valieruswanderer Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 So I want to start a FE hack. I'm rather new to this so advice and comments from experienced Hackers, or Creators (which ever you prefer) would be greatly appreciated. General Plot: The story is built around a mercenary named Valierus . Early on he's hired by the princess of Imperia as a body guard as she investigates Demonic activity in a nearby forest. Eventually he rbels against Imperia and forms his own nation after learning of the atrocities committed by Imperia's ruler. So far thats all i've thought out plot wise, but i start working on it today. Any advice is welcome, and suggestions will be considered. Thank you for taking the time to take notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvdrZim13 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 I'd keep fleshing out the plot, as well as reading up on eventing and other hacking stuff to start familiarizing yourself with that part, as you're probably not going to be able to find someone to do the events and all that for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tequila Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 Normally I'd copy and paste, but I don't feel like redoing all the formatting, so I'm just gonna post a link to a reddit post that has some good info for beginners: https://www.reddit.com/r/fireemblem/comments/57g4m9/whats_the_best_way_to_learn_how_to_rom_hack/d8rppwv/ Kinda hard to comment on the plot so far, so I'll abstain until there's more details. Good luck, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrman Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 At a glance, I thought you were talking about Akaneia. Oh well. Thinking of a plot is easy. Execution isn't easy. The Ultimate Tutorial should be read before you do anything, and familiarise yourself with Nightmare and Feditor-uh,EA before doing a full romhack. Just start with reskins, your plot sounds very FE8-able. Can't really say much more, but good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valieruswanderer Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 (edited) At a glance, I thought you were talking about Akaneia. Oh well. Thinking of a plot is easy. Execution isn't easy. The Ultimate Tutorial should be read before you do anything, and familiarise yourself with Nightmare and Feditor-uh,EA before doing a full romhack. Just start with reskins, your plot sounds very FE8-able. Can't really say much more, but good luck! I've already started reading, and toying with Nightmare, so I'm glad to know I'm already doing something right. if you guys can send me character Ideas i can start sorting through them, and building classes. As it is I don't know how to do the mugshots, or sprites for that matter. Edited October 28, 2016 by valieruswanderer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valieruswanderer Posted October 28, 2016 Author Share Posted October 28, 2016 So, I'm thinking that i'll have Valierus as a Dark Bladesmen, which is a class that mixes elder magic and swords. And the first chapter will be Him and Elwyn(the girl hes protecting) fight a group of bandits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InvdrZim13 Posted October 28, 2016 Share Posted October 28, 2016 I've already started reading, and toying with Nightmare, so I'm glad to know I'm already doing something right. if you guys can send me character Ideas i can start sorting through them, and building classes. As it is I don't know how to do the mugshots, or sprites for that matter. There's tutorials for how to splice and stuff too, nickt also has a collection of free to use mugs for projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Hardin Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 So, I'm thinking that i'll have Valierus as a Dark Bladesmen, which is a class that mixes elder magic and swords. And the first chapter will be Him and Elwyn(the girl hes protecting) fight a group of bandits. If this is using the GBA games as a base, that could be quite hard as units cannot have both a Strength, and a Magic Stat. Personally I'd just pick one, such as having Valierus use a sword, but have a Dark affinity, or having Valierus as a tough magic user. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circleseverywhere Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 If this is using the GBA games as a base, that could be quite hard as units cannot have both a Strength, and a Magic Stat. Str Mag splits have been done for all three GBA games, by multiple independent people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eliwan Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 If this is using the GBA games as a base, that could be quite hard as units cannot have both a Strength, and a Magic Stat.Or you could not bother with a str-mag split and instead just use a single combined power stat. :> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
かベリー Posted October 30, 2016 Share Posted October 30, 2016 ... How can a single mercenary form his own, independent nation, let alone surviving long enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NICKT™ Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 There's tutorials for how to splice and stuff too, nickt also has a collection of free to use mugs for projects. http://feuniverse.us/t/nicktcollection-v1-1/1801/ Also, for your plot, it seems more like establishment or backstory. You need to also focus on what happens during the active story, or the parts that you play and experience. What starts it, what do the characters do, where are they going, what is their goal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valieruswanderer Posted October 31, 2016 Author Share Posted October 31, 2016 (edited) ... How can a single mercenary form his own, independent nation, let alone surviving long enough? He'll align with other nations and people who wish to bring down the empire If this is using the GBA games as a base, that could be quite hard as units cannot have both a Strength, and a Magic Stat. Personally I'd just pick one, such as having Valierus use a sword, but have a Dark affinity, or having Valierus as a tough magic user. I'll have to toy with it, but I think it can be done. If nothing else he might just end up being a swordsman that also can use magic weakly. http://feuniverse.us...tion-v1-1/1801/ Also, for your plot, it seems more like establishment or backstory. You need to also focus on what happens during the active story, or the parts that you play and experience. What starts it, what do the characters do, where are they going, what is their goal? Thanks for the mugs, its definitely going to help. Are there any tutorials on map creation? You know the tiles and map layout? I'm still hammering out the kinks and stuff with the plot. Edited October 31, 2016 by valieruswanderer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Avernathy Posted October 31, 2016 Share Posted October 31, 2016 FE Map Creator is a fantastic tool for creating maps. The only thing you'll need to supply is your creativity. Study existing maps in the GBA games, maps you find here on SF, basically anywhere. Post what you make for feedback. Afterwards, there are numerous tutorials for inserting maps.Here are some resources you might like:(FE Map Creator) http://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=50953 (Map insertion tutorial using old methods) http://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=26486 (circleseverywhere's buildfile demo, which demonstrates a new way to do things) http://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=66906 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valieruswanderer Posted November 1, 2016 Author Share Posted November 1, 2016 FE Map Creator is a fantastic tool for creating maps. The only thing you'll need to supply is your creativity. Study existing maps in the GBA games, maps you find here on SF, basically anywhere. Post what you make for feedback. Afterwards, there are numerous tutorials for inserting maps. Here are some resources you might like: (FE Map Creator) http://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=50953 (Map insertion tutorial using old methods) http://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=26486 (circleseverywhere's buildfile demo, which demonstrates a new way to do things) http://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=66906 Thanks, I'll definitely take a look at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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