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Battle FPS patch

By Greger

Simple patch to make the game playable at reasonable speeds.

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Languages: English

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12 May, 2015 @ 10:42am

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Patching the game

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Patching the game

This isn't as much of a guide as it is a simple patch I made for the game.

I made a quick mod to Final Fantasy IV to make the in-battle speed 25fps instead of the default 15.
The reason I chose 25 rather than 30 is because (as of yet) there's no way I've found to increase FPS while at the same time maintain the battle speed, so 25fps is a bit of a compromise.
The only thing the patch does is change a hexidecimal value from 0F (15) to 19 (25).
I hope you like it :)

This video is of the regular FFIV, but the patch does the exact same thing (since they're basically running on the same engine)

The easy way

Note: The pre-build binary does not include the autobattle FPS increase, just the regular one
Download this file and replace the original file inside the game's folder:
25fps exe[1drv.ms]
The original file is usually located in:
"Steam/SteamApps/Common/FINAL FANTASY IV THE AFTER YEARS/FF4A.exe"

The hard way

Download a hex editor of your choice.
Change these values in the following locations (FF4A.exe)
- 0009BAA8 (battle fps, 0F by default, change to 19 if you want 25fps)
- 0009BACB (autobattle fps, 1E default, change to 3C if you want 60fps)
Save the file

Changes
2024-08-13: Updated download links again
2022-10-09: Updated download link to use discord instead of google drive
2018-05-11: Added autobattle FPS location, courtesy of f.dai

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Greger [author] 30 May @ 3:17am

Not as a pre-built binary, sadly.
But I made a quick patch for you that you can use.
1. Download the patch [1drv.ms]
2. go to https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/
3. First select your FF4A.exe file in the "Rom file" selection.
4. Then sleect your patch file that you just downloaded, and hit "apply patch"

Haseo8 24 May @ 8:16am

Is there a way for 20 fps instead of 25? I find 25 to be a bit too fast.

Thrival 1 Dec, 2024 @ 3:19pm

my values were different as well on the hex editor but the search still found them off of yours, which is odd but maybe I just don't understand how file language works. Either way it def worked, hopefully it isn't something that steam overwrites on subsequent launches but I think that can be turned off.

Greger [author] 29 Oct, 2024 @ 9:56am

FF3 already runs at 30fps in battles as far as I know, it's only 4 and After Years that suffered from 15fps battles.

Alchemist 29 Oct, 2024 @ 2:27am

Hello, thanks to your guides, I fixed 4 and after years. Do you have such a fix for 3D Remake?

Greger [author] 11 Oct, 2024 @ 1:36pm

Might be the case if you have a different version of the game (such as a cracked one), in that case it won't run. Last time I checked it was working on the latest steam release.

ŦнØЯfiИИ ☭ 10 Oct, 2024 @ 4:00pm

On mine, it gives an error when I try to run the game when I replace the original file with the modified one. Does anyone know what it could be?

Greger [author] 13 Aug, 2024 @ 2:09am

Updated link to pre-patched binary.

Balatro Balatrez 17 Jun, 2022 @ 4:17pm

Perfect, thanks for the upload!
Great job <3

Greger [author] 16 Jun, 2022 @ 11:26am

Yeah it's a typo in the guide, the addresses are correct, I just forgot to mention that 0009BACB has 1E by default, and not 0F.

I just tested it myself by changing it from 1E to 3C (60 fps) and it seemed to work fine :)
I'll upload the guide

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