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RavenOfRazgriz [Posts: 3030]
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  • [April 12, 2017, 02:52:53 AM]
Random Battle Editor - UPDATE: 4/12/2017
« on: April 12, 2017, 02:52:53 AM »
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Random Battles, how do they work, right?

Well, thanks to Xifanie providing me with some documentation and a trip to McDonald's for some delicious coffee, even you, dear user, can now know exactly how Random Battles actually work, and edit them to your liking!  This tool even allows editing of Deep Dungeon Random Battles!  Saving and Loading uses the same logic as my ATTACK.OUT Editor Special Awesome, allowing .XML files to be saved and loaded from the included .XML Directory and custom-named WLDCORE.BINs loaded from the included .BIN Directory.




How it works:
  • "Random Battle Location" is the dot on the map in which a Random Battle can occur in.  This includes the 19 "Green Dot" locations from the main game as well as the ten floors of the Deep Dungeon.
  • "Battle Index" is what is more colloquially called the "direction" the battle is engaged from.  Each location has data for three different directions, even if that dot has less than three possible approaching points.
  • "Squad ID" is which Squadron in the ATTACK.OUT is loaded for this random battle.  NOTE: Only Squadrons 0200 to 02FF are valid.
  • "Path Battle Appears On" is the path along the world map Ramza much approach the location from to trigger this random battle.
  • "Variable to Unlock" is the variable which controls when Random Battles unlock.  By default, this is the Shop Progression Variable.  This can be changed for individual locations or changed globally via the "Set Global Values" button.
  • "ENTDs" are the 8 potential ENTDs each Index can load.  By default, Vanilla uses doubles in each of these entries to give each ENTD a 25% chance of loading.  The only time this behavior is changed is when what have been dubbed "Rare" battles were utilized.  Adjusting which ENTDs are available allows for adjusting how common or rare each formation is.  NOTE:  Only ENTDs 0001 to 00FF are valid.
  • "Battle Set" 1-4 is the data for the four instances of progression allocated to each Random Battle Index.  "Variable Max" is the max value the progression variable can contain before it moves on to the next set.  The checkboxes determine which ENTDs are allowed into the randomization process.  "Encounter %" adjusts the exact encounter rate for that Set while it is active.  The different aspects of the Battle Sets can be adjusted via the "Set Global Values" button.

« Last Edit: April 12, 2017, 05:06:36 PM by RavenOfRazgriz »
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    CONMAN [Posts: 295]
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    • [April 12, 2017, 03:29:28 AM]
    Re: Random Battle Editor RELEASE: 4/11/2017
    « Reply #1 on: April 12, 2017, 03:29:28 AM »
    Damn! Back with a vengeance Raven! I'll have to check back on this when I sober up! It looks awesome!
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    • [April 12, 2017, 08:33:51 AM]
    Re: Random Battle Editor RELEASE: 4/11/2017
    « Reply #2 on: April 12, 2017, 08:33:51 AM »
    Raven, I love you!

    Plus, y'know, it's good to know you're alive. :P
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    • [April 12, 2017, 04:51:26 PM]
    Re: Random Battle Editor - UPDATE: 4/12/2017
    « Reply #3 on: April 12, 2017, 04:51:26 PM »
    EDIT: Secondary update released to fix an issue with the ENTD checkboxes.  Download is updated.

    UPDATE!

    The "Set Global Values" button has been updated.  It now not only allows you to perform a global modification of which variable unlocks Random Battles and their Encounter %, but also globally modify which ENTDs are introduced into the randomization in which Battle Set and when each Battle Set's Max Value Check is.  This means it would be easy to, say, make it so every random battle location unlocks a new battle at the start of each Chapter, as some people used to believe they functioned ages ago.  (The defaults for Set Global Value are actually configured implement this immediately to a vanilla game!)

    See the new version below:



    Quote from: CONMAN on April 12, 2017, 03:29:28 AM
    Damn! Back with a vengeance Raven! I'll have to check back on this when I sober up! It looks awesome!
    It's pretty sweet, and I just made it better.  I'm not so much 'back wit a vengeance' as much as I'm just better than I used to be at these things.  I can make nicer-looking and more functional programs in a day than I used to be able to in weeks when I was active before.
    Quote from: kyozo22 on April 12, 2017, 08:33:51 AM
    Raven, I love you!

    Plus, y'know, it's good to know you're alive. :P
    I'm not alive.  I'm a spoopy ghost making shitty programs from the afterlife to remind you all that you're here forever.
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