Posted July 18, 2018 · Report post While we're here, and I feel dumb asking - but what exactly does randomizing the RNG do? I'm not really sure I understand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 18, 2018 · Report post What do you mean? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2018 · Report post In the randomizer, one of the options is "Randomize RNG." I mean, I understand what RNG is - but given that the RNG is just that, random number generator, I'm just not sure what randomizing it actually does. What effect/difference should I be seeing? I really can't tell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 19, 2018 · Report post It randomizes the randomness? I would guess this is more an option for advanced FF6 nerds - those that know how to abuse the default RNG, e.g. when encounters happen, how to force certain drops? The most obvious change might be encounter distribution; you'd probably still have the same amount of total encounters if you loop once through the RNG fully but with this they might be distributed differently, like the first 5 encounter come very soon and then you see a long time nothing. If FF6 has a way to seed the initial RNG forcibly this shuffle would make that technique void. Just a guess though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 20, 2018 · Report post ah, maybe i got it... since vanilla RNG sucks, that option might allow to use an actual RNG: i know there are 1 or 2 patches that tweak vanilla RNG, still i don't know if in this case Abyss used his own RNG customization though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted July 22, 2018 · Report post What do the optional patches do? For reference they are: splash_removal myself_core myself_menu_dance myself_menu_item Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 3, 2019 · Report post Not exactly sure how well the randomizer is going to play with 2.0 (soon to be released), so I'm gonna go ahead and unpin this pending an update from @abyssonym (should it happen). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites