Final Fantasy Tactics -- Investigative Project

Low-quality (72 dpi) scans:

• Back of card
• Spades: Ace to 9
• Spades: 10 to King, Hearts: Ace to 5
• Hearts: 6 to King, Joker
• Clubs: Ace to 9
• Clubs: 10 to King, Diamonds: Ace to 5
• Diamonds: 6 to King, Joker

Source:

Go buy the Millenium Collection Edition of Final Fantasy Tactics if you want the actual cards.

The images have purposely been run through a Noisify filter to degrade the picture quality. This was done to promote the purchase of the real cards and to discourage the use of these images on other sites. (If it's really important to you for some reason, send me a message.)

I realize the Millenium Collection Edition is scarce nowadays but my scanner is being a pain so I can't make better scans than the 72dpi versions above.

I'm tired of various rumors so I'm giving the information with whatever proof I have. In some cases, the proof I have (for either side) is limited and in other cases I don't have anything conclusive. I will indicate the circumstances when I am sure and when I am only conjecturing. If anyone has anything to add, just send a message.

Can I get Cloud in my party?

Yes.
It's covered on almost every Final Fantasy Tactics site and in nearly every guide.

If I can get Cloud, can I get Aeris too?

No.
Aeris is contained in the evtchr.bin and evtface.bin files. These files are used for the images in the assorted story/cut scenes. This in no way implies that Aeris is a playable character. Just because you see someone on the screen does not mean they're actually usable in battle. Playable characters, on the battlefield, must be from the battle/ directory. For example, the civilians seen in the Goug Machine City cutscene and the funeral mourners later in the game are found in battle/ (why I don't know), but Aeris is not. The best you could do is get her portrait on one of your existing characters because the 'event' faces (Miluda, Vormav's thief from Dorter, Monk with Aeris, etc.) are visible during battle. No, I don't know the code to do so, but I'll be glad to post it if someone sends it to me. You can find valid battle/ sprites and the event/ character faces elsewhere on the site.

How about the Heavenly Knight job?

No.
It does not exist in the files containing the list of all jobs in the game. world.lzw is one of the files to check. You can run it through my fft2pc utility to get the list for your own edification.

Can Ramza be a Dark Knight then?

Probably not, unless you have a GameShark.
According to Squaresoft's Official FAQ, it cannot be done. (NOTE: They've since removed the Final Fantasy Tactics section.) In addition, I have never heard a substantial number of people confirm it. I recommend appropriate levels of skepticism and requests for hard proof, however you define that. Squaresoft has said no but I will leave probably not because I am basing the responses on what I know and nothing else.

Can I get Delita back in my party after Chapter 1?

Probably not, unless you have a GameShark.
Wouldn't that rather destroy the story? Also consider that since the game never removes a non-guest character, he'd have to stay a guest. But the battles in later chapters are not designed for guest characters. Therefore, I conclude that you cannot have Delita as a guest. Since I have no irrefutable proof (although the guest thing is close), I'll leave it as a probably not ruling.

I need to make these more specific, but this will do for now.

1. Item duping using two different methods in the shop.
2. Using Fly and Float Boots makes your character get stuck trying to mount a Chocobo.
3. One of the Time Mages in the Deep Dungeon screams like the other sex.
4. Occaisonally a magic-user has warrior skills (and therefore won't use them), or vice versa.
5. Pressing Select on the Zodiac symbols in the battle preparation screen brings up a random window instead.
6. Cloud equips female equipment like bags/ribbons. (Probably intentional, as a joke.)
7. Breaking a katana doesn't always show the broken symbol.
8. Switching between an egg and a character rapidly on the formation screen lets you peek at the monster inside.
9. Advancing a chapter with people on propositions loses the people.
10. If a monster lays an egg on the same day you get into a random battle there is the possibility that a character on your team may be deleted.
11. If you break Elmdor's sword and then he uses Sword Skills... his sword appears in his foot.
12. Have an Archer Charge, then steal his weapon. Supposedly he punches (you took his weapon) but he still hits you from far away (as if he was using his bow).
13. Proposition reports occaisonally give success messages but fail.
14. Sometimes reports Thanks to Arc Knight this job was a success.
15. Poaching a monster in level 2 water leaves the body behind to revive. wet poach
16. The JP Scroll Glitch, as described in detail on the JP Scroll Glitch FAQ by TheDan
17. Using Innocent makes Malak's Untruth ability do no damage, even though it acts on low-faith units. Faith is similarly reversed.

• Final Fantasy Tactics Utilities for Linux/Unix (requires GD library)

  What's new in v0.15: text file decompressor, nybble parsing in dumpbw, switched from GIF to PNG, faster text translation, block-aligning for opnbk.bin, opntex.bin parser, wldpic.bin parser, wldtex.tm2 pre-parser for spr2pc.

• Final Fantasy Tactics
  • Battle Mechanics Handbook and GameShark Handbook by AeroStar
    More than you likely ever wanted to know about the inner workings of the game.
  • Battle time flow by Aaditya Rangan
    What happens, in what order, and what you can do about it.
  • Serpentarius Explanation by Sariel
    A possible origin for the mythical Serpentarius Zodiac sign.
  • FFT FAQ pages hosted by GameFAQs
    And a message board.
  • Goryus' FFT page
• Computer
  • FFTastic by Avaj
    DexDrive saved game editor.
  • Sprite Editor for Windows by Merlin Avery
    • Version 1.0.0.3 - what's new? (October 31st, 2002)
    • Version 1.0.0.2 - what's new? (October 28th, 2002)
    • Version 1.0.0.1 (September 10th, 2002)

    What it does:

    • Open .spr and .sp2 files.
    • Export to .BMP
    • Import from .BMP
    • Save as .spr and .sp2 files

    Questions and problems should be directed to Merlin.

  • FFT Edit by Ken Morris
    DexDrive saved game editor, written in Delphi. No longer updated.
  • Windows desktop theme by Yimar Soft.
• PlayStation
  • Net Yaroze Programming FAQ
  • PSX Chips Listing
  • PSX Game Development
  • Playstation Documentation Project
• Japanese
  • Translations
    • World Lingo
  • Dictionaries
    • Japanese/Romanji
    • Japanese<-->English

• /

  battle.bin

  The PlayStation binary program (PS-X EXE) for battles.

  sceap.dat (NA)

  Summary: Sony Computer Entertainment America Presents

  Format: 320x32 raw 24-bit color image.

  scus_942.21 (NA)

  PS-X EXE for PlayStation startup in North American version.

  slps_007.70 (JP)

  PS-X EXE for PlayStation startup in Japanese version.

  system.cnf

  Tells the PlayStation what program to start with and sets up the stack location.

• battle

  zodiac.bin

  Summary: Zodiac clock battle introduction, chickens, treasure chests, crystals, and frogs.

  Format: 256 pixels wide, with palette (512 bytes) at end of file. As the dial uses all 256 colors, location of chicken/frog/chest/crystal palette unknown.

  entd1.ent, entd2.ent, entd3.ent, entd4.ent

  od -tx1 -w20 -v

  ???

  arute.seq, cyoko.seq, eff1.seq, eff2.seq, kanzen.seq, mon.seq, other.seq, ruka.seq, type1.seq, type2.seq, type3.seq, type4.seq, wep1.seq, wep2.seq

  Probably information on how to piece the creatures together. sequence?

  arute.shp, cyoko.shp, eff1.shp, eff2.shp, kanzen.shp, mon.shp, other.shp, type1.shp, type2.shp, wep1.shp, wep2.shp

  Shapes for large sprites?

  efc_fnt.tim

  Summary: Character set chooseable on the name input screen.

  Format: PlayStation TIM file (assumed).

  *.spr (unless otherwise noted)

  Summary: 16-color paletted images.

  Format:

  Palette: (512 bytes)

  Bodies:

  000 - 031 (32): Palette # 1

  032 - 063 (32): Palette # 2

  064 - 095 (32): Palette # 3

  096 - 127 (32): Palette # 4

  128 - 159 (32): Palette # 5

  160 - 191 (32): Palette # 6

  192 - 223 (32): Palette # 7

  224 - 255 (32): Palette # 8

  Portraits:

  256 - 287 (32): Palette # 9

  288 - 319 (32): Palette #10

  320 - 351 (32): Palette #11

  352 - 383 (32): Palette #12

  384 - 415 (32): Palette #13

  416 - 447 (32): Palette #14

  448 - 478 (32): Palette #15

  480 - 511 (32): Palette #16

  Image data: (36,864 bytes)

  Roughly described as either 8x8 grid of 32x35 pixel character sprites, an 8x7 grid of 32x40 pixel small monster sprites, a 5x6 grid of 50x48 pixel monster sprites, or a 5x5 broken grid of 48x64 large monster sprites.

  Notable exceptions: cyoko.spr, completely pieces; dami.spir, unknown pattern; kanzen.spr, mostly pieces; kasanek.spr and kasanem.spr, all-red palette; other.spr, chickens, toads, crystals, and chests; and wep.spr, dolls, harps, swords, slash hit effects, etc.

  Garbled mess: (whatever is left)

  Appears to be data describing how to piece body parts together. Any other details unknown.

  File notes:

  

  10m.spr	human	10 year-old male
  10w.spr	human	10 year-old female
  20m.spr	human	20 year-old male
  20w.spr	human	20 year-old female
  40m.spr	human	40 year-old male
  40w.spr	human	40 year-old female
  60m.spr	human	60 year-old male
  60w.spr	human	60 year-old female
  adora.spr	monster	Adramelk
  aguri.spr	human	Agrias	Nearly identical to kanba.spr; the location of two sprites is a few pixels different.
  ajora.spr	human	St. Ajora
  arli.spr	monster	Flotiball, Ahriman, Plague
  aru.spr	human	Algus
  arufu.spr	human	Lede	Nearly identical to ledy.spr; the location of a sprite is a few pixels different.
  aruma.spr	human	Alma	Identical to gyumu.spr.
  arute.spr	large monster	Altima v1
  bariten.spr	human	Barinten
  baru.spr	human	Balmafula
  baruna.spr	human	Gafgarion	Identical to h61.spr.
  behi.spr	monster	Behemoth, King Behemoth, Dark Behemoth
  beio.spr	human	Beowulf
  biburos.spr	monster	Byblos
  bom.spr	monster	Bomb, Grenade, Explosive
  cloud.spr	human	Cloud
  cyoko.spr	monster	Cyoko	Completely in pieces.
  cyomon1.spr	human	Male funeral mourner #1
  cyomon2.spr	human	Female funeral mourner #1
  cyomon3.spr	human	Male funeral mourner #2
  cyomon4.spr	human	Female funeral mourner #2
  daisu.spr	human	Dycedarg
  dami.spr	monster	Unknown
  demon.spr	monster	Archaic Demon, Ultima Demon
  dily.spr	human	Delita (Ch. 1)
  dily2.spr	human	Delita (Ch. 2-4)
  dily3.spr	human	King Delita
  dora.spr	human	Draclau
  dora1.spr	monster	Green Dragon, Blue Dragon, Red Dragon
  dora2.spr	monster	Hyudra, Hydra, Tiamat
  eru.spr	human	Elmdor
  furaia.spr	human	Teta
  fusui_m.spr	human	Geomancer (male)
  fusui_w.spr	human	Geomancer (female)
  fyune.spr	human	Funeral
  gando.spr	human	Malak
  garu.spr	human	Mustadio	Identical to musu.spr.
  gin_m.spr	human	Bard
  gob.spr	monster	Goblin, Black Goblin, Gobbledeguck
  goru.spr	human	Goltana
  gyumu.spr	human	Alma	Identical to aruma.spr.
  h61.spr	human	Gafgarian	Identical to baruna.spr.
  h75.spr	human	Rofel
  h76.spr	human	Izlude
  h77.spr	human	Kletian
  h78.spr	human	Wiegraf (Shrine Knights)
  h79.spr	human	Rafa
  h80.spr	human	Meliadoul	Identical to h85.spr.
  h81.spr	human	Balk
  h82.spr	human	Alma (Graveyard of Airships)
  h83.spr	human	Celia	Nearly identical to seria.spr; the location of a sprite is a few pixels different.
  h85.spr	human	Meliadoul	Identical to h80.spr.
  hasyu.spr	monster	Hashmalum
  hebi.spr	monster	Elidibs
  hime.spr	monster	Princess Ovelia
  hyou.spr	monster	Red Panther, Cuar, Vampire
  ika.spr	human	Pisco Demon, Squidlarkin, Mindflare
  item_m.spr	human	Chemist (male)
  item_w.spr	human	Chemist (female)
  kanba.spr	human	Agrias	Nearly identical to aguri.spr; the location of two sprites is a few pixels different.
  kanzen.spr	small monster	Altima v2	Completely in pieces.
  kasanek.spr	human, no palette	Cloud (entrance sequence)
  kasanem.spr	human, no palette	Unfinished male "magician" job?
  ki.spr	monster	Woodman, Trent, Taiju
  knight_m.spr	human	Knight (male)
  knight_w.spr	human	Knight (female)
  kuro_m.spr	human	Black Wizard (male)
  kuro_w.spr	human	Black Wizard (female)
  kyuku.spr	monster	Queklain
  ledy.spr	human	Lede	Nearly identical to arufu.spr; the location of a sprite is a few pixels different.
  mara.spr	human	Malak
  mina_m.spr	human	Squire (male)
  mina_w.spr	human	Squire (female)
  minota.spr	monster	Bull Demon, Minitaurus, Sacred
  mol.spr	monster	Morbol, Ochu, Great Morbol
  monk_m.spr	human	Monk (male)
  monk_w.spr	human	Monk (male)
  mono_m.spr	human	Mime (male)
  mono_w.spr	human	Mime (female)
  musu.spr	human	Mustadio	Identical to garu.spr.
  ninja_m.spr	human	Ninja (male)
  ninja_w.spr	human	Ninja (female)
  odori_w.spr	human	Dancer (female)
  onmyo_m.spr	human	Oracle (male)
  onmyo_w.spr	human	Oracle (female)
  oran.spr	human	O(r)lan
  oru.spr	human	Orlandu
  other.spr	special	Chickens, frogs, crystals, and chests	Its own unique format.
  rafa.spr	human	Rafa
  ragu.spr	human	Larg
  ramuza.spr	human	Ramza (Ch. 1)
  ramuza2.spr	human	Ramza (Ch. 2 - 3)
  ramuza3.spr	human	Ramza (Ch. 4)
  reze.spr	human	Reis
  reze_d.spr	monster	Holy Dragon
  rudo.spr	human	Rudvich
  ryu_m.spr	human	Lancer (male)
  ryu_w.spr	human	Lancer (female)
  samu_m.spr	human	Samurai (male)
  samu_w.spr	human	Samurai (female)
  san_m.spr	human	Calculator (male)
  san_w.spr	human	Calculator (female)
  seria.spr	human	Celia	Nearly identical to h83.spr; the location of a sprite is a few pixels different.
  simon.spr	human	Simon
  siro_m.spr	human	Priest (male)
  siro_w.spr	human	Priest (female)
  souryo.spr	human	Zalmo look-alike (not portrait), with hat
  sukeru.spr	human	Skeleton, Bone Snatch, Living Bone
  syou_m.spr	human	Summoner (male)
  syou_w.spr	human	Summoner (female)
  tetsu.spr	monster	Worker 7/8
  thief_m.spr	human	Thief (male)
  thief_w.spr	human	Thief (female)
  toki_m.spr	human	Time Mage (male)
  toki_w.spr	human	Time Mage (female)
  tori.spr	monster	Juravis, Steel Hawk, Cocatoris
  uri.spr	monster	Uribo, Porky, Wildbow
  veri.spr	monster	Velius
  voru.spr	human	Vormav
  waju_m.spr	human	Mediator (male)
  waju_w.spr	human	Mediator (female)
  wep.spr	special	Weapons, shields, puppets, and attack effects	Its own unique format.
  wigu.spr	human	Wiegraf (Death Corps)
  yumi_m.spr	human	Archer (male)
  yumi_w.spr	human	Archer (female)
  yurei.spr	monster	Ghoul, Gust, Revnant
  zaru.spr	human	Zalbag
  zaru2.spr	human	Undead Zalbag
  zarue.spr	monster	Zalera
  zarumou.spr	human	Zalmo

  *.sp2

  These are sprite files without palettes or piece attaching information. They're used for monsters with too many frames of attack animation.

  Filename	Grid	Description	Notes
  arli2.sp2	4x4	Flotiball, Ahriman, Plague	Look of Devil / Look of Fright
  behi2.sp2	4x4	Behemoth, King Behemoth, Dark Behemoth	Stab Up
  bibu2.sp2	4x4	Byblos	Byblos job ?
  bom2.sp2	4x4	Bomb, Grenade, Explosive	Self Destruct / Bite
  demon2.sp2	5x4	Archaic Demon	Dark Holy ?
  dora22.sp2	4x4	Hyudra, Hydra, Tiamat	flying
  hyou2.sp2	4x4	Red Panther, Cuar, Vampire	Cat Kick
  iron2.sp2	4x4	Worker 7/8	Dispose ?
  iron3.sp2	4x4	Worker 7/8	Destroy ?
  iron4.sp2	4x4	Worker 7/8	Crush ?
  iron5.sp2	4x4	Worker 7/8	Compress ?
  minota2.sp2	4x4	Bull Demon, Minitaurus, Sacred	Wave Around
  mol2.sp2	4x4	Morbol, Ochu, Great Morbol	Moldball Virus
  tori2.sp2	4x4	Juravis, Steel Hawk, Cockatoris	Scratch Up
  uri2.sp2	4x4	Uribo, Porky, Wildbow	Straight Dash

• effect

  *.bin

  Very little is known. Palettes are 256 colors as far as known. Files larger than 70kB have the last 64kB of the file as a 256-pixel wide image, with the palette 1,028 bytes before that. Images over 34kB have a 32kB 128-pixel wide image at the end, with the palette 1,028 bytes before that. Smaller files have the 128-pixel wide image at 16kB minus 512 bytes from the end of the file, with the palette 16kB from the end.

• event

  atchelp.lzw

  Select button help: status screen, jobs, monsters, equipment, abilities.

  attack.out

  Binary, with embedded FFT text of character names. Contains references to other file names in ASCII.

  bonus.bin, btlevt.bin

  ???

  bunit.out

  Compressed text that fftunzip cannot currently handle. Appears similar to atchelp.lzw.

  card.out

  Binary handling saving and loading. Also contains FFT text for world map locations, job names, and formation screen operations.

  chapter1.bin, chapter2.bin, chapter3.bin, chapter4.bin

  Chapter name overlay images. There's a 32-byte palette at the end of the image but it looks much better if you just render it as a raw value nybble image.

  debugchr.out

  Guessing it is a debug binary, but otherwise unknown.

  debugmap.out

  0 byte file.

  end1.bin, end2.bin, end3.bin, end4.bin, end5.bin

  Raw 24-bit color, 256x256 pixel images for the end of chapters.

  equip.out

  Compressed FFT text file (that fftunzip can't handle), with what looks like a binary at the top. Appears to contain formation screen equipping text, item descriptions, and possibly city store text.

  etc.out

  Binary. Contains references to all chapter introduction and ending images in ASCII.

  evtchr.bin

  Summary: Sprite animation for event sequences. Numerous 256x200 (nybble, so 128 bytes wide in file) images.

  Format: (per-image)

  Unknown: (1,920 bytes)

  ???

  Palette: (256 bytes)

  1920 - 1951 (32): Palette #1

  1952 - 1983 (32): Palette #2

  1984 - 2015 (32): Palette #3

  2016 - 2047 (32): Palette #4

  2048 - 2079 (32): Palette #5

  2080 - 2111 (32): Palette #6

  2112 - 2143 (32): Palette #7

  2144 - 2175 (32): Palette #8

  Unknown: (384 bytes)

  ???

  Image: (25,600 bytes)

  02560 - 28160 (25,600): 16-color paletted image data.

  Filler: (2,560 bytes)

  Padding to 2,048 block alignment. No data known to appear here.

  evtface.bin

  Summary: Portraits for event sequences. 8 sets of 1x8 grids of 32x48 event portraits, with 32 byte (16 entry) palettes below each block of 8 portraits.

  Format: (per-block)

  Portraits: (6,144 bytes)

  0000 - 0767 (768): Portrait #1

  0768 - 1535 (768): Portrait #2

  1536 - 2302 (768): Portrait #3

  2304 - 3071 (768): Portrait #4

  3072 - 3839 (768): Portrait #5

  3840 - 4607 (768): Portrait #6

  4608 - 5375 (768): Portrait #7

  5376 - 6143 (768): Portrait #8

  Palette: (256 bytes)

  6144 - 6175 (32): Palette #1

  6176 - 6207 (32): Palette #2

  6208 - 6239 (32): Palette #3

  6240 - 6271 (32): Palette #4

  6272 - 6303 (32): Palette #5

  6304 - 5335 (32): Palette #6

  6336 - 6367 (32): Palette #7

  6368 - 6399 (32): Palette #8

  Filler: (2,304 bytes)

  Padding to 2,048 byte alignment? There's some sparse unknown data here.

  evtool.out

  0 byte file.

  font.bin

  ???

  frame.bin

  Summary: Icons for menu system, status affection names and icons, and interface blocks.

  Format: Standard multi-paletted image with the 768 bytes of 24 palettes at the end.

  gameover.bin

  Summary: Game Over

  Format: 256-pixel wide paletted image, with the palette of 512 bytes at the bottom.

  help.lzw

  Summary: All select-button help.

  Format: Compressed FFT text file.

  helpmenu.out

  Binary with embedded compressed FFT text (identical to help.lzw).

  item.bin

  Summary: In-battle weapon icons and battle effects.

  Format: 16 palettes of 32 bytes (16 entries) each in the last 512 bytes of the file.

  jobstts.out

  Binary with embedded compressed FFT text that fftunzip cannot currently handle.

  join.lzw

  Summary: Character quotations for Select-button, leaving, or warnings. Also character class names.

  Format: FFT text.

  maptitle.bin

  Summary: Graphical map titles, for the battle introduction screen.

  Format: Numerous 256x20 raw nybble images.

  open.lzw

  Summary: Plot character names, random character names, text for character creation, and composer's notes for background music code.

  Format: FFT text.

  option.out

  ???

  require.out

  Binary with embedded FFT text of character leaving/removal messages and character classes.

  sample.lzw

  Summary: Battle error and ability messages, class names, item names, some unknown Japanese (?) text, menu specifications, ability names, confirmation messages, status affect descriptions, other error messages, and job skillset names.

  Format: FFT text.

  small.out

  Summary: Plot character names, random character names, and job names.

  Format: FFT text.

  spell.mes

  Summary: Skill/spell use messages.

  Format: FFT text.

  test.evt

  Summary: Story plot text in both Japanese and English.

  Format: FFT text.

  unit.bin

  Summary: 128 formation screen character images.

  Format: 128 palettes of 32 bytes (16 entries) each, with the 4,096 byte palette information at the end of the file.

  win001.bin

  Summary: Japanese text in a graphical image.

  Format: Raw nybble image. Needs brightened to see text.

  wldface.bin

  Summary: 160 Brave Story portraits.

  Format: 4 sets of 5 rows and 8 columns of 32x48 portraits. The palettes (32 bytes, 16 entries each) for the corresponding portraits are stored at the end of the each set.

  wldface4.bin

  Apparently identical to the last of the 4 sets in wldface.bin.

  wldhelp.lzw

  Summary: Status screen help, battle menu help, options help, formation help, shop help, tutorial messages, Brave Story help, job descriptions, monster descriptions, item descriptions, ability descriptions, map location descriptions, job skillset descriptions, and character quotations.

  Format: FFT text.

  world.lzw

  Summary: Job names, item names, character names, menu specifications, bar proposition names, ability names, item names, proposition reward names, tutorial table of contents, world map location names, job skillset names, rumors, event names, and more proposition reward names.

  Format: FFT text.

• map

  Number	Name	File Count
  map000	(No name)	2
  map001	At main gate of Igros Castle	41
  map002	Back gate of Lesalia Castle	41
  map003	Hall of St. Murond Temple	9
  map004	Office of Lesalia Castle	17
  map005	Roof of Riovanes Castle	21
  map006	At the gate of Riovanes Castle	17
  map007	Inside of Riovanes Castle	9
  map008	Riovanes Castle	17
  map009	Citadel of Igros Castle	21
  map010	Inside of Igros Castle	3
  map011	Office of Igros Castle	19
  map012	At the gate of Lionel Castle	17
  map013	Inside of Lionel Castle	9
  map014	Office of Lionel Castle	18
  map015	At the gate of Limberry Castle	41
  map016	Inside of Limberry Castle	17
  map017	Underground cemetery of Limberry Castle	3
  map018	Office of Limberry Castle	17
  map019	At the gate of Limberry Castle	21
  map020	Inside of Zeltennia Castle	9
  map021	Zeltennia Castle	17
  map022	Magic City Gariland	21
  map023	Beoulve residence	12
  map024	Military Academy's Auditorium	9
  map025	Yardow Fort City	12
  map026	Weapon storage of Yardow	3
  map027	Goland Coal City	10
  map028	Colliery underground First floor	10
  map029	Colliery underground Second floor	10
  map030	Colliery underground Third floor	10
  map031	Dorter Trade City	21
  map032	Slums in Dorter	10
  map033	Hospital in slums	5
  map034	Cellar of Sand Mouse	6
  map035	Zaland Fort City	21
  map036	Church outside the town	20
  map037	Ruins outside Zaland	5
  map038	Goug Machine City	21
  map039	Underground passage in Goland	3
  map040	Slums in Goug	20
  map041	Besrodio's house	5
  map042	Warjilis Trade City	11
  map043	Port of Warjilis	5
  map044	Bervenia Free City	21
  map045	Ruins of Zeltennia Castle's church	5
  map046	Cemetery of Heavenly Knight, Balbanes	11
  map047	Zarghidas Trade City	21
  map048	Slums of Zarghidas	21
  map049	Fort Zeakden	21
  map050	St. Murond Temple	21
  map051	St. Murond Temple	18
  map052	Chapel of St. Murond Temple	3
  map053	Entrance to Death City	6
  map054	Lost Sacred Precincts	3
  map055	Graveyard of Airships	5
  map056	Orbonne Monastery	20
  map057	Underground Book Storage First Floor	3
  map058	Underground Book Storage Second Floor	3
  map059	Underground Book Storage Third Floor	3
  map060	Underground Book Storage Fourth Floor	3
  map061	Underground Book Storage Fifth Floor	5
  map062	Chapel of Orbonne Monastery	9
  map063	Golgorand Execution Site	11
  map064	In front of Bethla Garrison's Sluice	5
  map065	Granary of Bethla Garrison	3
  map066	South Wall of Bethla Garrison	20
  map067	North Wall of Bethla Garrison	20
  map068	Bethla Garrison	17
  map069	Murond Death City	3
  map070	Nelveska Temple	5
  map071	Dolbodar Swamp	21
  map072	Fovoham Plains	19
  map073	Inside of windmill Shed	9
  map074	Sweegy Woods	20
  map075	Bervenia Volcano	21
  map076	Zeklaus Desert	18
  map077	Lenalia Plateau	21
  map078	Zigolis Swamp	21
  map079	Yuguo Woods	12
  map080	Araguay Woods	20
  map081	Grog Hill	21
  map082	Bed Desert	18
  map083	Zirekile Falls	14
  map084	Bariaus Hill	21
  map085	Mandalia Plains	21
  map086	Doguola Pass	21
  map087	Bariaus Valley	12
  map088	Finath River	21
  map089	Poeskas Lake	21
  map090	Germinas Peak	21
  map091	Thieves Fort	10
  map092	Igros·Beoulve residence	17
  map093	Broke down shed·Wooden building	9
  map094	Broke down shed·Stone building	5
  map095	Church	17
  map096	Pub	9
  map097	Inside castle gate in Lesalia	21
  map098	Outside castle gate in Lesalia	21
  map099	Main street of Lesalia	21
  map100	Public cemetary	3
  map101	For tutorial 1	3
  map102	For tutorial 2	3
  map103	Windmill shed	20
  map104	A room of Beoulve residence	4
  map105	"terminate"	9
  map106	"delta"	8
  map107	"nogias"	8
  map108	"voyage"	8
  map109	"bridge"	8
  map110	"valkyries"	8
  map111	"mlapan"	8
  map112	"tiger"	8
  map113	"horror"	8
  map114	"end"	8
  map115	Banished fort	21
  map116	(No name) -- Battle Arena	3
  map117	(No name) -- Checkerboard Wall	3
  map118	(No name) -- Checkerboard Wall ???	3
  map119	(No name) -- Checkerboard Wall Waterland	3
  map125	(Garbled name) -- Sloped Checkerboard	3
  map68000.doc	"Will work for food" -- Japanese version Easter Egg	1

  Level name listings from event/world.lzw.

• menu

  bk_fitr.tim, bk_fitr2.tim, bk_fitr3.tim

  Summary: Three different 256x128 images of the Soldier Shop.

  Format: Raw 24-bit color images.

  bk_hone.tim, bk_hone2.tim, bk_hone3.tim

  Summary: Three different 256x128 images of the Fur Shop.

  Format: Raw 24-bit color images.

  bk_shop.tim, bk_shop2.tim, bk_shop3.tim

  Summary: Three different 256x128 images of the Equipment Shop.

  Format: Raw 24-bit color images.

  fftsave.dat

  Credit: CzarDragon
  

  In order to use FFTSAVE.DAT first create an FFT save, transfer it to the PC and use the PSX format. Now paste the first 54 bytes of that file in front of FFTSAVE.DAT and add 128 bytes of 00 to the end. The result can now be transfered back to the PlayStation.

  The first thing you should notice once in the Formation menu is that there is NO Ramza. If you have viewed the Tutorial recently, the combination of seven humans, one chocobo and one egg will also be of interest. The item quantities also appear to match.

  Some other interesting aspects include EVERY location appearing on the map, even Muron Death City, which appears in the middle of the ocean north of Deep Dungeon and is not connected by any roads. Also every single point is flashing orange. Also everything in Brave Story in is available, including the blank Facts, unused Person entries and the Treasure with text of Dummy Data.

  tuto1.mes, tuto2.mes, tuto3.mes, tuto4.mes, tuto5.mes, tuto6.mes, tuto7.mes

  Summary: Demonstration tutorial messages.

  Format: FFT text.

  tuto1.scr, tuto2.scr, tuto3.scr, tuto4.scr, tuto5.scr, tuto6.scr, tuto7.scr

  Script files to do the tutorial walk-through?

• open

  ending.xa, fftend.str, fftop.str, fftpr.str, fftpre.str, fftst.str, fftunit.str

  All the full-motion videos played by the game in the Attract Mode, introduction, and ending.

  open.bin

  PlayStation binary. Contains credits.

  opnbk.bin

  Summary:

  1. 320 x 240: Final Fantasy Tactics logo.
  2. 256 x 240: Introduction stone background.
  3. 210 x 180: Yvalice map overlay.
  4. 210 x 180: Shadow Ramza overlay.
  5. 210 x 180: Lit Ramza overlay.
  6. 210 x 180: Blank stone overlay.
  7. 512 x 240: Credits parchment background.

  Format: raw 24-bit color images.

  opntex.bin

  Summary: Text and textures for the save game screen, the logo, Alazlam's introduction message, a character set for the ending credits, and the images in the background for the credits.

  Format: Paletted images.

  Header size (4 bytes)

  Just the length of the actual header, which is next.

  Header (16 bytes, but could vary)

  00 - 03 (4): Footer size, in bytes.

  04 - 05 (2): Offset of footer, relative to start of header.

  06 - 09 (4): Zero

  10 - 11 (2): 480, 481, 482, or 483

  12 - 13 (2): Colors in palette.

  14 - 15 (2): Number of palettes.

  Image data size (4 bytes)

  Size of the image data section, including the footer.

  Footer (8 or 9 bytes)

  00 - 01 (2): Unknown. 256, 320, 512, 768, 832, 896

  02 - 03 (2): 0 or 256. It's 256 for the text that's faded in during the introduction in pieces.

  04 - 05 (2): Image width, in bytes (not pixels).

  06 - 07 (2): Image height.

  08 - 08 (1): 0, 128, 256. Flags?

• sound

  env.sed, system.sed

  No idea.

  waveset.wd

  guess: The instrumental sound configuration.

  music_??.smd

  I haven't analyzed these, but Patrick Barnes picked apart music_55.smd.

• world

  snplbin.bin

  binary? image? Might be the binary for the music test, BGMxxxx code.

  snplmes.bin

  Looks like a text file in Japanese. Likely the sound test composer's comments. Also contains contents of Germonik Scriptures.

  wldbk.bin

  130 images (256 x 240) from the storybooks not available in the North American version.

  wldcore.bin

  binary?

  wldpic.bin

  Summary: 91 Brave Story record images, of varying shapes and palette depth.

  Format: (per-image, addresses relative to each section)

  Preamble: (4 bytes)

  00 - 03 (4): Length of header.

  Header: (16 bytes, but could vary)

  00 - 03 (4): Length of header.

  04 - 07 (4): Offset to find footer. (This + Start_of_header + 4)

  08 - 09 (2): Unknown. Always 0.

  10 - 11 (2): Unknown. Always 480-483.

  12 - 13 (2): Size of each palette, in bytes.

  14 - 15 (2): Number of palettes.

  Palette: (byte size given in header)

  Palette information located in header bytes.

  Unknown

  Haven't verified if there is anything between the palette and data sections due to random access nature of this file. They may be right up against each other.

  Data Preamble: (4 bytes)

  Size of the footer plus the image data plus the 4 bytes required for this variable.

  Footer: (9 bytes, but could vary)

  00 - 01 (2): Unknown. Always 512.

  02 - 03 (2): Unknown. Always 256.

  04 - 05 (2): Width of image, in bytes.

  06 - 07 (2): Height of image, in bytes.

  08 - 08 (1): Unknown. Varies.

  Filler: (varies)

  Padding to 2,048 block size. No data here.

  wldtex.tm2

  Summary: The world map graphic, with the location data embedded in it.

  Format: 256-color palette images of 240x240, 256x240, 240x300, and the rest unknown. Investigation pending.

  wldmes.bin

  Text file: the Brave Story text, job descriptions, tutorial text, and character profiles.

  world.bin

  PlayStation binary: world map program.

• Random character names: CD order or sorted.
• Map of Yvalice.

• menu/fftsave.dat: CzarDragon sent in the information on what this is and how to convert it into a save game to load.

All images on this page were translated with the programs I wrote and are copyrighted by Square Co, Ltd. (Square) since they're from the Final Fantasy Tactics CD or related materials. I'm using them to illustrate the results of my programs and to give examples of the game. I'm trying not to cross that fine line of too much, so you won't find me posting raw dumps of everything from the CD.

Various items in the Resources section are copyrighted by their respective authors.

The sketches scrolling during the credits look so great they need more exposure than just obscured during the credits so they're being used, modified, as background images throughout the site. Remember that they're not my sketches; I can't draw. I don't know which artist in particular is responsible for them, but the following people are listed as Artists in the credits: Yuko Abiru, Yuki Azuma, Akane Haruki, Nobuyuki Ikeda, Akiyoshi Masuda, Koji Matsushita, Yuka Miyamoto, Toshiyuki Mogi, Tsutomu Mouri, Rena Sasaki, Yukiko Sasaki, Sachiko Tanabe, Takaharu Tanaka, Misako Tsutsui, and Takahiro Yamashita.

You have no right to use most of the images on this site unless you own the Final Fantasy Tactics CD-ROM. Even then you're limited by fair use and the goodwill of Square.

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