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Yon-Nos 26 Sep, 2015 @ 3:32pm

Final Fantasy 5 PC No Amano Portraits Mod.

I've noticed a lot of people complaining how the dialog portraits in the recently released Mobile to PC port of Final Fantasy 5 clash horribly with the game's sprite art. So I whipped up a quick mod that removes them using Krisan's PNGtoDat tool. Here's the link:

http://s000.tinyupload.com/?file_id=87714771146523276653

If there is a more formal hosting site for Final Fantasy mods let me know, or feel free just to post it there. I haven't used a file hosting service in ages so I'm not sure how reliable the site I used is (the link at least worked when I tested it).

A cut and paste from my mod's ReadMe file:

FINAL FANTASY 5 PC NO AMANO PORTRAITS MOD by Mr Esturk

version 1.0 (Shouldn't need any more versions)

This will only on the STEAM/PC Mobile port of Final Fantasy 5.
IT WILL NOT WORK ON THE ORIGINAL SUPER FAMICOM (SNES) VERISON OF THE GAME, IN CASE THE LACK OF DIALOG PORTRAITS IN THAT VERSION WASN'T A GIVE AWAY :P

This is a simple mod of the Steam/PC version of Final Fantasy 5 that removes the dialog portraits from the game. Many people consider Amano's portraits of the FF5 characters to clash wildly with the character's in game sprites, so now you have the option to remove them if you wish.

DISCLAIMER: MAKE YOU BACKUP ALL THE PORTRAIT FILES BEFORE YOU REPLACE THEM (Explained in install instructions). Use this mod at your own risk. THIS MOD IS NOT ENDORSED OR SUPPORTED BY SQUARE-ENIX.

YOU MAY DISTRIBUTE THIS MOD, HOST IT ON OTHER SITES, USE IT FOR YOUR OWN MODS, ETC AS YOU WISH. DOESN'T BOTHER ME AT ALL, I'D ACTUALLY PREFER IT GETS PASSED AROUND A BIT.

HOW TO INSTALL:

- Go to your "Final Fantasy V/Resources" folder. Normally this would be under "Program Files (86)/Steam/SteamApps/Common".

- Makes backup copies of all the "face#_0.dat" files in a different, just in the modded files don't work for you or you change your mind. There are 13 files in total (face0_0.dat through face13_0.dat)

- Copy the replacement "face#_0.dat" files included in this mod into your /resources folder. They will overwrite the original files.

- Play the game. The portraits should no longer appear in the dialogs.

HOW TO UNINSTALL:

- Copy the backup "face#_0.dat" files you hopefully remembered to make back into the /resources folder. Done.

WHICH CHARACTERS ARE WHICH PORTRAIT FILE, JUST IN CASE YOU ONLY WANT TO REMOVE A FEW:

0 = Bartz
1 = Lenna
2 = Galuf
3 = Faris
4 = Krile
5 = ExDeath
6 = GilgaMesh
7 = Lenna's Father
8 = Bartz's Father
9 = Galuf's WereWolf Friend (Can't remember name)
10 = Galuf's Human Friend (Can't remember name)
11 = Cid
12 = Mid
13 = Boco/Chocobo

CREDITS:

Mr Estrurk : Made this mod (In other words crapped out a couple of blank png files and used a conversion tool to
convert them to Final Fantasy 5's format :P)

Krisan Thyme : Created the PNG to DAT conversion tool I used to convert the replacement tools. For more info visit: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/groups/ff-modding/discussions/1/517142892058143800/

Last edited by Yon-Nos; 26 Sep, 2015 @ 3:36pm

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vigilnova666 26 Sep, 2015 @ 9:06pm

Krisan seems to handle pinned threads which is where they go but you are posting this to the right place. He has been a bit busy lately modding FF type 0 so his posts have been less often than usual but I'm certain he would be happy to see this. Nice find MrE :)

Krisan Thyme

27 Sep, 2015 @ 12:34am

While I think it's a shame to lose Amano's beautiful artwork, I respect the demand for this mod. It's been added to the sticky index.

Yon-Nos 27 Sep, 2015 @ 12:53am

Originally posted by Krisan Thyme:
While I think it's a shame to lose Amano's beautiful artwork, I respect the demand for this mod. It's been added to the sticky index.

Yeah, his art is quite lovely but I can understand why people don't care for the Final Fantasy 5 concepts used as in game portraits.

For what ever reason it really seems there was a loss of communication between Amano and the sprite artists, as the in game characters bear almost no resemblance to his concept art. Compare that to say, Final Fantasy 6, where the character sprite art is about as close as you could get to his concept sketches within the limits of a 16bit era game. Assuming FF6 gets a similar port I imagine there will much less demand for a mod like this, being the portraits won't have the same clashing feel as they do with this game.

Last edited by Yon-Nos; 27 Sep, 2015 @ 12:56am

Lodovico Rivers 25 Dec, 2015 @ 10:04am

Thank you for this! While it's a shame that the sprites and default portraits didn't match, this helps a whole lot. This mod is one of the reasons I purchased the game from Steam. The inconsistency between the sprites and portraits drove me crazy in the iOS version; that among other things contributed to the me not being able to finish the game. Between this and the bilinear filter fix mod, it makes the Steam version so much more enjoyable.