Do you remember when spells names used to be exciting? Do you remember when monsters used to sound threatening? This mod brings back names like Ice Bolt, Lightning Storm, Firebane, and Blaze. It also changes monsters to wyvern, red dragon, and axe knight. So, if you want to Return (not Zoom) to Dragon Warrior, this mod is for you.
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File credits
Credit goes to mike9k1 and the Yggdrasil: Dragon Quest Modding Discord for showing me the way.
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Changelogs
Version 3.0
Fixes were made to metal slime-based and goo-based weapons.
Fixes made to a Scenario table that had random name in quests, etc.
Pink Tornado was changed to Pink Cyclone.
Version 2.8
Fizzle Foil renamed to Mythril Foil
Dancer's Mail renamed to Mythril Dancer’s Mail
Dragonsbane (while an awesome name) renamed to Dragon Sword to correlate with the other Dragon weapons and armour.
Goo-based weapons renamed to traditional names.
Hocus Locus renamed to Eyeball Staff
Weapon and armour descriptions were reworked for those changed items to incorporate their new names.
Consistency issues corrected (metal slime helm, random spell names, pep powers, and skills)
A riddle was rewritten to incorporate the mythril foil into the riddle.
Corrections were made to the articles (a, an) preceding the monster names.
Version 2.6
Changes made to Mid and More to make them align with spell progression (thanks coredumperror).
Hardclaw changed to Tiger Claw.
Crone's Claw changed to Witch Nail.
Adjustments made in Common Text for consistency.
Version 2.3
Fixes were made to some spells, skills, and monster names.
Sleep Off was corrected to properly display in game.
Confessions (Save) was changed to Confession.
Version 2.1
Made a correction to Sleep Off not showing up correctly.
Version 2.0
Mod was completely rebuilt using DQXIAssett and Notepad++.
Many spells were renamed to longer names (Lightning Storm, Snow Storm, Blaze Most, etc.).
Double the amount of monsters were renamed for clarity, organization, and nostalgia.
Version 1.5
Corrections made to spacing errors in wyverns.
Version 1.4
The following were renamed: Devil's Beguiled to Devils Beguiled and Woosh Bang Wall to Explosive GustBang.
Version 1.3
Edits were made to 15 Datatables. Two of the larger datatables were fully edited and revised for consitency. Efforts were made to eliminate the spaces after certain spells like Out (Evac). However, due to the renaming limitations with a hex editor, some spaces could not be adjusted.
Version 1.2
Venom Knife was changed to Senary Stab.
Some early game dialogue, especially surround Back Stabber and Pep Powers, changed to provide coherent advice about how to use skills and powers.
Version 1.1
Edits made to fix continuity of the new names across files.
Version 1.0
Changes to some spells, pep powers, skills, monsters, and items. More information of changes can be found in the documentation section.
CHANGES
This mod makes changes to:
Spell names (69 total) Pep Power and Skill names (82 total) Monster names (145 total) Item and miscellaneous names (7 total)
The purpose of this mod is to incorporate some of the old names from Dragon Warrior 1-4 and Dragon Quest 5-8 back into 11. It does not change all the names, but it attempts to make some names more logical and familiar. It is also intended to reduce the use of puns within the game.
A list of changes can be found under documentation.
INSTALLATION
Extract the pak file from the archive and place in the following directory:
C:\Steam\steamapps\common\DRAGON QUEST XI S\Game\Content\Paks
The drive letter and Steam folder may be different for your system.
A special thank you to mike9k1. Without his help or the Yggdrasil: Dragon Quest Modding Discord, this mod would not be possible. They had to point me in the right direction. A thank you as well for mentioning Notepad++ to me (though I stubbornly used Excel and learned from that error).
A special thank you to emoose for creating DQXIAsset. Without it, I would have never been able to make complete changes to names (without spaces). Also, another thank you for teaching me how to use the program.