First of all, sorry for the lack of time, but I am at the last 2 years of school, and every lesson now is important as never, so I have barely some free time. I will, however, get holydays next week, and even though I don't know how much free time I will have during them, I will try to use them.
I tested the new rom until Chapter 2, here the results:
merged.ips:
Mapy stuff:
- you can enter the "Vanguard Post" from behind in the World Map.
- Sargon's hut from the world map doesn't look like a hut from inside, maybe give him, instead of a hut, a mountain that had been part of zeal(kinda like Dalton's hideout), this would also be a reason why it looks so similar to the room of Zeal.
- At the savepoint are in Dalton's Hideout: You can see the left and right area, yet you are supposed to be one etage lower than the other areas.
Text:
- "Error guy" at the fair, we shouldn't forget to alter his text.
- The lemonade girl: you can walk around with the text-window open after receiving the lemonade(received+restored), maybe you shouldn't be able to walk during that char/it should close automaticallyafter a few seconds.
- Gato's text(still talking about silver points).
- Cathedral: The nun right to the bishop says Renault is in the chapel, even if he isn't there at the beginning of the game.
- Ishito calls the power tab a jewel(supposed to be that way?).
- When entering Beast Forest before you should, maybe change the text("...nothing here" just doesn't fit IMO, more like:"I have no intention to be here" or stuff like that)
- When you talk to the Elder, then to Sargon, and after that to the elder again, he repeats the first part of his text. Maybe change it if you talk to him a second time to something like: "Did you already visit Sargon?" so it doesn't sound repeated.
Gameplay:
- Gato gives 40(!) exp points.
- after doing everything your mom tells you to, and Lucca is in your home, she still repeats what you have to do.
- Delete the chest in the Time Egg scene(when the gate opens at D.Mountain), because people might think "Why can't I get the treasure there?"
- Maybe a different sprite for Magus after the Elder rescued him(in the hut), because it looks like the elder just threw him into the tent.
- After Dalton killed the elder and goes to Sargon, you can go directly into the Beast Forest without visiting Sargon and getting the info that Dalton is in there.
- Healing Square doesn't work.
- Savepoint in Dalton's hideout says "Black Omen".
- After losing to the Golem(because of taking the wrong way), you fall throught the floor(no trap appears, you just hear it), but IMO it would be better to make the Golem say something like "Weakling, don't come back" and put Magus back to the savepoint area.
Music:
- Milleniar Fair has no Music on the market place(the one where Melchior had been in CT).
- The Soldier Housing: Until you get the Power Tab or talk to Ishito, there is no music
- Porre area itself seems to have no music.
- Maybe change Medinas World Map music(perhaps give it to Porre, because they are the enemys now?)
- After sleeping in Medinas inn, the music changes during your stay there(intention?).
- When entering the left tower part you can reach via the thrown room, the music stops playing for 2 screens(at the last one, the kings room if I recall right, the music plays again)
- Sargon's house has no Music(also no sound from the healing Square)
- Janus' Healing Square scene(after the Schala one and before the Ozzie and co one) after you lose to Dalton has no music
Maybe Add:
- At the beginning, when Crono's Mom says something like "Don't frown at me, mister" an animation instead of him just standing there.
- Mileniar fair "food shop" is selling weapons, maybe change them to tonics and ethers, revive, heal and all that stuff.
- Maybe give the bishop a bigger meaning? Like Crono asks him for advises/ wants to be forgiven after he killed for example the Porrean soldier? (like Glenn if he kills the mystics)
- Mrs Elisa should give you some money, saying something like: "But don't tell your mom".
- Renault may give you his old sword or something, because he doesn't need it after getting the new one.
- After doing the delivering stuff, we should get something, maybe like a helm or armor, like Crono's mom saying: "Oh dear, you are nice boy [bla bla], found this while cleaning up your room [etc.]"
- Maybe we shouldn't give Cronos anything at the begin of the game, like, you get a sword from Renault, can find a helm in your Chamber, and get an armor from your mom for delivering. There are 2 fights at the beginning(both optional) needed to be altered. Like add a line to Gato(like saying: "You have no weapons, so no fight or whatever), and to the dojo guy in Medina.
- In the Mystics Dojo: Maybe add some more fights later.
- Maybe have Magus only have 1 hp left at the beginning of chapter 1, so he also has use of the healing square and it looks more like he broke down.
- Maybe also add some text from the two women in the tent like: "But take care, not all your wounds are healed, you should visit sargon[blabla]", also add text that he can sleep in the most left hut(I didn't know that until now).
To the pic:
Savescreen is somehow screwed(see pic), before it has been 3 areas with no data, and after saving 1 it became like that(2nd and 3rd havd no data). before saving a second time(aka go on playing, and return to the savepoint), it became like that(2 right pics). I was able to load them, but they are just copies of the first save(everything is the same, name, level etc.)
Most of it is my opinion and how I see it, they are only ideas. I'm not sure when I am able to prepare the next Chapters, because the week is full of exams, but I will see what I can so.
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