Laxius Power III (how to unlock)

Ok, guys, since I'm not going to be staying here much any longer, I thought I'd send a farewell gift for you all by providing brief instructions on how to hack games like Laxius Power II and Laxius Power III (and also Blades of Heaven and Lax Team). Since I won't be able to have time for a long while to work on fixing more bugs for the Laxius Power games, I might as well leave the bug fixing to you guys now that you should know how the games are unlocked.

But first, Laxius Power I: Easy to hack. Just rename the weird file extensions to the appropriate ones. Use the sample Don Juan game folder for comparison.

Now that we got Laxius Power I out of the way, let's do the sequels (brief instructions for now).

1. Download Notepad++ and install.
2. Do backups of the game folders please. Don't blame me if you mess it up.
3. Access the game folder for Laxius Power II.
4. Right-click RPG_RT.ldb to edit with Notepad++. Using the appropriate menu commands (use Search menu), replace the string of letters between the first VT and the second VT with LcfDataBase and save the change.
5. Right-click RPG_RT.lmt to edit with Notepad++. Using the appropriate menu commands (use Search menu), replace the first ten letters in the text with LcfMapTree and save the change.
6. This one may get a little laggy. Highlight all the .lmu files and right-click in Notepad++. Using the appropriate menu commands (use Search menu), replace replace the first ten letters in the text for each of the .lmu files (they should all be the same anyway) with LcfMapUnit. Note that Notepad++ can do this automatically for you if you choose the right Menu options.
7. Just in case it's needed, transfer a RPG_RT.exe to the game folder. If you don't know how to obtain a copy of that file, a clever way is to create a new Project in RPG Maker 2000 and you should see one automatically in the corresponding project folder.
8. Repeat Steps 3 to 7 for Laxius Power III.

You should be able to have access to the maps and databases for all Laxius Power games. Let me know if there's anything here requiring clarification before I leave the forum for good.

So for LP1, you have to rename ALL of the map file extensions? There's over 450 map files, lol. Is there any way to rename all of them at the same time?

luthius wrote:

So for LP1, you have to rename ALL of the map file extensions? There's over 450 map files, lol. Is there any way to rename all of them at the same time?

There is a way using MS-DOS (if on Windows).

You need to figure out how to get MS-DOS to go to the game folder (using commands like cd)and then when you do that, type in:

Code:

ren *.ont *.lmu

and press ENTER

For reference:
http://www.computerhope.com/overview.htm

You could also try bulk rename utility or any other mass editor, think it should work if you got extensions set to visible in explorer. Not gonna lie not 100% sure and don't have time to test it.

Hi guys, I have edit everything you have for Laxius power I, i can open the game via RM2K but its still very buggy. Everything is dark, a lot of chipset are missing and the menu where you can edit caracter and monster are empty. Then when a clic a few map a message appear and the program close itself.

Can someone help me? is there something I forgot ? I change all map into the LMU and image into PNG. Then i change the RPG_RT.lxb with the RPG_RT.lmt format .

Thanks and sorry for my bad english.

Is there anything specific you need to do when it comes to changing the lines. I get "map tree break" error.

For the people who are unable to unlock the games for whatever reasons, you can download the unlocked versions below:

Laxius Power I: http://www.mediafire.com/file/8bbzelldc4kedlm/Laxius+Power+I+%28unlocked%29.7z
Laxius Power II: http://www.mediafire.com/file/h3h360mo7bed9n5/Laxius+Power+II+%28unlocked%29.7z
Laxius Power III (low quality music): http://www.mediafire.com/file/ga64kozb4jcd303/Laxius+Power+III+%28unlocked%29+Low+Quality.7z
Laxius Power III (high quality music): http://www.mediafire.com/file/0tjyf16usuym829/Laxius+Power+III+%28unlocked%29+High+Quality.7z

Those games are patched (including the patches made by Geazar) and contain all add-ons.