README
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You MUST read the HOW TO PLAY file to figure out what to do in order to get the game patched and play the game and of course, enjoy the game. Most other files can be found in the Caps Locked INFORMATION FOLDER so if you're looking for help or instructions, READ THE FOLDER!

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Current Version: 3.0
Release Date: January 17th, 2010
Creator: Fire Blazer

This is a hack of Fire Emblem 7: Blazing Sword. In case you are new to this, Tactics Universe is a game originating from a website called Tactics Universe-- it is a forum hack, and thus the members of the forum create characters to replace characters in the original game.

Custom events, cutscenes, maps, dialog, portraits, music, battles, stats, personalities, chapters, gaidens, graphics, almost everything-- all in one game.

The current version is stated above. It goes from the Prologue to Chapter 10, featuring 11 Obligatory Chapters and 2 Gaiden Chapters for a total of 13 Chapters.

Prepare yourself for the hack of a lifetime. Conquer your enemies, discuss the game with others, become inspired to hack, and most importantly, enjoy your adventure~

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v3 January 17th, 2010

A new year and a new patch, amazingly enough. This patch continues the game into Anakin's/Kelik's story starting from chapter 11. It spans 5 new chapters, up to chapter 15. It has a lot of new features and includes two different versions of the game. There are also a few bugfixes for a few minor things but otherwise I expect to do more bugfixes in the near future since this release has not been tested very well.

Enjoy!

v2.6.3 November 9th, 2009

Several fixes, as usual. The chapter 8 preparations glitch somehow came about again, so I had to fix it (again). A cavalier on chapter 9 was messed up as well and there were some minor problems all around that I fixed up.

There are also several new great updates:

- More/all portraits have been recolored to FE8 colors and now everything is standard and portraits are better as a whole (thanks to Nayr is Pwn)
- New title screen thanks to Bonestorm.
- New music for chapter 10- "With Mila's Divine Protection" has been added as the map theme music.
- New custom Howard battle palette
- Tougher enemies in chapter 10 with edited levels & inventories
- New weapon called "Hero's Flare" which acts as a brave weapon and doubles consecutive hits.
- Many background changes that can't be seen (for instance, chapter 11 is done, chapter 12 is under way, I repointed some stuff and have added more custom weapons but they just haven't appeared in the game yet)
- Nothung has an edited icon now

Special thanks again to Nayr is Pwn for help with portraits (many of which are inserted but the characters just haven't showed up in-game).

As long as people keep on supporting and motivating me, I should be able to come out with a new patch by late December, including the game up to chapter 15. :D


v2.5.9 September 26th, 2009

Several more bug fixes, but besides that, I've added recolored versions of portraits. These make the portraits and graphics as a whole look quite a bit better. Special thanks to Nayr is Pwn for doing so and really helping me out. He's also been helping behind-the-scenes with the chapters that are to come. Please support the hack by sharing it with others and responding to updates so I and the people who help can continue to make the hack a success!

v2.5.7 September 20th, 2009

Right, so it was reported that the chapter 2 special house wasn't working AGAIN, so I fixed it again. I edited the title screent to spice it up a little (many thanks to Bonestorm/Rexstatic for supplying the image and helping me getting it inserted). I fixed Inanna's 'messed up' positioning in chapter 3 and secretly I've been doing a lot of work on the new chapters that you just can't play yet. :D

v2.5.5 September 15th, 2009

Several minor bugfixes, fixed mercenary/fighter on same square issue in chapter 9, changed color scheme for basic menus (different shade of blue and replaced orange with red), inserted Siegfried's new and much better portrait, fixed Elysian Whip bug in chapter 3 (yes it works now), changed title screen background a little (until I can find a good custom background this will suffice).

v2.5.2 (Date Undocumented)

Minor bugfixes including an important chapter 2 village fix and other miscellaneous fixes.


v2.5 July 2nd, 2009

It's finally time.

This is a hack of Fire Emblem 7: Blazing Sword. In case you are new to this, Tactics Universe is a game originating from a website called Tactics Universe-- it is a forum hack, and thus the members of the forum create characters to replace characters in the original game.

Custom events, cutscenes, maps, dialog, portraits, music, battles, stats, personalities, chapters, gaidens, graphics, almost everything-- all in one game.

The current version is stated above. It goes from the Prologue to Chapter 10, featuring 11 Obligatory Chapters and 2 Gaiden Chapters for a total of 13 Chapters.

Prepare yourself for the hack of a lifetime. Conquer your enemies, discuss the game with others, become inspired to hack, and most importantly, enjoy your adventure~

http://www.tacticsuniverse.net/forums/
http://www.feshrine.net
http://forums.feshrine.net

Note that the latest version includes bugfixes to fix the western-most village in Chapter 2 and the Chapter 8 Battle Preps glitch that some people had.