Community Links
- FFV Central website
- FFV Central Discord—A community of players and creators of FFV mods and more
- r/FinalFantasyMods subreddit
Features of Stable Build
- Chest loot is fully randomized.
- Part of the Whirlwind family of mods.
Preview of Dev Build
- Designed based on the open-world mode of the cousin hack, FFV: Whirlwind.
- Garland no longer needs to be fought. Princess Sarah no longer needs to be rescued.
- The portal to Temple of Fiends Past is now open from the start. You no longer need the Lute to access all of Temple of Fiends Past.
- You now start a new game with upgraded classes.
- You can press the A button to call your airship. Works from the start of the game.
- Movement speed doubled in overworld, towns, and dungeons.
- Mystic Key is no longer needed to open locked doors.
- All fixed encounters have been disabled.
- Experience and gil from battle have been boosted to 8x.
- Dialog windows are now faster in towns and dungeons. Battle messages have been sped up.
- Response rate now defaults to the max of 8 instead of the minimum of 1.
- You now start with the ship and the canoe. The ship can now dock anywhere.
- You now get no encounters unless you hold down the B button. Applies to overworld and dungeons.
- You now start with the bridge already built. The opening cutscene when you cross the bridge for the first time is now skipped.
- Dev builds available on Discord.
For a demonstration, see the video below.
Authorized Hosts
RHP
Related Hacks
- FFII: Upwind (FC) [link]
- FFIII: Crosswinds (FC) [link]
- FFIV: Downwind (SFC) [link]
- FFV: Whirlwind (SFC) [link]
- FFVI: Tailwind (SNES) [link]
- Whirlwind Game Presets (SFC) [link]
- FFV Challenge Pack (SFC) [link]
Tags
modernization, open world, randomizer, QoL
Hashes:
Filename: Final Fantasy (USA).nes
CRC-32: 5c892f3b
SHA-1: b0ed4e1573260187e31da715ced28806ea4a81da
CRC-32: 5c892f3b
SHA-1: b0ed4e1573260187e31da715ced28806ea4a81da
Relevant link: https://ff5central.com/romhacks/ff-headwind-released/
YouTube Video:
File download:
Help about patching:
Most of the files you're about to download need to be applied to your game. Here is a list of utilities that allow you to do this:
- Online Patcher: Marc Roblero's online patcher. Works with many different file types.
- Floating IPS: NWell-known patcher for applying IPS and BPS files.
- Delta Patcher: Used to apply xDelta files.
- More Patchers
On most files, you can also press “Patch It”, to apply the patch without downloading the file.