#acff: modding

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Fun fact: The photos you take in-game are literally just JPEG files, resized to 720p and heavily compressed to fit under the 200 KB limit. This means they're super easy to replace!

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Fun fact: The slots used for Legion abilities and the % values for sub-abilities aren't actually tied to the ability itself. If you edit your save file, you can set them to whatever you want! (But setting "Slots used" below 1 crashes the game, so don't do that.)

Unfortunately, abilities have pretty strict limits on how much they affect gameplay-- extremely large values don't seem to produce very interesting results, and negative values have no effect.

Plus, did you know? All Legion ability % modifiers are signed integers, even the ones with decimal places. They're simply divided by 100 (210 becomes 2.10%).

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Fun fact: Some File 12 cases contain unused waves of enemies that are usually much harder than the ones they actually went with in the final game.

The last case in File 12 against the post-game final boss was originally going to contain TWENTY FIVE WAVES! (The final game has just ONE!)

If you're feeling masochistic, I made a mod that restores this true test of skill (and mostly patience). You can download it here!

It also mods the progress bar (get to 90% to start the fight!) and adds supply crates that also went unused in the final level (YOU WILL NEED THEM). The music only starts playing when you fight the final boss, so enjoy fighting hundreds of chimeras in complete silence!

Here's the wave list if you're interested:

Protolegion (3x)

POW-C-30EB5-00 (Aloadae), WIG-C-985BE-01 (Ocypete), WIG-C-986BE-00 (2x)

ARR-C-4D9BC-00 (Artemis) (2x)

HUM-C-84DF5-00, HUM-C-F5DB3-00, ARR-C-44A41-00 (Hestia), BEA-C-AF063-00, BEA-C-E2921-00, SER-C-C85B9-00 (Hydra), SHE-C-4F413-00 (Ker), GEL-C-A68D2-00, GEL-C-9A7EC-00, GEL-C-B7904-00, WIG-C-F63C1-00 (2x)

HUM-C-16C28-00 (Hector), HUM-C-F5DB3-00 (2x)

Mini-boss wave: ELE-C-F67BD-00 (Deimos), SHE-C-2FF4ED-00 (Lampas)

HUM-C-6F3CD-00 (Astraeus), HUM-C-B8FE7-00 (Capaneus), GEL-C-CB186-01 (Poseidon)

HUM-C-60D27-00, HUM-C-84DF5-01 (Laius) (2x), HUM-C-6F3CD-00 (Astraeus) (2x)

WIG-C-E11FC-01 (Podarge), WIG-C-F63C1-00 (2x)

POW-C-8D1E4-00 (Kottos), POW-C-C5BD6-00 (Gyges), GEL-C-9A7EC-01 (Zeus), GEL-C-B7904-01

ARM-C-D51C6-00 (Arke), BEA-C-AF063-01, BEA-C-E2921-00

Mini-boss wave: Jena Aberrant, HUM-C-C460F-00 (Eris)

SER-C-1B050-00 (Scylla), HUM-C-84DF5-01 (Laius)

Hermit (4x), Hermit Aberration (2x), Protolegion (2x)

SHE-C-2FF4ED-00 (Lampas), ELE-C-D8790-00 (2x)

BEA-C-B37F9-00 (Teumessian), HUM-C-16C28-00 (Hector)

Raven Officer (3x), Type R Blade Legion

Mini-boss wave: Kyle Merkulov, HUM-C-5D0C8-00 (Astraeus-Capaneus)

Type R Wolf Legion, Type R Heavy Arm Legion

HUM-C-F5DB3-00, HUM-C-6F3CD-00 (Astraeus)

POW-C-75C4F-00 (Minotaur), GEL-C-CB186-01 (Poseidon) (2x)

SHE-C-2FF4ED-00 (Lampas)

POW-C-27E37-00 (2x)

Mini-boss wave: HUM-C-EA76E-00 (Agememnon), Jena Asymptote

Final Boss: Aether

And here's the final game:

Final Boss: Aether

See a difference?