Shadow Dragon - Prologue in Hard Modes

Shadow Dragon - Prologue in Hard Modes
General
Author	Cirosan
Type	Game Hacks
Version	1.21
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2018/04/29
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This is a patch for Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon that allows you to play through the prologue of Shadow Dragon on higher difficulties.

Installation

The Gaiden Requirements Removal Patch, originally made by Robert of Normandy (aka RobertTheSable), has been incorporated into this patch (use either one only):

• FE11HardPrologueWithGaiden.xelda - If you want to use the Gaiden Requirements Removal with this patch.
• FE11HardModePrologue.xdelta - Regular game with no changes other than being able to play through the prologue on higher difficulties.

This was made using the US version of FE11, so you should use an unmodified ROM (.nds file) from that region.

ROM information
File	Fire Emblem - Shadow Dragon (US).nds
Original CRC32	4CE55236
Original MD5	5B7A037DFF5A904078404922642A01E8
Original SHA-1	5174FBAB0C159CE247CCF133A8103B79FAE1435F
Patched values for FE11HardModePrologue.xdelta
Patched CRC32	FD5537E0
Patched MD5	8B3F30FE7EE94B0D68E10B105ED708F2
Patched SHA-1	617BEE33BAF87BA8E06E438D5A024E149FF4468C
Patched values for FE11HardPrologueWithGaiden.xdelta
Patched CRC32	4472A22E
Patched MD5	A363362D717FCE91EF53BD96D91026FB
Patched SHA-1	2394B2120031216844247CD3597B168564F5C598

This patch is in xdelta format, to apply the patch to your ROM:

• Windows - Use DeltaPatcher or xdelta UI.
• Mac - Use MultiPatch.
• Linux - Use xdelta, or run DeltaPatcher in wine.

Please note you should apply only one patch to your ROM, not both.

User guide

Enemies will scale up to your difficulty of choice for the prologue's duration. This also allows you to choose the sacrifice and (potentially) obtain Norne on higher difficulties.

Changes have been made to Prologue 1 and 2 to help accommodate higher difficulties, such as placing a vulnerary in Marth's inventory, having certain enemies drop vulneraries, and changing the class and equipment of certain enemy units.

Script edits have also been made to make the intro cinematic always load the normal difficulty version - the one that ends with, "Thus Marth applied himself to the ways of the pen and sword, until one day..." instead of summarizing the prologue - even when you pick hard modes.

Text editing has also been used to make the help text say that you get the prologue on all difficulties, rather than hard modes still saying that no prologue is included.

Changelog

Version 1.2

• Fixes a big wherein Ymir's stats would erroneously be scaled up with difficulty. Now, he will always have his correct starting stats.

Version 1.1

• Fixes the long-standing Ymir movement bug associated with the Gaiden Requirements Removal Patch. As part of the fix, Ymir will now actively move during Chapter 20x, and his dialogue has been slightly edited to reflect this.

Version 1.0

• Initial release.

Credits

• Robert of Normandy a.k.a. RobertTheSable for his Gaiden Requirements Removal Patch. Permission was given to incorporate this patch into other hacks.
• Blazer for their suite of Shadow Dragon hacking tools.
• Mariode for their update to said suite of tools.
• SadNES cITy Translations for their Delta Patcher tool.
• Nuthingdude for providing a save file at Chapter 20 for use in bugtesting the Ymir fix.
• Will and Sam for their inexplicably continued friendship.

External links

• Serenes Forest Forums - https://forums.serenesforest.net/index.php?/topic/82939-shadow-dragon-prologue-in-hard-modes/
• Romhacking.net - https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3961/