YS IV - MASK OF THE SUN (SFC)
ENGLISH TRANSLATION V0.99
Copyright 2001 by Aeon Genesis
http://agtp.romhack.net

ToC

1.About Ys IV
2.Patch History
3.Patch Credits
4.Known issues
5.Application Instructions
6.Mini-FAQ

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1.About Ys IV
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Ys IV is an Action-RPG/Adventure game by Nihon Falcom and published by
Tonkinhouse (or the other way around; not sure which.) 

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2.Patch History
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The Ys IV project started in October of 2000, and progressed quickly
towards the final goal. There were slow points revolving around the
reformatting of text and message windows (unlike Monstania which
automatically generates windows, Ys IV has control codes.) Once that
was out of the way, the project progressed fairly quickly to the end.

March 31, 2000 - Initial version 0.99 release

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3.Patch Credits
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THE YS IV TEAM
Gideon Zhi - Project leader, lead romhacker
Shimarisu - Translator
LordTech - Assembly work (VWF, compression)

SPECIAL THANKS
Dark Force - Pointed out some problems with the VWF
TheFreak - Helped with some names of Mineans and Lancers ^_^
Toma - Provided the font that is used in the game.

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4.Known Issues
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-Currently, the text will not output on a copier. It works fine on
emulators, though. Unless you own an SNES backup unit, you do not
need to worry about this.

-On occasion, the text will not align itself to the leftmost of a
window. However, this has been taken into consideration with the
formatting of the dialogue windows, and you should not see any text
spilling into other lines.

-There are minor issues with the save game screen when you save your
game.

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5.Application Instructions
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If using ZSNES, make sure that the patch has the same name as your ROM.
In other words, if your ROM is called "ys4.smc" make sure the patch
is "ys4.ips" okay? If you're using a Mac, a Mac IPS patcher is
available. Check the AGTP Links page. If you're using a copier, you
probably already know how to patch the ROM :) Be sure to apply the
patch to a clean copy of the ROM, and make sure your ROM does NOT
have a header. If you right-click the ROM and select Properties, it
should read "Size: 1.50MB (1,572,864 bytes), 1,572,864 bytes used".

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6.How to Play
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DEFAULT CONTROLS:

ARROW KEYS - Move Adol
A BUTTON - Accept a choice.
B BUTTON - Cancel out of a menu.
Y BUTTON - Use an item.
X BUTTON - Cast magic, when standing still.
L/R BUTTON - Not used.

To talk to a villager, just walk into them and conversation will begin.

COMBAT

Combat in Ys IV is not like combat in most action-RPGs. Be sure you're
viewing this document in a fixed-width font before reading the next
section.

In order to do damage to an enemy, you have to run through it. But if
you ram it head-on, you'll take damage instead (unless you're really
strong.) Instead, run into the enemy half a "block" to the left or
right of it.
EXAMPLES
Let us say that "EE" is the enemy, and "AA" is Adol.

GOOD:

 EE
AA

 EE
  AA

BAD:

 EE
 AA

It's kinda hard to describe... but it's really neat once you get used
to it. Fighting bosses is pretty much the same, except that the bosses
won't hurt you unless you actually stand still on top of them. So long
as you're moving and you don't get hit by any of the boss' attacks,
you'll be fine.