quote Cloud737

The site is the project's home page on SourceForge.net. It hosts both the source code (for the really curious) as well as the executable program and related files (see the big "Download Now") button.

Bellow the project's name (Oracle of Maiya) is a navigation tabs. Click on any tab to navigate on the page (note: clicking the "Develop" tab will bring up more hidden tabs where the source code and other more complicated stuff is. The "Forum" tab also appears after you click the Develop tab (don't ask me why), so you should explore that a bit, I guess. Soon, there will also be a "Blog" and a micro blogging tab, along with others (as soon as I finish spamming all Persona 3 boards on the internet with my thread ).

quote Cloud737 (old post)

Hi,

To put it short for those without much patience: I'm making a Persona fusion helper and database program called "Oracle of Maiya" (hint, hint ) that would work with Persona 3, Persona 3 FES and Persona 4 (and possibly Persona 5 if the fusion mechanics don't change much). In short, this program would store all your Personas in a database and will help you determine the fusion result (normal spread, triangle spread and special fusions) of the Personas you have, and even suggest fusions you might want to do (in future versions).

This is basically a hobby project of mine in Delphi, and I'm doing it because I'm in need of one and figured others would too. Besides, it's great fun to program (1) and learn Delphi (2) while working on something I like (3). 3 great things in 1, eh?

Right now, I'm about halfway through for an initial release. You can download the program and see for yourself here (sorry, I only made a P3 database for now). [Author note: link removed due to Neoseeker forum limitations on URL per post for new users. See "check here" link above for the file]

I know it's a little late (P3 and P4 were released a long time ago, and this project also started in October 2008), but cut me some slack - I've had issues to deal with in real life, as well as lack of motivation sometimes. Now, however, I'm fully dedicated to it and quite enthusiastic to finish it without delays.

The program so far can do normal spread fusions quite well, and I'm underway implementing the Compendium part (registering your evolved Personas and storing them in a database) and then the triangle spread fusions.

I wanted to announce this here since I thought this is the best place to get coverage by fans. So, what do you think about the idea? Would you like something like this? Would you be willing to help the project by making suggestions, giving opinions and maybe even some non-programming contributions (like making icons and splash screen images for it)?

I will do this project regardless of how much support I get, but, of course, more support means more motivation. Also, it will be free and open source, meaning everyone will be able to see and modify the source code, as I believe strongly in it. The program may look not worth it now, but I assure you I intend to make this program the best that ever was for the Persona series (any game in it, as long as the fusion mechanics are at least similar to P3 and P4).

Like I said, the program supports both P3, P3 FES and P4 (and maybe even P5, if the mechanics don't change) by loading all Persona data and some fusion mechanics information (the rest is hard-coded into the program) from a "database" (it's not a database per se, since you'll be able to open it with a word editor and see the text, but I think it's best this way since users will be able to modify and create their own databases, maybe even for games that aren't in the Persona series but that have similar mechanics). When P5 comes out, I'll do a database for that too if the fusion mechanics are the same as P3 and P4. If not, I'll tweak my program where possible to accommodate that flexibility/change in mechanics or, if the changes are substantial, probably make a new program from the ground up for it.

So, what do you think about this? What are your opinions about this program?

PS: Can I also make another thread in other sections (like in the P3FES and P4 sections, since it relates to it as well)? I would really appreciate it if I can do this so that it gets more coverage.

PS2: Thanks for reading this very long thread!

quote Holywhippet

Honestly I'm not sure if it's worth your time. There are a lot of combinations to cover - and Persona 3, FES and 4 all have slightly different fusion results. There are a lot of different Persona's so there will be a lot of permutations to cover in your database.

quote Holywhippet

On top of that, some Persona's can be made better than stock standard by creating them with particular skills through inheritance. So recommendations might be a tricky proposition.

quote Holywhippet

It's also likely to be a pain to jump on a computer to enter your Persona details and find out what fusions you can make. There aren't that many personas that I simply must have - and for those that are must haves I can just jump online and find out what fusion is required.

quote Cloud737

Amen to that! Plus, it's really fun!

Are you referring to uLaunchELF? Yes, I've known and used it for quite some time, but deciphering it is a real pain, especially since each game uses it's own format for save games.
Besides that, there's too much complexity for the end user for this to really be practical. First he has to have the console chipped, then he has to get the program, then he has to remember to save every time before he wants to do a fusion, then he has to reset the console and boot the app, and then finally transfer it to the PC.
I don't think many users will find that easy and painless...

I see you are quite experienced about tech and programming. Are you a programmer by any chance?

I thought it was Maia, according to the finished product found in Suzou's room in Eternal Punishment.