Strange Overworld Graphics

[Lordchander]

Open up the CT pre-release and type in the code 7E010102 with nothing else on, look what comes up, a dodgy overworld graphics. Now check out the little boys going across the screen. Im guessing they are replacement for the seagulls. But u see them nowhere else, and they are the exact right size for a overworld party member. Now look at the bottom left-corner, where the date of year should be is three women-monster type things, also the right size for party-member graphics! What is going on here!!!???

[JLukas]

Those are Lucca, Marle, and Crono sprites with a bad palette.

[Lordchander]

Is it just something the code does? Like, not on purpose? And what exactly does that code do other than screw up graphics?

[JLukas]

That memory address is the the second byte of the current location.  It should only be 00 or 01.  When set to 02, it's trying to read other data from the game as room setup info.  That's why it's loading bad palettes, PC sprites instead of seagulls and year boxes, and displaying garbage in general.

[Lordchander]

So what would happen if i tried 7E010103?

[JLukas]

More of the same, garbage data or crashing.  Anything higher than 01 is reading data that it isn't supposed to.

[V_Translanka]

There's always this...

http://www.chronocompendium.com/wiki/index.php?title=Extra_Playable_Characters_(CTP)

Which explains everything for me regarding other possible party members.

[Lordchander]

Read that before, personally, i dont belive it. And anyway JLukas has already told us that the graphics are just pallete swapped ones. Shame though, i wish there was more stuff we could investigate on in the CTP, every1s gone over it all already...shame...