Now working on: Shifter Minus

Zechs Zero on 9/1/2008 at 04:11

Ahem. :bored:

I just finished DX1 for the first time and now I would like to replay it with some sadistic nerfs to forces me play more stealthy, by avoiding firefights. Not like I've done by killing everyone in each level - albeit stealthy. Hence I am making this little parameter-changing modification on Shifter, akin to Shifter Plus but way simpler. :sweat:

Quote:

- Untrained weapons are useless.
- Skills have been nerfed one level backwards: i.e. now Master does what Advanced used to.
- You can only have one armor of each kind in your inventory.
- Ammo caps reduced to: 3 clips for bullets, 2 clips for the iLaw, 1 clip for the napalm. Melee and throwing weapons are default.
- Inventory size 5x3.
- Some augs have been nerfed for their level progression to be linear: i.e. an augmentation's progress bonus which was +10+20+50+100, is now +10+20+30+40. Nerfed augs: Aqualung, Electrostatic Discharge, Power Recirculator, Regeneration.
- Buff to Spy Drone energy consumption rate (AH!).

I would also like to put skill level caps on weapons, but I don't know how yet.

Silkworm on 9/1/2008 at 05:34

If its possible try to mod the AI so that NPC's notice when their comrades die next to them.

The_Raven on 9/1/2008 at 16:27

Believe it or not, that is already part of the AI system. I've seen it happen before. It is quite rare to witness it, however.

Zechs Zero on 9/1/2008 at 18:44

I wonder what would happen if all weapons were 100X louder. A whole level of bad guys chasing you a la Benny Hill?

The_Raven on 9/1/2008 at 19:16

Isn't the game already like that?

Zechs Zero on 9/1/2008 at 19:29

Hummm... no? :weird: You don't get the whole level after you after a shot.

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Hey, any idea how to implement skill requirements for weapons? Basically, I would like to have the Dragon Tooth sword require Low Tech 4.

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zing! I remembered something similar happens, after all, when you can't hack something without Computer lvl 1. Maybe maybe...

Zechs Zero on 10/1/2008 at 22:46

The masochism goes on!

- Hacking completely disabled, skill level 1 costs one million points
- Untrained skills make you unable to use medikits, suits, lockpicks, multitools, and to swim
- Dragon Tooth sword completely ineffective without skill level 4

And now I'm thinking about this:

- Killing or KOing enemies in non stealthy ways equals -10 skill points
- Sounding alarms equal -100 skill points

EvaUnit02 on 11/1/2008 at 16:36

Quote Posted by Zechs Zero

- Hacking completely disabled, skill level 1 costs one million points

I always associated hacking with stealth tactics. :confused:

Zechs Zero on 11/1/2008 at 21:14

Well, it's to make the (necessary) data hunt harder.

Silkworm on 11/1/2008 at 23:49

Quote Posted by EvaUnit02

I always associated hacking with stealth tactics. :confused:

You can still use multitools, but the hacking in Deus Ex basically allows you to bypass stealth because you can avoid gathering passwords and necessary data.