[JAY LEHR]

A work in progress as seen and it definitely needed a new topic. So without further adieu, we have this.

Current Features
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1. All features from Zero Project
2. Zero has the ability to double and even triple jump! If you use the triple jump, you're 2nd jump in the air will reduce in speed a lot so you cannot go as far.
3. Chip Capsules are 'removed' in essence and will be used for other things.
4. Reduced a palette in memory so now there's one extra completely free palette usage in RAM for anything.
5. A fully working Save Game/Load Game menu. It stores everything you have earned in the game, including the incomplete hard mode data.
6. Golden Armor data has been altered. 7E1FD7 was how many chips you had and setting it to FF allowed the Golden Armor. That has removed and it is now stored at 7E1FD1. 7E1FD1 is how many armors you have. 00-0F is the main armors and setting this to FF will have all armors AND the Golden Armor. This will be incredibly useful much much later on.
7. You can now view how many heart tanks you have acquired in the main menu.
8. Options Menu has been altered to allow for sub-weapon shot. This has not fully been implemented into game as I am having many issues trying to make it work.
9. Dialogue wiping is now complete. The game no longer 'scrolls' for in-game dialogue. It instantly clears it off screen.
10. Dialogue overlay has been added.


Work In Progress Features (You can currently view what I am working on. This will be updated frequently).
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1. Importing Zero's first new Z-Sabre sprites. (They are being redone to be smoother with less frames)
2. Dialogue System being updated to be much quicker and in general, much better.
3. Boss Death system being updated. I want to implement a simple measure that every boss in the game can use to dictate whether the game freezes and blows up, blows up like Mac, or doesn't do anything but teleport out. A dialogue option would be used here as well.


Future Features
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1. Hard Mode
2. New Game+
3. Level redesigns.
4. Possible separate levels for X/Zero depending on circumstances.
5. New Game features. (I have a few in mind that aren't in any X game)
6. Complete Storyline update.
7. Much more expanded dialogue with characters having more personality.
8. Expanded ending with a couple of things people wouldn't expect.
9. Zero's tri-sabre combo (Possibly.. I'm really hoping for this)
10. New Armors for both X and Zero.
11. Sprite updates for X and Zero. Possibly for everything in game
12. Enemy AI updating.
13. New weapons for Zero.
14. Completely new sprite style for everything. I want the game to feel 'fresh' with a more defined, sharper and detailed look. Think Super Mario World Redrawn.

That's about it for now. There's a lot of things to work on and many new ideas to add. So if you guys feel like throwing out some ideas or feel like you can help with anything, just pop it in here or PM me or whatever you want.

[Ziber]

really cool i wanna play it and you are saying a dialogue for the bosses thats really cool be cause in the original they are in silence

good work

[GOD]

sounds bad ass bro. it would be cool if you added cameo appearances from the mega man series or possibly a secret boss fight against Bass or Protoman . Just fruit for thought... Keep up the great work!

[GOD]

Also I wanted to add it would be nice if there was a short cut to switch between X & Zero instead of pressing pause all the time. For example if you want to switch really quick, just press select or something not sure if thats possible or if you thought about it already.

[Rickets]

I am obsessed with the thought of hardmode because it makes you:
1. exhaust all your resources
2. master the characters
3. think a little...

Here are some old posts of mine, this post is some sort of compilation (recaps) of my ideas...
http://megamanx9.com...post__p__112303

Some of the following links might include ideas for the remastered game in general and aren't specifically for hardmode.
http://megamanx9.com...604#entry110604
http://megamanx9.com...post__p__111210
http://megamanx9.com...post__p__111517
http://megamanx9.com...post__p__111615
http://megamanx9.com...post__p__112503

[NightMare.R]

How hard is it going to be exactly to mess around with the tiles and alter levels?

[AxlRocks]

Good question NightMare.R. The good news is, the SNES X games format isn't entirely unknown. There's always Xeeynamo and his editor for X1, which last I heard, had support for X2 and X3, but he never released that version. I believe screenshots were shown loading X2 levels, but not X3 as it was loadable, but the graphics didn't load correctly yet. He signed up here at one point, and still maintains his blog and moreso a twitter. So, while I'm sure you know about the editor Justin, here are links to both if you wanna try to get into contact with him and get a headstart on the level data whenever you decide, or if you decide, to alter levels.

Tweet tweet
Blogspot

Maybe you're already good to go, I don't know, but I like to at least try to help out when possible. Anyway, I love your ideas but New Game+ and Hard Mode are the two I'm really drooling for currently. Level edits as well, if you decide to do any. I always wanted New Game+ in MMX so when it came to X7 and X8 I was happy as a clam, because you know, clams are so happy, amirite? Anyway, that's going to be fun to see happen. Goodluck as usual! And I hope my links helped in some way haha

[JAY LEHR]

@GOD: It's possible as Tsuraranoma's beta hack of X3 had it. I probably will implement it at a later time.

@Rickets: Thank you very much for reposting all of those links. I was in dire need of trying to find all that information!

@Nightmare: I'm honestly not too sure. I'm pretty sure everything is loaded from a table of some sort and goes from there. I'll dive into later on once I have certain things ready.

@AxlRocks: Yep yep that'd be him. He hasn't really worked on it for months or more from what I recall and he doesn't seem really interested in even working on the X series as much anymore. So I'm not really sure what's going on. Last time I heard was that he was wanting to improve everything and was going to write it all from scratch, but it'd be many many many months before he did so. So I don't expect anything at all either for awhile if ever.

[GOD]

Nice brotha, Im sure whatever you do is going to be great. cant wait to see more updates.

[MrcSNm]

ahhh finally the remastered version!!!

[Arpia]

I'm happy to see this progressing so well. A question though... why a triple jump?

[Thanatos-Zero]

Arpia, on 18 May 2012 - 08:56 PM, said:

A question though... why a triple jump?

Why not?

@Justin
Since we are going to do new dialoges, how about to add animated mugshots into the dialoge boxes?
I know it is a lot of work to design all the mugshots and to even program them in, but I thought it might be nice to include them, since a few X games have them. I can recall that X, Xtreme2, X4 and X6 had them in.

As for actual dialoges, we need more information on the personalities and motives of the eight mavericks. Also we need to know if they have interacted with X and Zero in the past.
The others did some ground work here already, so appreciate that we have something with which we can work with, but we need more regardless.

[Dogkarmachine O'Inary]

Excellent. I was wondering when this project would commence! I still have all the rewritten dialogue conceived during the Zero version production if you need it. Since it's been a while, I may need to revise it, but last time I checked it was good. It lacks X's new dialogue though. Mavericks too. It'd be fun to write for the Mavericks, I think.

[MrcSNm]

That is already a megaman x9, anyone make what you are doing, they just speak, don't do anything

[JAY LEHR]

Feel free to whip up any dialogue you feel like and feel free to PM each other, contact me via skype or e-mail, or just PM me on here about ideas.

Also, since we were talking about dialogue system and Thanatos popped up the idea I had, here is what I'm planning.

The dialogue system I'm wanting to implement is very similar to Mega Man Zero's. Quick, nice, flexible and it works. Additions to it obviously as Thanatos stated would be animated portraits roughly the same size as Mega Man Zero's. Or so I hope anyway. That's what I have planned. I also have a plan to see if I can pause events but not characters so essentially Zero/X/NPC's and what not could be more animated during dialogue along with the portraits to express more emotion. I want to go all out with this and change a lot.

I also want to implement the ability Chrono Trigger had. You press the 'Y' button and the dialogue box will draw on the top or bottom of the screen. I also want to add the ability to have short lines like Mega Man Zero for dialogue on maps from headquarters and stuff. I'm really trying to enhance everything as much as possible and be called easily throughout the game to make it easier to work with.



THIS IS A MOCK-UP! But this is basically similar to the style I want. The portraits would be more to the X3-X6 style (I'm planning to alter things to be more in the latter style in some ways). But essentially, this. If I am able to get a VWF implemented (Which I actually have to ask on again.. since the game has the ability to print how many letters you want on the screen). The font will be either this size or a size similar to Chrono Trigger's and the box will be bigger by a couple blocks. If not, repositioning of the box at least so dialogue can fit to the top of it all.

[Rickets]

Nice mock up! I can see great things will come of all this enhancement. I like the MMZ artwork for characters, but I can picture a slightly more mature style being a better fit for this game. CAN NOT WAIT!!! =)

[JAY LEHR]

Decided to go back to work with the enemy explosion data and what not. I finally figured out how the code actually runs and works now so I've redone a bit of it. So far what happens is that when a boss is defeated, instantly it turns their life bar off, it sets a value so you cannot move and the music fades out. I've managed to get code for a teleport out AKA Bit/Byte style to semi work but it's still a WIP. There's a few bugs still but I'm slowly making some substantial progress on it all.

Edit: I just started watching a bit ago a Sailor Moon fan project editing on join.me and it gave me the idea. Maybe I could possible do that for Mega Man X3 and show you guys what I do with code editing and what not? Maybe give you some first view look on what everything does for basic rom editing. How does that sound?

[Ziber]

@ MrcSNm you give me an idea ¡¡¡Nightmare in MMX3!!!!!!!
think about will be very cool if you do it in a stage like a secret door you go in side and you will be fight of course you will be speak or better the clon of zero of MMX2 and he is back and want a revenge

Spanish: @ MrcSNm me diste una muy buena idea ¡¡¡¡nightmare en mmx3!!!!
piensenlo seria genial si lo hace en un nivel como una puerta secreta entras en ella y pelean claro que hablaran o mejor el clon de zero de mmx2 y esta de vuelta y quiere venganza

[MrcSNm]

Ziber, i thank you, i maked a sprite a long time ago, if u wanna use, i give, but u need to promise that u'll really use like so much Zero Nightmare, but that Nightmare is my first work at recolour, just call me

[Haru]

If you don't mind me Asking how exactly dose the dialogue system work? graphically i mean? is it really possible to implement more then a black box?

Also is it possible to put voice sfx? not for talking but like attacks and jumping ect? or is that not possible at all?