Version 1.01 of the Chrono Trigger Retranslation has been released. Click  here  to download. If you don't support the 7zip format, click  here . It fixes minor bugs, a list of which exists here.



Chrono News >>>  [1]  V Translanka recently found a strange image in Chrono Cross which displays for the spell Black Hole on one of the Fates islands via the Bend of Time. For a split-second, an image of a young woman, a boy (or girl), and an art figure appear. See the image here. Some think it's a Janus and Schala easter egg.  [2]  Thanks to hankun, we now know the role of the Japanese ROM included with Final Fantasy Chronicles discs. The PSX rips the game data from the ROM (though in the case of the US release, the English lines are pulled from external data). Read the entire fascinating thing here.  [3]  New bit from Biccy added to the Chrono Trigger FAQ: getting short names to display correctly (like Cro in the Retranslation patch). The trick is to put spaces before the short name, not leave spaces after. This will display the names correctly in dialogue (whereas the other method leaves spaces between the name and punctuation).

Media News >>>  [1]  Chronofan.com, our new media server, does not automatically generate index files. Notwithstanding, I've made one for the VGMix archive (which is not linked to individual songs). Find it at http://chronofan.com/Black/VGM/.  [2]  I forgot to preserve the link to the Chrono Trigger Remake Project's "Unfinished Business" retrospective .zip file containing art and whatnot. I've added it back to the project's listing under the Dead section of the Fan Projects page. To download the .zip file directly (if you're curious), click here.  [3]  The name of Lavos's incomplete theme has been fixed in the Chrono Trigger SPC archive. This incomplete variation does NOT play in the Arris Dome Day of Lavos video, but in fact the Ocean Palace. There's no actual music difference, so there is little reason to redownload if you have the archive already. If not, grab it here and the Pre soundtrack here. Remember, the Compendium's SPC soundtracks are superior to SNESMusic.org's; information is in their readmes.

Site News >>>  [1]  Three Compendium strategic goals are being decommissioned. Firstly, Crimson Echoes is no longer a goal. It would take sacrificial amounts of time to complete, and the Chrono community is simply too small to pull it off. The forums will remain locked for the time being to safeguard the extraordinary plot. Secondly, fan project wikis will no longer be offered. There are not enough fan projects to justify this. Lastly, the mission to scour for fan art and fan fiction is pointless. It would be a huge ordeal to mirror fan fiction, while fan art is all at DeviantArt these days anyway.  [2]  When changing links, I noticed that the Lavos pages didn't have his isolated eruption sprite. I've added it to the sprite sheet, and I've also added the slightly different Prerelease eruption as an image of its own to the 1999 A.D. (CTP) and Monster (CTP) pages (see here if curious).

Fan Project News >>>  [1]  Molotov's hard drive crashed, meaning until data recovery is undertaken (and known to be a successful prospect), the new Chrono Cross speedrun is indefinitely postponed. Thread in question is [url=http://speeddemosarchive.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=consoles_older;action=display;num=1177637217;start=180#180]here[/url]. let's all hope Molotov gets his data back (and not just the Chrono videos, of course).  [2]  The winner of the Chrono Trigger Novel Project's Wii contest has been announced: MagusChild, with 78 signatures. Enjoy!  [3]  Three more fan projects have been declared dead and moved to the abandoned section of the Fan Projects page. First is Chrono Stream, whose creators have been nowhere to be found since April or May this year. Second is the Cyrus Resurrection Novel Project, whose creator stated in a February forum post that he had lost all motivation to continue. Third is [url=http://www.chronocompendium.com/Term/Fan_Projects.html#Chrono_Prism]Chrono Prism[/url], which went nowhere after June 2006 since Ale decided to do another project.  [4]  While digging through Kajar Laboratories, I uncovered a Chrono Trigger tileset pack for use in RPGMaker made by wishkas. Download it here.

ROM Hacking News >>>  [1]  I've combed Kajar Laboratories to post new data to the Modification encyclopedia, and I've also updated Geiger's offsets guide here to match his new revision. New pages: [ Breakpoint Addresses - Music Notes ] Updated pages: [ Attack and Tech Scripts - Character Animations - TF Event Tricks ]  [2]  JCE3000GT has centralized his five FF6 Chrono Trigger SPC insertions (and the one RD insertion) and released them in a single archive. Download it here.  [3]  Geiger's Offset guide is now updated in the Compendium's files (he actually released the new version in June; it's just sadly taken this long to get it up). Pop in to Offsets (Chrono Trigger) to download.

Fan Art >>>  [1]  We've got some new fan art from Ema and an unknown artist. It's actually old fan art from the "Art Thread" of Kajar Labs, but I'm just now rediscovering it. Thanks to FaustWolf for bringing up the unknown Lucca piece. [ Ema Crono (color) - Magus Unknown Lucca ]  [2]  Forumer cald attempted to recreate the 1000 A.D. plane graphic seen in the Alpha Version trailer. Find it at the end of this page.

Help Needed  >>>  [1]  ce.herograw.org's backup magically disappeared, so we're missing JLukas's original Japanese script and Chickenlump's updated Temporal Flux manual. If you have these, please post.  [2]  In this thread, two Spanish Chrono fangames were discussed. The links are now down, and we don't have any backups. If anyone has these, please post.

It's here. At the end of August, I felt we had waited long enough, and began a blitz effort to insert the retranslation into the US ROM with Temporal Flux. Tons of beta testing, a few hard hacks, and many hours later, the Chrono Compendium Chrono Trigger Retranslation Patch is complete. To immediately download the IPS patch and readme instructions, click  here. If you don't support the 7zip format, click  here. Thanks to Lena for this sexy banner:



But that's not the end by any means! Check out the "Making of the Retranslation" feature by clicking here. It details the grueling process that brought you the patch and offers up a link containing some of the hard hacks we made in the forms of patches for your personal use. So, three cheers for KWhazit and the new patch! Hoist the colors high; never shall we die! Be sure to report bugs if you catch 'em.

All the links have been fixed in the Compendium's features and encyclopedia. That just leaves forum entries, and we'll get to that eventually with a find and replace job on the database. Not all the music has been uploaded to the new hosting server yet, including the VGMix archive. It'll be there soon. On another note, I merged the entries for Monsters and Characters in the Prerelease since those entries were very small. Lastly, we've got some new fanart. [ Kid Rocks by Silver - Kid by jono - Glenn to the Rescue by mondragon369 ]

Update: We have hosting again, but I have to reupload all our assets and change the links. It'll take a few days.

Herograw has decided that having administrator status over the Compendium forums is more important than friendship or decency. We have rejected his unreasonable request, and he has deleted the contents of cc.herograw.org.

The assets are safely backed up. It is regrettable that someone I've been friends with for a few years and now professes himself to be a devout Christian would do something so puerile, but I guess it can't be helped. There will be replacement hosting and a simple find & replace command in the Compendium's database to fix all the links at once.

So, to those of you inconvenienced, you know who to blame.

    Don't think you can get your petition to us in the mail?  That's okay, because petitions that are scanned and emailed are just as acceptable!  For the Wii contest, petitions will still be accepted throughout the week, both by post and email.  So, don't delay any further.  This chance won't come again!  Send your scanned petitions by email to novelist@chronotrigger.info.

Zakyrus has uploaded a Quicktime teaser of Chrono Trigger + showcasing some of the modified Zeal scenes and providing a glance at the mysterious Cleft of Dimension. Check out this thread for the link and discussion, and don't miss out on the awesomeness of the CoD! Moving to general news...Jono has submitted an image of Kid to the fan art section here; many thanks! I've updated the Links page to remove dead links and tighten up the organization. Don't hesitate to e-mail us exchange links with the Compendium if you're interested.

On to videos. Lyonskar customized a character in Soul Calibur 3 to look like Marle. Check out the Youtube video here. Also on Youtube is fenix85044's rendition of Cross's "The Brink of Life and Death" boss theme in Mario Paint. Check it out here and give him some feedback. He's also done Black Omen (thanks justin). Finally, I've fixed the Monster Techs CT page. Titles with Slow and Instant Death were messed up, distorting the table of contents. Something huge is coming...but its release date is no longer in my hands. Stay tuned.

     

     What is most likely your best chance ever to win a free Nintendo Wii in a contest is about to expire!  All petition envelopes must be postmarked by September 23, the first day of autumn (in the USA).  So, now it's crunch time.  It's still possible to get the required number of signatures in a week!  If you plan to go to a gathering, a church service (don't interrupt the sermon!), an outing, a wedding, classes, or anyplace else with lots of people, you've got it made!  Knock on doors down your street, pitch a table outside of your favorite store or in a mall (with permission, of course)--just do what it takes to get that Wii!  (And, remember, even after the contest is over, the regular OpUV prize structure will remain in effect.  You automatically reach the first prize level just by qualifying for this contest, so you're [i]guaranteed[/i] a prize!)

     FOR THE CONTEST:
     Get the contest info HERE
     Get your petition forms and OpUV login HERE
     Get the Demo Chapter Package HERE
     Get the Novel & Demo Chapter Survey HERE

     And, just like that, you'll be in the running for a brand new Nintendo Wii!  Good luck!

Chains of Fate yesterday posted on the Crisis forums concerning the prospect of turning Crisis into an original game named Devil Theory. The issues at hand include the threat of a C&D, the possibility of greater audience and exposure with an original game, and the constant withdrawal of fickle team members who sign onto the project, do nothing, and go AWOL (haha...welcome to the Chrono community). The main counterpoint is that the team would receive greater exposure WITH a Chrono fan game (like mixtapes fledgling producers / artists pass around in the music industry) than with a 4th-party homebrew.

At any rate, Chains said they'd keep trucking with Crisis as long as they're able to find some help. They need the following talent:  [1]  A concept artist  [2]  A tile artist  [3]  An artist to make finalized, colored pictures in a certain style  [4]  Someone who can code in Ruby  [5]  Someone to sprite magic effects  [6]  Possibly another spriter to assist Lena (a tile artist, coder, and dedicated artists are what we need the most to keep the project alive). The forums are here if you'd like to volunteer. And they need volunteers, not "hey I'll help!" --> 6 months later, "user was last active September 2007". If ultimately no one can help, that's fine; it's a lot better to acknowledge that than be teased for for months at a time by wafflers.

Firstly, an important analysis potential breakthrough. Cansei de ser Enix of the Chrono Crisis forums has stated that General Viper's speech in the Chrono Cross Demo is a replica of Kid's speech from the General Kid ending in which she plans to conquer Guardia and Porre. This may reinforce the implicit suggestion that the Dragoons were at the Fall of Guardia. As usual, important knowledge lay buried in Japanese text. We need these translated: [ 1 - 2 - 3 ]

On to the rest!  [1]  The Dream Splash! has begun. If you'd like to contribute to an explosive fan-take on the Kingdom of Zeal, or read the current submissions, visit this forum.  [2]  With research by Shinrin and justin3009, I've created a page for Unused Techs. Check out what's lurking in Chrono Trigger's battle data there. Videos and images of the other techs will be added soon.  [3]  I've posted Luminaire's vectorized logos on the prominent Downloads page. Go grab them if you haven't already.  [4]  Check out Deezer509's latest piece, King Crono. We're thankful for Deezer509's continued patronage of our Fan Art section and this cool image reminiscent of Ichigo's look.  [5]  We have two new remixes, one from Luminaire85 from the forums ('Chrono Trigger Theme') and one from zohar at OCReMix ('Wind Scene Concert Paraphrase').

Lastly, it looks like Chrono'99 is taking a vacation, so no one's around to help us rip the Chrono Cross Demo's TIM (texture) files. Again, the problem is that we can see them, but they're disjointed in TIM Viewer and other programs. There's an example here; post in that thread if you can help. There's a lot of beta Cross art and images lurking in the demo that we'd love to rip. You can check out what's already been posted about the demo here.

Chrono Trigger is 12 years old today, and we've got a huge update to boot. First let me direct you to our celebration special image release! Open a new window here. With that out of the way, get ready for the Compendium Dream Splash! It's an explosive creative event concerning Zeal. Participants can submit almost anything -- flash fiction, fan art, comics, maps, humorous write-ups -- as long as they concern Zeal. Hit the page here or click the banner!



Time for the regular news update. Firstly, Unofficial Chrono Trigger 2 updated their site here, albeit with an erroneous statement about Chrono Cross. For shame! Secondly, check out this Portuguese HazardEngine CT Project. It's a little doubtful whether it will be completed, since most of the talent is now working on the Portuguese Chrono Origin, an RPGMaker bridge between Trigger and Cross with a few screenshots already up on their site. Next, a few developers are hard at work on Project Frozen Flame, an effort to make Radical Dreamers playable through a simple executable file without a ROM or emulator. Radical R is working on it, so quality is assured!

So, how are you celebrating the birthday? Check out this poll and put down your way of enjoying Chrono Trigger's aging like a fine wine. Now it's time for a little forum news. Check out edmangoodrich's Lavos Presidential Campaign Design. Also, a GameFAQs forumer named BohepansThe2nd encountered a strange Chrono Cross glitch a few days ago. Read about it here, and see if you've experienced something similar.

I missed a few Chrono Trigger: Resurrection tracks by tssf when I added them two years ago; here they are - [ Opening Preview - Opening Preview (Shorter) - Corridors of Time (Midi) ] Also, we have a .rar file from tssf with a gbm and gbs file in them; can anyone identify it? Get it here.

Rounding it all out are a few pieces of fan art. SirGilmour - [ Crono Sketch ] Maggiekarp - [ Marle (alternate costume) - Chibi-Magus wallpaper - Marle and Magus - Marle and Magus ] Lastly, lucky seventh birthday to Chrono Cross on August 15! Check out Cross wallpaper here, including a new piece by Memories of Serge. Also, BONUS feature!

A while back it was determined that we should switch hosting providers (we're now happily hosted by WebFaction), so I decided to throw in a few changes while I was at it. Some of you may have noticed the site down for half a day today, but other than that, everything should be back up and running.

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