Reddit user successfully mods Final Fantasy X HD textures on the Vita – Patch coming soon!
As more time passes, more PSVita games get patches and hacks thanks to the freedom that HENkaku allows us. This time around, Reddit user “NickRoxNRX” has decided to poke at Final Fantasy X HD remaster’s textures for the Vita and came up with some interesting findings, that he says could be turned into a patch that adds some cool stuff!
What’s Final Fantasy X HD?
Final Fantasy X was originally released for the PlayStation 2 in 2001 (NA & Japan) and in 2002 (Europe & Australia) and quite obviously, it’s the tenth installment of the Final Fantasy series that originally started with ‘Final Fantasy’ (I) for the NES in 1987. The game was later on, in 2013, released as an HD remastered version for both the PS3 and PSVita along with Final Fantasy X-2; it was also released for the PS4 and PC in 2015 and 2016 respectively.
It’s the first game in the series to use fully rendered 3D areas rather than pre-rendered ones. You play as Tidus in a world called Spira who joins Yuna in his quest to destroy Sin. The game runs at 720×408 but with some tinkering with a MaiDump dump, it may be possible to increase that to the Vita’s native resolution (960×544).
What are these mods about?
Reddit user “NickRoxNRX” a few days ago started tinkering with Final Fantasy X on the Vita and found out that the GXT textures used were much harder to work with when it came to modding the game but he was able to push through with some work. With some tinkering, he was able to import Paine’s Sword from FFX-2 in Final Fantasy X and was able to replace some textures. While not everything worked out, he was able to find out more things about how the game works and has decided to showcase some of his modding work.
He was able to do the following:
- Reskin some characters with all 3 detail levels.
- Change menu and battle portraits.
- Change textures of various items such as the Dark Yevon Brotherhood which he replaced with a red version.
- Import weapons from FFX-2.
- Make ‘unused’ weapons usable.
NickRoxNRX plans to release a patch so that everybody could enjoy his mods and he also plans to write a tutorial on how to mod the game yourself in the future! To apply the patch, one will have to use NoNpDRM’s unencrypted patch feature so no MaiDump/Vitamin dumps will be necessary.
Reddit thread (source + more info): https://www.reddit.com/r/vitahacks/comments/7atrt4/ffx_hd_texture_mod_success_please_see_first/
Earlier thread about his work: https://www.reddit.com/r/vitahacks/comments/796u52/ffx_vita_mods_any_interest_please_read_first/
The YouTube video below is there to showcase NickRoxNRX’s mods and is linked from the Reddit thread. The featured image of this article is from the video below.
A mod to buy some of the stuff for legendary weapons would be cool, like some random NPC that sells dark matter idk lol
Nice mods!! How about a mod that allows for the original PS2 textures on the characters? I honestly don’t like the HD remaster textures all that much but like the new revamped maps and etc.
While I can’t say for sure, I assume that it’s possible considering the work NickRoxNRX has done with textures. Post the suggestion on the Reddit thread as I’m sure he’s more likely to see it there 🙂
I would definitely do a PS2 face mod patch if there was interest. It’s easy enough.
Nude mod!
*runs
You know!
Now that you said that… it will com a thing for X-2 for sure.
What witchcraft is this!? Good to see some love for FFX. Wonder if the mods could work bother ways? Aka Tidus in FFX-2
It depends on what you mean. He’s already in the game as a monster, technically.
I would like a patch allowing the opposite languages, i.e. Japanese voices is English version or English voices in Japanese version, or being able to switch languages (I’m playing the Japanese version, but I would like to change the text to English as it would be useful in teaching English to Japanese students I have that are young and like video games)
Nick Rox? You mean the former Game Fan writer whose dad was always trying to kill MacGyver? That Nick Rox?
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Wow, thanks! It’s commonplace on PC but somewhat unusual for Vita, I think. I fully intend to do a full “Dark Yevon” visual patch as well as various others. If time permits, I’ll import and convert the redrawn textures previously exclusive to the PC and PS4 versions, also. In the meantime, check out the young Auron mod (this was a *** to get functioning!).
Gamefan was the greatest mag in camparison to gamepro and gameinformer. They covered imports better and introduced anime more into the field of the gaming world towards us westerners. Wish they really had the backing to keep producing the magazines i subbed to them all the way up to the last issue!
The latest, fun times! Quoted from Reddit.
“Update 3
As much as I want to, importing objects from FFX-2 is problematic at best. You have to rewrite global shader settings to get them to display at all, which breaks other shaders:
https://i.cubeupload.com/ax88Dw.png
I’ll try to find a way around the problem…”
Latest.
Quote from Reddit:
“Did I succeed in writing the frame buffer to texture, not to mention over WiFi to two other Vitas…?
https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=8Jr6iM7Wo4Y
( Quick answer: No! Just thought it was funny. It’s writing a video to texture; I can put anything 4:3 on that monitor 😀 )”
Hey there Nick,
I’m interested in the texture format(s) used on the Vita. Your input would be greatly appreciated here: https://github.com/IcySon55/Kuriimu
I’d like to start supporting Sony handhelds with new image and text plugins.
Cheers!
Icy
Is there are patch to cut out blitzball?
is possibility that ffx which already patch being dump to mai?
so that game already pre-patch..
Deference to op , some superb selective information .