FINAL FANTASY IX

FINAL FANTASY IX

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DV 27 ENE 2022 a las 16:18
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FFIX Trance Seek v0.3.32d (Hard mod by DV - Demo CD3/CD2/CD1 available !)
Where is Disc 4 update ?

I see a few messages asking me news about Disc 4 (on Steam, Discord or even Reddit).
First of all, thank you very much for your attention to this mod and let me reassure you: yes, I'm still working on it!
However, Disc 4 isn't just about the Memoria dungeon, Hades and Ozma... I'm planning to add a lot of new content (because FF9 modding allows you to do that, and with the time I've gained a lot of experience).
Unfortunately, my IRL job takes up a lot of my time and, above all, Disc 4 is very ambitious (new characters, new quests, new monsters/bosses, etc.).
I'm being very discrete about it to keep as many surprises as possible. I intend to share some news about Disc 4 with you one day, but... please be patient: I want this final Disc 4 to give as strong impressions (and even more) than the 3 Disc combined ^^

Thanks again! This is my first modding experience and I'm pretty proud of the work I've done so far. See you soon and... Enjoy the game!

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Hi everyone !

I introduce myself: DV (yeap... D and V, simple as that ! :D ) and fan of the Final Fantasy license ^^ After having tested some hard mods from FF7 and FF8, I decided to embark on this adventure too !

Final Fantasy IX is my favorite so i decided to make my own hard mod : i have the pleasure to present you my hard mod called Trance Seek !
I don't hide you that it's my very first experience in modding and I'm quite proud of the result I could give thanks to the great tools we have at disposal :)

What is Trance Seek ? First of all, it's a hard mod but i didn't content myself with just boosting the stats of the monsters... I had fun making a lot of modifications !

IMPORTANT : If that's comfort you... it's NOT an extreme hard mod, requiring you to grind for 15 hours between each boss: that's not the GOAL!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqi4yJb-eVI

Here is a non-exhaustive list of the changes made by this mod :

- Each character has a specific mechanic or gameplay, which are normally explained in-game: it's up to you to discover them and exploit them to the full:
- All monsters and bosses have a modified AI as well as their attacks: some slightly, others drastically. Some bosses even have new mechanics/strategies ! You will find some really unique fights in my mod as well as some surprises :D
- Around 30 new bosses added (including 2 superbosses): all the game's bosses have been reworked to offer different mechanics and more!
- All bosses give experience and drop a piece of equipment at 100%: this avoids the player to grind too much, the progression is really straightforward !
- New back raw mechanics : now, in order for a character to benefit damage reduction in the second line, at least one of his comrades next to him must be in the first line !
- Many of skills and abilities have been reviewed or even completely changed.
- The mod has a total of 84 SA (support ability) + 84 additional enhanced versions (WIP).
- All characters have 44 SA available (not counting boosted versions, so a total of 88 SA each!).
- You can have a status immunity with some accessories ! Exemple with Madain's Ring [i.ibb.co]
- Each character has its own unique passive or mechanic. +40 new skills added.
- 59 new items (WIP) !
- And lots more ^_^)

And as well as... :
- This mod use the last build from Memoria, with the new SFX Rework. I'm constantly updating it to keep up with every Memoria update!
- [Memoria] By pausing the game and pressing F8, you can return to the main menu almost immediately ! (This can cause slight bugs but I have never had any major problems so far ^^)
- Beatrix will be a permanent character and you can rename her ! (when you see her at Burmecia)
- New OST (somes from other FF or remix by fan)
- [Memoria] Tetra Master is reworked : the game is a mix with the Triple Triad of FF8 or you can play Triple Triad ! (created by me and now available on Memoria)

Obviously, I haven't listed all the changes to let you discover my mod: my main goal is to let you live a new adventure ! ;)

################### INSTALLATION ###################

1) Download the latest version of Memoria.Patcher.exe => https://github.com/Albeoris/Memoria/releases
2) Place the file in your "Final Fantasy IX" folder and run the executable to install Memoria.
3) Once installation is complete, launch Final Fantasy IX and a new launcher will be available => Go to "Mod", then "Browse Catalog" and download Trance Seek
4) Make sure "Trance Seek" is top priority in the mod list, to avoid any conflicts!
Imo, i suggest these mods for an incredible experience => https://i.ibb.co/f9PN4Y0/image-2024-08-11-143649725.png.
Compatible with Mog Add-ons if you want too !
5) You're ready to play :D

################# BEFORT REPORTING A BUG #################

Update the mod before report one or many bug(s) => From the Memoria Launcher, just delete the mod Trance Seek than download it again (before i upload some quick hotfixes in secret hehe).
If the issue persist, you can report here ^^

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Finally, I would like to say a few words of thanks :
- Thanks for the few testers who were able to test the previous versions of my hard mod : notably Elysion, Luplow, Nesouk and Ilares !
- Thanks also to Albeoris and his team for creating this great tool which is Memoria, which would not have allowed me to post this mod at this time !
- A HUGE thanks to Tirlititi for creating Hades Workshop which is simply a great tool and also for helping me many times on many subjects and issues ! Without his help, my mod would not be as perfect as it is today !
- And I obviously thank in advance those who will test my mod! I hope you'll like it and I'm looking forward to some of your feedback :D

Good game to you and especially... good luck!

You can find me here or on the FF modding Discord => https://discord.gg/FAvVvVckRH

(Sorry if there are any grammatical mistakes or misunderstandings in my description but I am, of course, available for any information !)
Última edición por DV; 12 ABR a las 14:43
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DV 3 NOV 2024 a las 16:46 
Publicado originalmente por pierre.burger7:
Hello. I'm encountering a bug right after the first Beatrix fight, right at the moment the FMV ending Disk 1 should begin. Instead of triggering the FMV, the screen becomes black. On top, the text reads: Map 70 (Début/FMV) Index/Counter: 1/3900 Loc:2 I think I'm having the screen to choose a different difficulty (albeit with a black screen). I tried disabling all mods save for Moguri, and I still encounter the bug.

I switched the difficulty to Vivi Mode, so maybe that's the reason why it bugs. (The needs of progressing the story while I went back to work outweighed the needs of trying the normal difficulty...^^)

I'm using the latest 0.29.2 version.

I wish to know if there's a place on the Discord I can use to report such problems in case it happens again - I assume I'm not using the best way to report a bug right now.

Hmmm... yeah indeed, there is a softlock here : that's weird, i am investigating right now.
I didn't know that the game jump into the field at the start of the game at end Disc 1... that's weird. Maybe i broke something when including new dialogs at the beggining of the game.

Also, you can also find me or other Trance Seek players on Moogle & Mods discord, avaiable on the first post => https://discord.gg/FAvVvVckRH
Última edición por DV; 3 NOV 2024 a las 16:53
DV 3 NOV 2024 a las 17:21 
Thanks you for your report @pierre.burger7, that's was a mistake on my side when i editing the start of the game... Somehow, the end of Disc 1 call the "New game" field... maybe a weird things from Square Soft devs or a limitation from PSX, don't know.

Trance Seek updated to 0.3.29.3

- Fixed a softlock at the end of Disc 1, where the last cinematic would not start.
- Additional information added at the start of the game, when playing a new game. (concerning certain cheats that no longer exist).

Have a good game everyone!

EDIT : If you have a weird bug where all magic attacks are absorbed, i suggest to redownload the mod again.. sorry for that, a feature I hadn't finished (for Disc 4).
Última edición por DV; 3 NOV 2024 a las 23:17
Ex-Kaiser 4 NOV 2024 a las 3:39 
Oh, man, this boss at the entrance of Oelivert is what I'm waiting for from the start of the game. Now this mod actually shows what was expected) Really good work. If only such things appeared on Disk 1, it would be much better

Now another question. How to defeat Kelger? I don't understand why he/they doesn't die. I'm run out of MP about two times, the fight goes smth around 15-20 minutes and this bastard just won't die. I'm looking for real one and targeting only him, he got about 100k damage already, I think. What is special about it?

Btw this battle is clearly shows, that Scan must show bosses HP. Because this is custom mod, some bugs can apeear from time to time. And this is a bug situation, as far as I can understand for this moment. While this mod in beta, will be better to know if battle goes the right way

And another thing. The game can be exited by L1 + R1 + L2 + R2 + Select + Start. If I do so and load any save, the next battle become broken (show only black screen with music). I can only exit and load game again to fix this. This problem was there throughout the game but now it has become really annoying because in the second half of the game you have to reload a lot more often

UPD:
Well, Kelger is defeated, pretty fast this time. But this mechanic is really unclear. Nothing explain that only last standing Kelger can take real damage. Fake copies takes a lot of damage and not die, so all this time I thought, that I deal damage to real one
Última edición por Ex-Kaiser; 4 NOV 2024 a las 9:04
Ex-Kaiser 4 NOV 2024 a las 9:21 
Found an interesting situation) This stairs in the Desert Palace has display problems

1. At first, I lit the right candles, so the stairs appeared. I moved to the next screen, saved the game and returned back. And now the stairs are gone

2. Second situation (on the screenshot), I am encountered a fight while standing on stairs and after the fight stairs also disappeared
https://ibb.co/zZCb0fF
DV 4 NOV 2024 a las 10:48 
Publicado originalmente por Ex-Kaiser:
Now another question. How to defeat Kelger? I don't understand why he/they doesn't die. I'm run out of MP about two times, the fight goes smth around 15-20 minutes and this bastard just won't die. I'm looking for real one and targeting only him, he got about 100k damage already, I think. What is special about it?

Tested on my side and now issue specially but indeed, if you don't kill his clones quickly (they have 3000 HP each), that's can be difficult.
The goal is to use powerfull multi spell, like Fenrir/Earthquake with Gaia Gear or Vivi/Steiner spells.

Maybe with a video, it would help me understand the problem you had.

Publicado originalmente por Ex-Kaiser:
And another thing. The game can be exited by L1 + R1 + L2 + R2 + Select + Start. If I do so and load any save, the next battle become broken (show only black screen with music). I can only exit and load game again to fix this. This problem was there throughout the game but now it has become really annoying because in the second half of the game you have to reload a lot more often

It's fixed for the next Memoria update, thanks to SamsamTS :)

Publicado originalmente por Ex-Kaiser:
Found an interesting situation) This stairs in the Desert Palace has display problems

1. At first, I lit the right candles, so the stairs appeared. I moved to the next screen, saved the game and returned back. And now the stairs are gone

2. Second situation (on the screenshot), I am encountered a fight while standing on stairs and after the fight stairs also disappeared
https://ibb.co/zZCb0fF

Thanks for this report, it's fixed for next Trance Seek's update ;)
Última edición por DV; 4 NOV 2024 a las 10:48
Ex-Kaiser 5 NOV 2024 a las 3:57 
I have several questions now when I almost got to Terra

1. Somewhere in Ipsen's Castle where is hidden boss fight. You said it earlier. I suspect he is in place with big sword on the wall, but I can't trigger the fight. Or he just not there, can't find him. Where I must go?

2. There is a friendly monster around Esto Gaza area. I tried many times, but can't find a tactic to survive in this fight. There is no equipment with instant death resist, Auto-Life and Last Stand abilities don't work, inflicting damage from the start don't work. How to beat this enemy? My last thought is to come in fight with Zombie status on my team, but I'm not tried yet

3. I almost at the end of Disk 3, but Beatrix and other characters still haven't shown up. When they are join my party? I hoped they would join me before a one way route to Terra

4. Are there any other hidden bosses that I missed? Disk 4 will close many locations (and it's still not ready). So I would like to find them while it is possible. So far i have found the following bosses:
- In Deli undergrounds
- At the Conde Petie road
- Two at the entrance to Desert Palace
- Everyone in Desert Palace
- Inside Iifa tree
- In Burmecia
- Almost every friendly monster

Is there anyone else before Terra?
Última edición por Ex-Kaiser; 5 NOV 2024 a las 9:22
thegr8edge 5 NOV 2024 a las 8:15 
Publicado originalmente por Ex-Kaiser:
I have several questions now when I almost got to Terra

1. Somewhere in Ipsen's Castle where is hidden boss fight. You said it earlier. I suspect he is in place with big sword on the wall, but I can't trigger the fight. Or he just not there, can't find him. Where I must go?

2. There is a friendly monster around Esto Gaza area. I tried many times, but can't find a tactic to survive in this fight. There is no equipment with instant death resist, Auto-Life and Last Stand abilities don't work, inflicting damage from the start don't work. How to beat this enemy? My last thought is to come in fight with Zombie status on my team, but I'm not tried yet

3. I almost at the end of Disk 3, but Beatrix and other characters still haven't shown up. When they are join my party? I hoped they would join me before a one way route to Terra

4. Are there any other hidden bosses that I missed? Disk 4 will close many locations (and it's still not ready). So I would like to find them while it is possible. So far i have found the following bosses:
- In Deli undergrounds
- At the Conde Petie road
- Two at the entrance to Desert Palace
- Everyone in Desert Palace
- Almost every friendly monster

Is there anyone else before Terra?
the only things i can personally answer is the beatrix and esto gaza friendly monster thing

for beatrix as long as you viewed all the events in alexandria she returned to a familiar place you found her before i wont say where for spoilery reasons, as for the esto gaza friendly, your idea of using zombie status is actually correct
Ex-Kaiser 8 NOV 2024 a las 6:28 
Another bunch of questions)

Where to find Quina's Blue Magic ability Psychokinezis? Is it learned from Zemzelett monster? That one is not available on Disk 3. Where else I can learn this ability?

Friendly Garuda monster is kinda... inexplicit. How to avoid his Rapture attack? Nothing helps me

Also, I cannot access auction in Treno, auctioneer isn't interactable throughout the whole game. Seems like, it's done intentionally. Well, where I can get Odin then?
Última edición por Ex-Kaiser; 8 NOV 2024 a las 10:52
DV 8 NOV 2024 a las 11:20 
Sorry for this late answer, quite busy and tired these days

Publicado originalmente por Ex-Kaiser:
I have several questions now when I almost got to Terra

1. Somewhere in Ipsen's Castle where is hidden boss fight. You said it earlier. I suspect he is in place with big sword on the wall, but I can't trigger the fight. Or he just not there, can't find him. Where I must go?

Indeed, there is a hidden boss here but only available at the beggining of Disc 3, where Zidane road to Oeilvert.
You can reach Ipsen's castle with a red chocobo... but bad news, i made a fail : since the new rework of chocograph (some of them can't be digged depending on the scenario counter), Fandalf is not reachable anymore since red chocobo can't be obtained before Hilda Garde 3... woops -_-
I upload a hotfix right now for that. In any case, I'll make sure that Fandalf can be fight again in Disc 4.

Publicado originalmente por Ex-Kaiser:
I have several questions now when I almost got to Terra

2. There is a friendly monster around Esto Gaza area. I tried many times, but can't find a tactic to survive in this fight. There is no equipment with instant death resist, Auto-Life and Last Stand abilities don't work, inflicting damage from the start don't work. How to beat this enemy? My last thought is to come in fight with Zombie status on my team, but I'm not tried yet

You answered the question yourself :)

Publicado originalmente por Ex-Kaiser:
3. I almost at the end of Disk 3, but Beatrix and other characters still haven't shown up. When they are join my party? I hoped they would join me before a one way route to Terra

Beatrix said it when she was talking to Zidane and Baku, on her way to Burmecia.

Publicado originalmente por Ex-Kaiser:
4. Are there any other hidden bosses that I missed? Disk 4 will close many locations (and it's still not ready). So I would like to find them while it is possible. So far i have found the following bosses:
- In Deli undergrounds
- At the Conde Petie road
- Two at the entrance to Desert Palace
- Everyone in Desert Palace
- Inside Iifa tree
- In Burmecia
- Almost every friendly monster

Is there anyone else before Terra?

I would also add Armodullahan, who is the super boss of CD2 but I think you have the list yes :)

Publicado originalmente por Ex-Kaiser:
Another bunch of questions)

Where to find Quina's Blue Magic ability Psychokinezis? Is it learned from Zemzelett monster? That one is not available on Disk 3. Where else I can learn this ability?

Friendly Garuda monster is kinda... inexplicit. How to avoid his Rapture attack? Nothing helps me

Also, I cannot access auction in Treno, auctioner isn't interactable throughout the whole game. Is it normal?

For Psychokinesis, you can learn that also against => Jabberwock

For Friendly Garuda, if you understand how to trigger his fight, you know how to deal with his Rapture ^^

For the auction , that's normal : it's temporarily disabled because I need Disc 4 vision for that.
Ex-Kaiser 8 NOV 2024 a las 23:18 
Thanks for answers, seems like I already finished most of side activities

So, where to find Odin? Is he available on Disk 3 without auction?

What is progress of Disk 4? When it will be released?

Also, maybe you already know, but Ragtime Mouse and his victorine works incorrect. Looks like broken
Última edición por Ex-Kaiser; 11 NOV 2024 a las 15:56
redfang94 10 NOV 2024 a las 20:03 
So I have a question about the tantarian boss fight and my question is I need info on how to deal with the mf in trance seek bcs I sat and fought him for like 2 hours straight yesterday until I had to reset bcs I ran out of items the way he does pages in trance confuses me
Ex-Kaiser 11 NOV 2024 a las 3:45 
Publicado originalmente por redfang94:
So I have a question about the tantarian boss fight and my question is I need info on how to deal with the mf in trance seek bcs I sat and fought him for like 2 hours straight yesterday until I had to reset bcs I ran out of items the way he does pages in trance confuses me

Tantarian (real boss) appears on pages 230-250, from my expirience. Real boss can take only physical damage, otherwise he is hiding again. Highly recommend to enable status resist abilities and equip water-def items. It took me 3-4 appears of real boss to defeat him
nephalim 11 NOV 2024 a las 15:27 
Any idea when this will be finished (Disc 4?) Not trying to rush you or anything just thinking about playing FF9.
redfang94 11 NOV 2024 a las 23:33 
Publicado originalmente por Ex-Kaiser:
Publicado originalmente por redfang94:
So I have a question about the tantarian boss fight and my question is I need info on how to deal with the mf in trance seek bcs I sat and fought him for like 2 hours straight yesterday until I had to reset bcs I ran out of items the way he does pages in trance confuses me

Tantarian (real boss) appears on pages 230-250, from my expirience. Real boss can take only physical damage, otherwise he is hiding again. Highly recommend to enable status resist abilities and equip water-def items. It took me 3-4 appears of real boss to defeat him
Ah so compared to his og version he appears between pages 230 and 250 now that's good to know
DV 12 NOV 2024 a las 23:04 
Publicado originalmente por Ex-Kaiser:
So, where to find Odin? Is he available on Disk 3 without auction?

You can get Odin at Disc 2 by dropping a Dark Matter from Armodullahan.

Publicado originalmente por Ex-Kaiser:
What is progress of Disk 4? When it will be released?

Publicado originalmente por nephalim:
Any idea when this will be finished (Disc 4?) Not trying to rush you or anything just thinking about playing FF9.

I don't really have a release date for the moment... if I manage to get it out by the end of the year or the beginning of the year, that would be a miracle, so don't count on it too much lol I've still got a lot to do and with my job on the side, it's complicated.

Disc 4 is going to be particularly unrecognisable as I'm going to be adding a lot of things.

Publicado originalmente por Ex-Kaiser:
Also, maybe you already know, but Ragtime Mouse and his victorine works incorrect. Looks like broken

Oh no... I thought I'd fixed all those bugs ahah could I have more details? :)

Publicado originalmente por redfang94:
So I have a question about the tantarian boss fight and my question is I need info on how to deal with the mf in trance seek bcs I sat and fought him for like 2 hours straight yesterday until I had to reset bcs I ran out of items the way he does pages in trance confuses me

Tantarian's particularity here is that he's a bit of a prankster ^^ You mustn't waste any time against these invocations and above all kill them quickly: Vivi's focus is quite effective here, playing on the elemental weaknesses of certain mobs.

Lovecraft can be found between pages 231 and 255: once he shows up, you absolutely mustn't use magic or he'll leave, so everyone has to hit him with their weapons, even Vivi if possible !

And, of course, make sure you set the right SA (Devilkiller and GiantKiller recommended) and elemental resistances.

On a very old save I have, I managed to kill him on his 2nd appearance. Good luck ! :)
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