ROM Hack [WIP] Dragon Quest VIII (8) "Restoration" Project

[BORTZ]

Agreed, DQ7 may be overwhelming for new players compared to DQ8 and DQ9, but DQ9 for example has no endgame due to servers going down and now the only way to unlock it is hex editing the save.

DQ8 is really just the most entry friendly.

I might have to start a PM with you about DQ9... I have some questions. I have always been interested in that one, but told myself I would play the others first

 

[zac122]

I might have to start a PM with you about DQ9... I have some questions. I have always been interested in that one, but told myself I would play the others first

You probably know this already, but there's little continuity between the games plot-wise. Whichever one you start with is fine. 9 was a lot of fun, but like canzah said the servers went down, so all of the post-game stuff is essentially inaccessible. And tbh that was a lot of the fun of playing. Still a great game, and definitely worth playing though if only to play as vegeta in a dragon quest game =P(you'll see what I mean with the character creation thing)

 

[davhuit]

@Asia81 : You can already share a version if you want, I have nothing against that

But don't forget to say it's a beta version, which only have ~90% of the voices replaced for now and which might crash. Reporting the missing voices for now is not really useful as I'll find them in my own playthrough but if someone find a crash, then say them it's interesting to report the crash! (with a save made with JKSM).

By the way, a little preview :



(Bad quality, captured with a smartphone and uploaded from it, so video is locked at 240p).

 

[LoneFlo]

All our changes are done purely through textures

What do you mean ? Model editing is possible.

I just checked, to be sure (reduced Jessica's breasts)

 

[kane159]

Ok, so I managed to get the strap more or less perfect on the back, now I need to do the sides and make it actually wrap nicely.

Edit:
And front part of the strap done, now I just need to make the front and back parts link nicely, then change the color of the skin to match and we will have a fully properly uncensored Magic Bikini outfit.

nice job bro, when u done can u also release a ntr plugin? it's too tired to reinstall full game

 

[Asia81]

nice job bro, when u done can u also release a ntr plugin? it's too tired to reinstall full game

ntr layeredfs cause some important lags and slowdowns in the game

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

I just checked, to be sure (reduced Jessica's breasts)

HOW DARE YOU! CHANGE IT BACK RIGHT NOW... Or make it bigger.

 

[Canzah]

I might have to start a PM with you about DQ9... I have some questions. I have always been interested in that one, but told myself I would play the others first

I believe there's an Action Replay code that can unlock the post-game content, but alternatively you can also use this save editor to unlock it:
https://gbatemp.net/threads/dragon-quest-ix-save-editor.239740/
It's basically the only way to unlock that content now that servers are dead.

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What do you mean ? Model editing is possible.

I just checked, to be sure (reduced Jessica's breasts)

Moving vertices is not the same as adding new ones, and at the moment it's impossible to add any extra vertices/polygons from what I know because Ohana shits itself if you try adding anything.
And the stuff we'd need to do is not manipulate existing vertices since what we have right now doesn't need modifying.
We'd need to add extra surfaces for the straps for example rather than painting them on the texture like I did right now.

Also, anyone know how can I change a texture type in a model? I managed to fully uncensor the Dancer (having the leg exposed on the right side of the skirt) but Dancer's model has ETC1 type textures which don't allow alpha layer and as such it doesn't work ingame. I'd need to change it to ETC1A4 but I don't know how, so if anyone with 3DS model/texture expertise could help, we could solve that problem otherwise Dancer will never be fully uncensored (though I guess I could manipulate the vertices of the skirt to create a gap if worst comes to be).

Also here's the bikini outfit fully uncensored and ingame:

 

[BORTZ]

So if we are all posting our little wishlists, I will post mine too.
1. The english font is blurry... get that. The original english font that the translators used is blurry. So a new font would be nice.
2. Uncensored costumes/super saiyan main character model
3. Original soundtrack (orchestrated). But I have heard that its too loud, not worth it.

 

[Asia81]

So if we are all posting our little wishlists, I will post mine too.
1. The english font is blurry... get that. The original english font that the translators used is blurry. So a new font would be nice.
2. Uncensored costumes/super saiyan main character model
3. Original soundtrack (orchestrated). But I have heard that its too loud, not worth it.

What is 2 oO ?
Is there a super sayan outfits, wtf ?

3 is already done

 

[BORTZ]

What is 2 oO ?
Is there a super sayan outfits, wtf ?

3 is already done

Not necessarily an outfit, but a hairstyle that the main character would get when his tension was maxed.

 

[Asia81]

Not necessarily an outfit, but a hairstyle that the main character would get when his tension was maxed.

is there a different model when the tension is maxed?

 

[Canzah]

Sneak peak of the almost done Bunny outfit.

So if we are all posting our little wishlists, I will post mine too.
1. The english font is blurry... get that. The original english font that the translators used is blurry. So a new font would be nice.
2. Uncensored costumes/super saiyan main character model
3. Original soundtrack (orchestrated). But I have heard that its too loud, not worth it.

@1 I've been thinking of trying the DQ7 3DS font
@2 Not doable unless someone could convert the PS2 model
@3 You can change volume in game options

 

[BORTZ]

is there a different model when the tension is maxed?

 

[Asia81]

interesting
never played the ps2 version, and never used the tension thing on 3ds, si didn't know it

 

[Canzah]

The Super Saiyan hairstyle was something that was exclusive to EU/US PS2 version for marketing purposes.
There's still a different model for high tension, just one that's faithful to the original Japanese version as designed by Akira Toriyama:

With that said, I'd love to get the Super Saiyan hair model converted, but that is beyond my realm of expertise.

 

[BORTZ]

Like I said, thats just a wishlist of mine. I plan on playing the game at least once without dicking with it. The only thing I might be temped to mess with is the font. It actually hurts my eyes.

 

[Canzah]

Like I said, thats just a wishlist of mine. I plan on playing the game at least once without dicking with it. The only thing I might be temped to mess with is the font. It actually hurts my eyes.

If it's any consolation, that font is only for dialogues.
Menus and combat use a different font.

 

[Asia81]

let's see if use dq7 fonts work

 

[Canzah]

let's see if use dq7 fonts work

Please try, I'm still working on the Bunny costume so I don't have time to set up NTR plugin atm.