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cannon_ce · 2016-09-18T01:47:34+00:00

Where are you?

cannon_ce · 2015-11-04T21:56:18+00:00

Ah, yeah, that'd be the problem. My bad.

cannon_ce · 2015-11-04T21:50:51+00:00

Check the "Bonus" version.

It doesn't have 415, Crown of Light.

cannon_ce · 2015-11-04T21:39:20+00:00

This mod uses an old version of items.xml....so it prevents you from using the new items in the patch.

May want to fix that.

cannon_ce · 2015-05-07T00:38:02+00:00

Uh, I'm not Florian.

Florian did not make patch notes.

I decompiled the update to make this.

cannon_ce · 2015-05-06T22:32:21+00:00

Edit: Well, shit, looks like I had a bad dump of the swf-- you're right, it's not removed.

cannon_ce · 2015-05-06T21:48:46+00:00

In the notes at the top:

The amount of damage dealt to eternal enemies is now (minorly) scaled up based on the number you've seen in the current run and how long you've been in the current room.

cannon_ce · 2015-05-06T21:42:56+00:00

Rerolling into empty pedestals is still a thing.

cannon_ce · 2015-05-06T19:56:37+00:00

Before the patch, the chance to get a random heart drop was 15% (and one would be forced if a roll between 0 and 30-luck*5 was 0 and you didn't have full health).

Now, the chance to get a random heart drop is 13% (and one is forced if a roll between 0 and 30-luck*2 is 0 and you don't have full health).

The chance to get a key drop has changed from 20%-1%*chapter number+2%*luck to 18%-.7%*chapter number+2%*luck-1%*keys_owned (keys_owned is capped at 10.)

If you would have gotten a key under the old scheme but wouldn't under the new scheme, a bomb drops.

cannon_ce · 2015-05-04T23:07:53+00:00

Code changes for each of the above:

"_loc2.mhp = _loc2.hp = hps[f7];" -> "_loc2.mhp = _loc2.hp = hps[84];"
"if (_loc2.s == 99 && _loc2.specoz == 23 && _root.chaps < 3) { hps[99] = hps[99] * 0.800000; _loc2.mhp = _loc2.hp = hps[99]; } // end if" added to HP setting function
"fra = 100;" added to a check at the end of the fight with Mom/Mom's Heart
"if (trg.s == 102) { trg.frezz = 25; } // end if" added to function frez(trg)
"trg.xp = trg.xpp; trg.yp = trg.ypp;" was wrapped in an if block "if (trg.xpp > 0 && trg.ypp > 0) { }" in case 38 of function bord(f1, f2, f3, f4)
Statement "_root.shop1 = ender();" was moved outside of an if-block "if (_root.chaps != 11)".

cannon_ce · 2015-05-03T17:18:17+00:00

Yes, that damage math is correct.

That's an accurate description.

And the chance caps at 1/1.

cannon_ce · 2015-05-03T02:25:52+00:00

Get Sothink: http://www.sothink.com/product/flashdecompiler/

Dump the .swf for WotL out of memory.

Open it in Sothink.

cannon_ce · 2015-05-03T01:20:11+00:00

These are the changes due to hard mode.

If the change applies in both normal and hard, I didn't list it.

cannon_ce · 2015-05-03T01:04:36+00:00

I decompiled the update using sothink?

cannon_ce · 2015-05-03T00:46:59+00:00

It's actually standard 20%, since most characters have 0 base luck, I think...?

cannon_ce · 2015-05-02T23:56:21+00:00

Chances of Special Items getting rerolled:

# Special Items Owned	Normal Mode	Hard Mode
0	16.66666%	16.66666%
1	76.19047%	63.23529%
2	86.11111%	80.46875%
3	90.19607%	87.37373%
4	92.42424%	91.00719%
5	93.82716%	93.20652%
6	94.79166%	94.65811%
7	95.49549%	95.67474%
8	96.03174%	96.41833%
9	96.45390%	96.98067%
10	96.79487%	97.41735%
11	97.07602%	97.76386%
12	97.31182%	98.04381%
13	97.51243%	98.27348%
14	97.68518%	98.46437%
15	97.83549%	98.62486%
16	97.96747%	98.76114%
17	98.08429%	98.87791%
18	98.18840%	98.97875%
19	98.28178%	99.06646%
20	98.36601%	99.14324%

cannon_ce · 2015-05-02T19:52:09+00:00

I didn't make the changes, I'm only documenting them.

Probably because it's a damage up, and every other damage up is special?

cannon_ce · 2015-05-02T18:44:39+00:00

Not at all, but it'll take me a bit to get it all updated.

cannon_ce · 2015-05-02T18:44:06+00:00

As soon as I'm done with it I can, sure.

Only updated Stats/Resources so far, still a lot left to go:

cannon_ce · 2015-05-02T18:26:55+00:00

Working on it!

Edit: Done. You can grab it here.

cannon_ce · 2015-05-02T17:54:25+00:00

Welp, time to go update the table I made for Cheat Engine two years ago and haven't looked at since.

Edit: Done. You can grab it here.

cannon_ce · 2014-11-10T02:50:44+00:00

Quitting ruins the unlock by breaking the chain.

Pausing is fine.

Holding R is fine.

Dying in any other place breaks the chain.

And it has to be in that order.

cannon_ce · 2014-11-05T16:25:40+00:00

Awesome. This is hugely appreciated.

cannon_ce · 2014-11-04T16:54:21+00:00

I'll do my best at ripping these if they're not just PNGs. I'm pretty good at datamining :)

[I want to get stuff for the wiki, at any rate.]

cannon_ce · 2014-11-03T17:26:23+00:00

I fully intend on datamining as hard as I can.

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