CRITICAL'd

This weekend I've just completed fixing the "Press Slam" animation glitch. I had to start with a clean ROM, replace all of the wrestler, MOR, translation data and any images, making sure to update the pointers. The file size has returned to it's full 16Mb so you may need a clear ROM to run the newest patch when I release it.
I'm still doing a bit of play testing. I'm hoping to find the last Japanese-text screens and translate those. Screenshots to come!

100%!

A bit of a delay in posting but on Friday last week I finished updating everyone in Final Fire Pro Wrestling! New costumes, move sets, logics, stats etc.I've also spent a few hours testing and ensuring it's all working. I will be posting the new patch after I've finished testing. 


One glitch I've found is in Goldberg's "Press Slam" counter to a running opponent. Whipping them towards the top-right set of ropes and hitting the move causes it to glitch in the animation. Has anyone else experianced this or is it exclusive to my patch? I'll make sure it's fixed before I released anything because I did start messing with move animations, I didn't think I'd saved anything though.


I've also fixed a few translation bugs and I'm debating if I should change much in MOR stats. Any opinions? Also any suggestions for new costumes or translations?

Moving on...

Not from Fire Pro, just moving house. Today is the big day, I'm moving in to my new house with the Mrs. I'm literally sitting by the phone waiting for the estate agent to call and say we can have the keys. Sigh! I've learnt several things from the whole experience:

1. If you are renting, make sure the landlord has put your deposit in a protection scheme and not just left it in his savings account. (We did get it back by the way!)
2. Solicitors are inept. My solicitor has lost anything I've sent them, forgotten that we couldn't move in until September and she kept calling me the wrong name. Also she was a totally rude wanker.
3. If you're buying a house with someone that has bipolar disorder/depression, be prepared for them to change their mind about the house on a daily basis.
4. People are, on the whole, lazy. If it does effect them immediately, nothing will motivate them to do it. Not even money!

Griping over.

I'll be spending the remainder of the waiting time to work on Fire Pro. I'm hoping to release something before the end of October.

Updating the Crew (Part 2)

Officially 20% of the way through. I've been working methodically, promotion by promotion, the get them updated. If anyone is interested in my goals:

• Each wrestler will be completely updated
• If the wrestler is active, their first attire will be their most recent followed by other their bigger gimmicks or looks for the remaining attires
• If the wrestler is inactive, their first attire will be their most recognisable (e.g. Hogan in trunks) with other costumes left for his other gimmicks
• Each wrestler will be updated in MOR
• Rosters in MOR and Exhibition will stay the same

Also a few translation changes have been made.

I've also drawn up a WWE vs WCW MOR. If anyone wants to have a look and suggest changes or champions, please do. Download the XLS file here!

FFPW - Hulk Hogan Costumes

 Classic Hogan

Black & White Hogan

WCW Face Hogan

Tie Dye Hogan

Updating the Crew (Part 1)

I've come to the conclusion that updating the logic, stats, move sets and skills needs to be done methodically rather than me picking wrestlers at random. I've decided to create a save for every 42 wrestlers in the game, create updated versions of each wrestler and then put them in to the game. At the moment the plan is just to update the performance of each wrestler, however I'm sure there will be costume changes once this is done. The first 42 are:

• Tatsumi Fujinami
• Kensuke Sasaki
• Shin'ya Hashimoto
• Keiji Mutoh
• Manabu Nakanishi
• Yuji Nagata
• Shiro Koshinaka
• Takashi Iizuka
• Osamu Nishimura
• Yutaka Yoshie
• Tadao Yasuda
• Junji Hirata
• Kengo Kimura
• Osamu Kido
• Akitoshi Saito
• Jushin Liger
• Koji Kanemoto
• Shinjiro Ohtani
• Kendo KaShin
• El Samurai
• Tatsuhito Takaiwa
• Dr. Wagner Jr.
• Antonio Inoki
• Riki Chosu
• Masa Saito
• Kazuo Yamakazi
• Jim Steele
• Tiger Mask
• Koutetsu Yamamoto
• Dynamite Kid
• Masahiro Chono
• Hiroyoshi Tenzan
• Satoshi Kojima
• Hiro Saito
• AKIRA
• Don Frye
• Scott Norton
• Jeff Farmer
• Tatsutoshi Gotoh
• Michiyoshi Ohara
• Toshiaki Kawada
• Genichiro Tenryu

My final thought for today. Osamu "Tachihikari" Kawaha. Why is he in the game? He's not really done anything worth noting. He appeared in WAR, BattlArts, BJPW, PRIDE, DEEP and some other MMA promotions. I haven't seen anything of him other than his match with Goodridge in PRIDE and his match with Canek. He was trained by Tenryu too. Anyone know why he was even included in the game? 

Onwards and Upwards

I'm working on the default move sets and logic for FFPW. I've noticed that a lot of wrestlers have incorrect finishers. In some cases I can swap a special for a finish and vice versa, in others, I'm developing new move sets with logic. The likes of Inoki have had a tweaking whilst the "rookies" of that day have had a complete overhaul. It's a fun project and I'm hoping to have some stuff out soon.

I'm also updating the translation, I'm basing a lot of stuff on FPR for two reasons:

• FPR is the most recent
• Most FP'ers play R and it will be useful if there is parity

I am also doing some localisation (Side note, I like how "Localisation" would be localised from US to UK :P) mostly changing "Brainbuster" to "Suplex".

Just damaged my knee with a poor moonsault. Hopefully nothing huge but I can't put much weight on it. Maybe a trip to the Dr? Also, drove my opponent to A&E after his manager turned on him and split him open with a steel chair. Who said kayfabe was dead?