Hey, guest here just making a drive-by - loving this hack. It's exactly what I've always wanted from an FE8 hack... so I cannot thank you enough for making this and sharing it!!
If you're still looking for feedback and bug reports, I've got one: Gilliam just gained Rally Spectrum through what I can only assume is a random cascade of coincidences and arcane code shenanigans.
I'm playing on mGBA 0.9.1 - Vanessa just stopped on this space and used a vulnerary. This healed her as expected, but then a skill acquisition popup showed, indicating someone had just learned Rally Spectrum. Turns out it was Gilliam, who at the time he learned it hadn't yet used his turn. I then proceeded to use Gilliam's Rally action...
Our boy is looking a little chonky!!
Anyway, thanks again for all your work. Really looking forward to a final version.