Mage Knight 404 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 (edited) Download Version 0.20 Patch Here. ...Buh...I don't...Wait....WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!?So, in case you haven't guessed, yeah, I'm starting FE: A Sacred Dawn over.It was a while back when I realized that no work was getting done on ASD, too many thought processes of random crap, so many things to work on still, and a desire to try and make everything better. So, I just basically said "fuck it" and decided to start fresh. This time, I had a little more to go on and a lot more to utilize. Also, due to personal problems, I withdrew myself from the internet for a bit and worked on this in secrecy.So, basically, I'm going to start completely from scratch with a new story and everything. Same premise, mostly, we've still got Julie and Josh running around being themselves while trying to stop Zephiel, but there's gonna be more than the standard. I don't think there will be any mention of the Sacred Stones this time, Zephiel's role is going to be a bit more...expansive, and Ruby even moreso. Micaiah and pals will still be there, as will Begnion, and, well...we'll kinda go from there. XDRight now I've got the Prologue and Chapter 1 finished, thanks to my, uh, hiatus. I expect progress might be a little bit more steady in the future, and a lot more steady than it has been in months past. I've got some help in various degrees, mainly from Josh(Lord Glenn), but others have pitched in. If you want to(and can) help make ASD shine, you are more than welcome to! I appreciate any help I can get to make this move faster, though my main problem will forever always be animations. I can do most other graphics on my lonesome, but anims take too long, so...[spoiler=Prologue] [spoiler=Chapter 1] And a video of the Prologue here Anyway, here we go, guys. It's a new dawn on the horizon! Let's make this work! Edited May 20, 2013 by Mage Knight 404 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerachi Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 (edited) New stuff! I asked this in the video but never got a response, how did you skip the world map mumbo jumbo the happens before the prolouge? Edited August 20, 2011 by Joekitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviv Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Yes!!! Welcome back Ray and I absolutely LOVE the new look of the hack! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilmik11 Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Great work, I'm sure this will be awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HF Makalov Fanboy Kai Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 the fact that this actully looks origenal for once makes me want to play this, good job with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Red Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 (edited) I don't know why but I kind of missed your huge jumbos of screenshots all piled together and whatnot. :O Good luck that you can make better and faster progress this time. Edited August 20, 2011 by Luffy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fala Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Why are you attacking your own son? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Red Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I think it's a training session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I.M. Gei Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Impressive as usual. It already looks incredible and like it can only get better from here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mage Knight 404 Posted August 20, 2011 Author Share Posted August 20, 2011 I asked this in the video but never got a response, how did you skip the world map mumbo jumbo the happens before the prolouge? Actually really easy. Just change the Prologue's World Map events in Nightmare to Chapter 1's, which has no events. :E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerachi Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Oh, that's good to know, I'll keep that in mind. Thanks for that! Hope the hack will work out this time. Third times the charm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademaster! Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Actually really easy. Just change the Prologue's World Map events in Nightmare to Chapter 1's, which has no events. :E Unless you found a way around it without trying to edit FE8 world map events through hex, that won't work for every chapter in FE8. Just the prologue, chapter 1, 5x, both chapter 12's, both final chapters, and all the tower and ruin chapters IIRC. You need world map events to run for certain chapters or the game crashes. Yay... (At least through my experiences anyway...) And even then, I think you need to have the prologue world map event run at some point to load "Eirika's" sprite onto the world map. But I never did too much research into it, and for all I know, you already know a way around all of this (and if you do, and you could tell me, would really appreciate it, since everything I try and do to fix it doesn't work...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mage Knight 404 Posted August 20, 2011 Author Share Posted August 20, 2011 @Blademaster: Yeah I already found that out myself. If nothing else, we can just have a random world map event that no one cares about. E: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taku Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 I've been waiting for this hack for awhile ever since FE404 and the first version of this hack. Prologue looks good from the video, chapter 1 screenshots look good from here. Hope to see a lot of great ideas from here. Hope this time everything goes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureCam Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Yaay. Sequel to the first hack I ever played is coming back. Sweetness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Shogi Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Looks great. Looking forward to this. Are you going to release a patch until the route split again or is it until you're completely done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Lord Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Looks quite improved, I will look forward to this hack MK404. It looks just great, good luck with it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joerachi Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Unless you found a way around it without trying to edit FE8 world map events through hex, that won't work for every chapter in FE8. Just the prologue, chapter 1, 5x, both chapter 12's, both final chapters, and all the tower and ruin chapters IIRC. You need world map events to run for certain chapters or the game crashes. Yay... (At least through my experiences anyway...) And even then, I think you need to have the prologue world map event run at some point to load "Eirika's" sprite onto the world map. But I never did too much research into it, and for all I know, you already know a way around all of this (and if you do, and you could tell me, would really appreciate it, since everything I try and do to fix it doesn't work...) MNC2 makes it so that the game doesn't use map events on the next chapter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aviv Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I just noticed there's no mention of Mama Linoan. Did she fall of the face of Magvel or somethin'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HF Makalov Fanboy Kai Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I just noticed there's no mention of Mama Linoan. Did she fall of the face of Magvel or somethin'? if i had to guess from what i saw in the opening he's trying to cut all ties to his older hack to make this one seem origenal. granted yes Raymond from the last game is here, but he's not a fire emblem charactor that IS made so he doesn't stand out to people who haven't played his older hack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Sage Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I just noticed there's no mention of Mama Linoan. Did she fall of the face of Magvel or somethin'? It's probably for the best. I dunno about you, but I find something distinctly creepy about having a self insert marry that person's favorite character and having children with her. I mean obviously Ray didn't intend for it to be seen that way and this was back during his early hacking and writing days, so I don't hold it against him. Still I would not be really sad to see Linoan gone from this version of A Sacred Dawn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mage Knight 404 Posted August 21, 2011 Author Share Posted August 21, 2011 It's probably for the best. I dunno about you, but I find something distinctly creepy about having a self insert marry that person's favorite character and having children with her. I mean obviously Ray didn't intend for it to be seen that way and this was back during his early hacking and writing days, so I don't hold it against him. Still I would not be really sad to see Linoan gone from this version of A Sacred Dawn. ^ This, basically. It hit me when I finished Yuri's Sidestory that this sort of thing wouldn't really sit well with me anymore and I just decided to leave their mother up to player interpretation. :c (even though Josh now has Megan's pendant instead of Linoan's, but that's another thing) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Sage Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 I want to say that the self insert being married to Linoan is a lot more forgivable than with similar situations because the self insert isn't a Gary Stu who is uber powerful and loved by all (the way Eragon is). I also admire Mageknight404 for his growing maturity and for his ability to kill his babies and move on as a writer. (Killing his babies means his ability to give up all the work he had done up to that point in order to make a better hack. It's a difficult thing for a lot of people and those who are able to do it tend to be the more talented writers/programmers/artists/etc. in the end). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blademaster! Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 MNC2 makes it so that the game doesn't use map events on the next chapter. That only works for the chapters I mentioned. If you use it on any other chapter, it crashes the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taku Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 ^ This, basically. It hit me when I finished Yuri's Sidestory that this sort of thing wouldn't really sit well with me anymore and I just decided to leave their mother up to player interpretation. :c (even though Josh now has Megan's pendant instead of Linoan's, but that's another thing) I do think it's for the best. Leaving the mother up to the player's interpretation is much more effective than Ray marrying Linoan. Not only that, but if someone REALLY wanted to get into the politics of it all that as a duchess I'm sure it would be difficult for someone like Ray to marry her when he's not a noble. The mysterious mother might also lead to some plot and/or character development or perhaps a potential plot twist later on... ;) *wink wink nudge nudge* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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