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This page discusses the various C
flags not pertaining specifically to placement randomization – see Character randomization for that info.
By default, characters in Free Enterprise have the stats, commands, and spell sets that they had in the US version of FF4.
Setting Cj:abilities
will restore each character's Japanese-version exclusive battle commands. These are: Dark, Heal, Recall, Pray, Power, Bear, Bluff, Cry and Regen.
Setting Cj:spells
will allow white mages to learn Armor, Shell, and Dispel as they did in the Japanese version of FF4. Note that this setting will also cause characters to learn spells at the levels they would in the Japanese version, which are generally later levels than in the US version.
By default, characters will join you with the same gear as their first appearance in vanilla FF4, with some minor exceptions:
Enabling the Cnekkie
flag will replace each character's starting equipment with a random tier 1-3 weapon and no
armor. (If the weapon is a bow, they will also start with 20 of a tier 1-3 arrow.)
As in vanilla FF4, the maximum number of characters in your party is 5. For an added challenge, the Cparty:
flags may be used to reduce that limit.
If you encounter the same character more than once, each instance has its own unique stats, spells, equipment, etc. They can co-exist in your party as entirely separate members.
If playing with Cnodupes
, there is only one unique instance of each character. If a character tries to join your party that you already have, nothing happens. If you dismiss a character and then encounter them in the world again later, they will be the same instance of that character, with the same stats and equipment as when you last saw them.
Characters you dismiss can be retrieved later by speaking to them in the Mysidia crystal room and the Tower of Wishes. However, if you set the Cbye
flag, dismissed characters instead just go away forever. (Note that if playing without duplicate characters, you may be able to find them again in the wild later.)
Characters can normally only be dismissed from your party when a sixth character attempts to join you, at which point you can either send them away, or dismiss another character to make room for them.
The Cpermajoin
challenge flag removes the ability to dismiss party members. When enabled, you are given the option of whether to accept a new party member when they attempt to join, but once you recruit them, they cannot be dismissed later. Once your party is full, new characters will be unable to join.
Permadeath is a special challenge mode for players who like that kind of thing. It comes in two varieties:
Cpermadeath
, characters that are swooned at the end of battle are permanently removed from your party.Cpermadeader
is a harsher version of permadeath, where:
The Chero
flag enables the Hero challenge, which applies the following rules:
-smith:alt
flag.-vanilla:agility
is also enabled, then vanilla agility (ie. Cecil) takes precedence.Cnodupes
flag. If dupes are enabled, the starting character remains the Hero, and the duplicates are treated like regular characters.