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How to change Mentor in FF to a custom mesh

Started by Lt. Vulture, February 11, 2020, 09:30:20 PM

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Lt. Vulture

Hey everyone, sorry to bring up such a newbie question, but so many of the old sites are down, I don't know where to find the answer to this!

So in the original FF, I want sub out Mentor with another mesh/skin.  I have the old Avengers mod, which subbed him out with Hawkeye (weird), so I copied what they did and put my custom (Dr. Strange) in the Art/Library folder.  But when I load the game, it's still the same old Mentor.

What step did I miss?

Thanks in advance!

BentonGrey

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Howdy Lt. Vulture.  The issue you've run into is that you need to change the game itself and not just the art files.  Essentially, you're trying to create a small mod.  This is a pretty accessible process, but it does require a few steps.  There were some great tutorials on the subject, but they seem to be gone these days.  If I can't track down the tutorials for you, I'll write up a short one.  First off, you'll need the FF mod tools, especially FFEdit.  Do you have those yet?
http://www.alexff.com/goodies.php

Essentially, what you're going to have to do is change "Mentor" in FFEdit to point to the character and mesh that you want. 

Does anyone have the old FR wiki pages on mod making backed up anywhere?  I apparently never got them added to the Greylands and need to do that.
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Lt. Vulture

I've found an old modding tutorial on one of my backup disks, and am looking at in IE.  Running into a lot of frustrations.  My Freedom Force folder is a mess, so I think I'm going to go for a clean re-install and then try it again.

BentonGrey

Not a bad idea.  If possible, always do your tinkering in a mod folder so you don't mess up your main game.  Download FFX and use that, or even better, make a copy of FFX, name it whatever, and use THAT.  That way you don't screw up anything you have to replace.
God Bless
"If God came down upon me and gave me a wish again, I'd wish to be like Aquaman, 'cause Aquaman can take the pain..." -Ballad of Aquaman
Check out mymods and blog!
https://bentongrey.wordpress.com/