First day of school

Today was the first day of my last year in high school. It was an interesting experience. Going back to school.

I have the following classes in the following order:

Algebra 2
English 4
Principles of American Democracy
Graphic Communications
French 4
Physics

It looks like it will be a promising year this time around. Tomorrow is the second day and maybe things will be different.

Brotherband!

I am suddenly in the need of a Brotherband for SF3 RJ.

Same as last time. Must have never played the Japanese version. No cheats. Must have game fully completed. Preferably any Noise except Wolf and Gemini.

My FC is in the sig again.

Pirate Tribe Vector

Yet another interesting concept art from Midnite's scans is Pirate Tribe. Pirate Tribe would have most likely been the Aqua-elemental Tribe form in MMSF2. It isn't the game, obviously so it never had any clean and finalized art. Now I've recreated it and made it better than before.

This is - Pirate Tribe.




For fun: Indie Form


40x48 mugshot


And the symbol separate


Enjoy! I know I had a lot of fun making those.

Harp Noise vector

I just had to do this. See, my buddy Midnite from TREZ was kind enough to share pictures from the Shooting Star Rockman Official Complete Works book. It's a big book full of various concept and complete images of all the characters in the game. One of the more well-known concepts is Harp Noise. Apparently it was in the works but dropped for whatever reason. Maybe they chose Cygnus instead. But of course, it doesn't exist. I ripped all the textures in the game and there was nothing out of the ordinary.

Using one of the pictures he took, I was able to make a vector recreation of it. I think it came out kind of nice.


And here is my rendition of what Harp Noise would look if it were in Vibrant Form.


Finally, just for fun, a usable mugshot I made out of it.

This illustration book fascinated me. I didn't know they had a picture of every mugshot and battle card image in its original state. I want to see more - and maybe even the EXE works, too.

Yes!!

I finally did it! Importing custom sprites is possible!!

New Dialog Editor

Greiga Master made a new Dialog Editor. This time it's called "Megaman Battle Network 6 Text Hacker". The concept is generally the same. This time, there is a live text display so you won't make any line length errors. It will come in handy when I start working on the final episode of The New Crisis.

Speaking of it. The contest is almost over. Then I can finally write a script and hopefully have that map editor.

New template!

If you haven't noticed, I got a new template. This one is fluid width so posts can be longer. I didn't like the old one because it was too small. Good thing I looked up some good templates online. With a few modifications here and there it came out kind of nice. Much better than before. The banner might change soon. Maybe when that new art comes out in better quality, I can change it.

Unfortunately, I lost some of my widgets on the right. The simple countdown is gone because I can't seem to find it. And the Fun Facts widget might not be the same. I blame Blogger's poor availability of widgets. Suddenly the stock mysteriously disappears.

But anyways, I thank Dante Araujo for this template. I wish I could do these sort of things.

EXE OSS site updated

The site finally updated. Look at in the link below.

www.capcom.co.jp/rockman/exe_oss/

Not much but at least there's some high-quality screenshots now. The page isn't flash-based so I couldn't get any cool new images. The only notable image I could get is the Mr. Prog.

More vector art: Mettaur revisited

I still remember when I did my first Mettaur vector. Now I think I did much better. And it comes out great in icons. Remember IcoFX? It's an excellent program along with Inkscape.

Here is the regular yellow Mettaur.


And for fun, the Mettaur SP color.

Mega Rock Patch v2.4

I've finally finished with my patch. This is the latest version of it. My goal in this patch is to make the game better. Not different, but better. I've prepared a video highlighting some of the changes. Compare it with the original and see the differences yourself.



Download the patch from my WillHostForFood account.
http://willhostforfood.com/access.php?fileid=80288

The patch is only for MMBN6 Falzar.

My most difficult vector drawing

I chose to attempt a more difficult vector drawing this time. I was looking through the high-quality white card images used in the Japanese Satellite Server. And who else but the mysterious character on the Break Sabre card! I like how this one came out and looks very detailed up close.



It's transparent so no need to cut it out. Also, I could make a mugshot out of this. It should be working with the Avatar Generator Tool to generate custom icons and files MMBN can use!

More on EXE:OSS

Some more scans have appeared regarding the new EXE game. A Japanese blog has posted higher quality scans and reveals more details. I can tell from the screens now that the text box is definitely from BN1. Mugshots also have no border now. You can see SF Megaman's mugshot is from SF3 but is missing the border. Looking at Clockman's mugshot, I'd say they're at least using better sprite-creating methods. The appearance is vivid and sharp like mugshots from the Star Force series. What's new is new. Not made to look old. It looks like there is no HP box anywhere on the map. That concerns me.

In another screenshot, Harp Note can be more clearly seen. She looks kind of fat there. The new SF Megaman sprite definitely looks newer and different. That also reminds me. I prepared an animation that compares Megaman EXE's sprite changing over the years.

The SF2-3 sprites were never used. They are the same as the SF1 sprites only minus the border.

And just for fun, a comparison of how SF Megaman's sprite has changed over the years.


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Also, I've been doing more vector art lately. It's practice.

Hacked Battle Contest V begins!

The newest Hacked Battle Contest has started. There is full info at TREZ. Basically, you create an moveset for either of the 3 Navis in the promo and defeat them in a hacked MMBN6 battle. Entrants get their Navis' moves featured in the final episode of The New Crisis. Contest ends in a couple of days so get to it!. I'm looking forward to participants.

Also, because of certain problems, I can't get the maps I need in time so production will have to wait. Winners will also determine the script. I'll let you know when I have a script done.

EXE:OSS first scans

The first scans have surfaced from the September issue of Coro Coro. First screens from the game, too. Looks like this "remake" is recycling nearly decade-old graphics from BN1. But at least Lan has a new mugshot. Maybe if it stays recycled like this it will be easier to hack, you know. It's still looking interesting. If the flash site updates like the SF3 site did, then I can probably leak advance information really early. If not, then keep checking the TREZ Gallery for new images I might get.




Also, there will be a new Hacked Battle Contest at TREZ. Stick around for details.

A few things...

These are 2 of Greiga Master's programs that haven't gotten all the attention they deserve.

First up is the Star Force Card generator. It's for making a card that has your MMSF3 friend code information. It's simple and I used it before.

There's the download link:
Download Star Force Card Generator

And another is the Battle Card Generator. It generates realistic-looking Battle Cards provided you have an image. It's still fun to use.

Download Battle Card Generator

Here's a card I made with it.


Maybe more updates will go to them if enough people use them. Remember that these sort of tools had never existed before.


Also something else occurred to me regarding the new EXE game. The last time BN1 was remade (Network Transmission on Gamecube) Zero appeared. So perhaps this time around Zero or another character (besides Star Force Megaman) will make an appearance. Either way, I'm sure somewhere along the game, a Taurus Fire card can be used on GutsMan. Just speculating.

It's August!

Well since it is August now that means I gotta do one big task. By the middle of this month I should have the final episode of The New Crisis completed. I have nothing done on it, not even a finalized script. But that also means I have to get to work and begin it. I absolutely will need to work on a certain tool right about now and that could take some time. I'll let you know when important events happen regarding this so keep reading.