PROJECT II: FINAL FANTASY IV v3.05 (Jan 14 2022) Quick Find: Press Ctrl + F and type in the keyword, then press Enter to search for the section. TABLE OF CONTENTS Disclaimer .. [DSC1] Overview .... [OVR2] Changelog ... [CHG3] Reflections . [REF4] Credits ..... [CRD5] ==================================================================================================== Disclaimer [DSC1] ========== - Final Fantasy IV (c) Square Enix. All rights reserved. - No ownership is claimed by FlamePurge over Final Fantasy IV or the franchise from which it originates. Commercial use of this patch, including but not limited to reproduction, sale, etc. is strictly prohibited. - This unofficial, fan-made patch is provided "as-is" on a voluntary (i.e. non-profit) basis. FlamePurge is not liable for damage incurred to the end-user, their OS, or their hardware while using this patch. - Apply this patch only to a Headered "Final Fantasy II (v1.1) (U) [!].smc" with the following specifications: Hashes: File SHA-1 - C0E02B0F44CCA882C0AEE5C16FF41EDB6B79FA71 ROM SHA-1 - 41A74EB369A7A91815529EF99AB1B20E2BDF3E26 File CRC32 - EE345FBD ROM CRC32 - 23084FCD - Players are encouraged to keep a backup of their original game file in case an error occurs. - Please note that restoration of the original Japanese FFIV maps will not be implemented. Those seeking original maps are encouraged to try Final Fantasy IV: Namingway Edition by Rodimus Primal. https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/2337/ ==================================================================================================== ==================================================================================================== Overview [OVR2] ======== GENERAL: - Entirely rewritten script that takes elements from many versions of FFIV. - Restores almost all missing content. For example: commands Pray, Salve, Recall; items Soma Drop, Firebomb; spells Armor, Shell. Shops have original inventories and prices. Enemies drop original items. Etc. - Reverts censored map graphics and stripping dancer in Town of Baron. - Implements updated title logo by Paladin that reads "FINAL FANTASY IV" in the FFII US logo style. - Bonus appendices to aid the player's FFIV adventure. They are not required to play. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENHANCEMENTS: - [Applied Patch] Final Fantasy IV: User Options (chillyfeez) Restores Active and Wait battle modes; toggle ATB gauge by pressing the SELECT Button in battle; tap the L Button while walking to toggle dash; tap the L Button while on an airship to toggle slow mode; press the X Button in battle to skip the current character's turn. - [Applied Patch] Protect and Shell Improvement (Deathlike2) Improves spells Armor and Shell. - [Applied Patch] Sing Improvement (Deathlike2) Replaces Mute Song with Stop Song; replaces failure chance with Paralyze Song. - [Applied Patch] Goblin Summon Enhancement (Deathlike2) Call spell Imp now draws on Rydia's Attack stat. - [Applied Patch] Magic Plus (Deathlike2) Spell Sight can cause Blind in battle; Dispel now causes Curse. - [Applied Patch] Bit Improvement (Deathlike2) Power Staff can cast Bersk as an item; Flame Whip can cast Fire3 as an item; Wooden Mallet can cast Lit-2 as an item. - [Applied Patch] Warp Animation Enabling Patch (Dragonsbrethren) Warp is an instant death spell in battle. Tweaked to lengthen cast time, reduce chance to connect, slightly raise MP cost, and remove ability to affect bosses. - [Applied Patch] Medicine Power-up Patch (Phoenix Hacks) Heal command restores 64-96 HP per character. - [Applied Patch] Regen Power-up Patch (Phoenix Hacks) Regen command restores 255 HP at fixed intervals. Tweaked to restore 160 HP and no longer freeze FuSoYa in place. - Revised Rosa's menu portrait, combining the hair of the SNES original with the ponytail of FFIV Pixel Remaster. - Cecil (Paladin) and Rydia (Little) now learn their additional white magic from the 3D Remake. - Pray has a 70% chance to work; casts Cure2 if successful. - Cry reduces enemy Magic Defense according to half of Porom's Will rating. - Peep is now Rush, and casts Bersk on the user. (Credit: 8.bit.fan) - Cid has a new command, Smog. It inflicts a small amount of non-elemental damage on all enemies, as well as Poison. (Credit: 8.bit.fan) - All bows receive Hit +10%. - Weapon Artemis Bow deals 4x damage to dragons. - Armor Heroine Robe only gives +10 to Strength, Agility, Vitality, but the -15 penalties to Wisdom and Will are removed. - Items Cure3 Potions, Sirens can be bought from the Hummingway Home. - Cecil (Dark Knight) can wear more equipment; basically, everything that Cecil (Paladin) can use aside from bows, arrows, mage robes, and light-elemental equipment. - Made dummied weapons HandAxe and Assassin Dagger legitimately obtainable. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BUG FIXES: - [Applied Patch] Long Range Fix (Dragoon ZERO) If a character switched from a long-range weapon to a short-range weapon, they used to keep the prior weapon's long-range status. Fixed. - [Applied Patch] Critical Hit Fix (chillyfeez, Grimoire LD) Characters used to be able to permanently lose ability to deal critical hits. Fixed. - [Applied Patch] Immune Byte Bugfixes (Grimoire LD) Armor passive ability Elementproof had two forms of incorrect behavior: 1. It incorrectly gave Evade +99%. 2. After removing the armor with Elementproof (Adamant Armor in OG FFIV), the character would gain a weakness to fire, ice, and lightning. These are both now fixed. - [Applied Patch] Sylph Fix (chillyfeez) Esper Sylph properly reduces Rydia's MP, regardless of her placement in line-up. - Fixed item decrement bug. Now giving a key item to an NPC (e.g. SandRuby -> Rosa, Pink Tail -> Adamant Grotto miniman) only removes one of the items from the inventory. (Credit: chillyfeez) - Summon monster item descriptions now properly display. (Credit: Dragonsbrethren) - Trying to equip a two-handed weapon while equipped with something else in one or both hands used to result in a cryptic "To equip" message appearing. Fixed. (Credit: Phoenix Hacks) - Fixed RHand and LHand labels' inconsistent appearance in battle. - Fixed bug where players could skip the Sealed Cave by casting Warp in the Dwarf Castle throne room. - Fixed a garbage message displaying when attempting to leave the Lugae Key and Pink Tail upon winning them after battle. - Black Robe now properly gives Wisdom +5. - Various graphical errors corrected. ==================================================================================================== ==================================================================================================== Changelog [CHG3] ========= v3.05 (Jan 14 2023) - Applied Pray Fix (chillyfeez) Command Pray used to not function while the center party slot was empty. Fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v3.04 (Jul 5 2022) - Applied Sylph Fix (chillyfeez) Rydia didn't receive an MP reduction if she summoned Sylph, unless she was in the center of the party line-up. Fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v3.03 (Dec 14 2021) - Corrected an error where Rydia could no longer learn Toad. - Corrected the game's checksum. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v3.02 (Dec 13 2021) - Edward no longer has flesh-toned clothes. - Fixed some inconsistencies with Cecil (Paladin), Rosa, and Rydia (Big)'s map sprites. - Fixed an instance of Cecil's name not using the character name tag. (Before, it would always display "Cecil" no matter his name.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v3.01 (Dec 6 2021) - Added a sound effect for using Sight in battle. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v3.00 (Dec 3 2021) - Cid has received 2 new commands. Peep has been removed. (Credit: 8.bit.fan) * Mad Rush: Free Bersk on self (Cid starts with 15 Will to ensure this connects more often) * Smog: Small damage to all foes; inflicts Poison (Cid starts with 10 Wisdom to boost this a bit) - As a result of Smog's existence, spell Venom is now forced single-target. - Corrected several field map graphics. - The guillotine in the Tower of Zot now plays its proper sound effect. - Altered Rosa's menu portrait to resemble that of Final Fantasy IV Pixel Remaster, giving her a ponytail as in her field and battle sprites. - Cecil (PLD) has gained his additional White Magic from Final Fantasy IV 3D Remake. His existing spells have not changed acquisition rates. * LV 10 - Armor * LV 22 - Shell * LV 31 - Life1 - Rydia (LIL) has gained her additional White Magic from Final Fantasy IV 3D Remake. Her existing spells have not changed acquisition rates. * LV 9 - Charm * LV 11 - Heal * LV 13 - Cure2 * LV 16 - Life1 - Less people can equip bows and arrows. The remaining archers are as follows. * Cecil (PLD) * Edward * Rosa * Porom - Cecil (DKN) can now equip the following. * Silver Knife; Dancing Dagger; Assassin Dagger; Mute Knife * Ancient Sword; Drain Blade; Silver Sword; Slumber Sword; Fire Sword; IceBrand; Medusa Blade; Avenger; Defense Sword * HandAxe; Dwarf Axe; Ogre Axe; Poison Axe; RuneAxe * Iron Shield; Silver Shield; Fire Shield; Ice Shield; Diamond Shield; Aegis Shield; Samurai Shield; Dragoon Shield * Cap; Twist Headband; Leather Hat; Bandanna; Ninja Hood; Ribbon; Glass Mask * Cloth Robe; Prisoner Clothes; Bard Robe; Leather Clothes; Karate Gi; Black Belt; Power Vest * Iron Helm; Silver Helm; Diamond Helm; Samurai Helm; Dragoon Helm; Iron Armor; Fire Mail; Ice Mail; Diamond Mail; Samurai Armor; Dragoon Armor; Adamant Armor * Iron Glove; Silver Glove; Diamond Glove; Samurai Glove; Dragoon Gauntlet; Zeus Glove * RubyRing; IronRing; Strength Ring; Protect Ring; Crystal Ring - Updated the appendices to account for the new additions. - Internal name of ROM is now "FINAL FANTASY 4" as a bonus. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.44 (Feb 18 2021) - Tweaked a line in Toroia to fit with a small subplot resolution. - Tweaked a line in Silvera. - Tweaked a couple of lines in the Adamant Grotto. - Incorporated key item decrement bug fix. Giving a key item to an NPC on the field map will now only take 1 of that item from the inventory. This means Pink Tail hunters will be able to collect 5 Tails, take them to the Grotto to trade 1 from their stack of 5, receive 1 Adamant Armor, and still retain 4 Pink Tails for further trading. (Credit: chillyfeez) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.43 (Feb 6 2021) - Several dialogue updates to aid readability, fix logic errors, and correct typos. Special thanks to Spooniest. - Lit spell line is now Bolt. - Enemy skill Charm is now Entice. - FuSoYa is now able to act while command Regen is in effect. - Term Esperland is now the Esper Plane; Esperland Passage is now Passage of the Espers. - Updated multiple item descriptions. - Overhauled the Supplements; changed name to Appendices. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.42 (Aug 29 2019) - Enemy Warlock now correctly drops SomaDrops. (Thanks: Nosgothy) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.41 (May 25 2019) - Adamant Armor bug fix refined; now properly replicates Grimoire LD's patch Immune Byte Bugfixes. (Thanks: 8.bit.fan) (Credit: Grimoire LD) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.40 (Jan 15 2019) - Wide swaths of dialogue updated thanks to Chicken Knife and Spooniest. - Restored two missing music cues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.31 (Dec 14 2018) - Applied Critical Hit Fix (chillyfeez, Grimoire LD) http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/4256/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.30 (Sep 3 2018) - Grammar and consistency updates. - Restored stripping dancer in Town of Baron. - Renamed CharmRod, Silence Staff, and Charm Arrow to FairyRod, Rune Staff, and Angel Arrow. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.22 (Jun 3 2018) - Consistency updates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.21 (Oct 10 2017) - Revised the name given to Cid's daughter. - Fixed rename menu. (Thanks: Sephirous) (Credit: Pinkpuff) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.20 (Sep 3 2017) - Removed references to real life former friends. - Grammatical, typo, term, and characterization updates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.15 (Aug 21 2017) - Fixed unneeded indentation in discarding key item post-battle message. - Typo fixes and grammatical updates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.14 (May 3 2017) - Fixed text for trying to discard items Lugae Key and Pink Tail after battle. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.13 (Feb 29 2016) - Corrected Paladin's title logo. - Minor Supplements updates. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.12 (Dec 19 2015) - Fixed typo where term Damcyan was misspelled. (Thanks: Chaos Rush) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.10 (Mar 12 2015) - Reverted enemy names Leshy, Marilith, Bavarois to Weeper, Screamer, Slime. - Text updates. - Fixed bug in item Silk Web's name. (Thanks: The_Atomik_Punk!) - Uncurse Potion renamed Cross. - Removed real world pop culture references. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.08 (Feb 18 2015) - Character title updates. - Command Cry further refined; formerly targeted enemy Magic Evasion. Now properly targets Magic Defense. - Updates to Supplements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.07 (Feb 5 2015) - Typo, grammar, and characterization fixes. (Thanks: The_Atomik_Punk!, Cavery210, Chrysologus) - Command Regen now restores only 160 HP per iteration. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.06 (Jan 25 2015) - Typo fixes. (Thanks: Chrysologus) - Several equipment names updated. - Many enemy names updated, taken from the DS and PSP versions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.05 (Jan 12 2015) - Corrected another reference to "black belts." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.04 (Jan 10 2015) - Incorporates latest version of FFIV: User Options. - Yang and the Kingdom of Fabul are now monks, rather than black belts. (Thanks: The_Atomik_Punk!) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.03 (Dec 26 2014) - Typo fixes. - Corrected map errors. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.02 (Dec 10 2014) - Incorporated bug fixes for Final Fantasy IV: User Options. - Added supplemental documents. Not required to play FFIV, but it might help. Item List Magic List Command List Spell Acquisition Rates Weapon List Armor List Status Effect Glossary - Command Cry now reduces Magic Defense of all enemies according to half her Will stat. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.01 (Dec 3 2014) - Weapon Assassin Dagger has replaced a chest with common contents. - Extra Save Point added to the Lunar Core. - Weapon HandAxe added for sale in Mist. Costs 7000 GP. - Typo fixes. - Spell Stone is now forced as single target. - Rosa's battle command list altered: Fight White Aim Pray Item - Yang's battle command list altered: Fight Focus Brace Kick Item - Applied Final Fantasy IV: User Options (chillyfeez) http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/2232/ Added tutorial text to account for this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v2.00 (Aug 15 2014) - Added descriptions to the dummied items. - Removed more gratuitous use of il, li, ll digraphs. - Fixed a bug in the Mist Forest map. - Adamant Armor bugs fixed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.03 (May 30 2014) - Dialogue updates: typos, clarification, and grammar errors fixed. - Updated the conversation after defeating boss Calbrina. - Taken from FFIV: Easy Type, armor Heroine Robe had its STR, VIT, AGL bonuses reduced from +15 to +10, but the -15 WIS/WIL penalty is gone. - Made Cecil's battle walking frames consistent with his other sprites. - Spell Warp's accuracy is now 30%, its MP cost is 6, and its casting time was increased further. - Fatal's casting time was slightly decreased. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.02 (Dec 19 2013) - Typo fixes. - Edward's new song Halting Aria will no longer crash the game. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.01 Emergency Fix (Dec 8 2013) - Removed gratuitous use of il, li, ll digraphs. - Corrected Cecil's parlance. - Updated Rubicant's defeat message. - Command Pray now has a 70% chance of success. - Dialogue updates: typos fixed and clarification added. - Corrected puzzle in Agart. (Thanks: Grimoire LD) - Spell Warp can no longer kill bosses. Its success rate is now 40% and its casting time was increased. - Spell Fatal's success rate is now 70%. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- v1.00 (Nov 17 2013) - Altered font, added il, li, ll digraphs. Added digraphs to naming screen. - Named and restored dummied battle commands. Added text to their messages. - Named dummied items. - Adjusted shop inventories/prices to match the original. - Spells Psych and Flare now ignore Wall. - Fixed summon monster item descriptions. (Credit: Dragonsbrethren) - Fixed "To equip" message that shows when trying to equip a two-handed weapon with only one or no hands free. (Credit: Phoenix Hacks) - Ported in Paladin's title logo. (Credit: Paladin) - Rydia starts wearing just a Cloth Robe. (Thanks: Dragonsbrethren) - Changed item/equipment names. - Restored Armor, Shell, Dispel to Rosa, Porom, Tellah, FuSoYa's white magic lists. - Applied Protect and Shell Improvement (Deathlike2) http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/484/ - Applied Sing Improvement (Deathlike2) http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/525/ - Applied Goblin Summon Enhancement (Deathlike2) http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/526/ - Applied Magic Plus (Deathlike2) http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/481/ Changed Dispel's name from "Dummy" to "Curse." - Applied Yang's HP Fix (Deathlike2) http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/475/ - Applied Bit Improvement (Deathlike2) http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/485/ - Applied Weapon Restoration (Deathlike2) http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/482/ - Applied Long Range Fix (Dragoon ZERO) http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/892/ - Applied Warp Animation Enabling Patch (Dragonsbrethren) http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/265/ - Applied Medicine Power-up Patch (Phoenix Hacks) http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/386/ - Applied Regen Power-up Patch (Phoenix Hacks) http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/390/ - Completely rewrote script. I had a lot of fun improving Moriyama's dry script. My overall goal was to bridge Phil Sandhop's Final Fantasy with Ted Woolsey's Final Fantasy VI, and I pulled inspiration from various FFIV translations. In particular, Cid was a blast to write for. (No pun intended.) - Altered enemy names, partially inspired by the mod Paladin's Final Fantasy IV. - Removed the tail icon to use as a space in item names. - Fixed the inconsistent RHand and LHand labels in battle. - Replaced the circled S Save Points with the five-pointed stars from the original Sylph Cave. - Reverted NPC dancer sprite. - Reverted Tower of Zot's steel orb sprite to its original scythe. - Tellah starts with 98 MP. - Weapons CrossBow and Lit Arrows can now be bought in Baron Town's weapon shop. - FireClaw, IceClaw, Thunder Claw now cost same amount of GP. - Taken from FFIV: Easy Type, the Hit of all bows is now +10%. - Taken from FFIV: Easy Type, weapon Artemis Bow deals 4x damage to dragons. - Command Pray casts Cure2 now instead of Cure1, and has a 60% chance of working. - Armor Black Robe gives +5 WIS instead of WIL. - All chest contents replaced with their original contents. Replaced one chest that originally contained a Cure2 Potion with the Magazine. - Enemies drop their original items. All Imp-types, Bomb-types, and Cockatrice-types can now drop their respective summons. - Paladin Cecil's leg armor no longer vanishes during his walking frames. - Removed an NPC to restore the second Dwarf Castle item shop. - The Hummingway Home item shop now sells Sirens instead of the Scan item, and Cure3 Potions instead of Cure2 Potions. ==================================================================================================== ==================================================================================================== Reflections [REF4] =========== This is something of a passion project; ever since I was a kid, I'd always wanted to update the script of FFII US. It seemed unnecessary due to J2e's patch, but it came to light that oftentimes the group lifted from Kaoru Moriyama's translation, in addition to inserting inappropriate references and jokes. While we had the superior 3D remake at this time, I knew some craved to experience Final Fantasy IV as the Super Nintendo classic it is--just, with a better script. While this desire stewed in my head, Pinkpuff released her fantastic utility FF4kster. I took it and ran with it, and, well, here we are. I faced many trials and tribulations to get that first release out back in 2013, and everyone in the credits knows that fact. I couldn't have released this without their help. Thank you, everyone. And to the player--I truly hope you enjoy this labor of my love. Thank you so much for playing Project II: Final Fantasy IV. ==================================================================================================== ==================================================================================================== Credits [CRD5] ======= - Pinkpuff and all those who helped develop FF4kster http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/914/ - Grimoire LD: Numerous fixed to my work, cleaning up text in Agart, Immune Byte Bugfixes, Critical Hit Fix http://www.romhacking.net/games/300/ - chillyfeez: Final Fantasy IV: User Options, Critical Hit Fix, Sylph Fix, item decrement bug fix http://www.romhacking.net/community/3386/ - 8.bit.fan: Assisted with Immune Byte Bugfixes; created Cid's new commands https://www.romhacking.net/community/4301/ - Dragonsbrethren: Ideas, assistance, Warp Animation Enabling Patch http://www.romhacking.net/community/296/ - Dragoon ZERO: Long Range Fix http://www.romhacking.net/community/1157/ - Deathlike2: Multitude of improvements and fixes http://www.romhacking.net/community/1089/ - Phoenix Hacks: Regen and Medicine Power-Up Patches, "To equip" Fix http://www.romhacking.net/community/981/ - Paladin: Final Fantasy IV title logo http://ff4.paladinet.com/pages/ff4emu.html - Spooniest: Extensively tested v2.40, helped develop v2.43, provided plethora of dialogue improvements https://www.romhacking.net/community/1495/ - Chicken Knife: Multitude of dialogue refinements https://www.romhacking.net/community/4785/ - Tomato: Legends of Localization http://legendsoflocalization.com/ - Rodimus Primal: Final Fantasy IV: Namingway Edition http://www.romhacking.net/community/2564/ - The_Atomik_Punk!, Cavery210, Chaos Rush, Chrysologus, Yetisyny: Typo reports - Quest: Script help - N30: Tutorial dialogue help - The Final Fantasy IV modding community - The various translators of FFIV for inspiring me to play and to write - Square Enix ...And all you Final Fantasy fans out there! ====================================================================================================