WING HARD (Difficulty Adjuster, WC1/2)

Sheppard

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WING HARD version 1.5
(Hosted on my site as CIC won't let you attach 3~ MB ZIP Files.

This is an outgrowth of previous research into zeroing out asteroid damage:

Link

This program lets you fine tune WC1 and WC2 (GOG releases) difficulty to what you feel is correct.

Basically, I programmed in all the offsets for Terran Confederation Ships/Craft's shield/armor values, along with their stock base values.

So for example, if you enter a multiplier of 1.5 for difficulty for Terran Ships; the game becomes easier because you now have more armor.

WC1's Hornet has 40 stock value = 4.0 cm front shields stock.

Multiplying that, it becomes 40 * 1.5 = 60 (or 6.0 cm in game).

Likewise, entering a multiplier of say 0.8, the game becomes harder because you have less armor.

Over in asteroids; difficulty is changed via changing the radius of asteroids in the game via a multiplier.

Radius is effectively the size of the in-game collision hitbox. Stock Asteroids have a radius of 100 in both WC1 and WC2.

You can now adjust how "hard" asteroid fields are -- eliminating them entirely, if you enter 0.05, it computes a radius of 5, effectively removing them as a threat in the game.

The reason for the huge file size (for what it does) is because it's written in Python v3.x; and if you want to make a distributable executable for python scripts, the packager puts EVERYTHING IN, i.e. an entire python distribution is scrunched into the executable.

Filesize issues are offset by the fact that Python is much more pleasant to program for as a hobbyist doing hobbyist things, and there's more tutorials or answered questions for things I want to do in Python.

DEV NOTES:

In WC1, everything (ship damage, asteroid radius) is all held within the executable files (WC1.exe and SM2.exe)

In WC2, only asteroid radius is in the executable (WC2.exe, SO1.exe and SO2.exe). Ship values are held in the (SHIP.Vxx) files in GAMEDAT directory.

Here's a listing of the SHIP.Vxx files

SHIP.V00---------FERRET
SHIP.V01---------RAPIER
SHIP.V02---------BROADSWORD
SHIP.V03---------EPEE
SHIP.V04---------SABRE
SHIP.V05---------SARTHA
SHIP.V06---------DRAKHRI
SHIP.V07---------JALKEHI
SHIP.V08---------GRIKATH
SHIP.V09---------STRAKHA
SHIP.V10---------BLOODFANG
SHIP.V11---------CLYDESDALE
SHIP.V12---------FREE TRADER
SHIP.V13---------DORKATHI
SHIP.V15---------CROSSBOW
SHIP.V16---------KAMEHKH
SHIP.V17---------WATERLOO
SHIP.V18---------CONFEDERATION
SHIP.V19---------GILGAMESH
SHIP.V20---------RALATHA
SHIP.V21---------FRALTHRA
SHIP.V23---------HUMAN STARBASE
SHIP.V24---------HUMAN SUPPLY DEPOT
SHIP.V25---------KILRATHI SUPPLY DEPOT
SHIP.V26---------KITHRAK MANG
SHIP.V36---------GOTHRI (S01)
SHIP.V41---------MORNINGSTAR
SHIP.V48---------AYERS ROCK
SHIP.V50---------GOTHRI (S02)

NOTE: As of version 1.5; ALTSHIPS editing is not included in WING HARD, as I'm tired and sleepy.

ALTSHIPS.000---------CONCORDIA II
ALTSHIPS.000---------SABRE TORP
ALTSHIPS.000---------EPEE NO MISSILE
ALTSHIPS.000---------SABRE TORP II
ALTSHIPS.000---------SABRE NO GUNNER
ALTSHIPS.000---------BROADSWORD II

ALTSHIPS.001---------CONCORDIA II
ALTSHIPS.001---------SABRE TORP
ALTSHIPS.001---------EPEE NO MISSILE
ALTSHIPS.001---------SABRE TORP II
ALTSHIPS.001---------SABRE NO GUNNER
ALTSHIPS.001---------BROADSWORD II
ALTSHIPS.001---------PIRATE FERRET
ALTSHIPS.001---------FERRET MARK II
ALTSHIPS.001---------PIRATE EPEE
ALTSHIPS.001---------GOTHRI
ALTSHIPS.001---------CROSSBOW II
ALTSHIPS.001---------CROSSBOW III

ALTSHIPS.002---------CONCORDIA II
ALTSHIPS.002---------SABRE TORP
ALTSHIPS.002---------EPEE NO MISSILE
ALTSHIPS.002---------SABRE TORP II
ALTSHIPS.002---------SABRE NO GUNNER
ALTSHIPS.002---------BROADSWORD II
ALTSHIPS.002---------PIRATE FERRET
ALTSHIPS.002---------FERRET MARK II
ALTSHIPS.002---------PIRATE EPEE
ALTSHIPS.002---------GOTHRI
ALTSHIPS.002---------CROSSBOW II
ALTSHIPS.002---------CROSSBOW III
ALTSHIPS.002---------MORNINGSTAR
ALTSHIPS.002---------SABRE MAND
ALTSHIPS.002---------JAZZ STAR
ALTSHIPS.002---------MAND SWORD
ALTSHIPS.002---------DORKATHI NO GUNS
ALTSHIPS.002---------CONFEDORKATHI
ALTSHIPS.002---------MANIAC STAR
 
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