Final Fantasy Hacktics

So everyone, here it is, the guide on how to replace Gafgarion the Dark Knight (the guest version) with your very own unique character. Don't worry, Gaffy will still be in the game as normal, only when he is in your party for those 2 story missions he might appear funny in the menu formation screen -he will be alright in battle- this is normal and a very small sacrafice you will need to make, sorry. However, now you can play some unit you created :) Under File, open up both the UNIT.BIN and WLDFACE.BIN that we extracted earlier with the CDMage. So in UNIT.BIN find under Character 0D Gaffgarion. Under Actions at the bottom, Import both the BMP and PAL of your Menu character and then Save File. Now go to WLDFACE.BIN and find Gaffy under 0D Gaffgarion (again) and Import the BMP and PAL of your portrait, then Save File.


6)Back to CDMage
Now that we have all sprites good and ready, it is time to upload the new UNIT.BIN and WLDFACE.BIN to the .iso/.img of FFT. Open up this time the .cue file of your .iso/.img and again find the EVENT folder under Track 1. Now one by one, select first UNIT.BIN and right click and Import File UNIT.BIN and next WLDFACE.BIN, right click and do the same. Close CDMage when done.


7)FFTacText
Details, details, details...well we are gonna do this correctly, right? Open FFTacText and then ISO>Import either PSX or PSP ISO and well I think you know what to do. For me the FFTacText Editor takes like 30 seconds to open, patience is a virtue... Select Text at the top and choose QuickEdit to save us some precious time. Now this is the part where I am gonna make us a Red Mage, so if you want something else, just replace it. Hmm, so the first thing under the QuickEdit is the JobDescritptions, scroll down the list until you find 23 Dark Knight. This is the Guest version of Gafgarion's Dark Knight, and since we will later replace all Gaffys with the enemy one(don't panic, he won't attack you until the waterfall!), this Dark Knight is practically free for us to edit. In the box I will write something like:

The Red Mage uses both destructive{Newline}
and recuperative magic. He cannot{Newline}
use final magic, however.

Now change to JobNames and scroll down once again to 23 Dark Knight. Change it to Red Mage. After this, under SkillsetNames, this may seem strange, but we are not gonna use Dark Sword (mainly because I have no idea which one is which-guest or enemy), but rather change Dycedarg's Swordskill to Red Magic, because we can give Dycedarg Orlandu's All Swordskill later in one click. Now find 70 Sword Skill and rename it Red Magic. Under SkillsetDescriptions, scroll down again and replace 70 to read something like:

Red Mage Job command. Uses both{Newline}
black and white magic.

In JobRequirements, type the same thing you have for JobDescriptions (36 this time) but add under the text the conditions for job change:

The Red Mage uses both destructive{Newline}
and recuperative magic. He cannot{Newline}
use final magic, however.{Newline}
No conditions for job change.

I didn't give any requirements for job change, but you can if you want, naturally. Alright, now that in theory your whole new job is totally complete in name, there is just one thing left to do. Go back up to the top and make the drop down bar under Text appear, select ATTACK.OUT. You should see Unit names, scroll down to 23 Gafgarion and rename this to your very own custom name, probably your own name or something like Aeris or Bartz or whatever, it doesn't matter. This will make your own character's name appear in game 8)FFTPatcher
Save the best for last. We need to do a lot here so read on carefully. 1st File>New PSX/PSP patch. Now I am guessing and assuming most of you out there have already played around with the mechanics of FFT, if not, no problem too. Alright, click the Jobs tab. Find 17 Dark Knight, this is our job we created. Since this is a Red Mage, I am gonna copy the info of 1F Temple Knight, because I figure a Red Mage is both magically and physically strong, and Beowulf's job seems to fit that just right. I cannot help you too much here because I am not a mind reader ;)
I hope this helps everyone who wants a custom character. Please feel free to comment/ask questions.