Well, darn.

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/1626/

That should get you the ROM patch, at least.

I don't recall which tools you need for extracting and reinserting it off the top of my head, but that's the logic: The PC uses the ROM for its event data, so you yank it out, patch it, and shove it on back in. Havenae tested it.

Wonder if the Atma folks included such an option, come to think.

Originally posted by Zeikar:

Originally posted by The One True Nate:

Like this:
https://youtu.be/HjEEeWfxFAU

He asked what it would look like with the mod working and it that would be closer to SNES uncensored scene not the original censored GBA scene.

Did you watch the clip before you wrote that?

Like this:
https://youtu.be/HjEEeWfxFAU

The key information needed for a program that fulfils your request would be the Rage's offset in the base Rage list for version being patched and the desired order. I was assuming most of the columns would be for sorting purposes in some other program. We'd need to know or define the column to pull from a spreadsheet.

Ultimately, a string of delimited numbers would suffice, but it's easier to sort if you simply use a spreadsheet.

If the patch generator uses *either* "first in wins" *or* "last overrides any previous" logic, multiple entries wouldn't matter, as only one would get into the list.

Some logic to protect from incomplete lists would need to exist, as well. Two options pop to mind, for that:

1. If count < max, use count for rages, patching to stop at the number given.

2. If count >= max, simply use the rages in order given, but then just fill out the normal sort order from there. Since the previous logic got rid of extraneous entries, you shouldn't be able to exceed the maximum.

The latter seems considerably simpler, though, that depends on how fast you want this thing to run. (In Python, you'd simply use sets for uniqueness and just check against a complete set for completeness. )

I'd need to gather up some info before I could write it, but I could write the bulk of it already. Debating starting on it and simply leaving the output dummied until I do the required research.

The only thing I'm aware of is Assassin's alphebetic rage patch, but it applies to the original.
I don't think it got updated for the GBA, which would need to happen to apply it here.

That said, if you supplied a spreadsheet of rages with columns for new and old names as well as columns for whatever facts you'd like to see as a sorting order, it would become the sort of thing that a modder with experience could whip together pretty easily.

(It occurs to me that writing a tool to create a patch from an arbitrary sort order supplied as a CSV file might actually be fun.)

Possible? Certainly. Feasible? No earthly clue.

Practically speaking, this would require a rooted device.
If that's cool mit thou, than das est beuno, if you'll pardon my French.

("practical" being my code for "there are details and caveats I'm going to gloss over." You *might* be able to swing something using backups, apk extraction, etc.)

So... what I get from reading this, you are:

1. taking sprite rips from the SNES version
   
2. pixel expanding the frames 2xX 2xY (=4x)
   
3. positioning them onto the sprite sheets
   
4. tweaking palette (and pixels, in a few cases)

Is there some stash covering current progress/sheets needed or showing changed sprites? I'd like to help, though I've no idea if I'll have the time, yet.

BTW: It occurs to me that even if you do finish a full pixel-perfect restoration of all graphics, it would be nice to have a version that remains limited to the character graphics.

Way of the Pixel[pixelation.org] might be a really useful resource for you fine graphics folks. If nothing else, they can help critique any original art. (I think they disallow rips on the site as a rule, but if you can spark interest, you could probably get some help off-site.)