Originally posted by Rhyagelle:

If it were just code replacements and someone was willing to tell me what code to change and what to change it too, I'd be willing to figure out a way to make the hex edits. It could be possible with IDA, HxD or something else entirely.

The relevant files are mentioned my first post in this discussion. :)

As for what byte means what, those can be found here:

https://pastebin.com/SxP9tPKQ

^ The only entry that's missing on that list (that was brought to my attention) is FF00, which is another Battle Lore for 30LP.

Originally posted by vigilnova666:

Is that 60 GB of space after the mods are installed or just everything you need to install the mods + the mods themselves? Cause if the finished product is only about 60 GB or less most people have over 500 these days so that's not a huge deal unless you intend to keep the game in your computer permanently.(If not then you can just backup the modded files elsewhere and delete the game when you finished with it and reinstall, drag and drop later when you wanna go again) As for an hour+ installing mods clearly you haven't modded Skyrim or any of the Starwars old republic games too extensively lol. Anything over 10-15 mods and you gotta spen soooo much time making sure they installed correctly, don't conflict and that the load order is right(think that's only a problem with skyrim but it can take a while)

As it stands, 60GB+ is required during a mod install process (the space is required to extract the files contained in the *.vbf file). The extracted files can be safely removed after the *.vbf file is repackaged. Having said that, it's worth keeping the original *.vbf file around, just in case. So with that in mind you'd be looking at ~30GB additional space the rest of the time.

It's a pain, but I am not sure if there's a more viable solution. :(

By the way, for anyone reading this wanting a status update see the post on the general FFXII:TZA board, linked below:

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/app/595520/discussions/0/1700541698690214622/?ctp=6#c1700541698700343195

Originally posted by Zeikar:

Originally posted by Killer ASMR:

Denuvo prevents modding from being a possibility, I'm afraid.

No because those games were modded, Sonic Mania and Sonic Forces come to mind. I think others. In fact in Sonic Mania you have to have the legit version to even use the mods, also Tekken 7 has mods.

Can confirm Denuvo isn't an issue for this game. I've managed to mod in a proof-of-concept customised licence board.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1291920951

For those interested, it works like this:

The relevant files are in ps2data\image\ff12\test_battle\in\binaryfile. Specifically board_1.bin to board_12.bin.

The customisation works as follows:-
There's the file header first (obviously). Then it looks as though it is just a case of each node being a pair of bytes; the first byte defines the node, and the second byte defines the set (most being 00,, 01 being overflow. Empty nodes appear as FFFF.

The big issue isn't Denuvo, it's the logistics of applying mods. The best workaround I can think of is a front-end GUI to the unpacker/packer tool with mods handled with JSON/YAML or some such to allow for players to customise which mods they want to use. But even then, an additional 60GB+ of space plus an hour of their time is a big ask...