PK's Rebalancing Mod

hobophobic · 2016-10-05T01:27:18.000Z

Everything is working now, thanks for all your hard work. This mod is amazing.

pisskop · 2016-10-06T01:50:12.000Z

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pisskop · 2016-10-06T02:03:33.000Z

Here we are, a patch.

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Adds in some more stuff, such as moving some demon surprises in and prototyping a cyborg with a fusion arm blaster.

Today I spent more time trying to add in insect meat as a source of nutrients than modding this up. I also started a pretty lucky character who found a fur store and is now dressed like a from head to toe in fur.

Taberone · 2016-10-06T13:33:34.000Z

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Is the Broken Cyborg a terminator now or something? Also, theres an error related to the churl for some reason. Not using mainline version, using the patch you posted.

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pisskop · 2016-10-06T14:50:36.000Z

It was a bad git dingy.

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Ive taken smells away from most doom monsters. They have good nightvision anyway. But git was sure I was confused and did that.

But its fixeded now. And well no, thats actually a carbon copy of broken cyborg. He will either be a lab spawn or an evo of the broken cyborg. Im thinking the former. But I didnt even rename him. His eminence

pisskop · 2016-10-07T01:22:46.000Z

-So I buffed the prm marine underlay slightly by reducing its weight a little and adding superfancy and by adding 2 storage (500mL)
-Ive added the cyborg guard to spawn lists. It spawns primarily, but not only, in labs as a rare spawn.

GitHub

pisskop/PKs_Rebalancing

PKs_Rebalancing - Pisskop's Rebalancing Mod for Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead

^^ this is probably going to be my goto for small updates like this.

Garfink · 2016-10-07T06:56:51.000Z

Pisskop, will your new version of PK’s Reimagining Mod work with the Overmap Rebalancing Mod?

(It says on his mod that it was made with the Old version of your mod in mind and he isn’t sure if it works with your newer versions?) Thanks mate, you’re awesome.

P.S.
Seems to be working superficially, I am at least not getting any errors… BTW, I tried your hobo in burning house start… it is insanely difficult! How do you manage the drinking? Do you have to be drunk or just tipsy to avoid the withdraw? The burning house part isn’t so bad though… BUT the 1.5x spawns is insane! I had to make the zombies slower just to have a fighting chance… still die quick though… you can easily get swamped, makes raiding towns super dangerous and also makes for all the survival type skills actually essential now. (I am talking early game here, I haven’t been able to get any further than that…)

pisskop · 2016-10-07T18:56:43.000Z

the overmap balancing should yes. What he means is that he may not have all the new buildings that have been put in since the last update, nor was he able to account for any changes. Since he didnt update it since then.

Escaping the house is the hardest part. Assuming you are also playing as a hobo or similarly under-armored character, your next step is to grab armor and warm clothing. Assuming it is a nighttime start a flashlight is next, since you need to be able to see or take advantage of the darkness. Finally, you should be heading out of town before dayup comes, looting basements for their weapons, looting bodies for their supplies, and avoiding wasps, suspicious fields that house tunneling spiders, cockroaches, and the rare zombie that has no business being there.

I take a nighttime start, which has benefits and disadvantages. I take 2melee, 3computers, 2firstaid, and 2speaking, so skills are largely optional (but that 2melee really helps.
I also have been doing this kind of start for some time now. The static npc will always have a lighter and sometimes spawn with better things. they can help.

Garfink · 2016-10-07T21:35:31.000Z

I will keep trying! Thanks for the tips! This game is so so deep, I am totally in love with it! Melee huh… may save me from dying of a swarm of sewer rats maybe… I just died like that in a basement armed with a pocket knife… not good.

Question: The overmap rebalance mod, suggests the add_bandit mod and installing that mod, it recommends and I quote: “If you wish to use this mod along side PK’s Rebalance mod without conflicting monster_group files, simply overwrite the pk_spawn_list in PK’s mod with the one in here.” I was wondering if this should work with your current iteration of your mod? Or is it out of date and needs editing? Or doesn’t monster_groups change much between versions of your mod?

pisskop · 2016-10-07T21:37:07.000Z

Slings and slingshots work best against small dodgy things.
the overmap mod deals with overmap locations not monsters. it will work, or should work, even with any new stuff.

Garfink · 2016-10-07T21:41:41.000Z

[quote=“pisskop, post:370, topic:11323”]Slings and slingshots work best against small dodgy things.
the overmap mod deals with overmap locations not monsters. it will work, or should work, even with any new stuff.[/quote]

Wow, how many bothans died to bring us this info? LOL. Slings and slingshots, would never have guess. But I did noticed that a crossbow (if you happen to have one handy) works really well, probably for the same reason. (Of course you can just craft slings/slingshots easier I know.)

pisskop · 2016-10-08T18:44:08.000Z

Here is a compatibility patch for Cataclysm++ and pks-rebalancing.

Just pop it into your mod folder and make sure it is enabled after both.

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Garfink · 2016-10-08T20:27:44.000Z

Hey thanks! Just played it and so far so good.

pisskop · 2016-10-11T01:48:05.000Z

github.com

CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/ff6eed3453303870e3df9823b981eb9b50cb9b33/src/tutorial.cpp

#include "tutorial.h"

#include "coordinate_conversions.h"
#include "gamemode.h"
#include "game.h"
#include "map.h"
#include "output.h"
#include "action.h"
#include "overmapbuffer.h"
#include "translations.h"
#include "profession.h"
#include "overmap.h"
#include "trap.h"
#include "player.h"
#include "scent_map.h"

const mtype_id mon_zombie( "mon_zombie" );

std::vector<std::string> tut_text;

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CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/67668987fee36729cac0c24d9d7c99e8a29063a8/src/tutorial.h

#ifndef TUTORIAL_H
#define TUTORIAL_H

#include "json.h"

void load_tutorial_messages( JsonObject &jo );
void clear_tutorial_messages();

#endif

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CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/master/data/json/tutorial.json

[
  {
    "type": "tutorial_messages",
    "messages": [
      "Welcome to the Cataclysm tutorial!  As you play, pop-ups like this one will appear to guide you through the basic game actions.  Pressing spacebar will close the pop-up.",
      "The '@' character in the center of the screen represents you.  To move, you can use the numpad, the vikeys (hjklyubn), or the arrow keys.  To have your character wait in place, press '.'",
      "To see what the symbols around you mean, press ';'.  You'll be able to scroll around and get information on the terrain, monsters, and items in the world around you.",
      "That brown '+' next to you is a closed door.  To open it, either simply walk into it, or press 'o' and then a movement key.",
      "You can close an opened door by pressing 'c' and then a movement key.  Closing doors behind you can often slow down throngs of monsters greatly.",
      "Most monsters will have to smash their way through a closed door.  If a door is locked or stuck, you can smash it by pressing 's' and then a movement key.",
      "You can smash through windows by pressing 's' and then a movement key.  A smashed window takes a long time to climb through, and it's possible to hurt yourself on the broken glass, but it's a good last-ditch escape route.  You can smash through other things, too.",
      "You just stepped on a space with one or more items.  If you wish to pick it up, press ',' or 'g'.",
      "The nearby { is a display rack, and the blue background indicates that there are items there.  If you examine the square by pressing 'e', you can pick up items without moving to the square.",
      "The Examine command is useful for grabbing items off window frames, around corners, etc.  It's also used for interacting with a few terrain types.  Interactive terrain is usually designated with a '6' symbol.",
      "You don't have space in your inventory to store the item you just tried to pick up.  You need to wear something with storage space, like a backpack or cargo pants, to gain more storage space.",
      "The item you just picked up has been wielded as a weapon automatically.  This happened because you do not have space in your inventory to stash the item, and so you must carry it in your hand.  To expand your inventory space, try wearing clothing with a lot of storage space, like a backpack, or cargo pants.",
      "The item you just picked up has been wielded as a weapon automatically.  This happened because it is a good melee weapon, and you were empty-handed.  This usually is faster than than picking it up, then wielding it.",
      "The item you just picked up went into your inventory, the shared storage space of all the clothing you're wearing.  To view your inventory, press 'i'.  You can then press the letter of any item to get more information about it.",
      "The item you just picked up is a type of clothing!  To wear clothing, press W and then select an item.  To take off clothing, press T, or simply take it off and drop it in one action by pressing d.",
      "The item you just picked up is a good weapon!  To wield a weapon, press w, then pick what to wield.  To wield nothing, either drop your weapon with d, or press 'w-' to put it away.  A zombie has spawned nearby.  To attack it, simply move into it.",

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^^ those are mine. Ive got the idea that I can work around the code to make a functioning tutorial that isnt balls-deep in filth.

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Here be a patch

And here be a git representation of this patch

In it, a flying rifle will now rarely spawn and wreck everything. A robotic cop will taze you and spew forth police brutality. A security cyborg with a gunarm will murder you if you stand out in the open for him to.

in it, police stations can spawn robot and cyborg forces. Im working on trying to get roadblocks rehardcoded to spawn from a monsterlist instead of hardcoded mosnters, thus allowing me to sprinkle in more fun.

They are rare spawns, but I mean I walked into one police station and a tribot tried to rip my arms off. Soo… rare yes. But rare means inevitable in a game of chance.

Other things include, well, some monster spawn rebalancing. Added the riot shield to other spawn lists so you can find one should you look hard enough. like in prisons. prisons have a lot of fun guns.

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Heres out new friend in action. He has a mean melee attack as well as a rifle. I considered using an smg instead, and still might. we’ll see.

Its not so fun when monsters can use the same caliber attacks as the players, enh? :}

pisskop · 2016-10-11T22:19:40.000Z

o.O

The first of the new weapons. this one isn’t Doom per se, but its a step towards fast gunslinging.

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pisskop · 2016-10-11T22:20:05.000Z

o.O

The first of the new weapons. this one isn’t Doom per se, but its a step towards fast gunslinging. Which is what doom is.

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Taberone · 2016-10-12T13:40:04.000Z

Does the monster merger patch ever need to be updated?

pisskop · 2016-10-12T16:31:44.000Z

technically yee, but in reality not always.

the bio weapons appear in a few spawnlists, but i think the overlap with helidrone is power stations

ill make sure to post updates for it on occassion, but this time its not much

pisskop · 2016-10-13T01:37:14.000Z

:}

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Just surviving another day, amirite?

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pisskop · 2016-10-14T00:19:26.000Z

Aye.

doomguy now starts with a shotgun that should be acceptable. There is a standin for the supershotgun as well. Doom spawns have been reworked so expect not to find whole sections of lab overrun with imps. The doomguy megaarmor exoskeleton spawns with some charge in it, for immediate use should you choose. plutonium be rarish yo.

There are the new 410 bore guns and the .45s can befired from them. and vice versa, unfortuatously. There is some slight discrepency, namely that only the smaller ones can be shot from a .45. but I cant help that without hardcoding, so

✧ (ﾉ ◕Д◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ “in the future they solved that issue with science” ✧*:･ﾟ✧

And all of them will spawn.

patch? Patch.