Fates Discovery - lost Dog and Boar spirits

[Fëanen]

So, I've been using Ohana3DS to check out different weapon models, just to see them up close. I discovered something I haven't seen anybody talk about - there's models for the last two Chinese Zodiac scrolls, Dog and Boar (or Pig, but the model seems to have tusks...). The files are wep_mg037B.bch.lz and wep_mg038B.bch.lz and they look pretty complete. Attached are the weapon textures (never mind the weird transparency, apparently the game uses that to represent specularity).

But what's a spell without animations, right? Well, in the effect folder I found them - Crs_12_Inu.arc.lz and Crs_13_Inoshishi.arc.lz . I found a tool to extract them, and they look about as complete as other spell models, so they might just work. I also discovered models of the Mire and Grima's Truth tomes, still in Awakening style. I imagine they were going to be overwritten with more dark spells, but that was cut.

...And that's where I hit a roadblock. I'm not really into ROM hacking so I have no idea how to get these lost spells available to work. I'm guessing they don't have stats, so somebody would have to make them up and insert them or something. I hope this sparks the interest of somebody more competent than me, I'd love to see if these unused animations can be re-implemented.

Edited February 17, 2020 by Fëanen

[MrFahrenheit]

Nice find. I'm far from an expert when it comes to ROM hacking, but I'll see what I can do with these this weekend. If I had to guess, I'd say that Mire and Grima's Truth were probably placeholders, but it seems odd that the two Chinese Zodiac scrolls were unused considering that they appear to have complete effects and models.

(On another note, I really like your forum avatar. The 10th Doctor was spectacular in my opinion.)