Hello! I'm new to this forum, and also to FFV rom hacking as well. FFV has always been my favorite Final Fantasy (With 1,3, 6, and 7 somewhere behind it), and I would love to be able to create new things for it. Like new jobs, weapons, armor, items, and bonus dungeons, for example. I first want to start with a simple graphic modification of the weapons, because I always liked the uniqueness of every weapon from FF1. In that game, I loved getting new weapons and seeing what cool new sprite they had. Sure, some looked graphical the same, but the different palettes separated one from another. When you look at FFV's weapon graphics, each weapon type shares one main sprite with very little differences. I am even confused that the holy sword Excalibur looks like every other great sword in the game!
Anyway, Long story aside, here are my questions:
1. I can't seem to get the right palettes to load.
I have tried both YY-Chr and Tile Layer Pro, but I can't seem to get FFV's palettes to appear. The emulator that I use is ZSnes and after creating a save state of the game and loading it into either of the two editors, I got nothing close to the correct colors. I have managed to change some sprites with this palettes I got, but I can't see myself doing anything efficiently without the proper colors.
2. I can't seem to find much.
I have managed to find the main characters battle sprites, field sprites, and some misc menu tiles, but that about all I can find. If not having the right colors was bad enough, all I can find are giant seas of graphical nonsense with tiny islands of actual sprites in between. If you guys have tips for finding things, or where the weapons are located, it would be much appreciated.
That's all I have for now, I want to thank you for reading that big introduction if you did.
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