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About this mod
An item, gameplay and world randomizer for the Master Collection version of METAL GEAR SOLID 2: Sons of Liberty!
Experience MGS2 again with a fresh and unique experience: randomize item & weapon spawns, C4 locations, and more with the MGS2 Randomizer!
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The first randomizer for the Master Collection version of METAL GEAR SOLID 2: Sons of Liberty!
How do I use this?
Installation
Presently, I don't plan to add anything else. I'll try to fix any and all bugs that are reported, but that is all I have planned. If you like the project and would like to support it to see more stuff added to the randomizer(I do have ideas!), please support me on Ko-Fi! Any and all donations are greatly appreciated <3
How do I use this?
Installation
- Auto-updatable Installation: Download and run the installer - after the installation completes, you will automatically download any updates to the randomizer whenever they may happen.
OR - Portable Installation: Download the latest Github release and run a standalone version of the MGS2 Randomizer. Feel free to ping me to see if the portable version is the latest version(I am not great at remembering to update the Github releases).
- Launch the MGS2 Randomizer app.
- Make sure the MGS2 Location is accurate to your MGS2 installation folder by using the "Browse" button and using the window that opens to select your installed METAL GEAR SOLID2.exe.
- Pick your desired settings for randomization.
- Click "Randomize Game Files"! After some time(more options selected means randomization will take longer) your game files will be automatically modified.
- After randomization, in your user Documents folder, a spoilerfile will be created with the created seed #, the options you selected to create the randomization, and what items/weapons have been placed where.
- After randomization, in your user Documents folder, a spoilerfile will be created with the created seed #, the options you selected to create the randomization, and what items/weapons have been placed where.
- Once you get notice that it's done, just launch MGS2 and you're good to go - no need to keep the MGS2 Randomizer app open.
- Randomize "placed" items, not just the contents of them!
- The PC Substance version randomizer is fantastic, but this randomizer takes it even further so you can visually see if you care
about going over to the placed item.
- The PC Substance version randomizer is fantastic, but this randomizer takes it even further so you can visually see if you care
- Randomize starting items!
- Tired of always starting the Tanker with the M9? Roll the dice and you might start with empty Magazines instead!
- Note: all of the normal starting items will be placed into the randomization pool with this option enabled
- Randomize automatically awarded items!
- Olga may have used a USP to fight you... but you might pull Chaff grenades out of her pockets instead. And who knows, maybe Stillman will
give you C4 and some bandages! - Note: all of the automatically awarded items will be placed into the randomization pool with this option enabled
- Olga may have used a USP to fight you... but you might pull Chaff grenades out of her pockets instead. And who knows, maybe Stillman will
- Randomize the Control Units on the Tanker!
- The normal spawns are so 2001. Why not live a little and move them around a little bit?
- Note: the control unit placements have been manually picked so they don't spawn somewhere you can't shoot them. Each control unit has
up to 6 different positions it can spawn.
- Randomize Fatman's pre-planted Sensor A bomb locations!
- Maybe the bomb will be where it's supposed to be, maybe it will be hidden in plain sight, or maybe it will be tucked away somewhere you
rarely go! - Note: the bomb placements have been manually picked so they don't spawn somewhere you can't defuse them. Each bomb has between 3 and
8 new places it can spawn. - ⚠️ WARNING: Sensor A does NOT accurately reflect the new bomb positions. ⚠️
- Maybe the bomb will be where it's supposed to be, maybe it will be hidden in plain sight, or maybe it will be tucked away somewhere you
- Randomize EF Connecting Bridge claymores!
- If you're tired of not being afraid of the bridge, we've got you covered. Just so you're aware, you might run into a claymore coming right out of the door :^)
- If you're tired of not being afraid of the bridge, we've got you covered. Just so you're aware, you might run into a claymore coming right out of the door :^)
- Randomize Pickup Spawns - This option, when enabled, will cause spawned items/weapons/ammo to be randomized according to the options selected below in this group.
- Seed Always Beatable - This option will make sure progressive weapons/items never spawn in an area you do not have access to.
- Restrict Nikita to Shell 2 - This option will make sure the Nikita always spawns somewhere in Shell 2 before the Purification Chamber, so you don't get soft-locked if you missed it and 'Seed Always Beatable' is enabled.
- All Weapons Will Spawn - This option will make sure weapons will not spawn in optional spawns, so you will have access to all of them throughout the game.
- Randomize Rations - This will add Rations to the randomization pool. (If you are playing on Extreme or above: any item that is randomized into a position where a ration normally spawns WILL NOT SPAWN and RATIONS STILL WILL NOT SPAWN. Essentially, you just won't have nearly as much ammo as a normal run as progressive items will be unaffected.)
- Randomize Starting Items - You will no longer be guaranteed M9, Camera, AP Sensor and Cigs on Tanker; nor AP Sensor and Binoculars on Plant.
- Randomize Automatic Rewards - Automatic rewards will be randomized into the pool. This includes: USP on Tanker; SOCOM, Coolant, Sensor A, BDU, Phone, and MO Disc on Plant.
- Add Cards to Randomization Pool - If automatic rewards are enabled, you can enable this option to add cards to the randomization pool.
- Keep Unique Items to Vanilla Card Levels - If cards are in the randomization pool, you can enable this option to keep items at their 'native' spawn level. (AKS-74u will be behind a Lv2 door, PSG-1 will be behind a Lv3 door, etc...)
- Randomize Bomb Locations - Randomize where all sensor A bombs during the bomb defusal segment spawn.
- Randomize EF Connecting Bridge Claymores - Randomize where the claymores spawn on the EF Connecting Bridge.
- Randomize Tanker Control Units - Randomize where control units spawn in the engine room on the Tanker.
- Custom Seed - Use a known seed to replicate a randomized run! Be sure to set your options up to match the one the seed originally had on creation to get accurate results.
- Sometimes textures don't load correctly on items for items on the KL Connecting Bridge and the Strut A Deep Sea Dock. For the Deep Sea Dock, this may make some items fail to spawn. Don't worry though, none of those spawns will be progressive items :^)
Presently, I don't plan to add anything else. I'll try to fix any and all bugs that are reported, but that is all I have planned. If you like the project and would like to support it to see more stuff added to the randomizer(I do have ideas!), please support me on Ko-Fi! Any and all donations are greatly appreciated <3