Economizer MP tweak

About this project

The Economizer made all spells cost 1 MP, a feature that is about as game breaking as a game could possibly get, short of implementing a "win the game" button.

What this patch does:

Gold Hairpin - No direct tweak, MP cost is still reduced by 50%.
Economizer - Reduces MP cost by 75%.
Enforces a minimum cost of 1 MP for every spell, regardless if either relic was
used or not.
Changes the description of the Economizer to fit the new rule.

Final Fantasy III (USA).sfc - NOINTRO CRC32: A27F1C7A MD5: E986575B98300F721CE27C180264D890 SHA-1: 4F37E4274AC3B2EA1BEDB08AA149D8FC5BB676E7 SHA-256: 0F51B4FCA41B7FD509E4B8F9D543151F68EFA5E97B08493E4B2A0C06F5D8D5E2

Readme & instructions

622readme.txt

Title: Economizer MP tweak Author: Lenophis Version: v1.0b Applies to: FF6us v1.0, FF6us v1.1 Tested on: FF6us v1.0 Contents: MP tweak - header.ips MP tweak - no header.ips Anti tweak - header.ips Anti tweak - no header.ips econo.asm readme.txt ROM addresses: C2/5736 - C2/574A C3/510D - C3/51C5 ED/7270 - ED/7285 Urgency: Low to none. This isn't a bug by any regards, just something I found to be annoying and abusive. (Somehow I think I've heard that before.) Description: The Economizer made all spells cost 1 MP, a feature that is about as game breaking as a game could possibly get, short of implementing a "win the game" button. What this…

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Title: Economizer MP tweak
Author: Lenophis
Version: v1.0b
Applies to: FF6us v1.0, FF6us v1.1
Tested on: FF6us v1.0

Contents:   MP tweak - header.ips
            MP tweak - no header.ips
            Anti tweak - header.ips
            Anti tweak - no header.ips
            econo.asm
            readme.txt

ROM addresses: C2/5736 - C2/574A
               C3/510D - C3/51C5
               ED/7270 - ED/7285

Urgency: Low to none. This isn't a bug by any regards, just something I found
         to be annoying and abusive. (Somehow I think I've heard that before.)

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Description:

The Economizer made all spells cost 1 MP, a feature that is about as game
breaking as a game could possibly get, short of implementing a "win the game"
button.

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What this patch does:

Gold Hairpin - No direct tweak, MP cost is still reduced by 50%.

Economizer - Reduces MP cost by 75%.

Enforces a minimum cost of 1 MP for every spell, regardless if either relic was
used or not.

Changes the description of the Economizer to fit the new rule.

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Version history:

v1.0b - April 25, 2010. Fixed problem with null entries in the menu. Every null
        entry would have a 1 MP cost. To do this, the code determining the MP
        cost and the following code for availability had to be optimized.

v1.0a - January 19, 2010. Fixed readme, it was incorrectly stating where the
        code was going. Optimized code in both C2 and C3, no free space used in
        either bank. Zero possibility of conflicts! Take that!

v1.0  - January 19, 2010. Patch conflicted with assassin's Alphabetical Rage
        patch. Code was greatly optimized, and uses far less space than it did
        previously.

v0.1  - March 29, 2006. This date is assumed. Preliminary version.

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Credits:

Terii Senshi & assassin - For writing the C2 bank disassembly.
Imzogelmo - For writing the C3 bank disassembly.
assassin - For giving the nth reminder about it conflicting with a patch of his.
Kejardon - For assistance regarding optimization.
Novalia Spirit - For assistance regarding optimization.