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Latest Patch: 1.69. If you have an earlier version, please download the latest patch as soon as possible.

The download has been updated to version 1.69. It includes all fixes up to this point. There is no need to re-download if you have patched in the fixes separately.

You know that game many aspiring devs create? The one starring their friends, often times based on a chat room, or some forums, or a MMO... or perhaps a fangame that barely resembles its source material. The one that gets maybe a half hour of gameplay finished and is completely unintelligible to anyone except that group of friends. Yeah, that one. Now, what if someone actually saw that project all the way through, and attempted to actually make it a fun, accessible, and playable game that was faithful to its source material?

Enter Legend of Balance. This game originally started out as a fun little project for friends, starring characters from Final Fantasy XIV. Over time, and with a ton of effort, it changed into a complete game of its own. It still stars our characters, and there are still a few injokes, but the plot has been set up as such that any Final Fantasy fan can get into the game and enjoy it as a light hearted Final Fantasy romp. Players of FFXIV will find quite a bit to enjoy as well. The story of the game takes place inbetween the end of FFXIV 1.0 and the start of A Realm Reborn(if you haven't played FFXIV, this part probably doesn't matter, and the game can be standalone).

The game revolves around a group of heroes, champions of the realm of Eorzea. In the midst of an intense battle to decide the fate of Eorzea, the heroes are transported away before facing certain death at the hands of Bahamut. Finding themselves separated in a brand new world, the heroes begin a journey to reunite and find a way home. However what starts off as a simple quest quickly unfolds into a classic journey of crystals, great evil, and steadfast allies. Before this adventure ends, they will discover the truth behind this strange new world, and uncover the binds that tie it to their own home and beyond.

-30 to 40 hours of gameplay, including a multitude of sidequests.

-Enjoy a faithfully recreated Final Fantasy battle system. Everything is as you remember it from the classics!

-Utilize classic abilities, including commands such as Jump, Runic, Blitz, Mime, Throw, Mix, Blue Magic, Dualcast, and much more, along with new commands and abilities based on other games in the series, such as Draw Out from Tactics.

-Equip Magicites to gain access to powerful summons and customize your stat growth.

-A huge cast of unique playable characters, including several hidden ones.

-Find and use faithfully recreated equipment. Favorites like the Ultima Weapon, Illumina, Brave Blade/Chicken Knife, Offering, and much, much more is all here to find and use to become unstoppable!

-Dozens of sidequests ensure there's plenty to do, with no need for excess grinding.

-Face off against familiar foes and brand new ones, including a nostalgia filled bonus dungeon for those who complete the main story.

-Facing a foe that your current party can't handle? Switch party members anytime, even in the middle of a fight!

-Buy rare and unique items at the Auction House, and battle in the Colosseum!

-Take part in minigames, including fishing and an arcade-style airship shooter.

-Customizable Battle Speed, Battle Mode, and Difficulty will get you the experience you want, be it tough as nails or a more relaxed game.

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Playing the game at higher resolution

Hey all! I just wanted to post a link to an upscaler that will let you play pretty much any rpgmaker game at a much higher resolution.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/magpie.mirror/

Download this and follow the instructions, open Magpie, then the game, then press alt+F11. I'd suggest using either the Anime4k or CRT upscalers for LoB. This will let you play the game in fullscreen and it will look really nice!

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@Rydia & @Ashiee thank you both for all of your help. It's up and running not only a great game but thank you both for being so helpful! Time to continue onwards!
@garitharwen: I have sent you a PM with your fixed save file. For everyone else, the problem has been fixed and patch 1.69 has been reuploaded, it was an issue of forgetting to put in a fixed version of the Mielo Inn map. Sorry for everyone who ran into this!
Shot you a PM with my email. I believe Rydia will be out for a few hours, so if you want the game working nowish you can feel free to email your save and I can try and get it working.
Hi Ashiee and Rydia I had version 1.69 and the patch since I started playing the game so definitely had the most recent version when I first entered so not sure what's up with that. I just tried updating it to the newest version that you just upload but it still doesn't seem to be working. Thank you guys for your assistance with this and helping get this working again looking forward to continuing the game.

@rydia how do I send over my save state can I send it through here or can I email it? I did add it to my locker is that the correct way to do so? I don't see anything on the message options to upload a file although I may be missing something glaringly obvious. I'd be happy to shoot it on over and get it working so I could continue with the game and than never go in that Inn again lol.

@Garitharwen

I took a look at the patch and I believe the patch file 1.69 itself was the issue. If you didn't just download the patch let us know because we will probably have to take a further look at the situation in that case.

Updated the patch to match up with our 1.69 files, so hopefully it should work now :x.
There's something wrong with an event there. For some reason a fadein is not working. I thought it was fixed, and the event looks right but apparently it is not behaving properly, even though I can't seem to reproduce it. If you send me your save I can fix it.
I am playing the latest version I reinstalled it just to be sure there wasn't an issue. However I saved the game in the town's Inn and when i go out the screen goes black and stays black. I can still move around, leave town which at that point the world map is black. I can get into battles and that works but after the battles it stays dark again. The last save state I have other than this one is during the 3 scenarios about 2.5 hours back. Not sure if it's a map glitch or what not. Don't know the best way to proceed could I maybe send my save state or something to get it fixed??

Thanks!
Are you playing the latest version?
I'm in Mielo that you go to after your party is reunited and you get control of the boat. It's the town where everyone is afflicted by some curse that makes them motionless. I entered the inn in that town and when I go to leave the inn the screen blacks out and stays blacked out. looking for a little help?
Yeah, Rydia and myself are very excited to reach 5000, I'm more looking forward to 9000 if we get that far so I can bust out some Vegeta.

The next update wont include much since most of our attention is focused on the new game, but there will be a few things here and there.

(Oops deleted this on accident when I was editing something earlier)
I spy, with my little eyes, FIVE THOUSAND DOWNLOADS asdpfapsdqwpdpdfpg *hyperventilates*

No worries, just happy that you reached a milestone. Don't push yourselves to produce the extra content.
author=wotgAshiee
author=minaly22
author=RydiaMist
I wasn't really planning on writing a complete walkthrough because it would be a tremendous amount of work, since the game is over 30 hours long with sidequests. Instead, we've been trying to cover any places people are getting stuck or missing stuff in the FAQ section. There have also been a couple of Let's Plays of the game, though I don't know how many of them have been completed.

That said, if there's enough demand for a complete walkthrough, I can see if maybe there might be people interested on collaborating on one. I do know it's something a few people have asked for. :/
In all honesty, I was trying to make and translate a complete walkthrough guide for this game in Chinese so I can spread this game to over sea communities.

I completed a rough introduction to all the characters in Chinese. But I instantly gave up once I came to the realization that the game was 30 hours plus long, and I not only had to play through the whole thing again to compose a better guide, I had to put in sentence by sentence translations for fans overseas for them to understand the story and have a truly immersive experience.


And that was not even taking into account for the fact that I don't have any actual RTP so I could not just directly translate everything in the game, too! So it would be a massive word document with pictures and notations on everything since I am such a horrible perfectionist. Oh dear me.
Wow! Translating this into Chinese would be a huge undertaking, but I'm flattered you would even have considered it. I don't blame you for ditching the idea... though if you ever do consider translating it we could probably help you place it into the engine somehow maybe so its not just a text document (I'm not sure exactly how it would work so I won't promise you anything XD).

And if a video guide would help, I can also finish that... I got two videos through and stopped, I can probably start it up again and finish it if people want a full walkthrough via video.


It would probably increase general awareness of the game if you make such a video, and it will become much more well known.
Yes. Please do. The only series up, I wrote the guy off as a moron. He did more goofing off on Skype and laughing then he did playing the game. Please give us an actual video series showing where to find everything and everyone and how.
author=minaly22
author=RydiaMist
I wasn't really planning on writing a complete walkthrough because it would be a tremendous amount of work, since the game is over 30 hours long with sidequests. Instead, we've been trying to cover any places people are getting stuck or missing stuff in the FAQ section. There have also been a couple of Let's Plays of the game, though I don't know how many of them have been completed.

That said, if there's enough demand for a complete walkthrough, I can see if maybe there might be people interested on collaborating on one. I do know it's something a few people have asked for. :/
In all honesty, I was trying to make and translate a complete walkthrough guide for this game in Chinese so I can spread this game to over sea communities.

I completed a rough introduction to all the characters in Chinese. But I instantly gave up once I came to the realization that the game was 30 hours plus long, and I not only had to play through the whole thing again to compose a better guide, I had to put in sentence by sentence translations for fans overseas for them to understand the story and have a truly immersive experience.


And that was not even taking into account for the fact that I don't have any actual RTP so I could not just directly translate everything in the game, too! So it would be a massive word document with pictures and notations on everything since I am such a horrible perfectionist. Oh dear me.

Wow! Translating this into Chinese would be a huge undertaking, but I'm flattered you would even have considered it. I don't blame you for ditching the idea... though if you ever do consider translating it we could probably help you place it into the engine somehow maybe so its not just a text document (I'm not sure exactly how it would work so I won't promise you anything XD).

And if a video guide would help, I can also finish that... I got two videos through and stopped, I can probably start it up again and finish it if people want a full walkthrough via video.
author=RydiaMist
I wasn't really planning on writing a complete walkthrough because it would be a tremendous amount of work, since the game is over 30 hours long with sidequests. Instead, we've been trying to cover any places people are getting stuck or missing stuff in the FAQ section. There have also been a couple of Let's Plays of the game, though I don't know how many of them have been completed.

That said, if there's enough demand for a complete walkthrough, I can see if maybe there might be people interested on collaborating on one. I do know it's something a few people have asked for. :/

In all honesty, I was trying to make and translate a complete walkthrough guide for this game in Chinese so I can spread this game to over sea communities.

I completed a rough introduction to all the characters in Chinese. But I instantly gave up once I came to the realization that the game was 30 hours plus long, and I not only had to play through the whole thing again to compose a better guide, I had to put in sentence by sentence translations for fans overseas for them to understand the story and have a truly immersive experience.


And that was not even taking into account for the fact that I don't have any actual RTP so I could not just directly translate everything in the game, too! So it would be a massive word document with pictures and notations on everything since I am such a horrible perfectionist. Oh dear me.
I wasn't really planning on writing a complete walkthrough because it would be a tremendous amount of work, since the game is over 30 hours long with sidequests. Instead, we've been trying to cover any places people are getting stuck or missing stuff in the FAQ section. There have also been a couple of Let's Plays of the game, though I don't know how many of them have been completed.

That said, if there's enough demand for a complete walkthrough, I can see if maybe there might be people interested on collaborating on one. I do know it's something a few people have asked for. :/
Do you have a completed walkthrough yet or is it still being worked on?
Woah, AWESOME! That's really cool haha, thank you! =D
Since I'm in a Final Fantasy Record Keeper phase I present to you...


Karina in Final Fantasy VI SNES style!

As an added bonus here are FFRK-styled stats and abilities:

Stats:
HP 4♦ | ATK 5♦ | DEF 4♦ | MAG 2♦ | RES 3♦ | MND 3♦ | ACC 3♦ | EVA 3♦ | AGI 3♦

Abilities:
White Magic 2★ | Combat 3★ | Support 4★ | Knight 5★

Soul Breaks:
Fast Blade (default): Deal two consecutive physical attacks to one target.
Stasis Sword: Deal physical attack to one target and remove all buffs from it.
Soul Blade: Temporarily raise party's Attack and Magic. Raises Attack by 10 when Mastered.

That's it for now. Not including Burst Super Soul Breaks for now since they aren't in global at the moment, and no Record Materias since I can't really think of them.
Slot Machine Mini Game............................ >________> <________<