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ENERGY BALANCER





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Changes in v2c:

• Fully compatible with MM8BDM-v2b release - Now works with MM7 weapons!
• Updated SBARINFO definitions
• Updated GLOBAL ACS
• Includes ACS source code

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Note that this is the "mapper's version" where the item itself does not appear in game outside of a summon command but including this wad in your custom maps allows you access to this item. A test map is included. To see an example of this in a game mode check out the Game Modes!

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DEPRECATED RELEASE NOTES

Oh my god, I love you Sick. I've been looking forward to something like this after playing MM10, it would be an awesome addition to the game. You just got another fan.

Okay, so I told you I'd post here.

In game the E. Balancer fills up the weapon with the least energy, no matter what weapon you're using.

In your weapon, the E. Balancer fills up every weapon, although it only works with the buster.

That's what I meant.

Yeah I went mostly on the description of what it says in the MMKB. Right now it gives you less ammo but spread out over all weapons. Of course this benefits those with more weapons but it is also more cumbersome to switch between them. With the way it is now you also get more benefit from switching weapons and filling them up individually.

I originally wanted to do it so it calculates the least weapon energy and adds the entire amount to that but I can't think of a good way to do this that's not unnecessarily CPU intensive. Any suggestions?

Can only be done with a global ACS script. The item would look something like this:



After that, you'll need a global ACS script that checks your ammo for all weapons like "BubbleAmmo" and "FlameBlastAmmo"... oh man, I can't actually help you further than this. I'm getting confused.

Thanks, DTD. I know that. You're starting to get close to where I left off with thinking about this. If you had looked at it, you'd notice that it's already implemented using global ACS.

I realize the way to do this is to check if the player has the weapon AND how much corresponding ammo. But here's a question (and a challenge for you, since you know)

Which weapon should get the ammo if multiple weapons are depleted the same amount? A "random" solution is probably not appropriate.

Examples (separate scenarios):
Magnet Missile and Skull Barrier both have 0 ammo.
Star Crash and Mirror Buster both have 20 ammo.
Mirror Buster and Magnet Missile both have 50 ammo.

I will probably use the LMS string tables unless I see someone post some other suggestion.




In response to YD



In the version where the Energy Balancer properly adds the entire weapon energy amount to the lowest weapon I will not implement behavior like the bolded text unless I see a convincing argument otherwise.

The reason being is that if you have a weapon selected you should be allowed to fill that weapon, as it is active. I dislike a scenario where you have a weapon selected but the weapon energy you picked up is transferred to another weapon.

This text from the MMKB reinforces this (relevant text bolded)



In the Megaman games, Megaman mostly uses his buster unless there is some special situation. I do not think it is unreasonable to do this also in MM8BDM. Because of this, it will probably also work only with the buster(s)/ slot 1 equipped unless someone suggests alternate behavior that makes sense.

ooh a new toy to play with

Yesss

I always lamented the lack of this mechanic!

I wanted the energy balancer in but I couldn't figure out the math to work out which ammo type to give.

You're absolutely right, conceptually it is quite difficult.

My current thinking is to just randomly/ sequentially index tables of strings that hold values similar to the Last Man Standing string tables if the lowest value of ammo is shared between multiple weapons.

Flaws?

It's turning into a lot of ACS, lol