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Difficulty Levels
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 5:54 am
by StuccoFresco
Hi all, is it possible to change the Strenght bonus given by difficulty levels?
Re: Difficulty Levels
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 12:33 pm
by GabeKnight
StuccoFresco wrote: ↑Tue Aug 11, 2020 5:54 am
Hi all, is it possible to change the Strenght bonus given by difficulty levels?
I guess not. But you can use the #stimpack cheat to boost individual units.
Re: Difficulty Levels
Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2020 6:21 pm
by StuccoFresco
Well I was trying to make all units default max strength 20. Changing it in the units.csv does nothing.
Re: Difficulty Levels
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 4:33 pm
by huckc
I'm also interested in changing max difficulty from +3 enemy strength to +5.
Taking a quick look at the game files and it isn't an easy change it seems but I think I found it in the C# code (Assembly-CSharp.dll):
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App.unitStrengthMaxFactor : Single[]
Used By
AITasks.KillEnemy..ctor(Double)
AITasks.RefuelAndRepair.EvaluateStateValue(GameState, GameState) : Double
AITasks.StayAlive.Initialise(GameState) : Void
Alliance.GetMaxUnitStrength() : Int32
App..cctor()
CampaignUI.CheckCoreValue() : Void
NewUI.CampaignUI.CheckCoreValue() : Void
Unit.ApplyStrengthDifficultyMod(GameState) : Void
Assigned By
App..cctor()
Getting set int App..cctor():
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unitStrengthMaxFactor = new float[] { 0.6f, 0.8f, 1f, 1.15f, 1.3f };
Re: Difficulty Levels
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 7:41 pm
by huckc
So continuing from the above I able to able to change the strength modifiers using a hex editor by searching for the current array initializer above but in hex form:
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0x9A, 0x99, 0x19, 0x3F, 0xCD, 0xCC, 0x4C, 0x3F, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80, 0x3F,
0x33, 0x33, 0x93, 0x3F, 0x66, 0x66, 0xA6, 0x3F
You'll notice there's 20 values there, four for each difficulty level starting the with the first one. And since I was interesting in editing the last difficulty and making it 1.5x instead of 1.3x, I changed the final four values giving us this:
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0x9A, 0x99, 0x19, 0x3F, 0xCD, 0xCC, 0x4C, 0x3F, 0x00, 0x00, 0x80, 0x3F,
0x33, 0x33, 0x93, 0x3F, 0x00, 0x00, 0xC0, 0x3F
And now I'm getting pummeled by 15 strength enemy aircraft at Pearl Harbor
Re: Difficulty Levels
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 10:50 pm
by GabeKnight
huckc wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 7:41 pm
And now I'm getting pummeled by 15 strength enemy aircraft at Pearl Harbor
Cool. All this hex-stuff reminds of the things I was doing when I was young...
Okay, it seems to be easy for everybody to de-compile and read the function's source code, but what's the deal with re-compiling? Why use a hex editor?
huckc wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 4:33 pm
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unitStrengthMaxFactor = new float[] { 0.6f, 0.8f, 1f, 1.15f, 1.3f };
Interesting, so it's not really "12" HP with difficulty 4?
Re: Difficulty Levels
Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2020 11:33 pm
by huckc
GabeKnight wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 10:50 pm
huckc wrote: ↑Mon Nov 16, 2020 7:41 pm
And now I'm getting pummeled by 15 strength enemy aircraft at Pearl Harbor
Cool. All this hex-stuff reminds of the things I was doing when I was young...
Okay, it seems to be easy for everybody to de-compile and read the function's source code, but what's the deal with re-compiling? Why use a hex editor?
Using a hex editor is significantly easier than re-compiling code which I can only assume also has protections/barriers in place to prevent end users from doing so. When compiling, everything needs to be 100% in place and in working order, including the use of private keys and dependency systems that they would only possess.
Re: Difficulty Levels
Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2020 2:24 am
by GabeKnight
Okay, thanks for the info.
BTW, how does it play against 15HP enemy units? Winnable?
... I'm curious....Please do tell after you've played some of the German scens/campaigns...
