Re: Project Phoenix!

by **Floki** Wed 20 Mar 2019 - 13:24

Couldn't help but laugh at the new armos boss lol

Project Phoenix! - Page 8 Lol

I wouldn't say its impossible to beat, but with no sword and boomerang its definately challenging!

by **Euclid** Sat 20 Apr 2019 - 0:15

Alright lazy ass me has (first taken a break and) finally come up with a compromise for kholdstare.

Hard mode only - Slowed the ice drops by half to reduce the lag, but everything in the room goes double speed (the ice doesn't drop twice as fast, but the things it splits off covers double the distance as a result). I think the main body also moves twice as fast.

Doesn't make him hard-hard on hard mode but at least it's less laggy compare to hard mode in conker's.

I was thinking about changing it so he's immune to the fiery blaze/bombos but gave up finding the code for it. If you can make him immune from the damage editor it'll be great, otherwise I'll try digging it up at a later date.

Code:: ; ; XKAS module - Euclid 2019 ; ; Phoenix Boss Patch ; - Agahnim ; - Ganon + Full Darkness hard mode ; - Armos Knights buff for hard mode (room 222 and 90) ; - kholdstare fix ; lorom ; hooks. ORG $9EDB27 BRA $1A ; remove shooting ball shadow from agahnim (less lag), looks less pretty but meh. ORG $9ED6EE NOP JSL AGAHNIM_NOT_SO_RANDOM_BALLS_2 BCC $12 JSL AGAHNIM_NOT_SO_RANDOM_BALLS ORG $9EDB9C NOP JSL BLUE_BALLS_NUMER_CHANGE ORG $9EDBAB JSL BLUE_BALLS_SPAWN ORG $9EDBC3 JSL BLUE_BALLS_SPAWN_LOCATION NOP ORG $2F842D JSL TARDIS_AGAHNIM_BUFF ORG $9ED4BF JSL TARDIS_SPLIT_MOD ORG $9ED52F NOP JSL SUPER_FAST_AGAHNIM ORG $9EFF48 JSL FAST_BALLS ORG $9DE971 JSL SUPER_FAST_GANON ORG $9D9179 JSL GANON_BATS_HARD NOP NOP NOP NOP NOP ; full darkness ganon ORG $9D92EC JSL FULL_DARKNESS_GANON_1 ORG $9D9082 JSL FULL_DARKNESS_GANON_2 ORG $9D900B JSL FULL_DARKNESS_GANON_3 ; backup just in case of torch timers. ; GANON Bats spawn ORG $1D8E7E LDY #$08 ; ALL MODES: Ganon remove expanding bats. ORG $9D9220 STZ $0DF0,x ; ALL MODES: Ganon bats move off screen quicker ORG $9D9241 db $08, $10, $08, $40, $08, $20, $08 ; HARD MODE; faster reaction ORG $9D8E80 JSL GANON_FASTER_REACTION ; armos knights gets pissed off at 3 (all modes) ORG $85A136 CMP #$04 ; 01 (lttp) -> 06 (conker) -> 04 (phoenix) ORG $85FA14 JSL ARMOS_FASTER ORG $9DF04F JSL ARMOS_ANGRYER_1 NOP ORG $9DF04F JSL ARMOS_ANGRYER_2 NOP ORG $45D12C ; REQUIRES BOSS PATCH FROM CONKER ALREADY APPLIED AND #$1F ; kholdstare - half the amount of ice to combat lag. ; programming location ORG $45F000 AGAHNIM_NOT_SO_RANDOM_BALLS_2: LDA $7EF32E BEQ $06 LDA $0E30,x CMP #$02 RTL SEC RTL AGAHNIM_NOT_SO_RANDOM_BALLS: ;CPU State envMXdizC LDA $7EF32E BEQ AGAHNIM_NOT_SO_RANDOM_BALLS_FOR_HARD_MODE ; original code JSL $8DBA71 ; basically if this returns 0 = blue, 1 = bouncy. RTL AGAHNIM_NOT_SO_RANDOM_BALLS_FOR_HARD_MODE: JSL $8DBA71 ; ~25% bouncy AND #$06 ; so we're comparing to a specific number BEQ $03 LDA #$00 ; blue RTL LDA $7EF36E CMP #$20 BCS DMAGIC2 LDA #$00 STA $7EF36E LDA #$01 ; bouncy RTL DMAGIC2: SEC SBC #$20 STA $7EF36E LDA #$01 ; bouncy RTL BLUE_BALLS_NUMER_CHANGE: ; CPU state envMXdizC LDA $7EF32E BEQ AGAHNIM_BLUE_BALLS_NUMBER_FOR_HARD_MODE LDA #$05 BRA $02 AGAHNIM_BLUE_BALLS_NUMBER_FOR_HARD_MODE: LDA #$01 STA $0FB5 RTL BLUE_BALLS_SPAWN: LDA $7EF32E BEQ AGAHNIM_BLUE_BALLS_SPAWN_FOR_HARD_MODE LDA #$55 JSL $9DF65D RTL AGAHNIM_BLUE_BALLS_SPAWN_FOR_HARD_MODE: LDA #$BF JSL $9DF65D LDA #$26 STA $012F RTL BLUE_BALLS_SPAWN_LOCATION: ADC #$04 STA $0D00,y LDA $7EF32E BEQ $01 RTL LDA #$00 STA $0D00,y ; location change. RTL TARDIS_AGAHNIM_BUFF: SEP #$20 LDA $A0 CMP #$0D BEQ IS_TARDIS RTL IS_TARDIS: LDA $0E51 CMP #$60 BEQ MYSTERY_4_END LDA #$07 STA $0D80 LDA #$50 STA $0DF0 MYSTERY_4_END: LDA $A0 RTL TARDIS_SPLIT_MOD: LDA $A0 CMP #$0D BEQ TARDIS_SPLIT_LESS NORMAL_SPLIT: LDA #$7A LDY #$02 RTL TARDIS_SPLIT_LESS: STZ $0FB5 LDA #$7A LDY #$01 RTL SUPER_FAST_AGAHNIM: LDA $7EF32E BEQ $06 ORIGINAL_CODE_AGAHNIM: ; original code LDA #$FF STA $0DF0,x RTL LDA $A0 CMP #$0C BNE ORIGINAL_CODE_AGAHNIM JSL $8DBA71 ; random interval AND #$7F ORA #$80 ; above 80 STA $0DF0,x RTL FAST_BALLS: PHA LDA $7EF32E BNE NOT_FAST LDA $A0 CMP #$0C BEQ VERY_FAST CMP #$0D BEQ HALF_FAST CMP #$20 BEQ HALF_FAST CMP #$90 BEQ VERY_FAST ; kholdstare fast NOT_FAST: PLA LSR A LSR A LSR A LSR A RTL HALF_FAST: LDA $1A AND #$01 BEQ NOT_FAST VERY_FAST: PLA LSR A LSR A LSR A RTL SUPER_FAST_GANON: ARMOS_FASTER: PHA LDA $7EF32E BNE NOT_FAST LDA $A0 CMP #$00 BEQ VERY_FAST ; ganon CMP #$5A BEQ VERY_FAST ; group of 6 armos CMP #$DE BEQ VERY_FAST ; dungeon 2 BRA NOT_FAST GANON_BATS_HARD: ;envMXdiZC LDA $0FB5 STA $0EC0,y STA $0BA0,y LDA $7EF32E BEQ $01 NORMAL_BATS: RTL LDA $0FB5 CMP #$03 ; tile break BEQ BATS_HARD CMP #$05 ; final form BNE NORMAL_BATS BATS_HARD: JSL $8DBA71 AND #$03 ; ~25% code 2 BEQ BATS_CODE_2 LDA #$05 BRA $02 BATS_CODE_2: LDA #$03 STA $0EC0,y STA $0BA0,y RTL GANON_FASTER_REACTION: LDA $7EF32E BEQ $07 LDA #$C9 JSL $9DF65F RTL LDA #$C9 JSL $9DF65F BMI $01 RTL PHP ; save the minus flag STZ $0DF0,x PLP RTL FULL_DARKNESS_GANON_1: LDA $7EF32E BNE FDG_NOT_HARD_MODE LDA #$00 STA $7EC005 FDG_NOT_HARD_MODE: JSL $85FA8E RTL FULL_DARKNESS_GANON_2: LDA $7EF32E BNE FDG_NOT_HARD_MODE LDA #$01 STA $7EC005 BRA FDG_NOT_HARD_MODE FULL_DARKNESS_GANON_3: LDA $7EF32E BNE FDG_3_NOT_HARD_MODE LDA #$01 STA $7EC005 FDG_3_NOT_HARD_MODE: JSL $308400 RTL ARMOS_ANGRYER_1: LDA $7EF32E BEQ $06 LDA #$20 STA $0DF0,x RTL LDA #$0A STA $0DF0,x RTL ARMOS_ANGRYER_2: LDA $7EF32E BEQ $06 LDA #$10 STA $0DF0,x RTL LDA #$01 STA $0DF0,x RTL

by **Floki** Wed 24 Apr 2019 - 4:23

I had some time to test out your kholdstare fix and it is quite effective as is actually, there's no longer lag and its more difficult to dodge and predict where the ice will fall compared to the original that had a much regular pattern.

I'll remove the fire medallion vulnerability tommorow after work and maybe work on a task or two, worked on something else tonight lol

by **Floki** Mon 13 May 2019 - 23:28

Alright Euclid, after changing a couple of bosses weaknesses already, I've now changed Kholdstare's shell so its immune against all items except the icerod. That should fool some players haha. To accomodate the change, I'll add iceblocks in front of the entrance of the dungeon and change the boss into a fireball!

by **Euclid** Tue 14 May 2019 - 7:20

Now i just need to be less lazy and get to work.

On the other hand is the 4th dungeon/spencer all done? I don't think I have the latest rom to check the layout/make maps from.

by **Floki** Sun 2 Feb 2020 - 5:23

Hello Euclid, everyone who tested the agahnim superboss complained about the difficulty being too dumb, so they will need to be nerfed. On Patty's chat however several people have given suggestions to make it beatable. Here they are:

Spoiler:

I also got a seizure warning from one guy about his brother that has seizures to if you could somehow disable the flashing white screen of the lightning on the screen, it would maybe prevent us from making seizures for people with serious health conditions Razz

Thanks will post a full suggestions and bugs list once I'm done watching all playthroughs!

Patty just finished agahnim superboss on livestream with savestates and it took 16 hits or so...and the game crashed when getting warp on overworlds, so there might be something broken.