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Dynamic Action Selection Unofficial Update

Original game : Final Fantasy

Platform : NES

Author : Grond

Release date : 28 March 2014

Category : Addendum

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : O

Downloads : 790

ROM Information

Final Fantasy (USA).nes - NOINTRO
CRC32: AB12ECE6
MD5: 9B0F042CFDC5F9E8200B47104A4768A9
SHA-1: 80CE108FBC066C985D4FB541BD68E9A7C8994FEB
SHA-256: D360BEEEE19A69D1C92D02292167C57F2D3CA8405B79101FC8C2F39DEA549667

Hack description

Simple patch that removes the redundant steps forward & back when assigning commands to a Warrior.
Requires CaptainMuscles' original patch to be applied as well (patching order shouldn't matter).

Screenshots

Contributions

ContributorType of contributionDescription
GrondHacking
CaptainMusclesOriginal HackingDynamic Action Hack

Reviews

Works!! (but you must do one thing)jmd64882020-09-13Version 1.0

I've been running a bunch of tests on this update to Dynamic Action, mainly out of curiosity in response to the previous review. This is what I've found:

I can say with 99% certainty that "Dynamic Action Selection Unofficial Update" DOES WORK on both Grond's FF and FF Restored. And it's glorious.

IMPORTANT: you MUST apply both the base DAS hack and then the update BEFORE any other hacks!! It's the only way for this to work without the game crashing or bugging out when a party member is slain. Then you can apply Grond or Restored, and everything else you want. I've run many tests, and this order of application prevents any fatal errors.

Kudos for such an awesome hack. Combat is super slick now.

  • ** EDIT/UPDATE: I have to revise my review based on new findings. My method works for Restored, with one unfortunate caveat. Running from boss fights/no escape fights will result in a bug where party member #1 drops dead. The other problem is that you can't apply anything to a rom before applying Grond (because it is a bps file).

I will keep my opinion of 'Yes' as this does work w/o issues on a vanilla game, and Grond's original Bugfixes pack. Probably others too. It's all trial and error. You miss out on boss music, but there are options available.

Works, but with a very fatal flaw...Shade.Usher2015-01-09Version 1.0

Overall, the patch does what it was advertised to do. However, it also seems to cause the game to freeze if any of the characters ever die. This can be a bit annoying, to say the least... Note that when this occurred,I had applied it after the other Dynamic Action patch, and had also applied it to Grond's Final Fantasy.