Last updated: 6/25/2021

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Dialogue Mods

This section covers how to modify text that is displayed in the game (not including in-battle status text, such as STR DOWN, Miss, Charm, etc.). As of the latest update, this tutorial works on all versions of the game.

This tutorial does not cover how to distribute your mod, only how to create it. For distribution, the basic rundown is isolate your changes in a separate txt with LF preserved and install via a UnityPy script.

Creating dialogue mods

Required tools:

  • UABE
  • AssetStudio (optional)
  • Notepad++ or a similar text editing software that can display carriage returns and line feeds

Step 1 – Extracting the files you need

  1. Create a backup of resources.assets. This is located in the SaGa Frontier Remastered_Data folder in the game’s directory. You will need 150 megabytes of free storage space to do this
    • It’s best to have this backup made to use for testing the mod so you can revert your changes in case of an emergency and have a clean copy to reference. 
  2. Open UABE and load your resources.assets file
    • File > Open > Locate your resources.assets file > select 2019.2
  3. Locate a file called BaccaratMessage and extract it to a .txt file
    • View > Search by name > Type in “BaccaratMessage” > select BaccaratMessage > Plugins > Export to .txt > Select a directory to save the file in and save it
    • Note: this file is a source file from the original game. Please do not distribute this file.

Step 2 – Opening BaccaratMessage and setting up Notepad++

  1. Open the extracted BaccaratMessage with Notepad++
  2. Set Notepad++ to display new line characters
    • View > Show Symbol > Show End of Line
  3. Set Notepad++ to display the file in UTF-8 (this should be done automatically)
    • Encoding > UTF-8

Step 3 – Editing BaccaratMessage

From here, you’re free to edit text to be whatever you want. You will run into a mix of ASCII and ShiftJIS characters in the file. For example, “There’s a billionaire in Yorkland.” is instead written as “Ｔｈｅｒｅ’ｓ　ａ　ｂｉｌｌｉｏｎａｉｒｅ　ｉｎ　Ｙｏｒｋｌａｎｄ．” Don’t worry about that; the game has a script to convert between ShiftJIS and ASCII, so feel free to edit the text as you please. As of the last update to this page, it is impossible to add completely new lines of dialogue; you can only extend current lines of dialogue. Adding completely new lines of dialogue requires that you edit the IMF file associated with that dialogue ID, which nobody currently knows how to do. We are working on it.

However, there are a couple of rules you need to follow in order for the game to work:

  1. When modifying dialogue, preserve all line feeds (LF) and carriage returns (CR). Failing to do so will cause your game to not launch
  2. When adding new lines of dialogue:
    1. Use a LF for each new line of text you add. For the final line, use a CR.
      • To replace a CR with a LF, do the following:
        1. Place your cursor on the line with the CR you wish to replace
        2. Ctrl+F > Replace
        3. In the “Find what:” box, type “\r\n”
        4. In the “Replace with:” box, type “\n”
        5. Find Next > Replace
    2. You need to tell the game when to advance to the next line and when to wait for player input to advance to the next line. This is done via a code placed at the end of the line:
      • CF = wait for player input
      • F = automatically advance to the next line
      • When you’re at the end of the dialogue piece, CF is not required

Step 4 – Installing your mod

  1. Follow Step 1 above until you reach 3.
  2. Locate BaccaratMessage and import a .txt file
    1. View > Search by name > Type in “BaccaratMessage” > select BaccaratMessage > Plugins > Import from .txt > Select your modified BaccaratMessage file
  3. Select OK and save your new resources.assets file somewhere
  4. Move your modified resources.assets file into the SaGa Frontier Remastered_Data folder, overwriting the original resources.assets
    • This is why we made a backup before beginning the modding process

And you’re done! If you ran into any issues with this tutorial, hop on over to the Modern SaGa Modding Discord and I can help you out.

Here is a list of all the various ID’s you will run into and what they are intended for. Do not change these ID’s in BaccaratMessage as they can and will cause the game to freeze when it attempts to load that ID and can’t find it:

  • PSX debugging text =
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｔ＿ｐｃ＿ｃｄ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｅｆｆＸＸＸ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｔｔ＿ｍａｉｎ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｄａｙ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Midare Setsugekka combo name =ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｎａｍｅ＿０００
  • PSX misc. text =
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｐａｒａｃａｌｃ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｍ＿ｅｑｗａｚａ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｆａｃｔ１＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｍｅｎｕ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｓｅｔｕｐ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｍａｉｎｔｘｔ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｍｅｃａｔｙｐｅ＿ｓ＿ＸＸＸ
  • PSX System Data text =ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｓｙｓｔｅｍ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Equip menu’s tech type names = ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｍａｉｎｔｘｔ＿０８６ through ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｍａｉｎｔｘｔ＿１０４
  • In-battle dialogue = EMess_eventXXX_s_XXX
  • Overworld dialogue =
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｍｅｓｌＸＸＸ＿ｓ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｍｅｓｌＸＸＸ＿ｋＸＸ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Equip menu’s item descriptions = ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｉｔ＿ｍｅｓｓ＿ｓ＿ＸＸＸ
    • It’s unknown if these are used or if they’re left over from PSX
  • Protagonist item get dialogue = ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｍｅｓｇＸ＿ｓ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Overworld dialogue that was added for remaster = ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｍｅｓ＿ａｄｄ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Tech names = ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｗａｚａｎａｍｅ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Tech in-battle descriptions =
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｗａｚａｄｅｓｃｒｉｐｔｉｏｎ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｗａｚａｄｅｓｃｒｉｐｔｉｏｎ＿ｃｌｏｓｅ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｗａｚａｄｅｓｃｒｉｐｔｉｏｎ＿ｒｕｎａｗａｙ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｗａｚａｄｅｓｃｒｉｐｔｉｏｎ＿ｃａｎｎｏｔ＿ｒｕｎａｗａｙ
  • Race names = ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｒａｃｅｎａｍｅ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Recruitable character names = ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｎｐｃｎａｍｅ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Monster type names = ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｍｏｎｔｙｐｅ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Monster names = ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｍｏｎｎａｍｅ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Spell names = ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｊｙｕｔｎａｍｅ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Item names = ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｉｔｅｍｎａｍｅ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Battle GUI messages = ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｔｇｕｉｓｔｒ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Protagonist intros (also has XX version) =
    • EMess_ui_charaintro_emelia_XXX
    • (one for each protag)
    • EMess_ui_charaintro_confirm_XXX
  • Item descriptions = ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｉｔｅｍｄｅｓｃｒｉｐｔｉｏｎ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Various config options and headers =
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｉｔｅｍ＿ｎａｍｅ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｉｎｉｔｉａｌｉｚｅ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｒｍ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｓａｖｅ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｒｍ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｍｅｎｕ＿[option here]
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔａｌ＿ｓｅｔｔｉｎｇ＿ｉｔｅｍ＿ｄｅｓｃｒｉｐｔｉｏｎ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｌａｎｇｕａｇｅ＿ｓｅｔｔｉｎｇ＿ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｌａｎｇｕａｇｅ＿ｓｅｔｔｉｎｇ＿ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｌａｎｇｕａｇｅ＿ｓｅｔｔｉｎｇ＿ａｔｔｅｎｔｉｏｎ＿ｔｅｘｔ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｌａｎｇｕａｇｅ＿ｓｅｔｔｉｎｇ＿ｓａｖｅ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｒｍ＿ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｌａｎｇｕａｇｅ＿ｓｅｔｔｉｎｇ＿ｓａｖｅ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｒｍ＿ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ａｄｄ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Key rebinding config =
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｋｅｙｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｉｔｅｍ＿ｎａｍｅ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｋｅｙｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｄｅｓｃｒｉｐｔｉｏｎ＿ｋｅｙｂｏａｒｄ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｋｅｙｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｄｅｓｃｒｉｐｔｉｏｎ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｋｅｙｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｄｕｐｌｉｃａｔｅ＿ｋｅｙ＿ｃａｎｃｅｌ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｒｍ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｋｅｙｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｋｅｙｂｏａｒｄ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｋｅｙｃｏｎｆｉｇ＿ｃｏｎｔｒｏｌｌｅｒ
  • System data =
    • EMess_baccarat_system_title
    • EMess_baccarat_system_selectX
    • EMess_baccarat_system_makeX
    • EMess_baccarat_system_wait
    • EMess_baccarat_constellationX
    • EMess_baccarat_constellationXX
    • EMess_baccarat_bloodX
    • EMess_baccarat_system_update_title
    • EMess_baccarat_system_update_selectX
    • EMess_bccarat_system_save_XXX
  • Scenario log =
    • EMess_baccarat_scenario_title
    • EMess_baccarat_scenario_update
    • EMess_baccarat_scenario_blue_ruju
    • EMess_baccarat_scenario_emelia_XX_XX
    • (one for each protag, riki = coon)
    • EMess_baccarat_scenario_fuseEmelia_XX_XX
    • (one for each protag, Riki = Coon)
  • Store text =
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｓｈｏｐ＿ｈｅａｄｌｉｎｅ＿ｐｒｏｄｕｃｔ＿ｎａｍｅ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｓｈｏｐ＿ｈｅａｄｌｉｎｅ＿ｐｒｏｄｕｃｔ＿ｐｒｉｃｅ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｓｈｏｐ＿ｈｅａｄｌｉｎｅ＿ｐｒｏｄｕｃｔ＿ｃｏｕｎｔ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｓｈｏｐ＿[option]
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｓｈｏｐ＿ｉｔｅｍ＿ｄｅｔａｉｌｅｄ＿ｄｅｓｃｒｉｐｔｉｏｎ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Credits = EMess_baccarat_staffroll_[num]_[num]
  • Save data text =
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｓａｖｅ＿ｔｘｔ＿ＸＸＸ
    • EMess_bccarat_save_000
  • Revised battle command names =
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｂａｔｔｌｅ＿ｎｅｗ＿ｃｏｍｍａｎｄ＿ｎａｍｅ＿[option]
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｂａｔｔｌｅ＿ｃｏｍｍａｎｄ＿ｔｙｐｅ＿ｎａｍｅ＿[option]
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｂａｔｔｌｅ＿ｃｏｍｍａｎｄ＿ｃｏｓｔ＿[option]
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｂａｔｔｌｅ＿ｓｔａｔｕｓ＿[option]
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｂａｔｔｌｅ＿ｔｅａｍ＿ｐｏｓｉｔｉｏｎ＿ｆｒｏｎｔ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｂａｔｔｌｅ＿ｔｅａｍ＿ｐｏｓｉｔｉｏｎ＿ｂａｃｋ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｂａｔｔｌｅ＿ｓｔａｒｔ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｂａｔｔｌｅ＿ｔｅａｍ＿ｉｎｆｏ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｂａｔｔｌｅ＿ｔａｋｅ＿ｏｖｅｒ＿ｆｕｌｌ＿ｄｅｓｃｒｉｐｔｉｏｎ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｂａｔｔｌｅ＿ｃｏｍｍａｎｄ＿ｃｏｓｔ＿ｓｌａｓｈ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｂａｔｔｌｅ＿ｓｔａｔｕｓ＿ｓｌａｓｈ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｂａｔｔｌｅ＿ｔｅａｍ＿ｎａｍｅ＿ｐｒｅｆｉｘ
  • Fuse’s scenario dialogue =
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿Ｆｕｓｅ＿Ｔ２６０Ｇ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿Ｆｕｓｅ＿Ａｓｅｌｕｓ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿Ｆｕｓｅ＿Ｅｍｉｌｉａ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿Ｆｕｓｅ＿Ｃｏｏｎ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿Ｆｕｓｅ＿Ｂｌｕｅ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿Ｆｕｓｅ＿Ｌｕｔｅ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿Ｆｕｓｅ＿Ｒｅｄ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿Ｆｕｓｅ＿Ｃｏｍｍｏｎ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Main menu text =
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｈｅｌｐ＿ｉｔｅｍ＿ｎａｍｅ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｈｅｌｐ＿ｄｅｓｃｒｉｐｔｉｏｎ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｈｅｌｐ＿ａｄｄ＿ＸＸＸ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｃｏｍｍｏｎ＿ｍｓｇ＿[option]
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｃｏｍｍｏｎ＿ｍｓｇ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Overworld pause menu text =
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｍｅｎｕ＿Ｘ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｍｅｎｕ＿[option]
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｓｔａｔｕｓ＿[option]
    • EMess_baccarat_status_explanation
    • EMess_baccarat_equip_[option]
    • EMess_baccarat_skill_[option]
    • EMess_baccarat_item_[option]
    • EMess_baccarat_itemtype_[option]
  • Name entry = EMess_baccarat_nameentry_[option]
  • Additional menus (e.g. Fuse Case File selection) = EMess_bccarat_menu_add_XXX
  • Library text =
    • EMess_baccarat_library_header
    • EMess_baccarat_library_item_name_XXX
    • EMess_baccarat_library_sound_header
    • EMess_baccarat_library_sound_time_separator
    • EMess_baccarat_library_sound_item_name_XXX
    • EMess_baccarat_library_gallery_header
    • EMess_baccarat_library_gallery_item_name_XXX
    • EMess_bccarat_library_add_XXX
  • Main menu tutorials =
    • EMess_baccarat_takeoverdescription_[option]
    • EMess_baccarat_takeoverselect_[option]
  • Combo history menu =
    • EMess_ui_combohistory_[option]
    • EMess_baccarat_skilldescription_XXX
  • Additional content menu = EMess_baccarat_addcontents_[option]
  • Added dialogue for clarity stuff =
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿Ｔｅｌｏｐ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Combo name start = ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｃｏｍｂｏ＿ｓｔａｒｔ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Combo name end = ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｃｏｍｂｏ＿ｅｎｄ＿ＸＸＸ
  • Misc. overworld things =
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｍａｐ＿ｐａｕｓｅ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｍａｐ＿ｒｅｔｕｒｎ＿ｔｉｔｌｅ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｍａｐ＿ｒｅｔｕｒｎ＿ｔｉｔｌｅ＿ｄｅｓｃｒｉｐｔｉｏｎ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｍａｐ＿ｍｅｎｕ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｍａｐ＿ｓａｖｅ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｍａｐ＿ｑｕｉｃｋ
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｍａｐ＿ｄｕｓｈ
  • Text with unknown purpose =
    • ＥＭｅｓｓ＿ｂａｃｃａｒａｔ＿ｒｅｇｉｏｎｓｈｉｐ＿ｃｏｎｆｉｒｍ＿００Ｘ