A Request

[MrWayne16]

I absolutely cannot get the FFEdit tool to work with  on steam.  I have Windows 8, and unfortunately the registry tricks are not working.  I'm not sure if this is the right thread for this topic; the request thread says that it is for skins and meshes. But, I was wondering if it would be possible to upload all relevant files (characters, powers, etc.) to Mediafire and have someone add a specific character to them for me? I'm not terribly familiar with how the program works or if this is doable, but I have modded several other games (X-men Legends, mostly) and I'd imagine most character data is stored in the .DAT files found in the the main folder.  If this is possible, would anyone be interested in helping me out with this?  I would be extremely appreciative and I'd be willing to help them out however I could.

[stumpy]

I don't have Windows 8, but there are a couple things that may be useful.

First, it still may be possible to install FFEdit for FFvT3R on Steam. That would be the ideal situation, since you would then have the most options available to you. There are only a handful of registry entries used by FFEdit, so it should certainly be possible to get it going. However, as I said, I don't run a Win8 box, so it's tough to be sure how to massage the registry to get it to tell FFEdit where FFvT3R is installed (which is mostly all it needs to know from the registry). But, if you have the FFEdit installer, you may be able to extract the files from it, plop them in your game directory and see how far that gets you. This thread has some tips for getting the files out of the installer.

Second, Alex's EZ Hero let's you take HERO files (the custom heroes you can create in the game) and import them into the DAT files as built-in heroes. I usually want to edit the DAT file entries it makes myself in FFEdit after, but it may do what you want out of the box. Check out the Mods & Goodies section of  Alex's Freedom Fortress to find EZ Hero.

Finally, probably someone will be willing to add your characters to the DATs for you and email them back. The DAT files needed - characters.dat, objects.dat, and powers.dat - aren't really that big and they compress well. (Even the ones for FFX3 compress to a combined size of ~100KB.) Your best bet is probably to simply post the info for the character (what mesh, animations, abilities, attributes, powers, material, etc.) along with which mod you want him imported into. Probably even easier if your have a HERO file you can upload somewhere. Or, you can get a summary of all the relevant info from the console if you have FFX3 installed. ANyway, just post the info for the character (and/or upload the HERO file somewhere and post a link to it) and that way someone can try and help.