GameShark And Tactics Ogre

GameShark Section

Chris: For the sake of improving this guide even more, I've decided to add a section that is dedicated to using the GameShark with Tactics Ogre. Just when you thought that you had done virtually everything that you could do in this game, along comes GameShark to make it even more fun! Of course you can use it to blatantly cheat, but there are other things you can do as well--I plan to cover a number of topics.

But one seemingly random question first--have you ever noticed how there is no male equivalent to the Angel Knight? Has that ever annoyed you? Well I know some guys who sort of got the short end of the stick in Tactics Ogre--they're going to be my assistants for this section. Allow me to introduce you to:

The Seraph Knights!


Vice	Leonard	Haborym	Guildus	Debordes

Vice: One of the coolest sets of codes is the set that allows you to modify a given character's class and appearance. Since the code differs slightly for each character, I'll give you the code for Character 2:

Appearance Modifier	3011EAF1 00??
Class Modifier	30145C79 00??

The "??" is the set of digits which determine the character's appearance/class.

Vice: The basic set of digits can be found at http://www.cmgsccc.com/psx/index.php?multi=52&page=37

Leonard: Of course, that's no fun--you want to make special characters, right? This is how you do it!

Digits	Class	Appearance	Digits	Class	Appearance
30	Beast Master	Gilbert	31	Sorceress	Deneb
32	Soldier	Denim 1	33	Lord	Denim 2
34	Soldier	(Neutral) Vice	35	High Priest	Kachua 1
36	Dark Priest	Kachua 2	37	Princess	Kachua 3
38	Paladin	Lans Hamilton	39	Lord Mancer	Warren
3A	Eagle Man	Canopus	3B	White Knight	Mildain
3C	White Knight	Guildus	3D	Shaman	Sisteena
3E	Shaman	Selye	3F	Shaman	Shelley
40	Shaman	Olivia	41	Death Templar	Lans Tartare
42	Bishop	Branta	43	Dark Element	Dolgare
44	Temple Commando	Balzepho	45	Temple Commando	Barbas
46	Temple Commando	Martym	47	Temple Commando	Volac
48	Temple Commando	Andoras	49	Temple Commando	Ozma
4A	Temple Commando	Oz	4B	Knight*	Leonard
4C	Amazon*	Sisteena	4D	Valkyrie*	Selye
4E	Siren*	Shelley	4F	Priest*	Olivia
50	Exorcist*	Presance	51	Sword Master	Haborym
52	Knight*	Forcas	53	Wizard*	Byan
54	Archer*	Aloser	55	Dragon Tamer*	Oxyones
56	Dragoon*	Jenounes	57	Berserker*	Zapan
58	Terror Knight*	Debordes	59	Priest*	Orias
5A	Warlock*	Radlum	5B	Sword Master*	King Roderick
5C	Knight*	Zaebos	5D	Necromancer	Nybbas
5E	Demon	Belzbute	5F	Venefik	Falfadet
60	Searzist	Vepar	61	Ninja*	(Evil) Vice
62	Summoner	Ramidos	63	Knight*	(Good) Vice
64	Sorcerer	Mordiart	65	Sorcerer	Brutakox
66	Summoner	Mutsua	67	Death Knight	Leonard
68	Death Knight	Zaebos	69	Death Knight	Guildus
6A	Lich	Nybbas	6B	Warrior	(Good) Vice
6C	Beast Tamer*	Ganb	6D	Guardian	Holy Dragon
6E	Guardian	Golem	6F	Guardian	Gryphon
70	Guardian	Tiamat	71	Gabiar	Green/Gray Lizard Man
72	Relics Knight	Gold Terror Knight	73	Dark Stalker	Dark Ninja
74	Dark Dragon	Dark Tiamat	75	Dark Eye	Dark Giant
76	Dark Wing	Dark Gryphon	77	Obinick	Orange Gryphon
78	Iron Golem	Gray Golem	79	Raven Man	Black Hawk Man
7A	Death Dragon	Blue Holy Dragon	7B	Lucifer Crow	Blue Gryphon
7C	Phoenix	Red Gryphon	7D	Salamander	Orange Dragon
7E	Fire Drake	Orange Holy Dragon	7F	Fire Brass	Orange Tiamat
80	Ice Giant	Blue Cyclops	81	Kraken	Gray Octopus
82	Kraken	Gray Octopus	83	Gargoyle	Gray Tiamat
84	Lufu	Orange Cockatrice	85	Basilisk	Green Dragon
86	Succula	White Hydra	87	Hippogriff	Brown/Green Gryphon
88	Dragon Zombie	Undead Tiamat	89	Death Hydra	Undead Hydra
8A	Death Giant	Undead Cyclops	8B	Zombie	Undead Soldier
8C	Zombie	Undead Knight	8D	Zombie	Undead Berserker
8E	Zombie	Undead Wizard	8F	Zombie	Undead Amazon
90	Zombie	Undead Archer	Beyond that, glitches!

Leonard: There is something to note, though. See how some of the classes in the above table are marked with one of these (*)? This is to indicate that you should use their corresponding digits only for the Appearance Modifier, not the Class Modifier! Why does this matter? Because if you use these digits for Class Modifiers, you'll end up with a somewhat glitchy character (with 255 MOVE, weird symbols in the "move type" area, etc.) that will cause the game to freeze if you try and use them in battle.

So what do you do? Use the digits for the Appearance Modifier, but use the corresponding "Basic Set" digits for the Class Modifier. For example, let's say you want to make your second character into Forcas. You would enter in the following codes:

3011EAF1 0052
30145C79 0002

The first code makes your character look like Forcas, and the second code makes him into a standard Knight. Also, note that a character's appearance will affect their growth statistics--for example, if you make a character look like Mildain and make him into a Lich, the character will gain a good amount of HP, VIT, INT, and AGI, but he'll gain no MP (like Mildain). Keep this in mind when you're making characters--you can always change their appearance later!

Haborym: It's just great that I've seen the light; actually, it's great that I've seen anything at all! Anyway, let me tell you a little bit about the equipment codes--there are four of them, one for each of your equipment "slots." For Character 2, they are:

Top Left Equipment Slot	30140919 00??
Top Right Equipment Slot	30140941 00??
Bottom Left Equipment Slot	30142181 00??
Bottom Right Equipment Slot	301421A9 00??

Haborym: You can fill your equipment slots with any combination of weapons, armour, or items, the corresponding digits for which can be found here. You might notice that when you create equipment for your characters, the item doesn't actually appear in your inventory. So you don't actually have it--isn't that annoying? Well, there's a solution to that problem.

Make sure that a generic (non-special) character is equipped with the items you created via the GameShark, and make sure that one of the items is an Ogre Blade. Get into a battle, and use the Ogre Blade's "BodyGrab" skill to swap bodies with one of the enemies. Then, persuade the enemy who your character switched places with (who should be equipped with your created equipment). When they join your troops, they'll still have the special items, which will appear in your inventory! Just be careful when using BodyGrab--if you don't time it correctly, you'll end up with an ally who is surrounded by enemies who will attack them.

Guildus: I'm going to deal with the more "theoretical" side of using the GameShark. While it may first seem the case that your created special characters are only for battle, there is more than meets the eye. You see, in creating a special character such as Forcas or Jenounes, you have essentially introduced the special character into the game. That might seem a little confusing (or badly worded) at first, but I'll give you an example:

If you play the Neutral or Chaos routes and create Jenounes, and then bring him to the Brumor Plateau in Chapter 4, you will be attacked by Oxyones and her dragons, just as you would in the Law route, when you're actually supposed to have Jenounes. Everything's the same in the battle except for the fact that you can't actually persuade Oxyones to join you. This is because there is some "switch" in Tactics Ogre that is flipped in the L route, but not in the N or C routes, which triggers Denim to speak to Oxyones on Jenounes' behalf. In other words, if you create Jenounes in the N or C routes and engage in the battle against Oxyones, the dialogue which gets Oxyones to join will never occur. You'll have to kill her, and you'll receive her Saint Bow as a prize; you can then just create Oxyones and give it to her, and it will be essentially the same as recruiting her in the L route!

This phenomenon is especially the case with Warrior Vice (the one who joins you in the L route); if you create him in the N or C routes, he'll do everything in Chapter 4 that he does in the L route. He'll be in the ending, he'll bring up his dad's death in the battle against Barbas at Banisha, and so forth. So now you can play any route in Tactics Ogre and still keep all of your favourite characters!

Another interesting point: the characters you create will not appear in the Warren Report unless you omit them. If you omit them, they suddenly appear in the Warren Report and Warren says something to the effect of "they left due to a difference in ideals." You can even bring the dead back to life this way (such as creating Zapan and omitting him in the N or C route, after he gets killed by Vice). Do note however that you mustn't bring your created special character into the battle with the real special character (if they're your enemy), or else you'll be forced to kill them to end the battle, and it will count on your Death Toll. This applies to characters such as Zaebos, Branta, and the Dark Knights.

The special characters you create are exact replicas of the real characters, even down to what they say if you try to omit them. Each of the special characters that joins you has their own special message. As a result of this, you can use the GameShark to test whether or not you can legitimately (without GameShark) have a given character in your party at all. If you create Warrior Vice, he'll say "You still have a grudge against me?" if you try and omit him; however, if you create Lans Hamilton, he will say the same things as generic characters if you try to omit him. From this, we can conclude that Lans Hamilton is not meant to join your team at any time other than at the beginning of the game. In some cases (such as trying to create the Dark Knights) you'll notice that they appear to have the body of a Bacrum soldier (with red armour). This is definitely a sign that there's no way to get that character to join your troops without using GameShark.

As a result of this, I can shoot down a rumour that has been going around about your being able to recruit "Lans and his buddies" during the battle at Heigm with Branta. First of all, it doesn't even specify which Lans you can get--there's a big difference between my buddy Lans and that jackass Dark Knight! Naturally, "his buddies" isn't any clearer; of course, it really doesn't matter because by using the GameShark test, you will see that you can't have either Lans in your party by normal means. And if "his buddies" refers to Mildain and me, that's really no secret because we already join you! One thing that remains unaccounted for is the fact that if you create a Templar Knight, they keep their appearance in the Edit Screen (except they're green and blue, to match your team's colours). This would indicate that there is some way to recruit a Templar Knight, but so far it's a complete mystery as to how. Persuasion and BodyGrab don't work, and there aren't any scenes where you would pick one up either. Another thing that's unexplained is the fact that Dark Knights Volac and Balzepho have their own unique skills and equipment, but you never fight them in battle. Perhaps these mysteries are connected somehow...

At any rate the main idea I'm getting at is that you can use GameShark to test virtually any rumour that you may hear of (that relates to special characters). Be skeptical when you hear such rumours!

Debordes: So now that I'm alive and have my soul back, I suppose that you expect me to say something. Well, tough luck--you're wasting your time!

...Okay, fine! I bet you've heard about codes that will allow you to give your characters special abilities, right? Well I'll give them to you. Here they are:

Hero and Character 2	80146B48 ????	Character 3 and Character 4	80146B4A ????
Character 5 and Character 6	80146B4C ????	Character 7 and Character 8	80146B4E ????
Character 9 and Character 10	80146B50 ????	Character 11 and Character 12	80146B52 ????
Character 13 and Character 14	80146B54 ????	Character 15 and Character 16	80146B56 ????
Character 17 and Character 18	80146B58 ????	Character 19 and Character 20	80146B5A ????
Character 21 and Character 22	80146B5C ????	Character 23 and Character 24	80146B5E ????
Character 25 and Character 26	80146B60 ????	Character 27 and Character 28	80146B62 ????
Character 29 and Character 30	80146B64 ????

Debordes: For these codes, you'll notice that there are four question marks at the end of each code. Those are where you input the digits for the ability that you want; the first two question marks are for the even-numbered character in the set (Character 2, Character 4, etc.), and the last two question marks are for the odd-numbered characters in the set (Character 1, Character 3, etc.). Here are the ability digits:

01	Ion Shot	02	Thunder	03	Kaminari	04	Air Cry
05	Quick	06	Storm	07	Teleport	08	Hahnela
09	FireBurn	0A	MagmaGod	0B	Nova	0C	Nova+
0D	Melt	0E	Heat	0F	Stun


10	Zoshonell	11	Acid	12	Meteor	13	Gnome
14	Quake	15	Jump	16	Poison	17	Petrify
18	Bartha	19	IceBlast	1A	AcidRain	1B	Fenril
1C	IceCloud	1D	Clear	1E	SlowMove	1F	HealRain


20	Gurza	21	LightBow	22	Exorcism	23	Starion
24	Vitalize	25	Heal	26	Heal+	27	Heal All
28	Revivify	29	Incubus	2A	Pain	2B	Dark Law
2C	Death	2D	Charm	2E	Paradigm	2F	Charge


30	Necro	31	Tempest	32	Wipe Out	33	Asteroid
34	Mute	35	Dominion	36	Entify	37	Retissue
38	SnapShot	39	Tornado	3A	Thunder	3B	Crimson
3C	Fire	3D	Dragos	3E	Poison	3F	Petrify


40	Spiral	41	Ice	42	Banish	43	HolyBolt
44	Jihad	45	Abyss	46	Toxic	47	EvilEyes
48	Eddy	49	Typhoon	4A	Cariban	4B	Summon-E
4C	Summon-H	4D	Summon-Z	4E	Summon-B	4F	Summon-G


50	Summon-I	51	Summon-A	52	Pray-H	53	Pray-Z
54	Pray-B
55	Pray-G	56	Fudo	57	Agony
58	Dracul	59	Relic	5A	RamPower	5B	DevilCry
5C	SoulWave	5D	FireWave	5E	MegaBolt	5F	Rage


60	Reaper	61	Avenger	62	Venom	63	RiotBurn
64	Thundax	65	EvilRose	66	DarkCell	67	Oracle
68	50 Heal	69	100 Heal	6A	150 Heal	6B	Max Heal
6C	25 MP	6D	50 MP	6E	100 MP	6F	Max MP


70	Restore	71	100%	72	Revive	73	Antidote
74	Ambrosia	75	Awake	76	Remedy	77	Double
78	BodyGrab	79	WindShot	7A	GlowBall	7B	X-Zone
7C	Hazard	7D	CalmSong	7E	Sad Song	7F	CuteKiss


80	CuteKiss	81	DeepKiss	82	DeepKiss	83	LifeSuck
84	Prophecy	85	Pumpkin	86	BrainFry	87	YasaiWar
88	Squash-X	89	ColicDio	8A	Ex Dio	8B	Torutos
8C	Derupt	8D	Pondors	8E	Kusogaki	8F	Radius


90	Umbra	91	STR Up	92	VIT Up	93	INT Up
94	MEN Up

Debordes: That's all I've got to say about that.

Chris: So there you have it--you've been introduced to some of the possibilities created by incorporating GameShark into Tactics Ogre. For more codes, go to http://www.cmgsccc.com/psx/index.php?multi=52.

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