Engage Reverse Recruitment (Has version with Reversed Emblems)

[ltranc]

Reverses unit recruitment order. Jean and Anna have been swapped based on their earliest possible jointime.

Veyle has been given the "Main Character"/"Hero" flag, and Alear had that flag removed from them. Veyle can access the Convoy and is a game over condition, and those attributes are removed from Alear. 

Currently, Emblem paralogues and the Pact Ring paralogue are unchanged. For most of the game, Veyle will be the only force deployed unit in those maps, with Alear being a second force deploy upon join.

Alear's appearances as an enemy (replacing Veyle) by default do not match the gender that is chosen for Alear at the start of the game due to them no longer possessing the Hero flag, so the download is split into M!Alear and F!Alear (only difference is person.xml.bundle). To reduce potential weirdness when Alear is recruited, please choose the Male Alear folder if you wish to play with M!Alear and the Female Alear folder if you wish to play with F!Alear.

All story text and dialogue is unchanged. Post-battle exploration unit placement is unchanged, so there will be units standing around that aren't recruited yet in the earlygame and midgame. Veyle may also be standing around.

Spreadsheet with character replacement, recruitment, classes, stats, notes, and personal weapons.

Download Link for Reverse Recruitment.

Also has a version that swaps Emblem "jointimes" by when you first obtain them, so Marth swaps with Eirika, Sigurd with Corrin, and so on.

Download Link for Reverse Recruitment that swaps Emblems.

Also a mod that just swaps Emblem jointimes, without Reverse Recruitment elements. Errors are that Lumera engaged with Corrin lacks a pixel sprite and enemy Ivy wielding a Killer Bow looks strange due to Wyvern Bow animations not existing.

Download Link for Reverse Emblem Acquisition.

Known Issues (Mostly visual errors) for RR:

• Veyle's death quote is not voiced. Veyle's portrait in "Bond Level increased!" messages will display as a white rectangle.
• Certain tutorial and menu text which has Alear's name will display "VeyleVeyle" in place of Alear's name.
• The model used for post-battle exploration and walking in the Somniel is Veyle's, but it is stretched to match Alear's body scaling. It is not very noticeable from a back view due to the hair. A band-aid fix is giving her a body accessory like the kimono, which will scale her down to regular size. It appears to not be an issue on hardware, it may be emulator exclusive.
• Emblem Alear will display as being tied to Veyle, but it is actually still tied to Alear, so only Alear can Engage+. Certain text may also display Emblem Veyle's name instead of Emblem Alear's.
• The Alear chibi model on the map may disappear partway through the game then reappear upon Alear being recruited.
• Alear's chosen name at the start of the game will not be remembered when they join the party at Chapter 22.
• Rosado has no Axe Flier pixel sprite

Screenshots (RR) (Only a few because giant image file sizes)

Spoiler

All above notes are also included in a text document in the download.

PLEASE let me know if any errors not listed above are encountered. The mod is made for Version 2.0.0.

 

Edited May 24, 2023 by ltranc