

Seeing 3 Hoshidans in the top 3 of Fates warms my heart. However, Pent and Louise aren't top 5 of Blazing Blade?! Wow! That saddens me... But... My spirits are lifted at seeing Morgan and Noire in top 5 of Awakening!

Anyway, I'm voting for Oboro all the way this time. Not just because I love her more than any other character, but because she deserves better art.

[Fire Emblem Fates Randomizer]

Okay, wow! With enough determination, I figured out a solution to my problem!

So, as I previously stated, Mozu's paralogue would crash the game when loading the battle preparations. My hunch was that it had something to do with NPCs. In this randomized rom, Selena, in place of Mozu, was having the issue. I didn't test it in my first randomized rom that crashed on Chapter 4, but it might be safe to assume there was issue with the NPCs. What appears to happen when you replace the dispos file is that it returns NPCs or newly recruited characters back into their original selves with their original items. In my current rom hack, Selena reverted back to Mozu. In my old rom hack, Azura and Keaton reverted back to Rinkah and Kaze respectively; however, Hayato (Ryoma), Reina (Hinoka), and Flora (Sakura) remained randomized but had their items changed back to their default (Hayato holding Raijinto, etc.), which made them sitting ducks because of the classes they were in. That occurrence in that rom hack was probably due to the "change all appearances" setting, though. I checked that off for my current rom hack so I wouldn't run into that issue again. Turns out, that wasn't the main problem.

Obviously, the NPCs were the problem, but what about them was the issue? Was it the class? No. The skills? Nah. It was their inventory. It turns out all it took to fix the crash was to supply them with their original items. In the case of Mozu's Paralogue, Mozu is supposed to hold a Brass Naginata and a Vulnerary, but Selena, her replacement, spawns with an Iron Shuriken instead (as she should). How do I know this? I downloaded the FE14 Dispos Tools (found here: https://gbatemp.net/threads/release-fe14-dispos-tools.455805/) and examined a .txt version of the dispos file. I examined the randomized version and the original version to spot any differences that may have had an effect on the crashes. You can view them here (randomized: http://pastebin.com/cWDxaTHE, original: http://pastebin.com/BYthJJiL) Turns out, the only thing that mattered was Selena's inventory. So, all I needed to do to make her work was add "BrassNaginata" to her inventory, and no more crashes.

Replacing the Script and Script/bev files was not necessary. In fact, they shouldn't be replaced at all because when I did, my avatar couldn't talk to Selena, and after finishing the map, she was assumed dead. Keep the original hacked files and you can recruit her as intended. I am now on Chapter 8 and Ninja Selena is in my party. :)

TL;DR: I edited the dispos file with FE14 Dispos Tools and added a BrassNaginata to Ninja Selena's inventory, and now Paralogue 1 doesn't crash.

[Fire Emblem Fates Randomizer]

So, I'm playing Revelation now, and everything from the Prologue onward was running perfectly until Mozu's paralogue. Her replacement was Selena, and just like with Chapter 4 in my last randomization, the game crashed when loading the map. Also, just like before, the only way to fix it was to replace the Dispos file, which meant that I wouldn't get Selena and would instead get Mozu. That's really awkward considering the next chapter, Chapter 8, has you fight against Yukimura, Saizo, and Orochi, and, you guessed it, Mozu replaced Orochi, which tells me that if I continue, I'm gonna have two Mozus in my party and no Selena. Is there no work-around for this? Was this already known? I've been eyeing the FEFTwiddler Save Editor thinking I can replace characters with other characters, but I haven't gotten around to trying it yet.

[Fire Emblem Fates Randomizer]

You probably already known all of this, but I feel it would be responsible for me to describe a couple of things I've noticed that really stood out to me (and made things slightly harder). I'm assuming it was due to my checking of "change all appearances" that caused this, but after I fixed the chapter 4 issue, my Rinkah and Kaze replacements, Azura and Keaton respectively, were reverted back to Rinkah and Kaze in their randomized classes. This also made Rinkah unusable because she was a Dark Mage with a Brass Club. I was lucky enough that Kaze was a Butler. All three of the Hoshidan siblings in the chapter remained as their randomized characters and classes, but had weapons they couldn't use, such as Wolfssegner Hayato holding the Raijinto. So, I figured that was to be expected and everything would work out later.

Things kinda went back to normal, but not exactly. To my surprise, Kaze and Rinkah were nowhere to be found in chapter 5. They just did not appear. Only Flora (Sakura) and Anna (Azura) appeared along with Hayato (Ryoma). They thankfully came with weapons they could use, but I was missing two units. Kaze and Rinkah were missing in chapter 6 - Birthright as well. Additionally, all the Nohrian siblings returned to normal along with their original classes, which I guess was expected, but still used their randomized characters' portraits for cutscenes. Takumi, who was Leo, reverted back to himself and Hinoka, who was Reina, reverted back to herself, both with their original classes. Everyone else remained as their randomized characters and classes, including Ryoma as Wolfssegner Hayato. So, that was a challenge, and no one died, miraculously.

After all that, the game decided to make Felicia (who was a Wolfskin and was meant to replace Elise) appear in the following cutscene instead of her replacement (who was Selena as a General), but after that, everyone I'm supposed to have at the start of Birthright, including their replacements, was in my party. Rinkah and Kaze returned... but not their replacements. I never got Azura and Keaton back. I also realized that randomizing "all paths" was probably not a good idea because when I looked at supports, Flora and Selena were not selectable, leaving me to believe that because this is Birthright now, you can't recruit Flora and Selena, which means you can't support them either.

So, that concludes my experience so far. I know I'm extremely late to the party, but have you considered dealing with all or most of this already? Things such as the enemy units reverting back to their original characters. Are you working to make it so that even the enemies will stay randomized? For example, Crown Prince Shura vs. Crown Prince Hayato can actually be possible in chapter 6? Could the support conversations actually match the characters being replaced and not the replacement characters? For example, I support with Selena, but I'm actually talking to Felicia, which would solve the unavailable support issue, assuming that even works. Alternatively, is it possible to just force the game to make a support with Selena selectable in a Birthright? Again, I'm sure you've considered all of this, but I thought it'd be worthwhile to share my thoughts. Thank you so much for making this, and I hope this becomes something truly remarkable one day. :D

[Fire Emblem Fates Randomizer]

First of all, thank you so much for making this thing! I'm already having a blast laughing at all the crazy outcomes and out-of-place and also slightly fitting voice-overs.

Second of all, I have a bug report!

The game crashed at chapter 4 in transition to the scene where you find Sakura and Hinoka in trouble.

Here are my randomizer output results: http://pastebin.com/W1PuJG28. I checked "All Paths", checked all items under "Options" ("Passes" is set to 1), checked all items under "Optional Characters", and checked "Change All Appearances."

I fixed the issue by replacing the file (GameData/dispos/A004.bin.lz) with the original as advised by the troubleshooting instructions.

 

Off-topic: how do I space without double spacing on this forum?

[Playing the Japanese version through Homebrew...]

I see. I do know that downgrading, say, a version 11 3DS to the proper firmware requires hardmodding, which I do not trust myself to do.

Yeah, I was hoping for a somewhat simple solution, but that's OK. I'll just have to do without it for now. Thanks, by the way.

[Playing the Japanese version through Homebrew...]

Crap. So, there would be no way for me to download any additional content to Fates? Not even with custom firmware? Or, am I reading that wrong?

This seems to be a lot more trouble than it's worth... I mainly wanted to play Birthright in Japanese for the sake of practicing Japanese because I plan to take classes soon, as well as play the Festival DLCs since we're clearly not getting them localized...

[Playing the Japanese version through Homebrew...]

Specifically, the "Region Free Launcher" application that comes with the homebrew starter kit. Does it work? If so, how does DLC work? Would I be able to purchase DLC of the Japanese version on my American 3DS/2DS/n3DS and have it work with the Japanese game?

Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask this, but I'm only interested in this for this game only and didn't know where else I could turn without feeling alienated.

[Fates Birthday Thread!]

Happy Birthday to my favorite girl, Oboro! And, to me! We share a birthday! XD

[My Castle Central: Friend|Castle Code Sharing]

Address: 07120-88145-45669-37052

Region: North America
Castle Name: Skills 'R' Us

Affinity: Valla
Resources: Rice, Cabbage, Amber, Onyx

Skill List of the Day

Forrest: Skill +2, Locktouch, Countermagic, Rally Speed, Poison Strike

Leo: Inspiration, Replicate, Quick Salve, Elbow Room, Renewal

Ryoma: Rally Skill, Golembane, Elbow Room, Good Fortune, Potent Potion

Rinkah: Counter, Pass, Swordfaire, Good Fortune, Quick Draw

Peri: Seal Magic, Camaraderie, Swap, Warding Blow, Vantage

Jakob: Inspiration, Shurikenfaire, Shurikenbreaker, Quick Salve, Skill +2

Xander: Future Sight, Shurikenfaire, Bowbreaker, Quixotic, Rend Heaven

Rhajat: Underdog, Warding Blow, HP +5, Rally Luck, Swap

Dwyer: Axefaire, Gamble, Rally Strength, Natural Cover, Astra

Niles: Profiteer, Future Sight, Bowfaire, Gamble, Seal Speed

I hope you find something you like. I shuffle characters and skills every day, so take my card to check for updates. Thanks for visiting!

[Skill Request Thread!]

I just need Savage Blow on Silas now. If anyone has it, I would be most grateful.

[Skill Request Thread!]

I'm looking for Silas with Savage Blow and Anna with Future Sight.

[My Castle Central: Friend|Castle Code Sharing]

Address: 07120-88145-45669-37052

Region: North America
Castle Name: Skills 'R' Us

Affinity: Valla
Resources: Rice, Cabbage, Amber, Onyx

Skill List of the Day

Kana (F): Miracle, Odd Shaped, Duelist's Blow, Rally Speed, Warding Blow

Azama: Trample, Rally Defense, Inspiration, Shurikenfaire, Tomefaire

Ignatius: HP +5, Lancefaire, Duelist's Blow, Luck +4, Dragon Fang

Subaki: Astra, Duelist's Blow, Aegis, Future Sight, Lunge

Percy: Underdog, Counter, Seal Defense, Warding Blow, Nohrian Trust

Keaton: Life and Death, Darting Blow, Vengeance, Golembane, Grisly Wound

Hayato: Lifetaker, Spendthrift, Certain Blow, Strength +2, Rally Luck

Ryoma: Camaraderie, Amaterasu, Strong Riposte, Inspiration, Bowfaire

Camilla: Rally Speed, Warding Blow, Quixotic, Death Blow, Miracle

Orochi: Rally Strength, Savage Blow, Replicate, Rally Defense, Amaterasu

I hope you find something you like. I shuffle characters and skills every day, so take my card to check for updates. Thanks for visiting!

[My Castle Central: Friend|Castle Code Sharing]

Address: 07120-88145-45669-37052

Region: North America
Castle: Valla
Resources: Rice, Cabbage, Amber, Onyx

Skill List of the Day

Rinkah: Rally Defense, Life and Death, Lifetaker, Pavise, Strength +2

Selkie: Resistance +2, Gamble, Quick Draw, Seal Speed, Certain Blow

Rhajat: Counter, Nobility, Spendthrift, Lethality, Seal Resistance

Effie: Strength +2, Shove, Countermagic, Warding Blow, Armored Blow

Beruka: Luna, Rally Strength, Rally Defense, Trample, Gamble

Felicia: Swordbreaker, Swap, Lancebreaker, Amaterasu, Bowbreaker

Niles: Death Blow, Rally Speed, Tomebreaker, Lancefaire, Future Sight

Velouria: Rally Resistance, Lancebreaker, Swordfaire, Luck +4, Wary Fighter

Selena: Lucky Seven, Potent Potion, Rally Speed, Armored Blow, Tomebreaker

Nyx: Seal Defense, Movement +1, Axebreaker, Shove, Rally Luck

I hope you find something you like. I shuffle characters and skills every day, so take my card to check for updates. Thanks for visiting!

[Unused English Skinship Lines]

That's some damn good voice work. Some of it felt kinda natural too. Even though the face touching would probably get old quickly, I would have had a blast with it the first couple of playthroughs just listening to them speak nonsense. What a shame.

[My Castle Central: Friend|Castle Code Sharing]

Address: 07120-88145-45669-37052

Region: North America
Castle: Valla
Resources: Rice, Cabbage, Amber, Onyx

Skill List of the Day

Kagero: Duelist's Blow, Death Blow, Axefaire, Future Sight, Vantage

Setsuna: Trample, Warding Blow, Lucky Seven, Lifetaker, Countermagic

Nina: Pavise, Death Blow, Tomefaire, Air Superiority, Vantage

Rhajat: Axefaire, Nobility, Darting Blow, Lancefaire, Counter

Hinoka: Lunge, Lifetaker, Seal Magic, Shelter, Swordbreaker

Siegbert: Lifetaker, Bowbreaker, Luna, Aegis, Salvage Blow

Kaze: Bowfaire, Rend Heaven, Seal Resistance, Countermagic, Savage Blow

Leo: Quixotic, Shurikenbreaker, Shurikenfaire, Bowbreaker, Bowfaire

Azama: Spendthrift, Skill +2, Quick Draw, Astra, Rally Defense

Soleil: Miracle, Seal Strength, Trample, Voice of Peace, Rally Skill

I hope you find something you like. I shuffle characters and skills every day, so take my card to check for updates. Thanks for visiting!

[My Castle Central: Friend|Castle Code Sharing]

Address: 07120-88145-45669-37052

Region: North America
Castle: Valla
Resources: Rice, Cabbage, Amber, Onyx

Current Skill List

Hana: Death Blow, Axefaire, Swordfaire, Defender, Shurikenbreaker

Azura: Future Sight, Replicate, Renewal, Luna, Camaraderie

Odin: Seal Resistance, Warding Blow, Resistance +2, Certain Blow, Death Blow

Shura: Lifetaker, Certain Blow, Wary Fighter, Pavise, Vengeance

Avatar: Astra, Wary Fighter, Skill +2, Inspiration, Resistance +2

Ignatius: Future Sight, Nobility, Swordbreaker, HP +5, Seal Resistance

Benny: Defender, Strong Riposte, Rally Resistance, Swordfaire, Bowbreaker

Oboro: Lifetaker, Bowbreaker, Tomebreaker, Astra, Counter

Hisame: Rend Heaven, Quixotic, Lancebreaker, Lifetaker, Elbow Room

Hinoka: Aegis, Swordfaire, Renewal, Sol, Miracle

I hope you find something you like. I shuffle characters and skills every day, so take my card to check for updates. Thanks for visiting!

[My Castle Central: Friend|Castle Code Sharing]

Address: 07120-88145-45669-37052

Region: North America
Castle: Valla
Resources: Rice, Cabbage, Amber, Onyx

Current Skill List

Hana: Elbow Room, Rend Heaven, Seal Speed, Profiteer, HP +5

Midori: Luck +4, Hoshidan Unity, Quixotic, Profiteer, Replicate

Kana (F): Live to Serve, Grisly Wound, Swordfaire, Dragon Ward, Odd Shaped

Azura: Aegis, Renewal, Armored Blow, Axebreaker, Darting Blow

Rhajat: Rend Heaven, Defense +2, Savage Blow, Renewal, Shove

Siegbert: Quixotic, Rally Luck, Defender, Hoshidan Unity, Countermagic

Charlotte: Axefaire, Death Blow, Renewal, Seal Speed, Future Sight

Anna: Counter, Death Blow, Luna, Profiteer, Shurikenbreaker

Takumi: Certain Blow, Spendthrift, Lunge, Rend Heaven, Renewal

Arthur: Movement +1, Defender, Miracle, Renewal, Death Blow

I hope you find something you like. I shuffle characters and skills every day, so take my card to check for updates. Thanks for visiting!

[My Castle Central: Friend|Castle Code Sharing]

Hello, all. Just updating to say that I no longer require Tinted Glasses. Turns out that when you give a facility-designated accessories, the wearer will never appear in the castle plaza unless you remove the accessory or demolish the building they're designated to. I knew this was a thing, but I didn't think it'd get so bad that my castle would become a barren wasteland with no inhabitants. I appreciate everyone who gifted accessories, though, regardless of what it was, so thank you!

Anyway, here's my updated castle!

Address: 07120-88145-45669-37052

Region: North America
Castle: Valla
Resources: Rice, Cabbage, Amber, Onyx

Selkie: Counter, Trample, Aptitude, Lethality, Axefaire
Charlotte: Death Blow, Renewal, Counter, Lethality, Future Sight
Sakura: Death Blow, Movement +1, Luna, Counter, Lancefaire
Camilla: Renewal, Lucky Seven, Aegis, Quick Draw, Bowfaire
Benny: Counter, Rend Heaven, Aegis, Renewal, Lancefaire
Hinata: Trample, Sol, Shurikenbreaker, Malefic Aura, Bowbreaker
Kagero: Resistance +2, Astra, Lucky Seven, Elbow Room, Defender
Siegbert: Counter, Resistance +2, Renewal, Lancefaire, Countermagic
Orochi: Death Blow, Vantage, Defender, Good Fortune, Strong Riposte
Mozu: HP +5, Luna, Countermagic, Heartseeker, Locktouch

I hope you find something you like. I shuffle characters and skills every day or two, so take my card to check for updates. Thanks for visiting!

^{_{My last post was post #1234. Huhuhuhuhu!}}

[My Castle Central: Friend|Castle Code Sharing]

New Castle!

Address: 07120-88145-45669-37052

Region: North America
Castle: Valla
Resources: Rice, Cabbage, Amber, Onyx

Current Skill List

Avatar: Strength +2, Lethality, Vantage, Trample, Quixotic

Elise: Life and Death, Renewal, Lethality, Miracle, Counter

Xander: Renewal, Rally Magic, Rally Luck, Countermagic, Wary Fighter

Ryoma: Movement +1, Sol, Aegis, Resistance +2, Death Blow

Ophelia: Replicate, Aptitude, Seal Speed, Magic +2, Nohrian Trust

Soleil: Aptitude, Trample, Hoshidan Unity, Rend Heaven, Draconic Hex

Rinkah: Luna, Certain Blow, Savage Blow, Axefaire, Seal Defense

Kaden: Astra, Trample, HP +5, Quick Draw, Salvage Blow

Felicia: Bowbreaker, Lethality, Shurikenfaire, Lifetaker, Poison Strike

Saizo: Sol, Rend Heaven, Rally Resistance, Pavise, Aegis

I hope you find something you like. Again, I shuffle characters and skills every day or two, so take my card to check for updates. Thanks for visiting!

Still asking for Tinted Glasses, by the way. I want all my units to wear them! XD

[My Castle Central: Friend|Castle Code Sharing]

Address: 07120-88145-45669-37052

Region: North America
Castle: Valla
Resources: Daikon, Berries, Lapis, Emerald

Current Skill List

Mitama: Luna, Rend Heaven, Lancefaire, Inspiration, Renewal
Kana (F): Sol, Renewal, Astra, Swordfaire, Rend Heaven
Shigure: Rally Luck, Rally Skill, Luna, Pavise, Renewal
Keaton: Pavise, Tomebreaker, Aegis, Trample, Sol
Hinata: Shurikenbreaker, Seal Speed, Sol, Vantage, Wary Fighter
Orochi: Malefic Aura, Wary Fighter, Lifetaker, Defender, Lancebreaker
Oboro: Axebreaker, Pavise, Renewal, Trample, Aegis
Peri: Countermagic, Vengeance, Counter, Lethality, Trample
Kagero: Quick Draw, Death Blow, Aegis, Certain Blow, Strong Riposte
Velouria: Trample, Sol, Pavise, Countermagic, Profiteer

I hope you find something you like. I shuffle characters and skills every day or two, so take my card to check for updates. Thanks for visiting!

Send me some Tinted Glasses if you don't mind!

[My Castle Central: Friend|Castle Code Sharing]

Castle Code: 07120-88145-45669-37052

Castle Name: My Home

Affinity: Hoshido

Avatar Name: Michael

Region: NA

Food Resource: Bean

Mineral Resource: Lapis

Battle Level: Easy

Additional Notes: Easy seize castle for skill sharing.

List of skills

Avatar: Profiteer, Swordfaire, Sol
Sakura: Inspiration, Skill +2, Quick Draw, Certain Blow, Bowfaire
Rinkah: Axefaire, Savage Blow, Luna
Kaze: Replicate, Shurikenfaire
Azura: Profiteer, Lancefaire, Rend Heaven
Hana: Shurikenbreaker, Miracle, Swordfaire
Oboro: Axebreaker, Pavise, Aegis
Setsuna: Astra, Replicate
Hinoka: Bowbreaker, Lancefaire, Seal Defense
Hinata: Death Blow, Sol, Swordfaire

The only skills not listed are starting class skills and DLC skills.

[Replays]

You know what would be nice to have? A mode where you can watch replay videos of the chapters you've completed. They can be saved automatically to the records hall and viewed any time. This would be great for comparing strategies with others and teaching struggling players how to handle difficult situations.

I feel like the franchise and the fanbase could really benefit from a feature like this. We already discuss strategies on message boards and post youtube videos of our progress. This just makes the process easier, especially for people like me who can't remember every detail of their experience but would love to share it in full.

What do you think? Is this a feature you see yourself using? Do you have any suggestions of what else could be done with something like this?

[This is a big spoiler, but I have important questions...]

Still playing Birthright, I just found a weapon randomly from one of my units in my castle called "Kaze's Needle."

I wanted to cry.

Not really, but I was legitimately shocked there was a weapon in his name. I'm happy that I finally have something to remember him by. I will cherish it always. Rest in peace, Kaze, my friend.

(￣^￣)ゞ

[MyCastle Codes]

I forgot all about this. lol

This is fun!

07120-88145

45669-37052