Getting back into making actual ROM changes after having done a lot of Class and Item theorycrafting. Starting with an easy one: Fighters now have a 100% chance to turn into a Werewolf/Weretiger when killed by one, because why not?
New Ogre Battle Hack Progress
#42
- Dicklord, Lord of Dicks
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20 July 2014 - 12:03 PM
zombero, on 20 July 2014 - 12:02 PM, said:
Getting back into making actual ROM changes after having done a lot of Class and Item theorycrafting. Starting with an easy one: Fighters now have a 100% chance to turn into a Werewolf/Weretiger when killed by one, because why not?
I am in love with this change.
#43
- Omnimodder
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20 July 2014 - 12:40 PM
Stann, on 20 July 2014 - 12:03 PM, said:
I am in love with this change.
Good!
And another easy one: damage variance has been reduced to about half of what it was. It was practically impossible to tell how strong a unit was toward the start of the game with all the variance, so this should calm that some.
#44
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20 July 2014 - 06:21 PM
Well, I ran into two bugs. One of which is with my hack, the other is with Kiss and present in the original game. Apparently Kiss can never hit the last member of your party! The game rolls a random number that has 1 less possibilities than your party size, so the last unit added to it is always SOL. But hell, if you made that unit the Faerie, that would actually boost the effectiveness of Kiss. Anyway, I'm working on making Kiss more intelligent. Have it not target those who are already kissed, and target the user only if everyone else has been kissed. I'll also be making Kiss stronger, I expect.
The OTHER bug is significantly less fun. I didn't realize the game would remove enemy IDs from the list of deployed enemy squads when they die. I thought they would just be flagged as dead. Due to this assumption, I'm going to have to rewrite some stuff. So fun.
The OTHER bug is significantly less fun. I didn't realize the game would remove enemy IDs from the list of deployed enemy squads when they die. I thought they would just be flagged as dead. Due to this assumption, I'm going to have to rewrite some stuff. So fun.
#45
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21 July 2014 - 09:06 AM
Fixed the bug related to enemy IDs, and another bug that popped up with stats display.
#46
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21 July 2014 - 04:34 PM
Aaand also stuff like this can happen, which slows down hack progress: exhaust system fell off my car today. So now I have to go through rentals, cutting the rest of the pipe off, and figuring out what I want to do as far as transportation going forward. wheeeeeeeeeeeeee
#47
- The Handburglar
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21 July 2014 - 05:46 PM
Damn, that sucks dude. Hope you get it figured out.
#48
- Omnimodder
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26 July 2014 - 08:29 PM
I changed accuracy to scale continuously with Agi/Int difference, rather than having the brackets in vanilla that could cause 15 points of Agi/Int to have no effect on your hit rate depending on the target's Agi/Int. How much they affect hit rate has otherwise not been changed. The chance to hit has also been increased across the board by 5%.
#49
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27 July 2014 - 12:28 PM
I implemented a function that reduces all AoE damage by 20%. This code also enables me to add exceptions to this power decrease, as well as add other decreases and increases, which will definitely see some use in the near future... possibly later today.
#50
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07 August 2014 - 01:49 PM
I've been terribly busy the past few days and likely will be for a few more, but I've been working on expanding the number of classes in Ogre Battle. This requires a lot of tedious table moving and subroutine re-writes, but can open up some new possibilities in terms of class balance. The change is mostly functional at this point, I just have to bug check some things.
#51
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08 August 2014 - 12:11 AM
More classes, you say? Are you set with what you want or are you gonna start a thread about it...? *ahem* Black Dragoon: Reaper 
#52
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11 August 2014 - 05:19 PM
I may, once I finish all my debugging. 
Update: Fixed several bugs related to class table expansion. Still more debugging to go.
Update: Fixed several bugs related to class table expansion. Still more debugging to go.
#53
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21 August 2014 - 06:18 AM
-Special characters now retain their unique palettes in any class
i love this, the psx version had this and now we can have this. instead of using gameshark to change the palettes, i like lans as a samurai because the black and red.
i love this, the psx version had this and now we can have this. instead of using gameshark to change the palettes, i like lans as a samurai because the black and red.
#54
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22 August 2014 - 03:43 PM
Yeah, I think a lot of people will be excited about this change. .gif)
Do you mean lans as a Ninja Master? His Samurai is more blue and red. His Ninja Master is blue and red too, but it's a very dark blue, so it looks black-ish.
Do you mean lans as a Ninja Master? His Samurai is more blue and red. His Ninja Master is blue and red too, but it's a very dark blue, so it looks black-ish.
#55
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22 August 2014 - 05:30 PM
Re-introducing Stun! Stun is going to be put back into the game. What this means for Witch and Siren is not yet certain, but what is certain is that the following changes have been made to Stun:
-Stun inflict rate is about the same, but it now scales smoothly with Int comparison, rather than having rigid tiers of landing rates.
-The chance of recovering from Stun when struck has been significantly reduced.
-Str's influence on Stun recover is now, basically, Str - Lv*2. This means that pure mages like Lich, Witch, Princess, etc do not see any increased chance to recover over the course of the game (but also no increased chance to be inflicted by Stun in the first place, since they keep pace with Witch's Int growth)
-Time Factor's influence on Stun recovery has been cut in half
-Stunned units now receive a bit more damage from attacks. The damage increase is a percentage.
-Stun inflict rate is about the same, but it now scales smoothly with Int comparison, rather than having rigid tiers of landing rates.
-The chance of recovering from Stun when struck has been significantly reduced.
-Str's influence on Stun recover is now, basically, Str - Lv*2. This means that pure mages like Lich, Witch, Princess, etc do not see any increased chance to recover over the course of the game (but also no increased chance to be inflicted by Stun in the first place, since they keep pace with Witch's Int growth)
-Time Factor's influence on Stun recovery has been cut in half
-Stunned units now receive a bit more damage from attacks. The damage increase is a percentage.
#56
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24 August 2014 - 07:02 AM
Petrify can now hit and damage bosses, but will still not petrify them.
#57
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24 August 2014 - 07:51 AM
Pumpkin can now damage bosses, but Pumpkin damage is reduced against them.
#58
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27 August 2014 - 06:50 PM
UPDATE! Kind of. Actually, I just wanted to say that I've been hardcore looking for a new vehicle the past few days. If things go according to plan, I should be picking one up tomorrow, and then I'll have a life again. To the extent that hacking old, under-appreciated SNES games can be called a life.
#59
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29 August 2014 - 07:53 AM
UPDATE #2! New car purchased. Early dismissal from work on the horizon. Three day weekend. THE TIME FOR PROGRESS HAS COME.
#60
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29 August 2014 - 01:07 PM
Good news. I'd hate to say something like "I'll be here with bells on,"....so I won't...say that.
