Radetzky120

So I've been testing the waters of hacking FE8, and one thing I seem to be encountering is that when I try to promote to a class to which I've assigned a custom animation, the game stops on a black screen. e.g. I've put in the FE10-style Fighter to replace the original, but I haven't overwritten the original (i.e. added it to the ROM via FEditor).I try promoting Ross and the screen goes black. Any tips or such?

Sorry, wasn't clear. I meant D00000, the 8 just was the pointer I used. I'm thinking it might be related to the graphic not being compressed when I add it. How can I make sure? Edit: Managed to get the standing map sprite working; now to see to the moving sprite.

Not really gonna comment on the whole fanservice thing because 1. it's been mentioned ad nauseam and 2. it's the part of the series I care about the least either way. I don't like it when FE games focus too much on a strong EP. I like a balance where a good PP ensures a smooth EP. None of this "throw my Paladin into the enemy force with nothing but a bunch of javelins" business, though I have to admit watching my powerhouses become essential one man armies is still fun. >tfw no playable Soldiers outside Tellius Archers being terrible. I mean, pre-promoted Snipers aren't bad and mounted bows too, but why make a class with no EP worse than others?

Last Tier 1 mounted bow IIRC is PoR Astrid. I LOVE using her, unlike her RD counterpart.

Finished: FE7 FE8 - my first and favorite FE9 - second favorite FE10 - third favorite FE13 "Playing" (for a given value of playing) FE4 FE6 FE12 yeah, I'm a filthy casual.

Yeah, I recall that Oscar.

So I've been trying to add map sprites to my hack, and for some reason it's not working. I'm following this tutorial step-by-step and here's what's going on. 1. Export map sprite from FE8 (let's say I want to use Eirika Lord in place of Lyn Lord) 2. Import map sprite into an FE7 ROM (I'm using the offset 8D00000 in this case; I'm not using that for anything ATM, so I'm trying it there first) 3. Repoint the map sprite in Nightmare At this point when I try to test the map sprite, the game ends play and takes me back to the title screen. I'm kinda stumped as to what's going on, anyone have an idea?

Yeah, I just realized I just re-patch the ROM and it works like a charm. Thanks guys!

I did it in FE9 with the Bow Bros. Yeah, not optimal given that this is PoR Rolf and not his actually-usable RD version and it means giving Oscar Bows, but FE9 doesn't need optimal anyway.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but IIRC the Melee and Magic Fix patch isn't an auto-patch. And yes, I've FEditor'd the ROM and it still happens. Maybe I just need to re-apply that patch because it somehow goes away every time I edit the ROM in Nightmare.

So I'm doing a rather minor hack at the moment. I've hacked my game to where Falcoknights can use lances and staves a la Awakening. So far, there don't seem to be any issues, but I kinda run into one where after, say, Fiora heals someone with a staff, the next time she attacks with an Iron Lance she just raises her hand as if throwing a javelin and the animation stops there. The enemy still gets destroyed, but the animation doesn't display correctly. Any tips or things I could do to fix this?

That's a more elegant way of what I said

For regular weapons set it to 0x09, for magic set it to 0x0B. I think.

With Us and Stalwart's Oath. Given that I played PoR before RD, I voted for the former.

Nomads are great in FE6 because they have more movement than Archers/Snipers, don't have a horseslayer weakness, and they face more fliers than in FE7 and FE8. Rath isn't bad, too bad his availability isn't the best and it's actually better to either skip Lyn Mode or have him get beaten in said mode if you want to use him - his standard EM/HM bases are better than his LM bases, and his high base level in LM kinda puts a damper on him leveraging growths (and you want to dump EXP on Sain/Kent anyway). Ranger isn't a bad class in FE8; in fact that's the one edge Neimi has over Innes. Ranger Gerik is heresy though.

Not to be confused with New Guy here. So anyway, hiya Serenesforest! This is my second FE community after /r/fireemblem, and after lurking around I've decided to get myself an account. I started off with Sacred Stones back in high school, but I didn't pick up another game in the series until I decided to get Awakening on a whim last year. After finishing that game, I've finished FE7, Path of Radiance, and Radiant Dawn just this year. That's all I can say, so don't bite!