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Final Fantasy IV Research & Development / an unreasonably ambitious idea
« on: April 05, 2016, 07:51:25 AM »
hello, I joined the forum to ask this question.
i've been playing Blizzard's Heroes of the Storm lately and really like how the leveling/talent system works.
if you're unfamiliar, at set levels (1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 20), players get a choice of usually 4 different Talents which grant a bonus of some sort.
usually these are passive, sometimes are active abilities
at level 10, they get a Heroic ability, an ultimate ability, kind of like a limit break
check the doc attached for details, but basically I was thinking about implementing some system of granting a character a "point" at certain levels and allowing them to allocate that point to one of the Talents available to that character. what i've made is really just me thinking about what would be fun, and realize that none of it may even be feasible or possible.
most rom hacks i've seen are pretty uninteresting (to me) because they just change graphics, swap effects, or change dialogue. however i have seen those that do more interesting (to me) things, so i'm hoping there's a chance here too
problem...i only know how to do the boring types of hacks i mentioned above. but if anyone is interested in seeing if something like this is possible, i'm glad to help in any way i can, and maybe learn something too.
i think the major hurdle would be keeping track of everything in memory, as much of what i'm thinking are conditional effects or reaction abilities. i imagine creating a new window (or two) as a Talent chooser would also be required. maybe a popup on the after-battle screen? additionally allowing for access to the Heroic ability by pressing "up" above FIGHT, similar to accessing CHANGE and PARRY, or the FIGHT command could just change. that would be less desirable as it would remove the option to FIGHT for that turn. thanks!
i've been playing Blizzard's Heroes of the Storm lately and really like how the leveling/talent system works.
if you're unfamiliar, at set levels (1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 20), players get a choice of usually 4 different Talents which grant a bonus of some sort.
usually these are passive, sometimes are active abilities
at level 10, they get a Heroic ability, an ultimate ability, kind of like a limit break
check the doc attached for details, but basically I was thinking about implementing some system of granting a character a "point" at certain levels and allowing them to allocate that point to one of the Talents available to that character. what i've made is really just me thinking about what would be fun, and realize that none of it may even be feasible or possible.
most rom hacks i've seen are pretty uninteresting (to me) because they just change graphics, swap effects, or change dialogue. however i have seen those that do more interesting (to me) things, so i'm hoping there's a chance here too
problem...i only know how to do the boring types of hacks i mentioned above. but if anyone is interested in seeing if something like this is possible, i'm glad to help in any way i can, and maybe learn something too.
i think the major hurdle would be keeping track of everything in memory, as much of what i'm thinking are conditional effects or reaction abilities. i imagine creating a new window (or two) as a Talent chooser would also be required. maybe a popup on the after-battle screen? additionally allowing for access to the Heroic ability by pressing "up" above FIGHT, similar to accessing CHANGE and PARRY, or the FIGHT command could just change. that would be less desirable as it would remove the option to FIGHT for that turn. thanks!