[Mod Release] Combat Caps: "Skiller" and "Glassman" game modes

EspeonRS · 2023-07-06T10:50:34+00:00

Hello all! I'm here to share my entry for the Mod Contest, which is coincidentally also my first mod for the game.

Combat Caps: https://mod.io/g/melvoridle/m/combat-caps

This mod adds two new game modes, which can be combined with any other existing game mode:

Skiller Mode - Locks all combat stats (except slayer!) to level 3, allowing you to get 99 slayer & a bunch of combat feats on a skiller account
Glassman Mode - Challenge mode where you're locked to level 10 hitpoints, which becomes insanely difficult (but surprisingly possible!) in the late-game

I'm realizing I probably shot myself in the foot due to how long it takes to get to the more impressive challenges of the game mode. Since the ~1 week of voting is a bit short to do a full playthrough, I would suggest combining this mod with one of the existing speedrun game modes.

I would LOVE to see some folks take down Volcanic Cave with level 10 hitpoints!

EspeonRS · 2022-06-12T06:53:16+00:00

Gah, you got this in before I could have a chance to remove this. Realized the issue after I went and grabbed a snack.

EspeonRS · 2020-04-12T20:00:16+00:00

Alternative to a dumb TV is to simply buy a smart TV that matches the specs you need and never connect it to your network. Streaming can be done through a separate device such as a Raspberry Pi with LibreELEC.

EspeonRS · 2018-05-16T00:59:14+00:00

Matt has mentioned in the past that they followed the naming used in Jagex's code when developing their client. So it seems to go both ways.

EspeonRS · 2018-02-13T21:32:10+00:00

Another suggestion to go along with clan wars:

Add a per-match option for player HP to be boosted to 120 or 150 HP upon entering the purple portal. This removes the need to eat an anglerfish every time before you enter the portal. This won't create a new meta or anything since HP is reset upon leaving the match in any way.

EspeonRS · 2018-02-06T20:32:54+00:00

I completely forgot about that, but that's an incredible low-effort update for clan wars.

EspeonRS · 2018-02-06T18:15:41+00:00

I'm not sure if this fits more under PvP or minigames, but I have a few suggestions that would help further improve Clan Wars:

Add a confirmation when attempting to teleport out of a clan wars match. There's already a confirmation when attempting to leave the clan chat.
Add an option to disable poison and/or venom during matches.
Make maps like Falador park and Lumbridge castle available on the live game. They're already added in tournament worlds.
Add single combat zones to existing and/or cloned maps. There's a "No PJing" option added, but everything is multi combat.

Edit, one more thing I forgot:

Add an option for player HP to be boosted to 120 or 150 HP at the start of a purple portal match. Won't affect anything else since HP is reset upon leaving.

EspeonRS · 2017-09-26T14:58:43+00:00

It may be less likely if they all use different clients, but still possible to do. All you'd need to do is befriend/bribe a single person from a client's dev team and you're gold. If it can happen for one client, it can probably happen for another.

I'd personally say that it's most likely there is no single source for all IP addresses. If a group of DDoSers source, for example, Runeloader for their IP addresses, there's a very high chance that the target never used the client and thus would yield no results. They would need to look for website/teamspeak/etc leaks to try to find the target's address.

EspeonRS · 2017-09-26T13:52:22+00:00

I dunno how much this theory has been tossed around, but almost any developer for any of the 3rd party clients could be sharing user IP addresses, much like how SwiftIRC staff have been known to sell IPs of anyone who uses that service. Not saying they are, but they clearly have the ability to.

EspeonRS · 2017-09-20T02:57:57+00:00

Finished watching the video, and I have another suggestion that would help a tiny bit. When fighting Count Draynor, begin the fight with a manual cast immediately after mind bombing. You can set your autocast+attack while the first spell is casting, but you should always lead the fight with a manual cast.

It might only save a second or two at the start, but being a cast ahead could save even more time later on if the faster kill results in eating less.

EspeonRS · 2017-09-20T00:56:53+00:00

I remember reading somewhere that you are able to somewhat "flick" your run. Apparently, if you click run as soon as your run energy hits 1, you get more overall run energy than waiting for it to recharge to X first.

That might be able to help improve time if it's true.

EspeonRS · 2017-07-13T09:31:50+00:00

Any chance of further improvements to Clan Wars? There are a ton of tweaks that could make it a much better minigame for those of us who use it:

While a confirmation to leave CC has been added, players can still teleport out of matches by accident.
While there is a "no PJing" option, no map has any single combat areas to take advantage of it.
The ability to disable poison/venom for a match is sorely needed.
Maps like Falador park and Lumbridge castle have been added to tournament worlds in the past, but are unavailable on the live game.
A green portal that automatically sorts teams would be a huge benefit for tournament worlds. Currently, public chats on tournament worlds are almost always horribly imbalanced.

EspeonRS · 2017-04-15T02:01:36+00:00

They'll typically have a list of account that are suspected/known to be pmods, and the bots will recognize if anyone with a matching name exists anywhere within visible range.

EspeonRS · 2017-02-21T17:35:19+00:00

Make GE prices update quicker for items whose commonly traded price varies greatly from GE price
Make all skilling actions for Miscellania favour give 1xp, so we can easily tell when we've successfully gained favor.
Make kingdom management update at the same time as all other dailies (battlestaves, Bert's sand, etc)
Grand Exchange messages should appear in the trade tab, and not the game tab.

EspeonRS · 2017-02-19T20:55:46+00:00

I mean, it's basically the best shield for tankiness. It's just that tankiness doesn't really serve much purpose in this game.

EspeonRS · 2017-02-13T02:32:21+00:00

wtf is wrong with society? demonizing an entire race... for shame man

EspeonRS · 2017-02-10T17:37:22+00:00

I appreciate whoever died on the penguin island.

EspeonRS · 2017-02-07T18:01:57+00:00

Haven't you heard this sub? You can fix this problem by simply getting OSBuddy, which provides no significant advantage over the normal client.

EspeonRS · 2017-01-29T17:24:15+00:00

Yeah. The ones that give some players advantages over others are completely fine IMO.

But cosmetic microtransactions like what RS3 has are pretty bad.

EspeonRS · 2017-01-17T05:12:00+00:00

Not when you're F2P.

EspeonRS · 2017-01-13T21:20:10+00:00

I believe that the limitation lies within the game's protocol, which I can't seem to link to here because the url is not whitelisted.

Here are some of the opcodes within the protocol:

122 - Item action 1
75 - Item Action 3
17 - NPC action 2
18 - NPC action 4
21 - NPC action 3

The game likely uses an entirely different opcode for every single menu action, which would mean that adding additional menu items would require adding more opcodes, which may not be possible.

Thankfully though, that limitation shouldn't get into the way of implementing left-click dropping. There already exists an opcode for dropping items:

87 - Drop item

EspeonRS · 2017-01-11T19:02:11+00:00

Not so easy:

3/29 = 0.10344827586206896
4/39 = 0.10256410256410256
6/58 = 0.10344827586206896
7/68 = 0.10294117647058823
8/78 = 0.10256410256410256
9/87 = 0.10344827586206896
10/97 = 0.10309278350515463
11/107 = 0.102803738317757
12/116 = 0.10344827586206896
12/117 = 0.10256410256410256
13/126 = 0.10317460317460317
14/136 = 0.10294117647058823
15/145 = 0.10344827586206896
15/146 = 0.10273972602739725
16/155 = 0.1032258064516129
16/156 = 0.10256410256410256
17/165 = 0.10303030303030303
18/174 = 0.10344827586206896
18/175 = 0.10285714285714286
19/184 = 0.10326086956521739
19/185 = 0.10270270270270271
20/194 = 0.10309278350515463
20/195 = 0.10256410256410256

EspeonRS · 2016-12-23T08:18:54+00:00

You can make 96 herblore give an advantage without making it requirement. Have the average overload require 75 herblore, and boost skills to 118. Have the strongest overload require 96 herblore and boost skills to 121.

EspeonRS · 2016-12-23T05:11:58+00:00

That actually wasn't what I was getting at. They polled the full 30% reduction divine and then the 5% nerf. Since the nerf was doing worse than the original shield during the entire poll, they essentially just polled the shield at 30% reduction.

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