A Comparison
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This post compares “new gameplay” Final Fantasy V mods that have been created by the modding DCcommunity over the years.
These mods are unofficial and unaffiliated with Square Enix.
Comparison Chart
For a comparison of Whirlwind builds, see here.
Note that “⏯” represents a feature that can be toggled in game.
| Ancient Cave | Autumn Challenge | Void Divergence | Heroine Trilogy | Whirlwind | |
| Released | 2010 | 2012 | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| Translated | 2022 | 2020 | – | 2025 | – |
| In Active Development | ✓ | ||||
| Actively Supported | NGPlus | NGPlus | FFV Central | FFV Central | |
| Technology | Event coding | Event coding | Assembly | Event coding | Binary edit |
| Theme | Roguelike | Hardtype | Overhaul | Expansion | Respinner |
| Base translation | RPGe | RPGe | RPGe | RPGe | |
| Translation included | ✓ | ||||
| Free as in beer | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Base version only, or Fiesta event |
| Field dash | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Overworld dash | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Skip turn | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Character scrolling | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Advanced | Basic |
| Better optimize | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Vanilla bugfixes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Leader swap | ✓ | ||||
| Fastrom | ✓ | ||||
| Boost farm rates | Config 1-62x @ | ||||
| Dress Code | Job colors and cosmetic hair | ||||
| Page scrolling | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| MSU-1 | |||||
| Early jobs | ⏯ | ||||
| Ability freedom | 1-3 slots | 1-3 slots | 6 slots | 1-3 slots | 4-8 slots |
| Encounters off | Game clear any file | ||||
| Solo project | ✓ | ||||
| New game plus | |||||
| Roms | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Randomized map sequences | ✓ | ||||
| Imported tracks | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Imported enemies | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Altered jobs | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Added jobs | ✓ | ||||
| Altered skills | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| New items | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Overhauled battle system | ✓ | ||||
| Configurable difficulty | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| New protagonist | ✓ | ||||
| Cutscene skips | ⏯ | ||||
| Dialogue skips | ⏯ | ||||
| Config expansion | ✓ | ||||
| Open world (early airship, world warps, progression skips) | ⏯ | ||||
| Self-rando (jobs, chests, enemies, shops, drops) | ⏯ | ||||
| Spell drops | ✓ | ||||
| Fiesta-inspired modes (4Je, 5Je) | ⏯ | ||||
| Solo mode | ⏯ | ||||
| Permadeath mode | ⏯ | ||||
| Blood Moon mode | ⏯ | ||||
| Limits broken (HP x3, MP, damage) | ✓ | ||||
| Extra save slots | ✓ | ||||
| Extra equip slot | ✓ | ||||
| Diagonal movement | ✓ | ||||
| Day/night cycle | ✓ | ||||
| Rename characters | ✓ | ||||
| Early Krile | ✓ | ||||
| Bestiary | ✓ | ||||
| Jukebox | ✓ | ||||
| Win count | ✓ | ||||
| Boss challenge | ✓ | ||||
| Jump button, dash button | ✓ | ||||
| Crit button | ✓ | ||||
| Save anywhere | Game clear current file | ||||
| Job menu unlocked for random job per level up | Game clear current file | ||||
| Higher difficulty | Config 1-6x | ||||
| BDL2, BDL3 | Tornado DLC | ||||
| Swap battle menu | Tornado DLC | ||||
| Upgraded Phoenix summon | Tornado DLC | ||||
| Break level limit | Tornado DLC | ||||
| Break XP limit | Tornado DLC | ||||
| Leaderboards | Speedrun.com | ||||
| Achievements | Base version only |
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