Mod is cool, I really enjoy it only annoying factor is that I always have to start a brand new game since the arena challenges don't reset along with the missions which is a pretty big oversight in my mind. If you do continue to work on this mod would love to see the optional challenges from like killing the ghost gets you a reroll added. I don't know how easy or hard that would be but it would be cool. Either way thank you for the mod so far really enjoying it.
To be absolutely sure, I reinstalled the game, deleted all my saves (I can always save edit to get any part I want), and overrode regulation.bin with your modded version to bypass any potential issues with ModEngine. The starting build is replaced, but parts are rarely awarded before Mission 4 and stop completely after that.
If you ever work on it again, I have suggestions:
Add an option to randomize the starting build. I'm not sure if this is balanced, but the dev can't possibly put in the man-hours to test this, so let us do it.
Randomly rotate a selection of parts in the shop instead of awarding them randomly. This solves the issue of pure-randomness killing a run at no fault of the player. Without purchasing, COAM is meaningless and there is no incentive to avoid damage and conserve ammo.
Make perma-death optional. The missions are built around dying and retrying. It's optimistic to expect a 0% death rate, especially if there is a chance to be shafted by the part rotation. Increase repair and ammo costs so the player can still soft fail a run if they die too often and can't afford the optimal parts for the current mission selection.
after loading my modded save the game crashes when i try to go to assembly. it was working fine yesterday until i closed it and tried to load the old save
This mod is sick, it's a shame it's also deeply frustrating.
I made it all the way to wall climber without seeing a single gun drop. Not one generator, not one booster, not one FCS.
I'd really like to see some sort of increase to drop count, so you're not stuck with the worst mech in the history of armored robots. It's unplayable in some missions and if you don't get good parts quickly you're SOL. A run can be made or broken by getting a Haldman/Zimmerman/Songbird with a Mingtang generator or a VP20c.
I get the whole thing is 'start from nothing' but given how horrible the starting AC Is, there needs to be a way to *Get* more than nothing.
Otherwise interesting, not something I"d keep playing but neat.
My guess is that there shouldn't be more parts given, nor better ones, but maybe tweaking the randomness to add variety in what you get, for example decreasing your chances to get legs if you already got one pair in a previous mission.
Not garanteeing anything, but simply improving the odds, because I also experienced wallclimber without weapons.
It can be at time a bit frustrating to get 4 head parts in a row (yeah it happened to me^^).
Now I haven't succeeded at wallclimber, but I guess the difficulty would keep decreasing as you advance in the story, which is another (opposite) issue; someone able to beat chapter 1 with the wreck AC would probably later on with better gear just walz throught the game.
I love this mod! It feels completely unfair and unforgiving, in a good way; because when you fight a battle, you really feel you are risking your skin. Plus you really get investing in your AC, with all its issues, it feels like your first car.
been tryna play this but i cant get the install to stick, placed the 2 other mods as DLLs, wont read em, nothing is working as it should... could you put a config_armoredcore6.toml file set as with all the necessary mods in the "mod" folder?
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To be absolutely sure, I reinstalled the game, deleted all my saves (I can always save edit to get any part I want), and overrode regulation.bin with your modded version to bypass any potential issues with ModEngine. The starting build is replaced, but parts are rarely awarded before Mission 4 and stop completely after that.
If you ever work on it again, I have suggestions:
Add an option to randomize the starting build. I'm not sure if this is balanced, but the dev can't possibly put in the man-hours to test this, so let us do it.
Randomly rotate a selection of parts in the shop instead of awarding them randomly. This solves the issue of pure-randomness killing a run at no fault of the player. Without purchasing, COAM is meaningless and there is no incentive to avoid damage and conserve ammo.
Make perma-death optional. The missions are built around dying and retrying. It's optimistic to expect a 0% death rate, especially if there is a chance to be shafted by the part rotation. Increase repair and ammo costs so the player can still soft fail a run if they die too often and can't afford the optimal parts for the current mission selection.
I made it all the way to wall climber without seeing a single gun drop. Not one generator, not one booster, not one FCS.
I'd really like to see some sort of increase to drop count, so you're not stuck with the worst mech in the history of armored robots. It's unplayable in some missions and if you don't get good parts quickly you're SOL. A run can be made or broken by getting a Haldman/Zimmerman/Songbird with a Mingtang generator or a VP20c.
I get the whole thing is 'start from nothing' but given how horrible the starting AC Is, there needs to be a way to *Get* more than nothing.
Otherwise interesting, not something I"d keep playing but neat.
Not garanteeing anything, but simply improving the odds, because I also experienced wallclimber without weapons.
It can be at time a bit frustrating to get 4 head parts in a row (yeah it happened to me^^).
Now I haven't succeeded at wallclimber, but I guess the difficulty would keep decreasing as you advance in the story, which is another (opposite) issue; someone able to beat chapter 1 with the wreck AC would probably later on with better gear just walz throught the game.
It feels completely unfair and unforgiving, in a good way; because when you fight a battle, you really feel you are risking your skin.
Plus you really get investing in your AC, with all its issues, it feels like your first car.
Edit: needed to put 2 of the "\" symbol in the file path, works now
Is it still worked on? I think having a roguelike mod for this game is a very good idea!
Thank you!