Final Fantasy III: Zombie/Rippler

Final Fantasy III: Zombie/Rippler is a patch for the Super Nintendo game that addresses a bug with the Rippler Lore, which swaps statuses between characters. This includes an issue where a character transitioning from Zombie status could remain at 0 HP. The patch offers three fixing algorithms to restore HP appropriately, enhancing gameplay while preserving specific mechanics and statuses.

The Lore known as Rippler has the unique ability of swapping the statuses of the caster with the target. Unfortunately, it swaps too many statuses, including Terra's Morph and Shadow's Dog Block, which would be lost permanently. In addition, it swaps Zombie status, but does nothing to restore the HP of the entity that loses Zombie status, leaving you with a living character that has 0 HP. This patch incorporates Terii Senshi's patch to fix the "too many statuses" issue, and combines it with one of three different algorithms (your choice) to restore HP to the former Zombie.

Final Fantasy 3 (US/SNES), Final Fantasy 6 (JP/SFC), Final Fantasy 6 Advance (US,JP,EU/GBA)
Zombie/Rippler Bug Fix patch

CONTENTS:
FF3-ZombieRipA-H.ips: The Fix A patch for a headered SNES ROM file. Apply to fix the Zombie/Rippler Bug using Fix A (see below).
FF3-ZombieRipB-H.ips: The Fix B patch for a headered SNES or SFC ROM file. Apply to fix the Zombie/Rippler Bug using Fix B (see below).
FF3-ZombieRipC-H.ips: The Fix C patch for a headered SNES or SFC ROM file. Apply to fix the Zombie/Rippler Bug using Fix C (see below).
FF3-ZombieRip-HR.ips: The reverse patch for a headered SNES ROM file. Apply to revert all changes made by the previous 3 patches.
FF3-ZombieRipA-N.ips: The Fix A patch for a non-headered SNES ROM file. Apply to fix the Zombie/Rippler Bug using Fix A (see below).
FF3-ZombieRipB-N.ips: The Fix B patch for a non-headered SNES or SFC ROM file. Apply to fix the Zombie/Rippler Bug using Fix B (see below).
FF3-ZombieRipC-N.ips: The Fix C patch for a non-headered SNES or SFC ROM file. Apply to fix the Zombie/Rippler Bug using Fix C (see below).
FF3-ZombieRip-NR.ips: The reverse patch for a non-headered SNES ROM file. Apply to revert all changes made by the previous 3 patches.
FF6-ZombieRipA-H.ips: The Fix A patch for a headered SFC ROM file. Apply to fix the Zombie/Rippler Bug using Fix A (see below).
FF6-ZombieRip-HR.ips: The reverse patch for a headered SFC ROM file. Apply to revert all changes made by the SFC fix patches.
FF6-ZombieRipA-N.ips: The Fix A patch for a non-headered SFC ROM file. Apply to fix the Zombie/Rippler Bug using Fix A (see below).
FF6-ZombieRip-NR.ips: The reverse patch for a non-headered SFC ROM file. Apply to revert all changes made by the SFC fix patches.
FF6A-ZombieRipA-U.ips: The Fix A patch for a US GBA ROM file. Apply to fix the Zombie/Rippler Bug using Fix A (see below).
FF6A-ZombieRipA-J.ips: The Fix A patch for a Japanese GBA ROM file. Apply to fix the Zombie/Rippler Bug using Fix A (see below).
FF6A-ZombieRipB-JU.ips: The Fix B patch for a US or Japanese GBA ROM file. Apply to fix the Zombie/Rippler Bug using Fix B (see below).
FF6A-ZombieRipC-JU.ips: The Fix C patch for a US or Japanese GBA ROM file. Apply to fix the Zombie/Rippler Bug using Fix C (see below).
FF6A-ZombieRip-UR.ips: The reverse patch for a US GBA ROM file. Apply to revert all changes made by the U patches.
FF6A-ZombieRip-JR.ips: The reverse patch for a Japanese GBA ROM file. Apply to revert all changes made by the J patches.
FF6A-ZombieRipA-E.ips: The Fix A patch for a European GBA ROM file. Apply to fix the Zombie/Rippler Bug using Fix A (see below).
FF6A-ZombieRipB-E.ips: The Fix B patch for a European GBA ROM file. Apply to fix the Zombie/Rippler Bug using Fix B (see below).
FF6A-ZombieRipC-E.ips: The Fix C patch for a European GBA ROM file. Apply to fix the Zombie/Rippler Bug using Fix C (see below).
FF6A-ZombieRip-ER.ips: The reverse patch for a European GBA ROM file. Apply to revert all changes made by the U patches.
readme.txt: This file.
Zombie Rippler.asm: An assembly format index of code changes.
Zombie Rippler.rtf: A text format index of code changes.

AFFECTED AREAS:
SNES: C2/3C09-C2/3C4B, C2/65BE-C2/67D4, C4/736B
SFC: C2/3BF1-C2/3C33, C2/65BE-C2/65D4, C4/736B
GBA US/JP: 08081EE8, 08081F0E, 08089052-080891B1, 080891BC-080891BD, 080891C4-080891C5, 080891D0-080891D3, 0862C4DF
GBA EU: 0808262C, 08082652, 08089A1E-08089B7D, 08089B88-08089B89, 08089B90-08089B91, 08089B9C-08089B9D, 0862C4DF

URGENCY:
EXTREME!! HOLY MOTHER OF MADUIN!!! APPLY THIS RIGHT NOW!!!!

PURPOSE:
The Rippler Lore is unique. It swaps all of the statuses between the caster and the target. A known flaw in Rippler is that is swaps several "invisible" statuses, including Morph and Dog Block. There exists a patch written by Terii Senshi that fixes this; however, it will also be fixed by applying this patch.

A problem Terii Senshi's patch fails to address occurs when a Zombified character is affected by Rippler. If Rippler causes that character to lose their Zombie status, they will still have 0 HP as per the Zombie status...but they will be alive. This is one of a few ways a character can be alive despite having 0 HP. This can be fixed using any of the above patches; however, the nature of the fix depends on which patch is applied.

If Fix A is applied, the entity that loses Zombie status will be healed by an amount of HP equal to the HP of the entity on the other end of Rippler. If Fix B is applied, the entity that loses Zombie status will be healed by an amount of HP equal to 1/8 of their max HP (which is what Revivify does). If Fix C is applied, the entity that loses Zombie status will receive 1 HP.

As of version 1.2 of this patch, the B and C patches have had all of the common changes removed. Now, in order to apply the desired fix algorithm, apply the A patch first to make the standard modifications, followed by whichever patch contains that algorithm (B, C, or neither to keep Fix A). Note that this change means that the Fix B and C patches for SNES are also applicable to SFC.

VERSION HISTORY:
v1.2 (March 3, 2018): Fixed a neglected loop control that made the status exchange algorithm skip a step; also, shrunk the Fix B and C patches (see above) and added GBA patches.

v1.1 (August 2, 2015): Fixed a possible issue with Fix B.

v1.0 (May 11, 2015): Initial release. Originally included only Fix A and Fix B, but Fix C was added later on the same day. Thanks to Terii Senshi for his patch, on which mine is based.

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

SNES Cores

Release Date

Mar 3, 2018

6 years ago

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