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Library of the Ancients => Final Fantasy IV Research & Development => Topic started by: SwordmasterAbel on November 27, 2010, 06:25:10 PM
Title: Random Value
Post by: SwordmasterAbel on November 27, 2010, 06:25:10 PM
Hello, everyone. I've been wanting to make a hack that randomizes certain aspects of the game, such as characters joining and departing and items obtained by chests and searching. My question, then, is this: Is it even possible to utilize a random value in an event string? Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Title: Re: Random Value
Post by: SwordmasterAbel on December 02, 2010, 09:34:58 PM
So... nobody knows how? Or... is it actually not possible?
Title: Re: Random Value
Post by: Lenophis on December 02, 2010, 09:58:22 PM
ANYTHING is possible, given hardware limitations and the amount of effort you're willing to put into it. :banonsmash:
If it's not possible, make it possible. It won't be easy, but rom hacking seldomly is, especially when nobody has done it before.
Title: Re: Random Value
Post by: SwordmasterAbel on December 03, 2010, 06:39:40 PM
Thanks so much for your reply. Are you saying it's never been done in the romhacking community? That's... amazing, really. I wouldn't even know where to start. I am merely a lowly noob in this area. Hmm....
Title: Re: Random Value
Post by: Imzogelmo on December 04, 2010, 08:29:09 AM
Hmmm, yeah, we've made some use of commands for random values. It's not really that hard, but the game doesn't natively use randoms in event code (with the exception of one command which randomly skips the next line). That command could be modified to take a parameter, or to simply generate a random number for later processing. Generating's the easy part; figuring out how to make it process those numbers and seamlessly flow as a more realistic simulation of how decisions occur-- that's hard. But yeah, it's possible, up to the hardware limitations, which wouldn't be a problem for the simple cases.
Title: Re: Random Value
Post by: Lenophis on December 04, 2010, 12:24:42 PM