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Code Monkey · May 3rd, 2008

When you see such a display, it is for multiple values for a given address.....lemme school you a little if you don't mind:

An address is where data may be stored. In many games, your lives are stored in a particular address, kind of like one person on your street responsible for keeping track of your progress in the game, as far as that one point is concerned. We'll call that "person #1"

Each address has data, or a "byte value". For example, when you play SMB3, changing from one powerup changes the value in the same address. "Person #2" sees that you changed powerup, so they maintain a value of "03" because you are "fire mario"...they'll change it to "4" when you are "racoon mario". If you lose a life, "person #1" drops their assigned value by one, and person #2 drops their value to 1 because person #1 told them that you died and are starting over as small mario again. A game is like an entire city of this happening, with each resident handling their own job to make the whole game happen. It's almost Utopian if you ask me.

Now, the choices you are given refer to a byte value for the same address. Since I don't play any of the FF series, I assume that "AP" means "Attack Points", or similar? If my initial guess is correct, then a higher AP means you are more deadly to your opponent.

I hope this is at least somewhat helpful. I hope someone who knows this as well as I do and plays the game can explain better for you. Be patient, your answer will come as it is relevant to that game. I can only ask that you submit what you see and what part of it you are having trouble with.

If you are still having trouble understanding this, try using PEC to hack simple codes, such as those always displayed in a simple game, such as "lives" or "ammo". This might help you begin to understand how these codes work and how different values can mean different things. Sometimes a different number means a different character or level, depending on the code. It may not hurt to examine the "codelist.inf" opened with a text-editor and scanning through it some (just don't edit anything until you are savvy!). Again, since I don't play any of the FF series, this is the best I can leave you with...

May 3rd, 2008	#3 (permalink)
Code Monkey GameShark H4xxorz Elite Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Seattle WA Posts: 39	When you see such a display, it is for multiple values for a given address.....lemme school you a little if you don't mind: An address is where data may be stored. In many games, your lives are stored in a particular address, kind of like one person on your street responsible for keeping track of your progress in the game, as far as that one point is concerned. We'll call that "person #1" Each address has data, or a "byte value". For example, when you play SMB3, changing from one powerup changes the value in the same address. "Person #2" sees that you changed powerup, so they maintain a value of "03" because you are "fire mario"...they'll change it to "4" when you are "racoon mario". If you lose a life, "person #1" drops their assigned value by one, and person #2 drops their value to 1 because person #1 told them that you died and are starting over as small mario again. A game is like an entire city of this happening, with each resident handling their own job to make the whole game happen. It's almost Utopian if you ask me. Now, the choices you are given refer to a byte value for the same address. Since I don't play any of the FF series, I assume that "AP" means "Attack Points", or similar? If my initial guess is correct, then a higher AP means you are more deadly to your opponent. I hope this is at least somewhat helpful. I hope someone who knows this as well as I do and plays the game can explain better for you. Be patient, your answer will come as it is relevant to that game. I can only ask that you submit what you see and what part of it you are having trouble with. If you are still having trouble understanding this, try using PEC to hack simple codes, such as those always displayed in a simple game, such as "lives" or "ammo". This might help you begin to understand how these codes work and how different values can mean different things. Sometimes a different number means a different character or level, depending on the code. It may not hurt to examine the "codelist.inf" opened with a text-editor and scanning through it some (just don't edit anything until you are savvy!). Again, since I don't play any of the FF series, this is the best I can leave you with...