0.6.0

Changes since 0.5.1

New Features

There are three main features whose inclusion gives this version its novelty. They are:

• Chest Lock Randomization: This option randomizes the locks on each shuffled chest (Bronze, Silver, Gold, or None), meaning that they will require different keys than in vanilla. Probabilities can be configured.
• Progressive Equipment: This option replaces all shuffled equipment with progressive items, balanced into various progressive item chains of approximately equal length. Massive thanks to @Treeways, without whom this would not have happened!
• Shop Randomization: Allows items purchased from shops to be sent as locations. Multiple modes of sending and receiving are supported and can be mixed and matched.

Changes to Mod

• Added support for Chest Lock Randomization, Progressive Equipment, and Shop Randomization.
• Added support to Universal Tracker for chest lock randomization.
• Modify the Randomizer Start button in the New Game+ options menu to indicate that the option is always on and cannot be toggled.
• (@Treeways) Patched the Quest Hub Menu to show correct icons (as defined by the randomized items)

Changes to Generation

• Added support for Chest Lock Randomization, Progressive Equipment, and Shop Randomization.
• Renamed most chest and cutscene location names to be a bit shorter, changing full area names to single words.

Changes to Options

• Shop Randomization (shop_rando): If enabled, all shops will be added to the location list.
• Shop Send Mode (shop_send_mode): Controls what exactly counts as a check when shop randomization is enabled.
  • Per Item Type (per_item_type): A check is added for each type of item (for example, Sandwich). Therefore, purchasing a sandwich from any shop in the game clears the same check.
  • Per Slot (per_slot) A check is added for each item slot in each shop. Therefore, purchasing a Sandwich in Rookie Harbor clears a separate check than purchasing a Sandwich in Bergen Village.
• Shop Receive Mode (shop_receive_mode): Controls how shops are unlocked when shop randomization is enabled.
  • None (none): All shop slots are able to be purchased as soon as the player can access the shop.
  • Per Item Type (per_item_type): A check is added for each type of item (for example, Sandwich) which unlocks the ability to purchase that item from any shop.
  • Per Shop (per_shop): A check is added for each shop (for example, Rookie Harbor Items) which unlocks the ability to purchase items from that shop.
  • Per Slot (per_slot): A check is added for each item slot in each shop which unlocks the ability to purchase that item from
    that shop (this may lead to tedious playthroughs).
• Shop Dialog Hints (shop_dialog_hints): If enabled, upon opening the dialog for a shop, corresponding hints (for progressive items only) are sent to the Archipelago server.
• Progressive Equipment (progressive_equipment): If enabled, equipment will be progressive, sorted into different categories according to playstyle depending on which of the other location-adding options are enabled.
• Chest Lock Randomization (chest_lock_rando): If enabled, the lock on all chests (Bronze, Silver, Gold, or None) will be randomized.
• No Chest Lock Weight (no_chest_lock_weight), Bronze Chest Lock Weight (bronze_chest_lock_weight), Silver Chest Lock Weight (silver_chest_lock_weight), and Gold Chest Lock Weight (gold_chest_lock_weight): Controls the likelihood of giving a chest no lock, bronze lock, silver lock, or gold lock, respectively (if chest lock randomization is enabled).

Fixes to Mod

• Fixed an issue occurring in the base game where, in analyze mode, when playing with a controller, the cursor would not be
  able to reach to all corners of the screen.
• Improved the performance of the networking code (technical details follow):
  • Fixed an issue where, upon connecting to a multiworld, two connections would always be opened, and one of them would
    not be able to be closed by any means other than closing the game.
  • Fixed an issue where, upon checking a location, the full unabridged list of received items would always be sent back
    to the game, despite this information not being necessary.
  • Fixed an issue where, when disconnecting from a multiworld, occasionally the client would still show as connected,
    and the client would become nonfunctional as a result.
  • Fixed an issue where, on every screen transition, unnecessary packets would be sent indicating the player was "playing".
    These packets are ignored by Archipelago and are therefore unnecessary.
• (@Treeways) Fixed an issue where, in the Quest Dialog menu, equipment with a level would still show as having the level even if icons were set to be obscured.

Note

This mod version is intended to be fully compatible with worlds generated under version 0.5.X. If this is found not to be the case, consider it a bug and report it.