There are two events in the game that do not properly account for the possibility that Gau is on the Veldt. One of those events is the party selection at Zozo after getting the first Magicite, and the other is the return to Zozo after the Magitek Research Facility caper. The anomaly with the first event means that your remaining party members will not go to Narshe, meaning you cannot swap out with them until you have the airship; however, the second anomaly prevents this from happening because after the Esper World flashback, one of your party members will be positioned where Terra is supposed to get off the bed, meaning the game cannot advance. This patch corrects both events.
Final Fantasy 3 (US/SNES), Final Fantasy 6 (JP/SFC), Final Fantasy 6 (US,JP,EU/PS1), Final Fantasy 6 Advance (US,JP,EU/GBA)
Returner's Day Off Glitch fix patch
CONTENTS:
FF3-ReturnersDayOff-H.ips: The fix patch for a headered SNES ROM file. Apply to fix the Returner's Day Off Glitch.
FF3-ReturnersDayOff-HR.ips: The reverse patch for a headered SNES ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by the previous patch.
FF3-ReturnersDayOff-N.ips: The fix patch for a non-headered SNES ROM file. Apply to fix the Returner's Day Off Glitch.
FF3-ReturnersDayOff-NR.ips: The reverse patch for a non-headered SNES ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by the previous patch.
FF3-ReturnersDayOff-HV.ips: The fix patch for a headered SNES ROM file with Imzogelmo's "Vector's Cure-Castin' kid" patch applied. Apply to fix the Returner's Day Off Glitch.
FF3-ReturnersDayOff-HVR.ips: The reverse patch for a headered SNES ROM file with Imzogelmo's "Vector's Cure-Castin' kid" patch applied. Apply to reverse all changes made by the previous patch.
FF3-ReturnersDayOff-NV.ips: The fix patch for a non-headered SNES ROM file with Imzogelmo's "Vector's Cure-Castin' kid" patch applied. Apply to fix the Returner's Day Off Glitch.
FF3-ReturnersDayOff-NVR.ips: The reverse patch for a non-headered SNES ROM file with Imzogelmo's "Vector's Cure-Castin' kid" patch applied. Apply to reverse all changes made by the previous patch.
FF6-ReturnersDayOff-H.ips: The fix patch for a headered SFC ROM file. Apply to fix the Returner's Day Off Glitch.
FF6-ReturnersDayOff-HR.ips: The reverse patch for a headered SFC ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by the previous patch.
FF6-ReturnersDayOff-N.ips: The fix patch for a non-headered SFC ROM file. Apply to fix the Returner's Day Off Glitch.
FF6-ReturnersDayOff-NR.ips: The reverse patch for a non-headered SFC ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by the previous patch.
FF6A-ReturnersDayOff-A.ips: The fix patch for a GBA ROM file. Apply to fix the Returner's Day Off Glitch.
FF6A-ReturnersDayOff-AR.ips: The reverse patch for a GBA ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by the previous patch.
FF6PS-ReturnersDayOff-U.ppf: The fix patch for a US PS1 BIN file. Apply to fix the Returner's Day Off Glitch.
FF6PS-ReturnersDayOff-J.ppf: The fix patch for a Japanese PS1 BIN file. Apply to fix the Returner's Day Off Glitch.
FF6PS-ReturnersDayOff-E.ppf: The fix patch for a European PS1 BIN file. Apply to fix the Returner's Day Off Glitch.
readme.txt: This file.
Returner's Day Off-Fixed.rtf: An index of the new code.
Returner's Day Off-Original.rtf: An index of the old code.
AFFECTED AREAS:
SNES: CA/AB99-CA/ABBB, CA/ABEF, CA/AC03-CA/AC39, CA/C458-CA/C4AF
SFC: CA/AB8F-CA/ABB1, CA/ABE5, CA/ABF9-CA/AC2F, CA/C44E-CA/C4A5
PS1 US: 1A5217-1A5239, 1A526D, 1A5281-1A52B7, 1A6E66-1A6EAD
PS1 JP: 1A48E7-1A4909, 1A493D, 1A4951-1A4987, 1A6536-1A657D
PS1 EU: 1A6477-1A6499, 1A64CD, 1A64E1-1A6517, 1A80C6-1A810D
GBA: 087AAB8F-087AABB1, 087AABE5, 087AABF9-087AAC2F, 087AC44E-087AC4A5
PATCH INFORMATION:
All PS1 patches include undo data.
SNES patches work on ROM v1.0 or v1.1.
URGENCY:
High to extreme. A sensible person won't even bother going all the way to the Veldt and back just to leave Gau there, but it does freeze the game and at a certain point it's too late to do anything about it.
PURPOSE:
When the Square programmers wrote the event scripts for the game, they forgot to correctly account for the possibility of Gau being left on the Veldt during certain moments before you've obtained the airship Blackjack. One such case is after you've met Ramuh in Zozo; if Gau is absent, then any characters you choose to leave out of your party headed for Vector will not leave for Narshe and will not be in Narshe if you decide to change your lineup later.
Another case is after you have rescued the Espers from the Magitek Research Facility and are back in Zozo to see Terra. If Gau is on the Veldt, not only will your reserve Returners not be there, but after the Esper World flashback, one of your party members will be positioned on top of Locke, next to the bed so that Terra cannot get off the bed, meaning the game cannot progress. This patch fixes both events to work properly.
VERSION HISTORY:
v1.4 (July 13, 2017): Added the PS1 patches.
v1.3 (September 18, 2016): Fixed a bunch of bad branches in the Japanese patches, as well as one in the US patches. Also added the GBA patches.
v1.2 (March 3, 2016): Included new versions to address a conflict with Imzogelmo's "Vector's Cure-Castin' kid" patch. Thanks to CV Reynolds for informing me of this conflict.
v1.1 (September 12, 2015): With this release, both cases were fixed.
v1.0 (September 11, 2015): Initial release. This release only fixed the former case.
Final Fantasy III (USA)
CRC32: E969BD77
MD5: A684517EBD29308C2E3B55D371E15245
SHA-1: 23422176191B371F01AE3A7CFE7455A2022F8EE8
SHA-256: 6F6911ED4A0E9844770035A3C39157F8C3929C321D5AFACBAFDA39C835B44374
Includes patches for headered and non-headered ROMs
Includes patches for SNES and SFC ROMs
