Mega Man X: NEW Hard Type (WIP - Alpha Release) 0.1.0

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Patch must be applied to a Mega Man X (U), UNHEADERED ROM .
There's two patches included in the download, one for the v1.0 of the ROM, and one for the v1.1 of the ROM.
Patching into the wrong version of the ROM will lead to glitches and bugs all over the place.

Mega Man X: NEW Hard Type
Mega Man X: New Hard Type is a WIP retake of the Mega Man X: Hard Type mod. It greatly expands the scope of the project with the addition of new modding tools that allow more radical redesign of the levels.

List of changes for the final version:

Level changes: Every single level will be redesigned from scratch. More enemies, completely new, reimagined areas. Upgrades locations completely relocated and others. Note that while this is called "Hard Type", it's simply a reimagine of the old stages with a more competent difficulty curve, and should not be mistagged with names like "Kaizo". Such concepts are out of this project's scope.

Gameplay rebalances:

Upgrades get a few more uses for further rebalance between them.

  • X starts the game with dash enabled.
  • Leg Upgrade allows for higher jump height, and decreased wall slide speed. When combined with the Arm Upgrade, it also allows for faster ladder climbing.
  • Head Upgrade recovers half of a SubTank's capacity each die X dies.
  • Body Upgrade now only reduces 25% of incoming damage.
  • Arm Upgrade functions the same as the original: Enables third level charge of the buster and allows for special weapons charging.
  • Hadouken is not longer a 1-shot and it's easier to fire / land. Details to come.
  • Zero gives an upgrade to X after the Vile battle. No spoilers.

Other gameplay rebalances.

  • X gets a SubTank for every 2 SubTank Pieces. By grabbing all 4 SubTank Pieces, you get 2 SubTanks total. SubTank Piece Counter added in the pause screen.
  • Infinite Lives. Death Counter up to 999 added in the pause screen.
  • Weapon speeds get rebalanced. Weapon damage gets rebalanced. Weapon usage cost gets rebalanced. Duration of Sting Chameleon's charged attack gets rebalanced (Yes, I typed that separatedly).
  • Invincible frames after hit are slightly reduced (emphasis on the word slightly).
  • Health drop rates are unchanged.
  • "Spec Mode" (Little button in the bottom left in the Select Stage screen) now includes difficulty labels for all stages, so the player can pick a stage with the difficulty they want most. They also include the upgrades in the stage as well.
  • Stages can be exited at any given time, with no need to beat them first. Only notable exception is Highway Stage (since it's the Intro Stage).

Enemies get their fair rebalance, as well.

  • Enemies get faster and more reactive.
  • Enemies deal more damage.
  • Enemies are more grouped and better synergized.
  • Enemies drink your tears.

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Patch must be applied to a Mega Man X (U), UNHEADERED ROM .
There's two patches included in the download, one for the v1.0 of the ROM, and one for the v1.1 of the ROM.
Patching into the wrong version of the ROM will lead to glitches and bugs all over the place.

Credits:

  • Xeeynamo, for creating the MMXE 0.7.1 Beta editor. This project wouldn't have even started without this wonderful tool; huge thanks to you. Xeeynamo's website: http://digitalwork.altervista.org/
  • justin3009 of the Megaman X9 Forums, for his great help in ASM hacking.
  • Red Guy, for improving the MegaED X editor to levels I didn't even believe were possible. Thanks to you, the MMX community will hopefully be encouraged to release more of these projects. Just... Thank you.
  • BTB, Advent and Stann for their help on improving the dialogue. You guys rock. \m/
  • Every Beta Tester or player who has given feedback for this project so far. (Names in the forum thread)
  • Everyone in Insane Difficulty, giving me support, constructive opinions, suggestions. http://ww.insanedifficulty.com
  • The crew in New Game +. http://www.ngplus.net

What's New in Version 0.1.0   See changelog

Released

Level changes:

  • Chill Penguin's stage redesigned. Boss battle is the same as vanilla - will be modded in a latter version.
  • General tweaks in already released stages.

Enemy changes:

  • Rebalanced speed values of enemies present in all stages.

Engine changes:

  • X's dying animation is a lot shorter.
  • READY text animation when spawning is a lot shorter. Both changes allow for faster respawning and gameplay.
  • Leg Capsule in Chill Penguin's stage now adds: Higher jump, slower sliding down of walls, and break breakable blocks by kicking.

Dialogue changes:

  • Dr. Light's dialogue with the Leg Capsule was redesigned to reflect the new changes.

As always, a lot of background work with misc changes that is not worth mentioning.


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