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Re: GBA portraits
« Reply #60 on: June 10, 2012, 10:30:01 PM »


Finished! Well, I still have to make the patch itself, but from what I understand it's rather simple.
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Re: GBA portraits - Hack Completed!!
« Reply #61 on: June 11, 2012, 03:11:26 PM »
All done! I've attached the .ips file, I don't know if there's a better way to distribute the hack, but if anyone can think of one, let me know. Give it a try!
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Re: GBA portraits - Hack Completed!!
« Reply #62 on: June 11, 2012, 04:53:56 PM »
I tried the patch, and...it made me laugh at first. Then I thought they actually look pretty good. I feel these laid back, classic SNES style portraits fit the theme surprisingly well. I think I'm going to use this patch from now on. :)

 :edit: Something is wrong with Galuf's portrait...
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Re: GBA portraits - Hack Completed!!
« Reply #63 on: June 11, 2012, 06:01:21 PM »
That's great news magicpants29, congrats :D

Do you have plans on posting this on other places like romhacking?
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Re: GBA portraits - Hack Completed!!
« Reply #64 on: June 11, 2012, 06:32:48 PM »
Can you be more specific about the problem with Galuf's portrait? I want to make sure I have any issues dealt with before the patch is spread around.

Edit: I see what you mean. I'll see what I can do about it. It looks like the palette isn't replacing and partway through the portrait, it's stopping the replacement. Other portraits seem to be ok so far, I'm looking through different parts of the games in save states.
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Re: GBA portraits - Hack Completed!!
« Reply #65 on: June 11, 2012, 07:36:24 PM »
Fixed the problem and I've updated the patches that I attached in this thread. The problem was that I didn't use an original file for the patch, but rather one of my early test files where I was working on Galuf's portrait.
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Re: GBA portraits - Hack Completed!!
« Reply #66 on: June 12, 2012, 10:42:26 AM »
I had mentioned this before, but I'll ask again. Now that you're done with the portraits, do you plan on making some changes on the sprites themselves?
(Mostly changing colors to match the new portraits...)
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Re: GBA portraits - Hack Completed!!
« Reply #67 on: June 12, 2012, 04:21:33 PM »
Probably not. I doubt I'd have the time to go through them, and for the most part they're close enough that I don't think many people will mind. I mean, even in the original SNES version, Galuf's overworld sprite was different from his battle/menu sprite, I figure people can handle that things are slightly different here and there. It's when Faris is blonde with a manface and Lenna looks like she's melting that there's a problem haha
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Re: GBA portraits - Hack Completed!!
« Reply #68 on: June 13, 2012, 12:20:44 PM »
Quote from: magicpants29 on June 12, 2012, 04:21:33 PM
Probably not. I doubt I'd have the time to go through them, and for the most part they're close enough that I don't think many people will mind. I mean, even in the original SNES version, Galuf's overworld sprite was different from his battle/menu sprite, I figure people can handle that things are slightly different here and there. It's when Faris is blonde with a manface and Lenna looks like she's melting that there's a problem haha
LOL, yes, I can only agree with this. For me, the characters are represented by their sprites, not portraits.
Anyway, good job with this! Hacks like these are hardly ever finished, but this project has had steady progress all the way, for the most part. I hope you do release it on RHDN or some other larger site, because it won't get much attention if it only stays here.
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Re: GBA portraits - Hack Completed!!
« Reply #69 on: June 13, 2012, 01:10:53 PM »
I tried submitting it on that site and they rejected it due to being a "sprite only" hack. Not sure where else I'd host it, I'm not so familiar with hacking sites. I did put it on mediafire though, along with making a version of the hack that works with the Japanese rom (since the portraits/palettes are located differently, the normal patch doesn't work).

Link with the US and Japanese version of the hack: http://www.mediafire.com/?j5ykuwy8nsa6l0b
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« Reply #70 on: June 13, 2012, 05:26:59 PM »
romhacking submissions:
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Sprite-Only Hacks: Typically single or few sprite only hacks are considered incomplete and/or non-improvements, and will not be accepted (Think Naked Mario hacks). Extensively difficult or artistic sprite hacks however may be considered.
This is an artistic sprite hack, so it should be reconsidered IMO. Was it an automatic reply or did someone actually said you couldn't?

I think that maybe rather than trying to post it again, making a topic there would help getting it published there. (Knowing how MANY people complains about the portraits, it might be best to do the topic first)
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