Insane Difficulty: Development Discussion - Insane Difficulty

JCOnyx, on 11 September 2014 - 08:30 PM, said:

Dude, it's perfect as is (plus your credit if you can put it there). It's cool if you wanna do it all in one sitting, I do that a lot myself. But remember there's no rush with this, it will be a little while before I can update it.

Alright, here we are. The final version!



Now if you don't mind, I'm going to go play more of this game lol. Might continue with the vanilla file I started while camping as well to scout for potential changes.

JCOnyx, on 11 September 2014 - 09:19 PM, said:

Yep. Thanks again dude. Gonna continue working with MMX for a little bit before going back to Battle Network.

For anyone who's still interested about this project, I just wanted to update saying that the next version of it will take some time (be patient people!), but on the other hand it will include lots of content.

Basically, I'll try to get about 80% of the content or so in the next release (minus polishes and such), so yeah. Expect it to take more than 1 or 2 months.

Again, be patient people! I will be posting a lot more often to ask for feedback!

Also JCOnix, only reason I haven't updated the mod's image to yours yet is because I have to release a new version to do so.

I'm adding this fix/improvement hack into WotU, from the guy who's been helping me with all of the BN3 documentation, Prof.9 .

http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/933/

The result is... well, the exact game, but more pretty.

...I'm tired.

I've finished documenting the drops of each single enemy in the game, but designing them is extremely tedious. Just think that there are... More than 6000 drops in the entire game. And after I deisgn them, I have to change that number of bytes from the ROM.

...I guess I shouldn't have made that calculation. Sigh. *keeps working on the excel sheet*

We're all rooting for you from the sidelines, waiting for this. So Take Hart and keep it up.

Ty good man.

I like it, but can the subtitle also be in Yellow? That might look a little better...

Augestein, on 26 December 2014 - 11:39 PM, said:

I'm sorry, we've just run out of yellow in that size.

I think I remember trying it with yellow at first and it looked like there was just too much yellow or I couldn't get it to look right. My image editing skills aren't the greatest so it could just be that lol.

As of v.0.4.1 onwards, the chip and zenny rewards from random battles are completely customized. Please post any thoughts on the matter. I tried to make more codes relevant to the mid-end game, and I also tried to raise the % of chip drops overall. Better Bustin Ranks mean better chips, especially if you're rocking Custom Style (which you'll notice when I release more versions)

Happy busting.

I'm still not happy with the current difficulty, meaning it is too high for the content released.

Just finished nerfing some of the AI for the next version, and did a very important change for Day 5 - Nerfed the speed of the metal gears.

Also, I'll mention it again due to its importance - please post any and all feedback on the new drops. I have mixed feelings about it (although I still consider it an improvement over vanilla), so I need to know what you players think.

Alright, I went through day one of 0.4.2 and I have a major thing to point out.

I was going through all the areas, spending about 10 minutes in each to get a feel for all the drops. Just by doing that and my usual runs through ACDC (I jack out and back in for question #2 and #3 for the extra green data), I was able to get enough zenny to buy every single chip and HP Memory and have some left over. I did get a couple lucky 2000z datas and 1 1300z, but I never found myself buying everything in previous patches or vanilla. Zenny drops might be a little too high or the prices could go up a tiny bit.

Also, I have a feeling that your J, L deck configuration is really easy to achieve in the early game. I also had a hard time getting Bubble chips this time around, not sure why. Also, Bee's in the teachers comp surprised me and were challengingly fun.

JCOnyx, on 31 December 2014 - 07:03 PM, said:

That sounds like a serious amount of grinding / farming zenny. I want to design the mod to minimize the grinding. You made a good point about green mistery datas giving most of the zenny income, I didn't realise before. What I'm gonna do for a latter release is edit the zenny rewards of the green mistery datas, and nerf the shops a little bit more to compensate.

Also, it is intended for the palyer to be able to buy more than just 1 thing in the first few shops, then it being a little bit harder. Shops should present a tiny curve, where selecting what to buy and what to leave becomes a part of the mod.

JCOnyx, on 31 December 2014 - 07:03 PM, said:

Yes, that's entirely by design from my end. L and J are supposed to be easy starting codes. Bubble chips should be even easier to get than in vanilla (the codes you get though will vary from it). Glad to hear about the bees, heh.


In another news! While I'm getting close to finishing the documentation up to PlantMan's scenario, I'll be having my much deserved vacation. So the next release should be somewhere around the 20th at most. It also include a much needed nerf to the ModTools, already done from my end. You know those codes that you could input if you had no error messages for extra bonuses? You know, those that you could only get with guides? Yeah, those are gone. So no more free SuperArmor/MegaFolder1/Block/Shield/AirShoes etc. That shit was so broken in vanilla I couldn't even stand to use.

...Hell, you could in vanilla use FloatShoes and then install HP+1000 with no consequences. <.<

Just figured out the format to change every single Extra Folder. Now what evil things should I do with them...?

The next update will take quite a while.

It will include:

-Content up to the DesertMan Scenario (including customized Extra Folders!).
-Mod Tools (yay!) including a nerf on it (aww...).
-Battle Formations polish. I'm not happy with how some of the formations, mostly the ones in Yoka and Zoo areas.
-Mistery Data complete redesign (Only Zenny / chips. HP Memories, RegUp objects and Key Items are not getting modified or relocated).
-Shop prices polished.
-Zenny drops from enemies polished.

The next update will require starting a New Game. This is because the shop prices are getting severely polished, and any change in them requries a New Game. Also, because the economy of the game is getting redesigned (the expected Zenny per chapter, and the general prices and zenny drops), a New Game is required for the player to play with the intended amount of Zenny.

Any questions, feedback, curses or praise, let me know.

Sounds good to me. Looking forward to it.

Well, the scope of the next update has been expanded. Mainly because, after what I have to do for the initialscope (see post above), there's no point in delaying modding the whole game to increase the hype / feedback and so.

Things to do for the next version:
Documentation:
Document Green Mistery Data.
Document BMDs / PMDs / Battles offsets in the whole game (Done!).
Document Omega Navi survival battles.
Document Extra Folders. (Mostly done)
Document lotto tickets (or remove lotto machine).

List:
Make a list of all of the chips you get with unique rewards (BMDs, OW BMDs, Story rewards, job rewards, lotto machine, unique rewards).
Estimate how much Zenny the player should have per scenario.

Design:
Design BMDs, GMDs, OW BMDs, and other rewards.
Design Battle Formations.
Redesign the CopyMan event and replace him with MistMan (Done!).

Polish:
Polish Extra Folders (I have a concrete design for them but I need to test them further and polish them a lot more).
Polish battle formations
Polish chip damage (build it around auras)
Polish enemies HP (build it around Navi scenarios)
Polish enemies in Yoka Area (relocate enemies)

Also, to the one who's set on -1ing me, I'm very, very hurt.

Hart-Hunt, on 01 February 2015 - 01:27 PM, said:

Goddamn, you crazy bastard. That's a hella list.

Don't worry, I'll make it better.