Nintenja’s FFV Pixel Freemaster Omega is an expansive “redux” version of the game, with 5 base versions and many baked-in quality of life enhancements. These notes will help adjust some internal data across all 5 roms, so that 5 more icons can be added to the project. The goal is to implement Serity’s Equip Icons across the entire PF-Omega project.

Overview of the Roms

How the 5 font+icon tilemaps look right now

• the original imported icon, Boomerang, sits at different spots in 2 of the roms (🟥🟩 arrows)
• there is a duplicate “:” in 4 of the roms (all but Jp)
  • the one that’s used in the menus is marked w white dot, it’s at position CF
  • shifting some menu functions around (see below) slightly and editing description text to use this one instead of the copy can make this the only “:”, freeing up the dupe, which is at…
    • 9B = RPGe
    • 9B = GBA
    • AB = Spanish
    • 9B = Spoof
• the blue numbers & white lines indicate how many tiles can be repurposed
  • Japanese can free up the entire duplicate set of capital letters, 14 tiles
    • more than enough space
    • 🎮 need to adjust the test in the Controller Config Menu
  • RPGe is the same, + the 2 blanks to the left of the digits (row 5)
    • more than enough space
    • 🎮 need to adjust the test in the Controller Config Menu
  • GBA Script only has 3 free tiles, which is problematic
    • the 2nd “:” in space CF (4 up from the bottom right corner) can be freed up
      • notes on how to do this exist on this site… somewhere
    • 3 special candidates to get removed are the tiny “m””H”’P”
      • labels above the HP in battle would need to be removed
      • only needs to happen in this rom
  • Spanish has 5
    • 2 blanks on row 5
    • 🔑 “key” can be removed on row B if 2 items are renamed
      • 🔑Canal → Canal llave
      • 🔑Tycoon → Tyc. llave
    • U on row F is swappable with the other U
      • only seen in “PAUSE” message, iirc
    • the 2nd “:” in space CF (4 up from the bottom right corner) could be freed up
      • notes on how to do this exist on this site… somewhere
  • Spoof has 5
    • extra “:” in CF
      • see notes below
    • row 5 w the digits offers 4
• other icons
  • shuriken is at different spots, would be easier to standardize it (F5)

Project Plan

• ✅ repair the missing icons in Japanese, Spanish (A2)
  • メ ✅
  • ? ✅
  • move boomerang somewhere else
    • Jp = DF
    • Spa =BC
• 📬 free up duplicate “:” in all but Jp rom
  • see notes below
• 📬ensure all the items have the right icons, in all 5 roms
  • $111380 in the rom begins the list of the 255 items
• 📬figure out the 5 free tiles to use for the new icons, in all the roms
  • see above, more to come
  • ensure that these are OK
    • PAUSE message
      • F5 → 74
    • clock on Load menu
    • Controller config menu
• 📬fix the Sort code in all the roms (quickest step, can use the same big list for all of them)
  • see notes on adapting Tzepish’s Hack
• 📬the new icons
  • bring them in
  • put them on the proper armor and weapons
  • finally, adapt Serity's New Icons hack to work with all 5 roms
    • this will be intensive, as they all have custom spots where the icons are at
  • see notes on adapting Serity’s Hack

Freeing up the Extra “:”

• Swapping in label $0E in place of $30 @03B5AB brings in the Main menu clock’s “:”
  • these are just the reference number of the plaintext labels
• and then scooting it left by 2 tiles (so taking the “X value” where it falls on the tilemap from $03 to $01, @$03B5AD ) lines it up correctly!
• changing the label character @273012 to a blank $FF instead of $CF